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diff --git a/album/jailbreak-vol-1.yaml b/album/jailbreak-vol-1.yaml index 45d978f5..2574aff9 100644 --- a/album/jailbreak-vol-1.yaml +++ b/album/jailbreak-vol-1.yaml @@ -90,6 +90,38 @@ Commentary: |- <br><br> good times + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman, B. A. Baker|[[artist:michael-guy-bowman]]:</i> (Bowmantown Discord, excerpt, 9/30/2024) + + The long, long list on hsmusic.wiki reminds me that around this time I submitted something to the Homestuck Gaiden fan album for Jailbreak (Jailbreak Vol. 1) - this piece called [[track:mechanic-panic|"Mechanic Panic"]] is one of the first things I wrote for Homestuck and I submitted it as a last minute inclusion to the Jailbreak album which was helmed by [[artist:robert-j-lake|RJ Lake]] + + In retrospect I wish I had never, ever touched that album. I was not exactly dying to have this one released in any official capacity and it was basically just a leftover. + + I don't know exactly what agreement RJ Lake who ran the Homestuck Gaiden project had made with Andrew Hussie but he led me to believe that this was sort of an innocent fan album that had been cleared by Andrew himself. + + What I recall happening was that it was initially released for profit which was apparently not cleared by Andrew whatsoever. This put everyone involved in the very awkward position of basically having been involved in a copyright violation and Andrew was not pleased. + + And correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure all the [UNOFFICIAL ALBUM] stuff was added after the fact. + + So TL:DR by deciding to contribute a bonus track I had thrown together two years earlier on this album I was baited into a situation where RJ kind of blindly walked us into a scandal. The album had its pricetag removed and it was reiterated that this was a fan album and not an offficial release. But I think this did not exactly endear us to him \[[[artist:andrew-hussie]]] in the long run and was a massive mistake. + + > <i>([[artist:b-a-baker]])</i> At the time I thought Homestuck Gaiden was totally hussie or at least whatpumpkin sanctioned + + I think that was the issue + + > i actually bought jailbreak album it may still be visible on my profile on bandcamp + > + > i think [[album:tomb-of-the-ancestors|tomb of the ancestors]] was free from the start though and that was the last one + > + > for normal fans thered be no way to know they werent official without the tag + > + > even the [[album:lofam|land of fans and music]] had [[track:starkind|a toby fox song]] so i assumed it too was sanctioned + > + > which made [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a|the 2012 contest]] more confusing + + I basically think it was designed with the intent to look official, and do as little as possible to dispel those rumors. So we all basically got the book thrown at us + + *(Continued in [[album:homestuck-vol-10]])* --- Section: Main album --- @@ -1242,6 +1274,14 @@ Commentary: |- not really super fond of it, but i like the beat at 0:26<br> it should have just been all that with a melody or something + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (Bowmantown Discord, excerpt, 9/30/2024) + + *(Excerpt from [[album:jailbreak-vol-1|album commentary]])* + + The long, long list on hsmusic.wiki reminds me that around this time I submitted something to the Homestuck Gaiden fan album for Jailbreak (Jailbreak Vol. 1) - this piece called "Mechanic Panic" is one of the first things I wrote for Homestuck and I submitted it as a last minute inclusion to the Jailbreak album which was helmed by [[artist:robert-j-lake|RJ Lake]] + + In retrospect I wish I had never, ever touched that album. I was not exactly dying to have this one released in any official capacity and it was basically just a leftover. --- Track: i told you about ladders Artists: |