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diff --git a/album/lofam4.yaml b/album/lofam4.yaml index e8d38f2c..6359bc05 100644 --- a/album/lofam4.yaml +++ b/album/lofam4.yaml @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Commentary: |- <b>Special Thanks:</b><br> [[artist:elaine-wang|Elaine "OJ" Wang]]<br> - [[artist:melodiousdiscord|M. Alex "melodiousDiscord" Moser]]<br> + [[artist:cadalyst]]<br> [[artist:brad-griffin|Brad "Avinoch" Griffin]]<br> [[artist:rj-lake|Robert J! Lake]]<br> [[artist:lunise|Christina "Lune" Lillard]]<br> @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Commentary: |- Veritas Unae - \*Except for [[track:violet-and-gold|Violet and Gold]]. If I don't finish that, I think several people would have it out for me. + \*Except for [[Violet and Gold]]. If I don't finish that, I think several people would have it out for me. <i>Unofficial MSPA Fans:</i> (booklet commentary, front) @@ -97,10 +97,10 @@ Commentary: |- [[artist:cerulean]]<br> [[artist:circlejourney]]<br> [[artist:cookiefonster]]<br> + [[artist:cryptanark]]<br> [[artist:david-dycus|David "Dirtiest" Dycus]]<br> [[artist:david-ellis|David Ellis (A Lunatic's Daydream)]]<br> [[artist:difarem]]<br> - [[artist:discfortune]]<br> [[artist:ehlsea]]<br> [[artist:elaine-wang|Elaine "OJ" Wang]]<br> [[artist:electric-lantern]]<br> @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ Commentary: |- [[artist:rhyselinn]]<br> [[artist:riki-tsuji]]<br> [[artist:rilez]]<br> - [[artist:sean-gorter|Sean “Flare” Gorter]]<br> + [[artist:sean-flare-gorter]]<br> [[artist:seijen]]<br> [[artist:serialsymphony]]<br> [[artist:slogbait]]<br> @@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ Commentary: |- [[artist:chumi]]<br> [[artist:circlejourney]]<br> [[artist:cobaltmoth]]<br> - [[artist:cyber]]<br> + [[artist:cyber-umspaf]]<br> [[artist:daniel-mcdonald]]<br> [[artist:dodostad]]<br> [[artist:elanor-pam]]<br> @@ -237,10 +237,14 @@ Wallpaper Artists: - Sozzay Wallpaper Style: 'opacity: 0.65;' Additional Files: -- Title: Album Booklet +- Title: Album booklet + Description: >- + Credit and commentary booklet, included with the album download. Files: - LOFAM 4 Booklet.pdf -- Title: Bonus Artwork (DLC) +- Title: '"Art for the Project" bonus files' + Description: >- + DLC download from [hsfanmusic.skaia.net](https://hsfanmusic.skaia.net/lofam4.html) homepage, which includes all track art; selected below are just the ones in the "bonus" folder. Files: - '[Circlejourney] Bonus.png' - '[Circlejourney] Bonus 2.png' @@ -250,7 +254,7 @@ Additional Files: - '[Shadok123] Bonus.png' - '[Trufflemeep] Bonus.png' - '[tti] Bonus.png' -- Title: Bandcamp Banner and Background +- Title: Bandcamp banner & background Files: - banner.png - bg.jpg @@ -274,9 +278,9 @@ Commentary: |- I'm, uh, actually not really much of a musician. I'm mostly just good at recognizing melodies. We didn't have anyone lined up to do the disc jingles (though I assumed maybe [[artist:veritas-unae|Veri]] would do then, as on LoFaM2+3) so I mentioned to [[artist:keyboard-cait|Cait]] that I had the idea of making each disc a song representative of each prior LoFaM. I sent her files of myself vocalizing the melodies and she transcribed them. - You might be tyinking, "wait, but there's not a song on [[album:lofam|LoFaM1]] called [[track:homestuck-title-screen|Homestuck Title Screen]]". This is correct. Its composer was unable to be contacted during its production for whatever reason, so it was arranged into both [[track:beginnings-press-start-to-play|the first]] and [[track:cutscene-at-the-end-of-the-hallway|last songs]] on the album. So, this is sort of like a reprise of the first song on the first LoFaM. + You might be tyinking, "wait, but there's not a song on [[album:lofam|LoFaM1]] called [[Homestuck Title Screen]]". This is correct. Its composer was unable to be contacted during its production for whatever reason, so it was arranged into both [[track:beginnings-press-start-to-play|the first]] and [[track:cutscene-at-the-end-of-the-hallway|last songs]] on the album. So, this is sort of like a reprise of the first song on the first LoFaM. - Initially I wanted to do [[track:emissary-of-wind|Emissary of Wind]] but Cait's idea was better. + Initially I wanted to do [[Emissary of Wind]] but Cait's idea was better. <i>Sozzay:</i> (album cover artist) @@ -330,7 +334,7 @@ Art Tags: Commentary: |- <i>cookiefonster:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - Similarly to several other songs on this album, this started as a rescore of [[flash:4665|[S] Jane: Enter]] for this collaborative project where people would come up with new music for all the flashes in Homestuck. The goal here was to make a song similar in style to [[track:another-jungle|Another Jungle]] (a very underappreciated song) without actually quoting it other than the way that song quotes [[track:sburban-jungle|Sburban Jungle]]. It was quite a challenge not borrowing anything else from other songs except for when I used a part of [[track:oppa-toby-style|Oppa Toby Style]] towards the end, but this song was fun to make and I'm happy enough with the end result even if it's not as punchy as the original. + Similarly to several other songs on this album, this started as a rescore of [[flash:4665|[S] Jane: Enter]] for this collaborative project where people would come up with new music for all the flashes in Homestuck. The goal here was to make a song similar in style to [[Another Jungle]] (a very underappreciated song) without actually quoting it other than the way that song quotes [[Sburban Jungle]]. It was quite a challenge not borrowing anything else from other songs except for when I used a part of [[Oppa Toby Style]] towards the end, but this song was fun to make and I'm happy enough with the end result even if it's not as punchy as the original. <i>Lambda Elise Merryberry:</i> (album organizer, booklet commentary) @@ -398,7 +402,7 @@ Commentary: |- This song was written to celebrate the reunion of Rose and Roxy in the 4/29/15 Homestuck update! It was so sweet and triumphant, so I tried to reflect that in the music. The main melody is structured kinf of like a call-and-response between the two of them. - <i>nights:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) + <i>Nights:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) Rose and Roxy's interactions are some of my favorite parts of Homestuck, the best of which is their meeting after [[flash:6901|Gameover]]. I've resketched and redrawn this way too much since I wanted to give this very nice track some justice. Originally the idea was much more different, I was going to draw roxy running towards rose with skaia in the background, but I changed it to match the canon scene better. Overall I'm pretty happy with the final product, I hope you guys like it too! --- @@ -467,7 +471,7 @@ Art Tags: Commentary: |- <i>TirantBacon:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - As an acknowledgement, this song in many ways was mostly inspired by the tune [[track:black|"Black"]] by Radiation (or [[artist:toby-fox|Toby Fox]] I guess). I made this song as a "remix" of sorts of the song called [[track:midnight-suffer|"Midnight Suffers"]], something I made for the mostly popular fanventure, [[group:canmt|cool and new web comic]]. If anything, I'd say it was directly copied from Black, and that I did a mostly poor effort to recreate the style... Nonetheless, I did focus on trying to incorporate some transition points in the song where it would actually deviate from the original arrangement, and I suppose it works quite well even when it's not on paper. + As an acknowledgement, this song in many ways was mostly inspired by the tune [["Black"]] by Radiation (or [[artist:toby-fox|Toby Fox]] I guess). I made this song as a "remix" of sorts of the song called [[track:midnight-suffer|"Midnight Suffers"]], something I made for the mostly popular fanventure, [[group:canmt|cool and new web comic]]. If anything, I'd say it was directly copied from Black, and that I did a mostly poor effort to recreate the style... Nonetheless, I did focus on trying to incorporate some transition points in the song where it would actually deviate from the original arrangement, and I suppose it works quite well even when it's not on paper. The main motif was taken from midnight suffers... A bluesy jazz type theme that was made with no real direction intended. This song is not necessarily "catchy", but at least it has direction and sounds good, which is always nice! Some of the most prominent instrumentation involved DVS saxophones, loud crazy drums, a heavy bassline, sharp synths and a really loud piano chord progression in the background. It's all crazy stuff. @@ -490,7 +494,7 @@ Art Tags: Commentary: |- <i>ostrichlittledungeon:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - I'm actually not a huge fan of this song. See, I more or less made the whole album [[album:cyclica|Cyclica]] in a couple of days, and this short "here are a bunch of melodies over the [[track:flare|Flare]] arpeggios" only took me an huor or two. I really think there are parts of Cyclica that are better (if you haven't listened to Cyclica yet, you should do that; you can find the full album [on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME3r64_NsnM)). A bunch of people seemed to like Dersite, and it made it onto [[album:cool-and-new-greatest-hits|Cool and New Greatest Hits]], so here it is I guess. The violin note holds are unrealistic, the synth is weird as fuck, the piano is bad. But everyone liked it. Except for [[artist:veritas-unae|Veri]]. Veri didn't like it. Bless you Veri. + I'm actually not a huge fan of this song. See, I more or less made the whole album [[album:cyclica|Cyclica]] in a couple of days, and this short "here are a bunch of melodies over the [[Flare]] arpeggios" only took me an huor or two. I really think there are parts of Cyclica that are better (if you haven't listened to Cyclica yet, you should do that; you can find the full album [on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME3r64_NsnM)). A bunch of people seemed to like Dersite, and it made it onto [[album:cool-and-new-greatest-hits|Cool and New Greatest Hits]], so here it is I guess. The violin note holds are unrealistic, the synth is weird as fuck, the piano is bad. But everyone liked it. Except for [[artist:veritas-unae|Veri]]. Veri didn't like it. Bless you Veri. <i>plaidcushion:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) @@ -517,7 +521,7 @@ Commentary: |- Wait why did this get on the album it sucks - It's about the Condesce, obviously. It's vaguely about her conquering a planet? The natives fight a long fight and then they just barely win! and everyone is reflecting on their loss and then she just glasses them or whatever she does. There's [[track:crystalanthemums|Crystalanthemums]] mostly because it seems to be the default badass-trolls theme. Also that is some badass art. + It's about the Condesce, obviously. It's vaguely about her conquering a planet? The natives fight a long fight and then they just barely win! and everyone is reflecting on their loss and then she just glasses them or whatever she does. There's [[Crystalanthemums]] mostly because it seems to be the default badass-trolls theme. Also that is some badass art. <i>Circlejourney:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) @@ -547,9 +551,9 @@ Commentary: |- <i>keyboard cait:</i> (album team, booklet commentary) - Right after [[track:pax-condesca|Pax Condesca]], the theme of a fuchsia empress' intergalactic conquest, Blind Pilot shifts the focus to the hidden lowblood driving her flagship. Where Condesca was a light tune with unsettling undertones, Blind Pilot goes in full force with its cinematic and emotive atmosphere, a mix of dramatic orchestra, electronic sounds and ambience. It's all in all a breathtaking and impressive final result, especially considering just how silly and tongue in cheek the original [[track:the-blind-prophet|The Blind Prophet]] was. Kudos to Kurt for recontextualizing it so well! + Right after [[Pax Condesca]], the theme of a fuchsia empress' intergalactic conquest, Blind Pilot shifts the focus to the hidden lowblood driving her flagship. Where Condesca was a light tune with unsettling undertones, Blind Pilot goes in full force with its cinematic and emotive atmosphere, a mix of dramatic orchestra, electronic sounds and ambience. It's all in all a breathtaking and impressive final result, especially considering just how silly and tongue in cheek the original [[The Blind Prophet]] was. Kudos to Kurt for recontextualizing it so well! - Additional note: this is the first of four [[track:gold-pilot|Gold Pilot]] arranges to appear on the album, and boy does it start off the trend well. I hope you enjoy all their unique spins on the original! + Additional note: this is the first of four [[Gold Pilot]] arranges to appear on the album, and boy does it start off the trend well. I hope you enjoy all their unique spins on the original! --- Track: Daywalker ~Rise~ Artists: @@ -606,7 +610,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) - It's a remix of [[track:savior-of-the-waking-world|Savior of the Waking World]]. That's something you couldn't possibly have found out unless you read this very commentary. Aren't you doing yourself a favor by looking through this? + It's a remix of [[Savior of the Waking World]]. That's something you couldn't possibly have found out unless you read this very commentary. Aren't you doing yourself a favor by looking through this? <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) @@ -656,7 +660,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- <i>Wheals:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) - Of all main characters in Homestuck, Kanaya is perhaps the most suited to a soft orchestral/piano piece like this. The song pulls off some great production orchestra-wise while putting a lovely 3/4 twist on [[track:darling-kanaya|Darling Kanaya]]. + Of all main characters in Homestuck, Kanaya is perhaps the most suited to a soft orchestral/piano piece like this. The song pulls off some great production orchestra-wise while putting a lovely 3/4 twist on [[Darling Kanaya]]. <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) @@ -720,7 +724,7 @@ Commentary: |- As one of the oddball Retcon Lovers out there, the scene where John becomes unstuck in canon is one of my favorite moments in the entire comic. Thinking about it inspired me to make a song about the retcon; specifically, the introduction of John's powers, followed by the way they're used to save the entire timeline from its catastrophic doom. This time around, the game gets completed... but maybe the ending isn't so happy, as we're reminded there's still four kids trapped in the retcon juju, waiting endlessly for freedom in paradox space. - Some trivia: this song was named after an update discussion thread on the old MSPA forums. Apparently, that thread was in turn named after [a TVTropes page](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Retconjuration). Also, alongside a [[track:homestuck-anthem|Homestuck Anthem]] quote at the end, the music box refrain featured throughout the song quotes [[track:windchime-foley|the foley]] on [[flash:82|Homestuck's title page]]. That's both because it's where the retcon arms first appear, and because I always wanted to reference those windchimes. Now you know! + Some trivia: this song was named after an update discussion thread on the old MSPA forums. Apparently, that thread was in turn named after [a TVTropes page](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Retconjuration). Also, alongside a [[Homestuck Anthem]] quote at the end, the music box refrain featured throughout the song quotes [[track:windchime-foley|the foley]] on [[flash:82|Homestuck's title page]]. That's both because it's where the retcon arms first appear, and because I always wanted to reference those windchimes. Now you know! <i>William Leonard:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) @@ -763,7 +767,7 @@ Art Tags: - Pyralspite - Scalemates - Alternia -- Trolls' Meteor +- Trolls' meteor - 'cw: hanging (abstract)' Lyrics: |- I was putting on airs, @@ -829,7 +833,7 @@ Art Tags: Commentary: |- <i>Veritas Unae:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - Originally, this piece was written for a good friend of mine, [[artist:patmandx|Patrick]]. He was running the fan adventure [[flash-act:loftlocked|Loftlocked]] at the time, and I'd supplied the comic with a lot of music in conjunction with [[artist:rnd|Kurtis]] (who is also on this album! Check him out!) Pat had approached me to write a haunting refrain for a harp playing character, Eliza. This theme would eventually form part of several songs written by Kurtis and myself, and the most prominent of which, Lamental, was made into another song, [[track:infinitys-lament|Infinity's Lament]]. It is a fun, jovial melody that turns darker as Eliza becomes less sure of herself and her playing. However, in a Homestuck specific context, consider Rose playing the rain, plucking strings but quickly finding herself at odds with her own land quest. Who knows? The beauty of music is that you can make your own interpretations. + Originally, this piece was written for a good friend of mine, [[artist:patmandx|Patrick]]. He was running the fan adventure [[flash-act:loftlocked|Loftlocked]] at the time, and I'd supplied the comic with a lot of music in conjunction with [[artist:rnd|Kurtis]] (who is also on this album! Check him out!) Pat had approached me to write a haunting refrain for a harp playing character, Eliza. This theme would eventually form part of several songs written by Kurtis and myself, and the most prominent of which, Lamental, was made into another song, [[Infinity's Lament]]. It is a fun, jovial melody that turns darker as Eliza becomes less sure of herself and her playing. However, in a Homestuck specific context, consider Rose playing the rain, plucking strings but quickly finding herself at odds with her own land quest. Who knows? The beauty of music is that you can make your own interpretations. <i>Circlejourney:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) @@ -899,7 +903,7 @@ Art Tags: Commentary: |- <i>SplitSuns:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - This track was made for the [[group:canmt|Cool and New Music Team's]] [[album:cool-and-new-volume-7|Volume 7]]. It was based on the hypothetical question "What if Rose went grimdark?" which was based off of a series of shitposts on the /r/homestuck subreddit. With this song, I tried to make it mirror the chain of events that occur to Rose before and after she goes grimdark in the comic. It starts off relatively simple, but quickly goes ominous and unsettling as she stares into the cueball in "Seer: Ask." Then suddenly the song explodes into a blistering drum-and-bass track with booming organs to tell you that, in fact, shit just got real. The song was meant to be reminiscent of [[track:your-best-nightmare|"Your Best Nightmare"]] from Undertale, and I hope I was able to pull that effect off. The song concludes in much the same way it began as Rose, in her newly darkened state, flies into space. All things considered, I had a lot of fun making this song. + This track was made for the [[group:canmt|Cool and New Music Team's]] [[album:cool-and-new-volume-7|Volume 7]]. It was based on the hypothetical question "What if Rose went grimdark?" which was based off of a series of shitposts on the /r/homestuck subreddit. With this song, I tried to make it mirror the chain of events that occur to Rose before and after she goes grimdark in the comic. It starts off relatively simple, but quickly goes ominous and unsettling as she stares into the cueball in "Seer: Ask." Then suddenly the song explodes into a blistering drum-and-bass track with booming organs to tell you that, in fact, shit just got real. The song was meant to be reminiscent of [["Your Best Nightmare"]] from Undertale, and I hope I was able to pull that effect off. The song concludes in much the same way it began as Rose, in her newly darkened state, flies into space. All things considered, I had a lot of fun making this song. <i>SplitSuns:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) @@ -917,7 +921,7 @@ Cover Artists: Art Tags: - Rose - Kanaya -- Trolls' Meteor +- Trolls' meteor Referenced Tracks: - Black Rose / Green Sun - Greensleeves @@ -927,7 +931,7 @@ Commentary: |- Some ships may come and go, but Rosemary is forever. - A mashup of the traditional [[track:greensleeves|"Greensleeves"]], which I've always loved, with [[track:endless-climb|"Endless Climb"]] and hints of [[track:black-rose-green-sun|"Black Rose / Green Sun"]]. + A mashup of the traditional [["Greensleeves"]], which I've always loved, with [["Endless Climb"]] and hints of [["Black Rose / Green Sun"]]. <i>SplitSuns:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) @@ -1025,7 +1029,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- <i>Interrobang:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - This song began when I was messing around and thought I wanted to make some v a p o r w a v e. I really like the glitchy sections of [[track:gold-pilot|Gold Pilot]], and my initial plan was to slow those parts down, loop them, add drums, etc - the usual vaporwave stuff - thats also how it got its name, thanks to its project file. However once this started to happen I realized what I had written was very different, and that it had turned into some strange Gold Pilot remix. While I worked on other things for UMSPAF and [[group:canmt|CANMT]], this song was on the back burner and I wasn't sure I'd actually finish it, but I stuck with it and just added things as they came to me (I'll admit that [[artist:lambda-elise-merryberry|Lambda]] showing some interest in the song was a bit of motivation). At some point one of the later versions ended up getting accepted to LOFAM4, which was a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one, and so I wrapped up production. + This song began when I was messing around and thought I wanted to make some v a p o r w a v e. I really like the glitchy sections of [[Gold Pilot]], and my initial plan was to slow those parts down, loop them, add drums, etc - the usual vaporwave stuff - thats also how it got its name, thanks to its project file. However once this started to happen I realized what I had written was very different, and that it had turned into some strange Gold Pilot remix. While I worked on other things for UMSPAF and [[group:canmt|CANMT]], this song was on the back burner and I wasn't sure I'd actually finish it, but I stuck with it and just added things as they came to me (I'll admit that [[artist:lambda-elise-merryberry|Lambda]] showing some interest in the song was a bit of motivation). At some point one of the later versions ended up getting accepted to LOFAM4, which was a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one, and so I wrapped up production. Some other facts about this song: Quite a bit of the instruments (I'd say about 80% or so) are modifications of default Garageband synths/presets. This is the first song I've ever made that regularly causes audio overloads on my computer from just playback. The name, "Pilotwave" comes from when it was going to be vaporwave, I named the project file that and it sort of stuck. Special thanks goes to everyone that listened to it and helped me with balance/mastering issues, and extra special thanks to AroSoup for their amazing art! @@ -1040,12 +1044,24 @@ Duration: 3:43 URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/aura-of-colour - https://youtu.be/rxiNzk64tSw -Cover Artists: -- insecureIllustrator -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Turtles (consort) -- LoLaR +Track Artwork: +- Artists: + - insecureIllustrator + Tags: + - Rose + - Turtles (consort) + - Cue Ball + - LoLaR +- Directory: alternate + Label: Alternate art + Artists: + - insecureIllustrator + Source: >- + ["Art for the Project"](https://hsfanmusic.skaia.net/lofam4.html) + Tags: + - Rose + - Horrorterrors + - LoLaR Commentary: |- <i>olegoleg123:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) @@ -1054,10 +1070,6 @@ Commentary: |- <i>keyboard cait:</i> (album team, booklet commentary) This art by insecureIllustrator was actually one of two made for this track! iI sent us both this version and a different one of Rose with just as much incredible detail, and allowed us to choose which one suited the track better. This version won out primarily due to fitting the bright tone of the song more, and the general feeling of an "aura of colour". - - <i>insecureIllustrator:</i> (track artist, alternate artwork) - - <img src="media/misc/aura-of-colour-bonus.png" width="300"> --- Track: Beyond the Death of the King Artists: @@ -1103,7 +1115,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- <i>The Great Anansi:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - En Masse is actually a remastering of sorts of the very first Homestuck remix (and just generally one of the first songs ever) that I made about five or six years ago, because this was conceptualized around when Homestuck was ending last year to be a commemoration of the webcomic that sparked so much creative energy in me and catalyzed about 99% of my current friendships. I was keen on having it be grand and sweeping—essentially, doing everything my initial remix did, except bigger and badder than ever before. To that end, I started tossing in some extra motifs and making the composition even mroe frantic than before, but I was keen on keeping the overall rhythm and classical-esque style of [[track:scratch|Scratch]]; it's been a very long time since the cueball-head was directly relevant, but it's important to remember that that's where so much started! The project encountered some severe snags due to various real life troubles and motivation issues, but thanks to the support of the LOFAM team, it's finally been brought to life and I'm back on my feet with bountiful motivation. I might be a bit rocky, but it's only going up from here! + En Masse is actually a remastering of sorts of the very first Homestuck remix (and just generally one of the first songs ever) that I made about five or six years ago, because this was conceptualized around when Homestuck was ending last year to be a commemoration of the webcomic that sparked so much creative energy in me and catalyzed about 99% of my current friendships. I was keen on having it be grand and sweeping—essentially, doing everything my initial remix did, except bigger and badder than ever before. To that end, I started tossing in some extra motifs and making the composition even mroe frantic than before, but I was keen on keeping the overall rhythm and classical-esque style of [[Scratch]]; it's been a very long time since the cueball-head was directly relevant, but it's important to remember that that's where so much started! The project encountered some severe snags due to various real life troubles and motivation issues, but thanks to the support of the LOFAM team, it's finally been brought to life and I'm back on my feet with bountiful motivation. I might be a bit rocky, but it's only going up from here! <i>SplitSuns:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) @@ -1148,7 +1160,7 @@ Art Tags: Commentary: |- <i>Seijen:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - "how do I make a future bass song without sounding generic or like a total douche?" you don't, youre a douche. Accept it and move on with life. The only saving grace this track has is the tempo. Most future bass is 130 or 144. Nah fam, we're going 150 on this since 150 and 175 are all I know. This track was exclusively made with harmor and maybe 1 serum. Fuck the system, and fuck my CPU since like [[track:exsanguinated|exsanguinated]], FL crashes 3/4 of the times I try to open the tracks. RIP the dream. + "how do I make a future bass song without sounding generic or like a total douche?" you don't, youre a douche. Accept it and move on with life. The only saving grace this track has is the tempo. Most future bass is 130 or 144. Nah fam, we're going 150 on this since 150 and 175 are all I know. This track was exclusively made with harmor and maybe 1 serum. Fuck the system, and fuck my CPU since like [[exsanguinated]], FL crashes 3/4 of the times I try to open the tracks. RIP the dream. <i>Trufflemeep:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) @@ -1174,11 +1186,11 @@ Sampled Tracks: Commentary: |- <i>Noisemaker:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - An extension of a very, very short segment of a group collaboration ([[track:7-grand-end|7 GRAND END]] from the [[group:canmt|Cool and New Music Team]]), it seemed unfitting to leave something like this in its short, unfinished state. + An extension of a very, very short segment of a group collaboration ([[7 GRAND END]] from the [[group:canmt|Cool and New Music Team]]), it seemed unfitting to leave something like this in its short, unfinished state. <i>SplitSuns:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) - Buffskull was originally a part of the [[group:canmt|CANMT]] song [[track:7-grand-end|"7 GRAND END,"]] with the music syncing up to the final [[flash:8127|Act 7]] flash in Homestuck. This part of the song played when Vriska and her army prepared to face off against Lord English, and the art reflects this tense moment. Vriska stands in the middle of the chaos, with the house juju towering behind her. All of this is reflected in the eye of Lord English himself, his normally radiating visage forced into the position of eight-balls. The detail on English's eye is both very sharp and a little unsettling. So although this art mirrors previous scenes in the comic, it adds its own interesting twists to the presentation to make it an exciting and engaging image. + Buffskull was originally a part of the [[group:canmt|CANMT]] song [["7 GRAND END,"]] with the music syncing up to the final [[flash:8127|Act 7]] flash in Homestuck. This part of the song played when Vriska and her army prepared to face off against Lord English, and the art reflects this tense moment. Vriska stands in the middle of the chaos, with the house juju towering behind her. All of this is reflected in the eye of Lord English himself, his normally radiating visage forced into the position of eight-balls. The detail on English's eye is both very sharp and a little unsettling. So although this art mirrors previous scenes in the comic, it adds its own interesting twists to the presentation to make it an exciting and engaging image. --- Track: I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew (theh0nestman Version) Artists: @@ -1251,7 +1263,7 @@ Commentary: |- <i>ostrichlittledungeon:</i> (album team, booklet commentary) - After the [[track:im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew-acapella|acapella]] and [[track:im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew-post-punk-version|post-punk versions]] of [[track:im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew|I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew]], you may be wondering how there could possibly be a unique version of this song without stooping to [[artist:what-pumpkin-games|What Pumpkin's]] level and making "I'm a Member of the Midnight Ska." theh0nestman manages to take this early 20th century classic somewhere entirely new. This version of the song has a country rock feel to it, with soft verses leading into harder, crunchier choruses, and the bridges between verses taking us into previously uncharted melodic territory. + After the [[track:im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew-acapella|acapella]] and [[track:im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew-post-punk-version|post-punk versions]] of [[I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew]], you may be wondering how there could possibly be a unique version of this song without stooping to [[artist:what-pumpkin-games|What Pumpkin's]] level and making "I'm a Member of the Midnight Ska." theh0nestman manages to take this early 20th century classic somewhere entirely new. This version of the song has a country rock feel to it, with soft verses leading into harder, crunchier choruses, and the bridges between verses taking us into previously uncharted melodic territory. --- Track: Crystalendofgames Artists: @@ -1309,7 +1321,7 @@ Commentary: |- For a lot of people LoFaM2 is the best (released) LoFaM, which is... sort of weird, as someone that did it. Personally, I sort of think of [[album:lofam2|2]] and [[album:lofam3|3]] as parts of one whole because they were so close in proudction and a number of songs were moved from the former to the latter. - Also for a lot of people, the most represenative songs of LoFaM2 would be things like [[Alphamatic Replacement]], [[track:cr1m1n4l-cr1m1n4l|CR1M1N4L CR1M1N4L]], [[Fighting Spirit]], [[Dance-Stab-Dance]], stuff like that. As the, uh, co-head of Loaf 2 though, I sorta always felt that [[Jackpot]] was the "most LoFaM2" song? Not sure exactly what it was. Perhaps that it had like three remixes (two of which never made it to a LoFaM), perhaps that it was my personal #1 "why wasn't this on [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a|coloUrs and mayhem]]" song. But, anyway, yeah, we did Jackpot. It's a neat song. + Also for a lot of people, the most represenative songs of LoFaM2 would be things like [[Alphamatic Replacement]], [[CR1M1N4L CR1M1N4L]], [[Fighting Spirit]], [[Dance-Stab-Dance]], stuff like that. As the, uh, co-head of Loaf 2 though, I sorta always felt that [[Jackpot]] was the "most LoFaM2" song? Not sure exactly what it was. Perhaps that it had like three remixes (two of which never made it to a LoFaM), perhaps that it was my personal #1 "why wasn't this on [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a|coloUrs and mayhem]]" song. But, anyway, yeah, we did Jackpot. It's a neat song. <i>keyboard cait:</i> (album team, booklet commentary) @@ -1324,13 +1336,27 @@ Duration: 2:45 URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/hiatus - https://youtu.be/kOKKXW4NsCs -Cover Artists: -- Trufflemeep -Art Tags: -- Gamzee -- Terezi -- 'cw: asphyxiation' -- 'cw: blood' +Track Artwork: +- Artists: + - Trufflemeep + Tags: + - Gamzee + - Terezi + - 'cw: asphyxiation' + - 'cw: blood' +- Directory: alternate + Label: Alternate art + Attach Above: true + Artists: + - Trufflemeep + Source: >- + ["Art for the Project"](https://hsfanmusic.skaia.net/lofam4.html) + Tags: + - Vriska + - Terezi + - Gamzee + - 'cw: asphyxiation' + - 'cw: blood' Referenced Tracks: - Upward Movement (Dave Owns) Commentary: |- @@ -1676,7 +1702,7 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Wheals:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) - [[artist:kusoro|Xoro]] was working on a little 8-song Vriska album concept for the [[group:canmt|CANMT]], to be released on 8/8/2016. Though the idea never came to be, he made a couple songs for it, which then languished on the main tab of our organization sheet. Reading through the list of semi-abandoned songs there, I convinced him to put it on our [[album:v8lume|Volume 8]], so it ended up with some 8-related action. At some point, either the LOFAM judges listened to the album and felt it was a standout track, or Xoro submitted it on his own. The latter is possible since right around then was when [[artist:lambda-elise-merryberry|Lambda]] put out an open call on /r/homestuck for song submissions. Either way, Xoro felt the song could be improved, so the song as presented here is an even more polished version of [[track:the-8est-flarper-ever|the v8lume one]]. Relistening, many of the changes jump out. Right away you can tell some of the instruments have changed. ([[Enemy Approaching]], the Undertale song, is still an obvious compositional inspiration, even though the instrumentation being less electronic makes this version less similar in that sense.) Some of the mixing is better and more punchy, a skill that Xoro excels at. [[track:terezis-theme|Terezi's theme]] opens the bridge, after which the song contains new composition. Returning to the original motifs of the song after the bridge, it continues to put a new spin on them. I never cease to be impressed by the musical improvements of my friends in the Homestuck fanmusic community. And I'm glad that in a managerial role, I can facilitate others' improvement. Let's all give Xoro a thumbsp for the great work here. + [[artist:kusoro|Xoro]] was working on a little 8-song Vriska album concept for the [[group:canmt|CANMT]], to be released on 8/8/2016. Though the idea never came to be, he made a couple songs for it, which then languished on the main tab of our organization sheet. Reading through the list of semi-abandoned songs there, I convinced him to put it on our [[album:v8lume|Volume 8]], so it ended up with some 8-related action. At some point, either the LOFAM judges listened to the album and felt it was a standout track, or Xoro submitted it on his own. The latter is possible since right around then was when [[artist:lambda-elise-merryberry|Lambda]] put out an open call on /r/homestuck for song submissions. Either way, Xoro felt the song could be improved, so the song as presented here is an even more polished version of [[track:the-8est-flarper-ever|the v8lume one]]. Relistening, many of the changes jump out. Right away you can tell some of the instruments have changed. ([[Enemy Approaching]], the Undertale song, is still an obvious compositional inspiration, even though the instrumentation being less electronic makes this version less similar in that sense.) Some of the mixing is better and more punchy, a skill that Xoro excels at. [[Terezi's theme]] opens the bridge, after which the song contains new composition. Returning to the original motifs of the song after the bridge, it continues to put a new spin on them. I never cease to be impressed by the musical improvements of my friends in the Homestuck fanmusic community. And I'm glad that in a managerial role, I can facilitate others' improvement. Let's all give Xoro a thumbsp for the great work here. --- Track: Wisest Wizord Artists: @@ -1767,7 +1793,7 @@ Commentary: |- I wrote this pretty soon after [the Openbound walkaround](https://www.homestuck.com/story/5263), and it was the first fansong I really felt amazingly proud of. Gotta love that sadstuck. - <i>nights:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) + <i>Nights:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) I needed to draw something equally cute for this cute track. I made this almost exclusively with MS Paint save for the final effects on the art, which were done with SAI. --- @@ -1849,7 +1875,7 @@ URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/upward-meowvement-davepetasprite-2-owns - https://youtu.be/wkbjr98bx9I Cover Artists: -- CybeR +- artist:cyber-umspaf Art Tags: - Davepeta - Green Sun @@ -1951,7 +1977,7 @@ Commentary: |- - [[Orange Hat]] - [[artist:plumegeist]] (0:13–0:27) - [[track:metamorphic-choices|Metamorphic Choices]] - [[artist:veritas-unae]] and [[artist:marcy-nabors]] (0:27–0:34) - [[Stay in Touch]] - [[artist:wheals]] (0:34–0:40) - - [[Moshi Moshi?]] - [[artist:discfortune]] (0:41–0:54, 1:08–1:21, 2:32–2:45) + - [[Moshi Moshi?]] - [[artist:cryptanark]] (0:41–0:54, 1:08–1:21, 2:32–2:45) - [[Explore]] - [[artist:buzinkai]] and [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]] (0:41–0:47) - [[Sburban Jungle]] - [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]] (0:47–0:54) - [[Even in Death]] - [[artist:clark-powell]] (0:54–1:08, 1:37–1:49) @@ -2043,11 +2069,11 @@ Art Tags: - Crowbar - Felt Mansion Commentary: |- - <i>Discfortune:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Cryptanark:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) AKA The One Time I Sold Out to LOFAM, Ringleader is a Crowbar song I had a lot of fun throwing together. I tried incorporating aspects of jazz and rock solbos, in addition to experimenting with a 7/8 time signature. I'm pleasantly surprised at how it turned out, considering how obtuse the concept felt to me when I was first planning out the track. Blah blah blah check out [[group:canmt|cool and new webcomic]] please - <i>nights:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) + <i>Nights:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) Crypt's songs are always a delight to listen to, I'm so happy I got the chance to do art for one of them. (Plus it's a Crowbar track! Objectively the best Felt member. This is fact not opinion.) --- @@ -2125,7 +2151,7 @@ Commentary: |- From there, konec0's involvement in the fan music scene dropped somewhat, and I was still particularly excited about this idea around the time the ball actually started rolling on LoFaM 4. So I decided to try and revive the dead dance. Humorously, Requiem no longer shows up in the piece, so Dance of the Dead is a bit of a misnomer, but I think the frantic pace and thematic idea of the beta kids and the Midnight Crew jamming together in the Farthest Ring is one we can all appreciate. The choice to go with jazz for the piece is mostly due to how comfortable I feel writing for small jazz ensembles. Another funny thing to note is that I gave anything tricky or unplayable to Jade (consider some of the basslines or the double notes on flute) - she must have pulled out her dreambot again! (Not withstandding, I think a couple of carapacians picked up some alto saxes.) - Many thanks to all the amazing fan musicians who populated the sheet music thread back in the day. So many of those scores were invaluable to me. Also thanks to TheOtherN on musescore for their incredible transcription of [[track:watercolour-pendulum|Watercolour]], [[artist:alex-rosetti|Alex Rosetti]] for the [[Pondsquatter]] MIDI, [[artist:max-wright|Max Wright]] for Gods of the New World sheet music, [[artist:nate-tronerud|Nate Tronerud]] for the [[track:for-beforus|For Beforus]] sheet music, [[artist:tensei|Tensei]] for the [[track:rouge-on-the-rox|Rouge on the Rox]] MIDI, [[artist:circlejourney|Circlejourney]] for the [[track:just1c3-r41ns-from-4bov3|JUST1C3]] MIDI, and [[artist:marcy-nabors|Marcy]] for her incredible melody notating skills. + Many thanks to all the amazing fan musicians who populated the sheet music thread back in the day. So many of those scores were invaluable to me. Also thanks to TheOtherN on musescore for their incredible transcription of [[track:watercolour-pendulum|Watercolour]], [[artist:alex-rosetti|Alex Rosetti]] for the [[Pondsquatter]] MIDI, [[artist:max-wright|Max Wright]] for Gods of the New World sheet music, [[artist:nate-tronerud|Nate Tronerud]] for the [[For Beforus]] sheet music, [[artist:tensei|Tensei]] for the [[Rouge on the Rox]] MIDI, [[artist:circlejourney|Circlejourney]] for the [[track:just1c3-r41ns-from-4bov3|JUST1C3]] MIDI, and [[artist:marcy-nabors|Marcy]] for her incredible melody notating skills. <i>Selan Pike:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) @@ -2150,7 +2176,7 @@ Commentary: |- - [[album:medium|Medium]] - [[Heat]] - [[artist:clark-powell]] (04:03–04:21) - [[album:mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido|Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido]] - [[Beta Version]] - [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]] (04:22–04:39) - [[album:homestuck-vol-7|Homestuck Vol. 7]] - [[Let's All Rock the Heist]] - [[artist:rj-lake|Robert J! Lake]] (04:22–04:39) - - [[album:sburb|Sburb]] - [[track:revelations-ii|Revelations II]] - [[artist:james-dever]] (04:39–04:56) + - [[album:sburb|Sburb]] - [[Revelations II]] - [[artist:james-dever]] (04:39–04:56) - [[album:the-wanderers|The Wanderers]] - [[Aimless Morning Gold]] - [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]] (04:46–04:56) - [[album:prospit-and-derse|Prospit & Derse]] - [[Core of Darkness]] - [[artist:solatrus]] (04:56–05:27) - [[album:homestuck-vol-8|Homestuck Vol. 8]] - [[Escape Pod]] - [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]] (05:03–05:10) @@ -2238,7 +2264,7 @@ Art Tags: - LoPaN - 'cw: alcohol' Commentary: |- - <i>nights:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) + <i>Nights:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) I'm really happy with this piece! The music sets a uniquely nice atmosphere on LOPAN, which I hoped to capture in this art's composition and colors. (Also the glass is just water, I promise I don't condone underage drinking, please don't call the cops) @@ -2306,7 +2332,7 @@ Commentary: |- This song was made when I was first really digging my teeth into making music, and I feel like it shows. Generally I feel like the production and instrumentation in this song has... a lot to be desired. Even so, making this taught me lots of things that I wouldn't have learned otherwise, and I'm glad I made it, even if I can't stand to listen to it. - I tried to make another medley with this kind of format for the [[group:canmt|Cool and New Music Team]] recently, and it's essentially what I was trying to do with this song. (Although, with a different subject matter entirely) You can find it on the [[album:greatest-hits-2|Greatest Hits 2]] album, under the name [[track:two-master-classes-a-knife-enthusiast-and-a-green-dude-walk-into-a-bar|Two Master Classes, A Knife Enthusiast, and A Green Dude Walk Into a Bar]]. Yes, I know it's a shitty name. + I tried to make another medley with this kind of format for the [[group:canmt|Cool and New Music Team]] recently, and it's essentially what I was trying to do with this song. (Although, with a different subject matter entirely) You can find it on the [[album:greatest-hits-2|Greatest Hits 2]] album, under the name [[Two Master Classes, A Knife Enthusiast, and A Green Dude Walk Into a Bar]]. Yes, I know it's a shitty name. <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) @@ -2741,7 +2767,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- <i>Lambda Elise Merryberry:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - Finding a suitable song for a disc jingle from [[album:lofam3|LoFaM3]] was... sort of a struggle, really. I didn't want to do something based too heavily on another song (e.g. [[Emissary of Dance]], [[track:garden-of-eden-part-1|Garden of Eden]], [[I'm Not a Hero]], or [[Thermporia]]) and I really didn't want to do something memey/jokey (i.e. [[Theme of the Slam Jam]], [[JOHN DO THE WINDY THING]], or [[track:sord|Sord]]). + Finding a suitable song for a disc jingle from [[album:lofam3|LoFaM3]] was... sort of a struggle, really. I didn't want to do something based too heavily on another song (e.g. [[Emissary of Dance]], [[track:garden-of-eden-part-1|Garden of Eden]], [[I'm Not a Hero]], or [[Thermporia]]) and I really didn't want to do something memey/jokey (i.e. [[Theme of the Slam Jam]], [[JOHN DO THE WINDY THING]], or [[Sord]]). This... narrowed the pool of available songs from LoFaM3 significantly. @@ -2775,7 +2801,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- <i>Marcy Nabors:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - Back in 2016 I got together with [[artist:rj-lake|RJ Lake]] and [[artist:james-roach|James Roach]] to compile [[album:homestuck-vol-10|Homestuck Vol. 10]]. Everyone was pretty hyped, and there were threads in various places full of people feverishly speculating about what the tracklist would be. Much of this speculation focused on whether [[artist:toby-fox|Toby Fox's]] elusive song [[track:penumbra-phantasm|Penumbra Phantasm]] would finally see release, founded on the rumor that he had agreed to finish it for the album. + Back in 2016 I got together with [[artist:rj-lake|RJ Lake]] and [[artist:james-roach|James Roach]] to compile [[album:homestuck-vol-10|Homestuck Vol. 10]]. Everyone was pretty hyped, and there were threads in various places full of people feverishly speculating about what the tracklist would be. Much of this speculation focused on whether [[artist:toby-fox|Toby Fox's]] elusive song [[Penumbra Phantasm]] would finally see release, founded on the rumor that he had agreed to finish it for the album. Around this time, a couple of us on the Vol. 10 project decided to have some fun with the speculation and put together a fake version of the album to "leak" to the fans, so we gathered [[Candles & Potency|a]] [[Heel Girl|few]] [[Homestuck Sonata|WIPs]] that'd been cut from Vol. 10 and arranged them at the beginning of the album for an illusion of Authenticity™. Jamie Paige put together a bunch of awful low-effect vaporwave remixes of Homestuck songs, which we gave names to match what the fans were hoping for. Finally, as the keystone piece to tie it all together, we referenced an old Toby Fox piano recording and created a short (but hopefully convincing) song that we titled "Penumbra Phantasm". Christened by Toby's seal of approval and an unholy melding with a vaporwave [[Sunslammer]] monstrosity, this one-minute-and-fifty-second piece quickly became a fan favorite once the [sock?] ruse was revealed, and we [promised](https://shadolith.tumblr.com/post/146397577605/is-it-true-that-you-made-the-fake-penumbra) that this "Pseudumbra Phauxtasm" would see an extended release on LoFaM 4. @@ -2798,20 +2824,48 @@ Duration: 6:33 URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/crystalmethequins-broken-bad - https://youtu.be/dIfHLsPtDJE -Cover Artists: -- tti -Art Tags: -- Vriska -- Aradia -- 'cw: cops' +Track Artwork: +- Artists: + - tti + Tags: + - Vriska + - Aradia + - 'cw: cops' +- Directory: alternate + Label: Alternate art + Attach Above: true + Source: >- + ["Art for the Project"](https://hsfanmusic.skaia.net/lofam4.html) +- Directory: soundcloud + Label: Alternate art + Artists: + - Richard Gung + Tags: + - Vriska + - Aradia + Source: >- + [SoundCloud](https://soundcloud.com/astro_kid/crystalmethequins-broken-bad) + # refs by secondary artworks are broken in current wiki code + # Referenced Artworks: + # - Crystalmethequins Referenced Tracks: - Crystalmethequins Commentary: |- - <i>Riki Tsuji:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://dog-noise.tumblr.com/post/53629861790)) + <i>tti:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) + + dont do drugs + + <i>keyboard cait:</i> (album team, booklet commentary) + + From the co-creator of smash hits Crystalmethequins and Beatup, and the composer of classics like Skaian Starstorm and Starblaze, comes an all-new drug fueled adventure! + + (Note: Don't do drugs, kids. Note 2: Don't even THINK of doing meth, trust on this one, please. Note 3: This isn't actually all-new, it's been around since 2013, but BOY is it still a doozy. Note 4: This is a remix of a remix of a remix. Are you a bad enough dude (or any casual moniker of your choice) to continue the chain? Note 5: I've run out of ntoes, so I guess... enjoy the song?!?!?) + + <i>Riki Tsuji:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://dog-noise.tumblr.com/post/53629861790), 6/22/2013) YO U HOMESTUX AINT READY 4 DEEZ DROPS DOE<br> THIS SOME REAL SHIT RITE HERE<br> - [[track:crystalmethequins|CRYSTALMETHEQUINS]] ON THAT OVERDOSE<br> + [[CRYSTALMETHEQUINS]] ON THAT OVERDOSE<br> BRINGIN THAT MOTHAFUCKIN HEISENBERG GAME<br> UPDATED TRACKART BY [[artist:richard-gung|RICHARD GUNG]] AGAIN<br> CRYSTALMETHEQUINS: THE REBIRTH<br> @@ -2820,20 +2874,17 @@ Commentary: |- BROKEN BAD<br> BY ASTRO KID<br> ([DOWNLOAD THIS SHIT](https://soundcloud.com/astro_kid/crystalmethequins-broken-bad)) +Crediting Sources: |- + <i>Riki Tsuji:</i> ([Tumblr](https://dog-noise.tumblr.com/post/53629861790), excerpt, 6/22/2013) - <i>Richard Gung:</i> (alternate artwork, for SoundCloud) - - <img src="media/misc/crystalmethequins-broken-bad.png" width="300"> - - <i>tti:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) - - dont do drugs - - <i>keyboard cait:</i> (album team, booklet commentary) + [...]<br> + UPDATED TRACKART BY [[artist:richard-gung|RICHARD GUNG]] AGAIN<br> + [...] - From the co-creator of smash hits Crystalmethequins and Beatup, and the composer of classics like Skaian Starstorm and Starblaze, comes an all-new drug fueled adventure! + <i>Riki Tsuji:</i> ([SoundCloud description](https://soundcloud.com/astro_kid/crystalmethequins-broken-bad), excerpt, 6/22/2013) - (Note: Don't do drugs, kids. Note 2: Don't even THINK of doing meth, trust on this one, please. Note 3: This isn't actually all-new, it's been around since 2013, but BOY is it still a doozy. Note 4: This is a remix of a remix of a remix. Are you a bad enough dude (or any casual moniker of your choice) to continue the chain? Note 5: I've run out of ntoes, so I guess... enjoy the song?!?!?) + a remix of [[track:crystalmethequins|Plazmataz – Crystalmethequins]]<br> + track art by [[artist:richard-gung|richard gung]] --- Track: Thyme on My Fries Suffix Directory: true @@ -2859,7 +2910,7 @@ Art Tags: Commentary: |- <i>SplitSuns:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - This track was originally made for the Cool and New Music Team's ["Cool and New Homestuck"](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMXVVm-BDvr9G2C_sk0OSKpZuxGzsIAh-) project, remixing and parodying the various Homestuck Flashes. In case you can't tell, this song is a parody of [[track:time-on-my-side|Time on my Side]]. I mostly played it straight to the original song, changing the instrumentation and adding some twists of my own. Of course, there's some jokes thrown into the mix as well, such as the [[track:axel-f-crazy-frog|Crazy Frog]] theme song, [[Waters of Nazareth]], and other subtle additions. All in all, I hope you like this song! It's good enough for [[artist:tensei|Tensei]] to say "this is pretty good," so make of that what you will. + This track was originally made for the Cool and New Music Team's ["Cool and New Homestuck"](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMXVVm-BDvr9G2C_sk0OSKpZuxGzsIAh-) project, remixing and parodying the various Homestuck Flashes. In case you can't tell, this song is a parody of [[Time on my Side]]. I mostly played it straight to the original song, changing the instrumentation and adding some twists of my own. Of course, there's some jokes thrown into the mix as well, such as the [[track:axel-f-crazy-frog|Crazy Frog]] theme song, [[Waters of Nazareth]], and other subtle additions. All in all, I hope you like this song! It's good enough for [[artist:tensei|Tensei]] to say "this is pretty good," so make of that what you will. <i>Ephemerald:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) @@ -2899,7 +2950,7 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Makin:</i> (album team, booklet commentary) - This track was made way back in November for the [\[S] Finale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgw1yxGLStI) animation, a culmination of [[group:canmt|Cool and New Web Comic]] lore Hadron had been working on for a long time. The track features a bunch of obscure little references like [[track:skaia-voyages|Skaian Voyages]] and [[Celestial Fantasia]], both amazing [[artist:seth-peelle|Beatfox]] songs you should probably look up, and [[track:formation|Formation]], the Hadron song you've already listened to. Beatfox is a music god, and Hadron knew just how to combine all the good leitmotifs in order to make the song feel as grand and epic as humanly possible. I actually named this track, as I feel cool Homestuck quotes like ["Raise of the Conductor's Baton"](https://www.homestuck.com/story/307) ought to be used when they fit the content (and indeed, Rose raises her wand... conductorly... in the animation mentioned above. Seriously, [go watch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgw1yxGLStI) [S] Finale when you're done with this album). + This track was made way back in November for the [\[S] Finale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgw1yxGLStI) animation, a culmination of [[group:canmt|Cool and New Web Comic]] lore Hadron had been working on for a long time. The track features a bunch of obscure little references like [[track:skaia-voyages|Skaian Voyages]] and [[Celestial Fantasia]], both amazing [[artist:seth-peelle|Beatfox]] songs you should probably look up, and [[Formation]], the Hadron song you've already listened to. Beatfox is a music god, and Hadron knew just how to combine all the good leitmotifs in order to make the song feel as grand and epic as humanly possible. I actually named this track, as I feel cool Homestuck quotes like ["Raise of the Conductor's Baton"](https://www.homestuck.com/story/307) ought to be used when they fit the content (and indeed, Rose raises her wand... conductorly... in the animation mentioned above. Seriously, [go watch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgw1yxGLStI) [S] Finale when you're done with this album). --- Track: Radness from Concentrate Artists: @@ -2943,7 +2994,7 @@ Commentary: |- <i>yazshu:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) - since july 20th, 2016 i have made trackart for many variations of this song. i helped [[artist:discfortune]] create [[track:conflict-question-mark|the very first mashup of this song]]. i have drawn the characters from a comic i dont even like that much more than my own. when i was sent the spreadsheet, and i saw it sitting on there, unclaimed, i knew i was the only man capable of doing this. thank you emelia k for creating my entire career. + since july 20th, 2016 i have made trackart for many variations of this song. i helped [[artist:cryptanark]] create [[track:conflict-question-mark|the very first mashup of this song]]. i have drawn the characters from a comic i dont even like that much more than my own. when i was sent the spreadsheet, and i saw it sitting on there, unclaimed, i knew i was the only man capable of doing this. thank you emelia k for creating my entire career. --- Track: Solar Momentum Artists: @@ -3148,9 +3199,7 @@ Commentary: |- --- Track: Denizen Suffix Directory: true -Always Reference By Directory: true -Artists: -- Kouta +Main Release: denizen Duration: 5:46 URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/denizen @@ -3236,10 +3285,19 @@ Duration: 4:10 URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/juju-breaker - https://youtu.be/W46m0Qyes5g -Cover Artists: -- Griever -Art Tags: -- Crowbar +Track Artwork: +- Artists: + - Griever + Tags: + - Crowbar +- Directory: alternate + Label: Alternate art + Attach Above: true + Source: >- + ["Art for the Project"](https://hsfanmusic.skaia.net/lofam4.html) + Tags: + - Crowbar + - 7 GRAND DAD (media) Referenced Tracks: - Purple Bard - Sburban Jungle @@ -3293,7 +3351,7 @@ Art Tags: - Dirk - LoTaK Commentary: |- - <i>nights:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) + <i>Nights:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) Another very nice track for the Alpha kids' medium, this time for LOTAK. Unlike my other art pieces on LoFaM, I used SAI for this instead of the usual MS Paint. It's a nice change of pace to be working with another art program. @@ -3361,7 +3419,7 @@ Commentary: |- <i>PatManDX:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) - When I hear the song, it's a no brainer that it was about Roxy in the dreambubbles, being a remix of [[track:even-in-death|'Even in Death']] and all. What was tricky was figuring out what exactly to show in the track art: what angle, what aspect of the dreambubbles, and so on. I didn't want to make the art too busy, so I went for a simpler piece that showcased one of the grander moments of the [[flash:4486|'Roxy: Sleepwalk']] flash—where the music swells as Roxy falls into that dream bubble. Pinks and purples were used cause they pop on the black, and they're nice mysterious colors. + When I hear the song, it's a no brainer that it was about Roxy in the dreambubbles, being a remix of [['Even in Death']] and all. What was tricky was figuring out what exactly to show in the track art: what angle, what aspect of the dreambubbles, and so on. I didn't want to make the art too busy, so I went for a simpler piece that showcased one of the grander moments of the [[flash:4486|'Roxy: Sleepwalk']] flash—where the music swells as Roxy falls into that dream bubble. Pinks and purples were used cause they pop on the black, and they're nice mysterious colors. --- Track: Crystalline Repose Artists: @@ -3418,7 +3476,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- <i>Circlejourney:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) - This track was reassigned to me after the original artist dropped out. I decided to further extend the image formed of [[track:crystalendofgames|Crystalendofgames']] and [[track:ultimate-alchemy|Ultimate Alchemy's]] track illustrations after several people expressed assent when I aired the idea on the LoFaM server. + This track was reassigned to me after the original artist dropped out. I decided to further extend the image formed of [[Crystalendofgames']] and [[track:ultimate-alchemy|Ultimate Alchemy's]] track illustrations after several people expressed assent when I aired the idea on the LoFaM server. *(continued below)* @@ -3585,7 +3643,7 @@ Art Tags: Commentary: |- <i>Noisemaker:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - If some of you thought this was [[track:le-canrival|le canrival]] from Cool and New Webcomic's V8LUME, then you'd be right! I initially made le canrival as a Cool and New Webcomic track, but the folks over on the Land of Fans and Music team took some interest in it. So, we arranged to have it put on the next LOFAM, under a new, more classy name. + If some of you thought this was [[le canrival]] from Cool and New Webcomic's V8LUME, then you'd be right! I initially made le canrival as a Cool and New Webcomic track, but the folks over on the Land of Fans and Music team took some interest in it. So, we arranged to have it put on the next LOFAM, under a new, more classy name. <i>0ysTezy:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) @@ -3682,17 +3740,17 @@ Art Tags: - Rose - LoLaR Commentary: |- - <i>nights:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Nights:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) This piece was originally [[track:rozepiano|for CaNMT]], although it was still about the character Rose Lalonde. Perhaps you're wondering why someone would release a track on CaNMT, before putting it on LoFaM, but that was due to my joining LoFaM after this song was published. I worked on this song for nearly 2 months, so the production was a pretty complicated process - but at least I could finish it. It doesn't matter how long it took, what matters is that it's done. Originally, using pianos wasn't a part of my plan - the step before it was to use violins and Pavellion strings, because violin is Rose's instrument. But I couldn't pull it off so I switched to extremely romantic pianos midway through production. However, if I did take the pianos off I feel this track would've suffered a lot of pain, barring its size. In the end there really wasn't much that survived of my original image of this track, but I'm still happy with what I ended up with. Lightfall was my first song published anywhere, so you could say this is a big song for me. - <i>nights:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) + <i>Nights:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) I envisioned the scene of Rose playing on LOLAR for this art as well as the song. I can't count how many times I redrew this piece before finally getting it to look good, since I'm only a beginner at drawing scenery. I'm glad it turned out nicely in the end though. Also I gotta say, doing art for your own songs is kind of weird. :p --- Track: Blanc Artists: -- Sean Gorter +- Sean "Flare" Gorter Duration: 5:00 URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/blanc @@ -3707,7 +3765,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Black Commentary: |- - <i>Sean Gorter:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Sean "Flare" Gorter:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) The base idea for this song's groove came about in late 2011 when I noticed the repeated piano riff was just an E-flat blues scale [[artist:toby-fox|Radiation]] messed with, and I started laying it over a Latin-style chord rhythm and liked what I heard. I thought to myself, "this must be what it sounds like when the Midnight Crew just jams", and before I knew it I had a remix idea in my head. Something I've always loved about the original mix I did, poorly executed as it was, was how it took an idea we know to be so dark within the Homestuck universe and turned it into a light, relaxing, foot-tapping piece, something the Crew might have done in happier times. @@ -3731,7 +3789,7 @@ Art Tags: Commentary: |- <i>SplitSuns:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - This song was originally made for the [[group:canmt|Cool and New Music Team]], but I went with a much more Homestuck slant than a cool and new one for this track. I wanted to take [[track:upward-movement-dave-owns|Upward Movement]] and change it into something more EDM and techno, so I chopped and screwed traditional strings and mixed them with the powerful drum tracks and synths you hear in the song. I wanted to include motifs from both Dave and Nepeta as they're two halves of Davepeta's whole. I also incorporated caws and meows for the same effect. Finally, I put the Undertale track [[track:core|CORE]] in the song because of that one scene in [[flash:8087|EOA6]] ([you know the one.](https://youtu.be/Y5wYN6rB_Rg?t=670)⁠) There's an additional reference at that point if you're listening carefully! Although this song was challenging to make, I think it turned out very well in the end. + This song was originally made for the [[group:canmt|Cool and New Music Team]], but I went with a much more Homestuck slant than a cool and new one for this track. I wanted to take [[track:upward-movement-dave-owns|Upward Movement]] and change it into something more EDM and techno, so I chopped and screwed traditional strings and mixed them with the powerful drum tracks and synths you hear in the song. I wanted to include motifs from both Dave and Nepeta as they're two halves of Davepeta's whole. I also incorporated caws and meows for the same effect. Finally, I put the Undertale track [[CORE]] in the song because of that one scene in [[flash:8087|EOA6]] ([you know the one.](https://youtu.be/Y5wYN6rB_Rg?t=670)⁠) There's an additional reference at that point if you're listening carefully! Although this song was challenging to make, I think it turned out very well in the end. <i>Shadok:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) @@ -3753,13 +3811,13 @@ Art Tags: Commentary: |- <i>ostrichlittledungeon:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - God, this was so much work. Oh yeah, and I lost the first half of the project file towards the end so I couldn't go back and edit it. Ugh. But all in all, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. The original plan was to go through the [[group:canmt|CANMT]] discography and pick the most iconic songs over time. If you're unfamiliar with its discography, I highly recommend you at least [[group-gallery:canmt|go give it a glance]]. I roughly settled on using [[track:cascante|Cascante]], [[track:tick|Tick]]/[[track:tock|Tock]], [[Fruity Pebbles Redux]], [[album:gunshow-singalong|Gunshow]], [[Rex Mille Geromius]], [[Doctor]] and [[Penumbra Phantasm]] ([[album:cool-and-new-volume-v|cool and new vol V]]), [[track:contra-canmt|Contra]] (from [[album:cool-and-new-homestuck|Cool and New Homestuck]]), [[track:moshi-moshi|Moshi Moshi]], [[Final Confrontation]], [[Unintentional Touhou]], [[track:in-the-beginning-basement-tale|In the Beginning]]/[[track:contact|Contact]], [[Formation]], [[track:jungle-3|Jungle #3]], [[Muse of Nanchos]], [[track:meet-the-flintstones|Flintstones]], [[track:gunshow-2-theme-instrumental|Gunshow 2]], and of course, [[track:rollercoaster-tycoon-theme|the RCT theme]] and [[track:bowmans-credit-score|Bowman's credit score]]. Shoutouts to [[artist:difarem|Difarem]] for making the "it's between my buttocks" vocaloid for me. Revisit/Rewind, which is based heavily on [[Ascend]], was released as the Cool and New Homestuck song for [\[S] Credits](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UTMPTX45F8). + God, this was so much work. Oh yeah, and I lost the first half of the project file towards the end so I couldn't go back and edit it. Ugh. But all in all, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. The original plan was to go through the [[group:canmt|CANMT]] discography and pick the most iconic songs over time. If you're unfamiliar with its discography, I highly recommend you at least [[group-gallery:canmt|go give it a glance]]. I roughly settled on using [[Cascante]], [[Tick]]/[[Tock]], [[Fruity Pebbles Redux]], [[album:gunshow-singalong|Gunshow]], [[Rex Mille Geromius]], [[Doctor]] and [[Penumbra Phantasm]] ([[album:cool-and-new-volume-v|cool and new vol V]]), [[Contra]] (from [[album:cool-and-new-homestuck|Cool and New Homestuck]]), [[Moshi Moshi]], [[Final Confrontation]], [[Unintentional Touhou]], [[track:in-the-beginning-basement-tale|In the Beginning]]/[[Contact]], [[Formation]], [[Jungle #3]], [[Muse of Nanchos]], [[track:meet-the-flintstones|Flintstones]], [[track:gunshow-2-theme-instrumental|Gunshow 2]], and of course, [[track:rollercoaster-tycoon-theme|the RCT theme]] and [[Bowman's credit score]]. Shoutouts to [[artist:difarem|Difarem]] for making the "it's between my buttocks" vocaloid for me. Revisit/Rewind, which is based heavily on [[Ascend]], was released as the Cool and New Homestuck song for [\[S] Credits](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UTMPTX45F8). <i>Wheals:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) This art was made in like five hours on Christmas 2016 when i yelled at nights to make some John/Aradia art for Revisit/Rewind (it being based off [[Ascend]], with its iconic John/Aradia art). That's basically the plot of The Christmas Carol and by writing this seven months later I'm now the Ghost of Christmas Future. I'll let Past Nights (the Ghost of Christmas Past) fill you in on the rest: - <i>nights:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) + <i>Nights:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) <img src="media/misc/nights-revisit-rewind-1.png" width="268" height="93" pixelate inline alt="Four Discord messages from nights: im doing the background / the bg is just / a giant dick / ok"><br> <img src="media/misc/nights-revisit-rewind-2.png" width="289" height="47" pixelate inline alt="Two messages: john and aradia are too lewd / theyre touching hands"><br> @@ -3773,8 +3831,8 @@ Commentary: |- - [[Doctor]] - [[artist:buzinkai]] (0:07–0:29, 1:30–2:18, 2:26–2:48) - [[Cascade (Beta)]] - [[artist:tensei]] (0:15–0:44) - [[Sburban Jungle]] - [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]] (0:16–0:42, 3:06–3:17, 3:42–3:50) - - [[Tick]] - [[artist:discfortune]] (0:30–0:44) - - [[Lord Spanish]] - [[artist:discfortune]] (0:45–0:59) + - [[Tick]] - [[artist:cryptanark]] (0:30–0:44) + - [[Lord Spanish]] - [[artist:cryptanark]] (0:45–0:59) - [[Fruity Pebbles Jingle]] - [[artist:scott-stutzman]] (0:45–1:14) - [[Potato Knishes]] - [[artist:ryan-dorin]] (1:00–1:14) - [[The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]] - [[artist:neil-cicierega|Lemon Demon (Neil Cicierega)]] (1:15–1:29) @@ -3783,11 +3841,11 @@ Commentary: |- - [[Even in Death]] - [[artist:clark-powell]] (2:03–2:18) - [[Space Jam]] - [[artist:quad-city-djs]] (2:03–2:18) - [[Chorale for Jaspers]] - [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]] (2:03–2:10) - - [[track:at-the-price-of-oblivion|At the Price of Oblivion]] - [[artist:malcolm-brown]] (2:11–2:14) + - [[At the Price of Oblivion]] - [[artist:malcolm-brown]] (2:11–2:14) - [[track:contra-canmt]] - [[artist:noisemaker]] (2:18–2:48) - [[track:MeGaLoVania]] - [[artist:toby-fox]] (2:50–3:05) - - [[Moshi Moshi?]] - [[artist:discfortune]] (2:50–3:05) - - [[track:unintentional-touhou]] - [[artist:discfortune]] (3:05–3:20) + - [[Moshi Moshi?]] - [[artist:cryptanark]] (2:50–3:05) + - [[track:unintentional-touhou]] - [[artist:cryptanark]] (3:05–3:20) - [[CONTACT]] - [[artist:difarem]] (3:20–3:50) - [[track:upward-movement-dave-owns|Upward Movement]] - [[artist:kalibration]] (3:35–3:50) - [[track:formation]] - [[artist:hadron]] (3:50–4:20) |