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diff --git a/album/sburb.yaml b/album/sburb.yaml index a35551c1..54162c69 100644 --- a/album/sburb.yaml +++ b/album/sburb.yaml @@ -1,8 +1,13 @@ Album: Sburb Artist: James Dever, Erik Scheele -Has Track Art: false Date: July 13, 2011 Date Added: November 15, 2019 +URLs: +- https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/album/sburb +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL988516F160FCCF3A +Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- Vivian Ng Color: '#34cdff' Groups: - Official @@ -11,9 +16,6 @@ Art Tags: - Rose - Dave - Jade -URLs: -- https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/album/sburb -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL988516F160FCCF3A Commentary: |- <i>James Dever:</i> <i>(original commentary)</i> @@ -37,14 +39,14 @@ Commentary: |- Originally written for Homestuck in 2011, Sburb is the first major composition I ever wrote. The pieces were written when I was seventeen, over my junior and senior years of high school and performed and recorded the following summer. The album released about a month before I set off to college and the whole experience was phenomenal. While I have long lost track with MSPA, I still am good friends with my fellow musicians from the Homestuck Music team including Erik "Jit" Steele, who performed on these recordings. Looking back on it now, I love how obvious my early inspirations are but I do love the work I was able to create during one of the most tumultuous times in my life. Thanks for listening. -Cover Artists: -- Vivian Ng --- Track: The Prelude Duration: '1:43' URLs: - https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/prelude - https://youtu.be/7k8zCRNxa7k +Referenced Tracks: +- Homestuck Anthem Commentary: |- <i>James Dever:</i> <i>(original commentary)</i> @@ -53,8 +55,6 @@ Commentary: |- The introduction to the suite lays the fundamentals and ideas present throughout the rest of the movements. A juxtaposition between major and minor are in every chord creating a backbone of polytonality that I wanted to explore as I formulated the album. The main Homestuck anthem is weaved through the chords as this album was originally written for and published through MS Paint Adventures and What Pumpkin. The original theme was composed by Clark Powell. The album in its entirety is performed by Erik Scheele. -Referenced Tracks: -- Homestuck Anthem --- Track: Genesis Duration: '2:26' @@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ Duration: '2:08' URLs: - https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/exodus - https://youtu.be/UnbRhrKFofY +Referenced Tracks: +- track:sburban-jungle Commentary: |- <i>James Dever:</i> <i>(original commentary)</i> @@ -93,8 +95,6 @@ Commentary: |- <i>(commentary redux)</i> Continuing the Homestuck homages, this piece prominently features the bassline from Michael Guy Bowman's Sburban Jungle. When I was writing this movement I really wanted to explore how much I could utilize the different registers of the piano while keeping a constant ostinato running through the middle register. -Referenced Tracks: -- track:sburban-jungle --- Track: Requiem Duration: '2:56' @@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ Duration: '1:42' URLs: - https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/chronicles - https://youtu.be/TOtz3MTSeKg +Referenced Tracks: +- Candles and Clockwork Commentary: |- <i>James Dever:</i> <i>(original commentary)</i> @@ -136,8 +138,6 @@ Commentary: |- <i>(commentary redux)</i> Chronicles is an adaption of an earlier Homestuck track I wrote, Candles and Clockwork. It was one of the first compositions I ever finished and, true to form, is a big hemiola. I wanted an ostinato in a different time signature than the melody which is what I focus on during the first section as I introduce the melody. The second part of the song introduces the final major motive of the suite, a sextuplet accompaniment outlining the tonic and dominant. A staple of the western art canon, it was a good foundation for me to work on some melodies that weren't purely rhythmic noodling. -Referenced Tracks: -- Candles and Clockwork --- Track: Rapture Duration: '1:52' @@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ Duration: '4:02' URLs: - https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/creation - https://youtu.be/XorynbzZQpI +Referenced Tracks: +- Homestuck Anthem Commentary: |- <i>James Dever:</i> <i>(original commentary)</i> @@ -165,14 +167,14 @@ Commentary: |- You can definitely see that I was influenced into writing music from the works of Philip Glass and that is in full force here, but even in retrospect I feel like I put a great personal spin on it. As the sun sets, there's a final recall of the Homestuck Anthem. This movement was originally the last movement before I added the Revelations movements but it fit too well and I could not bring myself to remove it. I wrote this the weeks following the passing of my grandmother. It will always be for her and for everything she did for me. -Referenced Tracks: -- Homestuck Anthem --- Track: Revelations I Duration: '1:07' URLs: - https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/revelations-i - https://youtu.be/YoIYaFyll5Q +Referenced Tracks: +- Homestuck Anthem Commentary: |- <i>James Dever:</i> <i>(original commentary)</i> @@ -181,8 +183,6 @@ Commentary: |- <i>(commentary redux)</i> Revelations is a three part finale that is completely centered on the sextuplet dominant/tonic motive introduced earlier in the album. Each movement was more exploration of how I can use the same general accompaniment but completely change the melody. <i>(commentary from movements II and III is from original booklet)</i> -Referenced Tracks: -- Homestuck Anthem --- Track: Revelations II Duration: '2:41' |