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diff --git a/album/squiddles.yaml b/album/squiddles.yaml index 082f2133..217e8596 100644 --- a/album/squiddles.yaml +++ b/album/squiddles.yaml @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Additional Files: - squiddles_banner.jpg Commentary: |- <i>Andrew Hussie:</i> + <b>THIS IS INCREDIBLY SILLY</b><br> Hey guys, guess what the next album is all about! No, your guess is wrong. It is a Squiddles album. Surprise! @@ -42,6 +43,65 @@ Commentary: |- The idea we formed around that song was to make an album that would serve as the soundtrack for a fictional cartoon show for kids, full of ridiculous happy tunes with strong themes of friendship and chock full of squeaky noises and aquatic gurglings. Seems to me like they pulled it off. It's very easy to picture this as a real show now! Most of what you hear and see is musician/artist-conceptualized. I didn't have much of a hand in it other than the original idea. The guiding principle for working on Squiddles stuff is, any idea someone has for it automatically becomes Squiddles canon. So really anything going on here, candy corn shrimp, skipper Plumbthroat's connivings, underwater unicorns, all that came together through the collaboration of these artists while I sat quietly and boggled vacantly at their shenanigans. These guys are a bunch of nuts. But they are your nuts, and now their work is yours as well. + + <i>Cindy Dominguez:</i> ([whatpumpkin.com news post](https://web.archive.org/web/20110208011641/http://whatpumpkin.com/)) + + Alright, so we did it. We decided to make a soundtrack dedicated solely to a nonexistant cartoon show about little cutesy-pie squid-things. So we told the musicians, "make this thing." Not only did they make it, they made it with 22 songs (and a short bonus track). Most of the song titles have the word "Squiddle" in them, and I'm pretty sure about 70% of the lyrics are also comprised of the word as well. It was just about the silliest project idea you could think of, but here's the thing: the musicians did a fan-squiddlin'-tastic job on this music. These are some very genuinely great songs, with the added bonus that they might also make you laugh. Win-win, right? So go give it a listen. + + Now I'm going to say a name, and I would like you to join me in giving some major props to this person for going the extra mile (beyond just making some fabulous songs) in getting this album collected, organized, prepped and mixed, as well as keeping the project on track for months (yes, this thing was a long time in the making!). Okay get ready for it here is the name: [[artist:alex-rosetti|ALEXANDER ROSETTI]]. Remember that name, and give him the biggest props you can muster for being an awesome contributor and outstanding fellow. + + Make sure you save a few props though, because I am going to be sharing another name with you in a moment. + + Let me tell you about an EXTRA SPECIAL THING. This album is not just about music. Nope, we got a bunch of spectacular artists in on the act as well, and thanks to their efforts we're including with the album an animation set to a track called (this may surprise you) "Squiddles!". It is adorable and hilarious and you can watch [a short preview of it here](https://web.archive.org/web/20100830140031/http://www.whatpumpkin.com/videos/squiddletrailer.html). The complete animation is included with the purchase of the album as an .SWF file. It was a big collaborative effort, and I'm about to mention that name I warned you about earlier: [[artist:paige-turner|PAIGE TURNER]]. All the artists contributed art of course, but this is the guy who directed and corralled everybody's efforts, did a bunch of awesome art herself (plus a puppet show!!), and put the whole animation together. Fabulous job! + + There were so many people involved in this that I went ahead and made [a separate credits page just for this album](https://web.archive.org/web/20100830161858/http://www.whatpumpkin.com/squiddles.html). Take a look and tell all these people what a great job they did by buying this ridicudorable album. + + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([whatpumpkin.com side blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20110208011641/http://whatpumpkin.com/)) + + The soundtrack for a cartoon show about tiny adorable fictional cephalopods. You've been waiting your entire life for this and it's *finally here.* + + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([whatpumpkin.com "about the albums" blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20110718035128/http://www.whatpumpkin.com/albums.html)) + + Fake band? No, more like a real soundtrack to a fake children's cartoon show about tiny squid-like sea creatures. Fake *show,* that is, not fake children. Actually the children are fake too. It's a fake show for fake kids, but the music is real and very *good.* Get it? Then get it! The album, I mean. Get the album. + + It includes a full-length animation set to the album's title track, [which you can preview right here](https://web.archive.org/web/20110718035128/http://www.whatpumpkin.com/videos/squiddletrailer.html)! + + [Click here for album and animation credits.](https://web.archive.org/web/20110815160049/http://www.whatpumpkin.com/squiddles.html) + + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp download blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20100828115437/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/squiddles)) + + COOL BONUSES INCLUDED: Squiddles animation (in .swf format) and PDF booklet with lyrics and credits! + + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20100828115437/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/squiddles)) + + Album by these fine musicians:<br> + [[artist:alex-rosetti|Alexander Rosetti]]<br> + [[artist:david-ko]]<br> + [[artist:ian-taylor]]<br> + [[artist:clark-powell|Clark "Plazmataz" Powell]]<br> + [[artist:erik-scheele|Erik "Jit" Scheele]]<br> + [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]]<br> + [[artist:seth-peelle|Seth "Beatfox" Peelle]]<br> + [[artist:steve-everson]]<br> + [[artist:robert-j-lake]]<br> + [[artist:nick-smalley]]<br> + [[artist:solatrus|Jeremy "Solatrus" Iamurri]]<br> + [[artist:malcolm-brown]]<br> + [[artist:toby-fox|Toby "Radiation" Fox]]<br> + [[artist:mark-j-hadley|Mark Hadley]] + + And Squiddles! animation by:<br> + [[artist:paige-turner]] (lead animator)<br> + [[artist:rebecca-harding]]<br> + [[artist:brett-muller]]<br> + [[artist:kara-roas]]<br> + [[artist:michael-firman]]<br> + [[artist:cindy-dominguez]]<br> + [[artist:hanni-brosh|SaffronScarf]]<br> + [[artist:richard-gung]]<br> + [[artist:nic-carey]]<br> + [[artist:killian-ng|Vivus]]<br> + [[artist:eyes5]] --- Section: Main album --- @@ -438,9 +498,18 @@ MIDI Project Files: - 'Ocean Stars - IronInvoker47 (piano).mid' Commentary: |- <i>Mark J. Hadley:</i> + Everyone writing songs for the Squiddles album opted for happy-go-lucky and crazy-sounding things, but in an effort to make a variety, I aimed instead for something more calm and serene, picturing a calm ocean at night lit only by the full moon and stars. Admittedly, it's just 12 bars that repeat over and over, each time adding in an additional instrument track. Still, it's one of the most relaxing things I've ever written. + + <i>Mark J. Hadley:</i> ([YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFWWC9vmSzQ&lc=Ugy-xyqLnKP3Dh7NgfR4AaABAg)) + + I don't think I ever mentioned this to anyone before, but this song is based after, of all things, a tune I wrote in the background of one of my custom WarioWare D.I.Y. minigames. The two bars from 1:21 to 1:25 is almost exactly how it sounded in that game, except more MIDI-like. + + (The minigame itself had nothing to do with Homestuck or Squiddles; it was a game where you see a pair of eyes in the darkness, and you had to stop a moving bar in the right spot to turn on a light bulb and reveal a black cat.) --- Track: Let the Squiddles Sleep (End Theme) +Additional Names: +- Let the Squiddles Sleep (earlier MSPA credit) Artists: - Robert J! Lake Duration: '5:06' |