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-rw-r--r-- | album/ancestral.yaml | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/are-you-lost.yaml | 29 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/bee-forus-seatbelt-safebee.yaml | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/beforus.yaml | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/cool-and-new-volume-v.yaml | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/friendsymphony.yaml | 12 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/lofam5.yaml | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/of-troles-and-chiptumes.yaml | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/perfectly-generic-album.yaml | 13 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/perfectly-generic-object.yaml | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/references-beyond-homestuck.yaml | 30 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/sburb.yaml | 47 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/the-wanderers.yaml | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/xenoplanetarium.yaml | 2 |
14 files changed, 101 insertions, 51 deletions
diff --git a/album/ancestral.yaml b/album/ancestral.yaml index 77d2e4c1..010f9e17 100644 --- a/album/ancestral.yaml +++ b/album/ancestral.yaml @@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ Track: ♋️A Peace Worth Fighting For♋️ Artists: - Nate Tronerud Duration: '5:12' -Color: '#7c7e81' +Color: '#ff0000' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/a-peace-worth-fighting-for - https://youtu.be/sFhScGwOe00 @@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ Track: ♐Broken Strings♐ Artists: - psithurist Duration: '3:17' -Color: '#c6c6f0' +Color: '#487aef' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/broken-strings - https://youtu.be/oje4ziyMcy0 diff --git a/album/are-you-lost.yaml b/album/are-you-lost.yaml index 1578c7ba..9c564267 100644 --- a/album/are-you-lost.yaml +++ b/album/are-you-lost.yaml @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ Album: ✌︎❒︎♏︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎ ●︎□︎⬧︎⧫︎✍︎ Directory: are-you-lost Artists: -- hywell +- Cristata Date: November 22, 2020 Date Added: April 12, 2021 URLs: -- https://smoothiefruitee.bandcamp.com/album/--2 +- https://cristata.bandcamp.com/album/--2 Has Track Art: false Cover Artists: - Astroblur @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Groups: - Cristata - Beyond Commentary: |- - <i>hywell:</i> + <i>Cristata:</i> ROYAL LABS ENTRY: ██<br>DATE: 20XX <hr> The following sounds are a sample of what was recorded during a ten hour audio/visual observation session of a space that lies beyond our own existence, otherwise known as "The Void". @@ -39,55 +39,52 @@ Additional Files: Track: SIGNAL START Duration: '3:25' URLs: -- https://smoothiefruitee.bandcamp.com/track/signal-start +- https://cristata.bandcamp.com/track/signal-start Referenced Tracks: - ASGORE --- Track: ARE YOU LOST? Duration: '4:40' URLs: -- https://smoothiefruitee.bandcamp.com/track/are-you-lost +- https://cristata.bandcamp.com/track/are-you-lost +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvYzJ86-WpQ Referenced Tracks: - Fallen Down --- Track: FALLEN Duration: '4:51' URLs: -- https://smoothiefruitee.bandcamp.com/track/fallen +- https://cristata.bandcamp.com/track/fallen Referenced Tracks: - Fallen Down --- Track: LOREM IPSUM DOCET Duration: '4:13' URLs: -- https://smoothiefruitee.bandcamp.com/track/lorem-ipsum-docet +- https://cristata.bandcamp.com/track/lorem-ipsum-docet +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPZz_HKUSm0 Referenced Tracks: - Moonsetter --- Track: TRUE AUTUMN -Artists: -- hywell -- Cristata Duration: '5:21' URLs: -- https://smoothiefruitee.bandcamp.com/track/true-autumn-ft-cristata +- https://cristata.bandcamp.com/track/true-autumn-ft-cristata Referenced Tracks: - Quiet Autumn --- Track: MEDIUM Directory: medium-are-you-lost -Artists: -- hywell -- Cristata Duration: '6:22' URLs: -- https://smoothiefruitee.bandcamp.com/track/medium-ft-cristata +- https://cristata.bandcamp.com/track/medium-ft-cristata +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JTbtsDvLh0 Referenced Tracks: - CORE --- Track: JUDGEMENT Duration: '3:31' URLs: -- https://smoothiefruitee.bandcamp.com/track/judgement +- https://cristata.bandcamp.com/track/judgement Referenced Tracks: - track:megalovania-undertale diff --git a/album/bee-forus-seatbelt-safebee.yaml b/album/bee-forus-seatbelt-safebee.yaml index 8ee31022..62af3c38 100644 --- a/album/bee-forus-seatbelt-safebee.yaml +++ b/album/bee-forus-seatbelt-safebee.yaml @@ -363,6 +363,8 @@ URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdtu_TAHAiM Sampled Tracks: - The Bee Movie +Art Tags: +- Bees Lyrics: |- (Damn it, Safety Bot! Why are you so bad at fighting bees? And why are you so good in bed? Mmm-mmm!) (Yeah, how could bees defeat a robot anyway?) diff --git a/album/beforus.yaml b/album/beforus.yaml index 855f5a4d..11e061cd 100644 --- a/album/beforus.yaml +++ b/album/beforus.yaml @@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ Track: ♐ - Creeping Blue Artists: - smear Duration: '2:38' -Color: '#c6c6f0' +Color: '#487aef' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/creeping-blue - https://youtu.be/KaK8z8buRhA diff --git a/album/cool-and-new-volume-v.yaml b/album/cool-and-new-volume-v.yaml index f9aec56b..6376ada3 100644 --- a/album/cool-and-new-volume-v.yaml +++ b/album/cool-and-new-volume-v.yaml @@ -638,6 +638,7 @@ URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No08DrgSy0Y Art Tags: - Battlefield +- Skaia Referenced Tracks: - track:doctor - Fruity Pebbles Jingle diff --git a/album/friendsymphony.yaml b/album/friendsymphony.yaml index 640d218a..de1bf846 100644 --- a/album/friendsymphony.yaml +++ b/album/friendsymphony.yaml @@ -234,6 +234,8 @@ Cover Artists: - Chesswanderlust-sama Art Tags: - Zebede +- Cirava +- Bees - Alternia Referenced Tracks: - track:carefree-action @@ -543,7 +545,7 @@ Track: Dumbass Terminal Artists: - Tee-vee Duration: '6:01' -Color: '#c6c6f0' +Color: '#487aef' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dumbass-terminal Cover Artists: @@ -563,7 +565,7 @@ Directory: growing-up-friendsymphony Artists: - JulieTunes Duration: '1:13' -Color: '#c6c6f0' +Color: '#487aef' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/growing-up Cover Artists: @@ -574,7 +576,7 @@ Directory: worst-friend Artists: - Gryotharian Duration: '1:59' -Color: '#c6c6f0' +Color: '#487aef' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/worst-fri-end Cover Artists: @@ -587,7 +589,7 @@ Track: Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness Artists: - Tee-vee Duration: '2:56' -Color: '#c6c6f0' +Color: '#487aef' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sesquipedalian-loquaciousness Cover Artists: @@ -600,7 +602,7 @@ Track: '*Suplexes piano*' Artists: - Scorpyus Duration: '2:26' -Color: '#c6c6f0' +Color: '#487aef' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/suplexes-piano Cover Artists: diff --git a/album/lofam5.yaml b/album/lofam5.yaml index a82fb3cb..c0f38492 100644 --- a/album/lofam5.yaml +++ b/album/lofam5.yaml @@ -868,6 +868,7 @@ Cover Artists: - Gryotharian Art Tags: - BK +- Skaia Referenced Tracks: - Rex Duodecim Angelus - track:black @@ -1282,7 +1283,7 @@ URLs: Cover Artists: - Monckat Art Tags: -- Lord English +- Caliborn - Calliope - 'cw: blood' Referenced Tracks: diff --git a/album/of-troles-and-chiptumes.yaml b/album/of-troles-and-chiptumes.yaml index 0df06a23..c2a95ddd 100644 --- a/album/of-troles-and-chiptumes.yaml +++ b/album/of-troles-and-chiptumes.yaml @@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ Track: Yes, So Good Cover Artists: - Makin Duration: '02:35' -Color: '#c6c6f0' +Color: '#487aef' URLs: - https://coolandnewwebcomic.bandcamp.com/track/yes-so-good - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTQBoUmVkxE diff --git a/album/perfectly-generic-album.yaml b/album/perfectly-generic-album.yaml index 62f87cd4..228b02f6 100644 --- a/album/perfectly-generic-album.yaml +++ b/album/perfectly-generic-album.yaml @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Artists: Date: November 10, 2019 Date Added: May 25, 2020 URLs: +- https://cristata.bandcamp.com/album/perfectly-generic-album - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjYwXMkTvx6XTlCI7yQymaeeow-92CCS9 Has Track Art: false Cover Artists: @@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ Commentary: |- Track: New and Improved Duration: '1:31' URLs: +- https://cristata.bandcamp.com/track/new-and-improved - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNFVwcHAqmI Commentary: |- <i>Cristata:</i> @@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ Commentary: |- Track: Healing June Duration: '3:08' URLs: +- https://cristata.bandcamp.com/track/healing-june - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZtfOpp-0jo Referenced Tracks: - track:doctor @@ -52,6 +55,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Moondancer Duration: '6:01' URLs: +- https://cristata.bandcamp.com/track/moondancer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9ltxPAI1r4 Referenced Tracks: - Moonsetter @@ -62,6 +66,7 @@ Commentary: |- Track: Perfectly Generic Duration: '2:36' URLs: +- https://cristata.bandcamp.com/track/perfectly-generic - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYDmVvC2lMU Commentary: |- <i>Cristata:</i> @@ -70,6 +75,7 @@ Commentary: |- Track: Nepeta Plays Kingdom Hearts and Loses her Shit Over Lion King Sora Duration: '3:20' URLs: +- https://cristata.bandcamp.com/track/nepeta-plays-kingdom-hearts-and-loses-her-shit-over-lion-king-sora - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdp-61b-k2c Commentary: |- <i>Cristata:</i> @@ -78,6 +84,7 @@ Commentary: |- Track: NEBULAMPHIBIAN Duration: '3:07' URLs: +- https://cristata.bandcamp.com/track/nebulamphibian - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIf8vXLo-kg Commentary: |- <i>Cristata:</i> @@ -86,6 +93,7 @@ Commentary: |- Track: Quartz and Melody Duration: '2:52' URLs: +- https://cristata.bandcamp.com/track/quartz-and-melody - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8AMmelSZm8 Commentary: |- <i>Cristata:</i> @@ -95,6 +103,7 @@ Track: Thought and Flow Directory: thought-and-flow-pga Duration: '3:46' URLs: +- https://cristata.bandcamp.com/track/thought-and-flow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vE59Fdjdh4 Commentary: |- <i>Cristata:</i> @@ -113,6 +122,7 @@ Commentary: |- Track: Another Noir (Extended Void Mix) Duration: '5:48' URLs: +- https://cristata.bandcamp.com/track/another-noir-extended-void-mix - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if21XVJnGlE Referenced Tracks: - ANOTHER HIM @@ -126,6 +136,7 @@ Track: Megalo in Death // ʞɔɐq ǝʞᴉɹʇS ɥʇɐǝp Directory: megalo-in-death Duration: '4:20' URLs: +- https://cristata.bandcamp.com/track/megalo-in-death-q-s-p - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scoo6r7rW_E Referenced Tracks: - Megalo Strike Back @@ -137,6 +148,7 @@ Commentary: |- Track: Welcome to Your New Suburban Reality Duration: '5:21' URLs: +- https://cristata.bandcamp.com/track/welcome-to-your-new-suburban-reality - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3NstB6oouo Commentary: |- <i>Cristata:</i> @@ -145,6 +157,7 @@ Commentary: |- Track: Eternally You Duration: '5:22' URLs: +- https://cristata.bandcamp.com/track/eternally-you - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqPxB2ustEU Commentary: |- <i>Cristata:</i> diff --git a/album/perfectly-generic-object.yaml b/album/perfectly-generic-object.yaml index f33e07eb..6f287701 100644 --- a/album/perfectly-generic-object.yaml +++ b/album/perfectly-generic-object.yaml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Artists: Date: November 10, 2020 Date Added: December 12, 2020 URLs: -- https://smoothiefruitee.bandcamp.com/track/perfectly-generic-object +- https://cristata.bandcamp.com/track/perfectly-generic-object Has Track Art: false Cover Artists: - Cristata @@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ Commentary: |- Track: Perfectly Generic Object Duration: '2:56' URLs: -- https://smoothiefruitee.bandcamp.com/track/perfectly-generic-object +- https://cristata.bandcamp.com/track/perfectly-generic-object Referenced Tracks: - Perfectly Generic diff --git a/album/references-beyond-homestuck.yaml b/album/references-beyond-homestuck.yaml index 07221358..193c59cb 100644 --- a/album/references-beyond-homestuck.yaml +++ b/album/references-beyond-homestuck.yaml @@ -37,11 +37,13 @@ Artists: Duration: 0:27 URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZlpmSgFqVk&t=44s +MIDI Project Files: +- Title: MIDI by Mark J. Hadley (original composer) + Files: + - 'kr_02.it' Commentary: |- <i>Mark J. Hadley:</i> Bogey’s Theme, also written as fan music for Kid Radd. Since Bogey was a basic enemy from Kid Radd’s game, I figured a simple “level 1” style theme would fit him. - - ([[media:misc/kr_02.it|MIDI file!]]) --- Track: Bowman's Credit Score Artists: @@ -197,11 +199,13 @@ URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZlpmSgFqVk&t=255s Referenced Tracks: - Kid Radd Theme +MIDI Project Files: +- Title: MIDI by Mark J. Hadley (original composer) + Files: + - 'kr_06.it' Commentary: |- <i>Mark J. Hadley:</i> Gnarl’s Theme, also written for Kid Radd. Since Gnarl was the final boss of Radd’s game, it was obvious that his theme should sound like boss fight music. It has a little of Radd’s theme mixed in there, since Radd and Gnarl are brothers (not a spoiler, we find that out pretty quickly in chapter 1). - - ([[media:misc/kr_06.it|MIDI file!]]) --- Track: Heart of the Forest Artists: @@ -220,11 +224,13 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Bogey Theme - Sheena Theme - Kid Radd Theme +MIDI Project Files: +- Title: MIDI by Mark J. Hadley (original composer) + Files: + - 'kr_final.mid' Commentary: |- <i>Mark J. Hadley:</i> The author contacted me to do music for the final comic; this is a recording of it. it was originally in MIDI format, so it ended up sounding different on different computers (this is how it sounded on mine at the time). It uses the themes for Bogey and Sheena at the beginning, and was primarily Radd’s theme after that. Out of all of the music I wrote, this is the only one that wasn’t technically just “fan music”, but was actually official to the comic. - - ([[media:misc/kr_final.mid|MIDI file!]]) --- Track: Kid Radd Theme Artists: @@ -232,11 +238,13 @@ Artists: Duration: 0:44 URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZlpmSgFqVk +MIDI Project Files: +- Title: MIDI by Mark J. Hadley (original composer) + Files: + - 'kr_01.it' Commentary: |- <i>Mark J. Hadley:</i> As some of you might know, Problem Sleuth wasn’t the first animated webcomic that I wrote fan music for. Way back in the early 2000’s, I wrote some fan music for a webcomic called Kid Radd (original site is down, but there’s a mirror). The author liked it so much, he not only posted it on the fan section of the webpage, but later on when the comic ended, he contacted me about doing music for the final comic. An honor, as it was a great comic; it was like Wreck-It Ralph many years before Wreck-It Ralph. - - ([[media:misc/kr_01.it|MIDI file!]]) --- Track: Magical Hopalong Cassidy Station Artists: @@ -9821,12 +9829,14 @@ Duration: '6:44' URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3-NZHCnyf4 - https://soundcloud.com/robdiazmarino/heart-of-the-creator +MIDI Project Files: +- Title: MIDI by Rob Diaz-Marino (original composer) + Files: + - 'd_creator_cdv1.mid' Commentary: |- <i>Rob Diaz-Marino:</i> Exploring the depths of the creator's stone body. The final dungeon. Has an epic urgency to it, as if the end is near. - - ([[media:misc/d_creator_cdv1.mid|MIDI file!]]) --- Track: Hey! Baby Artists: diff --git a/album/sburb.yaml b/album/sburb.yaml index 6bc0c435..b83a5934 100644 --- a/album/sburb.yaml +++ b/album/sburb.yaml @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ Album: Sburb Artists: - James Dever -- Erik Scheele Date: July 13, 2011 Date Added: November 15, 2019 URLs: @@ -33,10 +32,10 @@ Commentary: |- Jess, Mr. Emmons and the Farrells for putting up with me and teaching me everything I know about music. Aunt Tammy for always protecting me and supporting any decision I make. My friends for pushing me to not give up what I love the most. - Andrew Hussie for this opportunity. For Homestuck. - Jeremy Iamurri for beating sense into me and being a great friend. - Erik Scheele for being absolutely amazing at what you do and performing this album. - RJ Lake for pushing me to be better. + [[artist:andrew-hussie|Andrew Hussie]] for this opportunity. For Homestuck. + [[artist:solatrus|Jeremy Iamurri]] for beating sense into me and being a great friend. + [[artist:erik-scheele|Erik Scheele]] for being absolutely amazing at what you do and performing this album. + [[artist:robert-j-lake|RJ Lake]] for pushing me to be better. The music team for pushing me, and being the biggest group of bros in existence. You. For listening. <i>(commentary redux)</i> @@ -55,6 +54,8 @@ Additional Files: - banner.jpg --- Track: The Prelude +Contributors: +- Erik Scheele (performance) Duration: '1:43' URLs: - https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/prelude @@ -71,10 +72,12 @@ Commentary: |- The Prelude is a piece that I formulated a long time ago. It actually came about from me trying to figure out the chords the harps play in the quiet last section of Saturn from Gustav Holst's The Planets. When I started writing Sburb I decided that it would fit perfectly with the theme that the game creates. The structure of the chords is not unlike how the game actually functions. They work as a juxtaposition of good and evil by using relative major and minor chords. It starts off quietly and on higher octaves to introduce the mood. The next section brings in the Homestuck Anthem as an introduction to the album itself, signaling the beginning of the entire process. The piece suddenly grows in intensity as the left hand C octave ostinatos enter the phrases followed by the calm of the storm. The piece does not resolve, however it does lead straight into the next. <i>(commentary redux)</i> 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. + 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 [[artist:clark-powell|Clark Powell]]. + The album in its entirety is performed by [[artist:erik-scheele|Erik Scheele]]. --- Track: Genesis +Contributors: +- Erik Scheele (performance) Duration: '2:26' URLs: - https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/genesis @@ -91,6 +94,8 @@ Commentary: |- The previous track sets up the resolution that the opening measures provide here. This movement introduces the two against three polyrhythm idea that continues throughout the album as well as a few choice hemiolas. Coming from a percussion background, I find a lot of melodic potential in rhythmic content and this whole suite was a place for me to test that out. --- Track: Eden +Contributors: +- Erik Scheele (performance) Duration: '2:06' URLs: - https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/eden @@ -111,6 +116,8 @@ Commentary: |- Still in love with those flourishes after all these years. --- Track: Exodus +Contributors: +- Erik Scheele (performance) Duration: '2:08' URLs: - https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/exodus @@ -124,12 +131,14 @@ Sheet Music Files: Commentary: |- <i>James Dever:</i> <i>(original commentary)</i> - The Book of Exodus comes after the Book of Genesis. It narrates the mass journey out of Israel by Moses. In Sburb, the players must go through a set of tasks to escape impending doom. This song reflects the process of entering the medium. This is why I encorporated Sburban Jungle into the beginning and end. The first time Sburb is booted up you hear a bit of Sburban Jungle, just like at the beginning of the song you hear the bottom chords. Later, when John enters the medium (as well as Rose) you hear the song in more complete forms like the end of the piece. When playing, the trickiest part is definitely the triplet ostinato that continues throughout the entire song. The best method to pulling this off is by playing the note on the beat (which will always be either E flat or G) with the left hand and the rest of the notes on the right hand. You will notice that when there are lower notes, there are rests in the ostinato so that you can quickly jump down the piano. + The Book of Exodus comes after the Book of Genesis. It narrates the mass journey out of Israel by Moses. In Sburb, the players must go through a set of tasks to escape impending doom. This song reflects the process of entering the medium. This is why I encorporated [[track:sburban-jungle|Sburban Jungle]] into the beginning and end. The first time Sburb is booted up you hear a bit of Sburban Jungle, just like at the beginning of the song you hear the bottom chords. Later, when John enters the medium (as well as Rose) you hear the song in more complete forms like the end of the piece. When playing, the trickiest part is definitely the triplet ostinato that continues throughout the entire song. The best method to pulling this off is by playing the note on the beat (which will always be either E flat or G) with the left hand and the rest of the notes on the right hand. You will notice that when there are lower notes, there are rests in the ostinato so that you can quickly jump down the piano. <i>(commentary redux)</i> - Continuing the Homestuck homages, this piece prominently features the bassline from Michael Guy Bowman's Sburban Jungle. + Continuing the Homestuck homages, this piece prominently features the bassline from [[artist:michael-guy-bowman|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. --- Track: Requiem +Contributors: +- Erik Scheele (performance) Duration: '2:56' URLs: - https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/requiem @@ -147,6 +156,8 @@ Commentary: |- I tried to hide the resolution at the end by having a quiet final note low in the bass after the bell like ringing of the final major arrival to add finality while also trying to let the unresolved final chord linger. Erik's performance really nailed it. --- Track: The Meek +Contributors: +- Erik Scheele (performance) Duration: '2:16' URLs: - https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/the-meek @@ -166,6 +177,8 @@ Commentary: |- I also really love not resolving these movements, if you haven't noticed. --- Track: Chronicles +Contributors: +- Erik Scheele (performance) Duration: '1:42' URLs: - https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/chronicles @@ -179,12 +192,14 @@ Sheet Music Files: Commentary: |- <i>James Dever:</i> <i>(original commentary)</i> - A chronicle is an account of chronological events. Homestuck does not follow a chronological structure in the slightest. Chronicles is a piano version of Candles and Clockwork. Candles and Clockwork in itself is a massive hemiola as each voice exists in a different time signature. The melody is adapted in this piece to match the 3/4 arpeggio. The piece keeps changing to reflect each leg of the journey the kids have to experience in order to finish the game, not necessarily in order. + A chronicle is an account of chronological events. Homestuck does not follow a chronological structure in the slightest. Chronicles is a piano version of [[track:candles-and-clockwork|Candles and Clockwork]]. Candles and Clockwork in itself is a massive hemiola as each voice exists in a different time signature. The melody is adapted in this piece to match the 3/4 arpeggio. The piece keeps changing to reflect each leg of the journey the kids have to experience in order to finish the game, not necessarily in order. <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. --- Track: Rapture +Contributors: +- Erik Scheele (performance) Duration: '1:52' URLs: - https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/rapture @@ -201,6 +216,8 @@ Commentary: |- Rapture was the boss tune of the suite. The big bad of the album, it brings back the bass and sustain pedal heavy ostinato while trying to juxtapose a simple and quiet melody that bookends it. --- Track: Creation +Contributors: +- Erik Scheele (performance) Duration: '4:02' URLs: - https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/creation @@ -214,7 +231,7 @@ Sheet Music Files: Commentary: |- <i>James Dever:</i> <i>(original commentary)</i> - The song that means more to me than any song I've ever written and possibly will again. Sburb is all about creating worlds, thus the resolution of the album comes after the storm (Rapture). No matter how harsh the process may be, the result is beauty and endless potential. This song is completely based around the hemiola motif and the origin of it. It is also designed like a day. The song starts off quiet and slow as the sun rises and slowly gets more complex and full fledged as it rises until mid day when it is most busy. As the sun sets into the later half of the day the song slows down and gets quieter toward the sunset. It resolves with the Homestuck Anthem to imply the loop to the beginning. Worlds are created and the process of Skaia starts again. + The song that means more to me than any song I've ever written and possibly will again. Sburb is all about creating worlds, thus the resolution of the album comes after the storm (Rapture). No matter how harsh the process may be, the result is beauty and endless potential. This song is completely based around the hemiola motif and the origin of it. It is also designed like a day. The song starts off quiet and slow as the sun rises and slowly gets more complex and full fledged as it rises until mid day when it is most busy. As the sun sets into the later half of the day the song slows down and gets quieter toward the sunset. It resolves with the [[track:homestuck-anthem|Homestuck Anthem]] to imply the loop to the beginning. Worlds are created and the process of Skaia starts again. <i>(commentary redux)</i> This movement is framed as a sunset. Starting off quiet, building to a peak before shying away to where it started. 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. @@ -222,6 +239,8 @@ Commentary: |- I wrote this the weeks following the passing of my grandmother. It will always be for her and for everything she did for me. --- Track: Revelations I +Contributors: +- Erik Scheele (performance) Duration: '1:07' URLs: - https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/revelations-i @@ -235,13 +254,15 @@ Sheet Music Files: Commentary: |- <i>James Dever:</i> <i>(original commentary)</i> - Revelations is the afterthought of Sburb. The three songs were added months after the original nine were finished and pieced together into the album. They are a standalone piece from the rest of the album but still fit the concept of Sburb and Skaia. Revelations is the equivalent of The Ultimate Riddle. Solving and understanding is the purpose behind the entire concept, however it can completely be overlooked and is not necessary to completing the rest of the process. Thousands of people can play the game and create their own universes but never quite solve the riddle. In this sense, it completely is a separate entity because the other nine songs can loop freely with or without its presence. Each of the movements is based around the same arpeggio pattern featured in Chronicles. They are another journey completely. + Revelations is the afterthought of Sburb. The three songs were added months after the original nine were finished and pieced together into the album. They are a standalone piece from the rest of the album but still fit the concept of Sburb and Skaia. Revelations is the equivalent of The Ultimate Riddle. Solving and understanding is the purpose behind the entire concept, however it can completely be overlooked and is not necessary to completing the rest of the process. Thousands of people can play the game and create their own universes but never quite solve the riddle. In this sense, it completely is a separate entity because the other nine songs can loop freely with or without its presence. Each of the movements is based around the same arpeggio pattern featured in [[track:chronicles|Chronicles]]. They are another journey completely. The first movement starts off as a note in the distance, a growing concept. To the sound of a siren it grows and rushes into a full blown idea. The Homestuck Anthem is briefly mentioned to imply a connection but it just keeps going leaving it in the dust. There are better things to get to. It slowly breaks down and flows into the next movement. <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> --- Track: Revelations II +Contributors: +- Erik Scheele (performance) Duration: '2:41' URLs: - https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/revelations-ii @@ -255,6 +276,8 @@ Commentary: |- Movement II is the process of solving it almost. It's the path to enlightenment; overcoming obstacles and finding yourself along the way is part of the challenge. --- Track: Revelations III +Contributors: +- Erik Scheele (performance) Duration: '3:04' URLs: - https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/revelations-iii diff --git a/album/the-wanderers.yaml b/album/the-wanderers.yaml index a726f1d2..1a6c1454 100644 --- a/album/the-wanderers.yaml +++ b/album/the-wanderers.yaml @@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ Cover Artists: - Khoroshonov Art Tags: - WK +- Skaia --- Track: Litrichean Rioghail Artists: diff --git a/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml b/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml index e937a7b6..2c5d04b2 100644 --- a/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml +++ b/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml @@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ Track: Depths and Water Artists: - Blackhole Duration: '7:15' -Color: '#c6c6f0' +Color: '#487aef' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/depths-and-water - https://youtu.be/Y6N6qPUberY |