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diff --git a/album/lofam4.yaml b/album/lofam4.yaml index 35cb7f31..f934e4ba 100644 --- a/album/lofam4.yaml +++ b/album/lofam4.yaml @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Commentary: |- <center>LAND OF FANS AND MUSIC 4</center> - <b>The Team:</b><br> + <b>The Team</b><br> [[artist:lambda-elise-merryberry]]<br> [[artist:veritas-unae]]<br> [[artist:lizawithazed]]<br> @@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ Commentary: |- [[artist:ostrichlittledungeon]]<br> [[artist:makin]] - <b>Booklet:</b><br> + <b>Booklet</b><br> [[artist:circlejourney]] - <b>Additional Help:</b><br> + <b>Additional Help</b><br> [[artist:mark-ciocca|Mark Ciocca (Dagoth Xil)]]<br> [[artist:catboss|Yishan "Catboss." Mai]]<br> [[artist:seijen]]<br> @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Commentary: |- [[artist:whatislostinthemines]]<br> [[artist:splitsuns]] - *Special Thanks:*<br> + <b>Special Thanks:</b><br> [[artist:elaine-wang|Elaine "OJ" Wang]]<br> [[artist:melodiousdiscord|M. Alex "melodiousDiscord" Moser]]<br> [[artist:brad-griffin|Brad "Avinoch" Griffin]]<br> @@ -58,11 +58,11 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Lambda Elise Merryberry:</i> (booklet commentary, preface) - Hey, so, I'm Lambda. I did like 2/3 of LoFaM2 and a little bit of LoFaM3. I also made that list of references that comes up if you google "Homestuck remix list". + Hey, so, I'm Lambda. I did like 2/3 of [[album:lofam2|LoFaM2]] and a little bit of [[album:lofam3|LoFaM3]]. I also made that list of references that comes up if you google "Homestuck remix list". Anyway, this is LoFaM4. It's a pretty good album with some pretty cool songs. I hope you like it. I'll be popping in to give some extra ocmmentary on songs throughout the booklet. - I'm using the rest of this space to thank a bunch of people, starting with my collaborators. Thanks to Liza and Scott for sticking by my side for so long; to Aris, Archie, and Lathan for stepping up to judge and being awesome friends; to Makin for doing a ton to get this album out; and to Caitlin for... existing. + I'm using the rest of this space to thank a bunch of people, starting with my collaborators. Thanks to [[artist:lizawithazed|Liza]] and [[artist:veritas-unae|Scott]] for sticking by my side for so long; to [[artist:ostrichlittledungeon|Aris]], Archie, and Lathan for stepping up to judge and being awesome friends; to [[artist:makin|Makin]] for doing a ton to get this album out; and to [[artist:keyboard-cait|Caitlin]] for... existing. I also want to give thanks to a bunch of the cool people I've met along the various communities and Skype and Discord groups. So: shoutouts to Paul, James, Nick, Luke, Marcy, RJ, Clark, Bowman, Evan, Thomas, Blueberry, Seth, Elaine, Yishan, Brad, Emilie, Christina, Paige, Ame, Lisa, Buck, Naomi, wheals, Putnam, nights, Rune, power, Kal, Roxe, Erin, yaz, and soz. And a special shoutout to Mark. @@ -72,13 +72,13 @@ Commentary: |- This is not so much an end as a new beginning. - Homestuck music, to me, has been an ever present part of my life for six years now. I can still keenly recall switching on my iPod Touch to the original Land of Fans and Music as I travelled into university for my first year of higher education, the excitement I felt in getting one of my own songs on the second installment and the deep pride I had in bringing the third album to fruition. The Land of Fans and Music has always been a celebration of the best of Homestuck fan music, a collection of musicians that continues to grow from strength to strength, doing things I could never dream of accomplishing. + Homestuck music, to me, has been an ever present part of my life for six years now. I can still keenly recall switching on my iPod Touch to the original [[album:lofam|Land of Fans and Music]] as I travelled into university for my first year of higher education, the excitement I felt in getting [[track:im-the-doctor|one of my own songs]] on [[album:lofam2|the second installment]] and the deep pride I had in bringing [[album:lofam3|the third album]] to fruition. The Land of Fans and Music has always been a celebration of the best of Homestuck fan music, a collection of musicians that continues to grow from strength to strength, doing things I could never dream of accomplishing. - But Homestuck is a work filled with passion, with creativity and ingenuity, and it is that spark that has set so many of its fans ablaze. Through transformative retellings like Cool and New Homestuck and Act 8, the songs of which have equally earned their places in the annals of fanmusic history, and innovative projects bringing light to untold stories like Beforus, Ancestral and Xenoplanetarium yet to come, Homestuck fanmusicians are always hungry for content on which to develop their musical crafts. It only takes a quick listen to some of my early Homestuck content (my tindeck is still mostly online, including those Nepetaquest tracks...) just to see how far I've been able to hone my own crafts through this medium. + But Homestuck is a work filled with passion, with creativity and ingenuity, and it is that spark that has set so many of its fans ablaze. Through transformative retellings like [[group:canmt|Cool and New Homestuck]] and [[album:act-8-volume-1|Act 8]], the songs of which have equally earned their places in the annals of fanmusic history, and innovative projects bringing light to untold stories like [[album:beforus|Beforus]], [[album:ancestral|Ancestral]] and [[album:xenoplanetarium|Xenoplanetarium]] yet to come, Homestuck fanmusicians are always hungry for content on which to develop their musical crafts. It only takes a quick listen to some of my early Homestuck content (my tindeck is still mostly online, including those Nepetaquest tracks...) just to see how far I've been able to hone my own crafts through this medium. - However, it is time. As all things inevitably must, the Land of Fans and Music project is reaching its final limits. While it would not at all surprise me to see another small scale LoFaM 5 spring forth from the incredible pool of talent that I have the privilege to interact with on a daily basis, it is here that I personally choose to bow out towards my future horizons. While I will always be a part of this fan music community, I think I'm finally tapped out on my own Homestuck energy. (Thankfully, you can be freed of my disgusting motif potpourris. How many of those do I have now? Like... 4?) + However, it is time. As all things inevitably must, the Land of Fans and Music project is reaching its final limits. While it would not at all surprise me to see another [[album:lofam5|small scale LoFaM 5]] [[album:lofam5a2|spring forth]] from the incredible pool of talent that I have the privilege to interact with on a daily basis, it is here that I personally choose to bow out towards my future horizons. While I will always be a part of this fan music community, I think I'm finally tapped out on my own Homestuck energy. (Thankfully, you can be freed of my disgusting motif potpourris. How many of those do I have now? Like... 4?) - This album would not exist without so many incredible people. Thanks must be givven to Lambda for spearheading the project, and getting the ball rolling in the initial stages. She is incredible at pulling everything these projects need together and I know this album would not be half of what it is without her. Thanks also to Cait for what she has done towards getting this album out. Hopefully this means no more long nights for me uploading hundreds of tracks. Thanks to Blackhole and circlejourney for what they've done for the booklet you're reading right now. It looks fantastic and is filled to the brim with amazing information. And to both circlejourney and nights, thanks must be extended for the high calibre of art this booklet is home to. To Makin, Aris, Emily, Liza and even Mark and Lathan, thanks for being a part of this process in helping us sort through the hundreds of tracks we received. + This album would not exist without so many incredible people. Thanks must be given to [[artist:lambda-elise-merryberry|Lambda]] for spearheading the project, and getting the ball rolling in the initial stages. She is incredible at pulling everything these projects need together and I know this album would not be half of what it is without her. Thanks also to [[artist:keyboard-cait|Cait]] for what she has done towards getting this album out. Hopefully this means no more long nights for me uploading hundreds of tracks. Thanks to [[artist:blackhole|Blackhole]] and [[artist:circlejourney|circlejourney]] for what they've done for the booklet you're reading right now. It looks fantastic and is filled to the brim with amazing information. And to both circlejourney and [[artist:nights|nights]], thanks must be extended for the high calibre of art this booklet is home to. To [[artist:makin|Makin]], [[artist:ostrichlittledungeon|Aris]], Emily, [[artist:lizawithazed|Liza]] and even [[artist:mark-ciocca|Mark]] and Lathan, thanks for being a part of this process in helping us sort through the hundreds of tracks we received. It's been six long years for me, but I finally close my own chapter on Homestuck fan music*. I wish everyone the best of luck in their future pursuits. @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Commentary: |- Veritas Unae - *Except for Violet and Gold. If I don't finish that, I think several people would have it out for me. + \*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. <i>Unofficial MSPA Fans:</i> (booklet commentary, front) @@ -158,74 +158,74 @@ Commentary: |- <b>Contributing Artists</b> - [[artist:0ystezy|0ysTezy]] - [[artist:adamantist|Adamantist]] - [[artist:aeritus|Aeritus]] - [[artist:amethyst-barron|Amethyst (Crowbawt)]] - [[artist:andiavang|Andiavang]] - [[artist:as|AS]] - [[artist:benedict-ide|Benedict Ide]] - [[artist:beta|Beta (Mandy A.)]] - [[artist:brawlitup99|Brawlitup99]] - [[artist:calicorn|Calicorn]] - [[artist:chalaite|Chalaite]] - [[artist:chumi|Chumi]] - [[artist:circlejourney|Circlejourney]] - [[artist:cobaltmoth|cobaltmoth]] - [[artist:yoitscro|Culljoy]] - [[artist:cyber|CybeR]] - [[artist:daniel-mcdonald|Daniel McDonald]] - [[artist:squid|dazed-squid]] - [[artist:elanor-pam|Elanor Pam]] - [[artist:dodostad|Ella (dodostad)]] - [[artist:ellenzarael|EllenZarael]] - [[artist:emily-jane|Emily Jane]] - [[artist:fitzwibble|Fitzwibble]] - [[artist:fuchsi|fuchsi]] - [[artist:griever|Griever]] - [[artist:hadron|Hadron Kalido]] - [[artist:insecureillustrator|insecureIllustrator]] - [[artist:jas|Jas]] - [[artist:kobacat|Jaspy]] - [[artist:jenny|Jenny]] - [[artist:josefin-b|Josefin B.]] - [[artist:kate-griffith|Kate Griffith]] - [[artist:lukanya|Lukanya]] - [[artist:mags|Mags]] - [[artist:matrosha|Matrosha]] - [[artist:meigender|meigender]] - [[artist:melissa-peebles|Melissa Peebles]] - [[artist:neiratina|Neiratina]] - [[artist:ngame|Ngame]] - [[artist:nick-tucker|Nick Tucker]] - [[artist:nights|nights]] - [[artist:tempest2k|“Nuclear” Roxanne]] - [[artist:phil-gibson|P. Gibson]] - [[artist:patmandx|PatManDX]] - [[artist:piskomil|piskomil]] - [[artist:plaidcushion|plaidcushion]] - [[artist:quietserval|Quietserval]] - [[artist:rachotamer|RaChoTamer]] - [[artist:rawlithmora|rawlithmora]] - [[artist:rebecca-peason|Rebecca Peason]] - [[artist:buck|Remi]] - [[artist:arosoup|Robin (Arosoup)]] - [[artist:sailorleo|sailorleo]] - [[artist:sam-garcia|Sam Garcia]] - [[artist:scarodactyl|Scarodactyl (Stephen Challener)]] - [[artist:selan-pike|Selan Pike]] - [[artist:shadok|Shadok123]] - [[artist:shandy|Shandy]] - [[artist:shu|Shu]] - [[artist:smashcooper|SmashCooper]] - [[artist:sonotcanon|sonotcanon]] - [[artist:sozzay|Sozzay]] - [[artist:splitsuns|SplitSuns]] - [[artist:sweetjegus|sweetjegus]] - [[artist:trufflemeep|Trufflemeep]] - [[artist:tti|tti]] - [[artist:ephemerald|TwinBuilder]] - [[artist:william-leonard|William Leonard]] + [[artist:0ystezy|0ysTezy]]<br> + [[artist:adamantist|Adamantist]]<br> + [[artist:aeritus|Aeritus]]<br> + [[artist:amethyst-barron|Amethyst (Crowbawt)]]<br> + [[artist:andiavang|Andiavang]]<br> + [[artist:as|AS]]<br> + [[artist:benedict-ide|Benedict Ide]]<br> + [[artist:beta|Beta (Mandy A.)]]<br> + [[artist:brawlitup99|Brawlitup99]]<br> + [[artist:calicorn|Calicorn]]<br> + [[artist:chalaite|Chalaite]]<br> + [[artist:chumi|Chumi]]<br> + [[artist:circlejourney|Circlejourney]]<br> + [[artist:cobaltmoth|cobaltmoth]]<br> + [[artist:yoitscro|Culljoy]]<br> + [[artist:cyber|CybeR]]<br> + [[artist:daniel-mcdonald|Daniel McDonald]]<br> + [[artist:squid|dazed-squid]]<br> + [[artist:elanor-pam|Elanor Pam]]<br> + [[artist:dodostad|Ella (dodostad)]]<br> + [[artist:ellenzarael|EllenZarael]]<br> + [[artist:emily-jane|Emily Jane]]<br> + [[artist:fitzwibble|Fitzwibble]]<br> + [[artist:fuchsi|fuchsi]]<br> + [[artist:griever|Griever]]<br> + [[artist:hadron|Hadron Kalido]]<br> + [[artist:insecureillustrator|insecureIllustrator]]<br> + [[artist:jas|Jas]]<br> + [[artist:kobacat|Jaspy]]<br> + [[artist:jenny|Jenny]]<br> + [[artist:josefin-b|Josefin B.]]<br> + [[artist:kate-griffith|Kate Griffith]]<br> + [[artist:lukanya|Lukanya]]<br> + [[artist:mags|Mags]]<br> + [[artist:matrosha|Matrosha]]<br> + [[artist:meigender|meigender]]<br> + [[artist:melissa-peebles|Melissa Peebles]]<br> + [[artist:neiratina|Neiratina]]<br> + [[artist:ngame|Ngame]]<br> + [[artist:nick-tucker|Nick Tucker]]<br> + [[artist:nights|nights]]<br> + [[artist:tempest2k|“Nuclear” Roxanne]]<br> + [[artist:phil-gibson|P. Gibson]]<br> + [[artist:patmandx|PatManDX]]<br> + [[artist:piskomil|piskomil]]<br> + [[artist:plaidcushion|plaidcushion]]<br> + [[artist:quietserval|Quietserval]]<br> + [[artist:rachotamer|RaChoTamer]]<br> + [[artist:rawlithmora|rawlithmora]]<br> + [[artist:rebecca-peason|Rebecca Peason]]<br> + [[artist:buck|Remi]]<br> + [[artist:arosoup|Robin (Arosoup)]]<br> + [[artist:sailorleo|sailorleo]]<br> + [[artist:sam-garcia|Sam Garcia]]<br> + [[artist:scarodactyl|Scarodactyl (Stephen Challener)]]<br> + [[artist:selan-pike|Selan Pike]]<br> + [[artist:shadok|Shadok123]]<br> + [[artist:shandy|Shandy]]<br> + [[artist:shu|Shu]]<br> + [[artist:smashcooper|SmashCooper]]<br> + [[artist:sonotcanon|sonotcanon]]<br> + [[artist:sozzay|Sozzay]]<br> + [[artist:splitsuns|SplitSuns]]<br> + [[artist:sweetjegus|sweetjegus]]<br> + [[artist:trufflemeep|Trufflemeep]]<br> + [[artist:tti|tti]]<br> + [[artist:ephemerald|TwinBuilder]]<br> + [[artist:william-leonard|William Leonard]]<br> [[artist:yazshu|yazshu]] Banner Artists: - Sozzay @@ -271,11 +271,11 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- <i>Lambda Elise Merryberry:</i> (composer, booklet 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 Veri would do then, as on LoFaM2+3) so I mentioned to 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. + 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 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 the first and 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 [[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. - Initially I wanted to do Emissary of Wind but Cait's idea was better. + Initially I wanted to do [[track:emissary-of-wind|Emissary of Wind]] but Cait's idea was better. <i>Sozzay:</i> (album cover artist) @@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Circlejourney:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) - I drew this immediately following [S] Collide. Kouta later asked to use it as the track cover for Merge on SoundCloud, and I was happy to oblige. I'm honoured that they saw it as a fitting image to accompany their (very impressive) track. + I drew this immediately following [[flash:8087|[S] Collide]]. Kouta later asked to use it as the track cover for Merge on SoundCloud, and I was happy to oblige. I'm honoured that they saw it as a fitting image to accompany their (very impressive) track. --- Track: 'Jungle #3' Directory: jungle-3-lofam4 @@ -329,9 +329,9 @@ Art Tags: Commentary: |- <i>cookiefonster:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - Similarly to several other songs on this album, this started as a rescore of [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. + 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. - <i>Lambda Elise Merryberry:</i> (album organizer) + <i>Lambda Elise Merryberry:</i> (album organizer, booklet commentary) a fair number of songs didn't have commentary from their musicians and/or artists, so i asked a few people, mostly mspafans managers to write some filler commentary for those. they'll be prefaced by bold names. @@ -339,9 +339,9 @@ Commentary: |- For the wiki, this commentary is marked with annotations (in parentheses) instead. Check [[album:lofam4|the album page]] for the original booklet PDF if you'd like to check out the commentary as it was first presented! - <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> (album help) + <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) - This art is a lovely rendition of Fitzwibble of that bit in [S] Dirk: Unite where Dirk takes Roxy and Jane along for a ride. Unfortunately, due to her foolish boorishness, Jane does not appreciate the joy of flying through the air as a bird would in spring. It is a shame, that such an enlightening experience must go ignored. + This art is a lovely rendition by Fitzwibble of that bit in [[flash:5252|[S] Dirk: Unite]] where Dirk takes Roxy and Jane along for a ride. Unfortunately, due to her foolish boorishness, Jane does not appreciate the joy of flying through the air as a bird would in spring. It is a shame, that such an enlightening experience must go ignored. --- Track: Frost and Clockwork Directory: frost-and-clockwork-lofam4 @@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ Art Tags: Commentary: |- <i>Circlejourney:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - This track was my very first piece of fanmusic, composed in 2013 immediately after I finished reading the Homestuck archive and adapted for LoFaM4 in 2016. It's an attempt to capture the joy I felt reading Homestuck for the first time, and a tribute to one of my favoourite things about the comic—the juxtapositions of intimately small details against cold, fathomless space. + This track was my very first piece of fanmusic, composed in 2013 immediately after I finished reading the Homestuck archive and adapted for LoFaM4 in 2016. It's an attempt to capture the joy I felt reading Homestuck for the first time, and a tribute to one of my favourite things about the comic—the juxtapositions of intimately small details against cold, fathomless space. Frost and Clockwork is about the planets in the medium, and the things residing upon each one—hummingbirds, fireflies, cogs, falling snow. The comic discusses fate and determinism all the time, but I like to think about how it is to simply exist in this universe, without awareness of purpose or destination. @@ -395,11 +395,11 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- <i>Shandy:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - This song was written to celebrate the reunion of Rose and Roxy in the 4/29/15 Homestuck update! It was so weet 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. + 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) - Rose and Roxy's interactions are some of my favorite parts of Homestuck, the best of which is their meeting after Game Over. 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! + 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! --- Track: Prospitian Crescent Artists: @@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ Art Tags: Commentary: |- <i>Whimsy:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - This song in its early stages was meant to be about the medium and space. But as soon as it was put in a recording with appropriate instruments, it reminded me a lot more of LOWAS than anything else, so it just sort of became that. All it took was a borderline distasteful amount of reverb to add a feeling of elevation, and it became Altitude. I always think of John's quest bed whenever I hear this song, probably just because it's the only really high-up point on the whole planet. + This song in its early stages was meant to be about the medium and space. But as soon as it was put in a recording with appropriate instruments, it reminded me a lot more of LOWAS than anything else, so it just sort of became about that. All it took was a borderline distasteful amount of reverb to add a feeling of elevation, and it became Altitude. I always think of John's quest bed whenever I hear this song, probably just because it's the only really high-up point on the whole planet. Also, I think the artist for this track wanted to make it have to do with John/Roxy? Which isn't really what I initially had in mind, but it's cool and it works. Death of the Author and all that. @@ -466,13 +466,13 @@ Art Tags: Commentary: |- <i>TirantBacon:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - As an acknowledgement, this song in many ways was mostly inspired by the tune "Black" By Radiation (or Toby Fox I guess). I made this song as a "remix" of sorts of the song called "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 [[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. 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. <i>Calicorn:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) - I chose Midnight as my track art, mostly just because of my love for Intermission. This song is absolutely fantastic, but since I'm not the most creative person around it took me a while to come up with any concrete designs at first. I was originally going to start off with a 50/50 bust drawing of Slick and Jack, but I soon discovered that might be a little too bland. I ended up listening to the song a dozen more times until I sketched out the base idea for the finalized idea. The main challenge had just been lining everything and getting the perspective to look pretty alright, although I'm not really an expert on perspective or composition. Either way, I'm really happy with how the piece turned out, especailly with the lighting on Slick himself. + I chose Midnight as my track art, mostly just because of my love for Intermission. The song is absolutely fantastic, but since I'm not the most creative person around it took me a while to come up with any concrete designs at first. I was originally going to start off with a 50/50 bust drawing of Slick and Jack, but I soon discovered that might be a little too bland. I ended up listening to the song a dozen more times until I sketched out the base idea for the finalized idea. The main challenge had just been lining everything and getting the perspective to look pretty alright, although I'm not really an expert on perspective or composition. Either way, I'm really happy with how the piece turned out, especailly with the lighting on Slick himself. --- Track: Dersite Directory: dersite-lofam4 @@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ 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 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 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 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 [[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>plaidcushion:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) @@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ 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 Crystalanthemums mostly because it seems to be teh 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 [[track:crystalanthemums|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) @@ -546,9 +546,9 @@ Commentary: |- <i>keyboard cait:</i> (album team, booklet commentary) - 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 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! + 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! - 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! + 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! --- Track: Daywalker ~Rise~ Artists: @@ -566,11 +566,11 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- <i>Catboss:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - holy shiiiit it's uh that third track I made for the Homestuck music contest. wow. remember that? that was so long ago. anyway this was a track for Kanaya, at that part where she comes back as a rainbow drinker and slaughteres everyone. it's super great. + holy shiiiit it's uh that third track I made for the Homestuck music contest. wow. [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a|remember that?]] that was so long ago. anyway this was a track for Kanaya, at that part where she comes back as a rainbow drinker and slaughters everyone. it's super great. I redid this track from the ground up for lofam 4, updated the flute playing and everything. Is it better? Is it worse? who knows, really - <i>Kal-la-kal-la:</i> (UMSPAF manager) + <i>Kal-la-kal-la:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) This image has three Kanaya Maryams in it. Having two more Kanaya Maryams than Homestuck itself had is a bold creative decision, one which, in my opinion, works out rather well. I very much like the 'Naya in the foreground's halo, illuminating her face, while the Maryam furthest from the front of the scene is relatively shrouded in darkness. Consequently, her bright yellow eyes shine like a wild animal in the dead of night. Cool as hell all around, this image. --- @@ -589,11 +589,13 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Savior of the Waking World Commentary: |- - <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> (album help) + <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 youreslf a favor by looking through this? + <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) - For this track, Chalaite rendered a portrait of John staring down at his deathplace, after being revived by the inscrutable mechanics of sburb. Despite being killed by Bec Noir, her retains his life, and is now more powerful than ever, having attained god tier. + For this track, Chalaite rendered a portrait of John staring down at his deathplace, after being revived by the inscrutable mechanics of sburb. Despite being killed by Bec Noir, he retains his life, and is now more powerful than ever, having attained god tier. --- Track: Skaian Dreamers Artists: @@ -617,7 +619,7 @@ Art Tags: Commentary: |- <i>Difarem:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - This track has quite the story! It was originally meant to be fake "loading screen" music, to accompany a parodic video on the [[group:canmt|Cool and New Music Team]] youtube channel about Overseer v3 (a web-based sburb web game, whose development team I used to be part of) being shut down by What Pumpkin (though the C&D was later found out to be fake). The project fell through, so I continued working on it and posted it on the LOFAM Discord server, where it got approved (thanks Lambda), though the deadline had tehcnically passed. + This track has quite the story! It was originally meant to be fake "loading screen" music, to accompany a parodic video on the [[group:canmt|Cool and New Music Team]] youtube channel about Overseer v3 (a web-based sburb web game, whose development team I used to be part of) being shut down by [[artist:what-pumpkin-games|What Pumpkin]] (though the C&D was later found out to be fake). The project fell through, so I continued working on it and posted it on the LOFAM Discord server, where it got approved (thanks [[artist:lambda-elise-merryberry|Lambda]]), though the deadline had technically passed. <i>Chumi:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) @@ -637,11 +639,11 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Darling Kanaya Commentary: |- - <i>Wheals:</i> (album help) + <i>Wheals:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) - Of all the 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. + 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]]. - <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> (album help) + <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) A little known power held by the clearly very fictional and not at all real troll folklore creatures known as "Rainbow Drinkers" is to create flashing green silhouettes of themselves whenever they dance. This of course, holds no practical purpose whatsoever, except for the theoretical seduction of aliens who happen to resemble flighty broads. --- @@ -665,9 +667,9 @@ Commentary: |- John exploring the Land of Mounds and Xenon searching for his friends evoked some melancholy feels for me. - This track was composed entirely backwards; That meant I was constantly exporting WAVs seeing if the "forward" track I was making was sounding good backwards. It was a fun and interesting way to make music. + This track was composed entirely backwards; That means I was constantly exporting WAVs seeing if the "forward" track I was making was sounding good backwards. It was a fun and interesting way to make music. - <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> (album help) + <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) You think they'd set up a bench by the road, but nooooooooooo. John has to sit on the grass, thanks to those inconsiderate jerks. The salamander probably had a hand in it. Damn that salamander. --- @@ -693,11 +695,11 @@ 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. Also, alongside a Homestuck Anthem quote at the end, the music box refrain featured throughout the song quotes the foley on 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. 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! <i>William Leonard:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) - I've always loved the 'John's retocn adventures' section of Homestuck, and I think it has to do with how it leads both the characterts and myself along a brisk rollercoaster of twists and turns, through unknown paths - this sense of adventure is what I tried to convey in this art. + I've always loved the 'John's retocn adventures' section of Homestuck, and I think it has to do with how it leads both the characters and myself along a brisk rollercoaster of twists and turns, through unknown paths - this sense of adventure is what I tried to convey in this art. --- Track: Formation Directory: formation-lofam4 @@ -714,7 +716,7 @@ Art Tags: Commentary: |- <i>Hadron:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - This song is for [[group:canmt|Cool and New Webcomic]], but I like it a lot and a lot of people like it too, so I want the world to see it. It is inspired by a lot of the new-age synthpop, which itself is inspired by the 1980s. In this time of rapid community music projects being built I want y'all to remember; we're all musicians and that is the blood that festers throughout the body. We're all alike in our different ways. love you all thanks have fun :> + This song is for [[group:canmt|Cool and New Webcomic]], but I like it a lot and a lot of people like it too, so I want the world to see it. It is inspired by a lot of the new-age synthpop, which itself is inspired by the 1980s. In this time of rapid community music projects being built I want y'all to remember; we're all musicians and that is the blood that festers throughout the body. We're all alike in our different ways. love you all thanks have fun :> <i>meigender:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) @@ -779,7 +781,7 @@ Commentary: |- This is a song I wrote many years ago, from Terezi's point of view after she killed Vriska. When you look to the outcome of a choice, are you really seeing all that could be, or are you, by consequence of looking, only trapping yourself in the position of making that choice? You can't really see all that the future could hold. You couldn't take it, anyway. - At the time I wrote this song it was mostly theorizing, but it's helpd up through the years (thankfully), so I took the chance to rework and record it for this album! It was a struggle to record, and there's a thing or two I would change, but I still think 2012 me would be pretty damn proud, haha. Finished, not perfect, as they say! Homestuck did so much for me creatively. I'm glad I could be a part of this tribute. + At the time I wrote this song it was mostly theorizing, but it's held up through the years (thankfully), so I took the chance to rework and record it for this album! It was a struggle to record, and there's a thing or two I would change, but I still think 2012 me would be pretty damn proud, haha. Finished, not perfect, as they say! Homestuck did so much for me creatively. I'm glad I could be a part of this tribute. <i>shu:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) @@ -802,7 +804,7 @@ Art Tags: Commentary: |- <i>Veritas Unae:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - Originally, this piece was written for a good friend of mine, Patrick. He was running the fan adventure Loftlocked at the time, and I'd supplied the comic with a lot of music in conjunction with 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. + 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:kurtis-burton|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. <i>Circlejourney:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) @@ -813,6 +815,8 @@ Commentary: |- Track: Limelight Directory: limelight-lofam4 Originally Released As: track:limelight +Additional Names: +- Miss America (working name) Duration: '3:11' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/limelight @@ -825,11 +829,11 @@ Art Tags: Commentary: |- <i>psithurist:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - Limelight was made for the unfinished Act 8 fan continuation of Homestuck, and was used in the flash [\[S] Resolve](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS9p2gD_Ou4). It's a theme for alt-Calliope, as she merges her soul with Davepeta's and the other half of Gamzee's, hence the meows and the high-pitched Secret Honks in the middle section. The working title was Miss America, because it's like, the opposite of Lord English? Shoutout to whoever came up with that one on the Act 8 team. This one was suepr fun to make since I got to use a lot of wacky sampling techniques and also I just love Calliope a whole god damn lot okay. + Limelight was made for the unfinished [[flash-act:act-8|Act 8]] fan continuation of Homestuck, and was used in the flash [[flash:resolve|[S] Resolve]]. It's a theme for alt-Calliope, as she merges her soul with Davepeta's and the other half of Gamzee's, hence the meows and the high-pitched Secret Honks in the middle section. The working title was Miss America, because it's like, the opposite of Lord English? Shoutout to whoever came up with that one on the Act 8 team. This one was super fun to make since I got to use a lot of wacky sampling techniques and also I just love Calliope a whole god damn lot okay. <i>keyboard cait:</i> (album team, booklet commentary) - Like the song, this fantastic art was originally used for [[album:act-8-volume-1|Act 8 Volume 1]]. It's a pretty stark contrast to the carefree art for Glide immediately before it; Alternate Calliope has now taken off her hood, with a look that indicates that she means business. + Like the song, this fantastic art was originally used for [[album:act-8-volume-1|Act 8 Volume 1]]. It's a pretty stark contrast to the carefree art for [[track:glide-lofam4|Glide]] immediately before it; Alternate Calliope has now taken off her hood, with a look that indicates that she means business. --- Track: Bonehead Destiny (LoFaM Cut) Artists: @@ -848,7 +852,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- <i>Grace Medley:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - This song was originally written for FLSA's Problem Sleuth album, however those of you who've heard the original may notice some subtle differences. This song is meant to be a theme for late-game PS, with the first half representing the over-the-top surrealism of Higgs Bonehead's sacrifice, and the second, the far more interesting rush to beat DMK. I pretty much spent the ages 10-12 listening to Daft Punk and Digitalism near-exclusively, and I think the influence shines through pretty clearly here. The second half is a slight nod to the rush of [S] Dirk: Unite and Synchronize, which I feel is stylistically similar to the pacing from the end of PS. + This song was originally written for FLSA's [[album:weird-puzzle-tunes|Problem Sleuth album]], however those of you who've heard the original may notice some subtle differences. This song is meant to be a theme for late-game PS, with the first half representing the over-the-top surrealism of Higgs Bonehead's sacrifice, and the second, the far more interesting rush to beat DMK. I pretty much spent the ages 10-12 listening to Daft Punk and Digitalism near-exclusively, and I think the influence shines through pretty clearly here. The second half is a slight nod to the rush of [[flash:5252|[S] Dirk: Unite]] and [[flash:5238|Synchronize]], which I feel is stylistically similar to the pacing from the end of PS. <i>Elanor Pam:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) @@ -870,9 +874,11 @@ Art Tags: Commentary: |- <i>SplitSuns:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - This track was made for the [[group:canmt|Cool and New Music Team']]s 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. + 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 received brand new art for its release on LOFAM4, courtesy of the talented Neiratina! With this song portraying Rose succumbing to the broodfester throes and going Grimdark, this art features Rose beginning to slip away to the eldritch Horrorterrors as well. WIth her wand gripped firmly in hand, Rose looks fiercely determined to destroy anything in her path. Her aura of golden is inexorably being snuffed out by the black tentacles that pour out of the image, even interfering with the designs in Rose's shrit and snaking their way into the background. Marked with jagged lines and dripping ink, this piece perfectly caputres Rose's last moments of innocence as she throws caution to the wind and turns herself Grimdark. + <i>SplitSuns:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) + + This track received brand new art for its release on LOFAM4, courtesy of the talented Neiratina! With this song portraying Rose succumbing to the broodfester throes and going Grimdark, this art features Rose beginning to slip away to the eldritch Horrorterrors as well. With her wand gripped firmly in hand, Rose looks fiercely determined to destroy anything in her path. Her aura of golden is inexorably being snuffed out by the black tentacles that pour out of the image, even interfering with the designs in Rose's shirt and snaking their way into the background. Marked with jagged lines and dripping ink, this piece perfectly captures Rose's last moments of innocence as she throws caution to the wind and turns herself Grimdark. --- Track: My Lady Greensleeves Artists: @@ -896,9 +902,9 @@ Commentary: |- Some ships may come and go, but Rosemary is forever. - A mashup of the traditional "Greensleeves", which I've always loved, with "Endless Climb" and hits of "Black Rose / Green Sun". + 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"]]. - <i>SplitSuns:</i> (album help) + <i>SplitSuns:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) This is a solemn artwork that captures a snapshot of Rose and Kanaya in a tender embrace. The piece manages to render the two lovers at their closest, while also highlighting the extremes of both of their characters. Rose's skin is tainted black to indicate her status as Grimdark, while Kanaya is glowing white as rainbow drinkers often do. Although the addition of the titular "greensleeves" to Kanaya's outfit is subtle, it helps tie the artwork even further to its song and turns it into an excellent companion. --- @@ -922,7 +928,7 @@ Commentary: |- <i>keyboard cait:</i> (album team, booklet commentary) - At one point I described this as something along the lines of "electric Scottish war music", and that still stands. The melody in this song is absolutely iconic, if you ask me, and it gets INCREDIBLY ampled. Maybe enough to see what lies under that voltaic fault. (Spoiler: It's just a lot of xenon.) Also, the lyrics to this song are "DANGER HIGH VOLTAGE". That is all. + At one point I described this as something along the lines of "electric Scottish war music", and that still stands. The melody in this song is absolutely iconic, if you ask me, and it gets INCREDIBLY amped. Maybe enough to see what lies under that voltaic fault. (Spoiler: It's just a lot of xenon.) Also, the lyrics to this song are "DANGER HIGH VOLTAGE". That is all. --- Track: Ghosts Directory: ghosts-lofam4 @@ -941,11 +947,11 @@ Art Tags: Commentary: |- <i>David Dycus:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - This started out as an attempt to make a song in the style of Death Grips, but ended up going in a different direction. It was a challenge to try and make something equal parts creepy and danceable. + This started out as an attempt to make a song in the style of [[artist:death-grips|Death Grips]], but ended up going in a different direction. It was a challenge to try and make something equal parts creepy and danceable. <i>Elanor Pam:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) - For the last couple of months my computer has been sitting on a small folding table as my ouse undergoes a bunch of scattered repairs, which made deploying my tablet a tricky situation. Thankfully I've been buying art markers piecemeal—they're very expensive in my country—and had enough colors to paint a troll! But when it came to a background I and my limited palette both failed miserably, so in the end I had to take the drawing to photoshop and figure things out with a mouse anyway. Whew! + For the last couple of months my computer has been sitting on a small folding table as my house undergoes a bunch of scattered repairs, which made deploying my tablet a tricky situation. Thankfully I've been buying art markers piecemeal—they're very expensive in my country—and had enough colors to paint a troll! But when it came to a background I and my limited palette both failed miserably, so in the end I had to take the drawing to photoshop and figure things out with a mouse anyway. Whew! --- Track: Pilotwave Artists: @@ -969,9 +975,9 @@ 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 Gold Pilot, and my initial plan was to slow those parts down, loop them, add drums, etc - the usual vaporwave stuff - that's 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 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 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 [[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. - Some other facts about this song: Quite a bit of the unstrments (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! + 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! <i>AroSoup:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) @@ -999,7 +1005,7 @@ 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 artistalternate artwork) + <i>insecureIllustrator:</i> (track artist, alternate artwork) <img src="media/misc/aura-of-colour-bonus.png" width="300"> --- @@ -1019,15 +1025,15 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- <i>Seth Massey:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - This was supposed to be a fill in track for a finished trackart for LOFAM2 about Calmasis and I liked it and pianos + This was supposed to be a fill in track for a finished trackart for [[album:lofam2|LOFAM2]] about Calmasis and I liked it and pianos Imagine the plot to Complacency of the Learned and that's what's happening here - <i>Wheals:</i> (album help) + <i>Wheals:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) - Likely the oldest art on the album, this dates all the way back to LOFAM2 days. The song never did get finished for that era but stuck around until the song got made and finished in time for LOFAM4. It turns out that in the end, playing beyond the death of the king was a metaphor for the art's living past the end of the comic... + Likely the oldest art on the album, this dates all the way back to [[album:lofam2|LOFAM2]] days. The song never did get finished for that era but stuck around until the song got made and finished in time for LOFAM4. It turns out that in the end, playing beyond the death of the king was a metaphor for the art's living past the end of the comic... - I must confess to loving this art style, with mostly aliased lines and two-tone shading, especially in its similarity to some of Andrew Hussie's own art in Homestuck. It's none too common to see fanart of Calmasis, so it's nice to see them rendered in a more dynamic pose than the only canon one, while still clearly recognizable as that same antihero. + I must confess to loving this art style, with mostly aliased lines and two-tone shading, especially in its similarity to some of Andrew Hussie's own art in Homestuck. It's none too common to see fanart of Calmasis, so it's nice to see him/her rendered in a more dynamic pose than the only canon one, while still clearly recognizable as that same antihero. --- Track: En Masse Artists: @@ -1047,9 +1053,9 @@ 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 sweepking—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! + 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! - <i>SplitSuns:</i> (album help) + <i>SplitSuns:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) This art primarily focuses on Doc Scratch, his profile taking up most of the canvas. There's a nice contrast between the organic and textured forms of his suit and the precisely geometric shapes such as his cueball head, the triangle cutting through his chest, and the halo of squares over him. The use of recurring motifs such as pool balls, arrows, and brooms help to connect the piece further to Scratch's roots, with the peacock texturing suggesting the foreboding Felt Manor. An interesting artwork for an enigmatic character. --- @@ -1065,15 +1071,15 @@ Cover Artists: Commentary: |- <i>Nicholas Nakano:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - I was listening to STRIIFE right when it came out, then I thought, "Hey, this is fucking amazing" so I was inspired to make a Tensei-esque song. Its success is still unclear, but I like it. I hope you enjoy. + I was listening to [[album:strife-2|STRIIFE]] right when it came out, then I thought, "Hey, this is fucking amazing" so I was inspired to make a [[artist:tensei|Tensei]]-esque song. Its success is still unclear, but I like it. I hope you enjoy. <i>Griever:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) - So. Let me just say right now that nights, the one who first thought up these fantrolls and drew them up for the Strife 2 album, is top tier at character design. These guys were all really fun to draw and I'm glad that they came out as well as they did, honestly. They're all very differentiable from other fantrolls and just look really nice. Read nights' comic, [Oceanfalls](https://oceanfalls.net/), because it is good and has nice character design/art in it too. + So. Let me just say right now that [[artist:nights|nights]], the one who first thought up these fantrolls and drew them up for the [[album:strife-2|Strife 2]] album, is top tier at character design. These guys were all really fun to draw and I'm glad that they came out as well as they did, honestly. They're all very differentiable from other fantrolls and just look really nice. Read nights' comic, [[group:oceanfalls|Oceanfalls]], because it is good and has nice character design/art in it too. - The music was rocking and good so I went for a dramatic action shot. I used Jojo as a reference for this type of shot, because of course I did (Read [Jojostuck](https://mspfa.com/?s=13714)). The background and everything about this picture is made only to look kind acool, which it sorta does. The art functions on the "rule of cool" so to speak, at least a little bit. There's not much to say about it, honestly. Maybe I've already rambled on more than other artista bout this, and I'm pretty much done expositing, but I'm gonna go just a little bit further with this commentary. But it won't be lal that important. Just recounting a story I remembered. + The music was rocking and good so I went for a dramatic action shot. I used Jojo as a reference for this type of shot, because of course I did (Read [Jojostuck](https://mspfa.com/?s=13714)). The background and everything about this picture is made only to look kinda cool, which it sorta does. The art functions on the "rule of cool" so to speak, at least a little bit. There's not much to say about it, honestly. Maybe I've already rambled on more than other artists about this, and I'm pretty much done expositing, but I'm gonna go just a little bit further with this commentary. But it won't be lal that important. Just recounting a story I remembered. - Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis The Wise? I thought not. It's a story the Jedi would tell you. It's a Sith legend. + Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis The Wise? I thought not. It's not a story the Jedi would tell you. It's a Sith legend. --- Track: Plethoric Euphoria Artists: @@ -1091,7 +1097,7 @@ Art Tags: Commentary: |- <i>Seijen:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - "how do I make a fuure bass song withuot 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 crashse 3/4 of the times I try to open the tracks. RIP the dream. + "how do I make a future bass song withuot 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. <i>Trufflemeep:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) @@ -1117,11 +1123,11 @@ Sampled Tracks: Commentary: |- <i>Noisemaker:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - 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. + 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. - <i>SplitSuns:</i> (album help) + <i>SplitSuns:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) - Buffskull was originally a part of the CANMT song "7 GRAND END," with the music syncing up to the final 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 interseting twists to the presentation to make it an exciting and engaging image. + 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. --- Track: I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew (theh0nestman Version) Artists: @@ -1137,13 +1143,13 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - track:im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew Commentary: |- - <i>ostrichlittledungeon:</i> (album team, booklet commentary) - - After the acapella and 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 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. - <i>dodostad:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) I was asking around for iconic rock album covers to base the art on since it was rather classic rock take on the midnight crew. Someone said Nirvana's Nevermind and I laughed and laughed and went with it + + <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. --- Track: Crystalendofgames Artists: @@ -1166,7 +1172,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- <i>Jamie Paige:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - Well, here I am again. Paige Stanley, closing disc 1 of a LOFAM, 4 years after I last did it. In that time, I technically became an Official Music Team Contributor!! I helped my dear friend Marcy Nabors with creating [[Solar Voyage]] and [[Renewed Return]] from Volume 10. I got 12 bucks on Paypal from What Pumpkin for that! Andrew Hussie bought me lunch! I got burgs with homestuck money! + Well, here I am again. Paige Stanley, closing disc 1 of a LOFAM, [[track:prospitian-lullaby|4 years after I last did it]]. In that time, I technically became an Official Music Team Contributor!! I helped my dear friend [[artist:marcy-nabors|Marcy Nabors]] with creating [[Solar Voyage]] and [[Renewed Return]] from [[album:homestuck-vol-10|Volume 10]]. I got 12 bucks on Paypal from [[artist:what-pumpkin-games|What Pumpkin]] for that! [[artist:andrew-hussie|Andrew Hussie]] bought me lunch! I got burgs with homestuck money! Speaking of burgers, Crystalendofgames is a song that I made back in 2012 on a stormy, Autumn night. The power actually went out while I was making the song, even! The version you're hearing is from after I taped my broken ego back together and remade the whole damn thing. It's pretty Neat And Cool? I make cooler things now, though. Either way, I'm glad it could be a part of this wonderful Loaf Man. @@ -1174,7 +1180,7 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Circlejourney:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) - This track has a climactic and solemn feel that, for me, seems to suggest the chillingly peaceful scenes preceding the violent turn of events in Act 7. As the quietest and yet most significant event in EoA6, I chose to depict the scene of PM and the Mayor climbing the Forge to cast the ring in, against the looming light of Skaia. + This track has a climactic and solemn feel that, for me, seems to suggest the chillingly peaceful scenes preceding the violent turn of events in [[flash:8127|Act 7]]. As the quietest and yet most significant event in EoA6, I chose to depict the scene of PM and the Mayor climbing the Forge to cast the ring in, against the looming light of Skaia. This is one part of a larger image formed by the covers of this, [[Ultimate Alchemy]], and [[Black Hole / White Door]]. --- @@ -1202,7 +1208,7 @@ Commentary: |- 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 coloUrs and mayhem" song. But, anyway, yeah, we did Jackpot. It's a neat song. - <i>keyboard cait:</i> (composer, album team) + <i>keyboard cait:</i> (album team, booklet commentary) In my opinion, this track art perfectly fits the "calm before the storm" vibe of a middle before an end, like Disc 2 is before the endgame-themed Disc 3. I'll also note it looks incredibly fitting for the cover of a vinyl record, and with those bright colors and jazzy writing I'd check that hypothetical cover out the moment I saw it. --- @@ -1515,7 +1521,7 @@ Commentary: |- Initially from call and new 2: locomotif under the name Excess Express, I wanted Schrödinger's Harbinger to be Jasprose-themed to compensate for the lack of tracks in that category, as well as to make some additions to the original trakc. - <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> (album help) + <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) I can't believe that Roxy thinks that Rose smothering herself in response to the heinous evils of Jasprose is so "wonderful". What a terrible mother/daughter figure. --- @@ -1562,7 +1568,7 @@ Commentary: |- Vriska is gr8 and thank goodness she saved all of space and time so we could hear this album - <i>Wheals:</i> (album help) + <i>Wheals:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) Xoro was working on a little 8-song Vriska album concept for the 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 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 Lambda put out an open call on /r/homestuck for song submissions. Either way, Xoro felt the song could bei mproved, so the song as presented here is an even more polished version of 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 thumbsup for the great work here. --- @@ -1584,7 +1590,7 @@ Commentary: |- The music reminded me of a disco party, so I tied that in with the name of the song and created the most fabulous fortune-telling session I was able to. It's OOC because Roxy knows that only nerds half-ass their wizard cosplays. In reality it would be a proper tunic, silk closure beard, and 230% more glowsticks. - <i>Wheals:</i> (album help) + <i>Wheals:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) This track was made a while ago (originally for Colours and Mayhem if I'm not mistaken) but didn't get the attention/nomination to end up on a contemporary LOFAM. Fast forward to 2016, when CHamango releases his [third](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44fx8qI9C-8) pro as heck guide to homestuck, highlighting this song as his favorite fanmusic of all time. It's not hard to see why if you listen to the track. The publicity brought it to the eyes of the LOFAM team, who were glad to add it. This whole story is basically an excuse to hsill Chamang0's awesome [\[S] Jade and Calliope: Rumble.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ktbGOAUcZM) and pro as heck guide to homestuck videos, but it also serves as a reminder of how far this fandom has gone, and how much history lies behind this amazing fanmusic project. --- @@ -1605,7 +1611,7 @@ Commentary: |- Prospit Towers took cues from the Genesis Frog album, as well as inspiration from tracks like [[track:moonsetter]]. I wanted something subdued but moving to capture the feel of the moon. Also, I'm on LOFAM, hi mom! - <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> (album help) + <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) In this piece by sonotcanon, Jade looks down on the city of Prospit from one of the... Prospit Towers. I'd say that sitting like that on a window pane is unsafe, but then I remembered that dreamselves can, you know, fly, so whatever. --- @@ -1707,7 +1713,7 @@ Commentary: |- A space werewolf with reality warping powers would be terrifying and I wanted to reflect that. Also I really like drawing drooly sharp teeth. - <i>Grace Medley:</i> (album help) + <i>Grace Medley:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) Okay, okay. Before you start listening to this song, just picture in your head the absolute BEST grimdark Jade theme. Then hit play. If you're not confused as to how Ascenzo managed to read your mind, you did something wrong. @@ -1740,7 +1746,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Upward Movement (Dave Owns) - Nepeta's Theme Commentary: |- - <i>Kal-la-kal-la:</i> (album help) + <i>Kal-la-kal-la:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) The iconic Upward movement backbeat speaks for itself. In true Davepeta fashion, numerous cat and bird noises appear throughout the track, and a bouncy B-section rounds it off. @@ -1794,7 +1800,7 @@ Commentary: |- Now, this art. It's something im proud of in a sense. Great background. Half-decent Becs. Too much going on, maybe, but i think it works well for the vast expanses of space. Space, however, does not have much in it. It might be a bit counterintuitive for that reason. Space is always really fun to draw though, so thats why i went a little bit overboard. Great song, too. Am very glad i did art for it. Yeah, thanks oj for making this fantastic remix. - <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> (album help) + <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) A calmer, somewhat less dramatic remix of Gold Pilot. I'd imagine it gets pretty lonely exploring the EXPANSES OF INTERSTELLAR SPACE. --- @@ -1820,7 +1826,7 @@ Commentary: |- Written for the [[group:canmt|Cool and New Music Team's]] Cool and New Homestuck 2, this is an attempt to remix Unite Synchronization in a way that fits better thematically with [S] Dirk: Synchronize and [S] Dirk: Unite. Some of the things I worked in were Orange Hat when Dirk wakes up, for example, Metamorphic Choices when the kernelsprite appears, Hate You for Meenah's cameo... Dirk's scateboard-riding I represented with Moshi Moshi?, a theme that's admittedly been a bit of a stickymotif for me (I've used it in way too many compositions). I like Moshi for an umber of reasons, not the least of which is the fact that it goes so well with so many things. What can I say? I like mashing themes together. - <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> (album help) + <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) An illustration of the events of both [S] Dirk: Synchronize and [S] Dirk: Unite. As can clearly be seen, the Red Miles tore up the spacetime continuum, resulting in all the events happening concurrently. This is exactly what happened both here and in the flashes, and definitely isn't just a clever tactic by dazed-squid to create a pretty neat track art that depicts a lot of the best parts of said flashes. --- @@ -2056,7 +2062,7 @@ Commentary: |- This song represents a lot of firsts for me. My first piece of Homestuck fan music, my first time composing for an ensemble of orchestral instruments, and the uh... second song I ever wrote in a digital audio workstation. I read Homestuck in a feverish marathon in the Fall of 2010 while taking a class about playing in a rock band and recording music (my high school was very cool). Around that time, I'd also been sequencing MIDI files in Anvil Studio (a program which was also the genesis of Bowman's MIDI experience), and had only recently discovered that Logic also had MIDI sequencing capabilities. After falling madly in love with the Homestuck soundtrack, I had an epiphany to the tune of "holy shit, I know how to make stuff like that!" and Atomyk Clockwyrk was thus the result. I've come a long way since then, but it's a testament to the quality of Logic Pro's stock library that I managed to make it sound this good with minimal knowledge of production. A little volume automation, slap a limiter on top (not even Logic's wonderful Adaptive Limiter? Come ON, 16-year old Marcy...), and blam, what you're hearing today is a time capsule of what I put together in December of 2010. - <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> (album help) + <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) Dave is waiting in his land. For what? We're not quite sure. Perhaps he is simply waiting for one of the countless time loops he has employed as hsi session's time player. In any case, it can't be comfortable wearing that suit in that heat. I guess that's the price of being a c o o l k i d though. @@ -2080,7 +2086,7 @@ 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) - <i>Grace Medley:</i> (album help) + <i>Grace Medley:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) During his time as a musician for Homestuck, Thoams Ferkol touched on a wide range of styles, from metal to neoclassical to krautrock, and everywhere in between. One he hadn't done, though, was disco... Until now! Conceived as one of three land themes for the alpha session (LOPAN in particular), this track sadly never saw an official release, but it's here, now, for your listening pleasure. --- @@ -2390,7 +2396,7 @@ Commentary: |- Title is a reference to Tavros and Fairie: A Love Story, a trollfic that starts off funny but eventually becomes truly painful to read. - <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> (album help) + <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) Sollux is about to get down. Gotta give out some FRESH BEATS. Gotta JAM YOUR EYEBALLS AND EARHOLES WITH SOME SWEET ASS TUNES. CHECK IT OUT YO. --- @@ -2421,7 +2427,7 @@ Commentary: |- A track to celebrate the Striders finally talking and hashing out their differences! Because it's a Stirders song, I couldn't help adding a little breakdown. Sharp-eared listeners may also note that in the call-and-response main melody, the first synth is in 4/4 time and the second synth is in triplets—just as Dave and Dirk aren't quite in perfect lockstep. I left the ending open ended and hopeful, because I feel like the final chapter on their relationship has yet to be written. - <i>SplitSuns:</i> (album help) + <i>SplitSuns:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) Dave and Dirk's reuinion on the spires of LOTAK was serious and poignant, but not without its sillier moments. This art is a mashup and showcase of the most ironic bullshit the Striders had to offer throughout the story. Smuppets galore, their plush rumps and jutting probosices laid alongside such gems as a Game Bro magazine, an artifacted Statue of Liberty, the lovable Squarewave and Sawtooth, and SBaHJ icons including the Big Man himself. And who could forget Guy Fieri's surprise appearance, his scream frozen in place as he prepares to assume the title of the next Antichrist? But that's a story for another time. --- @@ -2688,7 +2694,7 @@ Commentary: |- Rise of the Conductor's baton is probably my most ambitious song I've made; I pulled all the stops for this song for [S] Finale of CANH. I knew from the start that I wanted to do an upbeat EDM-styled track, and I thought a remix of Beatfox's original Creata would be spectacular. - <i>Makin:</i> (album help) + <i>Makin:</i> (album team, booklet commentary) This track was made way back in November for the [S] Finale 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 refefernces like Skaian Voyages and Celestial Fantasia, both amazing 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" 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). --- @@ -2835,7 +2841,7 @@ Commentary: |- "the more mario paint meows i can cram on this album the better" -lambda 2017 - <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> (album help) + <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) A serene landscape painting by fuchsi. @@ -2891,7 +2897,7 @@ Commentary: |- A monody is essentially a dirge, except that it's not a dirge? It's dirgeish anyway. (fucking hell ost) This is like a funeral hymn for the White King, but the Dersite army is slaughtering all the Prospitians that try to mourn, so in the end the funeral ends up being held by some Dersites who aren't sympathetic to Prospit, but do respect tradition and politeness and etiquette and so on, so to compensate for it being a funeral for the enemy they make it all imposing and evil. (The Black King is too busy ending the world to notice.) You could sort of view it as a counterpart to [[track:broken-dreams]] on the SBURB OST, but focusing more on Derse's triumph than on Prospit's downfall. - <i>Wheals:</i> (album help) + <i>Wheals:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) Jas posted a quite different original version of this art, showing a funeral procession of sorts for the king's impaled head, but replaced it with this even more impressive composition featuring a more dynamic posee and focused around a central Dersite. There was some disagreement on the discord server whether it looked better with or without the tree in the top left, which ended with the tree being put in at 8% transparency. @@ -3110,7 +3116,7 @@ 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. - <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> (album help) + <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) This is one of Ferkol's 3 tracks that were created for the planets of the alpha session. (In particular, this was created for Dirk's planet: The Land of Tombs and Krypton.) Although this song never saw an official release, now you can enjoy it here, on Land of Fans and Music 4. Or on Ferkol's soundcloud. You can also listen to this song on Ferkol's soundtrack. @@ -3231,7 +3237,7 @@ Commentary: |- While brainstorming illustration concepts, I immediately ot attached to the idea of an image of the victory platform gang silhouetted in the light of the Sburb logo, and went with it. It's a shame that this scene is physically impossible due to the clouds being higher than the victory platform, but the picture looks far too plain without them. - <i>Kal-la-kal-la:</i> (album help) + <i>Kal-la-kal-la:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) The final boss is beaten. The game is won. The lights fade and the world begins to disappear. A gaping maw drags all into it, even the very fabric of reality. In the distance, a door opens. --- @@ -3324,11 +3330,11 @@ Referenced Tracks: - track:moonsetter - Mad About the Boy Commentary: |- - <i>Grace Medley:</i> (album help) + <i>Grace Medley:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) Cement City doesn't normally do music like this, so hearing Toby Fox's Moonsetter remixed into a laid-back, yet high energy neopsychedelic piece is a blast of fresh air, especially for someone like myself, who practically grew up listening to experimental electronic music. Despite the track's simplicity, it somehow succeeds in pulling off an atmosphere all of its own, and makes one of Toby's catchiest tunes even catchier. - <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> (album help) + <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) Honestly, the head of an ogre doesn't sound like the most comfortable chair to me, but evidently, the Striders disagree. I guess they're too... cool... --- @@ -3349,7 +3355,7 @@ Commentary: |- Time and time again I make a drum and bass song and im never satisfied with the drum mix. Like the time befoe and that time before. The snare is powerful but the kicks are never too prominent without being overtly compressed. Its always the same as the last time. But this track was a little different, instead I said "ooh that was horrible" because like the time before the kicks never seem to be enough. Its just the same as the last time. But those basses though. so ill. I feel sick now. Just like that time I ate at that Chinese place. I got sick there the time before but that was a year before. "Oh that was so gross" I uttered after taking my first bite of that gen. tso chicken. It was just the same as the last time. - <i>Kal-la-kal-la:</i> (album help) + <i>Kal-la-kal-la:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) The concept of vampires has existed for millennia. There seems to be a split amongst modern depictions between vampires as grotesque being and vampires as alluring and beautiful. Exsanguinated, with its vocal samples describing disgust, expresses this, and the track art displays the dichotomy well, depicting a very beautiful Kanaya Maryam with blood in all the colours of the rainbow dripping from her mouth. Were it that Homestuck neurofunk should have a particular aesthetic sensibility, it would be bloodied rainbow-drinkers. --- @@ -3540,7 +3546,7 @@ 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 CANMT discography and pick the most iconic songs over time. If you're unfamiliar with its discography, I highly recommend you at least [[group:canmt|go give it a glance]]. I roughly settled on using Cascante, Tick/Tock, Fruity Pebbles Redux, Gunshow, Rex Mille Geromius, Doctor and Penumbra Phantasm (cool and new vol V), Contra (from Cool and New Homestuck), Moshi Moshi, Final Confrontation, Unintentional Touhou, In the Beginning/Contact, Formation, Jungle #3, Muse of Nanchos, Flintstones, Gunshow 2, and of course, the RCT theme and Bowman's credit score. Shoutouts to 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. - <i>Wheals:</i> (album help) + <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: @@ -3625,7 +3631,7 @@ Commentary: |- RND and I used to collaborate on projects years ago so we've become very familiar with the other's work. When I first heard this track, back about 3 years ago, I knew I had to do the art for it. The song felt very grand and frenetic, while giving a sense of regality and awe, so I did my best to capture those feelings into the track art. I knew that I had to put in the White King as the main focus on the picture, since the song is a remix to a certain other song. There is a great emphasis on texture and desaturated colors, to help make the piece feel almost ilke a worn tapestry. I added a bloom filter to add to this effect. - <i>Kal-la-kal-la:</i> (album help) + <i>Kal-la-kal-la:</i> (album help, booklet commentary) <i>Musing upon the king and my brother's wreck, and upon the king my father's death before him. White bodies naked on the low damp ground, and bones cast in a little low dry garret, rattled by the rat's foot only, year to year.</i> |