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diff --git a/album/alternia.yaml b/album/alternia.yaml index e6b0faac..27e4012c 100644 --- a/album/alternia.yaml +++ b/album/alternia.yaml @@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ Commentary: |- But there is some trivia here! Before I started act 5, Toby talked to me about working on an album like this, couched in the assumption that the troll story would never be examined in the detail it is presently, and that this album would only serve as a tonal exploration of a purely hypothetical adventure supplied by the imagination. Turns out he assumed incorrectly! Which only made the project that much more timely and apropos. In fact, the planet Alternia was named after the album, and not the other way around! + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp download blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20100722172449/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/alternia)) + + Includes PDF booklet with musician commentary and bonus artwork, plus larger version of album cover. + <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> (wiki editor) Track art for [[album:alternia]] and [[album:alterniabound]] is from the [Alternia/Bound](https://alterniaart.tumblr.com/) track art anthology projects! Original track artworks, which were largely (though not entirely) crops of panels from the webcomic, have been left in the commentary for each track. diff --git a/album/alterniabound.yaml b/album/alterniabound.yaml index 2cd24900..d3c1ed67 100644 --- a/album/alterniabound.yaml +++ b/album/alterniabound.yaml @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Commentary: |- WILL THEY EVER? - <i>Toby Fox:</i> ([Bandcamp download blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20111221040912/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/alterniabound)) + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp download blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20110319050222/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/alterniabound)) Album includes 8 -- EIGHT!!!!!!!! bonus tracks AND a PDF booklet full of commentary by the musicians! @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Commentary: |- COOL - <i>Toby Fox:</i> (Bandcamp info blurb) + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp info blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20110319050222/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/alterniabound)) Music by:<br> [[artist:toby-fox|Toby "Radiation" Fox]]<br> @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Commentary: |- [[artist:thomas-ferkol|Thomas "EidolonOrpheus" Ferkol]]<br> [[artist:david-ko|David Ko]]<br> [[artist:paige-turner|Paige "Aborted Slunk" Turner]]<br> - [[artist:alex-rosetti|Alex Rosetti]]<br> + [[artist:alex-rosetti|Alexander Rosetti]]<br> [[artist:mark-j-hadley|Mark Hadley]]<br> [[artist:seth-peelle|Seth "Beatfox" Peelle]]<br> [[artist:nick-smalley|Nick "OMGTSN" Smalley]] diff --git a/album/beyond-canon.yaml b/album/beyond-canon.yaml index 0e270a95..f901b6ff 100644 --- a/album/beyond-canon.yaml +++ b/album/beyond-canon.yaml @@ -16,21 +16,117 @@ Art Tags: - Dirk Commentary: |- <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> (wiki editor) - Track art for <i>Beyond Canon</i> is from the <a href="https://hsfanmusic.skaia.net/post/619761136023257089/unofficialmspafans-we-are-proud-to-announce-the">Beyond Canon Track Art Anthology</a>! Artist commentary and (gasp!) art WIPs come from the booklet linked there and as an additional file on the wiki. Much thanks to project organizer Ucklin for keeping me updated with the anthology and offering to share the art with the music wiki - here's their commentary below! + + Track art for <i>Beyond Canon</i> is from the [Beyond Canon Track Art Anthology](https://hsfanmusic.skaia.net/post/619761136023257089/unofficialmspafans-we-are-proud-to-announce-the)! Artist commentary and *(gasp!)* art WIPs come from the booklet linked there and as an additional file on the wiki. Much thanks to project organizer Ucklin for keeping us updated with the anthology and offering to share the art with the music wiki - here's their commentary below! + (PS: [[track:cosmic-carousel|some]] [[track:light-burns-out-gestalt|tracks]] [[track:after-the-sun|had]] [[track:narrative-command|their]] [[track:crystal-hung-in-firmaments-descent|own]] original track art, mainly created by their musicians, shared on soundcloud or youtube. While all the main art images have been swapped with what's in the anthology project, we've kept original art in the commentary notes for these tracks!) - <i>Ucklin:</i> + + <i>Unofficial MSPA Fans:</i> ([Tumblr, release announcement](https://hsfanmusic.skaia.net/post/619761136023257089/unofficialmspafans-we-are-proud-to-announce-the)) + <center>BEYOND CANON<br>a track art anthology</center> + + **We are proud to announce the release of the Beyond Canon Track Art Anthology!** + + Eighteen artists both familiar and new have come together to make art for each song in the newest official Homestuck album, Beyond Canon! + + You can download the art in either of two packages: + + [The first package](https://www.dropbox.com/s/06djv1jmyrqhees/beyond_canon_anthology_for_embedding.zip?dl=0) contains high-quality compressed art standardized to 1400 by 1400 pixels and includes a utility to help you embed it in your version of the album, so you can see the art when you listen to the songs on your music player of choice. + + [The second package](https://www.dropbox.com/s/jsk3uwhkjaxebbk/beyond_canon_anthology_extras.zip?dl=0) contains full-resolution versions of the art files and a making-of booklet with artist sketches and commentary! Here is a link to the booklet by itself if you just want to see it! + + The art is also soon to be featured on the Homestuck Music Wiki, which preserves old official art for all the tracks that had it before the Bandcamp reorganization. + + We’re glad to contribute to the tradition of track art that interprets and expands upon Homestuck music! + + <i>Ucklin:</i> (booklet commentary - back) + <b>Artists</b> - (<i>QN: see each track page for individual credits!~</i>) + + [[artist:zowerlemon]]<br> + [[artist:jas]]<br> + [[artist:rachel-z]]<br> + [[artist:dpaq]]<br> + [[artist:ghastaboo]]<br> + [[artist:ysh]]<br> + [[artist:spicy-nyx]]<br> + [[artist:rainbowlustdash]]<br> + [[artist:mikkynga]]<br> + [[artist:tipsy]]<br> + [[artist:zzzealousy]]<br> + [[artist:ana]]<br> + [[artist:skyplayer]]<br> + [[artist:qsleeper]]<br> + [[artist:cratmang]]<br> + [[artist:aeritus]]<br> + [[artist:star-nomad]]<br> + [[artist:awkward]] + This list contains quite a few new arrivals to the team as well as some long-time contributors returning. Thank you all for putting the thought and time in to make art that truly befits the new album! + <b>Additional Credits</b> - Making-of booklet produced by Ucklin (Ucklin#4229). Project management by Ucklin with help from additional Unofficial MSPA Fans managers. - Feedback for revisions was given by all the artists in the UMSPAF discord, but I want to recognize Tipsy for being consistently present and offering constructive suggestions for nearly every piece! - Though Makin stepped down after the planning stages of the project, I also want to thank him for the concept and his work sorting initial artist applications to make sure that everyone was assigned to a track that they wanted. + + Making-of booklet produced by [[artist:ucklin]]. Project management by Ucklin with help from additional [[group:unofficial-mspa-fans]] managers. + + Feedback for revisions was given by all the artists in the UMSPAF discord, but I want to recognize [[artist:tipsy]] for being consistently present and offering constructive suggestions for nearly every piece! + + Though [[artist:makin]] stepped down after the planning stages of the project, I also want to thank him for the concept and his work sorting initial artist applications to make sure that everyone was assigned to a track that they wanted. + Some final thoughts: This project went unbelieveably smoothly, completed in just one month. The majority of artists were invited on May 1st, and art was completed by the 31st. I'm glad we get a chance to appreciate the artists on our team: So many of these people could be spending their time making money with their art, and they're helping us enrich and expand on the Homestuck soundtrack instead! Thank you to everyone who worked on art and everyone who checks out the project! + <img src="media/misc/beyond-canon-bonus1.jpg" width="536"> + <img src="media/misc/beyond-canon-bonus2.jpg" width="405"> + <img src="media/misc/beyond-canon-bonus3.jpg" width="405"> + + <i>Unofficial MSPA Fans:</i> ([Tumblr, artist call announcement](https://hsfanmusic.skaia.net/post/615587305515843584/beyond-canon-track-art-anthology-project-the-new)) + + **BEYOND CANON: Track Art Anthology Project** + + The new Homestuck album doesn’t have individual track art. That’s a shame, so let’s have fun while we draw 18 pieces of amazing art to go with each amazing song. + + *SIGNUPS CLOSED! Stay tuned for the results!*<br> + <s>ARTISTS, APPLY HERE</s> + + This project is inspired by the *[Homestuck Vol. 5 Track Fan Art](https://alterniaart.tumblr.com/)* and the *[Alternia Art projects](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/)*. Check out these links to see what kind of images we’d be looking for. + + <b>GUIDELINES:</b> + + * Artists are encouraged to catch up with the Homestuck^2 webcomic! Art will focus on scenes and characters from it, after all. + * Track art dimensions will be a square 1400x1400 pixels or bigger to match other Bandcamp track arts, one track art per track. While this isn’t required, art that still looks good at small sizes tends to make for better track art, keep that in mind. + * At the very least, the final project will produce a downloadable file with the 18 pieces artists have made, so make sure you’re fine with that before applying! A PDF booklet will be released with some commentary if enough artists provide it. We’ll also try programming something that people can use to add the track art to their copies of the album automatically. + * Because of copyright and other reasons, this is an unpaid fan project. + * Make sure you only sign up if you’re certain you can finish the art in ONE MONTH, based on how long it usually takes you to finish a major art project. While there’s no particular hurry and you won’t be held to that deadline, we’re trying to avoid the scenario of a single missing track art stopping everything. + * Deadline for the signup form is APRIL 30TH, 23:59 PM EST. Around a week later, we’ll contact artists and invite them to the UMSPAF Discord if they’re not already there. Coordination and progress updates will take place in the #art channel of the UMSPAF Discord, and you may be required to be aware of pings and such. There is currently no deadline set in stone for the project itself. + + We hope you apply! + + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-canon)) + + Album produced by [[artist:clark-powell]] + + Album cover art by [[artist:xamag]] + + Featuring tracks by:<br> + [[artist:horizon]]<br> + [[artist:david-ellis|David Ellis (A Lunatic's Daydream)]]<br> + [[artist:polysaw]]<br> + [[artist:sean-gorter|Sean "Flare" Gorter]]<br> + [[artist:xauric]]<br> + [[artist:erik-scheele]]<br> + [[artist:alex-votl]]<br> + [[artist:marcus-carline]]<br> + [[artist:waif]]<br> + [[artist:twirlin-curtis]]<br> + [[artist:circlejourney]]<br> + [[artist:sean-william-calhoun|Sean William Calhoun (Do the Musicy Thing)]]<br> + [[artist:monobrow]]<br> + [[artist:clark-powell]]<br> + [[artist:mathias-ramalho|Mathias "FriendlyCoy" Ramalho]]<br> + [[artist:tristan-scroggins]]<br> + [[artist:robert-j-lake|rj lake]]<br> + [[artist:emelia-k]] Default Track Cover Art Date: June 1, 2020 Additional Files: - Title: Fan Anthology Art Booklet @@ -51,23 +147,47 @@ Art Tags: - Rose Lyrics: |- (Always you) - Made a monster<br>Ha, ha, ha<br>Ha-ah-ah + + Made a monster + Ha, ha, ha + Ha-ah-ah + (You sit up there all day long and do nothing but come down and make tea.) - You just made a monster<br>You just made a monster<br>You just made a monster<br>You just made a monster - The skyline, the skyline, the storyteller<br>The skyline, the skyline, the storyteller - You just made a monster<br>You just made a monster<br>You just made a monster<br>You just made a monster + + You just made a monster + You just made a monster + You just made a monster + You just made a monster + + The skyline, the skyline, the storyteller + The skyline, the skyline, the storyteller + + You just made a monster + You just made a monster + You just made a monster + You just made a monster Commentary: |- - <i>horizon:</i> - (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yllaAhv5EYA">YouTube</a>) + <i>horizon:</i> ([YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yllaAhv5EYA)) + my contribution to Homestuck^2's first album: exclusion zone from Beyond Canon. + i can't express how meaningful it was to be able to write something for this, so i won't try. all i can say is thank you, thank you, thank you. + you have given me a home i would be happy to be stuck in. - <i>ZowerLemon:</i> + + <i>ZowerLemon:</i> (art anthology commentary) + Exclusion zone really stood out as quite the challenge, my mind was racing trying to grasp onto an idea and landed on a robotic theme with solitary undertones. The best to represent the song in my opinion was Rosebot: in the song the singer is repeating "you just made a monster," acknowledging that they themselves are no longer a person and informing their initiator of what they had done. While designing the drawing I decided that rosebot had to be the center of attention of the piece so I focused on her color pallet and her aspect, light, was made to be just as robotic as she is, with orange metal linings as an example of ult dirks influence on her. The purple background is taken by her lunar sway, also, it was a good color to accompany the yellow in the piece. The rest are random metal plates with lining in between each plate forming a sort of tunnel with the only light being Rosebot and a clock of the moon and the sun surrounding her, each with their own meaning. In the end I love how the final piece came to be, I feel that it represents the song very well, and I had fun sharing with the organizers and the other artists. To be the first time working in this manner in a community was nice and I hope in the future to have similar opportunities like this. Thank You! - <img src="media/misc/exclusion-zone-wip1.jpg" width="300"> - <img src="media/misc/exclusion-zone-wip2.jpg" width="300"> - <img src="media/misc/exclusion-zone-wip3.jpg" width="300"> - <img src="media/misc/exclusion-zone-wip4.jpg" width="300"> + + <i>ZowerLemon:</i> (art anthology WIPs) + + <img src="media/misc/exclusion-zone-wip1.jpg" width="250"> + + <img src="media/misc/exclusion-zone-wip2.jpg" width="250"> + + <img src="media/misc/exclusion-zone-wip3.jpg" width="250"> + + <img src="media/misc/exclusion-zone-wip4.jpg" width="250"> --- Track: Now I'm a Villain Artists: @@ -83,11 +203,13 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Showtime (Original Mix) Commentary: |- - <i>David Ellis:</i> - (<a href="https://twitter.com/Ducksual/status/1249782135688437761">Twitter</a>) + <i>David Ellis:</i> ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/Ducksual/status/1249782135688437761)) + It was fun to play lots of nice low 7 string guitar chugs and to try and make it sound as villainous as possible. :) - <i>Jas:</i> - <img src="media/misc/now-im-a-villain-wip.jpg" width="300"> + + <i>Jas:</i> (art anthology WIP) + + <img src="media/misc/now-im-a-villain-wip.jpg" width="250"> --- Track: Cosmic Carousel Artists: @@ -103,13 +225,21 @@ Art Tags: - Jade - Green Sun Commentary: |- - <i>CrepesAhoy:</i> (original track art) - <img src="media/misc/cosmic-carousel.jpg" width="300"> - <i>Rachel Z</i> + <i>Rachel Z:</i> (art anthology commentary) + Initially, I was split between making Dirk or Alt. Calliope the focus of this drawing. Eventually, I decided that Jade possessed by Alt. Calliope was the best fit, because the upbeat mood of the song fits Jade's personality, and the name was also very fitting for both characters since their aspect is space. I interpreted the "Cosmic Carousel" as the black hole turning endlessly in space while Alt. Calliope acts as the conductor as she watches over the various timelines. After my first sketch, I had Jade wield Calliope's wand, and I also gave her a happier expression to fit the overall mood of the song. - <img src="media/misc/cosmic-carousel-wip1.jpg" width="300"> - <img src="media/misc/cosmic-carousel-wip2.jpg" width="300"> - <img src="media/misc/cosmic-carousel-wip3.jpg" width="300"> + + <i>Rachel Z:</i> (art anthology WIPs) + + <img src="media/misc/cosmic-carousel-wip1.jpg" width="250"> + + <img src="media/misc/cosmic-carousel-wip2.jpg" width="250"> + + <img src="media/misc/cosmic-carousel-wip3.jpg" width="250"> + + <i>CrepesAhoy:</i> (original track art) + + <img src="media/misc/cosmic-carousel.jpg" width="250"> --- Track: Surprise, We're Back Artists: @@ -143,16 +273,25 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - End of Act Commentary: |- - <i>Sean Gorter:</i> - (<a href="https://soundcloud.com/flareproductions/surprise-were-back">SoundCloud</a>) + <i>Sean Gorter:</i> ([SoundCloud](https://soundcloud.com/flareproductions/surprise-were-back)) + Surprise, bitch. Bet you didn't see this album coming. - (<a href="https://youtu.be/jeuBiSxYHEI">YouTube</a>) + + <i>Sean Gorter:</i> ([YouTube](https://youtu.be/jeuBiSxYHEI)) + It's a great privilege of mine to contribute music to Homestuck^2. We're glad we can finally show you what we've been doing. - <i>D'paq:</i> + + <i>D'paq:</i> (art anthology commentary) + I was indeed surprised by HS^2's sudden appearence, at first I thought it was a really well-characterized fan continuation like with Act Omega, with its own website like VE, they even shared the same artist, I can recognize Xamag's art from a mile away, love it. But turns out that they indeed Were Back, and I'm really looking forward to what they have in store. Dirk, the ==> command, and the Theseus seemed like the perfect trinity to represent a(n) (un)likely continuation to an already colossal story. The sky full of faint memories of the baffling/fascinating (Meat) Epilogues, Dirk as the constellation marking him as one of this universe's gods, the one who put that story into motion. There's another simpler track art I made that I also enjoy, but in my mind the piano and the stars go together much better, the one with Dirk and the huge ==> command feels like it'd accompany some electronic song instead. Have a nice day! - <img src="media/misc/surprise-were-back-wip1.jpg" width="300"> - <img src="media/misc/surprise-were-back-wip2.jpg" width="300"> - <img src="media/misc/surprise-were-back-wip3.jpg" width="300"> + + <i>D'paq:</i> (art anthology WIPs) + + <img src="media/misc/surprise-were-back-wip1.jpg" width="250"> + + <img src="media/misc/surprise-were-back-wip2.jpg" width="250"> + + <img src="media/misc/surprise-were-back-wip3.jpg" width="250"> --- Track: SPLIT REALITY Artists: @@ -166,20 +305,33 @@ Cover Artists: Referenced Tracks: - Alphamatic Replacement Commentary: |- - <i>Xauric:</i> - (<a href="https://twitter.com/Xauric/status/1249774701691301894">Twitter</a>) + <i>Xauric:</i> (Twitter) + Eight years ago, I made a track for a webcomic called Homestuck for a music competition. + Today, I'm happy to announce the official release of my track, SPLIT REALITY, on the newest Homestuck album, Beyond Canon!!! + Enjoy <3 + I'm also officially apart of the Homestuck music team, and will be working with them further for more releases~ + <3 <3 <3 - (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzZ7PNmcHiU">YouTube</a>) + + <i>Xauric:</i> ([YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzZ7PNmcHiU)) + K I wanna be real with y'all here. + This track means a lot to me in more than one way. Between a bunch of depressive episodes and just outstanding amounts of imposter syndrome, I had a lot of anxiety that I wouldn't even be able to make a track that was in the ballpark of "good", let alone at all worthy of being on the first official album of Homestuck^2. And for a while there, I wasn't really making things I was at all enjoying or proud of. I was worried of making something that wasn't "homestuck" enough, or wasn't something people were really expecting. But the support of the amazing Homestuck music team helped contribute to a track I can firmly say I'm proud of, and even being included on this album means the world to me. + So I really, really do hope you guys enjoy this <3 - <i>ghastaboo:</i> + + <i>ghastaboo:</i> (art anthology commentary) + Originally I had drawn events throughout the timelines, though in my opinion, it looked a bit too much to focus on, so I scrapped that version, and, unfortunately I did not save that version, oops. Either way, I hope my abstract-y space-y art did the job, made a blackhole to represent, well, the blackhole which Alt. Callie turned into, added some green and orange effects for the narrative command battle going, though there's already a track for that, so it is minor, in the background, the real focus are the timelines, meat drips with death, candy is sweet and bright, though they both have some masks for what's really going on, we cannot see though, the reality is split and we're in SPACE. - <img src="media/misc/split-reality-wip.jpg" width="300"> + + <i>ghastaboo:</i> (art anthology WIP) + + <img src="media/misc/split-reality-wip.jpg" width="250"> --- Track: Assembly Artists: @@ -197,11 +349,17 @@ Art Tags: - The Theseus - Deltritus Commentary: |- - <i>ysh:</i> + <i>ysh:</i> (art anthology commentary) + When I got the track (and stopped squeeing) I contacted the composer to ask what he envisioned while making it, and he told me that the track was about Dirk's team's journey through space towards the new planet as well as about them preparing for the game (hence the name). So I did my best to convey all of that. The track uses many synth sounds, or at least *some* synth sounds, and to me that was enough to justify going for the 80's neon aesthetic. I used mainly triadic palette where each colour corresponded to one of the characters: orange for Dirk, violet for Rose, teal/turquoise for Terezi. The theme of "three" is also reinforced by the triangle shape, which I referenced in composition as well as by slapping a big fat triangle in the middle of the picture. It works as a visual portal and also represents the letter Delta (as in Deltritus, the name of the new planet). The idea of actual assembling of the game is referenced through the Venn diagram glyph inside the portal and by those sick grid mountains in the background that I totally didn't trace from some random stock image. There's some more symbolism stuffed in the picture but this commentary is already too long and I'd like to leave some things open to interpretation. Doing track art has been a long dream of mine, and I'm extremely glad and thankful I've been given this chance to participate in this project! - <img src="media/misc/assembly-wip1.jpg" width="300"> - <img src="media/misc/assembly-wip2.jpg" width="300"> - <img src="media/misc/assembly-wip3.jpg" width="300"> + + <i>ysh:</i> (art anthology WIPs) + + <img src="media/misc/assembly-wip1.jpg" width="250"> + + <img src="media/misc/assembly-wip2.jpg" width="250"> + + <img src="media/misc/assembly-wip3.jpg" width="250"> --- Track: Not Canon in F major, Op. 69 Artists: @@ -219,10 +377,15 @@ Art Tags: - SBaHJ - Deltritus Commentary: |- - <i>Spicy Nyx:</i> + <i>Spicy Nyx:</i> (art anthology commentary) + When I listen to the song it makes me think of how much Homestuck has strayed into non-canon and I wanted to draw what's pretty much become the 3 most influential characters of homestuck, looking out at whats to come next has they go further and further out of the canon story. - <img src="media/misc/not-canon-in-f-major-op-69-wip1.jpg" width="300"> - <img src="media/misc/not-canon-in-f-major-op-69-wip2.jpg" width="300"> + + <i>Spicy Nyx:</i> (art anthology WIPs) + + <img src="media/misc/not-canon-in-f-major-op-69-wip1.jpg" width="250"> + + <img src="media/misc/not-canon-in-f-major-op-69-wip2.jpg" width="250"> --- Track: The Leaving Artists: @@ -289,14 +452,21 @@ Lyrics: |- It's not your fault, you know this But the leaving is still the same Commentary: |- - <i>Marcus Carline:</i> - (<a href="https://twitter.com/marcuscarline/status/1249814813179428864">Twitter</a>) + <i>Marcus Carline:</i> (<a href="https://twitter.com/marcuscarline/status/1249814813179428864">Twitter</a>) + So I did a thing (was a small part in doing a thing). My track is The Leaving, but honestly give this whole thing a listen. I'm very proud to be included here. Happy Homestuck Day! - <i>RainbowLustDash:</i> + + <i>RainbowLustDash:</i> (art anthology commentary) + When I first heard the song i thought about Rosebot leaving Kanaya, but as I listened to it I realized it could fit so many other characters as well. Especially Dirk, Terezi and Rose leaving earth C, Dirk thinking there is nothing left to do on Earth C and seeing leaving as the only way to move forward, Terezi leaving after John's death (mentions of air and wind), and Rose not wanting to hurt Kanaya by leaving but having no other choice. And as soon as I realized this, I had this picture in mind. Most of my WIPS shows the progress of the piece; sketch, color modifications, cleaning etc... Thanks to the beyond canon anthology team for their tips and advice! - <img src="media/misc/the-leaving-wip1.jpg" width="300"> - <img src="media/misc/the-leaving-wip2.jpg" width="300"> - <img src="media/misc/the-leaving-wip3.jpg" width="300"> + + <i>RainbowLustDash:</i> (art anthology WIPs) + + <img src="media/misc/the-leaving-wip1.jpg" width="250"> + + <img src="media/misc/the-leaving-wip2.jpg" width="250"> + + <img src="media/misc/the-leaving-wip3.jpg" width="250"> --- Track: Light Burns Out (Gestalt) Artists: @@ -312,21 +482,37 @@ Art Tags: - Dirk - 'cw: body horror' Commentary: |- - <i>Waif:</i> - (<a href="https://twitter.com/sexwarlocks/status/1249775240261120000">Twitter</a>) + <i>Waif:</i> (Twitter) + Time is a flat circle and I made another official song for #homestuck to be released on #homestuckday + It never ends + I do not know WHY it happens but it does - If you are confused<br>Understand<br>So am i + + If you are confused<br> + Understand<br> + So am i + All jokes aside i'm really very happy with this song and i think it's cool and big and i hope you all like it too - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/light-burns-out-gestalt.jpg" width="300"> - <i>Mikkynga:</i> + + <i>Mikkynga:</i> (art anthology commentary) + When hearing the song and thinking about HS2 and how Dirk influenced Rose and Rose reaffirms Dirk's thoughts all i wanted to do is how to mix them in one picture. The rest was just just drawing while hearing the song and letting it take me to whatever it wanted to go. - <img src="media/misc/light-burns-out-gestalt-wip1.jpg" width="300"> - <img src="media/misc/light-burns-out-gestalt-wip2.jpg" width="300"> - <img src="media/misc/light-burns-out-gestalt-wip3.jpg" width="300"> - <img src="media/misc/light-burns-out-gestalt-wip4.jpg" width="300"> + + <i>Mikkynga:</i> (art anthology WIPs) + + <img src="media/misc/light-burns-out-gestalt-wip1.jpg" width="250"> + + <img src="media/misc/light-burns-out-gestalt-wip2.jpg" width="250"> + + <img src="media/misc/light-burns-out-gestalt-wip3.jpg" width="250"> + + <img src="media/misc/light-burns-out-gestalt-wip4.jpg" width="250"> + + <i>Waif:</i> (original track art) + + <img src="media/misc/light-burns-out-gestalt.jpg" width="250"> --- Track: Hometeam Adv8ntage Additional Names: @@ -347,16 +533,25 @@ Art Tags: - Cats - Earth Commentary: |- - <i>Twirlin' Curtis:</i> - (<a href="https://twitter.com/TwirlinCurtis/status/1249775784941760512">Twitter</a>) + <i>Twirlin' Curtis:</i> ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/TwirlinCurtis/status/1249775784941760512)) + Whoops, might have fucked around and wrote music for @homestuck + please enjoy + My tune is called Hometeam Adv8ntage, btw! - Hugest thanks to @barkbarkclark for being awesome amazing the best ever and having me on! <3 <3 <3 - <i>Tipsy:</i> + + Hugest thanks to [[artist:clark-powell|@barkbarkclark]] for being awesome amazing the best ever and having me on! <3 <3 <3 + + <i>Tipsy:</i> (art anthology commentary) + I was itching to draw something relating to the future kids! My style is very rigid so I wanted to draw something looser this time. This worked best with Vriska. Proud of the grass. The sky is based off of a sunset from Adventure Time. I can't draw cars. Tavros is cutting loose and unleashing the rebel within. - <img src="media/misc/hometeam-adv8ntage-wip1.jpg" width="300"> - <img src="media/misc/hometeam-adv8ntage-wip2.jpg" width="300"> + + <i>Tipsy:</i> (art anthology WIPs) + + <img src="media/misc/hometeam-adv8ntage-wip1.jpg" width="250"> + + <img src="media/misc/hometeam-adv8ntage-wip2.jpg" width="250"> --- Track: After the Sun Artists: @@ -375,24 +570,41 @@ Art Tags: - Earth - Green Sun Commentary: |- - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - (<a href="https://twitter.com/circlejourney/status/1249775612799201280">Twitter</a>) - I made this track for the Homestuck music team's new album, Beyond Canon. I'm humbled to be a part of this incredible project; you can listen to the album at <a href="https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-canon">http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-canon</a>! - (<a href="https://twitter.com/circlejourney/status/1249858664057327616">Twitter</a>) + <i>Circlejourney:</i> ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/circlejourney/status/1249775612799201280)) + + I made this track for the Homestuck music team's new album, Beyond Canon. I'm humbled to be a part of this incredible project; you can listen to the album at [http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-canon](https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-canon)! + + <i>Circlejourney:</i> ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/circlejourney/status/1249858664057327616)) + as promised... + me in 2016: I should join at least one Homestuck fan project before the comic ends, this may be my last chance + me in 2020, somehow on the team of people who made the music that inspired me, making music for a comic that's still going: well, - (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEIWdGAOBuc">YouTube</a>) + + <i>Circlejourney:</i> ([YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEIWdGAOBuc)) + It's about beginnings in endings...building the world in the comic's early pages, and rebuilding the world after the end. But also, all interpretations are valid. - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/after-the-sun.jpg" width="300"> - <i>zzzealousy:</i> + + <i>zzzealousy:</i> (art anthology commentary) + I had read comments from the composer and I really liked one of the ways that they described the track, which was like "beginnings in endings". It's cool to see Homestuck^2 parallel some stuff from OG Homestuck, and it's especially cool with the heartfelt or hopeful moments; paralleling is largely where my art inspo came from. Seeing John and BGD aiding Jake again is great, especially since that was near the end of OG Homestuck, while Homestuck^2 is beginning with that (which seems to be the case with other stuff, too, like Jade being possessed). Furthermore, it's that teamwork/hopeful stuff (like John and BGD aiding Jake, but also Dave comforting Kanaya, etc.) in Homestuck^2 that really feels like the idea of "beginnings in endings" to me, whether it parallels OG Homestuck or not. All of the characters are struggling right now, and it's nice to think that they might be able to help each other out and make something together out of all that struggling. - <img src="media/misc/after-the-sun-wip1.jpg" width="300"> - <img src="media/misc/after-the-sun-wip2.jpg" width="300"> - <img src="media/misc/after-the-sun-wip3.jpg" width="300"> - <img src="media/misc/after-the-sun-wip4.jpg" width="300"> - <img src="media/misc/after-the-sun-wip5.jpg" width="300"> + + <i>zzzealousy:</i> (art anthology WIPs) + + <img src="media/misc/after-the-sun-wip1.jpg" width="250"> + + <img src="media/misc/after-the-sun-wip2.jpg" width="250"> + + <img src="media/misc/after-the-sun-wip3.jpg" width="250"> + + <img src="media/misc/after-the-sun-wip4.jpg" width="250"> + + <img src="media/misc/after-the-sun-wip5.jpg" width="250"> + + <i>Circlejourney:</i> (original track art) + + <img src="media/misc/after-the-sun.jpg" width="250"> --- Track: Narrative Command Artists: @@ -408,22 +620,44 @@ Art Tags: - Jade - Dirk - Alternate Calliope +Additional Files: +- Title: Piano blueprint by Sean William Calhoun (original composer) + Files: + - 'Narrative Command blueprint - Sean William Calhoun.pdf' Commentary: |- - <i>Sean William Calhoun:</i> - (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keoJTpGQxPE">YouTube</a>) - <blockquote>Holy crap. Impeccable. I might transcribe this for my music project.</blockquote> - This might make it a bit easier — I made a notated blueprint before I started producing it (notated on two piano grand staves, because that's easy for me to parse, but it's certainly not a playable two-piano score). It's not 100% accurate to how it wound up (and I'm not going to fix it, because I don't have any use for an accurate "score"), but if you take this as a slightly-flawed transcription you can probably get the rest relatively easily. [[media:misc/narrative-command-blueprint.pdf|(link!)]] - <blockquote>I don't want to do this beautiful track a disservice by comparing it to music that's already been made, because it's one of the most original and creative songs ive ever heard, but it also does kind of sound like all the songs on [[album:cherubim|Cherubim]] had a brawl and kicked the shit out of each other</blockquote> - It intentionally sounds tangentially like a bit of OG Homestuck music (without quoting anything). Calliope's music is a little like some of One Year Older (like [[Firefly Cloud]]) and [[Voidlight]] (from HS Vol. 10). At the beginning of Homestuck^2, Dirk said "Finally, this story is back on the rails. Maybe we can get back to what things were like in the good old days," so his music sounds more stereotypically Homestuck, with the quasi-chiptune style that's in a lot of classic Homestuck music. - <blockquote><blockquote><blockquote>have fun trying to transcribe dirk's 13/8 section lmao</blockquote><i>but consider: 13/4</i></blockquote>but consider: 13/1</blockquote> + <i>Sean William Calhoun:</i> (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keoJTpGQxPE">YouTube</a>) + + > Holy crap. Impeccable. I might transcribe this for my music project. + + [[media:album-additional/beyond-canon/Narrative Command blueprint - Sean William Calhoun.pdf|This might make it a bit easier]] — I made a notated blueprint before I started producing it (notated on two piano grand staves, because that's easy for me to parse, but it's certainly not a playable two-piano score). It's not 100% accurate to how it wound up (and I'm not going to fix it, because I don't have any use for an accurate "score"), but if you take this as a slightly-flawed transcription you can probably get the rest relatively easily. + + > I don't want to do this beautiful track a disservice by comparing it to music that's already been made, because it's one of the most original and creative songs ive ever heard, but it also does kind of sound like all the songs on [[album:cherubim|Cherubim]] had a brawl and kicked the shit out of each other + + It intentionally sounds tangentially like a bit of OG Homestuck music (without quoting anything). Calliope's music is a little like some of [[album:one-year-older]] (like [[Firefly Cloud]]) and [[Voidlight]] (from [[album:homestuck-vol-10|HS Vol. 10]]). At the beginning of Homestuck^2, Dirk said "Finally, this story is back on the rails. Maybe we can get back to what things were like in the good old days," so his music sounds more stereotypically Homestuck, with the quasi-chiptune style that's in a lot of classic Homestuck music. + + > > > have fun trying to transcribe dirk's 13/8 section lmao + > > + > > *but consider: 13/4* + > + > but consider: 13/1 + My notational thoughts aren't really consequential, since this is electronic, and the score was only for my own ease of composing, not for performance, but I've always thought of it as Calliope's section in 4/4 and Dirk's in 13/16, so when they start to combine, it's 4 (Calliope eighth notes) against 13 (Dirk sixteenth notes) - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/narrative-command.jpg" width="300"> - <i>Ana:</i> + + <i>Ana:</i> (art anthology commentary) + I believe the real protagonist of this song is Jade Harley. Narrative command is not only Dirk and Calliope fighting over narrative, but also a fight over Jade control. - <img src="media/misc/narrative-command-wip1.jpg" width="300"> - <img src="media/misc/narrative-command-wip2.jpg" width="300"> - <img src="media/misc/narrative-command-wip3.jpg" width="300"> + + <i>Ana:</i> (art anthology WIPs) + + <img src="media/misc/narrative-command-wip1.jpg" width="250"> + + <img src="media/misc/narrative-command-wip2.jpg" width="250"> + + <img src="media/misc/narrative-command-wip3.jpg" width="250"> + + <i>Sean William Calhoun:</i> (original track art) + + <img src="media/misc/narrative-command.jpg" width="250"> --- Track: eleventh hour Artists: @@ -437,12 +671,19 @@ Cover Artists: Art Tags: - The Theseus Commentary: |- - <i>Skyplayer:</i> + <i>Skyplayer:</i> (art anthology commentary) + This piece started with a concept that is actually explored in other pieces in this album's set: Dirk's departure and what he left behind. Even the same symbolism can be found in other pieces: Theseus streaking across his face, shatters of memories lost to space. Mine started to mutate though, to take on a form beyond my control. My skill to render the memories failed me: WIPs show the corpse of John, the beheading of Dirk, other fragments of the Epilogues. The main decisions of the piece happened spontaneously: fragments of a clock reforming to Dirk's silhouette, Theseus moving from the corner and taking its place as Dirk's glasses. The colors went through many iterations, a volatile photoshop file of hue shifts and stacked filters. The final nail in the coffin for any hope of a semblance of normalcy in this came with my most baffling decision of all: splashing my previous two track arts for UMSPAF over this one. My original monochrome draft for Diverging Delicacies' "Dirk's Dreamers" became the only shattered memory, a destruction of art I birthed but am not fond of. Moons of Theseus' "Unchained" merged with the fibers of space, a celebrated giant looming over all my other pieces. Much like the man this art is focused on, the very piece itself has become a distractingly shiny mirror reflecting the artist's self-indulgent nonsense. I'm being told there's a song attached to this? - <img src="media/misc/eleventh-hour-wip1.jpg" width="300"> - <img src="media/misc/eleventh-hour-wip2.jpg" width="300"> - <img src="media/misc/eleventh-hour-wip3.jpg" width="300"> - <img src="media/misc/eleventh-hour-wip4.jpg" width="300"> + + <i>Skyplayer:</i> (art anthology WIPs) + + <img src="media/misc/eleventh-hour-wip1.jpg" width="250"> + + <img src="media/misc/eleventh-hour-wip2.jpg" width="250"> + + <img src="media/misc/eleventh-hour-wip3.jpg" width="250"> + + <img src="media/misc/eleventh-hour-wip4.jpg" width="250"> --- Track: Adios, Lost Boys Artists: @@ -459,10 +700,15 @@ Art Tags: - Dream Bubbles - Green Sun Commentary: |- - <i>qsleeper:</i> + <i>qsleeper:</i> (art anthology commentary) + I was pretty happy when I found out that I'd be drawing a piece for this song, since I've always had a soft spot for Tavros—he's an underappreciated boy! In the end, I didn't really do many different concept sketches for this one. I knew that I wanted a scene of Tavros, in his Peter Pan outfit, staring out as the friends and army they'd worked so hard to gather get eaten by the black hole. The ghosts are just as much the 'Lost Boys' here as Tav is himself. I was going for a 'wistful, but resigned' sort of feeling for this, since all Tav can really do now is watch. He knows he's unable to stop everyone from being destroyed—or, as we know now, getting pulled into the new HS^2 universe. So basically, he's just chillin'. - <img src="media/misc/adios-lost-boys-wip1.jpg" width="300"> - <img src="media/misc/adios-lost-boys-wip2.jpg" width="300"> + + <i>qsleeper:</i> (art anthology WIPs) + + <img src="media/misc/adios-lost-boys-wip1.jpg" width="250"> + + <img src="media/misc/adios-lost-boys-wip2.jpg" width="250"> --- Track: Moving Onwards Artists: @@ -478,15 +724,23 @@ Art Tags: - John - Earth Commentary: |- - <i>Mathias Ramalho:</i> - (<a href="https://soundcloud.com/friendly-coy/moving-onwards">SoundCloud</a>) + <i>Mathias Ramalho:</i> (<a href="https://soundcloud.com/friendly-coy/moving-onwards">SoundCloud</a>) + My track from the album "Beyond Canon", by the Homestuck^2 Music Team. So he-hey I got to the big leagues! don't know how I got here but I gotta tell ya, it feels awesome. - <i>Cratmang:</i> + + <i>Cratmang:</i> (art anthology commentary) + I was hoping to hear some commentary from the original artist about what this piece was about, but that never happened, so I just went with my initial concept of, "John Egbert casually walking down the street whilst reflecting on his now-distant past as the Heir of Breath." Since this was a chiptune track, doing pixel art made the most sense (nevermind that I planned on doing pixel art anyway). Most everything in the picture came out naturally, with a few tweaks here and there. I had John looking looking sad in one iteration, but I felt it didn't match up with the more upbeat nature of the song, so I changed it. I did sort of trip at the finish line when adding details to the buildings in the background. Ah well, no one will care, right? - <img src="media/misc/moving-onwards-wip1.jpg" width="300"> - <img src="media/misc/moving-onwards-wip2.jpg" width="300"> - <img src="media/misc/moving-onwards-wip3.jpg" width="300"> - <img src="media/misc/moving-onwards-wip4.jpg" width="300"> + + <i>Cratmang:</i> (art anthology WIPs) + + <img src="media/misc/moving-onwards-wip1.jpg" width="250"> + + <img src="media/misc/moving-onwards-wip2.jpg" width="250"> + + <img src="media/misc/moving-onwards-wip3.jpg" width="250"> + + <img src="media/misc/moving-onwards-wip4.jpg" width="250"> --- Track: Make a Pretty Picture Artists: @@ -504,13 +758,21 @@ Art Tags: - Tavvy - Earth Commentary: |- - <i>Aeritus:</i> + <i>Aeritus:</i> (art anthology commentary) + When I first heard the song it just really felt like a Jane song to me. I really wanted to play with the title itself so most of the concept has been Jane (and family) on the making of the Pretty Picture, because when you're in such an high position it's important to look good and pretty, no matter what... right? I Also had a few other sketches of Rose and Jade since the track art of the main motif used for this song had them, but after the updates and the general feeling regarding Jade and Rose has been switched on the bad side, it just didnt felt right for me and the tone of the song itself. - <img src="media/misc/make-a-pretty-picture-wip1.jpg" width="300"> - <img src="media/misc/make-a-pretty-picture-wip2.jpg" width="300"> - <img src="media/misc/make-a-pretty-picture-wip3.jpg" width="300"> - <img src="media/misc/make-a-pretty-picture-wip4.jpg" width="300"> - <img src="media/misc/make-a-pretty-picture-wip5.jpg" width="300"> + + <i>Aeritus:</i> (art anthology WIPs) + + <img src="media/misc/make-a-pretty-picture-wip1.jpg" width="250"> + + <img src="media/misc/make-a-pretty-picture-wip2.jpg" width="250"> + + <img src="media/misc/make-a-pretty-picture-wip3.jpg" width="250"> + + <img src="media/misc/make-a-pretty-picture-wip4.jpg" width="250"> + + <img src="media/misc/make-a-pretty-picture-wip5.jpg" width="250"> --- Track: Four Kids (and a Game They Played Together) Artists: @@ -542,42 +804,109 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Four Kids and a Game They Play Together Lyrics: |- - it's been a little bit since the last time we all talked<br>so...how are all of you doing?<br>i know that i have been a bit unkind to you all<br>and i'm trying to undo it - we thought this ended years ago but it survived<br>i've forgotten far too often why i even recognize these faces<br>that don't have names placed with them<br>inside my hazy brain, but then<br>there's too much to begin to touch on here - i'm<br>pulled back<br>once again<br>and i told myself,<br>told myself,<br>told myself<br>i wouldn't be on this adventure - but i'm haunted by<br>all of these memories<br>that i have of four kids<br>and the game they played together - i burned the bridges thoroughly but still everyone's trusting me again<br>and i should be relieved but it happened so suddenly<br>and i know in my heart i haven't earned this,<br>but everyone acts like my concern isn't a problem<br>like nothing is wrong with my very involvement + it's been a little bit since the last time we all talked + so...how are all of you doing? + i know that i have been a bit unkind to you all + and i'm trying to undo it + + we thought this ended years ago but it survived + i've forgotten far too often why i even recognize these faces + that don't have names placed with them + inside my hazy brain, but then + there's too much to begin to touch on here + + i'm + pulled back + once again + and i told myself, + told myself, + told myself + i wouldn't be on this adventure + + but i'm haunted by + all of these memories + that i have of four kids + and the game they played together + + i burned the bridges thoroughly but still everyone's trusting me again + and i should be relieved but it happened so suddenly + and i know in my heart i haven't earned this, + but everyone acts like my concern isn't a problem + like nothing is wrong with my very involvement + but i know how the song ends - i can't begin to list the times that i've walked<br>along this road and concluded<br>that nothing that i've done here will make sense, in the end<br>but i find that kind of soothing - [i'm<br>pulled back<br>once again<br>and i told myself,<br>told myself,<br>told myself<br>i wouldn't be on this adventure - but i'm haunted by<br>all of these memories<br>that i have of four kids<br>and the game they played together - it's been a little bit since the last time] + + i can't begin to list the times that i've walked + along this road and concluded + that nothing that i've done here will make sense, in the end + but i find that kind of soothing + + i'm + pulled back + once again + and i told myself, + told myself, + told myself + i wouldn't be on this adventure + + but i'm haunted by + all of these memories + that i have of four kids + and the game they played together + + it's been a little bit since the last time Commentary: |- - <i>Robert J! Lake:</i> - (<a href="https://twitter.com/spellbang/status/1249755343615393792">Twitter</a>) + <i>Robert J! Lake:</i> ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/spellbang/status/1249755343615393792)) + + *(12:44 PM)*<br> might fuck around and release some stuckhome syndrome music today... + + *(12:46 PM)*<br> by that i mean i'm definitely releasing some stuckhome syndrome music today. if all goes well i'll probably have it up in like...maybe a little over an hour? + + *(12:46 PM)*<br> no promises but you know. i am just a little creacher - - - i wasn't technically lying - (<a href="https://twitter.com/spellbang/status/1250780820287164419">Twitter</a>) + + *(2:05 PM)*<br> + i wasn't technically lying + + <i>Robert J! Lake:</i> ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/spellbang/status/1250780820287164419)) + might as well talk a tiny bit about this song, Four Kids (and a Game They Played Together), since people are responding to it way more strongly than i kind of expected - the original version of the track from yeaaaaars ago i wrote as an instrumental i intended to be the "homestuck end credits theme," which ended up not panning out for a bunch of reasons, but the song was always a fave of mine, and stuck around on my hard drive until i polished it up as the finale of the main portion of Stuckhome Syndrome P1V1. i still love this version of the song very much. + + the original version of the track from yeaaaaars ago i wrote as an instrumental i intended to be the "homestuck end credits theme," which ended up not panning out for a bunch of reasons, but the song was always a fave of mine, and stuck around on my hard drive until i polished it up as [[track:four-kids-and-a-game-they-play-together|the finale of the main portion of Stuckhome Syndrome P1V1]]. i still love this version of the song very much. + i had a vocal version brewing in my head for ages. literally from before stuckhome syndrome was released. i mean, the first line (it's been a little bit since the last time we all talked/so how are all of you doing?) was just a sudden thing about me getting volume 10 together - i never had anything besides that opening line, though, not really. for ages i thought i'd finish it up for the last stuckhome volume (i haven't even put the 2nd together...but i will! this year probably?) but a lot ended up hitting me in the interim and i didn't have time for it + + i never had anything besides that opening line, though, not really. for ages i thought i'd finish it up for the last stuckhome volume (i haven't even put the 2ndtogether...but i will! this year probably?) but a lot ended up hitting me in the interim and i didn't have time for it + about five months ago i was contacted to be a part of the homestuck 2 music team and was told the lowdown: it was a clean slate, and a chance to establish the musical rockbed for homestuck 2 going forward. no quotes of hs1 songs whatsoever, but we'd be making new songs TO quote + i messed around with a few other demos but it was pretty quick for me to settle on deciding to do this. since four kids was never actually released as part of homestuck proper, it ended up feeling like the perfect time to pull the track together for real. + though the instrumental of the new version came together with steady work over the past few months the actual vocals and lyrics didn't coalesce until about two weeks ago. i had messed around with dozens of variants until then; the only stuff finalized earlier was the chorus + singing it was fresh hell because it's stretching my range extremely hard, but i didn't want to do pitch correction. on the final track there is some on the backing vocals for two parts, mostly to help finish the thing quickly, but the majority of it is natural + it was endless, endless retakes and it still sound bad to my ears but i think the roughness maybe helps the emotional quality of the song? i guess? + for my part, i'm just glad it's done and i'm glad it's apparently good. anyway. thanks + oh and lastly i guess speculate all you want about the meaning of the song but i'm not going to engage with any of that stuff because i kinda feel like what the song is feeling is clear without my input on that front + but. yeah. thanks again. <3 - <i>star-nomad:</i> + + <i>star-nomad:</i> (art anthology commentary) + While this piece is canonically about the composer, listening to it made me strongly think of John, specifically from the Meat timeline. Since the title of the song basically encompasses John's life during Sburb and by extension his fight with Lord English in the epilogues, I wanted to do something reminiscent of these ideas. Thus I went with the idea of some of the last remaining dream bubbles, and how they show pivotal points from the game session that John was apart of or would remember. I decided to also go with different color palettes, but each having a similar enough scheme that the bubbles showed cohesion. It was a very fun piece to work on, and is hopefully symbolic enough of John and his memories! - <img src="media/misc/four-kids-and-a-game-they-played-together-wip1.jpg" width="300"> - <img src="media/misc/four-kids-and-a-game-they-played-together-wip2.jpg" width="300"> - <img src="media/misc/four-kids-and-a-game-they-played-together-wip3.jpg" width="300"> + + <i>star-nomad:</i> (art anthology WIPs) + + <img src="media/misc/four-kids-and-a-game-they-played-together-wip1.jpg" width="250"> + + <img src="media/misc/four-kids-and-a-game-they-played-together-wip2.jpg" width="250"> + + <img src="media/misc/four-kids-and-a-game-they-played-together-wip3.jpg" width="250"> --- Track: crystal hung in firmament's descent Artists: @@ -593,13 +922,22 @@ Art Tags: - Jade - Alternate Calliope Commentary: |- - <i>Emelia K.:</i> - (<a href="https://soundcloud.com/emelia-kaylee/crystal-hung-in-firmaments-descent">SoundCloud</a>) + <i>Emelia K.:</i> (<a href="https://soundcloud.com/emelia-kaylee/crystal-hung-in-firmaments-descent">SoundCloud</a>) + a silence descends - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/crystal-hung-in-firmaments-descent.jpg" width="300"> - <i>Awkward:</i> + + <i>Awkward:</i> (art anthology commentary) + My initial thoughts on the mood of this song pretty much carried on throughout the entire creation of the piece, with it being quiet and melancholy, yet powerful in a way. My original idea and thumbnail (which is sadly lost to time) was actually about Kanaya in the meat timeline, longing for Rose. - <img src="media/misc/crystal-hung-in-firmaments-descent-wip.jpg" width="300"> + <i>Ucklin:</i> (anthology organizer) + I just have to jump in and point out that the overall composition of this piece looks like a cherub skull, because awkward didn't mention it! This is the coolest thing! + + <i>Awkward:</i> (art anthology WIP) + + <img src="media/misc/crystal-hung-in-firmaments-descent-wip.jpg" width="250"> + + <i>Emelia K.:</i> (original track art) + + <img src="media/misc/crystal-hung-in-firmaments-descent.jpg" width="250"> diff --git a/album/cherubim.yaml b/album/cherubim.yaml index 82d1d3a2..2526e79c 100644 --- a/album/cherubim.yaml +++ b/album/cherubim.yaml @@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ Art Tags: - Calliope - Caliborn - Serenity -Commentary: |- - <i>Homestuck:</i> - u_u ~ tumut Banner Artists: - Shelby Cragg Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 @@ -29,6 +26,34 @@ Additional Files: - Title: Bandcamp Banner Files: - banner.jpg +Commentary: |- + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20130316024224/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/cherubim)) + + *u_u ~ tumut* + + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20130316024224/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/cherubim)) + + Contains material by: + + [[artist:alex-rosetti|Alexander Rosetti]]<br> + [[artist:clark-powell|Clark "Plazmataz" Powell]]<br> + [[artist:robert-j-lake]]<br> + [[artist:malcolm-brown]]<br> + [[artist:james-dever]]<br> + [[artist:kalibration|Robert Blaker]]<br> + [[artist:thomas-ferkol|Thomas "EidolonOrpheus" Ferkol]]<br> + [[artist:toby-fox|Radiation]]<br> + [[artist:erik-scheele|Erik "Jit" Scheele]]<br> + [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]] + + Album assembled and finalized by [[artist:toby-fox|"Toby" "Fox"]] + + Cover lineart by [[artist:kait-linney]]<br> + Coloring and logo by [[artist:shelby-cragg]] + + Click on the tracks to see track art and individual track credits. + + Homestuck and all associated characters (C) [[artist:andrew-hussie]] --- Track: Reverie Artists: diff --git a/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a.yaml b/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a.yaml index 31043556..7e05f1e9 100644 --- a/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a.yaml +++ b/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a.yaml @@ -45,12 +45,14 @@ Additional Files: Files: - CREDITS_A.pdf Commentary: |- - <i>Homestuck:</i> - What Pumpkin Music proudly presents coloUrs and mayhem: Universe A, the first of [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b|TWO albums]] to feature many incredibly fine musicians who haven't had a chance in the limelight until now. + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20120405160556/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/colours-and-mayhem-universe-a)) - Please don't lick your screen. + *What Pumpkin Music proudly presents coloUrs and mayhem: Universe A, the first of [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b|TWO albums]] to feature many incredibly fine musicians who haven't had a chance in the limelight until now.* + + *Please don't lick your screen.* <i>Andrew Hussie:</i> + <b>The Next Album: A Contest</b> The MSPA music team has made exactly 20 great albums since the beginning of Homestuck. For the next album, I thought it would be fun to open the music submissions up to everybody. @@ -72,6 +74,42 @@ Commentary: |- Also, if this contributes any motivation for you, I'm going to try to make a point of using at least one song from this album in a future animation. I think that should be all the info you need to get started. Everybody is already super psyched to hear what you come up with. Happy music makin! + + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20120405160556/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/colours-and-mayhem-universe-a)) + + Includes tracks by: + + [[artist:willow-ascenzo]]<br> + [[artist:yan-rodriguez|Yan "Nucleose" Rodriguez]]<br> + [[artist:first-turn-fold]]<br> + [[artist:samm-neiland]]<br> + [[artist:bleed-binary]]<br> + [[artist:nathan-h|Nathan "EbonHawk7x" H.]]<br> + [[artist:max-wright|Max 'Imbrog' Wright]]<br> + [[artist:kezinox]]<br> + [[artist:plumegeist]]<br> + [[artist:ian-white|Ian "MyUsernamesMud" White]]<br> + [[artist:eston-schweickart|Eston "silence" Schweickart]]<br> + [[artist:repeatedscales]]<br> + [[artist:dj|DJ 最テー]]<br> + [[artist:frank-haught]]<br> + [[artist:kera-jones|Kera L. Jones]]<br> + [[artist:ray-mcdougall]]<br> + [[artist:paul-tuttle-starr]]<br> + [[artist:eligecos|Gec]]<br> + [[artist:david-dycus|David "Dirtiest" Dycus]]<br> + [[artist:marcus-carline]]<br> + [[artist:james-roach|James "soselfimportant" Roach]]<br> + [[artist:dallas-ross-hicks]]<br> + [[artist:rachel-rose-mitchell]] + + Cover art - [[artist:shelby-cragg]] + Mixing, transitions, and contest management – [[artist:toby-fox|Toby “Radiation” Fox]] + Special Thanks – [[artist:sarah-fu|Sarahfu]], Liane Behrens + + Homestuck and associated characters © [[artist:andrew-hussie]] + + Thanks again to everyone who entered the contests, and to everyone who bought this album! --- Section: Side 1 --- diff --git a/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b.yaml b/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b.yaml index 7f2b08ec..b62118f8 100644 --- a/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b.yaml +++ b/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b.yaml @@ -37,10 +37,52 @@ Additional Files: Files: - LYRICS_ETC_B.txt Commentary: |- - <i>Homestuck:</i> - What Pumpkin Music proudly presents coloUrs and mayhem: Universe B, the second of [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a|TWO albums]] to feature many incredibly fine musicians who haven't had a chance in the limelight until now. + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20120414114842/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/colours-and-mayhem-universe-b)) - You can lick your screen now. + *What Pumpkin Music proudly presents coloUrs and mayhem: Universe B, the second of [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a|TWO albums]] to feature many incredibly fine musicians who haven't had a chance in the limelight until now.* + + *You can lick your screen now.* + + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20120414114842/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/colours-and-mayhem-universe-b)) + + Includes tracks by: + + [[artist:monobrow]]<br> + [[artist:david-decou]]<br> + [[artist:nathan-h|Nathan "EbonHawk7x" H.]]<br> + [[artist:david-ellis|David Ellis (A Lunatic's Daydream)]]<br> + [[artist:ryan-ames|Ryan Ames (Nachturne)]]<br> + [[artist:plumegeist]]<br> + [[artist:elisa-mccabe|Elisa "Moony" McCabe]]<br> + [[artist:maya-kern]]<br> + [[artist:shandy]]<br> + [[artist:clydesdale-edwin]]<br> + [[artist:brian-schaefer]]<br> + [[artist:thomas-ibarra|Thomas Ibarra (AutoDevote, SparksD2145)]]<br> + [[artist:eligecos|Gec]]<br> + [[artist:liam-odonnell]]<br> + [[artist:tristan-scroggins]]<br> + [[artist:elliot-colp|Elliot "TheLastBanana" Colp]]<br> + [[artist:will-kommor]]<br> + [[artist:kris-flacke|Kris "Astartus" Flacke]]<br> + [[artist:solarbear]]<br> + [[artist:marcy-nabors|Marcy "Shadolith" Nabors]]<br> + [[artist:haunter]]<br> + [[artist:pixelseph|viaSatellite]] & [[artist:paradiddlesjosh|infiniteKnife]]<br> + [[artist:max-wright|Max 'Imbrog' Wright]]<br> + [[artist:david-dycus|David "Dirtiest" Dycus]]<br> + [[artist:catboss|Mai Yishan (konec0)]]<br> + [[artist:elaine-wang|Elaine "OJ" Wang]]<br> + [[artist:gabe-stilez|Gabe 'zorg' Stilez]]<br> + [[artist:james-roach|James "soselfimportant" Roach]] + + Cover art - [[artist:shelby-cragg]] + Mixing, transitions, and contest management – [[artist:toby-fox|Toby “Radiation” Fox]] + Special Thanks – [[artist:sarah-fu|Sarahfu]], Liane Behrens + + Homestuck and associated characters © [[artist:andrew-hussie]] + + Thanks again to everyone who entered the contests, and to everyone who bought this album! --- Section: Side 1 --- diff --git a/album/genesis-frog.yaml b/album/genesis-frog.yaml index 25a70eb1..a1f78033 100644 --- a/album/genesis-frog.yaml +++ b/album/genesis-frog.yaml @@ -25,6 +25,16 @@ Art Tags: - Prospit - Derse Commentary: |- + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20121026013704/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/genesis-frog)) + + Composed and arranged by [[artist:alex-rosetti|Alexander Rosetti]] + + Cover art by [[artist:sylladexter|Marina]] + + Track art by [[artist:sylladexter|Marina]] and [[artist:rikuru]] + + [[track:pondsquatter-live-chamber-version|[BONUS] Pondsquatter (Live Chamber Version)]] performed by [[artist:talea-ensemble]] + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (booklet commentary) I'm uploading the commentary for Genesis Frog as text for those of you who could not buy my album but were interested in a composer's thoughts and detailed descriptions on its concept and execution. This is Part 1 of 4. If you like the album I encourage you to purchase it if you are able, as it helps support me and it will be that much easier to bring you more music in the future! <hr> diff --git a/album/hiveswap-friendsim.yaml b/album/hiveswap-friendsim.yaml index 2ad390d3..29b0e9ab 100644 --- a/album/hiveswap-friendsim.yaml +++ b/album/hiveswap-friendsim.yaml @@ -29,8 +29,17 @@ Art Tags: - Amisia - Remele Commentary: |- - <i>Homestuck:</i> + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/hiveswap-friendsim)) + Maybe the real FRIENDSHIP was the friends we made along the way. + + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/hiveswap-friendsim)) + + Album by [[artist:james-roach]] + + Bonus friendship by [[artist:toby-fox]] on [[CLOWNFUCKER|"CLOWNFUCKER"]] and [[yall know i just do the music right|"yall know i just do the music right"]] + + Cover art by [[artist:p-pamda]] Wallpaper Artists: - Danny Cragg Wallpaper Style: 'opacity: 0.75;' diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-1-4.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-1-4.yaml index 18081823..db2b2c3e 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-1-4.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-1-4.yaml @@ -24,6 +24,37 @@ Additional Files: - sburbwp_1280x1024.jpg - sburbwp_1440x900.jpg - sburbwp_1920x1080.jpg +Commentary: |- + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20111027162842/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-1-4)) + + *A recollection of classic Homestuck songs from Volumes 1 through 4, now cheaper than ever!* + + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp download blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20111027162842/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-1-4)) + + Also comes with Homestuck wallpaper from [[album:homestuck-vol-4|Volume 4]]. + + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20111027162842/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-1-4)) + + By these rad dudes: + + [[artist:malcolm-brown]]<br> + [[artist:mark-j-hadley|Mark Hadley]]<br> + [[artist:kevin-regamey]]<br> + [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]]<br> + [[artist:buzinkai|George Buzinkai]]<br> + [[artist:curt-blakeslee]]<br> + [[artist:andrew-huo]]<br> + [[artist:gabe-nezovic]]<br> + [[artist:joseph-aylsworth]]<br> + [[artist:kalibration|Robert Blaker]]<br> + [[artist:david-ko]]<br> + [[artist:robert-j-lake]]<br> + [[artist:steve-everson]]<br> + [[artist:nick-smalley]]<br> + [[artist:burnedkirby]]<br> + [[artist:clark-powell|Clark "Plazmataz" Powell]]<br> + [[artist:michael-vallejo]]<br> + [[artist:toby-fox|Toby "Radiation" Fox]] --- Color: '#38f43d' Section: From Homestuck Vol. 1 diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-1.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-1.yaml index bf7d9f47..ba13d51c 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-1.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-1.yaml @@ -18,11 +18,32 @@ Wallpaper Artists: - Niklink (edits for wiki) Commentary: |- <i>Andrew Hussie:</i> + Homestuck songs are finally available for download! You can buy the songs through Bandcamp. I batted around a lot of ideas for downloading music, and ultimately decided selling them was the best way to go. This way we get to support the artists who did this excellent work, and generously volunteered their time to help me out with the story. As much as I like dispatching free entertainment for everybody, when it comes to stuff that I didn't make, I'd rather give artists the chance to profit from their work than casting it into the wind it for free! But the songs are priced pretty reasonably, especially if you get the whole album. More songs will be added to it as the story goes. But really, the Homestuck music is the tip of the iceberg with respect to this larger, somewhat mysterious MSPA music project. There will be some more cool developments in the coming weeks and months, so keep an eye out! + + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20090815120135/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-1)) + + \> Purchase entire album and see what happens. + + You decide to download the entire album and discover a sweet FREE BONUS TRACK you haven't heard in HOMESTUCK. + + Today is truly your lucky day! + + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20090815120135/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-1)) + + Album tracks by:<br> + [[artist:curt-blakeslee]]<br> + [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]]<br> + [[artist:malcolm-brown]]<br> + [[artist:buzinkai|George Buzinkai]]<br> + [[artist:mark-j-hadley|Mark Hadley]]<br> + [[artist:andrew-huo]]<br> + [[artist:gabe-nezovic]]<br> + [[artist:kevin-regamey]] --- Section: Main album --- diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-10.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-10.yaml index 3f85d7df..4c433317 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-10.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-10.yaml @@ -43,13 +43,25 @@ Commentary: |- Almost six years ago, the Homestuck discography served as the push I needed to realize that I could chase my dreams in the world of independent music, and today I'm proud to call many of these immeasurably talented musicians some of my closest friends. Putting this album together has been an absolute pleasure, and I think it's a fitting conclusion to this seven-year-long tradition of incredible creativity. Enjoy the tunes! + <i>Lexxy:</i> (cover artist) + Homestuck will always hold a warm, nostalgic place in my heart, so despite drafting up a handful of concepts - from the graphic and representational to the tongue-in-cheek referential - I ultimately ended up going with the one that expressed that affection the most. + + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20160612161939/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-10)) + + Cover art by [[artist:lexxy|Alexandra "Lexxy" Douglas]] + <i>Homestuck:</i> + (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpNO1KqORXo">Official promo video by What Pumpkin</a>) - <i>Paul Henderson:</i> + + <i>Paul Henderson, Robert J! Lake:</i> + (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jusfjbsO_qY">Unofficial promo written by Robert J! Lake</a>) + <i>Marcy Nabors:</i> + (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJWqqikd6S0">Release listening / Q&A stream</a>) Additional Files: - Title: Album Booklet diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-2.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-2.yaml index ca304709..f98be808 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-2.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-2.yaml @@ -15,6 +15,17 @@ Wallpaper File Extension: png Wallpaper Artists: - Homestuck - Niklink (edits for wiki) +Commentary: |- + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20091219200041/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-2)) + + [[artist:mark-j-hadley|Mark Hadley]]<br> + [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]]<br> + [[artist:joseph-aylsworth]]<br> + [[artist:bill-bolin]]<br> + [[artist:kalibration|Robert Blaker]]<br> + [[artist:david-ko]]<br> + [[artist:buzinkai|George Buzinkai]]<br> + [[artist:gabe-nezovic]] --- Track: Harlequin (Rock Version) Artists: diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-3.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-3.yaml index d237db7a..9d6e2d8d 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-3.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-3.yaml @@ -13,6 +13,19 @@ Groups: Wallpaper Style: 'opacity: 0.75;' Wallpaper Artists: - Homestuck +Commentary: |- + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20091219200046/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-3)) + + [[artist:curt-blakeslee]]<br> + [[artist:mark-j-hadley|Mark Hadley]]<br> + [[artist:malcolm-brown]]<br> + [[artist:david-ko]]<br> + [[artist:nick-smalley]]<br> + [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]]<br> + [[artist:burnedkirby]]<br> + [[artist:bill-bolin]]<br> + [[artist:buzinkai|George Buzinkai]]<br> + [[artist:gabe-nezovic]] --- Track: Beatdown (Strider Style) Additional Names: diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-4.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-4.yaml index 0876de16..ef27d114 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-4.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-4.yaml @@ -30,6 +30,24 @@ Additional Files: - Homestuck_Vol4_alt6.jpg - Homestuck_Vol4_alt7.jpg - Homestuck_Vol4_alt8.jpg +Commentary: |- + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp download blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20100417102255/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-4)) + + Immediate download of not only 13-track album, BUT ALSO: bonus content! Alternate album covers and a Homestuck wallpaper are yours to cherish forever and ever when you buy this album! + + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20100417102255/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-4)) + + By these fine gents:<br> + [[artist:malcolm-brown]]<br> + [[artist:mark-j-hadley|Mark Hadley]]<br> + [[artist:bill-bolin]]<br> + [[artist:andrew-huo]]<br> + [[artist:toby-fox|Toby "Radiation" Fox]]<br> + [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]]<br> + [[artist:clark-powell|Clark "Plazmataz" Powell]]<br> + [[artist:robert-j-lake]]<br> + [[artist:buzinkai|George Buzinkai]]<br> + [[artist:michael-vallejo]] --- Track: Revelawesome Artists: diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml index 948621d5..b2f6ab69 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Additional Files: - vol5.jpg Commentary: |- <i>Andrew Hussie:</i> + Homestuck Vol. 5 is here. To call it a mega-album is an understatement. IT HAS 71 SONGS. And before I get carried away talking about it, we're releasing this under a new VERY SERIOUS AND LEGIT RECORD LABEL, which is called What Pumpkin. I thought this would be a much tidier container for all these crazy music projects we're cranking out. Oh and there will be more. @@ -45,14 +46,46 @@ Commentary: |- I am never going to stop listening to this thing. Never. They'll have to send the cadaver dogs into my fucking unibomber shack cause I ain't coming out, and the fire ants will be wondering how they're gonna eat the rotting pulp in my skull with these headphones blocking my earholes like that. <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> + This Volume is a little bit of an oddity in that it's hyper-long and is consisted overwhelmingly of tracks that have not appeared in the comic whatsoever, so you might not be quite so initially motivated to purchase it as you would for one of the soundtracks proper, however, I assure you, there is some really great material on there. The album hits the tip of the creative iceberg that has been the MSPA music project (which I guess is now formally What Pumpkin records) and shows only a fraction of the endless piles upon piles of "other" music that exists on the not-so-secret music forums. [[artist:andrew-hussie|Andrew]] has been definitely at a crossroads with the music - the response to his open casting call for the music project over a year ago almost immediately exploded with music, initially with the pretense that we were going to be creating short loops (as in the strife themes such as [[Showtime (Original Mix)|Showtime]]). However, when the comic started to operate more cinematically and less like an adventure game, more and more the concentration became on how our music could be used to create the numerous extensive flash-animated cutscenes, some of which fans have awaited and anticipated for days on end. This pretty much imploded with the [[flash:1149|end of Act 3]], when Andrew informed us all that he was going to cut back on the animations after spending a week working on the accompanying animation for [[Sburban Jungle]] day and night on end. Since then, the focus has drifted to various new sectors which I guess will just have to be a surprise to all of you. Either way, consider the new album an outlet for you to sample music inspired by and written for Homestuck and as a chance to support this new community that Andrew has shepherded. + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp download blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20100615165450/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-5)) + + Includes full album cover art and musician credits pages by the singularly talented Alexandra "Lexxy" Douglass. + + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20100615165450/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-5)) + + Ladies and Gentlemen, your musicians: + + [[artist:clark-powell|Clark "Plazmataz" Powell]]<br> + [[artist:toby-fox|Toby "Radiation" Fox]]<br> + [[artist:andrew-huo]]<br> + [[artist:alex-rosetti|Alexander Rosetti]]<br> + [[artist:malcolm-brown]]<br> + [[artist:mark-j-hadley|Mark Hadley]]<br> + [[artist:david-ko]]<br> + [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]]<br> + [[artist:kalibration|Robert Blaker]]<br> + [[artist:seth-peelle|Seth "Beatfox" Peelle]]<br> + [[artist:robert-j-lake]]<br> + [[artist:solatrus|Jeremy "Solatrus" Iamurri]]<br> + [[artist:erik-scheele|Erik "Jit" Scheele]]<br> + [[artist:steve-everson]]<br> + [[artist:soluslunes|Jared Micks]]<br> + [[artist:buzinkai|George Buzinkai]]<br> + [[artist:nick-smalley]]<br> + [[artist:perry-sullivan]]<br> + [[artist:james-dever|Tyler "Seppuku" Dever]]<br> + [[artist:gabe-nezovic]] + <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> (wiki editor) + Track art on these tracks has been uploaded from the <a href="https://sollay-b.tumblr.com/post/188094230423/hello-a-couple-of-years-ago-allyssinian">Homestuck Vol. 5 Anthology</a>! The official release of Vol. 5 didn't come with track art; this collaborative project organized artists to submit their own original art for the album. The art was originally shared in a huge colection on tumblr on 4/13/17 and has now been collected here for viewing convenience and discoverability! + (Check out the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyxgBfhPEG8">Vol. 5 Anthology Presentation</a> for an awesome animated showing of the anthology art and original tracks!) Banner Artists: - Lexxy diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-6.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-6.yaml index a49cc684..7e4e521b 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-6.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-6.yaml @@ -35,9 +35,27 @@ Additional Files: - vol6_wp_banner.jpg Commentary: |- <i>Andrew Hussie:</i> + This is pretty easily my favorite album so far. It's such a great mix of silly songs and kickass songs and all the wonderful moments where those two types of songs intersect. Sometimes those moments even span <i>entire songs</i>. Please enjoy this. Awesome job by the guys as usual. Nice mastering work by [[artist:solatrus|Jeremy]], author of the first and last songs. + + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20110108034132/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-6-heir-transparent)) + + Music by:<br> + [[artist:kalibration|Robert Blaker]]<br> + [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]]<br> + [[artist:buzinkai|George Buzinkai]]<br> + [[artist:tensei|Joren "Tensei" de Bruin]]<br> + [[artist:toby-fox|Toby "Radiation" Fox]]<br> + [[artist:mark-j-hadley|Mark Hadley]]<br> + [[artist:solatrus|Jeremy "Solatrus" Iamurri]]<br> + [[artist:david-ko]]<br> + [[artist:robert-j-lake]]<br> + [[artist:seth-peelle|Seth "Beatfox" Peelle]]<br> + [[artist:clark-powell|Clark "Plazmataz" Powell]]<br> + [[artist:alex-rosetti|Alexander Rosetti]]<br> + [[artist:erik-scheele|Erik "Jit" Scheele]] --- Track: Frost Directory: frost-vol6 diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-7.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-7.yaml index 8e544f04..62d0eb02 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-7.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-7.yaml @@ -34,7 +34,25 @@ Additional Files: - bg.jpg Commentary: |- <i>Andrew Hussie:</i> + Volume 7 is pretty self explanatory. Contains many songs from the story, plus a bunch of other great new ones. I say this every time, but this is now the best HS volume. AND IT KEEPS BEING TRUE EVERY TIME I SAY IT. + + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20110603145524/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-7-at-the-price-of-oblivion)) + + Music by:<br> + [[artist:malcolm-brown]]<br> + [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]]<br> + [[artist:clark-powell|Clark 'Plazmataz' Powell]]<br> + [[artist:kalibration|Robert Blaker]]<br> + [[artist:toby-fox|Toby 'Radiation' Fox]]<br> + [[artist:alex-rosetti|Alexander Rosetti]]<br> + [[artist:erik-scheele|Erik 'Jit' Scheele]]<br> + [[artist:tensei|Joren 'Tensei' de Bruin]]<br> + [[artist:thomas-ferkol|Thomas 'EidolonOrpheus' Ferkol]]<br> + [[artist:robert-j-lake]]<br> + [[artist:curt-blakeslee]]<br> + [[artist:buzinkai|George Buzinkai]]<br> + [[artist:mark-j-hadley|Mark Hadley]] --- Section: Main album --- diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-8.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-8.yaml index b3d1579e..3897fba7 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-8.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-8.yaml @@ -35,6 +35,44 @@ Additional Files: Files: - banner.jpg - bg.gif +Commentary: |- + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp download blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20111026195824/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-8)) + + 37 tracks. 4 bonus tracks, including the [[Cascade (Beta)|first]] and [[Black Hole / Green Sun|final parts]] of [[Cascade]] as individual files. Also includes full-size versions of all track art! + + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20111026195824/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-8)) + + Includes material by: + + [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]]<br> + [[artist:malcolm-brown]]<br> + [[artist:buzinkai|George Buzinkai]]<br> + [[artist:clark-powell|Clark "Plazmataz" Powell]]<br> + [[artist:thomas-ferkol]]<br> + [[artist:erik-scheele|Erik "Jit" Scheele]]<br> + [[artist:toby-fox|Toby "Radiation" Fox]]<br> + [[artist:mark-j-hadley|Mark Hadley]]<br> + [[artist:robert-j-lake]]<br> + [[artist:solatrus|Jeremy "Solatrus" Iamurri]]<br> + [[artist:hilary-troiano|Hilary "Pie" Troiano]]<br> + [[artist:james-dever]]<br> + [[artist:svix]]<br> + [[artist:nick-smalley]]<br> + [[artist:seth-peelle|Seth "Beatfox" Peelle]]<br> + [[artist:tensei|Joren "Tensei" de Bruin]]<br> + [[artist:david-ko]]<br> + [[artist:eddie-morton]] + + Including guest performances by: + + [[artist:marcy-nabors]] (flute)<br> + [[artist:noel-sadwin]] (violin) + + Mastered by [[artist:toby-fox|Toby "Radiation" Fox]] + + Cover art by [[artist:andrew-hussie]] + + Track art by many talented artists! To see the illustrator and composer of each piece, click on the appropriate track! OR check out the Credits file that comes with the album! --- Section: Main album --- diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-9.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-9.yaml index 3f9404eb..eb152daf 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-9.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-9.yaml @@ -40,6 +40,48 @@ Additional Files: Files: - banner.png - bg.jpg +Commentary: |- + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp download blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20120615174232/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-9)) + + Also contains large-sized track art images for the tracks with art larger than 350x350. + + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20120615174232/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-9)) + + Contains material by: + + [[artist:clark-powell|Clark "Plazmataz" Powell]]<br> + [[artist:astro-kid]]<br> + [[artist:svix]]<br> + [[artist:buzinkai|George Buzinkai]]<br> + [[artist:robert-j-lake]]<br> + [[artist:toby-fox|Toby "Radiation" Fox]]<br> + [[artist:malcolm-brown]]<br> + [[artist:mark-j-hadley|Mark Hadley]]<br> + [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]]<br> + [[artist:thomas-ferkol]]<br> + [[artist:erik-scheele|Erik "Jit" Scheele]]<br> + [[artist:solatrus|Jeremy "Solatrus" Iamurri]]<br> + [[artist:nick-smalley]]<br> + [[artist:kalibration|Robert Blaker]]<br> + [[artist:james-dever]]<br> + [[artist:alex-rosetti|Alexander Rosetti]]<br> + [[artist:david-ellis|A Lunatic's Daydream]]<br> + [[artist:david-dycus|David "Dirtiest" Dycus]]<br> + [[artist:willow-ascenzo]]<br> + [[artist:catboss|Mai "konec0" Yishan]]<br> + [[artist:dj|DJ Sai Tae]]<br> + [[artist:pixelseph|viaSatellite]]<br> + [[artist:ian-white|Ian "myusernamesmud" White]]<br> + [[artist:seth-peelle|Seth "Beatfox" Peelle]]<br> + [[artist:eddie-morton]] + + Album assembled by [[artist:toby-fox]] + + Cover art by [[artist:lazylaz]] + + Track art by lots of lovely people! Click on the tracks to see art and individual track credits. + + Homestuck and all associated characters (C) [[artist:andrew-hussie]] --- Section: Main album --- diff --git a/album/medium.yaml b/album/medium.yaml index 87efb2c4..09f24f4b 100644 --- a/album/medium.yaml +++ b/album/medium.yaml @@ -32,7 +32,12 @@ Additional Files: - bg.jpg Commentary: |- <i>Andrew Hussie:</i> + This one's very cool. Clark has a great ambient sound, and her idea for the album was to musically express the Medium's planets, through both their elements and themes. I think she nailed it. Cover art was tag-teamed by me and Cindy (the lady who touches all your WP shirts). + + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20110418193336/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/medium)) + + Cover art by [[artist:cindy-dominguez]] and [[artist:andrew-hussie]] --- Track: Light Directory: light-medium diff --git a/album/midnight-crew-drawing-dead.yaml b/album/midnight-crew-drawing-dead.yaml index 2696229f..11add0f9 100644 --- a/album/midnight-crew-drawing-dead.yaml +++ b/album/midnight-crew-drawing-dead.yaml @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Additional Files: - mcwpp_1920x1080.jpg Commentary: |- <i>Andrew Hussie:</i> + <b>FAKE BANDS (they are not real)</b><br> I am here today to blindside you with a completely unanticipated, unforeshadowed album by the Midnight Crew. @@ -46,7 +47,25 @@ Commentary: |- A final note: when I said it was unforshadowed, I guess that <a href="https://homestuck.com/story/353">wasn't entirely true</a>. <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> + The Midnight Crew album was the first of our really high-concept releases with the fake bands, especially since we attempted to invent some kind of goth-jazz genre out of thin air, despite the team's minimal understanding of goth music or jazz. + + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20100206233406/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/midnight-crew-drawing-dead-2)) + + [[artist:clark-powell|Clark "Plazmataz" Powell]]<br> + [[artist:david-ko]]<br> + [[artist:mark-j-hadley|Mark Hadley]]<br> + [[artist:kevin-regamey]]<br> + [[artist:Toby-fox|Toby "Radiation" Fox]]<br> + [[artist:alex-rosetti|Alexander Rosetti]]<br> + [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]]<br> + [[artist:fenris]]<br> + [[artist:andrew-huo]]<br> + [[artist:robert-j-lake]]<br> + [[artist:hilary-troiano|Hilary "Pie" Troiano]]<br> + [[artist:gabe-nezovic]]<br> + [[artist:ian-taylor]]<br> + [[artist:bill-bolin]] --- Track: Three in the Morning Artists: diff --git a/album/mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido.yaml b/album/mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido.yaml index c85a0108..98dfc071 100644 --- a/album/mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido.yaml +++ b/album/mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido.yaml @@ -30,30 +30,53 @@ Additional Files: Files: - banner.jpg Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido, agents of Prospit and Derse. They once fought on the battlefield as their respective nemeses, only to be united by a common epiphany - the truth behind the Ultimate Riddle. Gazing upon the Skaian clouds, the secrets of the past, present, and future are now well guarded by these strange sentinels who spread enlightenment through their cryptic music and dance. Together, they hope their songs may be a beacon to all those who undertake the Riddle. - <hr> - <i>Is there a linear story to this album, or is it some other form of story telling?</i> + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20110603145529/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido)) + + *Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido, agents of Prospit and Derse. They once fought on the battlefield as their respective nemeses, only to be united by a common epiphany - the truth behind the Ultimate Riddle. Gazing upon the Skaian clouds, the secrets of the past, present, and future are now well guarded by these strange sentinels who spread enlightenment through their cryptic music and dance. Together, they hope their songs may be a beacon to all those who undertake the Riddle.* + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (excerpts from [New Album Q&A](https://web.archive.org/web/20110630045842/http://www.iambowman.com:80/)) + + > Is there a linear story to this album, or is it some other form of story telling? + I've seen a good handful of questions like this and I'd be glad to clear this up. This album does have characters and a story behind it, but it is not a linear story or a rock opera. It's an eponymous album by its members Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido. + Back when Andrew proposed the music project in March of 2009, he made it clear that one of the things he wanted to do was create a lot of "fake bands" which would exist as actual musical entities within the Homestuck Universe in much the same light as the Gorillaz, the Monkees, or the Chipmunks (wow, those are all animal names). While we accomplished that somewhat with albums like "Squiddles Singalong", most of the concept albums have largely been musical homages to the actual characters. For example the Felt didn't "make" their album of the same name, the music team made it as program music. - <i>Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido</i> is meant to be literally an album that Mobius and Hadron would make together. Like the Kernelsprites, they spread their knowledge of Sburb and <u>The Ultimate Riddle</u> cryptically through overtly complex riddles rendered as rock music. They have a seemingly limitless knowledge of all things in the Homestuck universe, or do they? For all their answers they don't just give anything away, they tease you with their songs. + + *Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido* is meant to be literally an album that Mobius and Hadron would make together. Like the Kernelsprites, they spread their knowledge of Sburb and <u>The Ultimate Riddle</u> cryptically through overtly complex riddles rendered as rock music. They have a seemingly limitless knowledge of all things in the Homestuck universe, or do they? For all their answers they don't just give anything away, they tease you with their songs. + Hoohoohoo! - <i>How much thought did you put into connecting the album with Homestuck? Or was it just supposed to be a silly thing with a loose connection?</i> - From the very beginning I wanted to make this an album for Homestuck fans, but I also wanted this to be something which could be listened to from the outside-in. My goal was to create a solid set of songs that would revisit the basic themes of Homestuck, meaning that the fans would get a whole new dimension to the world of Homestuck and listeners unfamiliar with the comic could discover listen to it and, if so intrigued, discover the entire world of MSPA to create context for the album. Think of it as the relationship between <i>House of Leaves</i> and the band Poe - there is intertextuality between the literature and music and together they create a bigger picture. Plus, you can discover them in whatever order you like. + + > How much thought did you put into connecting the album with Homestuck? Or was it just supposed to be a silly thing with a loose connection? + + From the very beginning I wanted to make this an album for Homestuck fans, but I also wanted this to be something which could be listened to from the outside-in. My goal was to create a solid set of songs that would revisit the basic themes of Homestuck, meaning that the fans would get a whole new dimension to the world of Homestuck and listeners unfamiliar with the comic could discover listen to it and, if so intrigued, discover the entire world of MSPA to create context for the album. Think of it as the relationship between *House of Leaves* and the band Poe - there is intertextuality between the literature and music and together they create a bigger picture. Plus, you can discover them in whatever order you like. + Personally, I believe the album is very faithful to the basic ideas of Homestuck. All the big themes are there: time, eternity, repetition, survival, the unknown, fractals, betrayal, dreams, romance, hypnosis, pumpkins, etc. While I certainly had ideas for songs already floating around before the fake band project fell in my lap, my rule of thumb was to incorporate Homestuck any time I hit a dead-end and didn't know what to do. Plus, the process of planning the art was something that Tavia and I were working on from almost the very beginning. - <i>how much of the instrumentation was synthesized and how much of it was organic? i'm thinking specifically of the fiddly guitar bits in forever</i> + + > how much of the instrumentation was synthesized and how much of it was organic? i'm thinking specifically of the fiddly guitar bits in forever + I play every instrument on this record, and all the ones that aren't real instruments I either played through a synthesizer or sequenced myself. All the guitar is real guitar played by myself. I did all of the singing except for some backup vocals by Tavia. About half of the bass parts are me playing an old P-Bass and the other half are some spectacularly vintage-sounding synth basses that I sequenced. While I do play drums, I was unable to use my drum set in the making of this album and instead spent an intense amount of time laying down the drum parts as the first step in making each track. Most of the performance side of the album was really quick and just involved running through the song and playing a midi keyboard run through patches. + The "fiddly guitar bits" are played on a white Epiphone Les Paul named Glinda. - <i>Are there any intentional song similarities or specific inspirations, musically? Chain of Prospit reminds me a LOT of She Blinded Me With Science by Thomas Dolby, in a very good way.</i> + + > Are there any intentional song similarities or specific inspirations, musically? Chain of Prospit reminds me a LOT of She Blinded Me With Science by Thomas Dolby, in a very good way. + None of the songs are supposed to sound intentionally like any other song, but my style is informed by the groups I've listened to that I really enjoy. I can see the resemblance, but when I listen to my own music I always hear a demolition derby of every song I've ever liked. All the things I've seen posted about my music being a mix between groups like Daft Punk, David Bowie, or They Might Be Giants really satisfy me because those are most of the same things I listen to. + I think I listened to "She Blinded Me With Science" a lot about five years ago. Thomas Dolby is a cool guy. I really like his soundtrack to Gate to the Mind's Eye. - (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110630045842/http://www.iambowman.com:80/">Full album Q&A!</a>) <i>Tavia Morra:</i> - <i>Also any fun stories you can share from taking the pictures for the graphics?</i> + + > Also any fun stories you can share from taking the pictures for the graphics? + For the portrait of Hadron's face, I cobbled together my little lighting and shooting rig with the following: tripod, camera, music stand, orange extension cord, nightlight, and a chair. It was super guerrilla, if you consider shooting in the comfort of your own home guerrilla. Either way, it was actually a very pleasant photoshoot that didn't require an extensive amount of time to set up. + Oh, and I kept eating cookies during one of the photoshoots. + That's all I can remember at the moment. Bowman might remember more. + + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20110603145529/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido)) + + Album art by [[artist:tavia-morra]] and [[artist:richard-gung]] --- Track: Forever Duration: '2:58' @@ -273,6 +296,7 @@ Lyrics: |- And your feet are in the clouds Commentary: |- <i>Tavia Morra:</i> + (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUDkBTYWtGk">Music video!</a>) --- Track: Lies With The Sea @@ -337,7 +361,9 @@ Lyrics: |- ... Commentary: |- <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> + "Lies With the Sea" is one of two songs based on sketches from dreams that I put on Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido - the other, aptly enough, is "Dawn of Man". + During the time I was initially formulating a concept for a fake band during the summer of 2010, I thought it would be interesting to do something with a nautical theme. One night as I was falling asleep, I very vividly imagined a melody and accompanying refrain "my heart so full of love", which I sketched and eventually transformed into "my heart lies with the sea" to fit the concept. Ultimately I ditched the nautical theme for the band after Squiddles! Sing-along came out and resolved to develop the concept that became Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido with Tavia. However, the song was already well-developed by that point and I opted to keep it around. My first sketch for that piece was actually a lot heavier - I produced a version over that summer as a demo for Andrew that featured a slow, dirge-like drum beat and an incredibly loud guitar riff that somewhat resembled the song "Grease" from the way-overrated musical of the same name. Perhaps later I'll do some touch-ups to this "heavy" version of the song and share it, but until then I'd rather keep it to myself, being so primitively produced. @@ -345,6 +371,7 @@ Commentary: |- One thing it has in common with the quicker, more lightly-produced version of the track I put out in May was a fairly strong inspiration from modern electronic acts. I drew farily heavily from the sensibilities of Gorillaz in chosing synthesizer sounds on tracks like "Rhinestone Eyes" and "El Mañana" and also pretty closely studied the mix on Daft Punk's "Something About Us", a down tempo track I greatly admire. The thing that most strongly made me feel comfortable using this track on Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido was its inspiration from dreams and the sense that it generally echoed the thought of being swept away in a wave as mentioned in "Dawn of Man" earlier on the album. Originally I even recorded an alternate lyric to the melody of "Sburban Jungle" to open the second verse which I ditched that went as follows: + "Down, down far below, somewhere safe/ Lost in the wave once again." --- Track: Chain Of Prospit diff --git a/album/one-year-older.yaml b/album/one-year-older.yaml index 7c00049c..db6e9090 100644 --- a/album/one-year-older.yaml +++ b/album/one-year-older.yaml @@ -43,7 +43,21 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Signed, Erik "Jit" Scheele</i> - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> (2019 rerelease commentary) + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20120818235214/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/one-year-older)) + + Composition and arrangement by [[artist:erik-scheele|Erik "Jit" Scheele]] + + Includes material by: + + [[artist:malcolm-brown]]<br> + [[artist:buzinkai|George Buzinkai]]<br> + [[artist:toby-fox|Toby "Radiation" Fox]]<br> + [[artist:mark-j-hadley|Mark Hadley]]<br> + [[artist:alex-rosetti|Alexander Rosetti]] + + Cover art by [[artist:killian-ng]] + + <i>Erik Scheele:</i> ([2019 rerelease commentary](https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/album/one-year-older)) An album I made for Homestuck, released originally on 8/16/2012. After it was spontaneously "retired" from their catalogue without warning, now it is here, for free, for people to enjoy. Album is as it was originally, with commentary PDF, track art, everything. diff --git a/album/prospit-and-derse.yaml b/album/prospit-and-derse.yaml index 7add754a..a56c6789 100644 --- a/album/prospit-and-derse.yaml +++ b/album/prospit-and-derse.yaml @@ -21,20 +21,28 @@ Art Tags: - Prospit - Derse Commentary: |- - <i>Solatrus:</i> (original Bandcamp blurb) + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20110924081650/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/prospit-derse)) - <i>The twins of Skaia, locked in combat's hold<br> - One a shadow of fate, one a heart of gold.</i> + *The twins of Skaia, locked in combat's hold<br> + One a shadow of fate, one a heart of gold.* - <i>Watch as we see the children who dream,<br> - Of worlds so unlike anything we've seen.</i> + *Watch as we see the children who dream,<br> + Of worlds so unlike anything we've seen.* - <i>Now, listen to the sound that has been rehearsed.<br> - The sound of dreams... of Prospit and Derse.</i> + *Now, listen to the sound that has been rehearsed.<br> + The sound of dreams... of Prospit and Derse.* + + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20110924081650/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/prospit-derse)) + + Music by [[artist:solatrus|Jeremy "Solatrus" Iamurri]]. + + Contains elements of songs by [[artist:buzinkai|George Buzinkai]] and [[artist:toby-fox|Toby "Radiation" Fox]]. + + Cover art by [[artist:lexxy|Alexandra "Lexxy" Douglas]] and [[artist:molly-gur|SkepticArcher]]. Special thanks to:<br> - Nick Smalley<br> - Marcy Nabors + [[artist:nick-smalley]]<br> + [[artist:marcy-nabors]] (Steamlord313) <i>Solatrus:</i> (one year anniversary) @@ -58,7 +66,7 @@ Commentary: |- And that's when I created [[Darkened Streets]]. - <i>Solatrus:</i> (2020 rerelease blurb) + <i>Solatrus:</i> ([2020 rerelease blurb](https://solatrus.bandcamp.com/album/prospit-derse)) My solo album from Homestuck! diff --git a/album/sburb.yaml b/album/sburb.yaml index 4bdaf47d..260e3517 100644 --- a/album/sburb.yaml +++ b/album/sburb.yaml @@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ Art Tags: - Jade - Skaia Commentary: |- + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20110717121342/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/sburb)) + + *Presenting Homestuck's first solo piano album! Also comes with sheet music for all tracks.* + + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20110717121342/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/sburb)) + + Composed by [[artist:james-dever]], performed by [[artist:erik-scheele|Erik "Jit" Scheele]] + + Cover art by [[artist:killian-ng]] + <i>James Dever:</i> (composer's notes - front) Sburb is my proudest accomplishment. It is the bastard child of my hopes and dreams and my most recent accomplishments and ordeals. I set out to write music to capture everything going on in my life as well as find out who I am and what I am as far as a composer. What ended up happening was the creation of twelve powerful pieces that are close and dear to me and are a road map of my trials. The album has a biblical theme with the titles as to fit with the concept of the story of Homestuck being that of creation. Sburb ends up being the catalyst for the existence of our universes and every other one. I hope you appreciate them! These are my comments about each piece as well as a few comments on how exactly I played some of the crazier parts. diff --git a/album/song-of-skaia.yaml b/album/song-of-skaia.yaml index 304ea310..1de6fa0c 100644 --- a/album/song-of-skaia.yaml +++ b/album/song-of-skaia.yaml @@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ Color: '#02b7ff' Groups: - Parsec Productions - group:official +Commentary: |- + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20120103115600/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/song-of-skaia)) + + Created by [[artist:mark-j-hadley|Mark Hadley]] + + Vocals and lyrics on [[track:song-of-skaia|"Songs of Skaia"]] by [[artist:tarien-ainuve]] + + Cover art by [[artist:minty]] --- Track: 'Null' Duration: '2:32' @@ -35,6 +43,8 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Skies of Skaia --- Track: Song of Skaia +Additional Names: +- Songs of Skaia ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20120103115600/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/song-of-skaia)) Contributors: - Tarien Ainuvë (lyrics/vocals) Duration: '6:27' diff --git a/album/squiddles.yaml b/album/squiddles.yaml index 5aa5c87a..89e713c5 100644 --- a/album/squiddles.yaml +++ b/album/squiddles.yaml @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Additional Files: - squiddles_banner.jpg Commentary: |- <i>Andrew Hussie:</i> + <b>THIS IS INCREDIBLY SILLY</b><br> Hey guys, guess what the next album is all about! No, your guess is wrong. It is a Squiddles album. Surprise! @@ -42,6 +43,41 @@ Commentary: |- The idea we formed around that song was to make an album that would serve as the soundtrack for a fictional cartoon show for kids, full of ridiculous happy tunes with strong themes of friendship and chock full of squeaky noises and aquatic gurglings. Seems to me like they pulled it off. It's very easy to picture this as a real show now! Most of what you hear and see is musician/artist-conceptualized. I didn't have much of a hand in it other than the original idea. The guiding principle for working on Squiddles stuff is, any idea someone has for it automatically becomes Squiddles canon. So really anything going on here, candy corn shrimp, skipper Plumbthroat's connivings, underwater unicorns, all that came together through the collaboration of these artists while I sat quietly and boggled vacantly at their shenanigans. These guys are a bunch of nuts. But they are your nuts, and now their work is yours as well. + + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp download blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20100828115437/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/squiddles)) + + COOL BONUSES INCLUDED: Squiddles animation (in .swf format) and PDF booklet with lyrics and credits! + + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20100828115437/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/squiddles)) + + Album by these fine musicians:<br> + [[artist:alex-rosetti|Alexander Rosetti]]<br> + [[artist:david-ko]]<br> + [[artist:ian-taylor]]<br> + [[artist:clark-powell|Clark "Plazmataz" Powell]]<br> + [[artist:erik-scheele|Erik "Jit" Scheele]]<br> + [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]]<br> + [[artist:seth-peelle|Seth "Beatfox" Peelle]]<br> + [[artist:steve-everson]]<br> + [[artist:robert-j-lake]]<br> + [[artist:nick-smalley]]<br> + [[artist:solatrus|Jeremy "Solatrus" Iamurri]]<br> + [[artist:malcolm-brown]]<br> + [[artist:toby-fox|Toby "Radiation" Fox]]<br> + [[artist:mark-j-hadley|Mark Hadley]] + + And Squiddles! animation by:<br> + [[artist:paige-turner]] (lead animator)<br> + [[artist:rebecca-harding]]<br> + [[artist:brett-muller]]<br> + [[artist:kara-roas]]<br> + [[artist:michael-firman]]<br> + [[artist:cindy-dominguez]]<br> + [[artist:hanni-brosh|SaffronScarf]]<br> + [[artist:richard-gung]]<br> + [[artist:nic-carey]]<br> + [[artist:killian-ng|Vivus]]<br> + [[artist:eyes5]] --- Section: Main album --- diff --git a/album/strife.yaml b/album/strife.yaml index 7e445b0b..ceda63fe 100644 --- a/album/strife.yaml +++ b/album/strife.yaml @@ -27,7 +27,19 @@ Commentary: |- Speaking of sick, check the cover art by Tauhid. The dude can draw. If I ever stopped doing Homestuck, the whole enterprise could be kept aloft by the prepsterous amount of talent which appears to orbit me. - <i>Tensei:</i> (2019 rerelease blurb) + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp download blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20110219143705/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/strife)) + + Album download also includes a hidden bonus track, plus PDF-format guitar and bass tabs for [[Heir Conditioning]]! + + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20110219143705/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/strife)) + + Music by [[artist:tensei|Joren "Tensei" de Bruin]] + + Includes remixed portions of original songs by [[artist:toby-fox|Toby "Radiation"]] Fox and [[artist:curt-blakeslee]] + + Cover art by [[artist:tauhid-bondia]] + + <i>Tensei:</i> ([2019 rerelease blurb](https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-strife)) Hi this is just a reupload/mirror of the original release, nothing new --- diff --git a/album/symphony-impossible-to-play.yaml b/album/symphony-impossible-to-play.yaml index 5a64b18c..0ab0c7eb 100644 --- a/album/symphony-impossible-to-play.yaml +++ b/album/symphony-impossible-to-play.yaml @@ -39,6 +39,15 @@ Additional Files: - symphonyimpossibletoplaywallpaper1280x1024.jpg - symphonyimpossibletoplaywallpaper1680x1050.jpg - symphonyimpossibletoplaywallpaper1920x1080.jpg +Commentary: |- + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20120802173203/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/symphony-impossible-to-play)) + + Cover art by [[artist:tavia-morra]] + + Composed and arranged by [[artist:clark-powell|Clark "Plazmataz" Powell]] + + Featuring piano performance by [[artist:erik-scheele|Erik "Jit" Scheele]] + Original [[Sarabande|"Sarabande"]] by [[artist:erik-scheele|Erik "Jit" Scheele]] --- Track: I - Overture Directory: overture diff --git a/album/the-felt.yaml b/album/the-felt.yaml index 0614d400..014bc004 100644 --- a/album/the-felt.yaml +++ b/album/the-felt.yaml @@ -24,11 +24,27 @@ Additional Files: Wallpaper Style: 'opacity: 0.5;' Commentary: |- <i>Andrew Hussie:</i> + In the same vein as the [[album:midnight-crew-drawing-dead|Midnight Crew fake band album]], but where MC was a dark jazz band, the Felt is an orchestral group. The idea I proposed earlier in the year was an orchestral sound with "temporal effects." Notes, melodies, rhythms played backwards, forwards, rewinding and such, as if the music itself was subject to their powers of time distortion. The sound also took on some electronic, sort of ambient qualities as it developed. You could refer to the genre as "temporelechestral." If you wanted to say a mouthful. Nice job to [[group:clark-powell|Clark Powell]] for mastering this whole thing, as well as including a few of her own great songs in the list too. The whole thing strikes me as a very tight bit of production. Sick cover art by hypertalented and prolific HS fan artist, [[artist:molly-gur|SkepticArcher]]. + + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20101206141645/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/the-felt)) + + Music by:<br> + [[artist:thomas-ferkol|Thomas "EidolonOrpheus" Ferkol]]<br> + [[artist:toby-fox|Toby "Radiation" Fox]]<br> + [[artist:mark-j-hadley|Mark Hadley]]<br> + [[artist:david-ko]]<br> + [[artits:solatrus|Jeremy "Solatrus" Iamurri]]<br> + [[artist:robert-j-lake]]<br> + [[artist:clark-powell|Clark "Plazmataz" Powell]]<br> + [[artist:alex-rosetti|Alexander Rosetti]]<br> + [[artist:erik-scheele|Erik "Jit" Scheele]] + + Cover art by [[artist:molly-gur|SkepticArcher]] --- Track: Jade Dragon Artists: diff --git a/album/the-wanderers.yaml b/album/the-wanderers.yaml index 466e3c8a..cd316c50 100644 --- a/album/the-wanderers.yaml +++ b/album/the-wanderers.yaml @@ -17,11 +17,36 @@ Art Tags: - WK - Ruined Earth Commentary: |- - <i>Homestuck:</i> - 413 years in the future, all is devastation. Great lakes are now empty pits, sprawling cities are now rubble, and humanity is now extinct, fossilized under the endless blanket of sand that covers the Earth. - However, all is not lost. Exiled to our world through gates in space and time, a few brave, carapaced individuals toil to give our planet new hope. - They are... - The Wanderers. + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20110717121349/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/the-wanderers)) + + *413 years in the future, all is devastation. Great lakes are now empty pits, sprawling cities are now rubble, and humanity is now extinct, fossilized under the endless blanket of sand that covers the Earth.* + + *However, all is not lost. Exiled to our world through gates in space and time, a few brave, carapaced individuals toil to give our planet new hope.* + + *They are...* + + *The Wanderers.* + + (Comes with two bonus tracks: [[Vagabounce Remix|"Vagabounce Remix"]] by [[artist:david-ko]], and [[Tomahawk Head|"Tomahawk Head"]] by [[artist:toby-fox|Toby "Radiation" Fox]] and [[artist:tensei|Joren "Tensei" de Bruin]]!) + + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20110717121349/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/the-wanderers)) + + Includes music by:<br> + [[artist:seth-peelle|Seth "Beatfox" Peelle]]<br> + [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]]<br> + [[artist:erik-scheele|Erik "Jit" Scheele]]<br> + [[artist:solatrus|Jeremy "Solatrus" Iamurri]]<br> + [[artist:nick-smalley]]<br> + [[artist:robert-j-lake]]<br> + [[artist:toby-fox|Toby "Radiation" Fox]]<br> + [[artist:steve-everson]]<br> + [[artist:james-dever]]<br> + [[artist:alex-rosetti|Alexander Rosetti]]<br> + [[artist:malcolm-brown]]<br> + [[artist:david-ko]]<br> + [[artist:tensei|Joren "Tensei" de Bruin]] + + Cover art by [[artist:lauren-ross|Lauren "Sock" Ross]] Banner Artists: - Lauren Ross Banner Dimensions: 1463x270 |