From 8afde5bd2aa8d4141df649761bb4c8cf08ce5b9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "(quasar) nebula" Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2026 16:01:13 -0300 Subject: rainy background noise commentary link --- album/vast-error-vol-6.yaml | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/album/vast-error-vol-6.yaml b/album/vast-error-vol-6.yaml index fec7b4fd..e399b87e 100644 --- a/album/vast-error-vol-6.yaml +++ b/album/vast-error-vol-6.yaml @@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- Rainy: ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrWE6_Lhx5o), excerpt) - I remember that I wrote this song hot off the heels of my readthrough of Thaumatrope. If the title didn’t give it away, this song is about everyone’s favorite blood stealing weirdo, Lutzia Cullex. I remembered her design from [[artist:dbnet18|dbnet’s]] [“Background Noise” album](https://dbnet18.bandcamp.com/album/background-noise) and learning that she was the protag of Haustoria was a pleasant surprise. As for the song itself, I wanted to write a song that evoked her upbeat shounen protag energy while conveying her off kilter proclivities. To this end, I challenged myself in a couple of different ways. Firstly, the entire song was written in 7/8 time, a time signature I’ve used before but never written an entire song in. 7/8 is noted as having a distinctly “off kilter” feel to the average listener which helped convey vibe I was going for. Secondly, I decided to use mixolydian chords to give the piece an upbeat feel that felt interesting compared to the normal major key. Between these two stylistic choices, the song was shaping up to be pretty “out there” as far as my music usually tends to go. The final layer of challenge that defined the sound of the track the most however, was the decision to write the song in the style of Cave Story. I love Cave Story’s music; it was a deeply foundational soundtrack to me as a teenager and I’m frankly shocked it took me until now (like April 2024) to attempt something in that style. With that in mind, it wound up being far more involved than I initially thought it would be. Trying to write a Pixel-esque catchy melody using odd time signatures and weird scales was an undertaking for sure. I even went as far as to transcribing the song into PxTone for the sake of making sure my arrangement was as faithful to the sound as possible. Frankly, I put way too much effort into a song that’s barely over the 2-minute mark, but it was a good exercise in song writing and utilizing music theory concepts. I’m especially proud of how I managed to arrange dbnet’s [[“Bloodsucker”]] into 7/8 time + I remember that I wrote this song hot off the heels of my readthrough of Thaumatrope. If the title didn’t give it away, this song is about everyone’s favorite blood stealing weirdo, Lutzia Cullex. I remembered her design from dbnet’s [[album:background-noise|“Background Noise” album]] and learning that she was the protag of Haustoria was a pleasant surprise. As for the song itself, I wanted to write a song that evoked her upbeat shounen protag energy while conveying her off kilter proclivities. To this end, I challenged myself in a couple of different ways. Firstly, the entire song was written in 7/8 time, a time signature I’ve used before but never written an entire song in. 7/8 is noted as having a distinctly “off kilter” feel to the average listener which helped convey vibe I was going for. Secondly, I decided to use mixolydian chords to give the piece an upbeat feel that felt interesting compared to the normal major key. Between these two stylistic choices, the song was shaping up to be pretty “out there” as far as my music usually tends to go. The final layer of challenge that defined the sound of the track the most however, was the decision to write the song in the style of Cave Story. I love Cave Story’s music; it was a deeply foundational soundtrack to me as a teenager and I’m frankly shocked it took me until now (like April 2024) to attempt something in that style. With that in mind, it wound up being far more involved than I initially thought it would be. Trying to write a Pixel-esque catchy melody using odd time signatures and weird scales was an undertaking for sure. I even went as far as to transcribing the song into PxTone for the sake of making sure my arrangement was as faithful to the sound as possible. Frankly, I put way too much effort into a song that’s barely over the 2-minute mark, but it was a good exercise in song writing and utilizing music theory concepts. I’m especially proud of how I managed to arrange dbnet’s [[“Bloodsucker”]] into 7/8 time Referencing Sources: |- Rainy: ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrWE6_Lhx5o), excerpt) -- cgit 1.3.0-6-gf8a5