From 27a061bcfe2a214df259d58c254ce797c8ec5dd1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "(quasar) nebula" Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 11:28:07 -0400 Subject: use [[media:]] links for early commentary collection --- album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml | 22 +++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) (limited to 'album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml') diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml index 565cb6ab..706f2667 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml @@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Aggrieve Commentary: |- - Mark J. Hadley: (composer, via [early commentary collection](https://hsmusic.wiki/media/misc/commentary-collection.txt)) + Mark J. Hadley: (composer, via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) Since Aggrieve was the first song I wrote for Homestuck, I also imagined it would be the first thing I would remix. That turned out not to be the case (I remixed Harlequin first), but I went ahead with it anyway. I also figured it might come in handy in case there was ever another strife scene with Rose post-entry, but those became rare after a while, except for special situations. @@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Skaia (Incipisphere Mix) - Unknown (piano).mid' Commentary: |- - Solatrus: (composer, via [early commentary collection](https://hsmusic.wiki/media/misc/commentary-collection.txt)) + Solatrus: (composer, via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) My Skaia remix was actually done before I joined the music team. I had first made [[track:doctor-deep-breeze-mix|a remix of Doctor]] (which you can hear [here](https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/doctor-deep-breeze-mix)), which apparently really caught the attention of the team, in part thanks to Blueberry. @@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ Sheet Music Files: - 'Sarabande - MarimbaMaestoso (cello).pdf' - 'Sarabande - MarimbaMaestoso (bass).pdf' Commentary: |- - Erik Scheele: (composer, via [early commentary collection](https://hsmusic.wiki/media/misc/commentary-collection.txt)) + Erik Scheele: (composer, via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) I'll never really know what happened to produce this. Not really, never. I wish I could remember if there was some thought process behind it, some sort of inspiration, but I really can't remember any. Most likely, that was for the better. @@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ Commentary: |- This is exactly what it sounds like. I went for a whimsical, dreamy feel with this one, expressed through the ¾ meter, waltz patterns, Lydian mode, and ringing, bell-like timbres. There’s not a lot going on in this one, though I think it’s charming in a childlike way. It was the first piece I made upon my return to the music team (I was in it since the beginning, but never made anything worthwhile and left for a few months since I was starting my first year of college). - Alex Rosetti: ("extra comments in reply to a Tumblr question", via [early commentary collection](https://hsmusic.wiki/media/misc/commentary-collection.txt)) + Alex Rosetti: ("extra comments in reply to a Tumblr question", via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) For some reason waltzes, Lydian mode, harps, and bell-like timbres seemed like the most appropriate ways to evoke dreams for me. I was inspired to make it ever since seeing Jade's dream self, and how appropriate that it was included in [[flash:1720|Dave's dream in Derse]]! @@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Aggrieve Commentary: |- - Mark J. Hadley: (composer, via [early commentary collection](https://hsmusic.wiki/media/misc/commentary-collection.txt)) + Mark J. Hadley: (composer, via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) John had [[track:skaian-dreams-remix|a "sleep and recover hp/mp" type theme]], so I wrote one for Rose as well. Naturally it uses part of the theme from [[Aggrieve]]. When it came time to put it on the album, I didn't really want to leave it as short as it was, so I added the Dreams of Derse section to lengthen it, imagining what the cold, far orbit of Derse might be like. @@ -1304,7 +1304,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Ruins (With Strings) - Twix Stix.mid' Commentary: |- - Erik Scheele: (co-composer, via [early commentary collection](https://hsmusic.wiki/media/misc/commentary-collection.txt)) + Erik Scheele: (co-composer, via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) This one is really hardly me, honest, it's all [[artist:michael-guy-bowman|Bowman]]. [[track:ruins|Ruins]] was this piano recording I'd put up back when I still hardly knew how to record anything, and then Bowman just went and added magic to it. And the piano track, that's just another one of those "improvisations out of nowhere", no real purpose or theory-thinking beforehand to delegate anything to it. Especially the descending-thirds, no way I could have just thought about that and been like "Yes that is a good thing to be doing", it was just spur of the moment thinking. @@ -1316,7 +1316,7 @@ Commentary: |- I know I've got a better recording of Ruins kicking around here somewhere, I'll have to see if something can be done with it. - Michael Guy Bowman: (co-composer, via [early commentary collection](https://hsmusic.wiki/media/misc/commentary-collection.txt)) + Michael Guy Bowman: (co-composer, via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) Really it's the "(With Strings)" part that is my doing. When [[artist:erik-scheele|Jit]] was first inducted to the team, he did not have access at the time to a proper recording environment or midi controller that he could apply a high-quality piano sound to, so he had recorded his piano demo for [[track:ruins|"Ruins"]] on what I'm guessing is an on-board laptop microphone. I thought the composition was really great but knew that it would sound too unpolished to make the cut onto a Homestuck album, so I resolved to write a string accompaniment around his composition. @@ -1454,7 +1454,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Crystamanthequins - adamus (piano).mid' Commentary: |- - Erik Scheele: (composer, via [early commentary collection](https://hsmusic.wiki/media/misc/commentary-collection.txt)) + Erik Scheele: (composer, via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) Probably the thing I'm best-known for off of Volume 5, which is slightly ironic given how rushed it was. No kidding, I finished it up the night that [[artist:andrew-hussie|Hussie]] was rounding up tracks to go through, and threw it in as a last-minute thing, "hey I just finished this can it go in??" deal. I mean, I'd had inspiration for it earlier, but never got around to making it until it was almost too late! @@ -1716,7 +1716,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Skies of Skaia Commentary: |- - Andrew Huo: (composer, via [early commentary collection](https://hsmusic.wiki/media/misc/commentary-collection.txt)) + Andrew Huo: (composer, via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) Skaian Skuffle was made with the intent of turning [[Skies of Skaia]] into a battle theme. The bass progression matches Skies of Skaia's, with more bounce to it, and the melody of Skies of Skaia was quantified/simplified into a repeating motif. It was mostly composed by feel the rest of the way. I actually had writer's block for a while after I reached about 1:02, and it never really got resolved, which is why 1:21 onwards feels kinda awkward and not so great. I kinda wish I could go back and redo it so it sounds better. But what [[artist:toby-fox|Radiation]] did with it turning it into [[Skaian Skirmish]] worked really well. There was some vague artistic direction from [[artist:andrew-hussie|the Big Man]] that helped with this a little bit. If I remember correctly, it was something along the lines of "okay, maybe you can bring it down a bit in the middle, then ramp it up for the big finish." So I tried to do that using a new bassline, using wandering skips of third and fourth rather than downwise step in an attempt to mirror Skies of Skaia's original melody, as well as scrambling the repeating sixteenth note motif based on the original melody. Like I said, though, I would say it worked out awkwardly rather than well. It does create a certain mood, which, like I said, Radiation capitalized on. Whoops, I just repeated myself, but in more detail the second time. What's that called in literary device terms? Amplification? Yeah, let's go with that. @@ -1816,7 +1816,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Light - Dohmb.mid' Commentary: |- - Erik Scheele: (composer, via [early commentary collection](https://hsmusic.wiki/media/misc/commentary-collection.txt)) + Erik Scheele: (composer, via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) This one, man. Not really as well-known as the other three, I don't think, but I'm still happy with various aspects of it. Not really any specific inspiration, I just started out with the thought of wanting to make a contrasting piece to [[Black]]. Especially with the opening piano line, but overall, something more pure and light. Of course, by the time I got around to finishing it, [[artist:toby-fox|Radiation]] had already stolen the title [[track:white|"White"]], so I called mine "Light" instead. @@ -2243,6 +2243,6 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Homestuck - Unknown B.mid' Commentary: |- - Mark J. Hadley: (composer, via [early commentary collection](https://hsmusic.wiki/media/misc/commentary-collection.txt)) + Mark J. Hadley: (composer, via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) [[artist:clark-powell|Plazmataz]] came up with [[track:homestuck-anthem|a melody]] to use as an anthem for Homestuck, which she then used in Homestuck Anthem. While that was a very driving melody, I opted to come up with something that might be more suitable for credits (opening or end) or a title screen. I really like how this came out; it sounds a bit moody, but still optimistic, which is what I was aiming for. -- cgit 1.3.0-6-gf8a5