From 1155326f686f984af6e768e99d755b45135f02b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "(quasar) nebula" Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2024 12:22:49 -0400 Subject: more fixes from #issuefication-zone, incl. jane dargason cleanup --- album/ancestral.yaml | 2 +- album/archive.yaml | 5 +++ album/homestuck-vol-9.yaml | 25 ++++++------ album/more-homestuck-fandom.yaml | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++ album/stuckhome-syndrome-part-one-v1.yaml | 63 ++++++++++++++++--------------- album/the-rebornening.yaml | 1 + 6 files changed, 100 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-) (limited to 'album') diff --git a/album/ancestral.yaml b/album/ancestral.yaml index 74c4ccb1..8502202a 100644 --- a/album/ancestral.yaml +++ b/album/ancestral.yaml @@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ Commentary: |- This song marks the end of the Signless' life, encapsulating what would have been his last thoughts and words. I wanted to portray the sort of emptiness that happens after he has gotten his wish, and show the mark he leaves even in death. --- Track: E%ile -Directory: exile +Directory: exile-ancestral Additional Names: - Exile (English, normalized) Artists: diff --git a/album/archive.yaml b/album/archive.yaml index a302be73..9d55316a 100644 --- a/album/archive.yaml +++ b/album/archive.yaml @@ -686,6 +686,11 @@ Duration: 0:36 --- Track: Get Start! Duration: '1:48' +Artists: +- Michael Guy Bowman +- Astro Kid (arrangement) +Contributors: +- Astro Kid (additional synths, vocals) --- Track: You Are The Birthday Boy Duration: 0:26 diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-9.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-9.yaml index 73305408..c1b57361 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-9.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-9.yaml @@ -796,22 +796,21 @@ Art Tags: - LoCaH - Rabbit Referenced Tracks: -- Jane's Dragon +- track:jane-dargason-may-11 +Sampled Tracks: - Life in Technicolor Commentary: |- - Clark Powell: - (Tumblr) + Clark Powell: (Tumblr) + It may be a little late by now, but I wanted to give one more of my songs from Volume 9 a post of its own. - First let me say that RJ Lake is a joy to work with. We sent Jane Dargason back and forth between us, remixing each other's remixes until the track was in its final state. For reference: - The original sketch put together by RJ sounded like [[media:misc/jane-dargason-sketch.mp3|this]]. - By the end of the process, things had evolved quite a bit. - I also want to take a moment to say that my good friend Dawn did a spectacular job on the track art! She has a wondrous way with colors, and her drawings of the Homestuck kids have a childlike optimism about them. Nothing could have been a more perfect match for a track like this one! - (Tumblr) - And for your listening pleasure, [[media:misc/jane-dargason-another-sketch.mp3|a snippet]] of something called Jane Dargason. It is an unfinished track, part of my work lately putting together some music for Homestuck Volume 9. [[media:album-art/homestuck-vol-9/princess-of-helium.jpg|The beautiful artwork]], for which the music is arguably just a vehicle, is brought to you by the astounding talent of Tavia Morra. - You remember [[Jade Dragon]], right? The rich wall of sound therein owes itself to the fact that it samples Viva la Vida, from its namesake Coldplay album. Jane Dargason is a spiritual successor, using samplework from Life in Technicolor off the same album. All of this is combined here to surprisingly lovely effect with sounds from an unreleased track by RJ (who, as we have discussed, is the coolest). - In short, we have an anthemic Jane tune in the workings! - Quasar Nebula: (wiki editor) - the track art attached to the audio file on the original tumblr post eventually became the art for [[Princess of Helium]]! + + First let me say that [[artist:robert-j-lake|RJ Lake]] is a joy to work with. We sent Jane Dargason back and forth between us, remixing each other's remixes until the track was in its final state. For reference: + + The original sketch put together by RJ [[track:jane-dragon|sounded like this]]. + + By the end of the process, things had evolved quite a bit. + + I also want to take a moment to say that my good friend [[artist:dawn-davis|Dawn]] did a spectacular job on the track art! She has a wondrous way with colors, and her drawings of the Homestuck kids have a childlike optimism about them. Nothing could have been a more perfect match for a track like this one! --- Track: Before the Beginning and After the End Artists: diff --git a/album/more-homestuck-fandom.yaml b/album/more-homestuck-fandom.yaml index 6327c699..f0101cd3 100644 --- a/album/more-homestuck-fandom.yaml +++ b/album/more-homestuck-fandom.yaml @@ -474,6 +474,54 @@ Commentary: |- Niklink: (wiki editor) Unofficial name. If I recall correctly, I gave it that name for the Homestuck Sound Test because when [[group:toby-fox]] shared the track on his Tumblr, he shared it alongside a picture of Jadesprite (and nothing else to identify the song with), almost certainly the [[media:misc/jadesprite.png|same picture I used as track art for the song]] in the first versions of the Sound Test. --- +Track: Jane Dargason (5/11) +Directory: jane-dargason-may-11 +Always Reference By Directory: true +Artists: +- Clark Powell +- Robert J! Lake +Duration: '1:22' +URLs: +- https://plazmataz.tumblr.com/post/23084666959/and-for-your-listening-pleasure-a-snippet-of +- https://hsmusic.wiki/media/misc/archive/Jane%20Dargason%20(May%2011).mp3 +Referenced Tracks: +- Jane Dragon +Sampled Tracks: +- Life in Technicolor +Commentary: |- + Clark Powell: ([Tumblr](https://plazmataz.tumblr.com/post/23084666959/and-for-your-listening-pleasure-a-snippet-of)) + + And for your listening pleasure, a snippet of something called Jane Dargason. It is an unfinished track, part of my work lately putting together some music for [[album:homestuck-vol-9|Homestuck Volume 9]]. The beautiful artwork, for which the music is arguably just a vehicle, is brought to you by the astounding talent of [[artist:tavia-morra|Tavia Morra]]. + + You remember [[Jade Dragon]], right? The rich wall of sound therein owes itself to the fact that it samples [[Viva la Vida]], from its namesake Coldplay album. Jane Dargason is a spiritual successor, using samplework from [[Life in Technicolor]] off the same album. All of this is combined here to surprisingly lovely effect with sounds from an unreleased track by RJ (who, as we have discussed, is the coolest). + + In short, we have an anthemic Jane tune in the workings! + + Quasar Nebula: (wiki editor) + + This upload to Tumblr featured artwork by Tavia Morra which would eventually end up used on [[album:homestuck-vol-9]] for [[track:princess-of-helium]], rather than [[track:jane-dargason|the final version of this track]] (which featured art by [[artist:dawn-davis]] instead). +--- +Track: Jane Dragon +Artists: +- Robert J! Lake +Duration: '1:16' +URLs: +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAG6_bycbYw +- https://hsmusic.wiki/media/misc/archive/Jane_dragon.mp3 +Commentary: |- + Robert J! Lake: ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/spellmynamewithabang/24511601535/volume-9-is-upon-us-soon-we-will-be-swimming-in)) + [[album:homestuck-vol-9|volume 9]] is upon us. soon we will be swimming in milkshakes. + + [[track:jane-dargason|jane dargason]] has just been finished; i slapped some touches on it and they will touch all of you inappropriately and you will like it. + + trust. + + because i know you're dying of curiosity + + here is the original mp3 i sent [[artist:clark-powell|clark]] that began this exciting journey. note that it is literally nothing like the final mix, or even [[track:jane-dargason-may-11|the mix posted three weeks ago]]. it is a completely different thing. + + that is what friendship does.lessons to be learned, people +--- Track: Long Night Ahead Artists: - Tensei diff --git a/album/stuckhome-syndrome-part-one-v1.yaml b/album/stuckhome-syndrome-part-one-v1.yaml index 32f357ac..fb8c2eeb 100644 --- a/album/stuckhome-syndrome-part-one-v1.yaml +++ b/album/stuckhome-syndrome-part-one-v1.yaml @@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ Commentary: |- If you don't wanna deal with all of this weird video game release methodology garbage, that's fine too! I'll be releasing this as a set of multiple split albums of more manageable size as I finish up each individual release, with the first in the near future, for if you just have a bunch of albums instead of one huge mutant thing! You'll be able to buy a pass for all of the albums for the same price as this album, so you won't be missing out. Make sure you're following me on twitter at https://twitter.com/spellbang for updates on that! Thank you so much for supporting me! -
+ + Robert J! Lake: ([Tumblr pre-order announcement](https://www.tumblr.com/spellmynamewithabang/140367744668/ok-actual-stuckhome-syndrome-big-post-and-whatever), excerpt) Here’s the breakdown: @@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ Duration: '02:35' URLs: - https://spellmynamewithabang.bandcamp.com/track/hivebent-anthem Commentary: |- - Robert J! Lake: + Robert J! Lake: ([Tumblr pre-release preview](https://www.tumblr.com/spellmynamewithabang/141914031278/todays-stuckhome-syndrome-p1v1-album-preview-is), excerpt) Today’s Stuckhome Syndrome P1V1 album preview is for Hivebent Anthem, my flagship track for [[album:alterniabound|Alterniabound]] (one of a few; the rest were really, really silly (including one that’s a really honky and weird Gamzee track)) that unfortunately didn’t get on the album; I was trying to do a troll session variant on the Homestuck Anthem, basically; it’s a little sadder and weirder, as befits the, you know, grey candy corn alien people it’s about. Here’s the first minute and change of it! --- Track: Sburban Echo @@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ Duration: '02:11' URLs: - https://spellmynamewithabang.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-echo Commentary: |- - Robert J! Lake: + Robert J! Lake: ([Tumblr pre-release preview](https://www.tumblr.com/spellmynamewithabang/142447358778/heres-something-you-havent-heard-yet-this-is), excerpt) Here’s something you haven’t heard yet! This is Sburban Echo, a Lord English track formerly from [[album:the-felt|The Felt]], then reworked for [[album:homestuck-vol-9|Volume 9]] to be more akin to, like, yo, what if [[track:sburban-jungle|Sburban Jungle]] was written for the Dead Session? but unfinished, then here now it’s not unfinished anymore, it’s done and fancy for an album I’m releasing on 4/13 for $13.43 that you can pre-order now for $9.87. --- Track: Entangled With the Void @@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ URLs: Referenced Tracks: - Soft Happy Pal Commentary: |- - Robert J! Lake: + Robert J! Lake: ([Tumblr pre-release preview](https://www.tumblr.com/spellmynamewithabang/141791798653/as-promised-every-day-im-going-to-be-previewing), excerpt) This is the first minute of a Caliborn/Lord English track that emphasizes the petulant brat’s predilection for false signifiers of maturity in the form of loud dumb guitars and “epic” “melodies.” It’s the most Tensei thing I ever made. Maybe you’ll like it! --- Track: Soft Happy Pal @@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ Duration: '02:52' URLs: - https://spellmynamewithabang.bandcamp.com/track/listen-to-the-lovely-weather Commentary: |- - Robert J! Lake: + Robert J! Lake: ([Tumblr pre-release preview](https://www.tumblr.com/spellmynamewithabang/141959324318/its-a-new-day-and-that-new-day-contains-a-new), excerpt) It’s a new day, and that new day contains a new song preview for Stuckhome Syndrome P1V1; this is the first minute and a half of Listen to the Lovely Weather, one of the tracks I wrote and produced for [[album:the-felt|The Felt]]. There were a few more than the ones that made it on to that album and later ones (like [[track:afraid-of-the-darko|Afraid of the Darko]] and [[track:everything-is-something-to-somebody|Everything is Something to Somebody]]) and those are all on here (including a better version of Afraid of the Darko done for [[album:homestuck-vol-8|Volume 8]] that…didn’t get on, because it was finished too last-minute). This one was one I was always a little sad didn’t make it onto the album proper because it’s so jovial; The Felt doesn’t have a lot of major key work on it, and to capture that feel of a weird time concert I wanted to have some stuff that was a bit hopeful and tuneful, too, with acoustic guitar noodling and bright piano and stuff. This is probably the most upbeat track I wrote for The Felt; it’s also one of my favorites. Hope it’ll be one of yours, too! --- @@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ URLs: Referenced Tracks: - Heir Transparent Commentary: |- - Robert J! Lake: + Robert J! Lake: ([Tumblr pre-release preview](https://www.tumblr.com/spellmynamewithabang/141865610108/homestuck-updated-today-for-the-first-time-in), excerpt) Homestuck updated today for the first time in MONTHS. Crazy, right? Celebrate with another preview track for Stuckhome Syndrome Part 1 V1: Years in the Past! (Still out 4/13, the day the comic ends forever. It’s been seven years, can you believe that?) Thisn’s a redo I started a while back of Heir Transparent, without any of the material from [[track:doctor|Doctor]] (just the stuff I added for my mix). So it’s a rearrangement of a remix that’s 2x removed from the source, now? god this title is dumb but whatever i still love it I might add strings, says me about every song now I guess. This would sound great with strings, though, so I will most likely! do that @@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ Duration: '02:42' URLs: - https://spellmynamewithabang.bandcamp.com/track/battle-theme-for-the-lost-at-heart Commentary: |- - Robert J! Lake: + Robert J! Lake: ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/spellmynamewithabang/140421474563/pre-order-post-mortem), excerpt) See the above [[track:instructions-on-how-to-fix-the-future|(Instructions on How to Fix the Future)]] for the context; a lot of themes of going against hopeless odds show up in Homestuck, anyway, and that’s one of my favorite themes to write for, in any guise (see also [[track:curb-stomp-the-finale-remotivate-yourself|Curb Stomp the Finale]], which is…not on this pre order). This kept more of the PSG/OPM Sega chip stuff in the current version, but I felt like the chorus needed more thump and less rump, so I gave it a dubstep bounce. This is not my area of expertise but it was really fun to put together even if I ended up having to export the chain through Maximus and import it back in as a sample to get the crushed dynamics without ruining the rest of the track. --- Track: Instructions on How to Fix the Future @@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ Duration: '02:59' URLs: - https://spellmynamewithabang.bandcamp.com/track/instructions-on-how-to-fix-the-future Commentary: |- - Robert J! Lake: + Robert J! Lake: ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/spellmynamewithabang/140421474563/pre-order-post-mortem), excerpt) Like [[track:crock-n-roll|Crock n’ Roll]], this is an Alpha kid thing; I think I wrote it right after the Scratch? The original, also like Crock n’ Roll, was all PSG and OPM before I touched it up. Quite successfully, I think, too; this is my second favorite of the ones here. The bassline was really fun to write; I haven’t really done much stuff this funky before! --- Track: Null/Void @@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ Duration: '02:18' URLs: - https://spellmynamewithabang.bandcamp.com/track/crock-n-roll Commentary: |- - Robert J! Lake: + Robert J! Lake: ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/spellmynamewithabang/140421474563/pre-order-post-mortem), excerpt) Jane’s strife theme! Or, well, intended to be Jane’s strife theme. I think I started falling off of Homestuck sometime after Act 6, but at the start there I felt the most invigorated about the comic I had in years. The new kids were great, and of them Jane was far and away my favorite (which makes sense, given that Jade was my favorite before this; you’ll notice a lot of songs are written with her in mind). My goal here was to make something that mirrored [[track:showtime-original-mix|Showtime]] without imitating or quoting it, and updating it for the new bunch of kids. The idea was that since the original bunch of strife themes were decidedly 8-bit, I’d go 16-bit; so we have Sega PSG and OPM sound chip emulation as the entire instrumentation, except for the spoons. The spoons (courtesy the wonderful Luke Benjamins) are there because she’s a baker, and Betty Crocker, and you get it. --- Track: Unsoftly @@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ Duration: '02:24' URLs: - https://spellmynamewithabang.bandcamp.com/track/unsoftly Commentary: |- - Robert J! Lake: + Robert J! Lake: ([Tumblr pre-release preview](https://www.tumblr.com/spellmynamewithabang/142512923308/if-you-havent-recently-checked-or-somehow-dont), excerpt) If you haven’t recently checked or somehow don’t know about my upcoming 4/13 album of songs I wrote for Homestuck while I (and the rest of the music team, honestly) were way more active, you should do that! The album is $13.43 on release but only $9.87 now, so pre order while you still can! oh also that purchase will entitle you to four hundred and thirteen songs, no biggie I updated it with a bunch of things people haven’t heard, including this, Unsoftly, which is a track that is not [[track:softly|Softly]], and you’re pretty sure never quite sounded like Softly, but is probably related in some way, you think. And you’d be right, because that’s the point Jade was always probably my favorite character (Dave and John very close seconds) and though I tended to make songs that were super major key happy tunes, this was an attempt to explore her darker, weirder side. She’s all smiles most of the time but she’s also kind of fucked up if you think about it? @@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ Duration: '02:23' URLs: - https://spellmynamewithabang.bandcamp.com/track/team-heir-sburb-beta-v-01-fully-cracked-rar Commentary: |- - Robert J! Lake: + Robert J! Lake: ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/spellmynamewithabang/140421474563/pre-order-post-mortem), excerpt) The above [[track:team-heir-sburb-alpha-v06-fully-cracked-rar|(TEAM_HeIR_sburb_alpha_v.06_fully_cracked.rar)]] was actually a section of this track I could never quite figure out how to incorporate, so I just split them. The idea here was pretty dumb, but it’s just “what if sburb was pirated? what would the keygen music sound like?” That’s what this is, it’s Homestuck keygen music. Pitched it for [[album:homestuck-vol-5|volume 5]] to no avail. --- Track: Jadestep @@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ URLs: Referenced Tracks: - The Beginning of Something Really Excellent Commentary: |- - Robert J! Lake: + Robert J! Lake: ([Tumblr pre-release preview](https://www.tumblr.com/spellmynamewithabang/142334340763/hey-wow-holy-shit-there-is-a-huge-new-update-and), excerpt) Hey, wow, holy shit there is a huge new update and everyone is screaming like it’s 2012 again. Brings back memories. Which reminds me: DID YOU KNOW that on 4/13 I’m releasing an album of music I did for Homestuck that has over four hundred songs on it? Yeah, it’s true. And it costs only $11.43! And right now you can get it for only $9.87. That’s crazy. Here’s the link: https://spellmynamewithabang.bandcamp.com/album/stuckhome-syndrome-part-one-v1-years-in-the-past Here’s a song from that album. It’s called Jadestep; originally done for [[album:homestuck-vol-8|Volume 8]] as a mutation of something I tooled around with for [[album:homestuck-for-the-holidays|Homestuck for the Holidays]], it never really got finished with a level of polish I was satisfied with…until this morning! It’s not the first minute; it’s the whole dang thing! @@ -200,7 +201,7 @@ Duration: '02:47' URLs: - https://spellmynamewithabang.bandcamp.com/track/sbversive-jungle Commentary: |- - Robert J! Lake: + Robert J! Lake: ([Tumblr pre-release preview](https://www.tumblr.com/spellmynamewithabang/142044405433/todays-stuckhome-syndrome-p1v1-preview-islate-a), excerpt) This is the first minute of Sbversive Jungle, my take on what I thought the Alpha Kid Sburb loading screen would be. Given the jump elsewhere from 8 to 16 bit, I figured a jump from 90s/early 00s sim game pastiche to a more modern vibe seemed analogous, so you have this ambient texturey vibe that fits with stuff like Spore (which was a big inspiration) and other stuff of the like. Disasterpeace and Ryan Roth were definitely big influences on this as well! --- @@ -209,7 +210,7 @@ Duration: '02:52' URLs: - https://spellmynamewithabang.bandcamp.com/track/music-of-space Commentary: |- - Robert J! Lake: + Robert J! Lake: ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/spellmynamewithabang/140421474563/pre-order-post-mortem), excerpt) Muse of Space, music of space, get it. Really proud of the Boards of Canada vibe on the synths here. Yet another [[album:cherubim|Cherubim]] draft, which I, a year later, added weird robot samples to to repurpose as a Cookie Clicker theme back when I was more obsessed with that then I am now. Initially I was going to actually pursue making a full album of that, but that seems silly, so here it is, Cookie Clicker ties removed, and fixed up with an end section it never had that hits pretty hard. One of my favorite bits on the album so far. --- Track: Uranium Flow @@ -217,7 +218,7 @@ Duration: '03:31' URLs: - https://spellmynamewithabang.bandcamp.com/track/uranium-flow Commentary: |- - Robert J! Lake: + Robert J! Lake: ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/spellmynamewithabang/140421474563/pre-order-post-mortem), excerpt) One of the oldest tracks here, believe it or not! All that’s new is mixing, some drums, and the bassline; the rest is exactly how it was in 2009. Two thousand and nine. I had intended to work on this further for an album, initially a volume, then later the Jade album, then a volume again. It’s spacey deep house because she’s the Witch of Space, you get me --- Track: Bird Versus Bee @@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ Duration: '03:27' URLs: - https://spellmynamewithabang.bandcamp.com/track/bird-versus-bee Commentary: |- - Robert J! Lake: + Robert J! Lake: ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/spellmynamewithabang/140421474563/pre-order-post-mortem), excerpt) A direct Jade album castoff, with only a solo added and drum mixing to distinguish it from early 2012. Very proud of this one, always was. Favorite track on the album, actually, tied with the next one. Really like the Boards of Canada vibe here, too. I, uh, like Boards of Canada. Canada you tell? Hah, hah. I have no earthly idea what the title means --- Track: Farewell to the Old Extreme @@ -272,7 +273,7 @@ Duration: '04:25' URLs: - https://spellmynamewithabang.bandcamp.com/track/song-for-rose-lalonde Commentary: |- - Robert J! Lake: + Robert J! Lake: ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/spellmynamewithabang/141744671168/april-14-still-413-you-know-thats-when-this), excerpt) This is the first minute and change of Song for Rose Lalonde, which I’m cleaning up and adding on to a bit. It has the distinction of being (until very recently) the last Homestuck song I ever wrote; this was just a few months after [[album:cherubim|Cherubim]]. I planned on this being on [[album:homestuck-vol-10|Volume 10]] but…more on Volume 10 later, friendos! It had a pretty bad Piano VST until last night, when I threw some real piano sounds on it. Now it sounds…a lot better! I might add some strings before the final release, but maybe not. --- @@ -356,7 +357,7 @@ Lyrics: |- Saying: "John, do the windy thing." Commentary: |- - Robert J! Lake: + Robert J! Lake: ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/spellmynamewithabang/142767566733/happy-413-this-is-the-first-time-anyones-heard), excerpt) Happy 4/13! This is the first time anyone’s heard this besides me. Also, FINALLY, IT UPLOADED! Because the mp3 was actually too big for Tumblr at…good quality…resolution. I had to drop it to a comparatively abysmal 128KBPS, so if you’re an audiophile, I’m sorry! Also, you can get it in good actual nice quality on the album, which you should buy. It’s here: https://spellmynamewithabang.bandcamp.com/album/stuckhome-syndrome-part-one-v1-years-in-the-past This song is four years old. The vocal track has been a part of it for four years. I wanted this thing on [[album:homestuck-vol-6|Volume 6]]! Then, as a bonus track on [[album:homestuck-vol-7|Volume 7]], then on [[album:homestuck-vol-8|Volume 8]], etc. I eventually gave up. It’s not like it’s the best song in the world but I was pretty proud of this weird baby. If you aren’t a fan of vocals, it’s fine; the instrumental is on the album! --- @@ -365,7 +366,7 @@ Duration: '02:51' URLs: - https://spellmynamewithabang.bandcamp.com/track/four-kids-and-a-game-they-play-together Commentary: |- - Robert J! Lake: + Robert J! Lake: ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/spellmynamewithabang/140421474563/pre-order-post-mortem), excerpt) My other favorite. Written as an end credits theme for Homestuck as a whole in, like, early 2011? New stuff here is the guitar, which is literally all I changed; the Pixies-ish vibe on it just feels right. Probably one of my most melodically articulate compositions ever, and just a compositional high point for me in general. Sometimes a melody takes ages of work to figure out; I work by ear, and when something sounds bad (i.e. trite, boring, too much like a bad old third-rate video game soundtrack and not enough like a, you know, good melody), it can be a while before I can make it sound good. This one was almost effortless, though. --- Track: untitled (epilogue) @@ -386,10 +387,10 @@ Duration: '00:56' Referenced Tracks: - Biophosphoradelecrystalluminescence Commentary: |- - Robert J! Lake: + Robert J! Lake: ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/spellmynamewithabang/140421474563/pre-order-post-mortem), excerpt) One of a few spinoffs/sequels to the track which the title mutated from; I did a lot of that kind of thing, only a bit of which got used ([[track:pyrocumulus-kickstart|Pyrocumulus]] might be the most notable example). --- -Track: Do Androids Dream of…? +Track: Do Anbroids Dream of…? Duration: '02:44' Lyrics: |- Sheep, sheep, sheep, sheep, sheep @@ -397,14 +398,14 @@ Lyrics: |- Sheep sheep sheep sheep sheep sheep Commentary: |- - Robert J! Lake: + Robert J! Lake: ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/spellmynamewithabang/140421474563/pre-order-post-mortem), excerpt) Oh hell. Okay. So this was originally written for the Jade album that never happened (more on that later) but then I reworked it after it was pretty clear no more Homestuck music was going to happen (at least for a while) for a game called Sheep Keeper, which, amazingly, never ended up coming out. And I can’t find the source file; this is all I have. So you get the sheepy version, and there is almost nothing about sheep in Homestuck except for Aradia, and this song doesn’t feel like it really fits her, and I’m fully admitting this is getting pushed past the 43 mark on the album proper. THAT SAID: I think the melody is cute and solid, and I like the bouncy production. Which is, you know, why it’s not relegated to nothingness here. --- Track: TEAM_HeIR_sburb_alpha_v.06_fully_cracked.rar Directory: team-heir-sburb-alpha-v06-fully-cracked-rar Duration: '01:21' Commentary: |- - Robert J! Lake: + Robert J! Lake: ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/spellmynamewithabang/140421474563/pre-order-post-mortem), excerpt) This actually makes more sense if I talk about it with… [[track:team-heir-sburb-beta-v01-fully-cracked-rar|(TEAM_HeIR_sburb_beta_v.01_fully_cracked.rar)]] --- Track: Stardust Speedcore @@ -432,7 +433,7 @@ Duration: '02:26' Track: TAB RUSH Duration: '01:06' Commentary: |- - Robert J! Lake: + Robert J! Lake: ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/spellmynamewithabang/140421474563/pre-order-post-mortem), excerpt) Wayward Vagabond Drinks Tab And Yeah Ok Sure I Really Need To Fix The Mixing --- Track: Lullaby of the Furthest Ring @@ -444,25 +445,25 @@ Duration: '01:17' Track: P.S. Duration: '02:46' Commentary: |- - Robert J! Lake: + Robert J! Lake: ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/spellmynamewithabang/140421474563/pre-order-post-mortem), excerpt) Another [[album:the-wanderers|Wanderers]] castoff, this time about that one cute mail lady (hence the title). The production on it was fairly minimal; the spacious drums are new. I might fiddle with it a bit more but this one might get shoved past track 43 on the final, as with… [[track:lovetred|(Lovetred)]] --- Track: Lovetred Duration: '02:29' Commentary: |- - Robert J! Lake: + Robert J! Lake: ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/spellmynamewithabang/140421474563/pre-order-post-mortem), excerpt) Embarassingly, I don’t actually totally remember the context for this one (I think it’s a troll romance thing; there are a lot of incidents though where my themes got pretty loose, even in tracks that made it onto albums. I’ll be the first to admit, for instance, that [[track:whistling-jackhammer|Whistling Jackhammer]] is almost more inspired by Hussie’s earlier comic Whistles (hence the title) than Homestuck), but I do know that I reused the title for a game concept I had a few years later I never really went public with. Either way, it’s probably getting moved past track 43 as well; it’s good, and I’m proud of it, (the melodies are very inspired by George & Jonathan, which is a favorite group of mine) but it doesn’t quite feel right where it is. It’s finished, though, as is. A weirdo, for sure. --- Track: Pleasant/Pressure Duration: '03:02' Commentary: |- - Robert J! Lake: + Robert J! Lake: ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/spellmynamewithabang/140421474563/pre-order-post-mortem), excerpt) This grew out of a [[album:cherubim|Cherubim]] draft; it’s much expanded upon here since that file, which is mostly just the main melody and bassline. I abandoned it in favor of [[track:stellarum-salve|Stellarum Salve]] early on, but I like how it turned out at this point. --- Track: Of Magic Towers, Swords, and Sorcery Duration: '03:09' Commentary: |- - Robert J! Lake: + Robert J! Lake: ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/spellmynamewithabang/140421474563/pre-order-post-mortem), excerpt) Aaaaah! I consider this kind of a pair with [[track:biophosphoradelecrystalluminescence|Biophosphoradelecrystalluminescence]] in terms of aural space, but this was a Jade album castoff, as are three others here. That was me trying to make a Jade album with [[group:clark-powell|Clark Powell]]; it fell through when the solo albums stopped happening, but we dreamed big. [[track:jane-dargason|Jane Dargason]] is probably the only real collaborative survivor of that in the end; the two of us should work together more. Anyway, this track is light and bouncy and features a lot of vocal samples. It’s exactly the same as it was when I pitched it to [[album:homestuck-vol-9|Volume 9]] (after touching it up more); reusing tracks I did for other Homestuck albums ended up being a trend (so many [[album:the-felt|Felt]] tracks got reused for later albums, like [[track:afraid-of-the-darko|Afraid of the Darko]]). --- Track: Allidile @@ -575,11 +576,13 @@ Track: Jane's Dragon Duration: '01:33' URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAG6_bycbYw +Referenced Tracks: +- Jane Dragon --- Track: Webster's Sacred Compass Manual Duration: '03:04' --- -Track: 'Squiddles OP1: Supercrush Guitar!' +Track: 'Squiddles OP 1: Supercrush Guitar!' Duration: '02:32' Lyrics: |- (Incomprehensible) @@ -1750,5 +1753,5 @@ Duration: '02:40' Sampled Tracks: - Years in the Past... Commentary: |- - Robert J! Lake: + Robert J! Lake: ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/spellmynamewithabang/140421474563/pre-order-post-mortem), excerpt) I was honestly blown away when I found this on my hard drive; a Wayward Vagabond track (from [[album:the-wanderers|the Wanderer]]’s folder, which has a few other tracks in it, including the next one [[track:ps|(P.S.)]]) that uses a clip of my voice as the lead. Cute as heck, with a phenomenal lead melody and chorus. It was very spare when I found it, but aside from doing new production (drums, bass, etc) and writing a new bridge, it’s basically the same as it was in early 2011. diff --git a/album/the-rebornening.yaml b/album/the-rebornening.yaml index f59865b3..36057e6f 100644 --- a/album/the-rebornening.yaml +++ b/album/the-rebornening.yaml @@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ Commentary: |- I LIKE TO THINK OF THIS ONE AS AN EDUCATION PIECE.
IT TELLS US THAT SOMETIMES.
THE RULES NEED TO BEND TO YOUR WHIM.
SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE A CHANGE.
CHANGE LIKE THE PRIMITIVE MONETARY VALUES THE WORLD ONCE KNEW BEFORE FUCKING THEMSELVES OVER.
THINK OF THIS AS MY METAMORPHOSIS COMPOSED.
ONLY MY CHANGE IS IN THE AMOUNT OF BOONS AND CORPSES IM COLLECTING. --- Track: BASS. +Directory: bass-the-rebornening Duration: '3:42' URLs: - https://thenewcaliborn.bandcamp.com/track/bass -- cgit 1.3.0-6-gf8a5