From b6d8d2987332280aa1f91fd84bf66184762f0238 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lilithtreasure <62890895+Lilithtreasure@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 03:58:24 -0400 Subject: dord waltz commentary sources (!!!) (also turns out it was two commentaries fused into one so I split them (SoundCloud and Tumblr commentary); also added wip commentary for dord waltz from Tumblr --- album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b.yaml | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) (limited to 'album') diff --git a/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b.yaml b/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b.yaml index 3e07a6c3..13f74bcd 100644 --- a/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b.yaml +++ b/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b.yaml @@ -1142,6 +1142,7 @@ Duration: 2:09 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/dord-waltz-2 - https://youtu.be/e-fb2fUGNIE +- https://soundcloud.com/hesperidia/dord-density-waltz-final Cover Artists: - Merrigo Cover Art File Extension: png @@ -1157,33 +1158,61 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Dord Waltz - adamus.mid' Commentary: |- - Elaine Wang: (via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) + Elaine Wang: ([Tumblr](https://shutthedord.tumblr.com/post/16053204204/something-something-homestuck-music-contest), WIP commentary, excerpt, 1/18/2012)) - Fun facts: + …something something Homestuck music contest. + + [...] + + Given Roxy Lalonde’s penchant for ~drunk typing~ lexicographical creativity, I thought it was appropriate. The accidentals, at least as much so. As for the waltz part of it… well, I have no idea either. + + I don’t know how to end this piece quite yet; that’s why it’s a WIP. But it’s reasonably close. + + Elaine Wang: ([SoundCloud description](https://soundcloud.com/hesperidia/dord-density-waltz-final)/[Tumblr](https://shutthedord.tumblr.com/post/16556672829/dord-final-version-intended-for-the-homestuck), 1/26/2012) + + Dord, final version, intended for the Homestuck music contest. "Dord" is a rather amusing typographical error that occured back in 1934 when someone in the Merriam-Webster editing staff misread "D or d", intended as abbreviations for density, as "Dord" and... made up a pronunciation for it. (Whoops.) Given Roxy Lalonde's penchant for drunk typing^W^W lexicographical creativity, I thought it was appropriate. The accidentals, at least as much so. As for the waltz part of it... well, I have no idea either. - It was written as a Roxy song. It will now be a Roxy song until the end of the Internet. + Elaine Wang: ([Tumblr](https://shutthedord.tumblr.com/post/21037296442/wow-im-happy-that-i-got-onto-the-album-but-the), 4/13/2012) + + > So is this the part where I go + > "eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee + > eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee + > eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee + > eeeeeeee*breathes*eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee + > eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, ect" for you? :D - I came up with the title first and the music second. The accidentals were there the first time I put down the notes. (They are going to stay there.) + > i see your song got onto the album!! congrats!!! - The above is not normal for me. I have more recently taken to using random word generators to title my music, because I often struggle with that. + > Congrats on getting into the album, dang! - I am told that the song has some similarities to Endless Climb. That part is most definitely not deliberate. Not going to rule out subconscious influences though. + > Congrats on making it onto the fan album with Dord Waltz! O: - The album art is by merrigo. She (?) does cool work. Go look at her tumblr too. + Wow, I’m happy that I got onto the album, but the fact that everyone else is happy is making me grin like a lunatic. - "Dord" is a real thing that happened in the Merriam-Webster in the 1934 edition. Read the article for more information. + …Not that that’s a bad thing, mind you. - A dord is also a kind of instrument. There's none of them in the song, just so's you know. + My song’s Dord Waltz, which I am actually quite surprised got on considering how good all the other songs are too! + + Fun facts: - Although if you're willing to play Dord on a dord I can send you sheet music. + 1. It was written as a Roxy song. It will now be a Roxy song until the end of the Internet.
+ 2. I came up with the title first and the music second. The accidentals were there the first time I put down the notes. (They are going to stay there.)
+ 3. The above is not normal for me. I have more recently taken to using random word generators to title my music, because I often struggle with that.
+ 4. I am told that the song has some similarities to [[Endless Climb]]. That part is most definitely not deliberate. Not going to rule out subconscious influences though.
+ 5. The album art is by [[artist:merrigo|merrigo]]. She (?) does cool work. Go look at her tumblr too.
+ 6. "Dord" is [a real thing](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dord) that happened in the Merriam-Webster in the 1934 edition. Read the article for more information.
+ 7. A dord is also [a kind of instrument](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dord_(instrument)). There's none of them in the song, just so's you know.
+ 8. Although if you're willing to play Dord on a dord I can send you sheet music.
+ 9. Full disclosure: I'm not actually finished with the Dord sheet music. Remind me in two weeks and I'll probably have something.
+ 10. The above two points also apply even if you aren't going to play Dord on a dord. (I have no idea what the range of that instrument is, so whatever.) - Full disclosure: I'm not actually finished with the Dord sheet music. Remind me in two weeks and I'll probably have something. + If you’re still interested in my stuff you can go look at my [Soundcloud](http://soundcloud.com/hesperidia). I’d point you to my personal website but I haven’t fixed it in forever, so unless you want to help me redesign it? - The above two points also apply even if you aren't going to play Dord on a dord. (I have no idea what the range of that instrument is, so whatever.) + (That’s a serious inquiry by the way.) --- Track: Rustless Fall Artists: -- cgit 1.3.0-6-gf8a5