Album: HS:BC:A1
Date: August 30, 2025
Artists:
- Guffy
Cover Artists:
- Loomfus
Cover Art File Extension: png
Color: '#be364f'
URLs:
- https://guffin.bandcamp.com/album/hs-bc-a1
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=707Hpec49ZI
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSJA8P_dY34eYIqCtzinJ7Wuhg4V61JmB
Art Tags:
- Jasprose
- Dirk
- Harry
- Earth
- Deltritus
Groups:
- Fandom
Commentary: |-
    <i>Guffy:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://guffin.bandcamp.com/album/hs-bc-a1))

    ive been writing music for homestuck adjacent things for a while but i havent written anything FOR homestuck quite directly<br>
    so, there we go. i did it. hooray!<br>
    HS:BC:A1 is a set of music i put together for homestuck beyond canon, act 1 (as the name clearly suggests). inspired by Reading It and various events that occur within.<br>
    enjoy!

    <br>
    includes secret ringtone of meowdy!

    <i>Guffy:</i> (album concept art, [HSMusic Discord](https://discord.com/channels/749042497610842152/779895315750715422/1424335306412392468), 10/5/2025)

    im bored have concept art of the album cover i did this to send to artist (all by Me minus when i just ripped harry out of [page 545](https://beyondcanon.com/story/545) of beyond canon)

    <img src="media/misc/hs-bc-a1/art concept.png" width="300">
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Section: Main album
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Track: JAIL8R8K
Duration: 2:02
URLs:
- https://guffin.bandcamp.com/track/jail8r8k
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVBUQG26Y-s
Referenced Tracks:
- Killed by BR8K Spider!!!!!!!!
- Superego
- Spider's Claw
Commentary: |-
    <i>Guffy:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://guffin.bandcamp.com/track/jail8r8k))

    2025/05/23

    yo that one scene where vrissy and vriska breakin out of jail<br>
    thats the idea lol!<br>
    tried fucking with a few time signatures but landed on basic ass 4/4. got that mission impossible-ish bass, though its kinda similar to some other vriska themes?<br>
    currently got a kinda stand in drum rhythm, just a In Built Groove in my plugin.<br>
    but! i think ive gotten a good enough vibe for the main guitar part. i dont have access to the guitar soundfont used in tracks like [[killed by br8k spider]] or what have you, but that kinda long vibrato-y guitar ive got a hand on. im also quoting killed by br8k spider's melody a bitty. yay !<br>
    i also have power chord guitar. might replace this with some synths or chiptune ass stuff. iunno !

    2025/05/24

    i replaced the chords with some synth stuff, and arpeggiated it in the next section. redid the drums, and did fun Tom Stuff in section two!<br>
    section two also has excerpts from [[superego]], as well as a second guitar doin' some [[spider's claw]]! having fun mashing these things together.<br>
    section three: pulling back all da instruments same for the kit and bass, because its time for a bass solo. for the most part it is just what Sounds Cool, and then that bit of spider's claw again.<br>
    at this point it feels like im almost dropping the mission impossible type of thing and its just back at Vriska Shit. thats fine ! im having a great time with this. its da process baybee

    2025/05/25

    i need to stop umming and ahhing over the idea that "every character needs an instrument" but im thinking about like... here vriska is the guitar. clear and in the front and shit. but hand off the bass to vrissy maybe? during the jail break its about testing her skills and stuff. vriska can just Break Out, but it's vrissy's test.<br>
    anyway ive doubled the bass solo lengths lmao<br>
    i keep going "man how do i make this longer" and landing at the though of hey not everything needs to be Long<br>
    having the second guitar line at points kinda gives a bit more weight to the Two Vriskas situation. idk ! ive had a lotta fun making this.

    <i>Guffy:</i> ([FRAF forums: "Beyond Canon fan music"](https://www.fruityrumpus.com/forums/t/beyond-canon-fan-music), 8/2/2025)

    JAIL8R8K, meant to be a sorta vriska + vrissy theme for them, you know, breaking out of jail. i used a lot of vriska motif stuff and i think At The Time i decided "yeah vrissy is the bassline"
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Track: can i sit down
Duration: 3:20
URLs:
- https://guffin.bandcamp.com/track/can-i-sit-down
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhwvpD1YYxE
Referenced Tracks:
- Upward Movement (Dave Owns)
- Darling Kanaya
Commentary: |-
    <i>Guffy:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://guffin.bandcamp.com/track/can-i-sit-down))

    2025/05/21

    first track writing for this thing. this album or what have you, if thats what this is. been wanting to write more 'core' homestuck music for a while.<br>
    couldnt figure out what i wanted to do, where to go with an album so... just decided to start reading. i havent gotten back to reading hs:bc since the hscu took over it, so i thought i'd read, catch up, get some ideas.<br>
    theres a scene early on ([around page 108](https://beyondcanon.com/story/106)) where kanaya and dave just. sit down and talk a bit. talk about feelings?<br>
    something resonated with this scene and me. this was a thing to write for, i guess.

    from memory (which is admittedly pretty spotty) kanaya's themes are sort of piano-y, based higher in the register. usually a bit dense, notes wise? i dont know if what im trying to say is coming across but ive written a part for her which is less that. more open and sparse. rose "left" her and shes... mourning? again, im bad with words. she thinks about her a lot.<br>
    dave's part is pretty clear in the percussion. the whole piece is drowning in reverb and echoes, which fits the emotions flying from the two. dave's lost a lot of his friends, but still has some family.<br>
    the string part is a piece of rose, but in this case its meant to be calling back to instrumentation in [[track:upward-movement-dave-owns|dave owns]].<br>
    as of the current date i have some horns in there (karkat representation) but im probably going to remove it. it makes this thing more agressive sounding, but a. thats not the vibe i really need in this track, and b. hes elsewhere.<br>
    i dunno man.

    2025/05/26

    i added a bassline with like. sega genesis bass stuff and gave it a 'solo' because Here, thats for dave. bit of arpeggio stuff over it in the piano. did this a few days ago and forgot to write here that i did it. oops.<br>
    i should probably put like actual motifs from either of their themes in here but i cant really figure out how. over the bass solo thing i put the [[track:upward-movement-dave-owns|upward movement]] drum line in at least.<br>
    actually figured out how to do it. its a small segment, but in the piano im adding a teeny bit of [[darling kanaya]], the melody movement at like 15 seconds in.<br>
    i felt Bad having a dave motif but being unable to put a kanaya thing in when its equally her song as well. glad i fixed that. now this track can be over.

    <i>Guffy:</i> ([FRAF Forum](https://www.fruityrumpus.com/forums/reply/6891788012d2f423d1be95f8))

    can i sit down - that scene where dave and kanaya have a chat on their ship kinda early on in act 1. i think this was the first track i wrote when i decided to make this album!
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Track: Exacerbate
Suffix Directory: true
Always Reference By Directory: true
Duration: 3:01
URLs:
- https://guffin.bandcamp.com/track/exacerbate
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkM9l1zdaaE
Commentary: |-
    <i>Guffy:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://guffin.bandcamp.com/track/exacerbate))

    2025/05/30

    wanted to write a fight theme in the style of your showtime or aggrieve, so limited tracks and all that 8-bitty style. my brain is like lingering over harry, kinda wanting this to be for Him. he says he's tough and can handle himself but come on. show us.<br>
    the title isnt really About That. its just taken from one of AD's combat options in his battle menu in problem sleuth. looked at that rather than looking for a fight word synonym.<br>
    tee hee funny 7/8 section.

    wow. wasnt expecting to finish this today! but i did. enjoy :)

    <i>Guffy:</i> ([FRAF Forum](https://www.fruityrumpus.com/forums/t/beyond-canon-fan-music))

    here is some aggrieve styled combat music for harry!<br>
    (filegarden link)<br>
    all original bits in this one but not everything needs to draw on already made works you know :)
Referencing Sources: |-
    <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> (wiki editor, 10/1/2025)

    The wiki YAML file that Guffy sent for this album also initially included this text:

    <code>Referenced Tracks:<br>
    #- Aggrieve?</code>

    We decided not to include this reference since it's more of an inspiration, and is already represented in commentary. See also [#hsmusic-chat](https://discord.com/channels/749042497610842152/779895315750715422/1423020249594466451).
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Track: GUMPTION
Suffix Directory: true
Always Reference By Directory: true
Additional Names:
- Name: I hope we make it.
  Annotation: original name
Duration: 3:51
URLs:
- https://guffin.bandcamp.com/track/gumption
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50qyFWfxJYg
Referenced Tracks:
- Elephant Gun
Sampled Tracks:
- track:closer-nine-inch-nails # percussion
Commentary: |-
    <i>Guffy:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://guffin.bandcamp.com/track/gumption))

    2025/06/02

    as of this moment, i dont know if i'll be writing this track!<br>
    i want to write something for jake. sort of left stuck under jane's thumb. being her husband is a toll, especially when shes. you know. like that.<br>
    being brought to his senses with ghost brain dirk, helping the resistance against jane, up to trying to Blast Her Head Off, and the subsequent [S] 8r8k.<br>
    i want to something that shows that oppression/hopelessness he had, and follow that train into becoming one with his aspect again.<br>
    to this effect i want to sample songs (or use libraries that are somewhat harsh and sound like they could be sampling) to build the start, something gritty and basically [[artist:nine-inch-nails|nine inch nails]] like, but grow it out into a big blossoming orchestra.<br>
    we'll see what happens.

    [later]

    fucking around with something, but its messy. maybe too agressive and not oppressed? dunno as of yet, but i have infinite time to play with it.<br>
    he was sort of just. a puppet for jane to control, and he wants to break free.<br>
    putting a lead in with a segment from [[Elephant Gun]].

    2025/06/03

    im enjoying how this sounds a lot but at the same time, i am struggling to find its relevance for jake? its just not quite hitting it for me yet, i dunno.

    2025/06/04

    im at the big orchestra now! ive kinda successfully shifted it to major, but i need to make the transition nicer i think.<br>
    if i had my acoustic guitar library working (fuck you native instruments) id probably be using it here but whatever.<br>
    holy fuck this thing is going to be a nightmare to mix<br>
    i am now changing the title to "GUMPTION", for reference, it was "I hope we make it."<br>
    title change is like. the original title is not something that is said in the comic (probably) and is just there because it contains the word hope, which is The Jake's Thing. kinda chose the title at random before.<br>
    while gumption is a word that Jake uses and i think it fits definition wise<br>
    "(I finally grew the gumption to get off the back foot, and were all going to meet the reaper regardless.)" ([p.628](https://beyondcanon.com/story/628))

    2025/06/06

    trumpet :)<br>
    im starting to struggle through this thing, im picking away at it slowly. in comparison to the other songs ive done so far which had maybe a max of 5 or 6 tracks, this has 23. wooooooooo

    2025/06/09

    sort of realising that like. the way ive been drescribing it, this track can be used for Jane as well? since shes Doing the Opressing.<br>
    anyway, I think this is done. unless i can find something actively wrong with it i think we are golden.

    <i>Guffy:</i> ([FRAF forums: "Beyond Canon fan music"](https://www.fruityrumpus.com/forums/reply/688f5e9e8bcb18323dd135a4), 8/3/2025)

    GUMPTION is a track about like, jake leaving the oppression of jane and getting back to his Hope Filled self. uses a bit of motif from [[Elephant Gun]].
Referencing Sources: |-
    <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> (wiki editor, 10/1/2025)

    The wiki YAML file that Guffy sent for this album notes the [[track:closer-nine-inch-nails|Closer]] sample is in percussion.
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Track: Meowdy!
Duration: 3:17
URLs:
- https://guffin.bandcamp.com/track/meowdy
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgCMei9yok0
Commentary: |-
    <i>Guffy:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://guffin.bandcamp.com/track/meowdy))

    2025/06/10

    jasprosesprite^2 !! this creature.<br>
    obviously: meows. ive got the mario paint meows and ive got that cat piano loaded in.<br>
    should be funny and upbeat! ill probably drop some mario paint baby in

    2025/06/11

    meow!<br>
    i dont really know what to say about this thing. upbeat and fun.<br>
    theres a nokia ass ring tone sound in there. i dont remember why i did it. just like how it sounds maybe ?? (i did this like 15 mins ago i have already forgotten)

    2025/06/19

    i dont really have more to say about this apart from meow. there are 4 different cat sound instruments in this.

    <i>Guffy:</i> ([FRAF forums: "Beyond Canon fan music"](https://www.fruityrumpus.com/forums/reply/688f5e9e8bcb18323dd135a4), 8/3/2025)

    Meowdy! jasprosesprite^2 music. happy and upbeat! love this Creature and Thing. no direct quoting motifs but i think im using like 4 different cat instruments. this is also currently my ringtone
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Track: Oasis
Suffix Directory: true
Always Reference By Directory: true
Duration: 1:24
URLs:
- https://guffin.bandcamp.com/track/oasis
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCxnmqO0DyM
Referenced Tracks:
- Desert Creatures
- Vagabounce
Commentary: |-
    <i>Guffy:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://guffin.bandcamp.com/track/oasis))

    2025/03/26

    I've been playing a lot of SS13/14 lately, and theres a lot of dead air so I've been putting my "all homestuck" playlist on during it. Something caught my ear, that being [[Desert Creatures]] from rj lake's Stuckhome Syndrome album.<br>
    decided fuck it. im doing shit with this now! i dont super know where to go with it but i wanna play with it<br>
    starting small with a drum machine and the bass<br>
    got a funny little wood block sounding thing, where i be inserting some [[vagabounce]] into. i guess my brain connected "desert creatures" to WV and such? dunno!<br>
    making it Bigger after this section with Real Instruments. gwa.

    2025/04/29

    keeping it simple actually. just doing a second loop, slowly adding on real instruments, before calling it.
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Track: Ectogenesis
Duration: 8:11
URLs:
- https://guffin.bandcamp.com/track/ectogenesis
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GP0XurGRt0
Referenced Tracks:
- Now I'm a Villain
- Assembly
Commentary: |-
    <i>Guffy:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://guffin.bandcamp.com/track/ectogenesis))

    2025/06/23

    i want this to be a longer, drawn out track. more mellow and synthy. dirk and rose(bot) focused, making their new player races for the new game. part of why im doing this track is because i have like what, 3 tracks from the candy timeline? damn thats actually less than i thought lol. i thought it was a vast majority. i guess my brain has seperated deltritus schenanigans to those who are travelling there and Catnapped (mentioning these two because i have done music for those lol). all meat/Canon timeline!<br>
    finally using motifs from Beyond Canon, im grabbing [["Now I'm a Villain"]] for a bit of dirk echoes<br>
    the swarminet is such an interesting sound to use. i want to use these swarm instruments more. big thanks to paul koch for making these and putting them up for free, and getting back to me instantly when it down so i could use them. theres something about the like. sudden bits that stick out? like a new clarinet joins the swarm but it starts too loud before it comes back down, or its almost doing a drive by doppler effect style almost. dunno what im talking about, its 11pm and im rambling.

    anyway. something about ectobiology is so... incomprehensible and scary to me. ive never really gotten the mechanics it. if someone explained it to me maybe i'd uderstand it for a minute but i'd lose it again. its probably my memory being the main issue in that kind of situation but you know!<br>
    the work is important for dirk and rose, it has to be done. of course, they're making entirely new species for their future game. along the way they're fucking up and making horrible things and its rough and scary. id imagine deltritus being almost serene and then an abomination that these two have let out after finding it imperfect just comes up and rocks my shit<br>
    im trying to justify why this has a kind of scary tone for some of it. that swell in the first section.<br>
    i need to make it sound more like its in the cave, in the lab.<br>
    maybe remove that drum side stick. we were kind of using it as a click but became attatched, but we probably dont need that. add more texture around instead.

    2025/06/25

    yoinking a bit of [[Assembly]] as well. makes sense I think, i'm assuming that track is kind of similar in vein for what im doing. assembling the new players and stuff. journey to a new session. idk. its the pit in the pizz strings here, kinda early on in Assembly.

    2025/06/27

    terezi is here too of course. i wasnt going to add harpsichord but there had to be at least a bit on this album, i love harpsichord so much. terezi has big shoes to fill i think<br>
    after a terezi section, adding a shooort break with more swarminet being scary. dirk influence on the story, changing things back to align with his will, making the harpsichord and pizz strings follow his motif.

    2025/06/28

    the thing about a track this long is its hard to fucking mix. i get distracted very easily so its hard to sit down and just. Listen To It for the whole runtime!<br>
    i added some like. electrical interference sounds and some Bubbling shit for background ambience. theyre in that lab. my favourite hs:bc panel is dirk walking by a ton of server racks. theres cool green Tubes with creature.

    just thinking more about the implications of how i wrote this again. the pizz strings have their own thing but they mesh into the dirk motif pretty easily. terezi's section is just too bombastic and separate from everything, it would outshine dirk's motif, so he has to grab it and pull it in line. may as well line up the strings at the same time. i know i said this shit last entry but still. elaborating a little bit more<br>
    terezi's harpsichord is original (or at least is intended to be, i dont think i grabbed any motifs for it)

    <i>Guffy:</i> ([FRAF forums: "Beyond Canon fan music"](https://www.fruityrumpus.com/forums/t/beyond-canon-fan-music), 8/2/2025)

    dirk and co./meat timeline stuff. grabbed some motifs from [["Now I'm a Villain"]] from the beyond canon album

    wheee
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Track: SOMNAFORMATION
Duration: 2:59
URLs:
- https://guffin.bandcamp.com/track/somnaformation
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XOCJPbOMso
Commentary: |-
    <i>Guffy:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://guffin.bandcamp.com/track/somnaformation))

    2025/06/02

    i wanna do something with the felt, and jack, and i suppose the carapacians (admittedly hope to get more of these fellas somehow in the future).<br>
    something to do with how the carapacians shot a laser and blew up a chunk of the moon, and now the felt is there ([page 628](https://beyondcanon.com/story/628)) and jack? (seen in 8r8k.)<br>
    make some kind of comparison to the moon in problem sleuth. i dunno!

    2025/07/02

    ok actually working on this now<br>
    more intense than i expected to make it !<br>
    this is theme of laser being built on moon.<br>
    somnaformation Contingency plan.

    2025/07/04

    it is the fate of this album to have soooo many 3 min long tracks<br>
    i always feel bad about it but they do just kinda end up that way

    <i>Guffy:</i> ([FRAF forums: "Beyond Canon fan music"](https://www.fruityrumpus.com/forums/reply/688f5e9e8bcb18323dd135a4), 8/3/2025)

    SOMNAFORMATION is a track i made for stuff On the Moon and the Industry of making that space laser and jane's contingency plan. i should note i also wrote this before the intermission!
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Track: Time and Time Again
Duration: 3:41
URLs:
- https://guffin.bandcamp.com/track/time-and-time-again
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4tktaQPawY
Commentary: |-
    <i>Guffy:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://guffin.bandcamp.com/track/time-and-time-again))

    2025/08/04

    this one didnt start out as a homestucky thing, wanted to play with samples<br>
    had a live gig i recorded as a part of school stuff which i ripped bits and pieces from<br>
    half way through working on it, kinda felt i could underhand throw it to dave and aradia on their space trip<br>
    chill vibes and playing with these samples to shuffle them around, machine drums, what have you (probably more dave vibes than aradia but shes also there with dave on that space trip soooo)

    <i>Guffy:</i> ([FRAF Forum](https://www.fruityrumpus.com/forums/reply/689300daeb0e1f3bcace657e))

    for the Chiller Times on the dave/aradia ship :)
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Section: Bonus track
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Track: Meowdy! Who's There?
Duration: 0:29
URLs:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyeHKaM_izs
Referenced Tracks:
- Meowdy!
Commentary: |-
    <i>Guffy:</i>

    2025/06/21

    basically just a ringtone version of [[track:meowdy]] lmao
