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diff --git a/album/alterniabound/album.txt b/album/alterniabound/album.txt index 69285f94..56dbdc60 100644 --- a/album/alterniabound/album.txt +++ b/album/alterniabound/album.txt @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Commentary: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Trollcops Artist: Erik Scheele -References: Under the Hat +References: Under the Hat:under-the-hat URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/trollcops-2 Commentary: <i>Erik Scheele:</i> diff --git a/album/cherubim/album.txt b/album/cherubim/album.txt index 21202652..abc821dc 100644 --- a/album/cherubim/album.txt +++ b/album/cherubim/album.txt @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ References: - Black Rose / Green Sun - Endless Climb - Ruins (With Strings) -- Savior of the Waking World +- Penumbra Phantasm - Doctor Commentary: <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> diff --git a/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a/album.txt b/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a/album.txt index 66bffc9f..016c4632 100644 --- a/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a/album.txt +++ b/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a/album.txt @@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ Directory: side-1-universe-a URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/universe-a-side-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Rust Servant -Artist: William Ascenzo +Artist: Will Ascenzo Track Art: Leslie Hung URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/rust-servant Commentary: - <i>William Ascenzo:</i> + <i>Will Ascenzo:</i> If Violet Mariner was the elder child and Teal Hunter the middle child, then Rust Servant is the youngest child onto which I poured all my love and affection. This was one of my favorite pieces to work on and even today I’m still pretty pleased with how it turned out, from the striking staccato and col legno strings opening the song to the frantic violins, melancholic chromatic percussion, deep brass, and fast-paced drum grooves. I wanted the song to be big, epic, a little scary. If I may be so immodest, I think I succeeded. Rust Servant was the only one of my three contest submissions to remain allocated to the character I had in mind while writing it, Aradia’s tragic ancestor and Lord English’s dreadful Handmaid (although the name was changed from the terribly uncreative Handmaid of Death to something more apt for the naming scheme of the album). When I wrote this song, I had just taken an Intro to Hinduism class the previous fall and had written a short research paper on Kali, the Hindu goddess of time and death (more remembered for being related to death—those of you who have seen Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom must be familiar with the Thuggees, a cult of Kali-worshipers infamous for conducting human sacrifices—and, apparently, ripping people’s hearts out and setting them on fire as well). And, of course, because I am A SHAMELESS HOMESTUCK NERD, I immediately thought, “Time? Death? THAT REMINDS ME OF ONE OF THE TROLLS” (no I didn’t write my paper on that, i’m not that terrible). It doesn’t come through much in the song itself, but that’s where I got the inspiration from. And the moral of this story is, take a theology class (or two, or three) on a religion you know nothing about. It’ll give you all sorts of new ideas for Homestuck fanart. @@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ Commentary: Inspiration for this piece came after listening to a segment of Hans Zimmer's "Attack" from the Pearl Harbor Soundtrack. I intended for the song to have a 'majestic' tone, but initially couldn't think of a character to set this theme to, so I chose the four beta kids. However, after being reassigned characters I think the piece fits equally well if not better with the Dolorosa. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Teal Hunter -Artist: William Ascenzo +Artist: Will Ascenzo Track Art: Myotishi URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/teal-hunter Commentary: - <i>William Ascenzo:</i> + <i>Will Ascenzo:</i> Teal Hunter was sort of the middle child of my three Homestuck music contest submissions. Even now it’s still my least favorite of the three songs I submitted. Why Radiation picked it along with my other two, I’ll never know. I certainly wasn’t expecting it to be chosen. With over a thousand submissions I’m sure there was no shortage of Redglare songs for him to choose from. Maybe the $20 I slipped him when I submitted my songs had something to do with it But his ways are not our ways. When Volume 9 came out, a lot of people looked at Radiation’s arrangement of Stress by Buzinaki and started noting similarities between it and Teal Hunter. Radiation wrote about why the two songs sound similar in his commentary for Stress. If we’re going to talk about “what sounds like what”, then I’ll lay my cards on the table and state that Teal Hunter was begun as pretty much a direct reference to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt_0Lg4-RkE">00 Gundam</a> from the Gundam 00 soundtrack (if you can’t tell by now, I really like Gundams). When I started the piece, the first draft was more or less a low-rent version of that song, in the same way a cartoon that wants to parody Indiana Jones would get a song that sounds close to John Williams’ Raiders March without being close enough to qualify as plagiarism. So I just kept fiddling with it until the two melodies sounded different. By the time I got to the final product and had added the buildup in the beginning, the two had nothing but their rhythm and syncopation in common. Teal Hunter’s original title was Bête Blanche, a play on bête noire, a French phrase literally meaning “black beast” that the fan name “Bec Noir” is most likely a reference to. As evident, the song was originally allocated to PM, the one Exile powerful enough to battle Jack Noir to a stalemate. @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Track Art: Asiul URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/purple-tyrant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Violet Mariner -Artist: William Ascenzo +Artist: Will Ascenzo References: Showtime (Piano Refrain) Track Art: rumminov URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/violet-mariner diff --git a/album/diverging-delicacies/album.txt b/album/diverging-delicacies/album.txt index 2cdc3d5e..dab37b38 100644 --- a/album/diverging-delicacies/album.txt +++ b/album/diverging-delicacies/album.txt @@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ Track: The Decision | The Division Artist: Viko Riféo Track Art: BlueAmethyst References: -- The Paradox Paradigm (by Jack McMenamin) +- The Paradox Paradigm URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-decision-the-division ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: [MEAT EPILOGUE | 🥩] Artist: ndividedbyzero Track Art: none References: -- The Paradox Paradigm (by Jack McMenamin) +- The Paradox Paradigm URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/meat-epilogue ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Party God @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Artist: Ucklin Track Art: BlueAmethyst References: - English -- Horsecatska +- Horsecatska (by James Roach) - [S] Dirk: Unite Synchronization (WITH LYRICS) (by toucanSandwiches) - Whistling Jackhammer - Austin, Atlantis @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ References: - Battle Brotocol - Brobot Scrimmage (by Pascal van den Bos) - Eternity Served Cold -- WORST END THEME +- WORST END - Strider Showdown (by Bill Bolin) - Character Theme for Dirk Strider (by WindlessZephyr) - I Am An Island (by PhemieC) @@ -86,12 +86,12 @@ References: - HOMOSUCK, DIRECTOR'S CUT, OF THE YEAR EDITION. (by ndividedbyzero) - Eternity Served Cold - Purple Bard -- Beatdown -- Horsechestra -- Homosuck Swan Song -- Savior of the Waking World +- Beatdown (Strider Style) +- Horschestra +- Homosuck Swan Song (by Toby Fox) +- Penumbra Phantasm - The Lyrist -- The Paradox Paradigm (by Jack McMenamin) +- The Paradox Paradigm - Swing of the Clock URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-rarest-and-most-interpretive-dance-meatcabre ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ References: - Even in Death - Spider8reath - Killed by BR8K Spider!!!!!!!! -- Savior of the Waking World +- Penumbra Phantasm - Retcnojuration (by ndividedbyzero) - Conflict! (by Emilia K.) - Homestuck @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ Track Art: Spades References: - Black Rose / Green Sun - Lilith in Starlight -- At the Price of Oblivion +- At The Price of Oblivion - Aggrieve - Flare - Endless Climb @@ -155,6 +155,10 @@ References: - Orange Hat - Upward Movement (Dave Owns) URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/kamina-burana-ascend-to-the-highest-point-of-the-building +Commentary: + <i>Mikkynga:</i> + Also bonus art because i read the wrong part of the epilogues at first but i liked it anyway and i couldn't just let it die: + <img src="misc/kamina-burana-bonus.jpeg"> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Giving Up the Ghost Artist: M3l0m4ni4c @@ -172,7 +176,7 @@ Track: [CANDY EPILOGUE | 🍭] Artist: ndividedbyzero Track Art: none References: -- The Paradox Paradigm (by Jack McMenamin) +- The Paradox Paradigm URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/candy-epilogue ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Athazagoraphobia @@ -200,7 +204,7 @@ Track Art: Cosmic References: - Homestuck Anthem - Do You Remem8er Me -- Savior of the Waking World +- Penumbra Phantasm - Infinity Mechanism URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/remember-me-when-i-am-gone-away ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -217,7 +221,7 @@ Track Art: Jas References: - English - The Lemonsnout Turnabout -- Savior of the Waking World +- Penumbra Phantasm - MeGaLoVania - Upward Movement (Dave Owns) - Black Rose / Green Sun diff --git a/album/genesis-frog/album.txt b/album/genesis-frog/album.txt index 507b9b6d..d8133927 100644 --- a/album/genesis-frog/album.txt +++ b/album/genesis-frog/album.txt @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ Commentary: This piece even has the same structure and general idea as Prelude before going into a full statement of the modified theme. As a result it is difficult to talk about its composition, since it is virtually the same as Prelude only with varying material. The clarinet emerges out of the atmosphere just as before, and a texture-based section builds this time not into a false climax, but into a fuller orchestration of what the clarinet was doing earlier. It ends simply and quietly in the woodwinds, allowing the next and final track to proceed with its exciting start. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: The Vast Croak -References: Pondsquatter, Prospitian Folklore, Buy NAK Sell DOOF, Pink SHells, Entrance of the Salamanders, Thip of the Tongue, Frogs' Intermezzo +References: Pondsquatter, Prospitian Folklore, Buy NAK Sell DOOF, Pink Shells, Entrance of the Salamanders, Thip of the Tongue, Frogs' Intermezzo Track Art: Rikuru URLs: https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/the-vast-croak Commentary: diff --git a/album/hiveswap-act-1-ost/album.txt b/album/hiveswap-act-1-ost/album.txt index 4c119407..b3fdf8b5 100644 --- a/album/hiveswap-act-1-ost/album.txt +++ b/album/hiveswap-act-1-ost/album.txt @@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ Directory: heavy-snaking URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/b-side-heavy-snaking-2 References: - Half-Harley Manor -- Table For Tooth +- Table for Tooth - Joey Claire, Extraordinaire Commentary: <i>James Roach:</i> diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-10/album.txt b/album/homestuck-vol-10/album.txt index c157065e..2025fd23 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-10/album.txt +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-10/album.txt @@ -29,18 +29,18 @@ Artist: Seth Peelle Track Art: PJ Tush URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/creata-3 References: -- Showtime +- Showtime (Original Mix) - Doctor - Harlequin - Aggrieve - Chorale for Jaspers - Endless Climb -- Beatdown +- Beatdown (Strider Style) - Atomyk Ebonpyre -- Upward Movement -- Frost:frost-vol-6 +- Upward Movement (Dave Owns) +- Frost:frost-vol6 - The Beginning of Something Really Excellent -- Dissension +- Dissension (Original) - Carefree Action - Revelawesome - Song of Skaia @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ Commentary: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Stride Artist: Kalibration -References: Moonsetter, Showdown (Strider Style), Upward Movement (Dave Owns) +References: Moonsetter, Showdown, Upward Movement (Dave Owns) Track Art: Seth Massey URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/stride-2 Commentary: @@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ References: - Time on My Side - Beatdown (Strider Style) - Upward Movement (Dave Owns) -- Savior of the Waking World +- Penumbra Phantasm - Black Rose / Green Sun - Arisen Anew - Crystalanthemums @@ -429,13 +429,13 @@ Contributors: References: - Warhammer of Zillyhoo - Calamity -- Walk-STab-Walk (R&E) +- Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) - Doctor - Crystalanthemums - Skies of Skaia -- Frost:frost-vol-6 +- Frost:frost-vol6 - Beatdown (Strider Style) -- Savior of the Waking World +- Penumbra Phantasm - Courser - Sburban Jungle Commentary: diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-5/album.txt b/album/homestuck-vol-5/album.txt index cfd5b610..913b3f63 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-5/album.txt +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-5/album.txt @@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/versus-2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Planet Healer Artist: Seth Peelle -References: Doctor, Savior of the Waking World +References: Doctor, Penumbra Phantasm Contributors: Toby Fox (various material), Erik Scheele (various material) URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/planet-healer-2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/lotus-2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Ruins (With Strings) Artist: Erik Scheele, Michael Guy Bowman -References: Ruins, Sburban Jungle +References: Ruins (by Erik Scheele), Sburban Jungle URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ruins-with-strings-2 Commentary: <i>Erik Scheele:</i> @@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ Commentary: Track: Crystamanthequins Artist: Erik Scheele Contributors: Perry Sullivan (Mannequin) -References: Crystalanthemums, Mannequin +References: Crystalanthemums, Mannequin (by Perry Sullivan) URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/crystamanthequins-2 Commentary: <i>Erik Scheele:</i> @@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/clockwork-contrivance-2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Get Up Artist: Toby Fox -References: Savior of the Waking World, Doctor +References: Penumbra Phantasm, Doctor URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/get-up-2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Vertical Motion @@ -402,11 +402,11 @@ Track: Descend Artist: Toby Fox URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/descend-2 References: -- Upward Movement +- Upward Movement (Dave Owns) - Sburban Jungle -- Beatdown +- Beatdown (Strider Style) - Skies of Skaia -- Showtime +- Showtime (Original Mix) - Aggrieve - Black - Harlequin diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-6/album.txt b/album/homestuck-vol-6/album.txt index df47c4ca..08e65eae 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-6/album.txt +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-6/album.txt @@ -41,7 +41,12 @@ URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/courser-2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Umbral Ultimatum Artist: Toby Fox -References: Savior of the Waking World, An Unbreakable Union, Courser, Carefree Action, Homestuck Anthem +References: +- Penumbra Phantasm +- An Unbreakable Union +- Courser +- Carefree Action +- Homestuck Anthem URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/umbral-ultimatum-2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: GameBro (Original 1990 Mix) @@ -56,7 +61,7 @@ URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/tribal-ebonpyre-2 Track: I Don't Want to Miss a Thing Artist: Michael Guy Bowman Contributors: Aerosmith (original), Dianne Warren (lyrics) -References: Sburban Jungle, Showtime, Explore, Squiddles! +References: Sburban Jungle, Showtime (Original Mix), Explore, Squiddles! URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/i-dont-want-to-miss-a-thing-2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: MeGaLoVania @@ -100,7 +105,7 @@ URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/boy-skylark-brief-2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Squidissension Artist: Mark Hadley -References: Dissension, Squiddles! +References: Dissension (Original), Squiddles! URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/squidissension-2 Commentary: <i>Mark Hadley:</i> diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-7/album.txt b/album/homestuck-vol-7/album.txt index cbaf29aa..2cb87096 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-7/album.txt +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-7/album.txt @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/warhammer-of-zillyhoo-2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Savior of the Dreaming Dead Artist: Malcolm Brown -References: Doctor, Savior of the Waking World +References: Doctor, Penumbra Phantasm Track Art: Left URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/savior-of-the-dreaming-dead-2 Commentary: diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-9/album.txt b/album/homestuck-vol-9/album.txt index e0da5a13..7ef6a0b8 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-9/album.txt +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-9/album.txt @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Commentary: Track: Hate You Artist: Toby Fox Contributors: Azami (laughter) -References: Love You +References: Love You (Feferi's Theme) Track Art: MissNK URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/hate-you-2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/skaianet-2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Another Jungle Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -References: Sburban Jungle, Showtime +References: Sburban Jungle, Showtime (Original Mix) Track Art: Richard Gung URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/skaianet-2 Commentary: @@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ Commentary: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Encore Artist: Malcolm Brown -References: Showtime, Lifdoff, Unite Synchronization +References: Showtime (Original Mix), Lifdoff, Unite Synchronization Track Art: Bea URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/encore-2 Commentary: @@ -515,14 +515,14 @@ Contributors: - Ian White (trumpet & bass) References: - Sburban Jungle -- Savior of the Waking World +- Penumbra Phantasm - Courser - Doctor - Black Rose / Green Sun ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: A Taste for Adventure Artist: Seth Peele -References: Dissension, Carefree Action, Showtime +References: Dissension (Original), Carefree Action, Showtime (Original Mix) Track Art: minty URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/a-taste-for-adventure-2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/album/lofam/album.txt b/album/lofam/album.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e6f52ea8 --- /dev/null +++ b/album/lofam/album.txt @@ -0,0 +1,753 @@ +Album: Land of Fans and Music +Directory: lofam +Cover Art: melodiousDiscord +Date: July 30, 2011 +FG: #4876ff +Canon: Fanon +Commentary: + <i>Elaine Wang:</i> + So. I'm Elaine Wang, orngjce223, electronic orange juice; and I do stuff. A lot of stuff really, like dragging a friend along on a dizzy jaunt through philosophy and moral free will in the context of Skaianet Laboratories, while writing an outline as to how to create a Rose Strider AU, while attempting to forecast whether GIF or PNG images will be readable in fifty years, while tossing around a rhythm in my head which might or might not turn into a song, while figuring out what environment variables to set in a bash shell to make it look as much like Homsetuck as possible, while doing pixel art to fill in the gaps, while cooking pasta. + ...No wait, not all at once. Or the pasta burns and I have to throw it out and start over. It is a thing that has happened more than once, sad to say. But I digress. + I came to Homestuck via folowing the network of webcomic artists via those piles of links they have, "these are some other webcomics that are cool". + I caught up right about [S] John: Sleep. + [S] is very cool. I follow that bracketed letter like a Pied Piper, through WV: Ascend, through Rose's entrance and Dave's entrance and the Midnight Crew. I follow it through Descend (which is right around when a certain someone I was close to realize I liked Homestuck more than I did him. Oops, I guses there's a reason I identify as asexual). Idly I venture onto the forums, with fanfiction and speculation and world-building. + Then someone called Bill Bolin doesn't want his music in the comic anymore for some reason. So something not entirely unlike this happened: + "Hey hey isn't that bassline going to have to be replaced?" + "Yeah, we'll take care of it." + "Oops. I already made a bassline for you. Here here listen to it." + "That's nice. Now run along." + "Can I do something else maybe? Please? For later?" + "Don't push your luck." + This is about when I figured out that yes, there is a thing called the music team and no, they're not accepting applications. Oh well. I just figure I'll keep making music since I started. + And then I just never stop. + <hr> + So this is basically how I came to want to collect this music, polish it. People tend to complain about having to take the time to download the entire fanmusic thread one song at a time - andthose people probably don't really ahve an inkling of how much good is in fanmusic. + This album is a celebration of fanmusic, yes - but it's also intended as somthing to bring it to more people than would ordinarily venture onto a forum thread, several dozen pages long, in the Art Forum, in the MSPA fan forum, tucked away in a small corner of the Internet. + So while you're here, I'll say two things: + Firstly, maybe there's something you think you want to do. Maybe you're not good at it, but if you like it, and you practice, and you have people to give you good critical feedback on how good you are at it, it'll become something you're good at. Ask someone who's good at something and they'll say the same thing. (There are exceptions, like six-fingred pianists and seven-foot-tall basketball players. Not often, though.) + And secondly, if you don't already know what Homestuck si before this, maybe you should look. It is a tale of four children, and the beta test of a game put out by a mysterious company. It is a tale of twelve trolls, and two games that turn out to put one in danger of life and limb. It is a tale of four archagents, and a mansion run by a man with a cueball for a head. It is a tale of spirit quests and hilaarious-looking weapons and data structures and self-consistent time travel and what happens when creativity is the driving force of the universe. + <center>🎵🎵🎵</center> + So that's all that I wnat to say, really. + Enjoy the music. + <hr> + <i>Special Thanks:</i> + To Elaine Wang (electronic orange juce/orngjce223), for initiating the project, and for writing the foreword to this booklet. + To Jeremy "Solatrus" Iamurri, for his magnificent work in mastering the album. + To Yishan Mai (konec0) and melodiousDiscord, for pushing the project forward, and crafting the commentary booklet. + To Robert J! Lake, for giving us a spot on Homestuck Gaiden. + To the music team, for gifting us with a veritable smorgasboard of sound. + To Andrew Hussie, for authoring the nexus of sheer creative energy we call Homsetuck. + To anyone else who we might have forgotten, and to everyone who didn't contribute art/music/nominations, but supported the project nonetheless. + Lastly, + Thanks to everyone who listened to our music! + <i>We hope you enjoyed the first-ever Homestuck Fanmusic Album!</i> +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Beginnings (Press Start to Play) +Artist: Yishan Mai +Track Art: Red Pen +References: +- Skies of Skaia +- Homestuck +- Theme +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/beginnings-press-start-to-play +Commentary: + <i>Yishan Mai:</i> + So I might as well start off with a brief self-introduction. Hello everynyan! I'm konec0. Sometimes I do fanmusic. Sometimes that fanmusic ends up being non-Nepetaquest related (rare!) and finds its way on to the Fanmusic thread. + This is not one of those songs. + Near the start of this fanmusic album project orngjce223 asked for someone to remix MK_97's "Homestuck Title Theme", while incorporating more motifs from Homestuck's music. I decided sure why not? And then this song was born. So Beginnings is a remix of a remix, really. The original was a remix of "Skies of Skaia" - I added the motifs from "Homestuck" and "Alternia" because I felt they were representative of the kids' and the trolls' journeys respectively. I mean come on, the title is RIGHT THERE. So yeah. + Since it was a title screen tune, I pretty much drew on what I remembered from game title screens ot make it. Really, the only specific influence I can recall is that the piano part at the end was inspired by Kingdom Hearts' title screen tune ("Dearly Beloved"). I love that song. + Fun fact: I didn't realise for a hwile that "Homestuck" and "Alternia" were technically remixes themselves, amking this a 3x remix-of-remix combob. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Downtime +Artist: SparksD2145 +Track Art: JNJ +References: +- Showtime (Piano Refrain) +- Showdown +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/downtime +Commentary: + <i>SparksD2145:</i> + My younger sister is responsible for my admiration of MSPA: she desrves the first line of this commentary, because she is awesome. Problem Sleuth has always held a place in my heart; wit hthe rise of Homestuck, MSPA continues to be a beacon of awesome. I have never before been faced with such a preposterous amount of talent in any fandom, and the MSPA Community continues to grow and evolve in such a way that smashes through any "threshold" of artistic creativity. I am inspired, and wish to inspire. + My knowledge in FL Studio is limited to what I have learned over the years in tinkering with it, to be honest. As such, my composition "Downtime" is actually pretty simplistic from a technical standpoint; my teachers have always told me, "the simpler, the better." I have always disliked this sentiment, but relucctantly I've come to understand the necessity of simplicity in my works. My sister - who wishes to be unnamed becuase "lol, internet" - was the mastermind behind this piece; I functioned as merely the interpreter to her excellent judgment. I was given the task of weaving Showtime and Showdown together, and my result became Downtime. + Honestly, I never thought Downtime would receive as much attention as it has, let alone its own place in an awesome fan-music album alongside (in my opinion) better artists than myself. I'm garteful that it's well received, and I hope to continue composing - even if only to inspire those that listen. + Thanks, MSPA. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Doctor (Deep Breeze Mix) +Artist: Solatrus +Track Art: august +References: +- Doctor +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/doctor-deep-breeze-mix +Commentary: + <i>Solatrus:</i> + I started reading Homestuck in mid January of 2010, but never aelly found myself absolutely hooked. So, I really took my time getting through it, especially Acts 1 and 2. + By the time I had gotten to the start of Act 4, I was a month behind in the story. However, just hearing Doctor for the first time completely blew me away, as I'm quite sure MANY fans reacted. The first thing I did? Started making a fan remix. I didn't want to work on it for too long, but I figured I should register and post what I had on the MSPA Forums. It was called a "First Pwnst" by Dacen, and brought the Music Team's very own Perry SUllivan (perrybob) "to tears." I ended up finishing up the track about a week and a half later, but the release you hear on this album is an improved edit and remaster. + Deep Breeze Mix turned more heads than I had expected itto, and is one of the reasons (with the other being another fan remix-turned official remix) I now am humbly and proudly on the Music Team. + Credit to AndrewNeo if Skaia.net for the track's name. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Meltwater +Artist: Elaine Wang +Track Art: Dalmationer +References: +- Frost +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/meltwater +Commentary: + <i>Elaine Wang:</i> + Okay, so. What happens when Jade's planet melts? + Let's see. A long sample of a small mountain stream (mountain streams are melted snow after all). Some pipe and wind samples and string samples, balance the hollow against the warm. + The first version of the song is done within six hours of the flash revealing Jade's land. Trying to transcribe directly from Flash is kind of difficult since there is a very inconvenient pause (right-click, uncheck Play; chekc the box again when you want to start listening again) and no rewind. + Then Solatrus quietly takes me aside and tells me I've latched onto the wrong melody. Oops. + That fixed, I started piling harmonics on top. Some more pipes, and strings, and a xylophone just to be contrary. Staccato strings are fun. + Initially everything is piled on top, in the center. In revision for the album I pan everything back and forth. It may be noted that this song still sounds perfectly fine in mono, though. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Crystalanachrony +Artist: Well Manicured Man +Track Art: Aelyrin +References: +- Crystalanthemums +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/crystalanachrony +Commentary: + <i>Well Manicured Man:</i> + If I had to pin this song to just one of Homestuck's swelling cast of characters, it would have to be Aradia. When we first meet her in the Hivebent act, she's an emotionless ghost who later becomes a ghost frog, then a ghost in a robot body (or a "ghost in the shell" :rimshot:), before making her final sea change into a cheerful fairy god with time powers (which explains the ticking and subtle reversem elodies of the song, atl east). The peppy piano and melancholy backing strings and woodwinds represent these aspects of Aradia's presonality - accustomed to death, she acts as a cheery Charon for her fallen teammates. I built the piano melody (and the title) out of Alexander Rosetti's "Crystalanthemums" because to me, ever since [S] Make her pay, the tune has been irrevocably linked to the trolls, Aradia, Terezi, and Vriska in particular. It also translated to a peppy piano melody much better than Toby Fox's "[[psych0ruins]]" would have. + This song is also an homage to Michiru Yamane's impressive body of soundtrack work for the various Castlevania games. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: The Land of Wind and Shade +Artist: Kristian Anderson +Contributors: Eston Schweickart (mixing) +Track Art: melodiousDiscord +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/the-land-of-wind-and-shade +Commentary: + <i>Kristian Anderson:</i> + The cool blue landscape of LOWAS, with its winding rivers of oil and bio-luminescent sky, has always been one of my favourite pieces of imagery from the Homestuck Universe. Its dreamy topography sucks me in, and before I can protest I've been seated and presented with a wine list. "Nothing but the finest fermented crude for you", they say. Well okay. It's not particularly tasty, but it's nice to look at and has a nice finish. + I compose a lot of music for solo instruments, not so much for electronics. When it struck me that I might like to make a tune in tribute of Homestuck, I immediately thuoght of the cobalt vistas of LOWAS. I was playing around with a new tuning at the time (I'm a huge fan of weird guitar stuff) and found that it had the most amazing capabilities for melody and harmony using nothing but Harmonics! Eventually I just hit the right notes at the right time and the piece practically wrote itself. + I'd like to shout out to the Music Squad for being rad bros, and a super relieved thanks to Silence for helping me mix the tune. + Tuning: C G Bb F C D + <i>melodiousDiscord:</i> + There, uh, isn't that much to tell about this piece. I had originally envisioned John sitting with his legs hanging over the edge or something and I have a clearer idea now of what I could have done! But this was back at the start of the project and my art skills were rusty so yeah. Very simple piece. Based off of what we see in the comic, and John. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Thought and Flow +Artist: Steve Everson +Track Art: catastrophicGenesis +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/thought-and-flow +Commentary: + <i>Steve Everson:</i> + This track is part of a remix project that I began after a major computer failure that cost me most of my audio files and music project. The overall objective was to remix the themes from the levels of Sonic 3 & Knuckles into music for each troll, a projec that is still slowly ongoing. + This particular theme is for Terezi, based on the Hydrocity Zone music. I went for a jazzy remix, largely because I felt it tied in well with her prosecutioner thing. I think it's an interesting look at how my abilities have developed since I fist wrote the piece - I had to make adjustments just to be satisfied putting it on this album. + i>catastrophicGenesis:</i> + As it happens, darwing giant sky neurons is incredibly fun. Ancient runined temples, not so much fun and also incredibly difficult to shade right, but there you go. I am ashamed I did not manage to work ina ny Sonic the Hedgehog references, though. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: First Guardian, Last Stand +Artist: Chase +Track Art: melodiousDiscord +References: +- Black +- Beatdown (Strider Style) +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/first-guardian-last-stand +Commentary: + <i>Chase:</i> + I can see htis as music for Spades Slick and Doc Scratch's confrontation. Kind of like a fistfight ina 20s-era speakeasy. Except with less fists and more candy. And chiptunes. + ...uh, never mind. + <i>melodiousDiscord:</i> + This one was a bit of an oops moment haha! The way it was originally posted, I had thought the song title was "Chasing Fireflies" but as it turns out, that is Chase's full username. I had already made this up though. Doc Scratch standing on John's planet for some reason. With fireflies in the background. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Land of Wrath and Angels +Artist: Ian White +Track Art: melodiousDiscord +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/land-of-wrath-and-angels +Commentary: + <i>Ian White:</i> + Land of Wrath and Angels was a melody that I had been ignoring for about a year now. I brought it up when we were trying to hash out some Troll leitmotifs and instruments for the Hivebent Radioplay (remember when that was a thign?) It was for Eridan(!) I guess I liked the idea of him pining over a giant pipe organ cause he thought that's what evil guys are supposed to do whenever they get scorned, by girls usually. I myself felt the sick sting of scorn when Dacen suggested an accordion or French horn might suit Eridan better. WELL FUCK YOU DACEN. LoWaA was the last in a series of 12 short songs I made for the Troll Planets. It was actually revealed a solid 4 or 5 months after the other 11, so I really wanted to make it satand out as the big finale of my (kind of pointless) musical excursion. I'm also lazy though so I just rehashed an old melody I had lying aorund. Then I threw in some rocking guitar and pounding drums and angry synths and called it a day. At some point I realized that the initial melody kind of gets lost in the balance, so I repeated it at the end all clear and pretyt-like with harps and clarinets, which actually turned out to be my favourite part of the song, so yay. + Mud Fact: I wrote the second part of the melody when I was 12 and trying to play the Castlevania 4 theme by ear. I was kind of dumb when I was 12. + <i>melodiousDiscord:</i> + LoWaA was the first piece where I started to get creative. I saw a really cool looking LoWaA on DevArt and wanted to replicate the gothic atmosphere it created with the same color scheme. So I came up with this. A cathedralesque building in the foreground with Eridan sneaking around and a collection of other buildings inthe back with Angels looking for him. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Ruins of Rajavihara +Artist: Red Pen +Track Art: Mal McGannon +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/ruins-of-rajavihara +Commentary: + <i>Red Pen:</i> + Ruins are majestic. Ruins are mysterious. And to me, ruins are really really awesome. + I went into "Ruisn of Rajavihara" with the intent of creating a piece of music one might hear in the "ruins" level fo a videogame; solemn and full of mystery while still sounding pretty cool and fast-paced. Rajavihara is a beautifully overgrown temple in Cambodia, and there are a lot of influences from that part of the world in the piece, from instrment choice to rhythm and tune. + I hope this music invokes the ruins in Homestuck, from the Frog Temples to the many strange structures scattered across each Land. These are some of my favorite features in the comic, and I wanted to create something cool for them. + <i>Mal McGannon:</i> + This is a slick song, and I have to say I liked it a lot when I first heard it. But it didn't ring out to me as a frog ruins song, which I feel like it might ahve been intended to be; instead, I got very vidi images from LOFAF in my mind. So when I 1) saw this song needed art and 2) stumbled across the fact that 2a) Rajavihara is a real place and 2b) Hussie used it as LOFAF scenery in Jade: STRIFE!!!!!!!, it was only logical that I take a picture of the real ruins (thanks Wikipedia!) and do some poor hue shifting and dodging and burning to it as "art". + Also, I drew those flowers. But that doesn't really matter. This song is what matters, and this song is really, really, really really good. So stop reading my drivel and close your eyes and soak it in! +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Vigilante ~ Cornered +Artist: Brenna Curran +Track Art: melodiousDiscord +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/vigilante-cornered +Commentary: + <i>Brenna Curran:</i> + 1:34 4M, TH3 12TH OF 6TH P3R1G33, ST4NDOFF. + 1 C4N T4ST3 TH3 V1C3 1N TH3 41R TON1GHT. 1T H4NGS H34VY L1K3 4 LOWL1F3 D4NC1NG W1TH TH3 G4LLOWS. + 1M TR4CK1NG DOWN 4 P3RP W1THOUT 4 PURPOS3. 4 MURD3ROUS GR1FT3R OF TH3 MOST TURNCO4T3D K1ND. + MY ONLY TRU3 COMP4N1ONS 4R3 4 SOFT PLUSH, H4RD JUST1C3 4ND TH3 M34N STR33TS B34T DOWN BY 3V3RY GOON 4ND GUN TO 3V3R K1SS TH3 P4V3M3NT. + T41LS, TH3YR3 GO1NG DOWN. + H34DS... + 1 COULD N3V3R S33 TH4T S1D3 OF TH3 CO1N. + <i>melodiousDiscord:</i> + Afte a fierce battle with the Marquise Mindfang, Redglare flees the battle feeling content that she has dealt a blow to her arch-nemesis. Mindfang looks down focusing her powers and concetrating on her foe, but to no avail. The Neophyte has already guarded her mind against the invasion. And so with a cackle from one, and a curse from the other the two combatants go their separate ways until their next encounter. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: A Fashionable Escape +Artist: Yan Rodriguez +Track Art: melodiousDiscord +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/a-fashionable-escape +Commentary: + <i>Yan Rodriguez:</i> + Ah this is one of those songs I'm particularly proud of for making. It was for this AU thing I was doing, in which kanaya Maryam was a super secret spy having to break into the Big Boss Sollux's base with Karkat as an informer. That didn't pan out though, but I still managed to make this beauty. It's heavily, heavily inspired by Yoko Kanno, my favorite composer. The idea is that the first half is when she's sneaking about giong through, knowing that this is important, THIS IS SERIOUS, and she can't risk it here. She stumbles upon a computer, with a typewriter as a keyboard for whatever reason, and then the alarm goes off she gets caught and the big bad chase action scene starts. I had worked on it for about a month, and I kept losing progress because of crashes, but Silence convinced me to finish it, and boy am I glad he did. + <i>melodiousDiscord:</i> + A nice, simple piece. Fashion in Homestuck is associated with Kanaya in my mind so I came up wit hthe idea of Kanaya seeking to escape something, and then halfway through the song the klaxon alarm kicks in. Thus we get this piece of art. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Clockbreaker +Artist: Mal McGannon +Track Art: Brad Griffin +References: +- The Broken Clock +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/clockbreaker +Commentary: + <i>Mal McGannon:</i> + I've always liked the Midnight Crew album, Drawing Dead; it's got this delicious synergy between jazz and techno with a dark overtone that is super sexy. (I'm a big fan.) Another thing I'm a big fan of is Jit and his music, because Jit's mad talented. So when I was in the shower one morning (where I do my best thinking) and I had the idea for a Midnight Crew cover of Jit's song from The Felt, "The Broken Clock", I filed it away under "future stuff to do", because it's rare I have what I consider a good idea with regards to composition. + So I worked for quite a while on this: improvising on piano, listening to Drawing Dead over and over and analyzing the different styles of each instrument, writing things down, plugging them into my computer, hating it, writing new parts, adding material, cutting material, hating it more, et cetera, ad infinitum. The final result is still something I'm not completely happy with, but I think I can declare it as done as it'll ever be. So, I hope you enjoy it, and the rest of the first ever Homestuck Fan Album! + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> + When drawing this I learned that I can't draw clocks well in perspective, so I googled a clock and Photoshopped it in. Take notes, kids: use technology to hide your faults! +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Quartz Lullaby +Artist: Evan Copeland +Track Art: kayak +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/quartz-lullaby +Commentary: + <i>Evan Copeland:</i> + This is a piece I wrote one night when I was having trouble sleeping, fittingly enough. In retrospect, I think I took influence from Dire Dire Docks and [[Crystalanthemums]] with this song. I enjoy listening to it, and hopefully others will too. + Fun fact: the music box meldoy was originally one octave lower, and an entirely different instrument. The music box ended up sounding terrible in that octave, so I raised it. + Another fun fact: I completely forgot that [[Jade's Lullaby]] was a track from Volume 5. This song is unrelated. + <i>kayak:</i> + This is a very simple, soothing song that might have been played by one of the musicboxes Aradia had. Aradia could have fallen asleep with this tune in her ears, leaving visions of a wonderful world of melody and musicboxes in her dreams. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Dance of the Wayward Vagabond +Artist: Alexander Rosetti +Contributors: +- Meghan Kininger (bassoon) +Track Art: catastrophicGenesis +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/dance-of-the-wayward-vagabond +Commentary: + <i>Alexander Rosetti:</i> + I wrote this for a composition assignment almost two years ago. It was still very early on in Homestuck and the Wayward Vagabond was currently the only exile we'd been introduced to. This was also before I really started contributing "official" Homestuck music, so when I wrote this I thought of it s being more inspired by Homestuck and left it in the fan music thread. The performance features myself on piano and Meghan Kininger on bassoon. + <i>catastrophicGenesis:</i> + My first attempt at drawing any of the carapace people in full, basically. Serenity rapidly became my favourite character ever to draw, closely followed by Citizen Beans. I kid. Mostly. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Joker Strife +Artist: Gec +Track Art: Brad Griffin +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/joker-strife +Commentary: + <i>Gec:</i> + This song was originally called Ghost Aqua. I created this song for a hypothetical strife theme for Gamzee. Though the song didn't start off that way. + I dug this composition of mine from an old MIDI and played around with it a lot. It has gone through many idetntites but with no real purpose. But one thing was certain that this song started off being a carnival boss sort of theme. + After a few recent chagnes, I thought I should carry that carnival spirit back into the song and tailored it for Gamzee theme. But what really makes ita Gamzee song is the horn. Can't have a Gamzee song without it. Honk! + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> + Uh.... I just wanted to draw Gamzee. That's the whole story for this one. Sorry. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Sunshaker +Artist: D. Crystal +Track Art: D. Crystal +References: Sunsetter +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/sunshaker +Commentary: + <i>D. Crystal:</i> + i made this song thing + and it's like a silly jazz rendition of this other song + and people seemed to think it was okay + and um + that's about it +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Sburban Rush +Artist: Ralen Gainsborough +Track Art: melodiousDiscord +References: Sburban Jungle +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-rush +Commentary: + <i>Ralen Gainsborough:</i> + A while back, the MSPA forums had the "Forapocalypse", and everyone had their avatars enter the medium one way or another to 'survive' the forums going down. + I was a little late to the party, so I decided to have a little fun at my own expense by tarting a forum adventure called "The Straggler", in which my character is late and must enter the medium on his own. + I basically condensed the beginning events of Homestuck into a 20 second flash animation, so I decided to play on that same idea for the bgm. I came up with a remix that was a 20 second 8-bit loop track based on Sburban Jungle. I added the bridge and fadeout at a later time to make it nicer to listen to on its own. + <i>melodiousDiscord:</i> + I have always liked silhouette pieces. I knew that I wanted to draw John running. I briefly considered doing all four kids but decided against it, Sburban Jungle is John's theme after all, and the color scheme would look better with just him. From there it was a simple matter of posing him and arranging the rest of the piece. I think that this is one of the ones I am most proud of, even if it's very simple. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Prince of Seas +Artist: Max Wright +Track Art: crepuscularDissembler +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/prince-of-seas +Commentary: + <i>Max Wright:</i> + This piece was an interesting one for me, and not only because it was my first try at composing something orchestral. My original plan was to make it a sad, slow song with the theme I'd come up with; at least that's what it sounded like it should do in my head. But when I showed the theme to people, the replies were all that it sounded piratey. So that was the new direction I decided to take, and eventually I ended upw tih Prince of Seas. Little bit of trivia; originally I'd named it Jack (after Jack Sparrow), but of course that wouldn't have fit into Homestuck at all... so I just modified eridan's title. + I'd originally written this before Eridan had any sort of theme for his character... and before he, uh, went off the deep end. So when it starts off, it's proud! It's powerful! Wwho is this Eridan you speak of? I am Dualscar, terror of the Alternian Seas, annihilator of the land-dwwellers! However, the middle section emphasizes the real him; a guy plagued by too many FEELINGS and PROBLEMS. But ha, he won't take any of THAT lying down, no sir! /explosive finale + <i>crepusularDissembler:</i> + This was made using some very ancient techniques, by which I mean mspaint and a mouse. The drawing is very busy in terms of shapes and lines, so I tried to keep the palette simple. + I intended this to have a bit of an iconic feel (note the orange halo formed by the clouds). +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Atomik Meltdown +Artist: Hames +Track Art: Pancake-Fairy +References: Atomyk Ebonpyre +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/atomik-meltdown +Commentary: + <i>Hames:</i> + I liked the idea of Ebonpyre being used as a strife theme for Dave, so I wanted to go a little further with it. I imagined Dave using al ot of time-skipping while he fights (as represented by the record scratches). + Atomik Meltdown was probably my first real foray into fanmusic. I had written two remixes previously, but I didn't really spend much time on them. Looking back on this song now, all I can see are the mistakes and the naive part arrangement. At the time I remember really being excited about this. Thank you for the nomination. + <i>Pancake-Fairy:</i> + All the warning siren thigns in it made me feel that a powerplant aws about to explode. So obviously Dave needs to be jumping out of a swirling mass of liquid fire at an interesting angle to show this. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Jackie Treats +Artist: Artisticpolo +Track Art: Pancake-Fairy +References: Black, Frost:frost-vol6 +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/jackie-treats +Commentary: + <i>Artisticpolo:</i> + This is a commentary! Just saying this in case you accidentally clicked on this pdf and got lost. + But anyway, I guess I should talk about my track 'Jackie Treats'. The initial creation, or rather , remixing, of this track started - as far as I can remember -when I began messing around with one of the melodies from Liquid Negrocity, which is probably one of my favourite pieces off the Midnight Crew album. + I created quite a neat little piano piece, which is heard at around 0:59 to 1:10. This is pretty much what helped me get into a rhythm for the song, and before I kenw it I began composing around it. It was probably towards the very end of the song, when I added the jazz organ into the piece that made me think of 'Bec Noir' having horrible thoughts concerning dog treats. So I decided to name the WIP track 'Jackie Treats' (The name kinda stuck). + Lastly, I needed to improvethe intro. It was bad or something. So I decided to mix in Frost to help create a little symbolism here and there about BN and Jade's relationship. + <i>Pancake-Fairy:</i> + I drew the picture this way because the track was inspired by the Snausages page where Bec feels love towards Jade. In this piece he's putting his trust in Jade as she is holding said treats, meanwhile Dave is sneaking up behind him for an attack. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Skaian Air +Artist: Trent West +Track Art: Elaine Wang +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-air +Commentary: + <i>Trent West:</i> + Here's a little song I made after the update with John and WV in the flying car. I don't really have much to say about it, I was fucking around on my keyboardo ne day and played those chords you hear and thought "yeah sure that ounds good" (I have no fucking clue about chord progression or any other technical shit). I added the stuff at the beginning next because it sounded weird just jumping right into the chords. The drums are acombination of a preset that comes with Fruity Loops with a filter over it and a sampled dru loop I had lying around with some echo and reverb. The drums near the end are more samples I threw into a slicer and distorted. + I don't really have a plan or anything when I make a song, so whatever happens kinda just happens, which is probably why I have nothing to say here. But either way I'm flattered that people even wanted me on this album so thanks for letting me join this project. + <i>Elaine Wang:</i> + Skaian air is Skaian air. A lazy copy-paste job with some hills under it is a lazy copy-paste job with some hills under it. + In hindsight maybe I should've added more dead pawns. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Sburban Elevator +Artist: Alexander Rosetti +Track Art: Miff +References: Sburban Jungle +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-elevator +Commentary: + <i>Alexander Rosetti:</i> + All I remember was someone requestin Sburban Jungle in the style of elevator music so out pops this thing. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Moody Mister Gemini +Artist: Thomas Ferkol +Track Art: umibouzu +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/moody-mister-gemini +Commentary: + <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> + Sollux seemed a moody fellow when he was first introduced, so I tried to capture the image he gave. This piece is much different from what I generally made at the time, more complex and faster paced tahn say Grudgebearer or Blind Legislacerator. There is a lot of contrasting dynamics thrown in, supposed to be reminiscent of his split personality. The piano line where both hands are playing sixteenth notes near the endi sm y favorite part. There isn't much else to say. It's moody and for mister Gemini. + <i>umibouzu:</i> + To me, "Moody Mister Gemini" just screamed film noir. I imagined SOllux dressed like Problem Sleuth, sitting at the bar of a smoke-filled jazz lounge with a cigarette in one hand and stiff drink in the other. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Starkind +Artist: Toby Fox +Track Art: Brad Griffin +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/starkind +Commentary: + <i>Toby Fox:</i> + I saw the updates for Rose blowing stuff up and finding that giant Captchalogue card with the <u>Green Sun</u> on it, and then someone said "is that a strife specibus card? What would that be? Starkind?" or something to that effect. And that inpsired me ot make a pretty awesome boss song that was too much like other things I've made to put on an album. + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> + Originally this picture didn't have Rose in it at all. It was just a generic silhouette standing, holding a star on a specibus card. That was kinda lame, and dind't really fit the feel of the song. I think I improved it. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Maibasojen +Artist: Isoraķatheð Zorethan F. +Track Art: Isoraķatheð Zorethan F. +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/maibasojen +Commentary: + <i>Isoraķatheð Zorethan F.:</i> + Well, what have we... Felt (SI: HS\MUS:B0) got me thinking about time signatures, and also lumping multiple together. This is the fruition of this endeavor. Granted, it's not any good, but this may be the one piece where you have a 30/30 time signature (4/4 overlay 5/5 overlay 6/8). It's a little bit tired; stumbling; drunk... much like the first time when I first found this comic, I would assume. That was about two years ago. + (On an unrelated note, this applies to table tennis very well.) +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: MeGaDanceVaNia +Artist: Yishan Mai +Track Art: JNJ +References: +- MeGaLoVania +- Sburban Jungle +- Explore +- Crystalanthemums +- Beatdown (Strider Style) +- Spider's Claw +- The La2t Frontiier +- Terezi's Theme +- dESPERADO ROCKET CHAIRS, +- Walls Covered in Blood +- Homestuck Anthem +- Heir Transparent +- Horschestra +- Eridan's Theme +- The Beginning of Something Really Excellent +- mIrAcLeS +- Theme +- Aggrieve +- Showtime (Original Mix) +- Showdown +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/megadancevania +Comentary: + <i>Yishan Mai:</i> + One fine day I got the idea for a MeGaLoVania dance remix, but I sat on it because frankly? I don't actually enjoy dance music. Or techno. Or whatever genre this classifies as. + Several days later, I was trying to conjure up music for Nepetaquest. But I was drawing a blank because "MeGaLoVania dance remix come on guy you want it" was stuck in my head. So eventaully I was like "OKAY I'LL DO IT SHUTUP" + And then once I got started, it just grew. And grew. And grew. Like cancer. MUSICAL CANCER. efore I knew it I'd stuffed most of the kids' and trolls' motifs in there. There are 20 melodies I used (albeit some only for veeeery short segments). It started off with 16; I expanded it slightly in the process of revising it for the album. See if you can spot them all! + Fun fact: when I was composing this, I didn't even realise I'd ripped the chorsd from Sburban Jungle until much later. + <i>JNJ:</i> + I made this image before I even knew about the album. The visual reference to Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) fits with a track named MeGaDanceVaNia. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: SadoMasoPedoRoboNecroBestiality +Artist: tynic +Track Art: Red Pen +Contributors: +- Beast72 (original midi) +- Goatmon (additional vocals) +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/sadomasopedorobonecrobestiality +Lyrics: + It's... + (Chorus) + SadoMasoPedoRoboNecroBestiality<br>The quintessential cornerstone of carnal cordiality<br>Exemplary of exquisite, delectable depravity<br>SadoMasoPedoRoboNecroBestiality! + um diddle diddle diddle um diddle eye<br>um diddle diddle RIBBIT um diddle eye + Oh ever since I was a grub how I loved being STRONG<br>I was happy to build robots and punch them all day long<br>But then I met this peasant girl, the lowest of the low<br>Her filthy blood<br>Repulses me<br>Which makes me glad I know... + (Chorus) + Her ghostly form's now glowing chrome<br>And each star in the sky<br>Could very well have found a home<br>In her shining red eye. + I tore my heart out from my chest<br>And crushed it 'neath my hand<br>I'd crush his spine, I'd break his neck<br>I do so love that man! + (Chorus) + So when you wish to figure out<br>Exactly what to screw<br>Just let this word into your head<br>And you'll know what to do<br>But better use it carefully<br>Or it might change your life- + One day I did it to this frog and now that frog's me wife! + SadoMasoPedoRoboNecroBestiality<br>SadoMasoPedoRoboNecroBestiality<br>SadoMasoPedoRoboNecroBestiality<br>SadoMasoPedoRoboNecroBestiality! +Commentary: + <i>tynic:</i> + Hmm, I don't know if I have much to say about this piece. Just that I tried to keep the instrumentals light and non-distracting, but still true to the original cockney pastiche. + <i>Goatmon:</i> + I feel like I really can't take credits for this song. The lyrics came from Something Awful, and the music is from a midi that Tynic scrounged up from somewhere. Someone at the Penny Arcade MSPA thread mentioned having seen a supercalifrag parody at Something Awful, and after Googling I found the lyrics, and decided to try my hand at it. Tynic volunteered her voice, and after she got the midi accompaniment, we bounced back and froth with it until it was the right key and speed. From there she recorded her part and I did mine, etc. + To this day, I dont' really like listening to myself in this song, I just don't think it came out how I wanted it. That doesn't seem to matter to everyone else, though. I never imagined it could have taken off like it did, but it very quickly spread and apparently became a thing. + I'd always hoped that I'd eventually come out with some Homestuck thing that would be well remembered by the fans. Here I was wasting my time whipping together silly mario paints, when I should have been recording catchy songs about amoral abusive relationships. Live and learn. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Under the Hat +Directory: under-the-hat-lofam +Artist: Erik Scheele +Track Art: TheifofTruth +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/under-the-hat +Commentary: + <i>Erik Scheele:</i> + So this started off as some music for Dad. And then I was like "this isn't strife-y enough!" cause it was supposed to be strife-y and then this happened. Since it's supposed to be battle music and all, the more laid-back chill version wouldn't really work. + <i>TheifofTruth:</i> + Well, this is the only one I actually tried on so I guess that's good it's the only one that got chosen. I now realize the pipe is out of proportion or those are rally big pictures. I like it though. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Sburban Piano Doctor +Artist: Brad Griffin +Track Art: Brad Griffin +References: +- Sburban Jungle +- Doctor +- Showtime (Original Mix) +- Aggrieve +- Penumbra Phantasm +- Beatdown (Strider Style) +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-piano-doctor +Commentary: + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> + Sburban Jungle and Doctor are pretty much the tastiest songs ever, so I wanted to see what would happen if I mashed em into a gooey paste. As I was putting the ingredients back, some chunks of Showtime and Aggrieve fell into the pot. I tried to tone down the flavor by adding a little more Doctor, but then a bit of Black and Beatdown got pulled in with it. At this point it all boiled over onto my laptop and uploaded itself to the internet. Total culinary disaster! + I guess it sounded alright though. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: The Hymn of Making Babies +Artist: EnnuiKing +Track Art: tT Twigwise +References: Descend, Explore +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/the-hymn-of-making-babies +Commentary: + <i>EnnuiKing:</i> + A few months ago I was on a classical guitar kick. I decided to make adaptations of Homestuck tunes for classical guitar, and they both translated surprisingly well for the most part. This particular rendition of Explore is based off the version from Descend, which is in C Minor as opposed to the A Minor of the original. Explore forever has an association with ectobiology because the scene where it plays in Descend is of Egbert sending babies onto meteors. + For the album, I added reverb onto the orginal, which I felt was a little too dry due to being recorded with an acoustic-electric guitar plugged directly into a mixer. I tried to make the reverb sound like somebody playing guitar in the Veil labs; whether or not I succeeded in doing so is up to the listener's ears. + <i>tT Twigwise:</i> + When I first saw the title, 'Hymn of Making Babies,' my mind appropriately jumped to our resident Ectobiologist, John. And listening to the track doesn't disappoint, either! The cover that EnnuiKing did is both a mix of sombre, almost Medieval playing, and then downright goofy John-ness at the end, and I wanted to try and get that. At first glance, this picture is a little serious and a little solemn, and then you realize... this is John Egbert that's the subject matter here, and that just makes it incredibly silly because, well, in the end, wouldn't he just go so over-the-top dramatic in this situation? Yeah. Probably. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Emissary of Wind +Artist: Eston Schweickart +Track Art: kayak +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/emissary-of-wind +Commentary: + <i>Eston Schweickart:</i> + Emissary of Wind is the musical narrative of John flying around with his jet pack. As badasses are wont to do. I composed this song entirely in Gar(b)ageBand over the course of am onth in an internet-scarce interlude in my summer, not long after Volume 5 was released. Songs on that album, particularly [[Sunslammer]], were my main inspiration. + I put the song on Tindeck once it was finished, and without linking it anywhere, I found that it had over 200 hits the next day (I'm still not sure how this happened, though I suspect MyUsernamesMud had something to do with it). Months later, it is still my best-known song, and one of my proudest musical accomplishments. + <i>kayak:</i> + This was the first piece of fanmusic I had ever listened to and it blew my mind. It is the perfect music to when John fully realizes his powers and gets down to business as the Heir of Breath. I was trying for a Hussnasty style to capture the less-goofy side of him, but the bottom line is: the Hood is up, the Heir is in. Time to kick ass. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Land of Quartz and Melody +Artist: Thomas Ferkol +Track Art: catastrophicGenesis +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/land-of-quartz-and-melody +Commentary: + <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> + This piece was inspired by the land with the same name, mainly because I thought the scenery was interesting and would fit my style of composition. Generally in music, crystalline landscapes are given reverb laden atmospheres with bells and other instruments with a resonant sound. In this piece, I used the instrumentation of handbells, a piano, some synth string and choir background, and drum kit, the two prminent instrmuments being the piano and bells. The bells worked toset the atmosphere while piano handled melody. Then everything got doused in reverb. So much reverb. Maybe the reverb has reverb. But voila. This is one of my favorites from before I was on the music team. + <i>catastrophicGenesis:</i> + So many layers, so much transparency, but I think it worked out quite well. I have to admit though, it's been a while since I saw a real music box comb and cylinder, so that was less successful. Sorry for that. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Midnight Spider +Artist: Yan Rodriguez +Track Art: umibouzu +References: Spider's Claw +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/midnight-spider +Commentary: + <i>Yan Rodriguez:</i> + Even though I'd been making .mid files for about 2 years before making this song, this was my first legitimate song in FL Studoi, my current workstation. Honestly while I do like the composition of this piece, the production is horrible and I wonder how people can listen to it even now, when I can do much better. It's also my first Homestuck song/remix, so whoo, and also the most popular. It, like [[A Fashionable Escape]], was for an AU thing, in which sax player and assassin Vriska Serket drifted to this new big city, running into trouble, kickin ass, and jammin on that sax. + <i>umibouzu:</i> + I can't really take any credit for the art behind "Midnight Spider," because Nucelose had the concept completely fleshed out by the time i ever laid hands on it. All I did was redo his awesome it in my style. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: House of Lalonde +Artist: Max Wright +Track Art: Red Pen +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/house-of-lalonde +Commentary: + <i>Max Wright:</i> + This is a piece that found inspiration in pretty much everything. The main influences in this case were Bach (instrument choice), the Professor Layton Theme (throughout, mainly the introduction and melody that the violin takes), [[Explore]], and The Felt album in general. The inspiration from Professor Layton, drawing from video game themes, also affected my choice to make this loop(able). + House of Lalonde was always intended from the start to be the theme fro some sort of home. Orginally, it was going to be for doc Scratch's study... but the oly reason that never happened was because I couldn't find the righto rgan sound (the kind you hear in [[Scratch]]). So, scrapping that idea, I continued to set about sculpting a theme for a sophisticated abode, and eventually reached hte conclusion that it would work rather well for Rose's. I may extend it some day... + <i>"Somewhere a zealous god threads these strings between the clouds and the earth, preparing for a symphony it fears impossible to play."<br>-- Charles Barkley +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: L'etat de l'ambivalence +Artist: Tyler Dever +Track Art: umibouzu +References: psych0ruins +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/letat-de-lambivalence +Commentary: + <i>Tyler Dever:</i> + L'état de l'ambivalence is the bastardized child of two different songs. I wrote the beginning of a song at the beginning of Hivebent called Lusus' Lament. It was supposed to be like a [[Chorale for Jaspers]] but for the trolls' custodians. This was before I even knew Alternia was in the works. After hearing psych0ruins I loved those beginning arpeggios and crying effect. So when Rad mentioned the idea of having troll planet themes, I jumped at the chance of making one for Aradia. I used the beginning to Lusus' Lament and then combined it with those beginning arpeggios and the first phrases of psych0ruins. + Aradia's planet is the Land of Quartz and Melody, so I ran with the music box mtif and added glockenspiel for a crystal-esque noise. The beginning seciton is kind of like what Sburban Jungle is to Rose. Music to add to her trying to enter the medium. There is a pause as she succeeds and enters and the mood of the music shifts completely. The second half builds more of the Quartz feel. + The title is because Nick thought we should have a foreign name. + <i>umibouzu:</i> + I picked up "L'état de L'ambivalence" before I kenw what it was about. WHen I found out it was an Aradia land theme, I kind of panicked. Backgrounds and scenery are a huge weakness of mine, and I wans't soure how to depict LOQAM without essentially copying the existing art, so I decided to focus more on Aradia herself. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Growin' Up Strider +Artist: Ian White +Track Art: umibouzu +References: Beatdown (Strider Style) +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/growin-up-strider +Commentary: + <i>Ian White:</i> + Growin' Up Strider fills a pretty obvious niche I guess, a cutesy song to montage Bro raising/training/abusing Dave, parallel to John and dad and [[Homestuck Anthem]]. The whole time I was making it I had DJ School from Rhythm Heaven stuck in my head, which is another cutesy song about another pair of cool dudes who are also learning to scratch records. So I guess I stole that. They probably weren't brothers though on account of how one was blue and the other was a robot I think. Lemmings had an influence too, which is to say that's where I stole those high-pitched bleeps from. I didn't even think to use Beatdown for the melody until I had prety much built the rest of the song around it. I had an old midi (by Tenebrais I think) and started goofing around trying to play it out in a major key and it fit pretty well sooooo that's that story. + Also I have no idea what record scratching actually sounds like so I just downloaded a bunch of cheesy "dj sound fx" and tried to make a cool rhythm out of them. That little breakdown in the middle is supposed to be Bro playing al ine and then Dave answering. Then they trade off some more. Then they both start playing at the same time, like back to back or something ocol like that, and then it goes back to the main melody. Did I make that obvious enough? Maybe I should've made Bro a bit louder in the left speaker and Dave a bit louder in the right. Actually hold on I'm going to go do that. + <i>umibouzu:</i> + There was pretty much no way I was not going to jump on "Growin' Up Strider." I love Dave (and Bro). It ended up not being very creative, but the thought of baby Dave in his horse leather bib and tiny shades makes me smile. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Nakkadile +Artist: Marcy Nabors +Contributors: +- Kat Macielinski (primary naks) +- Alexander Rosetti (secondary naks) +Track Art: Tawa +References: +- Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya! (by daniwellP) +- Tribal Ebonpyre +- Sburban Jungle +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/nakkadile +Commentary: + <i>Marcy Nabors:</i> + This all began when Solatrus and I noted that Kat was quite talented at nakking. This was write around the time that the viral Nyan Cat video dropped, so I decided to sample Kat's naks and make some sort of remix. Afer showing an early draft to Alex Rosetti, he offered to supply some more miscellaneous naks. At some point I realized that the Tribal Ebonpyre drums fit really well in this song, and itall just snowballed from there. NAK NAK BV + <i>Tawa:</i> + This happened through my RP twitter account and I was totally drunk when I made the gif at 3 am. Now Shadolith is one of my fav musicians. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Vigilante +Artist: Brenna Curran +Track Art: motorizedBootlegger +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/vigilante +Commentary: + <i>Brenna Curran:</i> + After Terezi's intro section, I felt that she needed a strife theme. It had to be something that could capture bot hteh quirkyness ofa k id playing make believe and hardboiled grittiness of a police chase/standoff. It's one part Phoenix Wright, another part film noir and big band jazz and some funky cop chase thrown in for good measure. The 8-bit version was the first one I made. If the 8-bit version is the sacharine topping of the cake, then Cornered is its seedy underbelly, burnt to a crisp at the bottom of the pan. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Jack and Black Queen +Artist: Miss Prince +Track Art: catastrophicGenesis +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/jack-and-black-queen +Lyrics: + I watch you through my window<br>As you sit there on your throne,<br>That arrogant expression on your face.<br>And I think, if I could have you<br>For one second, here, alone,<br>I'd find a way to put you in your place. + 'Cause you've been messin' around with my mind<br>But now it's my turn, yeah, now it's my time<br>I'm tired of waiting for my chance<br>I'm taking what is mine! + (Chorus)<br>I wanna hear you scream<br>I wanna see you bleed<br>I wanna wrap my hands around that pretty neck and squeeze<br>If I could make you cry<br>I swear that I could fly<br>If it's not clear I wish that you would<br>Close the door and stay with me tonight + There was always such a pleasure<br>In the power of command,<br>And your impotent resentment fueled the flame.<br>And now that you can't touch me<br>For the world is in my hand,<br>I wonder how you'll find our little game. + I know you think that you've already won,<br>But soon you will find the war's just begun<br>When you're begging mercy at my feet<br>It's then you'll know I'm done + (Chorus)<br>I wanna hear you scream<br>I wanna see you bleed<br>I wanna shove you down and see you crawlin' on your knees<br>And if I could make you cry<br>I swear that I could fly<br>If it's not clear I wish that you would<br>Close the door and stay with me tonight + [guitar solo] + I watch you through my window<br>(There was always such a pleasure)<br>As you sit there on your throne<br>(In the power of command)<br>That arrogant expression on your face<br>(And your impotent resentment fueled the flame)<br>And I think if I could have you<br>(And now that you can't touch me)<br>For one second here alone<br>(For the world is in my hand)<br>I'd find a way to put you in your place<br>(I wonder how you'd find our little game) + There's a deep, undeniable thrill<br>'Cause when we collide, yeah, blood's gonna spill<br>The time has passed for holding back<br>I'm going for the kill + (Chorus)<br>I wanna hear you scream<br>I wanna see you bleed<br>I wanna shove you down and see you crawlin' on your knees<br>And if I could make you cry<br>I swear that I could fly<br>If it's not clear I wish that you would<br>Close the door and stay with me tonight + (Chorus)<br>I wanna hear you scream<br>I wanna see you bleed<br>I wanna shove you down and see you crawlin' on your knees<br>And if I could make you cry<br>I swear that I could fly<br>If it's not clear I wish that you would<br>Close the door<br>Close the door<br>(Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah)<br>Close the door and stay + Stay with me tonight! +Commentary: + <i>catastrophicGenesis:</i> + It is remarkably difficult to make someone look truly hateful or disdainful when you have so little in the way of facial features to work with. Still, it's an incredibly vicious song, and it was fun to draw to, even if it did get me some funny looks from my housemates. + <i>Yishan Mai:</i> + Miss Prince didn't have anything to say for this song, so everyone just sit back + relax + and enjoy this marvellous hate <s>snog</s> song. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: A War of One Bullet +Artist: Traikan +Track Art: Quirk +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/a-war-of-one-bullet +Commentary: + <i>Traikan:</i> + A long time ago, while reading a thread abuot Homestuck on a forum far far away, I stumbled upon some fanmusic by EidolonOrpheus. It was amazing and, more relevant to this commentary, it reminded me that not only did I once have an interest in composition, I still had some music software installed. + Armed with one synthesizer and inspired by Doc Scratch, I sat down and wrote inevitable End in one sitting. I didn't know what a scale was, I was clueless about mixing and the basics of song structure eluded me completely, but with enough trial and error it somehow came out okay. + Seven months later, I decided to revisit Inevitable End and see if I couldn't make it a little better and a lot more deliberate. A War of One Bullet represents my everlasting journey from directionless experimentation to conscious design, and even thugh I have a long way to go it's worth stopping to listen to the singing roses now and then, becuase if you don't enjoy your work, who will? + <i>Quirk:</i> + There wasn't much to this one, I'm afraid. Image search + 9mm bullet pick + Doc Scratch template + GIMP = ART. + That's some solid mathematics there. You can take that to the bank. The math bank. + Plus it's a fun visual metaphor for the song title. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Corpse Casanova +Artist: EnnuiKing +Track Art: kayak +References: Ectobiology +Contributors: Angelo Badalamenti (inspiration through work on Twin Peaks) +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/corpse-casanova +Commentary: + <i>EnnuiKing:</i> + I wanted to pay tribute to the "2X CORPSESMOOCH COMBO" in the form of a song, and I decided on a whim that Ectobiology would be the perfect song to remix in order to do so. The saxaphone sounded like Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth, so I experimented with slathering reverb on it. I came across a preset that made it sound like the saxophone in "Audrey's Theme" from Angelo Badalamenti's Twin Peaks score, and decided that this was the new direction I wanted for the song. Towards the end, it features tremolo picking, which I feel is my signature guitar technique since it's the only one I can pull off that sounds remotely impressive. + The name of the song doubles as an excelletn echeladder rung name for Karkat. I picture him reachgn the rung and being really confused by it until way after his Sgrub sesion, when its true meaning became apparent. + <i>kayak:</i> + This song sounds like something you might tango to, so I wanted the pose to initially look like they were dancing, but then Kanaya's blood and limp frame sink in. I thought Kan's red skirt and ajde blod coinciding with roses made a beautiful limited color scheme. I also didn't want too much detail to tip the moment too far into silly or somber, as it really si both at the same time. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Salamander Fiesta +Artist: The Lovable Tramp +Track Art: Yee-Tvae Corinst +References: Doctor +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/salamander-fiesta +Commentary: + <i>The Lovable Tramp:</i> + This is what happens hwen someone is obsessed with Homestuck and afro-cuban grooves at the same time. + <i>Yee-Tvae Corinst:</i> + With Salamander Fiesta, I wanted to try and introduce something of a festive atmosphere into Land of Wind and Shade, which normally has something of a gloomy feel with all its blue and black tones. Also, salamanders in sombreros. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: MegaloVaniaC +Artist: Xenocidebot +Track Art: melodiousDiscord +References: MeGaLoVania +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/megalovaniac +Commentary: + <i>Xenocidebot:</i> + When I heard the original MeGaLoVania, it was the synth-sounding bit in the Alterniabound flash, and not the full album version. So I genuinely thought I was doing a rock cover of a synth-rock song and didn't mess with the instrumentation or anything else too drastically. Kinda wish I had in retrospect for differentiation's sake. + Strangely, the guitar used to record this broke shortly after doing so, followed by a massive string of equipment failures with my studio setup, so I wasn't capable of redoing the track for this release. I blame using a seven-string for what is now apparently an eight-string's song and somehow getting cursed with horrible luck. Alas, you can't blame fictional children on an insurance claim. + <i>melodiousDiscord:</i> + MeGaLoVania + Rock. A potent combination when mixed! A similar yet more complex piece when compared to [[A Fashionable Escape]]. Both had characters that I cut out of the panel and edited to fit my purposes. I really do like how this one turned out though. My original draft ahd curtains on each side of her. I went back and cut them out though. I thought "okay, it's metal, there should be smoke". The lights were already in place so when I added the smoke effect I was awed by the effect it had. From there I touched things up and added Vriska's backgrond lights. ::::) +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Shame and Doubt +Artist: Trent West +Track Art: melodiousDiscord +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/shame-and-doubt +Commentary: + <i>Trent West:</i> + ok so first there's like this bass and then it's like WHOAAAAAAAA some fucking synth thrown in there and then these drums come in and that weird plane noise and then some more drums in the background and then everything drops out and it's like oh wait what happened and then there's another synth that comes in and then the drums come back in and go all clacky clack clack boom boom and then there's some like record scratchers and stuff repeated really fast and high pitched and then stuff drops out again and then some new drums come in for a bit so then you have some of the otehr stuff that dropped out come back in for only like 10 seconds but then they drop out an then that one synth comes back but it has a filter on it to make it sound all freaky deeky and then the song ends. + you know, just in case you're deaf but still want to enjoy this song. + <i>melodiousDiscord:</i> + For this one I was at a loss on what to do. I turned an asked Trogg what he thought it was abuot and he said the bond between Bro and Dave. And so this became a piece about Dave. I thought it fit with the song title to where it be post-Bro's deat hand it being Dave unsure about what to d ofrom there. Dave is doubting his own abilities and giving Davesprite and Bro a send-off while Terezi watches through her monitor ashamed of what she has partially caused. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: SWEET BRO AND HELLA JEFF SHOW +Artist: Erik Scheele +Track Art: Elaine Wang +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff-show +Lyrics: + IT'S THE SWEET BRO AND HELLA JEFF SHOW + WOOOOOOooooooOOOOOOOOOooooooOOOOOOoooooH + OKAY SO THERE'S THESE TWO GUYS<br>THEY'RE TOTALLY THE BEST OF FRIENDS<br>AND THEY'RE TWO PIECES OF ??? ALL THE TIME<br>WELL THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT WORKS<br>????<br>??? YOU GET SOME POW??? THIRST<br>GET SOME ????<br>GOT SOME SICK THIRST HE GOT SOME TH??K THIRST + CAUSE THAT'S JUST THE WAY LIFE WORKS<br>EVERY DAY, MAN<br>TONS OF ????? + CAUSE IT'S THE SWEET BRO AND HELLA JEFF SHOW<br>SWEET BRO AND HELLA JEFF SHOW<br>SWEET BRO AND HELLA JEFF SHOW<br>(I TOLD YOU ABOUT STAIRS MAN)<br>AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaghkaaghkghk + and just remember kids that we love christmas<br>yes we do<br>christmas is good for me<br>and christmas is good for y~o~u~ +Commentary: + <i>Erik Scheele:</i> + This was recorded ages ago, back when I didn't know what I was doing recording-wise, but I never want to change anything about it. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Growing Up +Artist: Eston Schweickart +Track Art: Cheers +References: +- Lotus +- Hearts Flush +- Crystalanthemums +- Homestuck Anthem +- Ruins (With Strings) +- Liquid Negrocity +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/growing-up +Commentary: + <i>Eston Schweickart:</i> + In order: Lotus, Hearts Flush, Crystalanthemums, Homestuck Anthem, HDILWY, Ruins, Liquid Negrocity, and back to Lotus. The original name for this piece was Homsetuck Medley 1, since I planned on writing more like ti before I realized what a ridiculous idea that was. (I actually got pretty far on number 2 before giving up.) + Brad suggested that I rename it "Growing Up," and I liked that title much better, since the song is reminiscent of someone (most likely John) reflecting on childhood memories, both good and bad. He also suggested names related to the four quadrants of troll romance. Before that point, I hadn't considered it, but the song could certainl ybe interpreted asmusical representations of the auspistice, the moirail, the matesprit, and the kismesis. + Though, admittedly, the original motivation behind the piece was to see how many stylse I could shove together and still end up with something vaguely coherent. + <i>Cheers:</i> + As soon as I listened to this song, I knew I had to draw the artwork for it. To me, it clearly represented the passage from childhood to maturity that each of the kids, especially John, were forced to udnergo in their short-lived session. Focusing on our favourite Friend-Leader, I attempted to capture this with an image of him turning his back on the relative safety and comforts of childhood and the watchful eye of his guardian. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: The Drawing of the Four +Artist: Well Manicured Man +Track Art: Red Pen +References: +- Sburban Jungle +- Squiddles! +- Beatdown (Strider Style) +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/the-drawing-of-the-four +Commentary: + <i>Well Manicured Man:</i> + The title is, of course, a blatant reference to Sven King's Dark Towerseries. The song is a build-up to each of the four kids entering the Medium (they're being "drawn" into the game just as Eddie, Susannah, and Jake were drawn into Mid-World, but that's enough for now about something that isn't Homsetuck), so we start out with a slow rendition of "Sburban Jungle" played on the piano (John's instrument) with subsequent accompaniment by a violin (Rose's instrument). Then, here come the drums (Dave's isntrument), and we kick the song into high gear when the flute and bass (both Jade's instruments) come in. There's al ong period of pseudo-improv frm the bass, flute, and violin before returning to the meat of the song - and a nod to the Squiddles theme (another reference to Rose) before the finale. Curiously, the order of the instruments exactly matches the order of the kids' introduction. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Ira quod Angelus +Artist: Kalibration +Track Art: catastrophicGenesis +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/ira-quod-angelus +Commentary: + <i>Kalibration:</i> + Hi kids this is the song I made for EridanLand but Radiation didn't like it so he slapped me down and told me to get out of the music team. Just kidding, that didn't happen. Maybe. Anyways, this song was really fun to make. I tried a lot of crazy sound-manipulation things I'd never really tried before for the breakdown and outro, and I really feel like I succeeded with them! The main theme that happens on the rhodes is really fun to play, and might become a prominent theme later...? Either way, I hope you like this song asm uch as I do! Much love from Kali, thank you for listening! + <i>catastrophicGenesis:</i> + The window outline is taken from the Christ Church cathedral in Oxford and originally depicts St Cecilia. Several million free-select clicks later, my wrist was dead and this was the result. The stark colour scheme is a result of trying to make it look suitably dramatic. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Final Stand +Artist: Gec +Track Art: umibouzu +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/final-stand +Commentary: + <i>Gec:</i> + I took the time to make this song sound like it was meant for a robust flash sequence. Really intense drum & bass plus a few orchestral and electronic touches tie it all together. + The origins of this song go back in the same manner as [[Joker Strife]]. Both of them evolved quite a bit since first compsing them in MIDI. What was really important for the chagnes in this version you hear is that it is made to sound like it belonged in Homestuck. + So perhaps when we see that page witho ur heroes fighting Jack Noir locked in conflict, we can play this song in our heads. + <i>umibouzu:</i> + How do you draw something epic enough for a track with a title like "Fianl Stand"? + <i>Pose as a team, because shit just got real.</i> +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Farewell +Artist: Fuzz +Track Art: melodiousDiscord +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/farewell +Commentary: + <i>Fuzz:</i> + My approach to music is very dramatic. When I create music I tend to visualise very specific scenes which take place when it plays. Farewell was originally intended to accompany the scene where John discovered Mom and Dad were dead. At this point in the story it could have gone any way, so I started playing around and doing improvisations based around the Showtime theme, being a theme cetral to John. After messing around some more for a while I realised that a mroe bittersweet touch worked better though, and that instead of being used for lamenting, in my minds eye the piece seemed to fit something more akin to a goodbye, such as a scene displaying the kids and trolls parting ways. + <i>melodiousDiscord:</i> + This piece is based on what I hope will happen (still). After joining forces to defeat Jack, the kids' ultimate reward is unlocked and the trolls either go back to their won world, or accompany the kids. John is the last to leave and you can see the shadows ofTerezi and Karkat. John gives a final wave before stepping through the door, Karkat gives a last farewell gesture in response. A bittersweet ending indeed. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: ~ Heir - Seer - Knight - Witch ~ +Artist: Joe Griffith +Track Art: kayak +References: +- Doctor +- Endless Climb +- Atomyk Ebonpyre +- Frost +- Squiddles! +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/heir-seer-knight-witch +Commentary: + <i>Joe Griffith:</i> + Generally speaking, it's fairly uncommon to find a Remix or Arrangement authored by me; I much prefer to write from scratch, using my own material. However, one story winter night as I slept curled up in my cave, the spirit of a great troll came to me... + Hold on, I think I have the wrong story. + Anyway, shortly before Christmas, a friend of mine suggested in passing that perhaps I could put my musical talents to some practical use in the context of Homestuck, which he'd recently managed to convince me to read and I'd become instantly hooked on. We tossed around a few ideas and eventually came up with the idea of stringing together the land themes of the four kis to create some sort of medley. Unfortunately it was a fairly busy time for me, with ltos of projects requiring my immediate attention. + However, as Christmas approached, I made the decision to inform all my clients that I would be taking time off writing music for a few weeks to "celebrate the holidays", which in actual fact resulted in the creation of this arrangement! + Hope you enjoy! +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Cutscene at the End of the Hallway +Artist: Robert J! Lake +Track Art: Zilleniose +References: Beginnings (Press Start to Play) +URLs: https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/cutscene-at-the-end-of-the-hallway +Commentary: + <i>Robert J! Lake:</i> + so i put together this thing in twenty seconds, except it actually took several months because i never worked on it but who cares about that + let's me tell you a story + so this one kid, his name is bob, or george, or fred or who cares anyway so his dad's like shut the fuck up kid, you're stupid as hell go to school. get some fucknig education, you make me sick right so the kid says okay if and then the dad just fuckin' flips out and hesays to the kid shut up go away but it turns out the school is teaching kisd to be the beastie boys problem is the kid's a robot so he ends up blowing up because of paradoxes so they rebuild him but it's only good enough for six minutes, and his dad gives him a hug and says son i'm sorry iwas so mean and the kid blows up + anyway it turns out his dad was hitler and then his dad started a war and captain america punched his face + basically the point is that i guess this song is a little like that if you use your imagination diff --git a/album/lofam2/album.txt b/album/lofam2/album.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1086721f --- /dev/null +++ b/album/lofam2/album.txt @@ -0,0 +1,985 @@ +Album: Land of Fans and Music 2 +Directory: lofam2 +Cover Art: Lunise +Date: December 25, 2012 +FG: #33a1c9 +Canon: Fanon +Commentary: + <i>Liza Fletcher:</i> + This album means a lot to me, for a lot of reasons. Not just because it represents literally months of planning, organization, rounds of messaging, upsets, drama, triumph and general hard work on the part of me and some very good friends of mine. Not just because we managed to get some of the top talent in the fandom to contribute not only music but track art. Not just because that talent includes music and art team members and the uniquely universally beloved superfan Dante Basco. Not just because that talent also includes many friends I love dearly, some of whom I got to know through this project. + No, this album is special to me because the original Land of Fans and Music holds a very dear place in my heart. It was the first album of Homestuck-related music I ever owned. I played it over and over, and read the album commentary until I damn near had it memorized. It was LoFaM which spurred me to stop lurking on the MSPA forums and dive headlong into the collective insanity we call Homestuck fandom. And right when I did so coincided with the start of the second fanmusic thread, and a guy namedUnderwater Basketweaving posting something he called Fighting Spirit. I downloaded it, loved it, and have been hip deep in collecting fanmusic - not just that already collected for my convenience in an album - ever since. + Fighting Spirit is in here, and its sequel, and many others I and my compatriots ran across in our scouring of not only the fanmusic thread but tindeck, soundcloud, tumblr and basically anywhere on the big wide internet where MSPA fans celebrate their love of this remarkable work of fiction through music. + It's my hope that, having gathered it all here for your convenience, you too are spurred to start your own search for the best, including many pieces that for one reason or another we had to leave off. The Land of Fans and Music is not just this 2-disc set or its predecessor; they're only the tip of the vast landscape of amazing talent. Come in. Explore. Get lost in it, like I did. I haven't regretted it for a second. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: •~DISK 1~• +Directory: o-disk-1-o +Artist: Veritas Unae +Track Art: none +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/o-disk-1-o +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Chronology +Artist: Paige Stanley +Track Art: Skylar +References: +- English +- Sburban Jungle +- The Paradox Paradigm +- --Emperical +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/chronology +Commentary: + <i>Paige Stanley:</i> + Hi there!! Welcome to the second LOFAM. Kind of sounds like some really gangster hiphop group or something. Anyways this is a song I made JUST FOR THE ALBUM!!! Wowee. There's a lot going on here. There's the intro which is like Lord English taking a proverbial shit on everything by existing or something like that, then it sort of BLEHs and goes into the main part of the song. Right off the bat you've got Sburban Jungle's marimba part played backwards on a piano, and then there's some stuff from a fan song that I don't remember the title of. THEN there's stuff from Condy's song off the unofficial ancestor album, and some stuff from some other things. There's basically a lot of things!! It's a very thing filled song. + <i>Skylar:</i> + paige told me the song was about doc scratch, the condesce and lord english, and since the track was titled chronology i tried to show some sort of a progression within the track art while expressing some of the background of each character. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Jackpot +Artist: Charles Neudorf, Marcy Nabors +Track Art: 8bitkitten +References: Aggrieve +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/jackpot +Commentary: + <i>Charles Neudorf:</i> + Jackpot was originally "written" by me for the Homestuck music contest. I say written in quotation marks because at the time all I had was a cool basline and a title, I was in a complete musical slump on what to do with the piece, and so I turned to my friend Shadolith for help. Shadolith not only helped to come up with better ideas for the song, but actually finished most if it on her own. I'm really glad she did though, otherwise the song would have never been finished, and it wouldn't be playing in your ears right now! + <i>8bitkitten:</i> + Here's my track art for "Jackpot"! It's a Roxy strife theme, and since we have yet to witness such an event in Homestuck, let's make believe. ;3 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Satellite Physician +Artist: Joe Oullet +Track Art: grayscaleOddysey +References: Doctor, Penumbra Phantasm +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/satellite-physician +Commentary: + <i>Joe Oullet:</i> + Before making this song, I had wanted to do a remix of Doctor for a while. There are so many remixes and different versions of this song that I knew there were infinite possibilities when it came to remixing the song. When it finally came time to start, I wanted to go for the <i>spacey</i>, electronic, <i>hardcore</i> sounding style that I attempted a little bit with [[Electrocumulus]]. This song actually turned out much better than I expected. When confronted for a name for this piece, I wanted ot name it something like "Planet Healer." I decided to just swap out a few synonyms and voila, Satellite Physician was done! + <i>grayscaleOdyssey:</i> + This track and cover art was featured in the Homestuck/Zelda fan adventure, Legend of Homestuck, as John's theme. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: A Study In Skaia +Artist: David Ellis +Track Art: dodostad +References: Skies of Skaia +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/a-study-in-skaia +Commentary: + <i>David Ellis:</i> + I don't really have much to say about this. I'd been messing about on guitar and found that most of the first theme from Skies of Skaia was playable with harmonics in standard tuning, and only the top note wasn't possible. By returning to EADF#BE and putting a capo on at the 5th fret it was possible then to play the whole thing. + The piece was originally just going to be loose reworking of Skies of Skaia using lots of acoustic guitars but then the second theme felt like it needed something more. I ended up adding drums and electric instruments for the second section to lift the piece and finished off with a little guitar improv into the quiet harmonics to finish. + I liked the alliteration in the title and it was pretty much how I thought of the piece. There's not really a reason for the hint to Sherlock Holmes. + <i>dodostad:</i> + I can admit that I had no idea where this was going when I painted it. I don't think I've ever drawn clouds before either haha. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Cuddlefish +Artist: Thomas Ferkol +Track Art: Slogbait +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cuddlefish +Commentary: + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> + No Commentary. Sorry fellow fans and booklet readers. No haiku this time either. Just an empty page, with nothing to entertain you except the track title, artist credits, and pretty arts to the right. + SCREW THAT. + I'm gonna fill these empty pages with a story, just for you. I haven't written anything since high school English class. You're in for a treat. It's gonna be<br>S<br>T<br>U<br>P<br>I<br>D + <i>DUSK FALLS ACROSS A SAFFROWN MEADOW. A SINGLE BLADE OF CRABGRASS UNDULATES VOLUMINOUSLY AMIDST THE RAPTUROUS BREEZE, ONLY TO HALT ITS SWAY SUDDENLY AND CRUNCHINGLY AS IT IS CRASSLY CRUSHED UNDERFOOT BY AN IMMENSE FOOT (SPECIFICALLY THE UNDERNEATH PART OF THAT FOOT). THE OWNER OF THE AFOREMENTIONED FOOT LOOKS DOWNWARD WITH AN AIR OF BAFFLED ASTONISHMENT< IN A SIMILAR FASHION TO HOW A MOOSE CAUGHT IN A UFO TRACTOR BEAM MIGHT LOOK AT A BLADE OF CRABGRASS IT HAD JUST TRODDEN ON. THIS ISN'T A SIMILE.</i> + <i>"EUUUUUUUUNGH," GROANS THE ABDUCTEE MOOSE AS IT RISES.</i> +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Rectify +Artist: Thomas Ibarra +Track Art: Slogbait +References: Black, Atomyk Ebonpyre, Showtime (Piano Refrain) +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rectify +Commentary: + <i>Thomas Ibarra:</i> + My second entry to the music contest, Rectify, was a follow-up to [[Irradiated]] in that it presented the same goal of making something different with the Black/Liquid Negrocity leitmotif. In this composition, based on Cascade, the menacing tone of Black would be turned into a battle theme for the good, as if Jack had performed a heelturn in light of impressive character development. It was a fun, fulfilling project that taught me many new things. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Rabbunctious! +Artist: Brad Griffin +Track Art: Dawn Davis +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rabbunctious +Commentary: + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> + The rabbit has been an evolving background character throughout the entirety of Homestuck, and I felt the most recent iteration (mischevious-robo-Strider-bunny!!!!) warranted its own theme song. + I started the track seeing just how far I could get using bouncy sound effects, record scratches and beeps. The goal was something high-energy but also a bit campy. I tried to give it a similar feel to one of the Beatdown tracks. I got a lot of great feedback from my music buds, and it evolved int othe track you hear now. + The hardest part was deciding between RamBUNNctious and RABBunctious. + <i>Dawn Davis:</i> + I love Lil Seb he's my baby.<br>I'm proud of this it was really fun to do =w= +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Skaian Starstorm +Artist: Astro Kid +Track Art: Dawn Davis +References: Skaian Skirmish, Skaian Shuffle +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-starstorm +Commentary: + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> + NO COMMENTARY HERE! + <i>continued from [[Cuddlefish]];</i> + <i>AN EERILY IRRIDESCENT INCANDESCENCE ENVELOPS THE BEHEMOTH ELK AS IT JOURNEYS HEAVENWARD, UNWILLINGLY ABANDONING THE FLATTENED DIGITARIUM STRAND IN FAVOUR OF THE CHILL EMPTINESS OF THE FRIGID EVENING ATMOSPHERE. DEER-TICKS ATTEMPT TO EVACUATE THEIR MANGY HOST, ONLY TO FIND THEMSELVES DRAWN CONGRUENTLY SKYWARD. OAK-LIKE LIMBS THRASH FLACIDLY, FLAILING FRUITLESSLY FOR A FOOTHOLD, BUT FINDING FEWER THAN FEW. AFTER A SCANT MOMENT OF MOOSE DESPAIR, THE HULKING BEAST RESIGNS ITSELF TO INEVITABILIT, AND CEASES ITS STRUGGLE.</i> + <i>AS IF SENSING THE CHANGE IN THE CAPTIVE CREATURE'S DEMEANOR, THE ASCENT SEEMS TO STEADY AND SWIFTEN.</i> +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Good Dog (Best Friend) +Artist: Yishan Mai +Track Art: Lunise +References: Courser, Carefree Action +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/good-dog-best-friend +Commentary: + <i>Yishan Mai:</i> + ~ in loving memory of becquerel ~ + He was a good dog, and the best friend anyone could ever hope to have. + <i>Lunise:</i> + I was inspired by the pesterlog on <a href="https://homestuck.com/story/4858">page <s>6758</s> 4858</a>. Even thuogh I had heard this track long before that update, when I listened to it again to get an idea for what kind of track art I'd like to draw for it, all I could think of was that pesterlog about alpha Jade. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Unforgiving Terrain +Artist: Eston Schweickart +Track Art: Cap +References: +- Endless Expanse +- Carapacian Dominion +- Ruins (With Strings) +- Growing Up +- Gilded Sands +- Nightmare +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/unforgiving-terrain +Commentary: + <i>Eston Schweickart:</i> + I wrote Unforgiving Terrain shortly after The Wanderers album came out. It was just an excuse to have fun with sound design and listen to Carapacian Dominion over and over. It's called Unforgiving Terrain because titles are hard. The project file is called <i>Frozen Ruins</i> but I guess I didn't use that name because I ended up not including Frost like I had planned. + <i>Cap:</i> + After the original art file crashed like a piping hot baby on a meteor, I decided to create an Egyptian hieroglyphic-ish piece for this song because you know, DESERTS and WANDERERS and WOW JUST GOSH. But I also wanted to add in some of WV's little cahlk drawings too because it's cute! I mean, come on. Look at them, being happy and carefree and unaware. Yes, I know deep in my heart that this story will have a very happy end. No doubts about it. *insert evil laughter here* +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: CR1M1N4L, CR1M1N4L +Artist: Rachel Macwhirter +Track Art: Pandora +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cr1m1n4l-cr1m1n4l +Lyrics: + Well, what have we here?<br>The accursed sits and shakes with fear.<br>You know how that makes me...<br>...makes me grin from ear to ear! + Your lemony fear isn't all I can smell.<br>You're not hiding your deceit very well.<br>Tell us, you swindler, what drove you to such crimes.<br>And hurry it up, don't waste tyrannical time! + Criminal, Criminal! To the window!<br>Criminal, Criminal! It's your fault, you know.<br>Criminal, Criminal! It's your time to go.<br>I'll secure the rope and you're out with a throw. + Hey, crinimal scum, let's make this a game.<br>If this coin lands heads, I'm clearing your name.<br>Justice is serious, justice is fun.<br>I would never rest until justice was done! + What's that? The coin has landed, you plea?<br>What do you mean? There's no coin I can see.<br>Are you picking on me because I am blind?<br>That's pretty heinous! I can't help my eyes! + Criminal, Criminal! To the window!<br>Criminal, Criminal! It's your fault, you know.<br>Criminal, Criminal! It's your time to go.<br>I'll secure the rope and you're out with a throw. + Criminal, Criminal! To the window!<br>Criminal, Criminal! It's your fault, you know.<br>Criminal, Criminal! It's your time to go.<br>I'll secure the rope and you're out with a throw. + A job well done. Justice is served.<br>After all, it's what he deserved.<br>It sure is delicious to win yet again.<br>Victory still counts even if it's pretend.<br><i>(repeat)</i> + Criminal, Criminal! To the window!<br>Criminal, Criminal! It's your fault, you know.<br>Criminal, Criminal! It's your time to go.<br>I'll secure the rope and you're out with a throw. + Criminal, Criminal! To the window!<br>Criminal, Criminal! It's your fault, you know.<br>Criminal, Criminal! It's your time to go.<br>I'll secure the rope and you're out with a throw. +Commentary: + <i>Rachel Macwhirter:</i> + L3T TH1S B3 4 L3SSON TO 4LL OF TH3 PROSP3CT1V3 CR1M1N4LS OUT TH3R3 + 1 4M 4LW4YS W4TCH1NG + F1GUR4T1V3LY + >:] + >:] + >:] +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Squiddles In Sunglasses +Artist: Eston Schweickart +Track Art: RachoTamer +References: Friendship is Paramount, Squiddle Samba +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/squiddles-in-sunglasses +Commentary: + <i>Eston Schweickart:</i> + Squiddles in Sunglasses was originally part of a 6-part Homestuck medley that as going tobe around 12 minutes long when finished. Halway through I realized that I didn't like anything was writing, so I did what any good artist does when faced with self-doubt and gave up. A few months later I listened to the old project files again and liked this part enough to make it its own piece. I think inspiration for this style came from Average White Band's <i>Pick Up the Pieces</i> but I acn't remember for sure. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: JackBot +Artist: Astro Kid +Track Art: Brenden Cameron +References: Jackpot +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/jackbot +Commentary: + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> + NO COMMENTARY HERE! + <i>continued from Skaian Starstorm...</i> + <i>AS THE ANTLERED ALCES ACCELERATES ITS ASCENSION, ABJECT AWE ASSUAGES ANXIOUSNESS. IT IS DAZZLED BY THE GOLDEN TUNDRA STRETCHING BEYOND THE MOONLIT HORIZON, CUMULUS CLOUds STreAKING BY LIKE A NUDE ATTENTION SEEKER AT A SPORTS MATCH. AS IF COMPLETING THE METAPHOR, THERE IS ALSO A NUDE MAN FLOATING ALONGSIDE.</i> + <i>"Well, hiya!" EXCLAIMS THE RUDELY PROTRUDING GENT, WITH UNNERVINGLY BOISTEROUS VIGOR.</i> + <i>"MMMRNGUUUUH," RESPONDS OUR HOVED HERO, IN KIND.</i> + <i>"Quite a view, eh?"</i> + <i>"GNRGUUMGH"</i> + <i>THE CONVERSATION CONTINUES IN THIS MANNER FOR SEVERAL VAPID MINUTES, BUT IS BROUGHT TO A SWIFT END BY THEIR ARRIVAL AT THE MYSTERIOUS AIRBOURNE VESSEL.</i> +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Crystalguitarthemums +Artist: Erik Scheele +Track Art: dodostad +References: Crystalanthemums +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/crystalguitarthemums +Commentary: + <i>Erik Scheele:</i> + one day I found a guitar thing and messed around with crystalanthemums + that's it + <i>dodostad:</i> + I thought about drawing Vriska andAradia, but somehow this song reminded me of Jade. I don't remember seeing much art of her and Bec so I thought I'd fix that! +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: The Ballad of Maplehoof +Artist: Ian White, Lauren Collis, Mike Anderson +Track Art: Shoona +References: Pony Chorale, Upward Movement (Dave Owns) +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-ballad-of-maplehoof +Lyrics: + Come gather round me, children<br>I'll sing you the tale<br>The Ballad of Maplehoof<br>Though she was but a foal<br>Her story touched us all<br>Sing the Ballad of Maplehoof + Maplehoof, Maplehoof<br>Ride, Maplehoof, Ride + Now circumstances brought her<br>From mother to daughter<br>A gift in cruel irony<br>Though an instrument of scorn<br>Our hero saddled on<br>And perhaps taught young Lalonde<br>To love a pony + She followed the Mother<br>To a land unlike no other<br>A land of Light and Rain<br>She helped to gather grist<br>At great personal risk<br>And probably did it<br>A couple times again + And soon, without fail<br>Found herself in the Veil<br>The conception of heroes<br>The beginning of our tale + Now a pony without rider<br>Found solace in young Strider<br>The knight had taken his steed<br>She accompanied him to Earth<br>Mere minutes after birth<br>Riding atop celestial seed + And they flew through the sky<br>A streak of pink and white<br>Young strider lay safely in tow<br>But our equestrian martyr<br>Her life for his was bartered<br>And her body slaughtered by Bro + And I'm never one to fib<br>She made him one fine bib<br>And protected his breast from stain<br>Though without her skin<br>Chances seemed quite dim<br>That she'd ever go riding again + Maplehoof, Maplehoof<br>Ride, Maplehoof, Ride + And the fight, it marches on<br>But here we sing her song<br>The Ballad of Maplehoof + Though she was but a mare<br>Her body was not spared + Though she was but a horse<br>History changed its course + Though she was but a foal<br>Her story touched us all + Sing the Ballad of Maplehoof + Sing the Ballad of Maplehoof + Ride, you Maplehoof, Ride! + <small>(hyah!)</small> +Commentary: + <i>Ian White:</i> + I wrote these lyrics around the time that Maplehoof died in-story. I didn't put it ot music though until after she had been revived as Minihoof. Kinda saps the poignancy right out of it. The lovely Lauren Collis sings vocals and the ever-punctual Mike Anderson provides the real life guitars. Sound effects provided by Mother Nature! +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Rainbow Rebirth +Artist: David Ellis +Track Art: Maddie Haines +References: Savior of the Waking World +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rainbow-rebirth +Commentary: + <i>Davlid Ellis:</i> + This piece was written for Kanaya and was essentially supposed to be a kind of score for the unseen scene where she wakes up as a rainbow drinker. The non-scene this is a score for follows the structure of '[S] John: Rise Up' somewhat, with the middle horn stab section hinting towards one of the themes from Savior of the Waking World/Doctor but being off somehow (shifting time signatures too) to try to show the different nature of her return. The scene for the piece ends when she goes all vampirey on Feferi. + Rejected alternate title: 'All the colours of the rainbow (are delicious)' + <i>Maddie Haines:</i> + I saw the name Rainbow Rebirth and immediately wanted to do something cool with Kanaya and her fairly new rainbow drinker status, since I was pretty dang sure that was what the title was referencing. Since it was her care for the matriorb that led up to her transformation, I thought it made the most sense to include it, as well as rainbow colors, obviously, into this picture. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Psychedelic Psychodelic +Artist: Yishan Mai +Track Art: Crowbawt +References: +- Atomyk Ebonpyre +- English +- Black +- The Ballad of Jack Noir +- Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) +- Let's All Rock the Heist +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/psychedelic-psychodelic +Commentary: + <i>Yishan Mai:</i> + Well, here you are. + Big guy's got a fancy gun, and all you've got is a bloody knife. + But it's gonna be enough. It always has been. + You've slaughtered all them torsos, now it's time to wreck the head. + What are you waiting for? + Draw, Spades. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Flare (With Vocals) +Artist: horizon +Track Art: PV +References: Flare +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/flare-with-vocals +Lyrics: + Things fall apart so easily;<br>they break away at the seams + And it seems<br>this is the life I was fated to lead<br>Dreams dead in the water<br>and you ought to let them pass + I wanted something better than this;<br>than a postmortem kiss<br>and three years to miss you<br>but it seems that's all I'm gonna get;<br>it's best to forget + Last night I dreamt of you -<br>you were beautiful, amidst a sky of blue + It was only the two of us,<br>hearts beating synchronously + Do you feel for me? + I heard a song the other day;<br>it reminded me of the way<br>I love you<br>and how I never got to say that ot you + So many things I wanted to do;<br>so many dreams<br>left for dead in the water<br>drowned and gone;<br>just smile and let them go + I wanted so much more<br>than a game we were born to lose<br>I wanted so much more<br>so much more for you +Commentary: + <i>horzion:</i> + Flare has always struck a place in my heart, for many reasons. Plazmataz has always, always impressed me, but Flare just evoked something simply rawin the depths of my mind; I knew then that I had to use that feeling as a kind of empathy towards the Beta kids. Though it was used in a specific moment in canon, I chose to write lyrics from the point of view I could most appreciate -- the pain associated with love when life hands you something you don't know how to survive. + <i>PV:</i> + I have ben listening to Horizon's renditions of Homestuck music with her lyrics for a while now, and Flare has always been my favorite one she did. I hoped I could make a picture that represents the feeling of closeness beween the four kids ingetting through the game that I feel in the words she wrote. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Sports +Artist: Paige Stanley +Track Art: Spectrumfizz +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sports +Commentary: + <i>Paige Stanley:</i> + <i>Hey, you. Yeah, you. No, this isn't Paige speaking. It's Florrie. Me. Please, for goodness sake, <a href="about/index.html">tell me</a> that I forgot to embed the commentary image for this track here. I don't have access to the booklet on which I'm writing this ATM, so I can't grab a screenshot. Plz. Thank you.</i> + <i>Spectrumfizz:</i> + dude come check this out hummusr is like one of my favoprite musicans so i made a thnig for this MAD TRACK +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Dirgeish +Artist: Nick Smalley, Andrew Huo +Track Art: Slogbait +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dirgeish +Commentary: + <i>Nick Smalley:</i> + Dirgeish was made in 2008, a year before Homestuck even started! Crazy, right? Who ever thought life existed before Homestuck, ha ha ha... I made the original in about an hour, and when I got on the Homestuck music team, I had the help of Adghar (Andrew Who!!!!) to complete it! +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Electrocumulus +Artist: Joe Oullet +Track Art: Plaid +References: Pyrocumulus (Kickstart), Skaian Skuffle +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/electrocumulus +Commentary: + <i>Joe Oullet:</i> + Electrocumulus is a remix of Pyrocumulus by RJ Lake and was my first ever attempt at remixing an official Homestuck track. Looking back, I have no idea why I chose to remix this song in particular; it must have just been stuck in my head that day. As one could gather from the title, this remix is supposed to be an upbeat, elecronic remix. As I was composing, it seemed to turn into a dance track of sorts. The genre still fit my idea, so I kept going. I think it was a rather successful first Homestuck remix. + <i>Plaid:</i> + The songs this was remixed from are associated with Skaia and the battlefield, but I thought that Electrocumulus was way too high energy and fun for something like that. I decided to go for the next best thing- John speeding through Skaia and plowing through clouds in his Dad's car! As it turns out, exploded clouds are also rpetty fun to cut out with a scalpel. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Three in the Morning (Kali's 2 in the AM PM Edit) +Artist: Kalibration +Track Art: Toon Lettuce +References: Three in the Morning (RJ's I Can Barely Sleep In This Casino Remix) +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/three-in-the-morning-kalis-2-in-the-am-pm-edit +Commentary: + <i>Kalibration:</i> + Its a song, I made it, the computer<br>Great it's RJ music track enjoyed, that could bring<br>(⅃°ヘ°)⅃ + yeah i dont know how i feel about that track i guess its a song and i made it ans well, thats more than i can say for a lot of things + <i>Luke Bledsoe:</i> + kali has such a way with words +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Showtime (End Strife Remix) +Artist: Plumegeist +Track Art: devonianecho +References: +- Showtime (Original Mix) +- Showtime (Piano Refrain) +- Sburban Jungle +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/showtime-end-strife-remix +Commentary: + <i>Plumegeist:</i> + I composed SHowtime End Strife remix roughly five months after the time I got into Homestuck. Around this time I was still really just a budding musician, and I wanted to make something heavy out of the Showtime theme by Malcolm Brown. The idea was imagining what kind of soundtrack would be backing the kids as they face Lord English in a climactic battle. I was proud of it at the time but in retrospect it never really aged that well. Despite this it remained one of my most popular works. + Around the time I finished [[Rust Maid]] and [[Orange Hat]], I was approached for the inclusion of the remix in LOFAM2. While I was happy to have the opportunity to give people the download so many of them clamored for, I really, really had to fix so many of its glaring issuse, and as such I remastered it for the album. + <i>devonianecho:</i> + Showtime has always been one of the most memorable pieces of music in Homestuck, forever representing a (if not the) quintiessential "strife" theme. With this in mind, I think I had almost too much freedom in choosing the conflict I wanted to depict in this piece. Initially, I was going to make it John vs. Dad from Act 1... but that ended up being a little too underwhelming in comparison to the song it was for. So, in the end, I settled upon focusing the piece on a determined-looking John about to face down the underling horde at the beginning of Cascade. I'm pretty happy with the end result. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Soulb0t +Artist: Charles Neudorf +Track Art: Somnivus +References: psych0ruins +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/soulb0t +Commentary: + <i>Charles Neudorf:</i> + Soulb0t was conceived after I tried writing the familiar Psych0ruins apreggio to test out a new synth I downloaded. It sounded really cool to me, so I figured "why not just write an electronic remix of Psych0ruins all together." So I did just that. It took a while to get the melody jsut right, and if it wasn't for the various friends who helped me to decide what osunded good or bad, this song wouldn't have sounded nearly as good. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Fighting Spirit +Artist: Kevin Grant +Track Art: AS +References: +- Doctor +- Showtime (Original Mix) +- Beatdown (Strider Style) +- Pumpkin Cravings +- Chorale for Jaspers +- BL1ND JUST1C3 : 1NV3ST1G4T1ON !! +- Atomyk Ebonpyre +- Horschestra +- MeGaLoVania +- Spider's Claw +- Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) +- Black +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fighting-spirit +Commentary: + <i>Kevin Grant:</i> + My goal was to mash up as many Homestuck songs as I could. I ended up mixing 12 together. I really think the part at the end with Black, Showtime and Beatdown works well, and I discovered that Showtime is the Homestuck equivalent of Guile's Theme: It goes with everything. + <i>AS:</i> + Listening to Fighting Spirit the first time kind of got me nostalgic for the old Strife pages, with their chiptune music. You know, waaaay back in the beginning of the comic when the Beta kids were still on planet Earth and were being harassed by trolls. So nearly a year later, I figured that a strife page would make for an excellent cover. Admittedly action poses have always been a weakness of mine, so I probably drew each kid at least twice for this cover until I was satisfied. Still though, I'm happy with how the art came out. Hopefully I did this awesome track justice. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Irradiated +Artist: Thomas Ibarra +Track Art: Spectrumfizz +References: +- Harlequin +- Black +- Sburban Jungle +- Carefree Action +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/irradiated +Commentary: + <i>Thomas Ibarra:</i> + Irradiated is really an identifying track for my work, I've been told before that this track is the first that came to mind when mentioning my callsign SparksD2145. Similarly to a good portion of my work Black/Liquid Negrocity's leitmotif plays a prominent feature in the composition, providing the base melody for the entire track. The idea for Irradiated spurred from Jade: Enter, as a high-velocity and energetic track with none other than Jack Noir at the center; my goal was to take Black and give it a different feel. After a short hiatus, my track Irradiated featured in my first tribute animation <a href="https://youtu.be/hnG10rk91qg">on YouTube</a> for Homestuck. + <i>Spectrumfizz:</i> + Irradiated is among the first Homestuck fanmusic tracks I ever heard, so I was very pleased to be able to create art to accompany it on LOFAM2. I decided to draw inspiration from AutoDevote's first HS fanimation, which to this day remains one of my favourite Homestuck videos. I'm not particularly apt at composition or shading or several other things, but I'm pretty happy with what I accomplished here. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: He Is Already Here +Artist: Brenden Cameron +Track Art: clumsyroyalty +References: Rhapsody in Green, English, Sburban Jungle +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/he-is-already-here +Commentary: + <i>Brenden Cameron:</i> + Ever since 'The Felt' came out, I've been in love with that piano ditty at the start of Variations and in the reversed Rhapsody in Green. + So a while ago I started fiddling around in Garageband, seeing if I could make a decent remix out of it. The more I worked on it, the more I noticed the composition was bearing a strong resemblance to Rob Douganí's "Clubbed to Death", so I kind of ran with that influence, and this is the result. + When the Homestuck fanmusic competition was announced, I made some updates to the song and tried submitting it for that (special thanks to Jit for offering some last minute advice). + This song holds a lot of personal importance to me. Before this piece I had never ever brought a composition to a completed state, let alone posted it for the world to see. Obviously I still have much room for improvement, but the fact that my debut work has received such positive feedback has been a huge encouragement. + Thank you all for listening! +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Rise of the Denizens +Artist: Domble +Track Art: Lunise +References: +- Courser +- Earthsea Borealis +- Upward Movement (Dave Owns) +- Ruins (With Strings) +- Dawn of Man +- the rose rap (by Toby Fox) +- Cascade +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rise-of-the-denizens +Commentary: + <i>Domble:</i> + The original version of the track sounded nothing like this. What I want is for people who heard the first one to think, "wow, this guy really got less bad in a year." It references all the songs it originally did, whether in the same basic way (Courser, Ruins) or differently (Dawn of Man, the rose rap). + That one terrible LEGENDARY ENDLESS DVS SAX song I amde almost went on the album instead of this and I felt like paying tribute to it, so that's where the little sax rif came from. + <i>Lunise:</i> + I had the feeling that I had to met some pretty high expectations when I was called upon to draw this one, so I was pretty nervous about doing it. I spent a long time mulling over how I was going to go about drawing this track art after I completed the art for Stalemate. We don't know nearly as much about the denizens as we do about the kids or the trolls or even the carapacians, but I took what we do know about the beta kids' denizens and ran with it. + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> + note: Lunise wrote seven paragraphs about the creative process behind this wonderful art piece. I can only fit the first one on the page. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Sburban Genesis +Artist: Lark Mordancy +Track Art: Plaid +References: Dawn of Man, Sburban Jungle, Exodus +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-genesis +Commentary: + <i>Lark Mordancy:</i> + Though Sburban Jungle was the first song to hook me on Michael Guy Bowman's music, my heart lies with Mobious Trip and Hadron Kaleido. Dawn of Man is a favorite of mine from that album, and it also happens to be a partial remix of Sburban Jungle. In the Homestuck tradition, the natural thing to do then was mix them together, along with a cameo from Exodus, featured in SBURB. The instruments are based primarily on Dawn of Man, bringing in some of Sburban Jungle's mallet percussion and a few of my own additions. The result is Sburban Genesis, a song ultimately inspired by the mysterious origins of the game and its multi-universal legacy. + <i>Plaid:</i> + This really sounded like a night time kind of song to me, which I think went nicely with the baby frog Jade finds on her island as a kid. He's a pretty cute little guy, but his role carries a lot of weight, so I think he fits the song pretty well. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Who Mourns for Jack Noir? +Artist: Nitrosparxx +Track Art: Corrina +References: Black, The Beginning of Something Really Excellent +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/who-mourns-for-jack-noir +Commentary: + <i>Nitrosparxx:</i> + Quite possibly the saddest piece of music I've ever written. This was what I was originally going to use for the fan album, but I decided to drop it half way through making it on the grounds that it didn't sound like a Homestuck song. Jack Noir (and by extension, Bec Noir) always struck me as a tragic character. The way I see it, he's always violent because of the abuse he receives from the black queen. He's physically shut down all other emotions save for hatred because as far as he's concerned, there is no such thing. However things change for him when Bec becomes prototyped. He suddenly has a heart and has new feelings. Bec's influence taught him what it's like to feel for someone else, although Jack desperately tried so hard to ignore these feelings. When Jade died, Jack finally knew what it felt to lose someone so close to your heart. A tragic character indeed... + <i>Corrina:</i> + Given the fact that the song references Jade's theme, I thought that I'd go with something that has to do with the characters' relationship. in the picture, I had originally intended Jade to be a sort-of ghost image, as if she wasn't really there. I wanted to show that Jack was alone, but I later changed that aspect, despite how much I loved the idea. Making her more faded created imbalance in the work, and the details were also washed out. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: The Seer and the Tribesmen +Artist: Thomas Ferkol +Track Art: Dawn Davis +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-seer-and-the-tribesmen +Commentary: + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> + No commentary here! + <i>continued from [[JackBot]];</i> + <i>THE LUMINESCENT AURA SUBSIDES, AND BOTH OF THE UNCLOTHED EARTH CREATURES ARE PLUNGED INTO INKY BLACK DARKNESS. FAINT SOUNDS AND METALLIC SCRATCHING SUGGEST NEARBY MOVEMENT. THE MOOSE IS VISIBLY SHAKEN... AT LEAST IT WOULD BE IF IT WERE VISIBLE TO ANYBODY. BUT IT ISN'T BECAUSE OF THE DARKNESS. + BUZZING FLUORESCENT LIGHTS FLICKER ON, REVEALING A VAST DOMED ROOM. IN THE CORNER, WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS A CROSS BETWEEN A GIANT SQUID AND A CORGI FIDDLES WITH A PANEL ON SOME MYSTERIOUS MACHINERY. THE NUDIST EMOTES IN SURPRISE. THIS CATCHES THE ALIEN'S ATTENTION, AND IT ABANDONS ITS FORMER TASK, APPROACHING THE NEW ARRIFALS EXCITEDLY. WITH ITS SOFT, FURRY TENTACLES GESTICULATING WILDLY, IT GESTURES TOWARD WHAT ONE CAN ONLY ASSUME IS ITS TORSO. UPON CLOSE INSPECTION, IT IS WEARING A NAME TAG THAT READS: + <center><i>Hello, My Name Is</i></center> + <center><i><big>BNORKEL</big></i></center> +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Four +Artist: Trent West +Track Art: Nekachen +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/four +Commentary: + <i>Nekachen:</i> + When I listened to Four for the first time, I imagined the entire Incipisphere as if it were one of those cool panoramic views of the universe. The title more than likely relates to the planets the kids arrive upon in the Medium, so I decided to use that aspect to create the basis of my idea. I recreated most of the planets from scratch while using references, used *tons* of Photoshop effects to create shading and light sources, and utilized stock images to create what I believe represents the "Four" planets within the Incipisphere that the song centers around. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Prospitian Lullaby +Artist: Paige Stanley +Track Art: Shoona +References: Homestuck Anthem, Sburban Jungle +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/prospitian-lullaby +Commentary: + <i>Paige Stanely:</i> + Hello again!! Disk one is coming to a close. I hope you've enjoyed the fan land and of music so far!! This is a lullaby based mostly off of Homestuck Anthem by Clark "Plazmataz" Powell and Sburban Jungle by Michael Guy Bowman. It's really slowa nd sweet and has my favorite chord thingy ever which is the F to F minor thing going on there. It's all in all a song that you hopefully fall asleep listening to because that's what it's supposed to do!! And you might need a nap after listening to disk one. In fact, for the full Land of Fans and Musics Experience The Second™, take a nap in between the two disks. Yes. Anyways, I hope you enjoy our musical stylings and that you don't buy this album because that's illegal. + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> + [END OF DISK 1] +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: •~Disk 2~• +Directory: o-disk-2-o +Artist: Veritas Unae +Track Art: melodiousDiscord +References: White King, Sburban Jungle +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/o-disk-2-o +Commentary: + <i>Luke Bledsoe:</i> + Hi. I'm Luke Bledsoe, or Xzaz. I started the project to put LoFaM2 together. + I started reading Homestuck because of the music. It's fantastic. + In some cases even moreso than the official music, the music that fans have made for it. + This is to be expected, considering..... this album. + I don't have some whimsical, vaguely inspiring words to put here, but thanks to everyone that helped make ths labum and everyone that's listened to it! + -λ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Brofessor Layton (Every Puzzle Has A Brolution) +Artist: Ian White +Track Art: doctoroftime +References: +- GameBro (Original 1990 Mix) +- Layton's Theme (by Tomohito Nishiura) +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/brofessor-layton-every-puzzle-has-a-brolution +Commentary: + <i>Ian White:</i> + This is... this is I don't know. I think Neudorf told me to do this, so I did it. It works pretty good. + <i>doctoroftime:</i> + Te song was a Gamebro remix and I had just figured out that Bro Strider probably writes Gamebro so it was obvious that a <i>Professor Layton x Homestuck</i> crossover needde to happen. I looked at the covers of the Layton games and basically just went for it. + And because Professor Layton has tons of weird puzzle shit that no one ever questions and Homestuck is the exact same. + Plus I wanted Bro in a nifty tophat and Dave in Luke's snazzy sweater. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: ElecTrollCopSwing +Artist: Astro Kid +Track Art: Rachel Weiss +References: Trollcops +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/electrollcopswing +Commentary: + <i>Rachel Weiss:</i> + I was thinking that it would be in a speakeasy during the jazz era, and Terezi is there undercover to knock heads and bring the sweet taste of justice to miscreats and wrong-doers. Or something like that, heh heh. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Dance-Stab-Dance +Artist: Yishan Mai +Track Art: Dawn Davis +References: +- MeGaDanceVaNia +- Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) +- Time on My Side +- Even in Death +- Gaia Queen +- Endless Climb +- Olive Rogue +- Ruins (With Strings) +- Lotus +- BL1ND JUST1C3 : 1NV3ST1G4T1ON !! +- Chorale for Jaspers +- Another Jungle +- Let's All Rock the Heist +- Derse Dreamers +- Carbon Nadsat / Cuestick Genius +- Three in the Morning +- Liquid Negrocity +- Under the Hat +- Frost:frost-vol6 +- Rex Duodecim Angelus +- A Taste for Adventure +- Infinity Mechanism +- Ocean Stars Falling +- Love You (Feferi's Theme) +- Ohgodwhat +- Courser +- Dance of Thorns +- Unite Synchronization +- Upward Movement (Dave Owns) +- Fly +- Vagabounce +- Cascade (Beta) +- Flare +- Savior of the Dreaming Dead +- Black Hole / Green Sun +- At The Price of Oblivion +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dance-stab-dance +Commentary: + <i>Yishan Mai:</i> + I've wanted to make a squel for MeGaDanceVaNia for a while, but only recently did I actually get around to it. Some songs are in here because they were in flashes; others are in here because they're my personal favorites, like Gaia Queen. And Infinity Mechanism is in there because Thomas once complained that no one remixed his songs, so THAT'S FOR YOU THOMAS. + The full list of songs is <s>on the next page</s> below, so I'm just going to run over what I consider to be the hgihlights of this song: + - Another Jungle + Let's All Rock The Heist + - ELECTORSWING TROLLCOPS + - Frost/Rex Duodecim Angelus/A Taste for Adventure + - Infinity Mechanism + - Courser + Dance of Thorns + - Unite Synchronization -> Fly -> Vagabounce + - C a s c a d e suite esp. Saviour of the Dreaming Dead + Which parts were YOUR favorites? ;3 + <hr> + <strong>DANCE-STAB-DANCE<br>Full Breakdown</strong> + - 0:00 - [[Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E)]] + - 0:17 - [[Time on My Side]] + - 0:34 - [[Even in Death]] + - 0:46 - [[Gaia Queen]] + - 0:57 - [[Endless Climb]] + - 1:11 - [[Olive Rogue]] + - 1:26 - [[Ruins (With Strings)]] + - 1:38 - [[Lotus]] + - 1:49 - [[BL1ND JUST1C3 : 1NV3ST1G4T1ON !!]] + - 2:07 - [[Chorale for Jaspers]] + - 2:24 - [[Another Jungle]] + - 2:30 - [[Let's All Rock the Heist]] + - 2:47 - [[Derse Dreamers]] + - 2:57 - [[Carbon Nadsat / Cuestick Genius]] + - 3:10 - [[Three in the Morning]] + - 3:22 - [[Black]] + - 3:33 - [[Trollcops]] + - 3:57 - [[Frost:frost-vol6]] + - 4:08 - [[Rex Duodecim Angelus]] + - 4:20 - [[A Taste for Adventure]] + - 4:43 - [[Infinity Mechanism]] + - 5:06 - [[Ocean Stars Falling]] + - 5:11 - [[Love You (Feferi's Theme)]] + - 5:41 - [[Ohgodwhat]] + - 5:47 - [[Courser]] & [[Dance of Thorns]] + - 6:15 - [[Unite Synchronization]] + - 6:27 - [[Upward Movement (Dave Owns)]] + - 7:02 - [[Fly]] + - 7:13 - [[Vagabounce]] + - 7:36 - [[Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E)]] & [[Time on My Side]] + - 8:57 - [[Cascade (Beta)]] + - 9:20 - [[Flare]] + - 9:44 - [[Savior of the Dreaming Dead + - 10:07 - [[Black Hole / Green Sun]] + - 10:53 - [[At The Price of Oblivion]] +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Trapped +Artist: Yan Rodriguez +Track Art: Gunsandwwands +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/trapped +Commentary: + <i>Yan Rodriguez:</i> + Back when I had a far more depressing view on being trapped in the veil I wanted to make a short tune for it using a chrod progression I played on piano all the time and really wanted to use. Reminds me a bit of how some of the chords go in Shadow of the Colossus, but a lot less epic. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Til The Last Breath +Artist: Branden Cameron +Track Art: Racheme +References: +- Showtime (Original Mix) +- Doctor +- Sburban Jungle +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/till-the-last-breath +Commentary: + <i>Brenden Cameron:</i> + Originally titled 'A Heroic Death', this song was my second entry into the Homestuck Fanmusic contest, as well as the second song I've ever released in general. + My intention at the outset of the contest was to write a theme for Tavros, my patron Troll and a character who I thought would otherwise be under-represented among the competition. However, every time I sat down to work on the song, I found myself experimenting with several of John's themes instead. Eventually I relented and combined those experiments into a song for John. + Even though neither of my entries was selected for the contest album, I'm still immensely grateful ro the experience. The process of preparing my songs for the competition taught me a lot about music production and showed me some of the areas I might improve on in future (specifically: I need to stop quoting existing songs so much and focus on creating original melodies). + So again, thank you Andrew and everyone on the music team; both for that opportunity and for all your creative work which inspired me in the first place. Thanks Jit for offering some last minute advice (though I didn't get a chacne to implement half of those suggestions...). And, of course, thank you Liza and Xzaz for organizing this second Homestuck Fan Music Album; your dedication adn enthusiasm is truly an inspiration. + <i>Racheme:</i> + This shows little John asking his odler self if they saved Dad from the game. I wanted to reflect some inner workings in John's mind, he still thinks about his only family rather than simply drawing him as powerful and never giving up like in most pictures. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: The Note Desolation Plays +Artist: Max Wright +Track Art: Fortnight +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-note-desolation-plays +Commentary: + <i>Max Wright:</i> + This is quite an old piece of mine, written mid-January 2010. As the title suggests, I wanted to write something that represented the first act of Homestuck, to capture the feeling of the story as we are introduced to its darker elements - the Wind Skims the Void flash is a good example to use. That page is almost like a title screen for the webcomic as a whole, not giving away a thing, but nudging ever so slightly towards things to come; likewise, the repeating piano ostinato in here pays tribute to the Chrono Trigger title music. Little did we know at the time, though, how destructive the conductor's baton can be. + Here's hoping for a happy ending. + <i>Fortnight:</i> + First of all - I love this track, it sounds to me like the start of something new, with hope and high expectations thrown in. I drew this track art based off that mood and also the unnamed flash from Act 1, <a href="https://homestuck.com/story/82">page <s>1982</s> 82</a>. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: I'm The Doctor +Artist: Veritas Unae +Track Art: Strideer +References: Doctor +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/im-the-doctor +Commentary: + <i>Veritas Unae:</i> + I recall this was primiarily composed for two reasons. One: Combining the Doctor Who theme with Doctor needed to happen. Two: The Doctor Who Sburb fan adventure was something I had just discovered and I wanted to compose something for it. There's not much to be said about this one. It's Doctor + Doctor Who Theme. Yeah. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Wind In My Heir +Artist: Joe Oullet +Track Art: Racheme +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/wind-in-my-heir +Commentary: + <i>Joe OUllet:</i> + WIMH is one of my fisrt original Homestuck fan-pieces. Originally entered in the contest to select tracks for Colours and Mayhem, it was a song geared towards John and his powers as an Heir of Breath. I chose a very laid back feel to this piece, progressing fom a soft choir at the beginning, picking up an arpeggiated synth and kick on the way to a more intense section of the song. I wanted the song to flow just like the wind: starting softly, the breeze picks up gradually, when suddenly a gust of wind comes, only to leave just as fast as it came. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Fighting Spirit ~Second Form~ +Artist: Kevin Grant +Track Art: sketchcomplex +References: +- Upward Movement (Dave Owns) +- Endless Climb +- Showtime (Original Mix) +- Eridan's Theme +- Doctor +- Sunsetter +- MeGaLoVania +- Pumpkin Cravings +- Beatdown (Strider Style) +- Chorale for Jaspers +- Harlequin +- Liquid Negrocity +- Crystalanthemums +- Ocean Stars +- Homestuck Anthem +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fighting-spirit-second-form +Commentary: + <i>Kevin Grant:</i> + With 16 songs included in the mashup, it's a far mroe complicated piece than the original. I tried to include many songs from Volume 8, like the Ocean Stars Falling bit near the end. I think it flows smoother than the original due to both song choice, and the one-year difference in skill level when creating the song. Both are made entirely in Famitracker. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Corkscrew Sundown +Artist: Trent West +Track Art: straightfacedgriff +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/corkscrew-sundown +Commentary: + <i>straightfacedgriff:</i> + This is my favourite song on the album, and I ended up doing two track arts for it. This one is better, I think! I decided to use Doc Scratch because the song was about the Green Sun, and out of all the characters associated with it, I felt Doc Scratch best suited the song. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Doghead +Artist: Will Ascenzo, D. Crystal +Track Art: albel-is-mine +References: +- Chorale for Jaspers +- Sburban Jungle +- Carefree Action +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/doghead +Commentary: + <i>Will Ascenzo:</i> + I got the idea for "Doghead" shortly after "Cascade" and Jade's incredible ascension. I set out to create something epic, fast-paced, and exciting, but once I'd finished the first part, I found it was missing something. So I approached MSPA forumite and fellow Homestuck fan musician D. Crystal to see if he could add some guitar and drum tracks. He was happy to oblige, and the endresult turned out much better than the work I could do by myself. I learned two lessons that one day: one, that two heads are better than one and collaboration is incredibly fun, and two, that electric guitars make everything better. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Jane's Theme +Artist: David Dycus +Track Art: positivelymorbid +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/janes-theme +Commentary: + <i>David Dycus:</i> + Jane's theme was my third and final entry into the HS music contest, conceived and completed less than a day before I made my submission. It obviously didn't make the cut, and Jane ended up receiving a much more badass theme in the form of [[Cyan Beast]]. At the time when I wrote the song (around January 29, 2012), we really didn't know much about Jane beyond the fact that she was a nice girl who enjoyed baking. I tried to give her a theme that was quaint and melodic, not too energetic like my other submissions; compared to most of the other characters, Jane is very down-to-earth, which I admired. Structurally, it loosely parallels [[Fuchsia Witch]], which was originally titled "Jake's Theme." + <i>positivelymorbid:</i> + When I first listened to it, I thought iwas a really calm, tranquil song, so I thought maybe Jane relaxing. The more I listened to it, the more adventurous it sounded. Then it hit me, why not Jane having a picnic in LOCAH, picnics are relaxing and adventurous. Overall, I enjoyed the song, and I really enjoyed drawing this art for it. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: The Four Thrones +Artist: Samm Neiland +Track Art: Reid Slater +References: +- Sburban Jungle +- Showtime (Original Mix) +- Endless Climb +- Doctor +- Upward Movement (Dave Owns) +- Homestuck Anthem +- Dissension (Original) +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-four-thrones +Commentary: + <i>Samm Neiland:</i> + So this was done mostly as a self response to another fan track I did which was a minute or so long music box rendition of Showtime. While pretty, it hardly showcased my abilities as a musician or a producer. So in about the span of the week, I arranged, composed, and produced a traditional string quartet, heavily inspired by cellist and multitrack recording artist, Zoë Keating. All the recording was done with only my viola and my signature production style. + I remember it being a week of musical hell for me, but I'm quite proud of the end results. Perhaps one day, I'll be able to rerecord it with a proper quartet. One can dream at least. + <i>Reid Slater:</i> + I wanted to represent the beta kids reaching their godtier status while mixing in the royalty theme that Samm's song gave me. Samm said to me himself that he thought of the crowning scene in Narnia and the four thrones, and I thought it was suitable to represent them with crowns, holding the Skaia they influenced and looking content and almost relieved ine ach other's company. I wanted to create something happy and a little bitter-sweet, which was the feeling I got from Samm's track. And I wanted to show that sort of unity and frendship the kids hve, even after all they've been through. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Jade Aubade +Artist: Trent West +Track Art: nappotuna +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/jade-aubade +Commentary: + <i>nappotuna:</i> + Listening to the song, I immediately wanted to do something involving Jade doing something cool. When I asked Trogg bout it, I learned that the song was actually based more so on the Green Sun. I didn't want to just trash my current progress with Jade so I changed things up a little. Added the Sun in the back, changed the light sources into more green-like tones, et cetera. + And what you see here is the finished product. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Blood Knight +Artist: Rachel Macwhirter +Track Art: Paula Vieira +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/blood-knight-2 +Commentary: + <i>Rachel Macwhirter:</i> + When I amde Blood Knight, I was still pretty exhausted from putting Mechani% - now known as [[Indigo Archer]] - together. I'd never made anything as complex as Indigo Archer bfeore and on top of that I had massive anxieties about getting into the competition. I was stressed out! So Blood Knight nearly never happened. + About a week before the music contest ended, I was talking to my best friend and he said he thought I could make a kickass song for Karkat. I didn't really believe him at first. Karkat is one of my favourite characters and I didn't feel confident about capturing him at all. But my friend persisted and threw a few ideas at me. Eventually I found myself in Cubase making music again with my best friend to tahnk for it. + Immediately, I knew it needed electric guitars. That was problematic for me as I'd never, ever gotten synthesized guitars to sound halfway decent before. Heck, I'm still not entirely sure how I managed it, but I'm super happy with how it turned out. The feel of it matches what I was going for; not quite metal, not quite a ballad, kind of melancholy but also kind of in your face. Sort of. You might be able to tell that I had an easier time making it than describing it, heh. Pretty darn proud of this piece. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: In The Shadow of a Fractured Sun +Artist: Artisticpolo +Track Art: megalovriska +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-shadow-of-a-fractured-sun +Commentary: + <i>Artisticpolo:</i> + Initially a [[Frost:frost-vol6]] remix but it became something else. The square-wave arpeggio that you hear is probably the only thing that is now reminiscent of that remix. It was because of the harp that this grew into something different. I actually composed this while the composition was playing. I would listen to the notes I had composed, and I would just place new notes where I think they would work while listening. Somehow, everything just seemed to fit together - the violins, the synths, the percussion - everything just worked. The structure of this composition just flowed. I'm pretty sure this is one of my bset pieces so far. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Red Miles +Directory: red-miles-lofam2 +Artist: David Dycus +Track Art: Crowbawt +References: Sburban Jungle +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/red-miles +Commentary: + <i>David Dycus:</i> + Red Miles was the first Homestuck song I ever completed, early in 2011. I had just installed a new copy of FL Studio after losing my old copy in a hard drive crash two years earlier. I imemediately threw together about five Homestuck songs in a desperate attempt to get on the music team. Shortly thereafter, I discovered about a thousand other fan musicians like myself (and also LOFAM I), and quietly accepted that I would never, ever be on an official Homestuck album. + A year and a half later, Red Miles definitely sounds like a first attempt. My only objective was to try to make the most over-the-top, attention-grabbing chiptune-metal song I could muster, so I threw in every trope I knew: the pipe organ, the wall of 8-bit synths, the Inferno electric guitar patch, and the Sburban Jungle motif (which I would use many, many more times). It may have been a bit much, but it was a necessary first step. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Elegy for a Thief (Dreamscape Remix) +Artist: Will Ascenzo +References: Spider's Claw +Track Art: Cap +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/elegy-for-a-thief-dreamscape-remix +Commentary: + <i>Will Ascenzo:</i> + I wrote <i>Elegy for a Thief</i> back in August 2011, inspired by the evocative image of ghost-Vriska standing in the snow outside John's house. After re-arranging it into a solo piano piece, I sat on it for a while. Eventually I began to work on another remix, but forgot about it. Then the song was nominated for Land of Fans and Music 2, and I rushed to polish up the song now that I had better tools and more skill. But I'd lost the original file, and the only remaining part of the scrapped remix was the right-hand piano notes (luckily, those were the most important part of the song)! The new remix is exotic and a bit hypnotic, syumbolizing John and Vriska's journey through the sureal and fantastic memory-realms of the afterlife. + <i>Cap:</i> + Originally, I planned to do a sentimental image of Vriska standing in the snow, but it turned out pretty lame. Then I figured hey, since I'm making somethin for a fantastic song for an amazing troll, why not make the piecea lmost as gr8t as her? So the snow idea melted and turned into this bizarre, dreambubble-ish creation! + Now imagine my surprise when I heard that Ascenzo later remixed the song and made it like 16,77,216 times cooler. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: We Won't Wander Alone +Artist: Land of Ships and Music +Track Art: tacostothenorth +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/we-wont-wander-alone +Lyrics: + PM: You have ensnared me with your democratic charm<br>And I know that together this land won't fall<br>I'd like to be the one hanging on this mayor's arm<br>We can rule these sands until the trees grow tall + WV: Your royal quest has brought you here to me<br>From the golden castle in the night<br>and I would venture to call it destiny<br>and we dance beneath the fireflies' light + Chorus: From Prospit to Derse<br>For better or worse<br>We won't wander alone<br>We'll find our new home<br>Here on this barren land<br>our love will fill these exiled sands<br>We won't wander alone + PM: And oh won't it be nice to share the stars with me<br>Oh I'll swear wherever we are is home<br>As long as I can get back to mail delivery<br>I'll never truly ever be alone + WV: You have become my one and only queen<br>and your radiance has fully consumed my eyes<br>And you know I would never dare give up this scene<br>Even here beneath the blood red sky + (Chorus) + PM: And if you ever get hurt<br>I'll do whatever works<br>to bring you home to me<br>We won't wander alone +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Embittered Shore +Artist: Max Wright +Track Art: Sarah +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/embittered-shore +Commentary: + <i>Max Wright:</i> + I've always liked the idea behind Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido, and the mysterious character canvas that the album brought across. So, from there, I wanted to contribute my own ideas of how MTaHK were represented, and ended up with Embittered Shore. I wanted the piece to have that 'Bowman' quality to it, while still refraining from outright copying his ideas off in any particular way - the heavy use of guitars and fleeting synths was my way of capturing the emotion that Bowman injects into his music, to bring across his characterization. Ultimately, the piece ends the way it started - it is a brief window through which the troubled characters may be projected and represented. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Ye Flarey Gentlemen +Artist: Clark Powell +Track Art: Dawn Davis +References: Flare +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ye-flarey-gentlemen +Commentary: + <i>Clark Powell:</i> + This song was made at Christmas. + It's not Christmas anymore. + <i>Luke Bledsoe:</i> + this entire album was a joke at clark's expense +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Finale Strife +Artist: Will Ascenzo +Track Art: Ducky Seils +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/finale-strife +Commentary: + <i>Will Ascenzo:</i> + I began "Finale Strife" as a long, slow-burning build-up song for the final battle with Lord English, in a similar vein to "Finale Toccata" from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. That, however, didn't pan out, and it ended up turning into a fast-paced, high-energy strife theme more in the vein of "The Curse of Sorrow" from Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (the only Castlevania game I've actually come close to beating), especially the organ, electric guitar, and snappy drum kit. The main melody has some resemblance to the Black King's theme from [[Rex Duodecim Angelus]] by Malcolm Brown, but not enough to qualify as a remix or arrangement. + <i>Ducky Seils:</i> + I initially ahd no idea what I was going to do for this song. I skimmed through the tracks and noticed this one by Will Ascenzo (who did some of my favorites on coloUrs and mayhem: Universe A like [[Teal Hunter]] and [[Violet Mariner]]), and I was instantly sold probably because of my love for pipe organs. Anyway, for a lack of better inspiration, I used the description Will left on soundcloud - "Final battle with Lord English." Tie that to Aranea's mentioning that Jake was destined to beat Lord English, and I had my inspiration. The lineart took much longer than it should have since my tablet had been freaking out and I haven't gotten the new one yet, but the coloring went quite smoothly. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Gangsta +Artist: Dante Basco +Track Art: Sarah +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/gangsta +Lyrics: + ??? +Commentary: + <i>Dante Basco:</i> + one of my first comments for rose was "she's gangsta"... then when i met jade, i said she was gangsta too... it kinda just stuck in with the homestucks and this is a song that i dedicate to those girls... i'm glad everyone dug it. + <i>Luke Bledsoe:</i> + there <i>would</i> be lyrics here if i were capable of interpreting them. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Joy And Dreams Eternal +Artist: Malcolm Brown +Track Art: Fitzwibble +References: Ballad of Awakening +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/joy-and-dreams-eternal +Commentary: + <i>Fitzwibble:</i> + When I first heard this song, I got this sense of... I guess you could call it grand scale? Glrious grandscaliness? No wait that is dumb. I wanted to do something that captured that feeling, and it made me think of the panel where we see Prospit rising over the towers of the moon, and I could just imagine Jade flying around and marvelling at this amazing view. I hope I did the song justice! +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Guns Blazing +Artist: Yishan Mai +Track Art: angryoct +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/guns-blazing +Commentary: + <i>Yishan Mai:</i> + The first song I made for the Homestuck contest, and IMO the best! It's supposed to be a Showtime for the new generaiton, a strife theme for Jake English - although the melody ended up sounding more like Dissension than Showtime. The progression is spposed to be Showtime-esque as well, starting from the piano refrain, going into a hciptune-esque portion, and finally building to a BOSS FIGHT version, using punchy drums (the punchiest!) to simulate gunshots. + So close your eyes and imagine Jake doing that thing where he flies through the air shooting both guns at once. Yes. So sweet. Wouldn't it be great if there were an aimated flash to go with it? That would be SUPER SWEET. + (Bonus fun fact: the last 30 seconds of the song was actually the first part to be conceptualized!) +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Showtime (Svix Mix) +Artist: Svix +Track Art: PV +References: Showtime (Original Mix) +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/showtime-svix-mix +Commentary: + <i>Svix:</i> + I created the first verison of my Showtime remix back in September 2009 shortly after I started getting into Homestuck, it seemed to go down well and a few months later I was invited to be part of the official music team. + Since then I feel that i have imrpoved significantly and so I've given the old remix a quick reworking. Whilst I think that structurally the track is a little too similar to the original and if I were to make another remix I would do things quite differently, this piece was the one which began to outline my chiptune style which I've since developed with my other Homestuck tracks. My main influences wit hthe chiptune are from the SID and Yamaha chips found in the C64 and Sega Mega Drive respectively, and as such many synth and percussive elements from each can be heard in my work. + <i>PV:</i> + To fit a remix of one of my favorite Hoemstuck themes, I wanted to make the Strife scene between Dad and John in my own style, while still holding somewhat true to the original. A remix of the art as well as the song. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Ugly Story +Artist: PhemieC +Track Art: prismatic-void +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ugly-story +Lyrics: + I am a prince and I live in a ship and I aim my rifle and I shoot from the hip<br>and I have a friend I pity quite a bit<br>She said, "Grab your gun, let's have some fun, share with me your perigees<br>I have responsibilities, I cannot run!" + "I do not wish the death of any living thing,<br>I might be a killer but one day I shall be a queen<br>and put an end to slaughter, but until then I'm keen<br>on staking claim to land and sea and everyfin between." + I played a game with eleven fools who told me not to break the rules<br>but when have angels ever helped me yet?<br>And magic isn't real and anyway, it doesn't matter<br>cause no matter what I conjure, it could not help me deflect + the angry death of every hopeful thought<br>that I might a lover or a fighter that I'm not<br>In someone's spider web or net I could be caught<br>but I'm too bitter, better off alone, guess I forgot + So what? Do you want me to say sorry?<br>Should I apologize when you ignore me?<br>I didn't ask to be right or to be lonely<br>or to be hatched into an ugly story + I am a prince and I had a pair of princesses in two sharp squares<br>but then I guess I bored them both to death<br>And now I think my calling is to break apart and fall to pieces<br>Better yet, invent a brand new method of ascension + I'm impressed, you've managed to survive<br>but rest assured we'd all be better off dead than alive<br>cause when they get ahold of us, we'll all be batter fried<br>and I'm surprised that nobody's considered switching sides + So here I am, respectfully and royally destroying<br>any chance of getting back on your good gills<br>And I don't mean to be hurtful, but if yellow's the new purple<br>Well, then bleeding's the new breathing, don't you think I will! + I used to wish the death of every living thing<br>I might be your killer but you'd never be my queen<br>so put away your laughter, pack up your hopes and dreams<br>I'm done with black back-handing and red pandering, it seems + That I am just pathetic, I won't be overlooked!<br>I'm past the point of fishing to get back upon your hook!<br>I've made a manifesto, I've been bested by a crook! But never more!<br>I'm planning on reclaiming what he took... + So what? Do you want me to say sorry?<br>Should I apologize when you ignore me?<br>I didn't ask to be right or to be lonely<br>or to be hatched into an ugly story<br>to be hatched into an ugly story + Oh my, this pantomine is getting gory + I am a prince and I live in a ship<br>I am a prince and I live in a ship +Commentary: + <i>PhemieC:</i> + This song chronicles Eridan's thought process and a bit of his history leading up to his death, and examines why he made the decisions he did. I think there's a lot to his character people normally forget and I just wanted to expand on his motivations a bit. + <i>prismatic-void:</i> + The first time I heard the song I thought it described Eridan perfectly. It's about being left behind and distrusted by the only people he ever put faith in. He's angry and selfish and decides to forget about them in favor of his own goals. I wanted to show him essentially walking away from the ghosts of his pat and doing his best to ignore how much they've hurt him. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Dark Funk +Artist: Kevin Grant +Track Art: Shoona +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dark-funk +Commentary: + <i>Kevin Grant:</i> + This didn't start out as a Homestuck themed song, but once I realized that it mached up with the dark and moody feel of the Midnight Crew, I decided to complete it with that goal in mind. The song itself is pretty simple, all in all. I just really dig that bassline. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: A Stitch In Time +Artist: Joe Oullet +Track Art: AS +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/a-stitch-in-time +Commentary: + <i>Joe Oullet:</i> + Whe ngiven the chance ot make an extra track for LOFAM 2, I jumped at the opportunity. It turns out I was assigned a Felt realted track, specifically to Stitch. I wanted to stay true to the feel of the album The Felt. I used strings, light percussion, and most importantly, I messed around with teh tempo. This was a little bit of a challenge for me, but I think it turned outa lright. Fun fact; The glitchy effect was not on purpose, it was an export error I thought sounded cool so I kept it. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Ave Dei Novi +Artist: Will Ascenzo +Track Art: xkoraxayomex +References: +- Doctor +- Dissension (Original) +- Aggrieve +- Atomyk Ebonpyre +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ave-dei-novi +Commentary: + <i>Will Ascenzo:</i> + When I started "Ave Dei Novi" (a song made just for Land of Fans and Music 2), I fully intended that it would be the biggest, strongest, most well-composed, best Homestuck fan composition I've workedo n tto date, a sort of capstone of Homestuck fan music. The first Land of Fans and Music had two of my early songs on it, and I felt it was appropriate that I do my best and show how far I'd come in a year for the second album. "Ave Dei Novi" takes its cue, partially, from the bombastic and incredible Gundam Unicorn soundtrack by Sawano Hiroyuki, especially in the orchestra and percussion grooves, which I worked very hard on. I think I'm most proud of the bongo groove breakdown in the middle and the "Atomyk Ebonpyre" section near the end. Those two parts ended up especially fantastic. + <i>xkoraxayomex:</i> + Overall I feel that the artwork suits the piece in terms of relativity and presentation. I think it looks refined and somewhat detailed, but there is room for improvement. When I read the title for the piece, Ascension, I automatically thought back to Jade's god tier, as it is simply gorgeous and I just love it. It was a milestone for her becoming an even more essential character in Homestuck. + <i>Luke Bledsoe:</i> + this song was originally titled "ascension", but there was to be another song on lofam2 with a similar title ("god tier ascension") (except now there isn't) so wmm changed it to"ave dei novi" which translates to "hail the new gods" +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Nevermore (Can't Sleep, Crows Will Find Me) +Artist: Thomas Ferkol +Track Art: Crowbawt +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/nevermore-cant-sleep-crows-will-find-me +Commentary: + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> + No commentary here! + <i>continued from [[The Seer and the Tribesmen]]:</i> + <i>HE NAKED FELLOW INTRODUCES HISEMLF IN RETURN. OVERJOYED, BNORKEL BARKS UP A CLOUD OF PUNGENT INK. THIS STARTLES THE MOOSE, WHO PROCEEDS TO INSTINCTIVELY CHARGE THEM BOTH. A FLURRY OF ACTIVITY! ANTLERS FLASH, TENTACLES FLAIL, EXPOSED FLESH JUTS OFFENSIVELY.</i> + <i>AFTER A BRIEF BUT VIOLENT SCUFFLE, BNORKEL COWELS IN A MASS, LICKING HIS WOUNDED SUCKERS. AMIDST THE COMMOTION, THE FRIENDLY NUDIST WAS KNOCKED THROUGH THE AIRLOCK, BRIEFLY IHNTO THE FRIGID VACUUM OF SPACE, THEN THROUGH THE PLANET'S ATMOSPHERE AT HIGH SPEEDS.</i> + <i>THE MOOSE INADVERTENTLY TAKES CONTROL OF THE SPACESHIP (IT IS A SPACE SHIP BY THE WAY) AND ACCIDENTALLY USES IT TO DESTROY NEPTUNE. BNORKEL DIDN'T LIKE NEPTUNE ANYWAY.</i> + <i>THE END.</i> + The moral of the story is, people should write their own dang commentary or else this happens. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Prophecy +Artist: David Dycus +Track Art: Daysi +References: Penumbra Phantasm +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/prophecy +Commentary: + <i>David Dycus:</i> + Prophecy was made in February of 2011, a couple of months after I re-installed FL Studio. [[Umbral Ultimatum]] remains one of my favorite HS songs, and I wanted to do something in 3/4 time using the opening melody. The song's development is kind of a blur to me now, I was busy with work and was experiencing some anxiety problems, and threw the song together over a two or three-day period, but it obviously took a very dark turn somewhere along the way. Whatever happened, I'm still pretty pleased with how it turned out. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: The Dance of Oblivion +Artist: Domble +Track Art: piskomil +References: +- At The Price of Oblivion +- Rex Duodecim Angelus +- Dance of Thorns +- Sburban Jungle +- An Unbreakable Union +- Mutiny (by Bill Bolin) +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-dance-of-oblivion +Commentary: + <i>Domble:</i> + The original version of this track had huge problems. I kept the writing mostly the same, only adding little flourishes here and there and improving the overall sound of the piece dramatically. It just sounds nicer now, and that guitar solo part at the end helps add a real finish to the piece while referencing both titular trakcs in a different, significant way. + Oh and the title makes me think of The Dance of Eternity by Dream Theater which is a really cool song. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Alphamatic Replacement +Artist: Xander Wright +Track Art: dodostad +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/alphamatic-replacement +Commentary: + <i>Xander Wright:</i> + So... this piece was originally designed to just be... exactly that. Just another piece. It wasn't meant for Homestuck, it wasn't meant or Tumblr ora nyone to see it. But a fantastic friend of mine told me about the Homestuck Music competition, so I figured why not. I sent this in after tweaking it a bit, and just for fun, threw it upon Tumblr. I then left for vacation, but still had internet access. I came back to see my song exploded on Tumblr, and was promptly getting upwards of 1,000-3,000 views a week. Needless to say, I was ecstatic. The song itself was kind of... my own personal blend? I love songs that combine organic and inorganic elements, and with Homestuck being the big thing on the block lately, I decided to try it out. As evidence by this album, it didn't make it, but it certainly was a big hit. However, what's funnier is that the version I put on Tumblr was the unmastered version, so when I put the mastered version up, it didn't get nearly as many hits as the unmastered version. + A lot of people have asked me whether or not I'm going to make a second Homestuck track. And as much as I love the motivation from fans to do so, I don't think I could handle trying to one-up a piece like this and failing. So, here's to you, Homestuck. + <i>dodostad:</i> + For me the sogn was about alpha kids, no question about it. It took me a long time to come up with a composition that I liked and that seemed to fit the song. LOOK OUT FOR THE MILES JANE +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Planetarium +Artist: Rachel Macwhirter +Track Art: Spectrumfizz +URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/planetarium +Commentary: + <i>Rachel Macwhirter:</i> + Planetarium was the first piece of Homestuck fan music I ever made. I'd oly just caught up with the archives when I was set a composition assignment or university. Having never used Logic to compose before, I had fun playing with a bunch of the different inbuilt instruments. When I found the koto, I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I tried to make it sound somewhat ethereal and otherworldly to represent the Incipisphere in all its beautiful weirdness. To try to do that, I threw a whole lot of reverb and delay at pretty much every track. I really did not know what I was doing, but it was fun. + The vocal lines were an afterthought. Actually, no, they were less than an afterthought. They werent actually something I thought I should include at all, but the assignment had a requirement of at least four recorded audio tracks. I threw those lines together at home on Cubase (I don't actually have a Mac, let alone Logic!) the morning the piece was drew it, slapped them onto the piece with Logic that day and got the assignment in just in time. But in the end, I think they enhanced the feel of the piece, so I'm kind of glad I had to chuck them in there! + <i>Spectrumfizz:</i> + This is probably my favoured piece from my two more serious ones. I wanted to make a layout reminiscent of an actual planetarium, and I think I achieved that well (the "strings" hanging up the planets are simultaneously that and the kids' houses built up towards Skaia, which indicates that I kind of overthought this). I'm actually pretty fond of how the tiny Beat Mesa and Prospit's moon turned out. + Oh yeah, the song itself is also SUPER pretty (I'm surprised I managed to snag such a lovely song to make art for), but you'll know that laready considering you're probably listening to it right now. diff --git a/album/midnight-crew-drawing-dead/album.txt b/album/midnight-crew-drawing-dead/album.txt index 285c3ed7..45b5d0a6 100644 --- a/album/midnight-crew-drawing-dead/album.txt +++ b/album/midnight-crew-drawing-dead/album.txt @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Commentary: <i>Andrew Huo:</i> Hauntjam and Hauntjelly are interesting things. They were actually made based on a short fruity loop that The Big Man Andrew did, called haunt.wav or haunt.mp3 or something like that. A jam on his theme, logically, would therefore be called "hauntjam," with the opportunity for naming puns including "hauntjelly." His theme appears mostly unchanged as the bassline for the first part of the pieces. At this point in terms of instrumentation, we were still mostly striving for faithfulness to the canon Midnight Crew "band," as can be seen in <a href="http://www.mspaintadventures.com/extras/ps000018.html">the Extras page</a> wherein the MC fill 'em with midnight (bottom), so Hauntjam employs trombone, string bass, piano, clarinet, and sax (I forget which because I've lost the file and am not a band person, but I think it was alto). From there on, it was fairly straightforward to write a haunting refrain and then solos for each instrument. I will admit I got a little writerblock'd for the second part, which was sort of a brief modulation to the dominant, so it sounds a little strange. But it still has its own little charm, with the almost annoying trill put in for a spooky ghost-like effect. In Hauntjam, Bowman did some good stuff with bringing out moving parts in the first refrain. In Hauntjelly, Xerxes emphasizes the spookiness by changing instruments for more electric organ. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Carbon Nadsat-Cuestick Genius +Track: Carbon Nadsat / Cuestick Genius Artist: Robert J! Lake URLs: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/carbon-nadsat-cuestick-genius-2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/album/one-year-older/album.txt b/album/one-year-older/album.txt index 235ced6c..7ee78003 100644 --- a/album/one-year-older/album.txt +++ b/album/one-year-older/album.txt @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Commentary: And of course, there's one or two Doctor quotes in there just because. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: FantasyP -References: Savior of the Waking World +References: Penumbra Phantasm Track Art: Kaymurph URLs: https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/fantasyp Commentary: @@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ Commentary: Track: Under The Hat Track Art: none URLs: https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/under-the-hat-bonus +References: +- Under The Hat:under-the-hat-lofam Commentary: <i>Erik Scheele:</i> Also known as <a href="track/trollcops/index.html">Trollcops</a>, this is a rather old idea that I once had for a Dad strife theme. I mean, all the kids had fight music, why not him? Anyway, between a chiptune variant I started and Trollcops, it's had a bit of a journey, but when it turned out alright on piano too, I didn't see any reason not to record a few takes. diff --git a/album/prospit-and-derse/album.txt b/album/prospit-and-derse/album.txt index 08ecddcf..79f1257a 100644 --- a/album/prospit-and-derse/album.txt +++ b/album/prospit-and-derse/album.txt @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Commentary: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Prospit Dreamers Track Art: Zilleniose -References: Savior of the Waking World, Frost:frost-vol-6, Doctor +References: Penumbra Phantasm, Frost:frost-vol6, Doctor URLs: https://youtu.be/kXAzXOk-pGo Commentary: <i>Solatrus:</i> @@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ Commentary: Prospit Dreamers is without a doubt the most ambitious song I wrote for Prospit & Derse. I did a lot of really awkward things that worked out really well, but I had absolutely no idea why any of it worked. And so I ended up really hating the song because I thought it was too random! Come a year later and I now I understand my composing style better, so when I listen to this I find it to be a pretty dang fascinating piece. A lot of individual parts making a very interesting greater whole. If you think about the early part, it sounds like the Prospitians had created this really mellow 6/8 piece, but then John and Jade show up and mix it up with their (my headcanon) love of swing music. - I’m especially pleased with how I managed to fit Frost and Doctor together into this song, along with a little bit of Penumbral Phantasm, and still make the song stand on its own. It’s a lot cooler sounding than what I did in Derse Dreamers, honestly! - My personal favorite part is the time signature switch when the clarinets come in and play an arrangement of that familiar motif from Penumbral Phantasm, and then the strong french horns playing the same line they played in Frost behind the trumpets playing Doctor’s melody. + I’m especially pleased with how I managed to fit Frost and Doctor together into this song, along with a little bit of Penumbra Phantasm, and still make the song stand on its own. It’s a lot cooler sounding than what I did in Derse Dreamers, honestly! + My personal favorite part is the time signature switch when the clarinets come in and play an arrangement of that familiar motif from Penumbra Phantasm, and then the strong french horns playing the same line they played in Frost behind the trumpets playing Doctor’s melody. It’s really hilarious how I used to not appreciate this song, but now I do. I actually enjoy it more than most of the album, and I’m really glad that my opinion changed, and I am also really glad I asked Zoey to do the art for this song, because her art is amazing, and her interpretation of John and Jade is the best. THE BEST. Speaking of, she informed me to tell you all the following: (<i>Zilleniose:</i>) "Butts" @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Commentary: Anyway, if it wasn’t one of the first to be completed, it was definitely the first. I’m actually pretty pleased with this song, because it helped me figure out the other direction I wanted to go in for Prospit. The best part about this song is, without a doubt, the trumpet lines in the middle and near the end. While it’s totally synthetic and sampled, I’m very pleased with how it sounds! I really love the section very close to the end where it’s just a single trumpet and the clarinet section. It’s one of the better motifs I’ve written, in my opinion, and I’m quite pleased with it. That’s not to say this song is perfect. The piano timing is a little too off and a little too noticeably cut-and-paste repeated. It’s a really tiny nitpick, but I didn’t even really notice it until earlier this week. - Oh, and in case you didn’t know, this song was originally Prospit Dreamers. Why did I change my mind on it? Well, I couldn’t figure out how to fit in Doctor (and by extension Penumbral Phantasm) and Frost into such a happy sounding song. It just wasn’t really working for me, nor was the time signature. + Oh, and in case you didn’t know, this song was originally Prospit Dreamers. Why did I change my mind on it? Well, I couldn’t figure out how to fit in Doctor (and by extension Penumbra Phantasm) and Frost into such a happy sounding song. It just wasn’t really working for me, nor was the time signature. But I definitely felt like the song was a great closer to this half of the album, and Shelby’s art for the piece fit perfectly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Darkened Streets diff --git a/album/strife/album.txt b/album/strife/album.txt index 7cac8f65..e921c2c5 100644 --- a/album/strife/album.txt +++ b/album/strife/album.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Track: Stormspirit URLs: https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/track/stormspirit ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Heir Conditioning -References: Savior of the Waking World +References: Doctor, Penumbra Phantasm URLs: https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/track/heir-conditioning ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Dance of Thorns diff --git a/album/unreleased-tracks/album.txt b/album/unreleased-tracks/album.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..421177a2 --- /dev/null +++ b/album/unreleased-tracks/album.txt @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +Album: Unreleased Tracks +Cover Art: Homestuck +Date: November 11, 1111 +FG: #ff7bf7 +Canon: Fanon +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Penumbra Phantasm +Artist: Toby Fox +URLs: +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdntMzdkFnk +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIgtSvgERB4 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Skaian Shuffle +Artist: Clark Powell +URLs: https://archive.homestuck.net/wl/?id=bBs1qkrvHtZIpfhl7XCLoBX7o41d3nEE&path=Homestuck%20Sound%20Test%2F~Disc%203~%20Unreleased%20Homestuck%20Music%20Team%20Music%2F059%20Skaian%20Shuffle.mp3&mode=default +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: The Paradox Paradigm +Artist: Jack McMenamin +URLs: https://archive.homestuck.net/wl/?id=bBs1qkrvHtZIpfhl7XCLoBX7o41d3nEE&path=Homestuck%20Fan%20Music%20and%20VA%2FHomestuck%20Fansong%20Archive%20%282011%29%2FHomestuck%20Fan%20Music%20Part%2010%2FThe%20Paradox%20Paradigm.mp3&mode=default +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: White King +Artist: Demographerist +URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6NrArPldZo diff --git a/upd8-util.js b/upd8-util.js index cd0beedf..82200ee0 100644 --- a/upd8-util.js +++ b/upd8-util.js @@ -47,17 +47,44 @@ module.exports.joinNoOxford = function(array, plural = 'and') { module.exports.progressPromiseAll = function (msg, array) { let done = 0, total = array.length; process.stdout.write(`\r${msg} [0/${total}]`); + const start = Date.now(); return Promise.all(array.map(promise => promise.then(val => { done++; + // const pc = `${done}/${total}`; + const pc = (Math.round(done / total * 1000) / 10 + '%').padEnd('99.9%'.length, ' '); if (done === total) { - process.stdout.write(`\r\x1b[2m${msg} [${done}/${total}] \x1b[0;32mDone!\x1b[0m \n`) + const time = Date.now() - start; + process.stdout.write(`\r\x1b[2m${msg} [${pc}] \x1b[0;32mDone! \x1b[0;2m(${time} ms) \x1b[0m\n`) } else { - process.stdout.write(`\r${msg} [${done}/${total}]`); + process.stdout.write(`\r${msg} [${pc}] `); } return val; }))); }; +module.exports.queue = function (array, max = 10) { + const begin = []; + let current = 0; + const ret = array.map(fn => new Promise((resolve, reject) => { + begin.push(() => { + current++; + Promise.resolve(fn()).then(value => { + current--; + if (current < max && begin.length) { + begin.shift()(); + } + resolve(value); + }, reject); + }); + })); + + for (let i = 0; i < max && begin.length; i++) { + begin.shift()(); + } + + return ret; +}; + module.exports.th = function (n) { if (n % 10 === 1 && n !== 11) { return n + 'st'; @@ -74,3 +101,22 @@ module.exports.th = function (n) { module.exports.s = function (n, word) { return `${n} ${word}` + (n === 1 ? '' : 's'); }; + +// Hey, did you know I apparently put a space 8efore the parameters in function +// names? 8ut only in function expressions, not declar8tions? I mean, I guess +// you did. You're pro8a8ly more familiar with my code than I am 8y this +// point. I haven't messed with any of this code in ages. Yay!!!!!!!! +// +// This function only does anything on o8jects you're going to 8e reusing. +// Argua8ly I could use a WeakMap here, 8ut since the o8ject needs to 8e +// reused to 8e useful anyway, I just store the result with a symbol. +// Sorry if it's 8een frozen I guess?? +module.exports.cacheOneArg = function (fn) { + const symbol = Symbol('Cache'); + return arg => { + if (!arg[symbol]) { + arg[symbol] = fn(arg); + } + return arg[symbol]; + }; +}; diff --git a/upd8.js b/upd8.js index c62d4590..4486a86c 100644 --- a/upd8.js +++ b/upd8.js @@ -151,6 +151,17 @@ const ALBUM_DATA_FILE = 'album.txt'; const CSS_FILE = 'site.css'; +// Shared varia8les! These are more efficient to access than a shared varia8le +// (or at least I h8pe so), and are easier to pass across functions than a +// 8unch of specific arguments. +// +// Upd8: Okay yeah these aren't actually any different. Still cleaner than +// passing around a data object containing all this, though. +let albumData; +let allTracks; +let artistNames; +let flashData; + // Note there isn't a 'find track data files' function. I plan on including the // data for all tracks within an al8um collected in the single metadata file // for that al8um. Otherwise there'll just 8e way too many files, and I'd also @@ -278,11 +289,11 @@ function getMultilineField(lines, name) { return listLines.map(line => line.slice(4)).join('\n'); }; -function transformMultiline(text, D) { +function transformMultiline(text) { // Heck yes, HTML magics. text = text.replace(/\[\[(.+?)\]\]/g, (match, ref) => { - const track = getLinkedTrack(ref, D); + const track = getLinkedTrack(ref); if (track) { return fixWS` <a href="${TRACK_DIRECTORY}/${track.directory}/index.html" style="${getThemeString(track.album.theme)}">${track.name}</a> @@ -600,7 +611,7 @@ async function processFlashDataFile(file) { // compiling a 8unch of songs with radically different & interspersed release // d8s, 8ut still keep the al8um listing in a specific order, since that isn't // sorted 8y date. -function getAllTracks(albumData) { +function getAllTracks() { return sortByDate(albumData.reduce((acc, album) => acc.concat(album.tracks), [])); } @@ -618,7 +629,7 @@ function getDateString({ date }) { return date.toLocaleDateString(); } -function getArtistNames(albumData) { +function getArtistNames() { return Array.from(new Set( albumData.reduce((acc, album) => acc.concat((album.coverArtists || []).map(({ who }) => who), album.tracks.reduce((acc, track) => acc.concat(track.artists, (track.coverArtists || []).map(({ who }) => who)), [])), []) )); @@ -652,8 +663,7 @@ async function writePage(directoryParts, title, body) { `); } -function writeMiscellaneousPages(D) { - const { albumData, flashData } = D; +function writeMiscellaneousPages() { return progressPromiseAll('Writing miscellaneous pages.', [ writePage([], SITE_TITLE, fixWS` <body id="top-index"> @@ -746,14 +756,14 @@ function writeMiscellaneousPages(D) { // This function title is my gr8test work of art. // (The 8ehavior... well, um. Don't tell anyone, 8ut it's even 8etter.) -function writeIndexAndTrackPagesForAlbum(album, D) { +function writeIndexAndTrackPagesForAlbum(album) { return [ - () => writeAlbumPage(album, D), - ...album.tracks.map(track => () => writeTrackPage(track, D)) + () => writeAlbumPage(album), + ...album.tracks.map(track => () => writeTrackPage(track)) ]; } -async function writeAlbumPage(album, D) { +async function writeAlbumPage(album) { await writePage([ALBUM_DIRECTORY, album.directory], album.name, fixWS` <body style="${getThemeString(album.theme)}"> <div id="sidebar"> @@ -763,9 +773,9 @@ async function writeAlbumPage(album, D) { <a id="cover-art" href="${getAlbumCover(album)}"><img src="${getAlbumCover(album)}"></a> <h1>${album.name}</h1> <p> - ${album.artists && `By ${getArtistString(album.artists, D)}.<br>`} + ${album.artists && `By ${getArtistString(album.artists)}.<br>`} ${album.coverArtists && `Cover art by ${joinNoOxford(album.coverArtists.map(({ who, what }) => fixWS` - <a href="${ARTIST_DIRECTORY}/${getArtistDirectory(who)}/index.html">${who}</a>${what && ` (${getContributionString({what}, D)})`} + <a href="${ARTIST_DIRECTORY}/${getArtistDirectory(who)}/index.html">${who}</a>${what && ` (${getContributionString({what})})`} `))}.<br>`} Released ${getDateString(album)}. </p> @@ -774,7 +784,7 @@ async function writeAlbumPage(album, D) { <li> <a href="${TRACK_DIRECTORY}/${track.directory}/index.html">${track.name}</a> ${track.artists !== album.artists && fixWS` - <span class="by">by ${getArtistString(track.artists, D)}</span> + <span class="by">by ${getArtistString(track.artists)}</span> `} </li> `).join('\n')} @@ -782,7 +792,7 @@ async function writeAlbumPage(album, D) { ${album.commentary && fixWS` <p>Artist commentary:</p> <blockquote> - ${transformMultiline(album.commentary, D)} + ${transformMultiline(album.commentary)} </blockquote> `} </div> @@ -790,13 +800,12 @@ async function writeAlbumPage(album, D) { `); } -async function writeTrackPage(track, D) { - const { artistNames } = D; - const tracksThatReference = getTracksThatReference(track, D); +async function writeTrackPage(track) { + const tracksThatReference = getTracksThatReference(track); const ttrFanon = tracksThatReference.filter(t => t.isFanon); const ttrCanon = tracksThatReference.filter(t => !t.isFanon); - const tracksReferenced = getTracksReferencedBy(track, D); - const flashesThatFeature = getFlashesThatFeature(track, D); + const tracksReferenced = getTracksReferencedBy(track); + const flashesThatFeature = getFlashesThatFeature(track); await writePage([TRACK_DIRECTORY, track.directory], track.name, fixWS` <body style="${getThemeString(track.album.theme)}"> <div id="sidebar"> @@ -806,9 +815,9 @@ async function writeTrackPage(track, D) { <a href="${getTrackCover(track)}" id="cover-art"><img src="${getTrackCover(track)}"></a> <h1>${track.name}</h1> <p> - By ${getArtistString(track.artists, D)}.<br> + By ${getArtistString(track.artists)}.<br> ${track.coverArtists && `Cover art by ${joinNoOxford(track.coverArtists.map(({ who, what }) => fixWS` - <a href="${ARTIST_DIRECTORY}/${getArtistDirectory(who)}/index.html">${who}</a>${what && ` (${getContributionString({what}, D)})`} + <a href="${ARTIST_DIRECTORY}/${getArtistDirectory(who)}/index.html">${who}</a>${what && ` (${getContributionString({what})})`} `))}.<br>`} Released ${getDateString(track)}. </p> @@ -828,7 +837,7 @@ async function writeTrackPage(track, D) { <li>${artistNames.includes(who) ? `<a href="${ARTIST_DIRECTORY}/${getArtistDirectory(who)}/index.html">${who}</a>` : who - } ${what && `(${getContributionString({what}, D)})`}</li> + } ${what && `(${getContributionString({what})})`}</li> `).join('\n')} </ul> `} @@ -838,7 +847,7 @@ async function writeTrackPage(track, D) { ${tracksReferenced.map(track => fixWS` <li> <a href="${TRACK_DIRECTORY}/${track.directory}/index.html" style="${getThemeString(track.album.theme)}">${track.name}</a> - <span class="by">by ${getArtistString(track.artists, D)}</span> + <span class="by">by ${getArtistString(track.artists)}</span> </li> `).join('\n')} </ul> @@ -852,7 +861,7 @@ async function writeTrackPage(track, D) { ${ttrCanon.map(track => fixWS` <li> <a href="${TRACK_DIRECTORY}/${track.directory}/index.html" style="${getThemeString(track.album.theme)}">${track.name}</a> - <span class="by">by ${getArtistString(track.artists, D)}</span> + <span class="by">by ${getArtistString(track.artists)}</span> </li> `).join('\n')} </ul></dd> @@ -863,7 +872,7 @@ async function writeTrackPage(track, D) { ${ttrFanon.map(track => fixWS` <li> <a href="${TRACK_DIRECTORY}/${track.directory}/index.html" style="${getThemeString(track.album.theme)}">${track.name}</a> - <span class="by">by ${getArtistString(track.artists, D)}</span> + <span class="by">by ${getArtistString(track.artists)}</span> </li> `).join('\n')} </ul></dd> @@ -879,13 +888,13 @@ async function writeTrackPage(track, D) { ${track.lyrics && fixWS` <p>Lyrics:</p> <blockquote> - ${transformMultiline(track.lyrics, D)} + ${transformMultiline(track.lyrics)} </blockquote> `} ${track.commentary && fixWS` <p>Artist commentary:</p> <blockquote> - ${transformMultiline(track.commentary, D)} + ${transformMultiline(track.commentary)} </blockquote> `} </div> @@ -893,17 +902,17 @@ async function writeTrackPage(track, D) { `); } -async function writeArtistPages(D) { - await progressPromiseAll('Writing artist pages.', queue(D.artistNames.map(artistName => () => writeArtistPage(artistName, D)))); +async function writeArtistPages() { + await progressPromiseAll('Writing artist pages.', queue(artistNames.map(artistName => () => writeArtistPage(artistName)))); } -async function writeArtistPage(artistName, D) { - const tracks = sortByDate(D.allTracks.filter(track => ( +async function writeArtistPage(artistName) { + const tracks = sortByDate(allTracks.filter(track => ( track.artists.includes(artistName) || track.contributors.some(({ who }) => who === artistName) ))); - const artThings = sortByDate(D.albumData.concat(D.allTracks).filter(thing => (thing.coverArtists || []).some(({ who }) => who === artistName))); - const commentaryThings = sortByDate(D.albumData.concat(D.allTracks).filter(thing => thing.commentary && thing.commentary.includes('<i>' + artistName + ':</i>'))); + const artThings = sortByDate(albumData.concat(allTracks).filter(thing => (thing.coverArtists || []).some(({ who }) => who === artistName))); + const commentaryThings = sortByDate(albumData.concat(allTracks).filter(thing => thing.commentary && thing.commentary.includes('<i>' + artistName + ':</i>'))); // Shish! const kebab = getArtistDirectory(artistName); @@ -927,12 +936,12 @@ async function writeArtistPage(artistName, D) { who: artistName, what: track.contributors.filter(({ who }) => who === artistName).map(({ what }) => what).join(', ') }; - const flashes = getFlashesThatFeature(track, D); + const flashes = getFlashesThatFeature(track); return fixWS` <li title="${th(i + 1)} track by ${artistName}; ${th(track.album.tracks.indexOf(track) + 1)} in ${track.album.name}"> <a href="${TRACK_DIRECTORY}/${track.directory}/index.html" style="${getThemeString(track.album.theme)}">${track.name}</a> - ${track.artists.includes(artistName) && track.artists.length > 1 && `<span class="contributed">(with ${getArtistString(track.artists.filter(a => a !== artistName), D)})</span>`} - ${contrib.what && `<span class="contributed">(${getContributionString(contrib, D) || 'contributed'})</span>`} + ${track.artists.includes(artistName) && track.artists.length > 1 && `<span class="contributed">(with ${getArtistString(track.artists.filter(a => a !== artistName))})</span>`} + ${contrib.what && `<span class="contributed">(${getContributionString(contrib) || 'contributed'})</span>`} ${flashes.length && `<br><span class="flashes">(Featured in ${joinNoOxford(flashes.map(getFlashLinkHTML))})</span></br>`} </li> `; @@ -947,7 +956,7 @@ async function writeArtistPage(artistName, D) { ${thing.album ? fixWS` <a href="${TRACK_DIRECTORY}/${thing.directory}/index.html" style="${getThemeString(thing.album.theme)}">${thing.name}</a> ` : '<i>(cover art)</i>'} - ${contrib.what && `<span class="contributed">(${getContributionString(contrib, D)})</span>`} + ${contrib.what && `<span class="contributed">(${getContributionString(contrib)})</span>`} </li> `; })} @@ -955,7 +964,7 @@ async function writeArtistPage(artistName, D) { ${commentaryThings.length && fixWS` <h2 id="commentary">Commentary</h2> ${albumChunkedList(commentaryThings, thing => { - const flashes = getFlashesThatFeature(thing, D); + const flashes = getFlashesThatFeature(thing); return fixWS` <li> ${thing.album ? fixWS` @@ -1000,12 +1009,11 @@ function albumChunkedList(tracks, getLI, showDate = true) { `; } -async function writeFlashPages(D) { - await progressPromiseAll('Writing Flash pages.', D.flashData.map(flash => flash.page && writeFlashPage(flash, D)).filter(Boolean)); +async function writeFlashPages() { + await progressPromiseAll('Writing Flash pages.', queue(flashData.map(flash => () => flash.page && writeFlashPage(flash)).filter(Boolean))); } -async function writeFlashPage(flash, D) { - const {allTracks, flashData} = D; +async function writeFlashPage(flash) { const kebab = getFlashDirectory(flash); const index = `${FLASH_DIRECTORY}/${kebab}/index.html`; const act6 = flashData.findIndex(f => f.act.startsWith('Act 6')) @@ -1045,13 +1053,13 @@ async function writeFlashPage(flash, D) { <p>Tracks featured in <i>${flash.name.replace(/\.$/, '')}</i>:</p> <ul> ${flash.tracks.map(ref => { - const track = getLinkedTrack(ref, D); + const track = getLinkedTrack(ref); const neighm = ref.match(/(.*?\S):/) || [ref, ref]; if (track) { return fixWS` <li> <a href="${TRACK_DIRECTORY}/${track.directory}/index.html" style="${getThemeString(track.album.theme)}">${neighm[1]}</a> - <span class="by">by ${getArtistString(track.artists, D)}</span> + <span class="by">by ${getArtistString(track.artists)}</span> </li> `; } else { @@ -1059,7 +1067,7 @@ async function writeFlashPage(flash, D) { if (by) { const name = ref.replace(by, '').trim(); const who = by[0].replace(/\(by |\)/g, '').split(',').map(w => w.trim()); - return `<li>${name} <span class="by">by ${getArtistString(who, D)}</span></li>`; + return `<li>${name} <span class="by">by ${getArtistString(who)}</span></li>`; } else { return `<li>${ref}</li>`; } @@ -1071,9 +1079,7 @@ async function writeFlashPage(flash, D) { `); } -function writeListingPages(D) { - const { albumData, allTracks, artistNames } = D; - +function writeListingPages() { const allArtists = artistNames.slice().sort(); const albumsAndTracks = albumData.concat(allTracks) @@ -1213,13 +1219,13 @@ function writeListingPages(D) { <h2 id="${album.directory}"><a href="${ALBUM_DIRECTORY}/${album.directory}/index.html" style="${getThemeString(album.theme)}">${album.name}</a></h2> ${album.commentary && fixWS` <blockquote> - ${transformMultiline(album.commentary, D)} - e</blockquote> + ${transformMultiline(album.commentary)} + </blockquote> `} ${tracks.filter(t => t.commentary).map(track => fixWS` <h3 id="${track.directory}"><a href="${TRACK_DIRECTORY}/${track.directory}/index.html" style="${getThemeString(album.theme)}">${track.name}</a></h3> <blockquote> - ${transformMultiline(track.commentary, D)} + ${transformMultiline(track.commentary)} </blockquote> `).join('\n')} `) @@ -1269,8 +1275,7 @@ function generateSidebarForListings(listingDescriptors, currentDirectoryParts) { } // This function is terri8le. Sorry! -function getContributionString({ what }, D) { - const { allTracks } = D; +function getContributionString({ what }) { return what ? what.replace(/\[(.*?)\]/g, (match, name) => allTracks.some(track => track.name === name) @@ -1279,16 +1284,15 @@ function getContributionString({ what }, D) { : ''; } -function getTracksThatReference(track, D) { - return D.allTracks.filter(t => getTracksReferencedBy(t, D).includes(track)); +function getTracksThatReference(track) { + return allTracks.filter(t => getTracksReferencedBy(t).includes(track)); } -function getTracksReferencedBy(track, D) { - return track.references.map(ref => getLinkedTrack(ref, D)).filter(Boolean); +function getTracksReferencedBy(track) { + return track.references.map(ref => getLinkedTrack(ref)).filter(Boolean); } -function getLinkedTrack(ref, D) { - const { allTracks } = D; +function getLinkedTrack(ref) { const match = ref.match(/\S:(.*)/); if (match) { const dir = match[1]; @@ -1309,13 +1313,13 @@ function getLinkedTrack(ref, D) { } } -function getFlashesThatFeature(track, D) { - return D.flashData.filter(flash => flash.tracks && flash.tracks.map(t => getLinkedTrack(t, D)).includes(track)); +function getFlashesThatFeature(track) { + return flashData.filter(flash => flash.tracks && flash.tracks.map(t => getLinkedTrack(t)).includes(track)); } -function getArtistString(artists, D) { +function getArtistString(artists) { return joinNoOxford(artists.map(artist => { - if (D.artistNames.includes(artist)) { + if (artistNames.includes(artist)) { return fixWS` <a href="${ARTIST_DIRECTORY}/${getArtistDirectory(artist)}/index.html">${artist}</a> `; @@ -1445,7 +1449,7 @@ async function main() { // Technically, we could do the data file reading and output writing at the // same time, 8ut that kinda makes the code messy, so I'm not 8othering // with it. - const albumData = await progressPromiseAll(`Reading & processing album files.`, albumDataFiles.map(processAlbumDataFile)); + albumData = await progressPromiseAll(`Reading & processing album files.`, albumDataFiles.map(processAlbumDataFile)); sortByDate(albumData); @@ -1457,7 +1461,7 @@ async function main() { return; } - const flashData = await processFlashDataFile(path.join(FLASH_DIRECTORY, 'flashes.txt')); + flashData = await processFlashDataFile(path.join(FLASH_DIRECTORY, 'flashes.txt')); if (flashData.error) { console.log(`\x1b[31;1m${flashData.error}\x1b[0m`); return; @@ -1471,12 +1475,8 @@ async function main() { return; } - const D = { - albumData, - flashData, - allTracks: getAllTracks(albumData), - artistNames: getArtistNames(albumData) - }; + allTracks = getAllTracks(); + artistNames = getArtistNames(); { const directories = []; @@ -1492,7 +1492,7 @@ async function main() { { const directories = []; const where = {}; - for (const { directory, album } of getAllTracks(albumData)) { + for (const { directory, album } of allTracks) { if (directories.includes(directory)) { console.log(`\x1b[31;1mDuplicate track directory "${directory}"\x1b[0m`); console.log(`Shows up in:`); @@ -1506,24 +1506,24 @@ async function main() { } { - for (const { references, name, album } of D.allTracks) { + for (const { references, name, album } of allTracks) { for (const ref of references) { // Skip these, for now. if (ref.includes("by")) { continue; } - if (!getLinkedTrack(ref, D)) { + if (!getLinkedTrack(ref)) { console.warn(`\x1b[33mTrack not found "${ref}" in ${name} (${album.name})\x1b[0m`); } } } } - await writeMiscellaneousPages(D); - await progressPromiseAll(`Writing album & track pages.`, queue(albumData.map(album => writeIndexAndTrackPagesForAlbum(album, D)).reduce((a, b) => a.concat(b)))); - await writeArtistPages(D); - await writeListingPages(D); - await writeFlashPages(D); + await writeMiscellaneousPages(); + await progressPromiseAll(`Writing album & track pages.`, queue(albumData.map(album => writeIndexAndTrackPagesForAlbum(album)).reduce((a, b) => a.concat(b)))); + await writeArtistPages(); + await writeListingPages(); + await writeFlashPages(); // The single most important step. console.log('Written!'); |