By Traikan traikan Bandcamp → Mysterious Messengers [Exiles] Next track by this artist.
Cover art by Quirk.
Released 7/30/2011.
Duration: 3:06.

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Tracks that A War of One Bullet references:

• Inevitable End by Traikan

Flashes & games that feature A War of One Bullet:

• [S] Finish it

Artist commentary:

Traikan: (booklet commentary)

A long time ago, while reading a thread about 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, because if you don't enjoy your work, who will?

Quirk: (booklet commentary)

There wasn't much to this one, I'm afraid. Image search + 9mm bullet pic + 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.