Aggrieve (Violin Refrain)

Ahh, the glory days, when we had no idea we were going on a universe-destroying/creating adventure, or even a world-destroying one. This was when the music team's main scoop on the kids was that they were going to have theme instruments that somehow function as their weapons or special abilities as well, although I guess this has only mostly come to fruition with Dave's turntables. Well, I'm primarily a violinist, and Rose's instrument was to be violin/strings, so this was right up my alley. I love just randomly improvising on the violin, exploring different poetic areas, if you will, and coming up with things that sounded beautiful to me. At this time in particular, I was doing that a lot. Hadley's Aggrieve was created first in this case, and I had roughly dictated it, so I knew the notes. I fooled around with it a couple of times, playing with a haunting/sad-but-hopeful tone, and the arrangement that you hear was recorded literally the first time it was played - the first time those notes were played in that rhythm, tone and order was the same time it was recorded. That version, cut, is what you hear in the comic. I reverse-engineered the sheet music from my own recording to do a recording for the album. Unfortunately, I was, and I suppose am still today, new to the recording game, and so there are mistakes I cringe at in both the comic and album versions. Gabe Nezovic's mastering helps to cover most of it, but I still feel kind of guilty about it. Oh well.

Crediting sources:

Quasar Nebula: (wiki editor)

The short "about" blurbs on the original Vol. 1 release, when present, described differences compared to the version you'd have heard in the comic. This track's about blurb is notable for indicating that it was re-recorded, yet by the 5/29/2009 newspost, Gabe Nezovic was involved in mastering when the track was included in the comic. Going by that and the commentary excerpt, it seems most likely that Gabe mastered both versions of the track.

(MSPA credits from at latest 1/13/2010 also probably support this conclusion, but we haven't confirmed that the flash wasn't updated to include the album version of this track, which had released by the time of this capture.)

Andrew Huo: (excerpt)

Hadley's Aggrieve was created first in this case, and I had roughly dictated it, so I knew the notes. I fooled around with it a couple of times, [...] and the arrangement that you hear was recorded literally the first time it was played - the first time those notes were played in that rhythm, tone and order was the same time it was recorded. That version, cut, is what you hear in the comic. I reverse-engineered the sheet music from my own recording to do a recording for the album. Unfortunately, I was, and I suppose am still today, new to the recording game, and so there are mistakes I cringe at in both the comic and album versions. Gabe Nezovic's mastering helps to cover most of it, but I still feel kind of guilty about it. Oh well.

Andrew Hussie: (MSPA newspost re: [S] Rose: Play a haunting refrain on the violin, excerpt) 5/29/2009

Really great violin work by Andrew Huo on this page. Plus some expert mastering by Gabe Nezovic to make it sound like a professional studio recording.

Homestuck: (Bandcamp about blurb) 8/9/2009captured 8/14/2009

Re-recorded violin track

Homestuck: (Bandcamp credits blurb) 8/9/2009captured 8/14/2009

Written by Mark Hadley
Arrangement by Andrew Huo
Mastered by Gabe Nezovic

Homestuck: (Bandcamp credits blurb on Homestuck Vol. 1-4) 10/24/2011captured 10/28/2011

Written by Mark Hadley
Arrangement by Andrew Huo
Mastered by Gabe Nezovic

Homestuck: (Bandcamp credits blurb on "Homestuck Vol. 1-4 (with Midnight Crew: Drawing Dead)") 10/25/2019captured 10/24/2020

Written by Mark Hadley
Arrangement by Andrew Huo
Mastered by Gabe Nezovic

Homestuck: (MSPA sound credits, excerpt) sometime 5/29/2009 – 1/13/2010captured 1/13/2010

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Written by Mark Hadley
Arrangement by Andrew Huo
Mastered by Gabe Nezovic

Homestuck: (MSPA sound credits, excerpt) sometime 10/31/2009 – 1/13/2010captured 1/13/2010

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"Aggrieve Remix" (See Aggrieve Violin Refrain above.) Remix by Gabe Nezovic
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Homestuck: (MSPA sound credits, excerpt) sometime 6/21/2012 – 8/5/2012captured 8/5/2012

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Available on Bandcamp in Homestuck Vol. 1-4
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Arrangement by Andrew Huo
Mastered by Gabe Nezovic

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"Aggrieve (Violin Refrain)" by Mark Hadley and Andrew Huo
Remix by Gabe Nezovic
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Homestuck: (Homestuck sound credits, excerpt) around 4/3/2018captured 7/17/2018

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Available on Bandcamp in Homestuck Vol. 1-4
Written by Mark Hadley
Arrangement by Andrew Huo
Mastered by Gabe Nezovic

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Available on Bandcamp in Homestuck Vol. 1-4
"Aggrieve (Violin Refrain)" by Mark Hadley and Andrew Huo
Remix by Gabe Nezovic
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