it just hit me that Homestuck is ending and I’m very emotional
This monstrosity of a multimedia Thing has been a huge part of my life. like I’ve been in so many fandoms but none like this one. No other has made me so happy/embarrassed/sad/excited/creative/pissed/united. every big event and meme, the fan made comics and songs. the trollsonas and shipping charts and cosplays and fics and the glorious fanart. It was amazing.
And I’m not gonna stop loving it, or stop reblogging hs things. Alright everyone, one last upd8. time to go God Tier.
It’s been a long time coming, folks. 14 months of dedicated work for 93 contributors has produced the largest Homestuck album of all time, centered on the Beforan trolls!
Beforus features:
82 all new original Homestuck tracks by as many as 43 different fan musicians.
A fantastic library of gorgeous track art drawn by our art team of 45 skilled visual artists.
An exclusive behind-the-scenes commentary booklet featuring the art and in-depth commentary on each track from both its musician and visual artist!
Be sure to listen to the album, look at the art and check out all the wonderful contributors who have helped to make Beforus a reality!
Be sure to check the bandcamp and commentary booklet for full contributor credits! It’s bundled with the downloads.
Thank you for everyone for being so supportive of this project over the the time we’ve been putting it together! Beforus could never have been made without your overwhelming efforts to support the project. I think the project really stands as a testament to what we, the fandom, can do when we all band together. Homestuck ends tomorrow, and I think that this release is a fitting way to celebrate.
I hope you all enjoy the end of Homestuck!
(And stay tuned to our blog in the future for some special secret dlc…)
So, there is a really common misconception that because Homestuck is so big and popular, that everyone who worked on it is super famous and rich. The opposite is true. Most of the people who worked on this great thing you love are regular folks trying to get by paycheck to paycheck, and some of them are struggling even there. I know for a fact that I have thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands more followers than a large amount of the music team. I just yell about the thing they made, and they get none of the attention!
When it comes to Homestuck music, here is how it works. A bunch of musicians make a bunch of music, then it gets selected for albums. There can only be so many songs on an album, so a lot of the music that was made for Homestuck was never officially released. Hundreds, if not thousands of songs.
One such prolific, hard working Homestuck musician (who composed the top played songs across all of my devices ((Softly))) Robert J! Lake is releasing to the world just that – hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of Homestuck songs that nobody has ever heard before.
But since it is being released through his personal Bandcamp, nobody knows it exists.
This is where you come in. Tell your friends, tell Homestuck fans, tell anyone who likes chiptunes, even!
Aside from Stuckhome Syndrome, next time you listen to Homestuck music, take note of the songs you like. Look them up! Find out who made it, and follow their work. Homestuck was a group effort, and everyone who helped make it deserves to be recognized.
homestuck ends tomorrow and there’s absolutely no buildup to the finale. there are still like 42 loose ends that need to be tied up from caliborn’s masterpiece and the lord english fight but we have no fucking clue what’s going to happen because the last update we get before the finale is 4 fucking pages of 2 chess people climbing up a volcano. literally anything can happen and we’d have to just accept it. all the kids might blow up. they might wake up and still be 13. they might enter some weird troll/human hybrid planet. they might be murdered by troll nic cage. who knows. not me. not anyone
82 new Homestuck tracks, premiering on twitch at 7pm BST (1pm CDT) on April 10th (tomorrow)!
Also, make sure you come along for the post-album stream live Q&A, following straight on from the album premiere, when some of our contributors will be answering questions! This will be at 11:30pm BST (5:30pm CDT)!
The album will release immediately following the stream, on Bandcamp and for digital download!
Please reblog this so that everyone is in the know!
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