[S] Gold Pilot (Homestuck) for piano 

JerichoDeath I'm glad that came through - the Psiioniic's story is rather tragic, and Jade and Bec (who First Turn Fold originally wrote the piece about) are not allowed to remain so cheerful as they are in the early acts. Thanks for listening!

The glitchy parts are important - I couldn't arrange it and leave them out.

Do The Musicy Thing I have mad respect for you.

Glad you found it and liked it!

It's like finding a bottle of unopened apple juice in your closet. It's like Christmas.

+Baylie3x FEEIIISHH Recruit slick dude

Ego what if the apple juice is piss?

mate i'm 5 years late thats even worse

***** Thank you! Thats what I'm going for these - conveying the effect of the original piece. And sometimes doing that requires a slightly less literal arrangement in favor of something taking advantage of the sonority of the piano.

LeonardMeltsner Thank you! I hadn't really appreciated it properly until I heard it used in comic, but then it kept growing on me...and thus the arrangement. Best of luck learning it!

When i heard what little of it was in comic i ignored it. It was actually LuminantAegis who brought my attention to it. Its an amazing song

Especially on the piano. Good job +Do The Musicy Thing

There will be fans for a very long time - while posts about it will gradually become sparser (until the possible epilogue, Hiveswap, etc.) I do think it will be increasingly seen as being historically important.

Hiveswap as officially been annouced ^_^

Wait really?

yes

It comes out in a week :DDD

i believe in you! you got this

Abrail Zelkri Wow...thank you.

patience yields focus my dude i feel you so hardcore

XxStrike2000xX Thank you! I really appreciate it (as always, credit to First Turn Fold for composing the piece in the first place). Hopefully you're a rather long while away from your corpse party.

Haha well, death is always around the corner, you never know. Not to get this convo all depressing n all LOL Thanks again!~

Yeah, First Turn Fold did a very good piece in the notes, not just in stereo shenanigans. First Turn Fold has done music since Gold Pilot - I recommend listening to the recent music on his Soundcloud.

What matters more, after the death of something great, is not the life it lived but instead the life it gave to others.

Same.

+Lore & Fablery Thank you for listening!

@carp jade died twice before she god tiered so there is still hope yet!!

Thank you! First Turn Fold did well composing this track. (Also, as you like Gold Pilot, you might want to check out the recent tracks First Turn Fold's soundcloud - they're not Homestuck, but also good.)

Do The Musicy Thing I'll definetly check it out! Keep on playing that piano ;) *ps Idownloadedthisasamp3fileandIlistentoitwhileworking*

+Riley Berens Thank you! Good luck learning piano - percussion should have trained you a lot in flexible musicianship, so that'll help.

+Do The Musicy Thing Yes it has, thank you so much! I wanted to ask you one thing though; what got you into piano?

There was a piano in the house, so...at some point (when I was around 6) I started playing.

Sebastian Portier-Young Thanks - I really appreciate it. Keep composing!

Aradia Megido Thanks! Double pistols and a ;)

+howlingarmadillo this makes me want to take piano lessons

+howlingarmadillo Thanks! It's definitely worth taking/continuing to take lessons for a while to get started. While I'm not currently taking piano lessons (composition is my main focus), I did for about 12 years, and couldn't have learned the necessary technique without them.

GameFactor Thanks for listening!

Thank you!

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it.

Thanks! I'm glad people like listening to these; it makes them worth the time that has to go into them.

Jenny Gan It is indeed not easy, but I'm glad it came out well. Thanks for listening!

Thanks! What did you arrange Carne Vale for?

For fun, I suppose. Really just to try to gain some experience.

Sheet music: drive.google.com/file/d/0ByNsIo5ogzHmcVB5WS1QZl9NVkE/view?usp=sharing (looks like I never put that length in the description...I need to do that)

+David Brickey Thank you! I appreciate it.

Judy Helena Thanks - First Turn Fold composed an excellent piece.

+ChildOfCreationCosplay 3 Thank you! First Turn Fold composed a very good piece.

Jordyn Glenn Thanks! It's an excellent piece, and I'm glad I was finally able to cover it.

Thank you - I'll keep doing these arrangements.

Isabel Garcia I agree!

Ashe Scarlett Thank you. I really appreciate it.

Do The Musicy Thing No problem. It felt nice to say it!

Jason Dusk Thanks! It was indeed an excellent piece to begin with, and I'm glad I was able to capture some part of that.

+artisticCatastrophe Thank you! First Turn Fold composed a very good piece.

VintageLemomade Thank you - Honestly, a lot of what is perceived as emotion in performers is just them understanding (whether intellectually or instinctively) what's happening in the music. And then caring enough about the piece to bring that out. So study music theory and generally seek to understand what you're playing, and you will convey emotion.

Thank you!

Allison Lund The original is excellent - it's a bit tricky to fit into two hands on piano, but eventually I worked it out. Thanks for listening!

subversiveasset Thanks! First Turn Fold composed a great piece.

Thanks! It's definitely been the most popular (although Heir of Grief seems like it might catch up in a few months).

Do The Musicy Thing oh yeah XD I love heir of grief aswell but this is awesome XD

Leoxelli Thanks! I really like the original (while I doubt it will happen, I hope that Hussie will use the rest of the original Gold Pilot in the gigaupd8.)

reberock1234 Thanks! I'll definitely do more in time. This semester will keep happening for the next two and a half months, and, while I'm hoping to work on making arrangements during that time, I don't expect to have a new video until late December. But I have ideas for the next few pieces I want to arrange, so more will be coming.

Gabby Dunn Thank you - yes, the beginning of that piece is really good, and I'm glad it came off in the arrangement. Gold Pilot was great in A6A6I1 - I rather hope the rest of it will be used somewhere in the endgame animations.

As do I! I was so disappointed with the glitches in the animation (though those are actually part of the song, which I figured out later) but it's part of the web-comic, and I can't do anything nearly as complicated and thoughtful, so who am I to complain? I've enjoyed everything so far, anyway. However, I do agree that it would be wonderful if it was fully used, at least before everything comes to an end.

It was rather brilliant for Hussie to use a piece that already sounded like it was glitching a bit and then make the glitches more dramatic so it sounded like it glitched into not working entirely.

Haha, yeah, that's exactly what I thought when I heard the glitches in Gold Pilot. Everyone says he's a lazy animator and writer but I think that's the furthest from the truth. It takes extensive planning to do what he's doing, especially since he has to make sure that even in it's complexity, the story still makes sense, at least as far as the concept goes.

Yeah, he's definitely not lazy. His art style is efficient - if a panel just needs to convey information, he only takes time for that, without making it more elaborate. And when something needs to look awesome, he takes the time to make sure it does. Yes, comics like Dresden Codak and Stand Still, Stay Silent look much better than Homestuck in general, but that time spent on art means they don't average nearly the speed Hussie does, so they can't tell such a substantial story. I've never seen him called a lazy writer, and the fact that he's written over 800k words, including the best dialogue of any story, in less than seven years disproves that.

I have separate audio and video recorders when I record (I mean, it's all the same take; I'm not finger-syncing with a recording of myself, but I record with both an audio recorder and video camera).

+Kieran7931 Thank you! Glad you found the sheet music.

Dave Strider Dave Strider, cry? Surely it's just the onions.

dont worry theyre ironic tears

Dave Strider Your humor always goes through normal human comprehension, nice.

of course it is thats like my job or something i get paid in irony points which i use to buy equally ironic coolkid points which i then fill my bathtub with to bathe in daily it does wonders for the complexion

Thanks! I will.

+salamander7125 Heh. I do like the touch and tone of Kawai pianos overall (not just the one I play for these).

Mistress Maiden Thanks! Much of the credit goes to First Turn Fold for composing the original piece.

+Do The Musicy Thing Of course, of course. This is just a beautiful rendition of it. :)

Thank you! First Turn Fold composed an very good piece.

55566693 Thanks! I'll keep making arrangements. It may be a while before the next one is posted, because of school, but I will continue when I have time.

im not at a6a6i1 yet, but in act 5 we got a clue i guess, it's about psiionic i think. I can't really figure out this song, it isn't really a sad or happy tune, even though we know that the story behind it is a little sad i guess.

robertjuh First Turn Fold originally wrote it as a piece about Jade and Bec, and then it was retitled for coloUrs and mayhem to fit the theme. So it's sort of a Jade piece and sort of a Psiioniic piece. You should look forward to the animation where the original is used - while it's rather brief (not using nearly the whole piece), it's excellent.

I am looking forward to it! The animations from homestuck in general are stunningly amazing overall! They always manage to get quite emotional for me. Will you be making more HS music?

Yes - I just posted an arrangement of Carne Vale a few days ago, and more arrangements will come in the next few months.

Do The Musicy Thing that one is nice, i havent heard it yet on HS though. Do you also have rex deus angelicus on your agenda? I am also trying to learn that one, but with very marginal progress.