Davester2296 | DAR - Exodus to the Stars @DAR-Davester2296 | Uploaded July 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
For long-time listeners familiar with the original album, this should come as quite the surprise! The remake of NEW GENESIS kicks off with an (almost all-new) track.

Back then I had cut this song from the album because it was just a more energetic and rockin' variant of "Upon the Wishing Star". At the time, I thought that it'd be redundant to have a track that used the same motif as another... 'twas a silly thought!.. Actually, now that I think of it, THIS song was what would eventually evolve into Wishing Star.

For so long now, this poor track has been idling away in the depths of the "eternal demos" folder. I planned to eventually use it as an opener for some future album, but never found the right opportunity to place it. Now that I'm revisiting this album, I figured that maybe it should've been the opening track all along (sorry Collision Course)!

This one really is a mix of old-DAR meeting new-DAR. The original didn't have the acoustic part, it also only had one lead part.

After recording the piano part to MIDI, I was quite happy with my recreation of the piano and strings. However, it was as if my acoustic in the corner of the room was saying "hey, hey play me!". Decided to follow through on this whim and started noodling around. Almost right away, I just pulled the acoustic part from out of nowhere and was like "okay, yeah, the acoustic is going to be in the song!". Also, I swear, I feel like I've been able to get some very nice acoustic recordings as of late! I used to always worry about how things would translate, due to mic placement and stuff. I decided to try placing the microphone more in front of my, and a little further back than what I normally do. Very happy with how these double-tracked acoustic parts came out!

On the topic of rhythm stuff, I actually did something that I haven't tried doing since back in the early days of experimenting with recording and mixing: QUAD-TRACKED guitars. Normally I've always double-tracked my guitars, one panned hard left, and the other hard right. This time, we've got two on each side! I pretty much layered together my new 7-string and blended it with my Ibanez. Quite happy with how well these two get along with one another when both pulling rhythm duty at the same time!

Leads were fun too. I actually forgot how to play this since its been nearly a decade ago since I did the original demo. So, wanting instant gratification, I began noodling alongside the old-DAR leads. Eventually I went and relearned what I had originally played back then, but I also decided to record the new noodling. So we've got the lead guitars having a duet together.

I also decided to throw in a reversed and slowed bit from the piano recording, since the original had just started with the opening chord back then. Other than that, I did a lot of small little "music producer" things. Throwing in various little "impact" hits and other little sounds for dramatic effect. I also blended some harps with the piano in the beginning. Made for just the right texture for me!

This one's a real pretty one, like a "wave your lighters" kind of pretty... but then we get in halfway, and the slow waves turn into rockin' fist pumping!

Just as I've said with the previous remake tracks I've done so far, I am SO jazzed about how things are sounding! Going from listening to the original, and seeing the absolute glow-up that it has now with this current version... things are looking great for the rest of the remake tracks!

Anyways, hope you all enjoyed waving your imaginary lighters and then throwing up the horns \m/! ~DAR


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