Davester2296 B-Sides | DAR - Hollywood Kills [WIP DEMO 02-11-2023] @Davester2296-B | Uploaded February 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
At last, the first demo to be uploaded over here! As well as the first upload in at least a couple of years for this channel.

So over the weekend I finished writing and started recording what's probably going to be a song on "Vocal Album 2". This also probably has to be one of the darkest songs that I've written so far. Definitely would call this one a tale of tragedy.

Got inspired to write this one after watching a documentary about organized-crime involvement in the music/entertainment industry ( youtube.com/watch?v=Z_y_zeql7pc&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE&t=88 good watch by the way). This, along with various clips of famous musicians talking about how exploitative and predatory the industry is.

Plus, I've personally heard plenty of stories from various people. Either folks old enough to have a kid fresh out of high school, eager to fly out to some big city to make it big as a musician (usually lured out by some random, supposed hot-shot "producer" or talent-scout). Only then to wind up broke, in debt, and living back with their parents.

Also had a friend who knew a dude that thought he struck it big after landing a record-deal. My friend was real excited for his buddy. Couple weeks later, my friend tells me how this guy's been totally screwed over with the contract.

Always hate seeing this happen to anybody, but especially to the young, ambitious, and naive talents.

So in this song, we've got this young talent that flies himself out to the big city (Los Angeles in this case). Already broke, but determined to "make it". He winds up meeting someone that promises to give him everything, in exchange for his life; its the classic Faustian bargain. Time passes, and fame has fizzled out, and our protagonist has been run ragged, with no time for himself (hence the line "Didn't even have a life to live in"). He begins to question if this was truly what he wanted. He eventually falls into substance-abuse and severe depression, before ultimately taking his own life within the walls of his home in the Hollywood Hills. Our devil/con-man figure, "Old Nick" winds up coming to either collect his literal soul, or the rights in the death clause, along with the insurance payouts.

Dark song, like I said. Also I absolutely love the basslines that I came up with for this one. As this is a demo, this is far from finished, but the song structure and most of the lyrics are pretty much set. I still need to use EZDrummer, instead of the general MIDI drums. Same thing with the acoustic guitar. Might experiment with some synths and piano. Probably come up with vocal harmonies for the chorus. But that's all a later thing, since I need to get back to Plutonia! Which by the way, MAP11 is going great! Started recording and working on that here yesterday.

When I get the chance I'm going to finish up this song, and give it a proper video and release over on the main channel. Hope you all look forward to it! ~DAR


OGG DOWNLOAD: mega.nz/file/YCMhnIaZ#gh4D3gpPTMby500oa0G4oRLXspmNRexMwNBA9pL12to


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