Davester2296 | DAR - Joyride @DAR-Davester2296 | Uploaded September 2023 | Updated October 2024, 6 days ago.
Always pictured this taking place on a long stretch of highway somewhere out in the desert.

Fitting for the little story here as our protagonist leaves the ocean long behind him (most likely in some classic American muscle-car!).

I kept the song structure the same as the original. I just held the sustain a little longer (like a couple more quarter notes) before the distorted guitars kick in. I also gave the song a proper ending, rather than the fade-out that I did in the original.

From the solo on to the end, I introduced the strings and piano/synth parts. The piano/synth combo is rather subtle and pretty blended, just filling in a bit of space on the left side. The strings are also blended, acting as a subtle support too.

Speaking of subtle, I also changed up the bass line ever so slightly. Back in the old days of not having a bass, and purely thinking only as a guitarist, the poor bass was just relegated to thumping away on root notes. So now, I threw in some octaves to spice things up a little!

Also, getting that clean tone was tricky. I wasn't quite happy with the Ibanez or the Strat by themselves (at least for the rhythm part). So I wound up double-tracking my Ibanez, with the pickup-switch in the middle position. One take was played normally, while the other one was played very, very close to the bridge. That bridge take was mixed and blended in very quietly. Then I brought out the Strat to record on the middle & bridge pickup position. With that, I was quite happy with how the 3 takes blended together. For the clean lead part, my Strat's mid & bridge pickup position was totally sufficient for the job.

Anyways, I hope you all enjoyed the ride, however, its not over yet! Next up, a bit of homesickness, the first of the two retrospective tracks on this album, "Winter Reminisce"! ~DAR



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