Davester2296 | DAR - Leaving Shore ["RISEN" album remake has officially begun!] @DAR-Davester2296 | Uploaded August 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
The (new & improved) opening track of my 2014 album, RISEN!

With how nice "The Shores of Destiny" had turned out on the "On Impulse" album, I really wanted to make sure that one of its inspirations and namesakes (the other being "Change Destiny") got the remake that it deserved!

I was very happy about being able to salvage the original intro guitar part (0:00 - 0:48). At first I was worried that the take was going to be too noisy and nasty-sounding to use. After all, back around 10 years ago (...well okay, all the way up until 2022), I recorded like some kinda barbarian, recording DI tracks straight into my motherboard's line-in. The "Strat-Era" of my music-making adventures was especially rough though; mobo/PC noise + the normal noise of single-coil pickups on my Strat... they were dark times indeed.

Thankfully, with a bit of EQ and some finesse, the original haunting, yet magical intro guitar line gets to open up an album once more! (I also added a couple of synths to join the guitar in this intro.)

I've kept the lead guitar part very close to the original melody. However, I did change up the rhythm guitars at 1:45. Back then, I was happy with just having rhythm play normal power-chords while the leads did their thing. Coming back to this song 9 years later, there was certainly room to spice things up! Playing this new bit was fun on both the bass and guitar. After that, I go back into good 'ol power-chords to close out the song.

Speaking of bass, I decided to try a couple of different things this time. For the longest time, I would usually use both my pickups on my PJ bass at %100, or I'd roll off the Precision pickups to about %50 and leave the Jazz pickups at full. This time, I decided to just go full Precision bass, and rolled off the Jazz pickups completely.

From what I've seen and heard, a lot of studio guys seem to prefer working with P-basses since they're a lot less fuss, and sit in most mixes just fine.

The other thing I did was mix in the raw, DI bass track alongside the amped-up signal-chain. I also wound up throwing on a tape-sim VST to saturate and compress the DI a little. I feel that the saturation managed to give it a little more mid-presence. It's subtle, but I think it really helped the bass get on very nicely with the rhythm guitars.

Now, for the most notable change for this remake: piano and strings! I started with placing the strings down, before moving on to the piano. When it came to piano, I just really went with feel, placing down notes almost kinda hap-hazardly. I loved this new piano part so much that I used it as the new outro for this song. I also threw in one of my favorite synth patches to add a bit of sparkle and shine to the piano part.

I think that these new strings and piano parts really elevate the song. Once more, this truly feels like what this song should've been back when I first made it.

Anyhow, I hope you all enjoyed this remake of "Leaving Shore" as much as I do! Going off of this, I'd say that the "RISEN" remake is off to a wonderful start! The Decade of DAR Tour has only YET begun to set sail! ~DAR



----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Make sure to Like, Share, and Subscribe if you enjoyed!
Follow me at:
(The Den of DAR) Official DISCORD: discord.gg/uEAfRWP
SUPPORT / DONATE: theofficialdavester2296.wordpress.com

DAR's Cover-To-Do List: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DowH1EIjiLyeg29cFx-4XOWpr7-bl1Pwb2_OfVaQ1SE/edit?usp=sharing

Facebook: facebook.com/Davester2296
Twitter: twitter.com/Davester2296
Backup Channel: youtube.com/user/Davester2296