Davester2296 B-Sides | DAR - Not There [REDUX] | { OLD VER. } @Davester2296-B | Uploaded June 2020 | Updated October 2024, 57 minutes ago.
OPUS DOWNLOAD: mediafire.com/file/shm1bn2zrt465x6/DAR_-_Not_There_%5BREDUX%5D.opus/file
LYRICS [curse my habit of typing too much, it won't all fit here :( ]: newgrounds.com/audio/listen/943495
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"I'm nooooot theeeere", hah, the irony here is that I haven't been posting at all (apologies for that)! So a bit of history with this song. I wrote this one waaaay before I ever even did "Always Right" (which was 2014). In fact, this was among some of the very first songs that I ever wrote that had lyrics (one of the others also being "Remember").
According to my really old demos folder (before I even made a proper folder called "DEMOS"), the rough acoustic version was recorded back in late November of 2011. I'm pretty sure though that I wrote the lyrics for this before that date, possibly early 2011 I think.
Also, the guitar solo in this holds a very special place in my heart, because it was the very first guitar solo I ever wrote (that didn't suck!). So, as simple as this solo is, I always feel a bit nostalgic whenever I hear it!
Now, as one can easily tell from the lyrics, this song's about falling out of love... pretty hard, I might add. Thankfully though, yours truly never went through what our protagonist in the song goes through! However, I've known quite a number of guys that have personally lived this song. So this one goes out there to all the friends and dudes that have had to deal with a really toxic gal.
Anyways, on to the technicals! So this one definitely went through a few evolutions before getting to where it is with the Cyclic Divide version. The original was reeeeal slow and not as rhythmic (though to be fair I only had about less than a year of experience playing the guitar up to that point). A couple years later in late 2013, I recorded a new acoustic demo for "Not There", and that version was a lot more like the version that would later be heard on Cyclic Divide. The main thing I changed with the Cyclic Divide version is that the opening is a lot stronger. The original intro felt really lacking in energy and just felt lame in comparison to the C.D version. I wound up writing a completely new opening for the album version. The outro also underwent a change as well, and that's a bit of a toss up honestly, but I think at the end of the day, the C.D version is the best iteration of this song.
I've kept the structure of the song totally in tact for the redux album. I've recorded my bass (as opposed to the VST-i bass in the previous), and tracked new distorted rhythm and leads. The leads didn't quite sound right though, so I wound up blending together the old lead guitars with the new ones. I found that blending both of them really helped the leads cut through the mix better for this particular song. I also fiddled with the low pass filter for the clean (er, cleaner I guess) guitars in order to make them sound more crisp. The original vocals have also had their mixing tweaked. I wanted my voice to sound cleaner and more natural, so along with some EQ tweaks, I also did away with my chorus-effect VST.
The BIGGEST addition to this redux version is the new vocal harmony during the refrain. I really wanted to make the chorus just really pop! I felt like it needed to be more powerful and melodic in order to further differentiate it from the verses. Also, it took me forever to record these new vocal harmonies. Whenever I had finally finished practicing and warming up, I would go to record only to realize that I overdid it earlier and burnt out my voice for the day. This process repeated itself over the course of a week before I finally nailed it, and recorded the nine new vocal harmony tracks that I needed. Gotta say, I'm very happy with the results! The chorus sounds catchier and more interesting now compared to the old one.
Overall, it's been great working on this track again. Nostalgia for my first written "good" guitar solo, as well as the fact that this was also the first song that I wrote that tried to sound grungey/post-grunge.
Anyways, I hope you all enjoy this redux! ~DAR
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OPUS DOWNLOAD: mediafire.com/file/shm1bn2zrt465x6/DAR_-_Not_There_%5BREDUX%5D.opus/file
LYRICS [curse my habit of typing too much, it won't all fit here :( ]: newgrounds.com/audio/listen/943495
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"I'm nooooot theeeere", hah, the irony here is that I haven't been posting at all (apologies for that)! So a bit of history with this song. I wrote this one waaaay before I ever even did "Always Right" (which was 2014). In fact, this was among some of the very first songs that I ever wrote that had lyrics (one of the others also being "Remember").
According to my really old demos folder (before I even made a proper folder called "DEMOS"), the rough acoustic version was recorded back in late November of 2011. I'm pretty sure though that I wrote the lyrics for this before that date, possibly early 2011 I think.
Also, the guitar solo in this holds a very special place in my heart, because it was the very first guitar solo I ever wrote (that didn't suck!). So, as simple as this solo is, I always feel a bit nostalgic whenever I hear it!
Now, as one can easily tell from the lyrics, this song's about falling out of love... pretty hard, I might add. Thankfully though, yours truly never went through what our protagonist in the song goes through! However, I've known quite a number of guys that have personally lived this song. So this one goes out there to all the friends and dudes that have had to deal with a really toxic gal.
Anyways, on to the technicals! So this one definitely went through a few evolutions before getting to where it is with the Cyclic Divide version. The original was reeeeal slow and not as rhythmic (though to be fair I only had about less than a year of experience playing the guitar up to that point). A couple years later in late 2013, I recorded a new acoustic demo for "Not There", and that version was a lot more like the version that would later be heard on Cyclic Divide. The main thing I changed with the Cyclic Divide version is that the opening is a lot stronger. The original intro felt really lacking in energy and just felt lame in comparison to the C.D version. I wound up writing a completely new opening for the album version. The outro also underwent a change as well, and that's a bit of a toss up honestly, but I think at the end of the day, the C.D version is the best iteration of this song.
I've kept the structure of the song totally in tact for the redux album. I've recorded my bass (as opposed to the VST-i bass in the previous), and tracked new distorted rhythm and leads. The leads didn't quite sound right though, so I wound up blending together the old lead guitars with the new ones. I found that blending both of them really helped the leads cut through the mix better for this particular song. I also fiddled with the low pass filter for the clean (er, cleaner I guess) guitars in order to make them sound more crisp. The original vocals have also had their mixing tweaked. I wanted my voice to sound cleaner and more natural, so along with some EQ tweaks, I also did away with my chorus-effect VST.
The BIGGEST addition to this redux version is the new vocal harmony during the refrain. I really wanted to make the chorus just really pop! I felt like it needed to be more powerful and melodic in order to further differentiate it from the verses. Also, it took me forever to record these new vocal harmonies. Whenever I had finally finished practicing and warming up, I would go to record only to realize that I overdid it earlier and burnt out my voice for the day. This process repeated itself over the course of a week before I finally nailed it, and recorded the nine new vocal harmony tracks that I needed. Gotta say, I'm very happy with the results! The chorus sounds catchier and more interesting now compared to the old one.
Overall, it's been great working on this track again. Nostalgia for my first written "good" guitar solo, as well as the fact that this was also the first song that I wrote that tried to sound grungey/post-grunge.
Anyways, I hope you all enjoy this redux! ~DAR
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![DAR - Not There [REDUX] | { OLD VER. }](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hqXWZqNpCNU/hqdefault.jpg "DAR - Not There [REDUX] | { OLD VER. }
OPUS DOWNLOAD: https://www.mediafire.com/file/shm1bn2zrt465x6/DAR Not_There_%5BREDUX%5D.opus/file
LYRICS [curse my habit of typing too much, it wont all fit here :( ]: https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/943495
[alternatively, Closed Captions can be enabled]
Im nooooot theeeere, hah, the irony here is that I havent been posting at all (apologies for that)! So a bit of history with this song. I wrote this one waaaay before I ever even did Always Right (which was 2014). In fact, this was among some of the very first songs that I ever wrote that had lyrics (one of the others also being Remember).
According to my really old demos folder (before I even made a proper folder called DEMOS), the rough acoustic version was recorded back in late November of 2011. Im pretty sure though that I wrote the lyrics for this before that date, possibly early 2011 I think.
Also, the guitar solo in this holds a very special place in my heart, because it was the very first guitar solo I ever wrote (that didnt suck!). So, as simple as this solo is, I always feel a bit nostalgic whenever I hear it!
Now, as one can easily tell from the lyrics, this songs about falling out of love... pretty hard, I might add. Thankfully though, yours truly never went through what our protagonist in the song goes through! However, Ive known quite a number of guys that have personally lived this song. So this one goes out there to all the friends and dudes that have had to deal with a really toxic gal.
Anyways, on to the technicals! So this one definitely went through a few evolutions before getting to where it is with the Cyclic Divide version. The original was reeeeal slow and not as rhythmic (though to be fair I only had about less than a year of experience playing the guitar up to that point). A couple years later in late 2013, I recorded a new acoustic demo for Not There, and that version was a lot more like the version that would later be heard on Cyclic Divide. The main thing I changed with the Cyclic Divide version is that the opening is a lot stronger. The original intro felt really lacking in energy and just felt lame in comparison to the C.D version. I wound up writing a completely new opening for the album version. The outro also underwent a change as well, and thats a bit of a toss up honestly, but I think at the end of the day, the C.D version is the best iteration of this song.
Ive kept the structure of the song totally in tact for the redux album. Ive recorded my bass (as opposed to the VST-i bass in the previous), and tracked new distorted rhythm and leads. The leads didnt quite sound right though, so I wound up blending together the old lead guitars with the new ones. I found that blending both of them really helped the leads cut through the mix better for this particular song. I also fiddled with the low pass filter for the clean (er, cleaner I guess) guitars in order to make them sound more crisp. The original vocals have also had their mixing tweaked. I wanted my voice to sound cleaner and more natural, so along with some EQ tweaks, I also did away with my chorus-effect VST.
The BIGGEST addition to this redux version is the new vocal harmony during the refrain. I really wanted to make the chorus just really pop! I felt like it needed to be more powerful and melodic in order to further differentiate it from the verses. Also, it took me forever to record these new vocal harmonies. Whenever I had finally finished practicing and warming up, I would go to record only to realize that I overdid it earlier and burnt out my voice for the day. This process repeated itself over the course of a week before I finally nailed it, and recorded the nine new vocal harmony tracks that I needed. Gotta say, Im very happy with the results! The chorus sounds catchier and more interesting now compared to the old one.
Overall, its been great working on this track again. Nostalgia for my first written good guitar solo, as well as the fact that this was also the first song that I wrote that tried to sound grungey/post-grunge.
Anyways, I hope you all enjoy this redux! ~DAR
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![Artifice | Wolfenstein Rising OST [MIDI]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lD6m5NZkZ_M/hqdefault.jpg "Artifice | Wolfenstein Rising OST [MIDI]
Shoutout to Raees for writing the synth and synth-string parts heard at 0:37-1:39 (and 2:18-3:20)! As he had told me, the melody popped into his head and so he quickly slapped together a MIDI before it could escape his mind.
As I listened to the idea, I started to imagine a synth bass and drum parts. With my newfound fondness for the vibraphone, I decided to throw that in there (along with a couple of other instruments).
From there, I added a new bit that sort of builds up to the original melody. I also extended the original melody and added the new instruments on top of it.
Once I sent over this song, Raees had a burst of inspiration and wrote back an email describing the intro mission to me.
This first bit is supposed to be done through some comic-like intermission-screens: As BJ minds his own business walking through the city, Nazi infantry and helicopters flood the area. The city is thrown into a panic by this sudden blitz. Fortunately for our hero, he is able to get the drop on an unsuspecting soldier/officer and takes his pistol (pistol start GO!).
Then from there, the level starts, and you simply run around the map popping shots off at the Nazi invaders. Meanwhile, the intro credits fade in and fade out as you play.
Raees wasnt sure where to go after that, but I definitely had a big burst of inspiration after imagining that intro-sequence/level. I would go on to write the mods first boss theme (as well as throw in the suggestion for the inclusion of Nazi mechs).
However, Die Ubermensch! shall be a track for another day. Hope you all enjoy this MIDI! ~DAR
MIDI DOWNLOAD: https://www.mediafire.com/file/av9fjsk8at43tln/Artifice.mid/file
-Track composed back on August 22nd, 2019-
Composition Credits: Davester2296, Raees Kamaar
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![Incendiary | Wolfenstein Rising OST [MIDI]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mnccAHWitXU/hqdefault.jpg "Incendiary | Wolfenstein Rising OST [MIDI]
It was around this point in the project when Raees started asking me if I thought synthwave and electronic stuff could fit a Wolfenstein wad. Soon enough, the idea for Episode 3 taking place on the moon took form.
Shooting ideas back and forth, I decided to sit down and start writing an electronic song. I almost didnt send this song over since I was concerned it sounded too Doomy. I had thought so because of the choirs and the synth breakdown at 0:51 reminding me of a part from TNTs Smells Like Burning Corpse.
In the end, I think this would be a good fit for one of the moon base levels.
MIDI DOWNLOAD: https://www.mediafire.com/file/ptvx2pw0khq69y0/DAR Incendiary.mid/file
-Track composed back on August 14th, 2019-
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![Lingering Headache | Wolfenstein Rising OST [MIDI] - (Pounding Headache remix)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/p1GGQw7oKZ0/hqdefault.jpg "Lingering Headache | Wolfenstein Rising OST [MIDI] - (Pounding Headache remix)
A remix of Wolf3Ds Pounding Headache! Technically this ought to be over on the covers channel, but ah what the hell, this soundtrack will make its way over to that channel eventually.
This is the first of a handful of remixed/reimagined Wolf3D songs in this soundtrack. With this song in particular, I wanted to give it more tension and have it sound more foreboding. One of the ways I went about doing that was to take some inspiration from Dooms E1M5 Suspense. The rising strings from Suspense, as well as the new little choir part really added to the atmosphere that I was going for.
Anyways, hope you all enjoy the midi! ~DAR
MIDI DOWNLOAD: https://www.mediafire.com/file/q027dvq3cys6zok/DAR Lingering_Headache.mid/file
Originally Completed on September 17th, 2019
Pounding Headache originally composed by Bobby Prince
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![Hollow Point | Wolfenstein Rising OST [MIDI]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/plD2g0DIQvc/hqdefault.jpg "Hollow Point | Wolfenstein Rising OST [MIDI]
For this track, I remember being very inspired after seeing screenshots from one of the arctic levels that was in development.
Fighting through ice caverns and a military outpost during a chilling blizzard. Really wanted to capture that atmosphere and tension of going alone into a hostile frozen wasteland. ~DAR
-Track composed back on May 15th, 2019-
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![Descent Into Peril | Wolfenstein Rising OST [MIDI]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ry9wMiB8oCQ/hqdefault.jpg "Descent Into Peril | Wolfenstein Rising OST [MIDI]
Big thanks goes out to Raees for coming up with the initial and main idea of this song (0:00-0:28), as well as the title!
I wound up tweaking the drum-beat a little, added triangles, the occasional clave, and even some guiros and cuicas! I really loved the feeling of descending into danger (or peril!) this track gives off. I could imagine this being used for a level that has you start off riding an elevator down into a big industrial-like facility. I was also going to use the telephone ring sample from General MIDI in order to make this sort of alarm bell effect that would pan from left to right throughout the song. However, I had to scrap that idea since it only really sounded good with the gzdoom and default windows soundfonts. The sound was very grating in some others, or just totally negligible in others, so thats why it got axed. Perhaps the alarm idea could be implemented into the level as some sort of ambient sound for the map!
Aside from that, I also came up with a piano part for the song. I really wanted it to give it this danger approaching, slightly discordant sort of sound. Then to add on to that feeling, I wound up using a sound I never thought Id ever find use for! Patch 87, bank 0 in General MIDI, which is basically a synth playing 5th chords. For a long time I always wondered to myself, when would I ever really use this sample?. Then when I was working on this song, I decided to use it instead of reaching for the synth strings samples. Its that synth that plays on the left side, accompanying the piano part.
I always like to have a bit of contrast with tunes like this, so whereas the main part feels anxious and uncertain, I created a triumphant-sounding guitar section. I also tried to give a couple of the guitar notes my signature kind of bends when playing leads. Anyhow, after having a moment of triumph and confidence, it transitions into a more aggressive sound, then it finally goes back into that anxious atmosphere.
Also fun fact, Raees named it Descent Into Peril because the initial idea had given him a sort of Descent vibe.
Anyways, I hope you all enjoy the MIDI! ~DAR
MIDI DOWNLOAD: http://www.mediafire.com/file/y15742hhy5rpvh3/Descent+Into+Peril.mid/file
Originally Completed on November 15th, 2020
Composition Credits: Davester2296, Raees Kamaar
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![Were Doomed OST | DAR - Martian Sentries [MIDI]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uy6VaGHhJBg/hqdefault.jpg "Were Doomed OST | DAR - Martian Sentries [MIDI]
So, a few weeks ago, I was asked to write an ambient midi for a very silly Doom machinima series! Episode 1 can be found here: https://youtu.be/LjhBGNK67Ms
WERE DOOMED follows the misadventures of two very incompetent (and drunk) UAC marines. Assigned with the task of guarding the teleporter room on Mars, can these two manage to stay out of trouble?
Had myself a giggle while watching this. Really looking forward to seeing where these guys take this new series! Sort of reminds me a little of the early episodes of Red vs Blue, way back in the day. ~DAR
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