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Forward was one of the first original songs that I ever released on YouTube, originally uploaded to the channel on January 12th, 2019, and has always been one of my personal favorites! To me, Forward was the first “serious” attempt I made at experimenting with uploading original compositions on my channel, so I saw no better song to use as an opener on my first original album!
I originally told this story in the video description of the 2019 version, but I’ll retell it here for sake of thoroughness. At the time of originally writing this tune, I had been getting a few comments suggesting that I try to write an original tune of my own, since I had almost exclusively been uploading arrangements of video game music. At the very beginning of 2019, I attended MAGFest, an annual video game music festival that happens in Washington, DC. On the flight home from MAGFest, I coincidentally ran into one of my Discord mods, Adkkid. As we chatted, we somehow got on the subject of what my next video was going to be, and I decided at that time to write a new original song.
At the time, I was going through a rough patch in a relationship, and I was really struggling in my daily life. I think it was especially hard for me since it was my first time going through something quite so emotionally painful, as I was relatively young. I think some of those emotions I was experiencing needed to be let out, which manifested in me writing this song! This song “Forward” is about… well, moving Forward - It’s about keeping your head up and moving forward through the challenges that we all face in life. I think the uplifting melody, strong groove, and high energy capture that mindset.
Between the 2019 version and this version appearing on Insane In The Rain, the arrangement did go through quite a few changes. The structure of the tune is pretty much the same (though the solo section after the guitar is a bit longer than the 2019 version), but the chorus is the part that I changed the most. The chorus originally had this offbeat oom-pah vibe that I never really liked after publishing the first version of the tune, so I decided to change it to something that gelled a bit better with the rest of the tune. I’m a huge sucker for big hits on beat 2 - can’t get enough of that, haha! I also added some layers of synths throughout the tune to beef up the production a bit. A few swooshes and reverse hits went a long way to really making this song as hype as I wanted it to be! My biggest inspirations for writing this tune were T-SQUARE (one of my favorite bands - they have an EWI!) and the various Megaman Battle Network soundtracks, which were some of my favorite games as a kid!
EWI (Electric Wind Instrument) - Carlos Eiene
Electric Guitar - Josh Vasquez (@XnarkyVGM )
Piano - @robkovacsmusic
Electric Bass - @NicoMendozaMusic
Drums - @DomPalombiMusic
Composed & Arranged by Carlos Eiene
Co-produced by Andrew Sumabat, Josh Vasquez, Rob Kovacs, Nico Mendoza & Dom Palombi
Recorded July 12-13 2022 at Avast Recording Company in Seattle, WA
Engineered by Cosmo Rossi
Mixed & Mastered by Carlos Eiene
Album Art Photography by Sebastian Tseng (Alpha 1 Studio)
Album Art Design by Carlos Eiene & Sebastian Tseng
Camera Operators - Peter Gillette, Ro Panuganti, Allison Martin, Katey Ritchey
Video Editing - Carlos Eiene, Peter Gillette
Color Grading - Peter Gillette
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Forward was one of the first original songs that I ever released on YouTube, originally uploaded to the channel on January 12th, 2019, and has always been one of my personal favorites! To me, Forward was the first “serious” attempt I made at experimenting with uploading original compositions on my channel, so I saw no better song to use as an opener on my first original album!
I originally told this story in the video description of the 2019 version, but I’ll retell it here for sake of thoroughness. At the time of originally writing this tune, I had been getting a few comments suggesting that I try to write an original tune of my own, since I had almost exclusively been uploading arrangements of video game music. At the very beginning of 2019, I attended MAGFest, an annual video game music festival that happens in Washington, DC. On the flight home from MAGFest, I coincidentally ran into one of my Discord mods, Adkkid. As we chatted, we somehow got on the subject of what my next video was going to be, and I decided at that time to write a new original song.
At the time, I was going through a rough patch in a relationship, and I was really struggling in my daily life. I think it was especially hard for me since it was my first time going through something quite so emotionally painful, as I was relatively young. I think some of those emotions I was experiencing needed to be let out, which manifested in me writing this song! This song “Forward” is about… well, moving Forward - It’s about keeping your head up and moving forward through the challenges that we all face in life. I think the uplifting melody, strong groove, and high energy capture that mindset.
Between the 2019 version and this version appearing on Insane In The Rain, the arrangement did go through quite a few changes. The structure of the tune is pretty much the same (though the solo section after the guitar is a bit longer than the 2019 version), but the chorus is the part that I changed the most. The chorus originally had this offbeat oom-pah vibe that I never really liked after publishing the first version of the tune, so I decided to change it to something that gelled a bit better with the rest of the tune. I’m a huge sucker for big hits on beat 2 - can’t get enough of that, haha! I also added some layers of synths throughout the tune to beef up the production a bit. A few swooshes and reverse hits went a long way to really making this song as hype as I wanted it to be! My biggest inspirations for writing this tune were T-SQUARE (one of my favorite bands - they have an EWI!) and the various Megaman Battle Network soundtracks, which were some of my favorite games as a kid!
EWI (Electric Wind Instrument) - Carlos Eiene
Electric Guitar - Josh Vasquez (@XnarkyVGM )
Piano - @robkovacsmusic
Electric Bass - @NicoMendozaMusic
Drums - @DomPalombiMusic
Composed & Arranged by Carlos Eiene
Co-produced by Andrew Sumabat, Josh Vasquez, Rob Kovacs, Nico Mendoza & Dom Palombi
Recorded July 12-13 2022 at Avast Recording Company in Seattle, WA
Engineered by Cosmo Rossi
Mixed & Mastered by Carlos Eiene
Album Art Photography by Sebastian Tseng (Alpha 1 Studio)
Album Art Design by Carlos Eiene & Sebastian Tseng
Camera Operators - Peter Gillette, Ro Panuganti, Allison Martin, Katey Ritchey
Video Editing - Carlos Eiene, Peter Gillette
Color Grading - Peter Gillette
