Davester2296 | Mid-Garts - Recklessness 「Cover By DAR」 @DAR-Davester2296 | Uploaded April 2021 | Updated October 2024, 6 days ago.
Finally, the channel's first taste of Mid-Garts! Shoutout to ren for introducing me to this soundtrack, as well as his continuous support and votes for this title throughout several COVER BATTLEGROUNDS!
It was a real tough choice deciding between either this song, or "Rune Blade". In the end, I went with this one, mainly because I felt like it'd be a better introduction to this soundtrack here on the channel. While "Rune Blade" would make for a great straight-up rock tune, "Recklessness" both rocks and has several other elements that come with it. Plus I really love the little pauses during the chorus! It just gives so much impact when the next beat drops!
I tried my best to try and stay faithful to the original. I had approached this one imagining what a more modern rendition would sound like. As I listened to the track, I started to hear all the different instruments in my head. The piano was a no-brainer, but I had started hearing some brass/french-horns for the part that plays on the right side. Whereas on the left, I was hearing those parts as a string-section/symphony! I also felt like a violin really suited one of the other melodies! I also threw in some choirs in the background at times to make things sound even more grand and dramatic.
I feel like this song is a great combination of orchestral, electronic, and rock! The rock bit was easy: chugga-chugga noodle-noodle.
The electronic part came about, because of how I heard the drum parts during the verses. I kept thinking to myself "Man, this would sound awesome with some electronic drum samples!". I wound up using some VSTi's that I've had for a long time, but never actually played around with. I really love how the electronic drums came out here!
The other thing was the bass. While I played my bass guitar for a lot of things here, I wound up using some synths for the bass during the verses. I felt like the synths had the right kind of tone that fit with the electric-drums. Plus, I thought it helped add even more contrast between the verses and choruses.
I kept the original song structure intact, for the most part. Towards the end, I added a shortened (and rockin') verse and an extended chorus with a guitar solo thrown in!
One melody that I had changed up slightly was the violin part during the 2nd verse (2:17). I actually wound up making this change whilst I was already shooting the video! I had fat-fingered the keys and accidentally pressed G instead of F, and realized "Oh hey, this sounds kind of cool!" and then I wound up coming up with this slight variation of the melody. So after making my changes and rendering out the new audio, I continued the video-recording-process!
Speaking of the video, I decided to try something different with how I show the piano parts. 0:30 I think I might use this video-style in the future whenever I have sections where I'm not playing any of my guitars, but have lots of synth and keyboard stuff going on.
Anyways, I hope you all enjoy the cover! ~DAR
OPUS DOWNLOAD: mediafire.com/file/ei96tdoayhblycp/Mid-Garts+-+Recklessness+[Cover+By+DAR].opus/file
Originally Composed by Masaaki Uno (宇野 正明)
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Finally, the channel's first taste of Mid-Garts! Shoutout to ren for introducing me to this soundtrack, as well as his continuous support and votes for this title throughout several COVER BATTLEGROUNDS!
It was a real tough choice deciding between either this song, or "Rune Blade". In the end, I went with this one, mainly because I felt like it'd be a better introduction to this soundtrack here on the channel. While "Rune Blade" would make for a great straight-up rock tune, "Recklessness" both rocks and has several other elements that come with it. Plus I really love the little pauses during the chorus! It just gives so much impact when the next beat drops!
I tried my best to try and stay faithful to the original. I had approached this one imagining what a more modern rendition would sound like. As I listened to the track, I started to hear all the different instruments in my head. The piano was a no-brainer, but I had started hearing some brass/french-horns for the part that plays on the right side. Whereas on the left, I was hearing those parts as a string-section/symphony! I also felt like a violin really suited one of the other melodies! I also threw in some choirs in the background at times to make things sound even more grand and dramatic.
I feel like this song is a great combination of orchestral, electronic, and rock! The rock bit was easy: chugga-chugga noodle-noodle.
The electronic part came about, because of how I heard the drum parts during the verses. I kept thinking to myself "Man, this would sound awesome with some electronic drum samples!". I wound up using some VSTi's that I've had for a long time, but never actually played around with. I really love how the electronic drums came out here!
The other thing was the bass. While I played my bass guitar for a lot of things here, I wound up using some synths for the bass during the verses. I felt like the synths had the right kind of tone that fit with the electric-drums. Plus, I thought it helped add even more contrast between the verses and choruses.
I kept the original song structure intact, for the most part. Towards the end, I added a shortened (and rockin') verse and an extended chorus with a guitar solo thrown in!
One melody that I had changed up slightly was the violin part during the 2nd verse (2:17). I actually wound up making this change whilst I was already shooting the video! I had fat-fingered the keys and accidentally pressed G instead of F, and realized "Oh hey, this sounds kind of cool!" and then I wound up coming up with this slight variation of the melody. So after making my changes and rendering out the new audio, I continued the video-recording-process!
Speaking of the video, I decided to try something different with how I show the piano parts. 0:30 I think I might use this video-style in the future whenever I have sections where I'm not playing any of my guitars, but have lots of synth and keyboard stuff going on.
Anyways, I hope you all enjoy the cover! ~DAR
OPUS DOWNLOAD: mediafire.com/file/ei96tdoayhblycp/Mid-Garts+-+Recklessness+[Cover+By+DAR].opus/file
Originally Composed by Masaaki Uno (宇野 正明)
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![DAR - The Eternal Sky (MIDI VER.) [GZDoom.sf2 render]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nfjTYF2h9WM/hqdefault.jpg "DAR - The Eternal Sky (MIDI VER.) [GZDoom.sf2 render]
MIDI DOWNLOAD (+more): https://mega.nz/folder/EWMVnCpL#1haoTUNIlhPMYCB27lxySA
MIDI version here for all the fellow MIDI connoisseurs and aficionados out there! As I always say, feel free to use my stuff in your projects, just make sure to credit me! Also, this may not come as a surprise, but Im pretty sure the MIDI isnt compatible with vanilla DOOM (as its way over the ~96kb limit).
Anyways, hope you all enjoy the MIDI version as well! ~DAR
Also, in case you missed it, watch the non-MIDI, short-film version here: https://youtu.be/UdzMd4tsnqE
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![Duke Nukem II - Hes Back! [Cover By DAR]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nv9-Einlkqk/hqdefault.jpg "Duke Nukem II - Hes Back! [Cover By DAR]
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Angry again, angry again, angry OW oh, oh wait, wrong song! For the longest time, I had never realized that this track had been heavily inspired by that song.
So Dukes back (and Im back)! Shout-out to LegalShade for nominating this particular track during the previous COVER BATTLEGROUNDS. Also my thanks goes out to all of you whom voted during CB3 as well. With your votes and a bit of luck, Duke made it to 4th place during SlaughterSphere!
For a while I questioned whether I should try and go for a more synth-heavy sound on this one. Thats what I had been thinking, since thats the kind of vibe the original gave me.
Of course, after consulting the song that this was inspired by, I thought that I should pay homage to it. So I changed the rhythm parts a bit to imitate the riff from Angry Again.
I also decided to scoop the mids a bit on the guitars (havent done this in quite a while). I also wound up layering a synth on top of the bass guitar for a little added grit and texture. The bass tone had some tweaking done to it as well, however, I think it wound up being more of a subtle change overall.
For the most part, I followed the original closely, but I wasnt quite sure what to add. In the end though, I came up with a new lead part for the outro.
Also, for some reason, working on the video really wore me out. Its probably because of all this heat! Anyhow, I wound up splitting my recording session into two evenings (instead of just one).
The problem was that the second session was nearly a week later, so I wound up needing to re-learn the song while I recorded. Its a bit silly, but it took me WAY longer than I thought it would to re-learn nearly everything from 1:32 onward. It usually never takes me that long to re-learn parts and to shoot the video.
With all that said though, Im pretty happy with how this one turned out.
Anyways, I hope you guys all enjoy the cover!
~DAR
OGG DOWNLOAD: https://www.mediafire.com/file/bntitixbeowlyvk/Duke_Nukem_2 He%27s_Back_%5BCover_By_DAR%5D.ogg/file
Next Duke Cover: Duke Nukem 3D - Stalker: https://youtu.be/OIAsp7db72I
Previous Duke Cover: Duke Nukem 3D - Aliens, Say Your Prayers: https://youtu.be/dZdCbUxFTWI
Originally Composed By: Bobby Prince
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![DOOM | Plutonia MIDI Pack - Tomb of the Unknown Soldier [Cover By DAR] - MAP13](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nyO9dy7z8_A/hqdefault.jpg "DOOM | Plutonia MIDI Pack - Tomb of the Unknown Soldier [Cover By DAR] - MAP13
After the rush of last map/cover, its time to calm down a little and cruise & groove to the riff and rhythm of Map13s theme!
Also, cheers to Cammy, Mr. Freeze, and Jimmy for giving this track an official name a couple of years back (as this used to be just untitled).
I stuck closely with the original, for the most part.
I mainly changed up the drums ever so slightly, and also added a couple of harmonic bits here and there.
In my usual style, I also added some new leads for the last chorus. Nothing too fancy or flashy, as I didnt want these new leads to mess with the vibe of the original track.
I actually got this one all recorded and done pretty fast. It only took this long since I was making a special Doom cover thatll be coming out here later on July 31st! Long time fans of the channel and of TNT Evilution are sure to get a kick out of that one when it releases. But yeah, thats why this cover took a little bit to get to.
Anyhow, I hope you all enjoy the cover! ~DAR
.OGG DOWNLOAD: https://mega.nz/file/JekjXC4D#PFzEdVOWS3Xe0J8d-wgRmlu7jTAvDVBxvdXEYX8BZ6M
Originally Composed By Mr. Freeze
Final Doomer+: https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?t=55061
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![DOOM | D64D2 - On The Edge [Cover By DAR] - MAP07](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oxT1sBgst04/hqdefault.jpg "DOOM | D64D2 - On The Edge [Cover By DAR] - MAP07
This is certainly one energetic track! So I decided to do some things a little differently here. I sort of changed some lead parts ever so slightly, and also did my own little thing with the leads from 1:50 onwards.
I think this video also marks the first time Ive ever shown myself actually playing fast in a Doom cover (always tended to gloss over the fast bits in the videos)!
Theres also actually a bit of a story to the fist wraps. I wound up wrapping my hands/wrists because I sort of got carried away working on this one and hurt my left wrist a bit. Didnt realize how out of practice I was at playing things like the bit at 1:34. Its almost like when you havent worked out in a long time, and then you suddenly decide to do too much at once!
Though, I think it was worth the effort recording it on video for once, came out looking pretty cool I think.
Anyways, I hope you guys all enjoy the cover! ~DAR
OGG DOWNLOAD: https://mega.nz/file/hWcgkShK#y1HsR9_VLp0NKsLpJnS5ufZ-UBbyCVlwO6RCuLr5gsA
FLAC DOWNLOAD: https://mega.nz/file/QXcXxJKK#qrgsvTCShBTAepJd4VIiHTIUASDaTuxfR8UURcWTu2s
BACKING TRACK Ver. [OGG]: https://mega.nz/file/0DNAxQoK#U4dWByLBABvhR5WmFbXeuaW71kwd8_47ufmooBnbzJw
Next DOOM Cover: D64D2 - Zephyr Zone Infiltration Method: https://youtu.be/rRMZHZKkmUo
Previous DOOM Cover: D64D2 - Fear: https://youtu.be/8GvYZCQsf7w
Originally Composed By: CoTeCiO
DOOM 64 For DOOM 2: https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/92901-doom-64-for-doom-ii-idgames-link-is-up/
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![DAR - On Impulse [FULL ALBUM] | {DOWNLOAD IN DESCRIPTION}](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/p1dj7suoOTU/hqdefault.jpg "DAR - On Impulse [FULL ALBUM] | {DOWNLOAD IN DESCRIPTION}
Hey all, Im back and proud to present what Ive been finishing up for the past couple of weeks!
ON IMPULSE is supposed to be a bit of a return to form for me. I had wanted to go back to my old style from before the RED PLANET saga. For a while I was actually worried that my style had permanently changed because of all the DOOM that Ive covered. For better or for worse, my brain seems to now default mostly to more aggressive and darker sounding riffs.
Thankfully, I think I was able to tap back into my old style! I feel like this albums collection of songs all manage to hold a piece of previous albums. My RED PLANET sound even crept back in for the track, Fever Dream. I also have my first-ever acoustic track to close out the album with too! I think that it opens up a lot of possibilities now that I can get a nice clean recording of an acoustic performance, FINALLY!
Anyways, I hope you all enjoy the album, thank you all for listening (and for reading this!)
TRACKLIST:
0:00 Start Your Engines!
4:32 Memoria
12:04 The Fractured Horizons Returns
18:45 Fever Dream
23:53 The Shores of Destiny
32:02 Buh-Bye Heavy Lullaby
38:16 Taking Flight (Sky III)
42:36 Retrospect (Acoustic Ver.)
DOWNLOAD ALBUM: https://www.mediafire.com/file/qqbta5abf0ip3xt/DAR+-+On+Impulse+(2021)+[FULL+ALBUM].7z/file
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