DAR - A World Gone Mad | [Solitude Of Mind remake announcement]
22Going back to where it all first began; the "Solitude Of Mind" EP!
I figured it was about time I started remaking everything in my song catalog. The "ON IMPULSE" album just needs small tweaks and a simple remaster. However, everything that came before it is going to get the redux treatment (much like the treatment that Cyclic Divide recently received!). Its going to be fun recapturing the magic of 45+ of my own songs!
For the most part, I'm going to stay very close to the originals, and try not to change them too much. Just making additions and modifications that sound cool... you know, its almost as if I'm covering myself! "DAR Covered By DAR"!
As I've come quite a long ways in the 9 years since I originally wrote and recorded this, I decided to spice up the leads! Throwing in a diving harmonic in the beginning for a stronger start and introduction. Then I also added those little runs (starting at 0:43) that both the leads and rhythm guitars play. Really enjoyed these, as I felt like it enhanced the energy of the track.
I also did some double-tapping, which wasn't used at all on the original. I even modified the melody a bit for the sake of variation, but also because the new bit has this certain feel about it. Really liked this small modification!
Something I found interesting was that I wound up going to my Strat for the leads. I used my Ibanez at first since I've been so used to using it for nearly everything. However, when I compared the two, the Strat just had that little extra bit of "magic" to the sound. Not quite sure how to put it, other than it had that and was a bit more nuanced.
Overall pretty happy that the Strat is reprising its role on leads for these classic albums/releases!
I also got around to experimenting with saturation a bit more. Through a bit of research, I wound up finding out that when used right, saturation can actually help tame the high frequencies. I wound up throwing saturation plugins on the rhythm and leads. I think it wound up rounding and smoothing things off quite nicely!
Aside from falling back in love with my Strat, the only other things I changed up were a few minor things regarding the song structure. The rhythm guitar in the intro repeated itself for an extra loop before everything kicked in. I also extended the pause/rest at 0:23 to give the stereo delay more room to echo out (that and to give things more impact when everything comes back in).
Anyways, I hope you all enjoy this remake of a "DAR Classic"! Also hope you all look forward to joining my on this trip down memory lane. Its sure to be a treat for old-time listeners, as well as folks new to the channel! ~DAR
(Also, I think this serves as a nice teaser for what my old works could all sound like now, both originals AND covers!)
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