I'm on a rooooll! Got this one done incredibly fast!!
I was actually a bit worried when I sat down to work on this one. With how much I love "Exodus to the Stars" being the new opener, I feel like "Collision Course" would now be overshadowed by it.
I wound up changing up the leads a little bit from the original, mainly altering the "main riff" bit that plays during the chorus. Wanted to have more variation compared to the original, so the main riff gets to live in the intro/verse. Then I just absolutely had to throw in the harmonized leads that I was hearing in my head.
Really love how the two leads sing together!
I'm also really happy with the drums. I wound up taking some of the things that I tried out on Alt's song from the other day, and applied some of them to the drum mix here. Such as layering and blending a few more snares together, and a healthy dose of reverb on the drum reverb send/aux channel.
I also decided to sidechain my snare to the overhead drum mics. Got like a couple of decibels of gain reduction. Hardly noticeable, but I think it certainly helps with freeing up small bits of headroom in the mix.
On the topic of drums and percussion, I decided to throw in some like metallic percussion/hits during the verses, since I thought they sounded cool.
Also for funsies, I went and threw in a piano and turned it down and blended it into the mix during the chorus/refrain bits.
Once again, I'm just so jazzed about how great this sounds, compared to where I was with the original nearly a decade ago!
Anyways, I hope you all enjoy the song! I can't wait to see how the next track, "Final Solstice" is going to turn out. With how things are shaping up so far, that one's going to be wild! ~DAR
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