So for the longest time, I thought I'd never played this game so this song was off limits until I picked it up, then I watched a speed run of it and realized that the reason this song was so nostalgic was that I DID play it! Then I had to decide if I'd make Super Mario RPG a medley for year 3 and ultimately decided against it because the medley would have to have this song but I really wanted to give it it's own video since there's so much to the arrangement. In retrospect there really isn't much to it, it's just so geniously composed that you can listen to it a million times without it draining on you. I'm glad I could finally take this one on!
I decided to use the PRS in this video again since the song was in C# minor, it game me the option to hit the VI chord as a low A power chord which was helpful. I saw a lot of comments saying they like the explorer better and don't get me wrong, so do I, but know that the reasoning behind the choice of guitars a use is based on numerous things. I've been having a few breakthroughs with mixing lately! I'm starting to really be able to bring out the bass after countless comments that I need to 'turn it up'. I would like to quickly address that I've seen that comment on numerous videos by home recording artists and I have to assert that anybody who thinks that the solution to hearing bass in a mix better is to just turn it up has probably never done this sort of thing themselves. Getting an instrument to be heard better does not involve simply 'turning it up' as much as carefully applying EQ on tracks to create head room for that instrument when dealing with multi-track recording. It's something that takes a lot of practice and I'm tired of hearing about comments like these because it makes younger more inexperienced mixers begin to doubt themselves thinking that they can't do something as easy as 'turning it up'. Okay, end rant. Hope the bass sounds good. Haha!
We've had some happy covers lately, think it's time to go back to one of my favorite soundtracks and hit up something darker! See ya then!
Arranged and Performed by: FamilyJules7x
Composed by: Yoko Shimomura, Nobou Uematsu, and Koji Kondo
Rhythm Guitars: PRS SE Custom 7 String
Lead Guitars: Schecter Damien FR
Bass Guitar: Ibanez Soundgear SR405QM
Classical Guitar: Cordoba C7
Ocarina: STL Zelda Tenor
Drums: Toontrack Superior Drummer
Interface: Line 6 Pod HD Pro
Guitar Strap: Viper Strapz
Guitar Pick: CSGuitar89 Custom 1.14mm
Mixer: Yamaha MG102c
Audio Software: Mixcraft 6.1
Mastering Software: Izotope Ozone 5
Video Software: Adobe Premiere Pro
Video Camera: Canon Eos Rebel T3i
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