The music industry is rife with talented individuals who consistently push the boundaries of modern music and make it their own through unique never before heard concepts. Kevin Parallax is one such individual, bringing forth his sheer artistry in full display with every groundbreaking release. This time, he talks about his latest projects and his creative process.
Kevin Parallax is an esteemed songwriter, composer, producer, and guitarist hailing from Mumbai, India. Currently based in Los Angeles, California, he has built a positive reputation in the music industry with his immense talents garnering a lot of buzz with every new release. The renowned artist has honed his craft to the best of his abilities since the inception of his career, proving that he is an extraordinary individual in the rising to look out for.
Kevin Parallax has an intuitive creative process that usually begins with him recording ideas to bring it all down into a session. He then proceeds towards programming a drum track over it after dialing in the guitar tone.
“The part that I would normally spend the most time on is dialing the guitar tone, I like to strike a balance between what sounds good to my raw ears and what preferably would sit well in the mix. The rest of the song sometimes flows naturally, and sometimes it’s just about trying multiple different variations of a previously written riff. Once finalized with a guitar track, I send it over to my drummer to track live drums on it followed by the bassist who would later track the bass, mix and master the song,” shared the rising star.
His latest release, Perplexing Emotions took several months to happen due to self-invented hurdles that he created for himself when it came to stitching up the riffs together.
“No matter how many contrasting parts I wrote, I kept hitting roadblocks and had to abandon many riffs in the process,” explained Kevin. “After a certain point, I realized that I was trying to keep up with an unrealistic expectation of how the song should be because of how good of a start I got off to. I allowed myself to disregard the restriction I set upon myself, which brought forth a complete product. I named it Perplexing Emotions, with the title itself explaining how stitching up all the riffs, riffs that were a product of my emotions, was a puzzle to me.”
After Kevin Parallax laid down the guitar parts, Rahul Hariharan from Bhayanak Maut proceeded with recording drums over the track followed by Ashwin Shriyan, an ex-band member of Demonic Resurrection, who later recorded the bass parts, partially layered the song with synth work, mixed, and mastered it.
“I also had programmed a drum track with sample packs while I was writing the guitar parts to know if it would suit the composition, which later was brought to life by Rahul who also added and brought his character in the process,” said Kevin.
Overall, Perplexing Emotions was a resounding success, and Kevin Parallax hopes to follow it up with several more successful projects down the line.The renowned progressive metal artist has been working on an EP in collaboration with Mike Semesky, previously of the Haarp Machine and Intervals. The release date of this project will be announced very soon, and it will be an entirely new project where Kevin Parallax adds vocals into the mix.
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