This is the final demo version of Despair completed on August 16th, 2010. It adds a lead guitar and vocal harmony during the chorus on top of the existing acoustic guitar and vocal melody.  Drums have also been recorded from a V-Drum kit and added along with a recorded bass line.  The album version of the track differs from this in its production and includes some additional instrumentation.

Despair (demo) 8-16-2010

This is a mixdown of Change done on October 6th, 2008. In this version of the track, there are drums, a second verse, and the instrumentation is more prominent.

Change (drums added) 10-6-2008

This is an acoustic demo of Change done on October 28th, 2008. This demo includes improved instrumentation and production as well as the final verse lyrics.  There are still no drums for the chorus.

Change (acoustic demo) 10-28-2008

This is the final demo version of Change completed on December 12th, 2008.  It has improved instrumentation and vocals over previous versions of the song including the drums for the chorus. The album version of the track differs from this in its production and includes a cleaner guitar sound without the sliding string noise.

Change (demo) 12-12-2008

This is the original recording of Insight done on April 1st, 2008. In this version of the track, there is just a bass and drums recorded to a metronome.

Insight (original recording) 4-1-2008

This is the final demo version of Insight completed on April 18th, 2008.  The differences between this version and the album version are in the production and instrumentation, but the song structure remains the same.

Insight (demo) 4-18-2008

This is a cover of the song Little Boxes written by Malvina Reynolds.  The track was recorded in 2006 after watching the covers done for the intro songs on Weeds and wanting to do as well.

Little Boxes (cover)

This is a cover of the song Unison written by Bjork. The track was recorded in 2006 as my first attempt at doing a multi-track recording using Cubase.  It contains the intro, first verse and chorus.

Unison (cover)

A Slow Start is the first of two experimental ambient electronic tracks that were recorded live using a Fantom X-8 keyboard on March 19th, 2012.

A Slow Start (instrumental)

Fall Into The Void is the second of two experimental ambient electronic tracks that were recorded live using a Fantom X-8 keyboard on March 19th, 2012.

Fall Into The Void (instrumental)

This is the non-mastered version of Opener is track 1 of 13 on the album Make Music by A Rising Force - released in 2012.

Opener (non-mastered)

Opener is track 1 of 13 on the album Make Music by A Rising Force.

Opener

Tour is track 2 of 13 on the album Make Music by A Rising Force.

Tour

Bright Eyed is track 3 of 13 on the album Make Music by A Rising Force.

Bright Eyed

Anyway... is track 4 of 13 on the album Make Music by A Rising Force.

Anyway...

Pickmeup is track 5 of 13 on the album Make Music by A Rising Force.

Pickmeup

Song3 is track 8 of 13 on the album Make Music by A Rising Force.

Song3

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A Rising Force started as a solo project in 2002; back then, I decided to start recording all of the music I played, practiced, and wrote to keep track of my progress. I’ve since built up a sizeable catalog of songs with various takes. This website is where I will be releasing the songs, over time, with a combination of new and old stuff. With each release, I will write up any notes that were pertinent to the recording of the track and any other inside information. Hopefully this will give some insight into my creative process and be entertaining. The music is sorted in alphabetical order in the lyrics section of the band site - arisingforce.com. You can also view the music by album and get extra information like production notes, lyrics, and video.

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Bobby Oster - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keyboard, Drums, Drum Programming, Harmonica, Percussion, and various other noises

Live Band:

Bobby Oster – Vocals, Guitar
Max Waggoner – Bass

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