Song: Reasons Not To Die
Band: Helium Wish

Here's another re-make! This was one of our first Helium Wish instrumentals from 2004.

Written by Karl Tsang.  I've updated the guitar sounds and bass parts, but, the essence/arrangement of the song is essentially the same as we originally played it.

Helium Wish - Karl Tsang (guitar), Rob Pitt (bass) and Jeff Simmons (drums).

Re-recorded by Karl Tsang 12-13th September 2017.
Final mix 13th September 2017.

DAW Reaper
Focusrite 18i20
Boss GT-001 for guitars
Boss GT-001 used as input with it's compressor and then Bias AMP for bass
PRS Torero with Elixer 10s
Fender 5 string J bass with Bass Lines pickups
EZ Drummer
T-rackS CS
Eventide 2016 Stereo Room

Reasons Not To Die (free to download, thanks for listening)

Song: Seamless Day
Band: Helium Wish

Here's another re-make by me! This is another early Helium Wish instrumental from 2004 which started out as an acoustic song.

Once again I've updated the guitar sound and bass parts, but, the essence/arrangement of the song is essentially the same as how we originally played it.

Seamless Day - written by Karl Tsang.

Helium Wish - Karl Tsang (guitar), Rob Pitt (bass) and Jeff Simmons (drums).

Re-recorded by Karl Tsang 17-24th September 2017.
Smash mix (a.k.a loud version) 25th September 2017.

DAW Reaper
Focusrite 18i20
Boss GT-001 for guitar effect, replicating my original Zoom 8080 sound
Kontact 5+bias fx for low layer of lead guitar
Kontact 5 for bass
PRS Torero with Elixer 10s
EZ Drummer
T-rackS CS
Eventide 2016 Stereo Room
Floorfish de-esser
Dust Equaliser for guitar

Seamless Day

Song: Portals
Artist: 40 Day Warning

Written and recorded by Karl Tsang.

DAW Reaper
Focusrite 18i20
PRS S2 Custom 24
PRS Torero with Elixer 10s
Ibanez RG7421
Fender 5 string J bass with Bass Lines pickups
Monster Cable
Kemper Amp
Bias FX
Bias AMP (for Bass guitar)
Guitar Rig 5 (for noise reduction only)
Kontact 5 for piano (New York Concert Grand)
Absynth 5
EZ Mix, Red 2 EQ and Tonmann Deesser for lead guitar (used Kemper for sound)
Dust Equaliser for some rhythm guitar tracks and bass guitar
Superior Drummer 2 with Metal EZX (my own custom mix)
T-rackS CS
Eventide 2016 Stereo Room
Floorfish de-esser

Portals

Song: Dum Dum
Band: Helium Wish

Here's another re-make by me!
Dum Dum was our signature Helium Wish instrumental, simple, hectic and rocking!
Once again I've updated the guitar sound and bass parts, but, the essence/arrangement of the song is the same as how we originally played it.

Dum Dum - written by Karl Tsang.
Helium Wish - Karl Tsang (guitar), Rob Pitt (bass) and Jeff Simmons (drums).
Re-recorded by Karl Tsang 28th September-15th November 2017 starting with rebuilding the song in midi.
Windows 10 Pro 64bit
DAW Reaper
Focusrite 18i20
Guitars;
Ibanez RG7421
PRS S2 Custom 24
Kemper Profiling Amp
CLA Guitars
Dust Equalizer
T-Racks 5 CSR Classik Studio Reverb
Bass
Fender Squire 5 String J-bass with Basslines pickups
Kemper Profiling Amp
CLA Bass
Dust Equalizer
Eventide 2016 Stereo Room
Drums;
EZ Drummer
T-Racks 5
Eventide 2016 Stereo Room
Mastering chain;
Newfangled Equivocate
Waves VComp Stereo
Waves C4 Stereo
T-Racks 5
Voxengo Span (for spectrum analysis)

Dum Dum

Song: First Love
Band: Helium Wish

Here's another re-make by me!
First Love was one of our last Helium Wish instrumentals.
Once again I've updated the guitar sound and bass parts, but, the essence/arrangement of the song is the same as how we originally played it.

First Love - written by Karl Tsang.
Helium Wish - Karl Tsang (guitar), Rob Pitt (bass) and Jeff Simmons (drums).

Re-recorded by Karl Tsang 2nd-11th November 2017 starting with rebuilding the song in midi.
Final Mixing/mastering 15th November 2017.

Windows 10 Pro 64bit
DAW Reaper
Focusrite 18i20
Guitar;
PRS S2 Custom 24
Zoom 8080 Super Player (the original effects box we used in the band and particularly this song).
Kemper Profiling Amp
T-Racks 5 CSR Classik Studio Reverb
Dust Equalizer
ADT by Vacuumsound
CLA Guitar
Bass;
Fender Squire 5 String J-bass with Basslines pickups
Kemper Profiling Amp
Dust Equalizer
Drums;
EZ Drummer
T-Racks 5
Eventide 2016 Stereo Room
Mastering chain;
Waves C4 Stereo
T-Racks 5

First Love

Song: Descent
Band: Helium Wish

Here's another re-make by me!

Kicking off 2019 with another Helium Wish instrumental re-make.  This one was one of our favourites to play.  I've been sitting on this version for the last 9 months, but, with working two jobs now I don't have much time to fix the few errors left in the track, so I'm releasing it as-is.

As with all the Helium Wish material, it was written back in 2004.

Descent - written by Karl Tsang.
Helium Wish - Karl Tsang (guitar), Rob Pitt (bass) and Jeff Simmons (drums).
Completed 31st March 2018

Descent

Song: How Long Does It Take?
Band: Helium Wish

Here's another re-make by me!
How Long Does It Take? was one of our favourite Helium Wish instrumentals.  This was one of the songs that really helped me develop my octave tremolo picking, which I used as part of our signature sound.  As with all the Helium Wish material, it was written back in 2004.

I've updated the bass parts, but, the essence/arrangement of the song is the same as how we originally played it.

How Long Does It Take? - written by Karl Tsang.
Helium Wish - Karl Tsang (guitar), Rob Pitt (bass) and Jeff Simmons (drums).

Full info to come.

How Long Does It Take?

I'm a music, guitar and technology enthusiast.  I love playing guitar, composing, singing and making home recordings using a wide range of instruments and programs, sounds, effects and mixing.  All my music here on Soundcloud is made available for free for personal-use and multiple devices providing it is free from profit and unaltered in it's original state.

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