The World of Hastang

I still can’t t figure out how Tessa came up with those haunting melodies, especially in the chorus part, which features two different melodies doing a tango. While doing the vocal tracks in the studio, Galen asked me: “Which one is the lead vocal part?” I shrugged. Both?

This is part 10 of an 11-part series. Guile takes a whimsical journey down memory lane, retracing the bumpy pseudo-pathways that led to the final version of Hastang’s current tracks.

A classic rock riff I wrote that was actually accepted by the group (I’m not that hopeless after all)! This is also the first song that […]

This is part 9 of an 11-part series. Guile takes a whimsical journey down memory lane, retracing the bumpy pseudo-pathways that led to the final version of Hastang’s current tracks.

There was a girl and a boy. They were friends for a long time, until they realized that they are meant to be together. The guy […]

This is part 8 of an 11-part series. Guile takes a whimsical journey down memory lane, retracing the bumpy pseudo-pathways that led to the final version of Hastang’s current tracks.

This song came from an A minor-based classic rock riff I was playing around with. Then Roy worked from there and took this song into effects-heavy […]

This is part 7 of an 11-part series. Guile takes a whimsical journey down memory lane, retracing the bumpy pseudo-pathways that led to the final version of Hastang’s current tracks.

The song that features the Mystery Chord. It’s right in the second pre-chorus, barely audible. We don’t really know what chord it is. Gaw, Galen and […]

This is part 6 of an 11-part series. Guile takes a whimsical journey down memory lane, retracing the bumpy pseudo-pathways that led to the final version of Hastang’s current tracks.

This song went through two rejected incarnations before its final version. First rejected incarnation: an up-tempo rendition that was too new wave for its own good, […]

This is part 5 of an 11-part series. Guile takes a whimsical journey down memory lane, retracing the bumpy pseudo-pathways that led to the final version of Hastang’s current tracks.

Gaw actually did some blues licks on the verse parts but ultimately, we decided to take them out to give more focus to the vocals.
Originally, […]

This is part 4 of an 11-part series. Guile takes a whimsical journey down memory lane, retracing the bumpy pseudo-pathways that led to the final version of Hastang’s current tracks.

Another song from the Squirrel Talk days with haunting lyrics written by Yan. Mark came up with a vocal melody using an E minor and D […]