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It’s time for the second A Hat in Time GaMetal remix!

The Battle of Award 42 has been a hot request ever since I did Your Contract Will Expire a couple of years ago (wow it’s been that long, eh?), tying for #10 most requested song in last year’s GaMetal Song Ballot, then shooting way up to the #3 spot in 2020’s ballot, which is pretty impressive when you take into consideration not having done any Hat in Time songs since 2018.

That said, I’ve actually been planning this song out since last year. I thought it’d be fun to do a collaboration on this one, so I invited our familiar friends InsaneInTheRainMusic (who’s most recently joined me on Hydrocity Zone Act 2, and the Pepsi Man Pepsi Jam), and “Sax Dragon” Carl Catron (who was also a part of the Pepsi Man Pepsi Jam) to join in on Tenor Sax and Aerophone, respectively.

My plan was to have InsaneInTheRain mostly handling the leads in the brassy sections, and Sax Dragon handling the organ parts (I got the idea from him using an organ sound with the Aerophone during the Pepsi Jam), to make way for a big 3 way jam. Perhaps you could picture the 3 instruments being Hat Kid, DJ Grooves, and the Conductor.

The original track already gave me plenty to work with, so the song structure is mostly the same as the original, I did however slightly extend the section where the Guitar and Sax solos take place.

Also, for the few guitar players wondering… I had to tune to GGCFAD for the short bit around 0:42-0:49… the things you gotta do when you don’t have a 7 string, lol.

What the peck will come next? Only time will tell…