So, a couple weeks ago we featured a rough take of Iris Florentine as the free MP3 single of the day.
I thought maybe you’d be interested in hearing the evolution of a song, so today I’m posting the album version of Iris Florentine for your enjoyment.
Take a few minutes to compare the two [...]
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Free MP3 of the day – Album Version of Iris Florentine
April 6th, 2009 by Jack Merlot
Free MP3 of the day – Queens over Aces
March 24th, 2009 by Jack Merlot
Check out the richly layered vocal harmonies and eclectic blend of instruments on Queens Over Aces.
All I can say is, it’s really good to know a drummer who really knows how and when to use brushes. (I’m not sayin’ you gotta like jazz, just that sometimes brushes paint a more vibrant picture than banging [...]
Dragon Child – Free MP3 Single of the Day
March 22nd, 2009 by Jack Merlot
Another track that was in mid-release at the time of the Great Hard Drive Massacre of 2004 – on this track, the production quality is a little better, the vocal sits a little bit better in the mix, and the gentle fuzziness of a Marshall 9001 pre-amp really helps the guitar part sing.
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Another One from the Vault – Driver Down, trip-hop (rare)
March 17th, 2009 by Jack Merlot
This track is fairly unsettling to listen to these days, as it relies heavily on several soft-synths we’d been toying with around the studio, and also, the vocals aren’t mixed very well, but on the other hand, it’s a really cool curiosity piece.
So, go ahead and get yer Driver Down (trip-hop remix) right HEAH.
We didn’t [...]
Iris Florentine – Free MP3 Single of the Day
March 15th, 2009 by Jack Merlot
Here’s an acoustic rough cut of Iris Florentine, the third track from the new album.
This take is pretty rough, as it’s all first takes and done on my laptop, instead of on my Mac desktop, but it’s pretty cool to hear an acoustic version compared to the album version, which has bass, drums, and production [...]