Free MP3 of the day – Queens over Aces

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 on something with a stick.)

Oh, and I also wanted to share the following picture with you – last night I got my Photoshop on and came up with this CD label for the ‘Orchids for Betty’ album. What do you think?

It's what's on the CD

It's what's on the CD

I had a good time getting the words to spiral around the center of the disk like that, and it was also fun to create a little pastiche of some of the doodles and line drawings I’ve made over the years.

Also, my hand is kind of sore today after last night; I went ahead and hand-signed and numbered one hundred of the letterpress disk jackets – they turned out really cool, I can’t wait until you see them up close.

Thanks for stopping by,

- Jack

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Dragon Child – Free MP3 Single of the Day

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.

the original (unreleased) artwork for the Dragon Child single

the original (unreleased) artwork for the Dragon Child single

Download Dragon Child over heah.

As in:

Ya’ll come back now, ya heah?

- Jack Merlot

Dragon Child

copyright 2004 Jack Merlot – some rights reserved

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Written & performed by Jack Merlot

Producer/recording engineer: Toby Lucien

Mastered by Diamond Fiction

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it’s been years since I felt like this
with a sweet little honey on my wrist
won’t you come stand with me in the night
before the clutch of our death-grip comes tight

Oh my dragon
oh my dragon you can come with me
I don’t know where I’m standing, on a cliff

with your heart in my hands,
I will decide
we are vultures in a state of denial
when you talked with everybody at the bar
the other night I laughed
cuz I know you’re coming home
and that’s what I planned

oh baby this time it’s gonna be rough
I don’t think I can fly any further, myself, oh no
it’s been years since I felt you in my heart
and this ocean’s only tearin’ me apart

it’s been years since I felt like this
with the sweetest little honey and she’s
pulling on my wrist
oh sweet dragon child dragon child my friend
I wanna be with you until the bitter end

I won’t die, I won’t die
but you gotta stay with me now now
I know I’ve been f*cking up a lot but
it’s the way I am

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