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 Maressey - The Flutterdash Album

“I hope you enjoy the second of hopefully 4 Maressey albums. As you should know Maressey is a Ponified Tribute to the Music of The Smiths. Without them creating the original tracks this tribute or the music contained would not be possible.  Their exploration of loneliness, sex, gender, love, and loss I felt could be translated into our own fimfiction of these characters and comment on ourselves.  We did try to do something a bit different with this tribute and that is to find an MLP theme in each album (within this story of Rarijack and Flutterdash) and the next, with albums that tell an interwoven storyline in each.

I have to thank quite a few people who have made an idea 3+ years ago into a realized 20+ person group project. Thanks to the wonderful people below who have helped throughout this project. They are all such incredibly talented and wonderful musicians and they have made this project all possible. I hope that people continue to support this project and those many musicians and artists involved.”~Freewave

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Maressey - What Difference Does It Make                                      

Celestia aims to reform the newly freed Discord with the help of the patient Fluttershy. However, things do not turn out as well as she planned. He quickly takes advantage of their friendship, tricking her to do things she wouldn’t normally do, and poisoning her relationship with the bearers of the Elements of Harmony. As always it’s originally a classic track by The Smiths

A massive thanks to Starbreeis for taking on the vocals of this track. i thought she did a wonderful job on this track and several others. She’s fabulous!
https://www.youtube.com/user/starbreeis

Music (guitars, bass, and drums) by Johnny Mare. Johnny helped kickoff this project by doing new guitar takes and music for many of our songs. His channel of Smiths covers is here. https://www.youtube.com/user/johnnymare

Mixing is by me. Freewave :)
https://www.youtube.com/user/thefreewave

Check out our blog on tumblr at http://mlpmaressey.tumblr.com/

The Awesome Artwork is by Secret Stabby. Thanks so much.  
http://secretstabby.tumblr.com/post/39030473114/cant-sleep-heard-of-the-rumored-upcoming

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As Braeburn and Big Mac head back to Appleloosa, Rarity and Applejack continue to squabble at the Apple ranch. Underneath their years of conflict lies a hidden longing that boils to the surface. Rarity is the first to let her feelings be known and Applejack soon reveals they are mutual. What they must soon deal with are the repercussions; will their families and friends understand their choice when the former antagonists become lovers? This is another song/chapter from the upcoming Rarijack album. It’s also originally a Smiths classic track.

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This song is about my favorite lesbian horse couple Lyra and Bon Bon.  This song is sung from the pov of Lyra when she first approached Bon Bon romantically. It’s easy to live alone in life and pessimistically but why… when there’s so much more to life when it’s shared with another? It is also a cover of the Smiths classic “Sheila Take a Bow”.

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Maressey - Panic (Hang the Dj)

Dubstep invades Ponyville and many ponies have just had their fill of it and are furious by their sleepless nights and vibrating buildings. Applejack in particular says enough is enough and burns down the local danceclub right outside her farm early one morning. She accidentally sets off a musical backlash that affects all corners of Equestria with dj’s fleeing for their lives as mobs of ponies protest against EDM. This track is of course a ponified version of The Smiths classic track. Enjoy.

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Trixie visits Ponyville again and just like last time her lack of tact to her fellow unicorn kin create a new wave of problems. Feel sympathy for Trixie as she’s cursed with being a bigmouth and well aware of it. This song is also a ponified cover of The Smiths classic.

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This is basically a brony theme song for dealing with haters and trolls. We may encounter adversity but you don’t have to let it dampen your spirit. It follows a brony who travels all across the country attending brony conventions until they sadly run out of money. It’s also a ponified cover of The Smiths classic.

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This is the first track of a several song Flutterdash ship arc. Taking place during the Hurricane Fluttershy episode, this is from Dash’s pov (Evdog) as she expresses not just her need for her help but also for something much more. Every relationship starts with a spark but it only truly begins with a question and a reply of “yes”. This is the fifth track from the Maressey project, a ponified cover of The Smiths classic “Ask”.

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abzde: “So Johnny Mare isn’t a brony? Is Mare his real name or just his stage name? In either case that’s a funny coincidence.

Also Faux Synder has such a beautiful voice it goes so well with this song. Love this one freewave!”

Thanks! Yep he isn’t a brony and when Morte and I were shopping the idea of getting this project and looking for a Smiths cover musician involved (there’s a lot of them) his name was the one who really popped out due to the irony.  He was also well acquainted with their catalog, did great covers, and already had a sizeable following. What was even better was he agreed to take part knowing the theme and we moved from the idea of singing over his ytube covers to him making new recordings and stems for 10 of the songs to make them even better. I’m serious if he hadn’t done a lot of the groundwork at the onset this project wouldn’t have gotten started to also making a lot of the instrumentals for other songs. We’ve actually got about 25+ wips currently and 20+ more possible songs to do if we want to take it that far. 

https://www.youtube.com/user/johnnymare

Assuming it’s his stage name :P

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In the middle of the night Luna is attacked by an evil force and found in a coma. Celestia is overcome with a wave of emotions from the past regarding her fallen sister, both positive and negative. One thing is for certain, it’s serious…… (no not really).  This is the fourth track from the Maressey project, a ponified cover of The Smiths classic, and sung from Celestia’s pov.