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This is the final song from the Rarijack album….Rarity is overcome by the difficulties of her new life in Manehattan while assisting on the fashion designs for a doomed wedding party. After a long day, she tries to sleep, but keeps dreaming of her family and the past. Things go from bad to worse after she finally opens a letter from AJ, informing her of the formal end to their relationship. Her life comes crashing down around her, as she realizes she now has lost everything in the pursuit of her career.  It’s also originally a classic by The Smiths.

Vocals for this track are by the amazing Metal Mare. Also known as the Warbalist’s wife, her performance just blew me away and she brought such a great closer to this part of the project.  The Warbalist did a wonderful and time consuming job of assembling all the music for this track w/o the help of any midi tracks. Thanks so much for all the work done on this closer.
Both are on this channel https://www.youtube.com/user/warbalist/

I am Freewave who threw did the mixing and mastering of this track and the running of the project.  I’m here https://www.youtube.com/user/thefreewave

The wonderful original artwork is by Tsitra http://tsitra360.deviantart.com/art/Nom-Nom-Nom-450561649 Thanks so much for this wonderful picture and fitting the mood.

Thanks to all those supporting the Maressey project and getting the word out. Tumblr is here: http://mlpmaressey.tumblr.com/ If you like it let us and EQD know. The full Rarijack Album is out containing this track and 9 others. Grab it here (it’s free)..   http://maressey.blogspot.com/

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                 Maressey - I Won’t Share You                      

After weeks have gone by, Spike finally has had enough with waiting around for Rarity to return from Manehattan. He wants no more carrying around luggage, trying on dresses, and investing in the doomed relationship. This is his farewell note he sends to her as he vows to get on with his new life. This is a track originally done by The Smiths and the second to last song from the Rarijack album.

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Maressey - The Rarijack Album

“I hope you enjoy the first 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 the next, with albums that tell an interwoven storyline in each.

I have to thank quite a few people who have made an idea 2+ 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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More to come…..

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Planning Thread
10 Questions
The Four Albums
The Art of Maressey

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Maressey - Colt Afraid 

Rarity and Applejack have a romantic evening planned, leaving Sweetie Belle to stay the evening at Button’s house. What the young ponies have built up in their minds is quickly and unexpectedly extinguished. The evening turns into an awkward disaster as they continually misinterpret what the other is thinking and feeling throughout the night.  This is also a ponified cover of The Smiths classic.

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Things have taken a turn for the worse between Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy. After missing a dinner date, Dash shows up the next day reeking of sweat and cider. She then tells a constantly evolving story of fighting off an army of attackers. How can their relationship prevail when she can’t tell her marefriend the honest truth?  This is also a ponified cover of The Smiths classic.

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So this is an update to progress of the four themed Maressey albums.  I was hoping we’d get to the character arcs where songs start telling stories of several (relation)ships, with each song telling a different chapter of that storyline over its course. The best place for this to happen is with the album releases, so each album has a theme. Therefore I’ve proposed collecting the songs in 4 free themed albums, with one for Rarijack, Flutterdash, Twiluna, and one a general Bronies theme. Four just works for the amount of character themes involved and the progress so far on each. Overall this project examines the difficulties of having relationships within different personalities and what happens when friendships are stretched by having different goals in life. I’ve gone with Lauren Faust’s original concept to have Rarity and Dash fulfill their dreams outside of Ponyville but also the costs of such a departure. The biggest theme of all is how things change and we often feel the loss of tearing away of those bonds.

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Maressey - Last Night I Dreamt That Somepony Loved Me

This is the second track of the upcoming Flutterdash album. Alone in the dark, Scootaloo is again revisited by all the problems of her life. Orphaned, crippled, and utterly lost; Will she ever realize her dreams that are denied her and find the love she needs? This is the fourteenth track from the Maressey project, a ponified cover of The Smiths classic.

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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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Continuing the story from “This Charming Mare”; A rescued Braeburn is escorted back to Appleloosa after his wagon cart is damaged. Sparks ignite with Big Mac and the stallion while taking shelter in a barn during a sudden rainstorm. Afterwards he’s conflicted about his own sexuality after the unplanned encounter. Mac assures him not to fret and to make his own choices for his future. This track is part of one of the four albums planned that primarily tells the story of Rarijack (and the characters who are also a part of that same storyline). 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”.