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.
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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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”.
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.
Ok at some point I needed to think about what the Maressey album would look like and would it be just ONE? While the themes often change each week on the new release I was hoping we’d get to the character arcs where songs start telling stories of several 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 themed albums, with one for Rarijack, Flutterdash, Twiluna, and one a general bronies topics theme. Four just works for the amount of character themes involved and the progress so far on each. .
The number indicates song progress. 5 is a completed song, 4 has an instrumental and a vocal with it in the mixing stage. 3’s often have a far along instrumental but are needing a vocal or further instrument work. 2’s or lower are very much a wip instrumental draft or perhaps have nothing yet if lower. Any song that is crossed out could have been part of the album if someone took charge and made the song but is otherwise not likely going to be attempted to make it just due to time constraints. They are non essential to album completion so we are likely skipping them. Can’t make every Maressey song into a reality.
- This Charming Mare (Rarity’s Song) 5 Morte Mcadaver
- Braeburn It Was Really Nothing (the Braemac song) 4.7 Jeff Burgess
- Pretty Mares Make Graves (CheeriMac) 3.5 (checked out by Luna Jax)
- The Mare With The Thorn In Her Side (The Rarijack Song) 4.7 Jeff Burgess
- Colt Afraid (SweetieMash song) 3.5 (need m-f duet vocal, checked out by Simul and Bloo)
- Panic (Hang the Dubstep Dj) 5 Andante Skie
- Manehattan (Rarity’s Song) 3.5 (checked out by Jokeblue)
- Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now (Coco Pommel’s Song) * 5 Zatslol
- I Won’t Share You (Spike’s Song) 3.5 (checked out by Simul)
- I Know It’s Over (Rarity’s Song) 4.5 Warbalist and Wife
Second Album (Flutterdash includes Scootaloo + Discord) 9 songs
- Ask (The Flutterdash song) 5 Evdog and Starbreeis
- Last Night I Dreamt That Somepony Loved Me (Scootaloo’s Song) 4.6 Evdog
- Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before (Dash’s Song) 4.6 Bloo
- Still Ill (Dash’s Song) 3.5 (need vocal, checked out to Fallen Skies)
- The Headmaster Ritual (The Flutter Abuse Song) * 4.6 Starbreeis
- What Difference Does It Make? (Fluttercord) 3.5 (need f vocal, checked out by Starbreeis)
- Chaos Lovers of the World (Discord’s Song) 3(checked out by Zatslol)
- These Things Take Time (Scootadash) 3.5 (checked out to Kat Vwj)
- Half a Pegasus (The Scootaloo Song) * 3.5 (need vocal, checked out by BlindSkyWatcher?)
Third Album (Twiluna Theme, Includes small Pinkie Pie arc, Celestia, and Trixie) 9 songs. Twiluna arc is needing the most attention but could be rescued quickly with vocalist help on Luna and Twi’s parts.
- Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want (Twi’s) 5 Zatslol
- Luna in a Coma (Celestia’s Song) 5 Faux Synder
- Bigmouth Strikes Again (Trixie’s Song) 5 SylverLining
- Well I Wonder (TwiLuna Song) 3.5 (checked out by Nyx the Shield)
- Stretch Out and Wait (Twiluna Song) * 0 (need vocal and musician)
- Reel Around the Fountain (Twiluna) 3.5 Checked out to CorieJames)
- Asleep (TwiLuna Song) ** 3.5 (checked out by Nyx The Shield)
- Back to the Old House (Pinkie’s Song) 5 Zatslol
- This Night Has Opened My Eyes (Maud’s Song) 3 (need f vocal)
Fourth Album (The Brony Album). This one is mainly about the fandom and from our pov. Likely may include some pony songs dealing with background characters that don’t fit well in the other 3 mane 6 album concepts. 10 songs
- How Soon is Now? (tale of a shy brony) 5 Zatslol
- Is It Really so Strange? (Bronycon Summer) 5 Morte Mcadaver
- I Want The One I Can’t Have (The R34 Song) 3.5 (need m vocal)
- Frankly Mr. Shankley (Becoming Popular) 3 (need m vocal)
- You Just Haven’t Earned it Yet, Brony 2 (checked out Andante Skie)
- Hand in Glove (The Cosplay Song) 3 (checked out to Bloo)
- There is a Light That Never Goes Out (The End) 4.6 AdamThe3Walker
- Some Mares are Bigger than Others (Plus Size) 4 Faux Synder
- Bon Bon Take a Bow (LyraBon) 4.5 Sylverlining
- The Death of a Drunken Dancer (Berry Punch’s Song) 2 (need vocal and guitarist)
Stuff that at this point will likely not be made:
Unloveable (Derpy’s Song) 1
Meat is Murder (The Vegan Song) 1
That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore (Flutterpie Song) * 1
You’ve Got Everything Now (Trixie’s Song) * 1
You Handsome Devil (Cloudkicker’s Song) * 1
Unhappy Birthday (Golden Tiara & Applebloom) 0
Ponyville Ruffians (The Last Night of the Fair) 0 Big Mac
Changeling Arc (prob won’t be able to complete sadly although initially planned as a trilogy)
Queen (Chrysalis) is Dead
Nowhere Fast (Pete the Morbid Changeling'sTrack)
A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours (Pete the Changeling)
As always looking for musicians and definitely vocalists who want to take part and make these plans a reality. Contact Freewave if you’re interested.
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