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Braeburn is transporting a cart of apples to Canterlot as his wagon breaks down. And who should come to his rescue? But a particularly charming white mare in a wagon on her way back to Ponyville. This is Maressey’s third track and a tribute to our beloved Rarity and the chance meeting between the element of generosity and our rustic stable boy.

Vocals for this track are by the amazing Morte McAdaver who helped come up with the Maressey project a good 2 years ago and he returned to help see it come to fruition.

All the rest of the instruments are done by Johnny Mare who helped truly launch this project too by working on the instrumentals for 10 of our songs. He’s a long time Smiths fan and not even a brony.. A huge thanks to his generosity in making this project happen.

And I am Freewave who did the mixing, mastering, and is organizing this project.

The wonderful artwork is by Adlynh 

This is of course a ponified cover of The Smiths original classic. “This Charming Man” is a song by the English rock band The Smiths, written by guitarist Johnny Marr and singer/lyricist Morrissey. It was released as the group’s second single in October 1983 on the independent record label Rough Trade. Eventually included on their first album. You can get that original here Itunes Store

Hope you enjoy. ;)

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This is the tail of the lonely brony, someone who wanted friendship but was to shy to attain it. Probably plenty of such people out there sadly. It’s also the second Maressey track and a ponified cover of the The Smiths original.

Credits: This is Zatslol’s second vocal appearance for us and he did the fantastic chorus guitar and part of the reverse reverbed “siren” guitar.   https://www.youtube.com/user/zatslol

Andante Skie did the tremolo guitar throughout the track (sidechained to the 1/2 drums he also added).
https://www.youtube.com/user/AndanteSkie

And I Freewave did the rest of the stuff 1/2 drums, 2 basses, part of the siren guitar, additional instruments, and mixing. Was a lot of fun doing all the different parts for a track that has a load of complicated effects to replicate. No sampling done ;)
https://www.youtube.com/user/thefreewave

"How Soon Is Now?" is a song originally by the British alternative rock band The Smiths. It was originally a B-side of the 1984 single "William, It Was Really Nothing". "How Soon Is Now?" was subsequently featured on the compilation album Hatful of Hollow and on US, Canadian, Australian and Warner UK editions of the group’s second album Meat Is Murder (1985). It was belatedly released as a single in the UK in 1985.

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Maressey - Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want

Twilight’s been through a lot through four seasons and the finale brought up how important it is to have a purpose and goals you personally want to see happen. Not to stand around and have things happen to you but to choose your own destiny. This is our first Maressey track, a group project we’ve been very excited to see fulfilled as well after a few years of planning. It’s our dream to get people interested in mixing the power of The Smiths songs within the characters of the MLP universe. We hope you enjoy this starting point and tune in for new weekly songs from an array of brony musicians taking part in tackling an amazing catalog of songs. Whether you’re currently a Smiths fan or not (or an MLP fan or not) we hope to tune you in to one of the best songwriting groups in music through our covers/parodies/tribute and do our part in merging and honoring 2 fandoms simultaneously.

"Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" is of course originally performed by The Smiths. It was released as the B-side of "William, It Was Really Nothing" in 1984 and later featured on the compilation albums Hatful of Hollow and Louder Than Bombs. You can get the original tracks here https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/the-smiths/id829538 This is a ponified cover track of their original.

Our tumblr is here for news, questions, and updates http://maressey.tumblr.com/
Vocals and acoustic guitar by the amazing Zatslol. He really has been instrumental in tackling our first pair of songs so enthusiastically. https://www.youtube.com/user/zatslol
Additional music, mixing, and coordination by me (Freewave)
https://www.youtube.com/user/thefreewave
Art credit goes to Harwick (thanks so much)
http://harwicks-art.deviantart.com/art/Alicorn-Pipes-458458383