The Ballad of Brie & Jack by Jack Merlot copyright 2008 all rights reserved Met her down at Gluek's one night after Hookers 'n Blow Horns were huge, she took refuge in the arms of Jack Merlot Jack Merlot Betty was down from Ye Ol' Wax…

E.S.P. by Jack Merlot copyright 2008 - all rights reserved --- --- --- scarecrow sprawls against the spiralling fall the masquerade celebrating our migration I'm falling from your pedestal while you're pondering hibernation the circumstances…

by Jack Merlot copyright 2008 - all rights reserved ----- ----- ----- When we had finally captured the raven Caught the raptor and made her our pawn We headed out of that No Man's Land and traveled straight through until dawn but the shrapnel…

Witness Protection by Jack Merlot copyright 2009 some rights reserved --- --- --- Can I get a witness? Cuz I've been a stranger and I know you don't recall my face at all But you were my sister, before you were famous, but now you think…

This is the finished version of Iris Florentine. The acoustic version is still up, though... Iris Florentina by Jack Merlot copyright 2009 all rights reserved --- --- --- young and lovely, with a wise patina tapping her toe like Degas' ballerinas…

The mysterious planet of the machines from Dune. Features a 9-note scale.

Lyrics: Slow days start to shape my mind into a feedback of negative thoughts that undermine my efforts to get rid of impatience wasting all my time

Guitar and vocals. Kind of the opposite of last years 'Honey, Why You Stay With Me'.

The first song I wrote.

I have had an itinerant life and most of the friends I've made are scattered to the winds. Or rather I am.

Here is something I just thought was funny, and then I added a bit of Buckethead's "..." for good measure. Vox by Throatrake.

Track originally composed by Jon Brion.

Track originally by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists.

Sound source: Realistic Concertmate-500. Found this cool interrelationship between chorus and octave fuzz pedals that creates this weird, wobbly bassline.

Still You Loved Me Verse 1: I walked the path I chose, Blind to truth, deaf to grace, I filled my cup with fading things, And wore my pride like praise. I trusted hands that dropped me, And words that led astray, Till pain became my…

What do you guys do when you hit a wall? I'm looking at that wall and can't seem to get past it. I think taking a break is the answer, or take up painting instead?

Session fragment May 5, 2025. Roland J-6, Roland S-1, Bastl Kastle FX Wizard, Zoia, and a couple other pedals.

14/02/25: https://ditto.fm/my-infernal-world-ode-to-lina-and-paw-the-remixes 'My Infernal World (Ode to Lina & Paw) -The Remixes MEGAMIX' reached the Top 55 on the Spinnin' Records Talent Pool prior to release: https://spinninrecords…

I sang, played and recorded a song near and dear to us for the birthday of my love. Vocals were really hard to get down properly and the Phil Collins drums were surprisingly difficult to nail at the slow tempo. Came out ok, I guess.

Session fragment April 20, 2025. Roland J-6, Roland S-1, Bastl Kastle FX Wizard, Zoia, and a couple other pedals.

This track started as an attempt to make something for the Drone Orchestra for April. I used my own presets on the Typhon (Dystope) and the Minilogue xd (Sacred Calls), but I found it didn't fit the month's theme of chaos well enough. I set both…

Recordings of grackles, slowed, added vox, whistles and sound effects. Kat: vox, whistles, composition

Squier Bass VI, effects

Messing around with mixing. Sometimes I wonder if your hair is still black and long If your eyes are still brown and staring shyly at the ground If your button nose still curves just so If your eyes still stay close when you laugh Sometimes…

This is a song my late-night self apparently left for my morning self to think about. I admit it just keeps gnawing at me, maybe not in a good way. ... Nineteen, standing by the ocean for the first time Gazing long at the sea feeling the…