52 Songs from Jamie Stellini

Week 36 - You Do

Told you this one would be on time!

It's about my Dad. But really, aren't they all, when you get right down to it?

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Week 35 - An Answer

Egregiously late again. I know I know!

My dad was in town, I caught a stomach bug, and many other minor reasons conspired together to make me a loser this week - I won't bore you with the details of all of them.  

Sorry! Next week will be right on time! I promise.

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Week 34 - Fun to Begin

I'm violating a pretty major rule with this week.  I wrote the hook to this song a long ways back - months ago, in fact, but never really finished it.

I've always been into this hook and the concept behind it, particularly the turn it takes that is kind of unexpected, so I don't feel so guilty finishing it.

I'm pretty deep into this thing, so I'm allowed to cheat every once in a while, right?

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Week 33 - Soon

Well, here it is folks - the 33rd song on my 33rd birthday.

This has been an interesting experiment so far.  I'm learning more about myself than I ever dreamed (or feared) possible. The lesson I'm taking away from these past few weeks (and this should be rather clear if you've been paying attention) is this: happiness doesn't really agree with me, it just freaks me out.

So, again, I must nod in the direction of my beleaguered boyfriend who really is much better to me (and for me) than these past five or six songs would have you believe.  I'm just a tormented, drama queen of a singer/songwriter and the idea of being romantically satisfied is a very unsettling notion to me.

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Week 32 - Save You

This one was hastily written and hastily recorded. Many apologies.

However, next week will be a special week because i'll be uploading Week 33 on the day I turn 33.

That's pretty exciting, no? Stick around. The fun never stops.

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Week 31 - Heart is a Hole in Your Head

There's something going on with my MacBook, so I had to record this one on JF's computer.  For some reason, the MacBook pro doesn't have the crinkly fun built-in mic that the regular ol' macbook does, and this recording suffers a bit for that.

Otherwise, this is a pretty decent song, with some pretty good lyrics.  (It's depressing as hell though).

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Week 30 - OK

So, listen.

I know I've been getting lazy. Sloppy, some might say.  Complacent?  I really can't argue with these perceptions.  But, I'm still doing this bydangit, and that still counts for something.

Doesn't it?

I wrote this one in a rare moment of sobriety, in the midst of a late-nite crowd at my open mic.  I read somewhere once that true self-realization (in the spiritual sense) comes when you are able to see yourself as a perfect, without judment, in all your imperfections.  I guess I was feeling as close to that as I had in a while, so I felt the need to jot down something about it.

Fitting, I suppose, considering how imperfectly I've been handling my little project as of late.  (I promise I'll get better about that...)

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Week 29 - It's All the Same

This is what happens when you try to love me while I have PMS and writing a song is involved.

Here's to the good sport.

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Enjoy.

Week 28 - You Never Listen to Me

So, this is the lost track from last week.  I recorded it at my good friend Jason Marcus's house, and when we recorded it we included some pretty sick midi - in the form of a killer drum loop and jammerific creepy keys, but all of that, alas, has been lost.  Thank you, crashed Mac. Thank you.

What's left is the bass line, a rhythm guitar part and some doubled vocals and because of his setup, it doesn't sound half-bad.

I will re-flesh this one out, I promise. For now - this is what we have.

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Enjoy.

Week 27 - Coffee

OK, here's the deal. I recorded a killer song with my good friend and genius producer Jason Marcus, earlier this week.  His hard drive died, however, right before he was supposed to email me the mixdown.

We should have that file recovered for next week - week 28, but for now, we're going with this little number composed today.

It's about coffee.

Enjoy.

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