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Write Me A Song: The Way Out

Jason in Pencil — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:54:46 +0000

Alright so this one is for a girl who loves to sing, but doesn’t write her own music. So here it is, lyrics and all to sing along to..

“The Way Out”
Album: Your Song #1
Artist: in Pencil
/mp3/yoursong1/05 The Way Out.mp3

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Lyrics:

The Way Out

One time he told himself to believe
Ever since then this is what he will be

He gonna find the, he gonna find, the way out

So get used to an arm lengths distance
Curtains folding dark as a cave

For those instants hold your fists
Hey son, you’re out on your own

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Mixing the old with the new.

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Write Me A Song: “Not The One For Me”

Jason in Pencil — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:13:11 +0000

Hey ya’all, sometimes things just ain’t workin’ out and ya gotta go. Bunch a kids, broken beer bottles, and a deadbeat man.

Your Song #1
“Not The One For Me”
/mp3/yoursong1/03 Not The One For Me.mp3
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Write Me A Song: “Zak BMX”

Jason in Pencil — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:38:49 +0000

Our second Your Song submission was another good challenge – but almost exactly what we look for in submissions – short and to the point. I just had to share the exact submission – it was anonymous, but funny:

“Song Idea:
Something about playing guitar and being a god at it and BMXing and smoking pot and other shit like that.”

That’s all we had to work with, so here’s what we did:

Your Song #1
“Zak BMX”
/mp3/yoursong1/02 Zak BMX.mp3
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Jason in Pencil — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:23:18 +0000

We kicked off Your Song #1 with a funny submission we thought was worth our while. We got this anonymous submission a few weeks back, and we decided to use the exact lyrics. It took a few days to come up with the right angle, but alas, here it is.

Your Song #1
“Give Me Brain Food”
/mp3/yoursong1/01 Give Me Brain Food.mp3
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Another Elephant Track

Jason in Pencil — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:33:06 +0000

We just finished this one today. You know all those fond memories you think you have of the ‘good old days?’ Are you sure you’re remembering the whole story?
Have a hear -

“Cryin Out Loud”
/mp3/elephant-tracks/06 Cryin Out Loud.mp3

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Jason in Pencil — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:19:51 +0000

My Chemical Romance recently played a show at the Roxy in LA – but it wasn’t what many were expecting. No makeup and grandiose set props this time – instead of coming out in a coffin, MCR’s front man Gerard Way looked more like Stevie Ray Vaughn with his slick rocker jacket.

Now I’m not one to advocate music and fashion, but the sound wasn’t far off. According to Rolling Stone MCR “ditched their goth-meets-Sgt. Pepper outfits and blasted through three concise, Stooges-influenced songs from their new album, due in 2010.”

Way even said “If people want to return to Castle Dracula every time they listen to My Chemical Romance, they’re going to be really disappointed. We’re making a rock & roll record.”

I’m pumped for this one – I always thought MCR was heavily R&R influenced anyway, and didn’t really buy into the whole goth thing with them. Their guitarist has incredible rock/metal sensibility in his solos, and you can hear hints of Metallica/Van Halen and even SRV in there fighting to come out. I’m looking forward to hearing My Chemical Romance blaze through some steady Rock & Roll.

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Which is your ride?

Jason in Pencil — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:45:39 +0000

Toyota's rock

I always thought the Toyota Land Cruiser was really cool. I took this picture the other day walking through Brooklyn, and wondering to myself – “why is there a toyota land cruiser in my neighborhood in Brooklyn?” I’m still a bit perplexed, although I’m sure it’s some very cool person’s ride -

The funny thing is I actually really want one of these back country, safari lookin things. It’s just absurd to have it in the city, cause well, Six Flags is going out of business I think, but that’s another topic for another day.

Shot in Williamsburg

On the other hand, this is a much more appropriate ride for my neighborhood.

Suzuki motorcycle in Brooklyn

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Didn’t Suzuki make some nice keyboards too? Or was that Kawasaki?

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Welcome to the new site

Jason in Pencil — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:18:50 +0000

You made it! Congrats, now have a look around. There’s a ton of free music on this site. We post new songs every single week – different genres styles, etc. all from our home studios.

Visit the music page for free downloads. Fairly soon we’ll even have in Pencil merchandise – t-shirts etc with all kinds of funky stuff on them.

Here’s a recent song Dan recorded in LA:

“Next to my Name”

/mp3/elephant-tracks/01 Next to my Name.mp3

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