This product comes with a WAV file for the full podcast episode as well as the demos that Matt and Bug wrote and showed off during the episode. We are happy for you to download these for free, and for people looking to support this episode, there is an option to tip during checkout! In this episode, Matt shares some old band names, Bug talks about his burger preferences, and we spread the good news about the internet's saddest raccoon video. Oh, and we write some songs, too Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we challenge each other to write a song demo from scratch every episode.Our Music:The Narcissist Cookbook Bug HunterFeel free to reach out to us at:Both: [email protected] Bug: [email protected]: [email protected] follow us on Instagram, Tumblr, YouTube, and Spotify! Please share the show (and our music) with friends!-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW -- -------------------BUG'S SONGMatt's Challenge: And the Oscar goes to...Title: The OperaLyrics:Let me tell you all a little ‘bout the theaterif you wanna pack people deep in the seats you’regonna plant seeds, play follow the leaderlead’em to the end, breadcrumb, bird feederthey say sex sells but so does dramathey’re glued to their seats despite the genrethe crowd is not complex at all theylove The Phantom, hate the operaThe curtains droppedThe camera’s stoppedmake ‘em drag you off the stageThey’ve cut the lightsso my advice:make ‘em drag you off the stagenow you’re twenty minutes deep in your Oscar Speechyou look down and the crowd’s all gone to sleepthey all cut to commercials on repeatso you can drop the rehearsal, think on your feetYou don’t need dialog, and I’ll posit thisall your drama should all be ubiquitousif the scripts in Spanish, no me hablalove the phantom, hate the operaThe curtains droppedThe camera’s stoppedmake ‘em drag you off the stageThey’ve cut the lightsso my advice:make ‘em drag you off the stageYou’ve got your speech all writtenyou can picture it nowbut your scripts not finishedand you’re taking a bowyou’ve got your mantlepiece polishedand your suit clean pressedspending all that profitwith no budget investedYou’ve got your speech all writtenyou can picture it nowbut your scripts not finishedand you’re taking a bowyou’ve got your speech all writtenbut you’re playing pretend cuz the Oscar, it goes toThe Oscar, it goes to your head----------------------------MATT'S SONGBug's Challenge: Take a sad story and make it happyTitle: Fresh CementLyrics:fresh cementbrand new shoesyou and italking it throughthough we've spun this storyten thousand timesthese exact beatsthese exact lineson this exact cornerof this exact streetthe movie reel spins endlesslythe credits rollno cheers or clapsand when we're donewe run it backanyone would thinkwe were rehearsing for somethingfresh cementon a soundstagethe dialoguebecomes clichéwe hit our markswe play our rolesbut we do it nowwith our eyes closedit's like a dancebut we don't toucha boxing matchwithout the punchtake a bowgreat work todaysee you tomorrowfor the matinéeanyone would thinkwe were rehearsing for somethingi blink awakeand it's my cuenothing's changedbut something's newwe're rushing nowthe reach the endand when we doit all beginsno subtext nowor metaphoryou kick, i spiti scream, you roarand then it's doneand all that's leftis our footprintsin fresh cement
