Jolly Ball, by Jackson FitzGerald

Jolly Ball

by Jackson FitzGerald

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1.	Daddy Long Legs 05:00	buy track
2.	My Name Is You, It's Nice To Meet Me 04:36
3.	Backyard 01:37	buy track
4.	For Today 05:25	buy track
5.	We'll See 01:52	buy track
6.	Coulda Woulda Shoulda 06:12	buy track
7.	Sneaky Gamboge 03:12	buy track
8.	Instrumental 3 01:30	buy track
9.	Lion's Mane 04:03	buy track

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What this album does really REALLY well is create a vibe-y atmospheric soup of all these chamber instruments. Makes you feel like you’re walking in the in snow in NYC-greatest-city-on-earth; but not some bullshit Christmastime snow, like you’re trudging through it on the way to whatever job you have that permits you live here and you haven’t killed yourself yet for some reason.
- Zach Promesa (Little Arcs, Beaver Darn Recording Artist)

This album took longer to complete and far longer to release than I initially intended. It sometimes feels like prematurely opening up a time capsule to revisit it. It sat stagnant on hard drives for months / years at a time but never really felt dormant in my mind. Some aspects still hold relevance, some embarrassing, others I have no idea what I was thinking (both good and bad). But overall, I feel the same pride listening to these songs now
that I did when I started writing them in 2017 (roughly).

A few Thank You's:

Joe Vilardi- For the encouragement, patience, and support in the early days during the initial tracking out of your (at the time) 10ft X 10ft bedroom.

Dalton Harts- For mixing and making sonic sense of the chaos that is "Jolly Ball", without neutering it. Who wants a "Jolly" album?

Alexa Barchini- For playing and workshopping the earliest versions of these songs. Without those moments of growth and spitballing this material would have lived on a google drive folder for eternity.

Julian Shore- My New York Musical Sherpa since 2015. Thanks for getting this thing mastered and the bottomless pit of support you've shown towards music I've made for the past 8 years.

Michael Perez-Cisneros- Thanks for mastering this 7 separate times... and offering to master an 8th every time we talk.

Zach Gibserson - Moral and slime contributions.

Alright, here's "Jolly Ball". Enjoy.

-Jackson FitzGerald

credits

released May 5, 2023

Recorded and produced by Joe Vilardi and Jackson FitzGerald in various bedrooms and apartments in Brooklyn, New York

Additional revisions and recordings engineered and produced by Dalton Harts and Jackson FitzGerald at The Bev

Mixed by Dalton Harts
Mastered by Michael Perez-Cisneros at Big Orange Sheep

Music, words, and arrangements by Jackson FitzGerald
String arrangement for “Lion’s Mane” by Christian Li

Performances by
Jordan Rose - Drum Kit (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 9)
Christian Li - Piano / Sythns (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9)
Jared Henderson - Acoustic Bass (Tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 9)
Alexa Barchini - Vocals (tracks 1, 4)
Alex Hargraves - Violins (tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 9)
Libby Weitnauer - Viola (tracks 5, 9)
Yoon Jung - Cello (Tracks 5, 9)
Matthew Halpin - Tenor Saxophone (Track 9)
Jacob Joliff - Mandolin (Track 1)
Zach Giberson - Whisper Vox (Track 9)
Jackson FitzGerald- Voice, Guitars, Electric bass (Tracks 2, 7), Drums (track 3), Percussion (tracks 1, 2, 4,)

Play-doh Cover by Alexa Barchini, Melissa Alvey, and Jackson FitzGerald

Album / Singles Cover Formatting by Melissa Alvey

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Jackson FitzGerald Brooklyn, New York

Composer, songs, guitar, bass, barely singing, lyrics, pro-deucer.

This is where you'll find my original musics.

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