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DROPSTONES (remastered)

by The JDA Project

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HOPE 03:51
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Hope Can I tell you how I’m feeling? Is it something I can do? Maybe I should wait to say Want to tell you in the morning all the time now That without you I would not get through the day And I hope you love me too Oh I hope you take my cue So appealing not concealing how I feel You know it’s true You’re the reason That I wake up in the morning You’re like every breath of air I was drowning I was really going down When your lifeline came along And saved the day And I hope you love me too Oh I hope you take my cue So appealing not concealing how I feel You know it’s true And I hope you love me too ‘cause I’m so in love with you So appealing not concealing how I feel You know it’s true Please believe me Take a look into my eyes and you will see The message that I want to say Love forever is a promise That I don’t take lightly I will say it every day
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RATTLESNAKE BRIDGE 03:05
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I ain’t seen home in a long, long time People and places left them all behind Am I here or just in my mind Straight ahead, it’s rattlesnake bridge The night is dark I can’t see my way Sure looks different in the light of day Things don’t change here, or so they say In the shadow of rattlesnake bridge The road runs east and the road runs west But it’s up to you which way’s the best Won’t find redemption and won’t find love Looking down on this crossroads from above For me she died a long time ago Did I make a difference, guess I’ll never know That’s where you’ll find me if you choose to go I’ll meet you, under rattlesnake bridge Under rattlesnake bridge
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MARY COME OUT TO PLAY 04:40
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Mary Come Out To Play Mary what do you see when you wake up, Can you tell me Mary is it for real is it out there For us to see Is it real or is it something in a dream Is it big or is it small or in between Is it fun or is it sad or does it seem to say Mary come out to play in the garden Come on outside We’ll go riding alone in the country Go for a ride Mary will you soon wake up and see me Waiting alone Mary I want to tell you how I feel You are my home Is it real or is it something in a dream Is it big or is it small or in between Is it fun or is it sad or does it seem to say Don’t run and hide or you will find that you will be alone for all your life Look out for that sunny day and we will find a way to stay the dream Looking at your pretty face I ache to feel your warm embrace Tonight, tonight Mary what do you see when you wake up, Can you tell me Mary is it for real is it out there For us to see Mary will you soon wake up and see me Waiting alone Mary I want to tell you how I feel You are my home Is it real or is it something in a dream Is it big or is it small or in between Is it fun or is it sad or does it seem to say Don’t run and hide or you will find that you will be alone for all your life Look out for that sunny day and we will find a way to stay the dream Looking at your pretty face I ache to feel your warm embrace Tonight, tonight
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IN A WORD 04:18
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For a time in her way she would fret about the things that run her day though it seems there's no way you know she loves you she can't find the words to say All of my life, all of my life, I've been waiting for the love, to find me All in your life, you in your life you must hold on to the love that surrounds you For a while, in your way you would run around with more time left to stay for right here, for this day We must find the words we need to say In a word, in her face, in her touch you know she loves you She won’t find the words to say You should know from the look, on your face without a word, she knows you love her no there's nothing left to say In a word, in her face, in her touch you know she loves you She won’t find the words to say, You know it's so
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12-21-12 WHAT IF THE MAYANS WERE RIGHT? 03:33
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12-21-12 (Mayan Song) I knew a wise woman once Who gave me sage advice Would have been a philosopher queen In an alternate life Of course it seems so simple when you Say it once or twice That life is just a random crapshoot A simple roll of the dice Roll of the dice, roll of the dice Just focus on your mission And stay above the fray Try to do a little bit better Each and every day Could the Mayans be right? What if the Mayans are right? I hope to hell they’re not right The temple priests in Mayan lore Predicted long ago The time we have is running short To reap what we did sow The cosmic wheel is turning ‘round Now in it’s final phase The bloody sword of Shalambalan Foretold the end of days, end of days End of days
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THE DOWNSLIDE 03:28
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The downslide I once saw the path before me As an un-ending journey I believed that the road went on forever Not so, as it is plainly true Now I see the summit approaching With the downslide getting closer Mortality is reality, extreme becomes mainstream What to make of all this? Not so very long ago I felt invincible, superman Always ready with an answer My father used to say that any day Spent above the ground, Upright, was a good one… I will strive to leave a good path behind me Leaving good footsteps to follow If a bit of me is alive in my children Then I have lived a good life, not hollow My path is not ended yet I still have more to say Just a struggle to put it all Into words But it will all come out At the end of the day
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ALL I EVER WANTED 03:20
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All I Ever Wanted Sitting on a park bench in the rain Feeling lost yet though not yet feeling pain Wondering how it happened once again Friends then lovers, then it seemed to end She was all the world to me She was all I ever needed She was all the world to me Now no more She was all the world to me She was all I ever wanted She was all the world Now she’s gone Something that I said I know Something that I did could it be so? I can’t for the life of me realize What was that made her go She was all the world to me She was all I ever needed She was all the world to me Now no more She was all the world to me She was all I ever wanted She was all the world Now she’s gone Seeking to obtain a way to see what it was And what it shouldn’t be Was she lying to me, will I eve know Was it truth, oh was it just a joke? She was all the world to me She was all I ever needed She was all the world to me Now no more She was all the world to me She was all I ever wanted She was all the world Now she’s gone Sitting on a park bench in the rain Feeling lost yet though not yet feeling pain
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VACANT CHAIR 02:39
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VACANT CHAIR c2002 LEAVES ARE FALLING DOWN ALL AROUND ME I ONLY SIT AND STARE STARING BLINDLY WAITING FOR SOMEONE LIKE SOMEONE HAD TOLD ME OR HEARD IT IN A SONG YES I REMEMBER NA.NA NA ETC I'LL ASK THE LORD IF HE'LL LIFT ME UP TO HEAVEN 'CAUSE I KNOW IT MUST BE WAY TOO FAR TO WALK SIT AND WAIT, IF I HAVE TO FOR AN ANSWER THOUGH I KNOW THAT IT WON'T BE COMING SOON NA NA NA ETC YOU WERE ALWAYS THERE NOW I HAVE TO MOVE THE VACANT CHAIR I CAN'T BEAR TO SEE WORN AND ALMOST BARE AND THE CUSHION WHERE YOU'D SIT, SIT AND STARE...
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THESE WALLS SO THIN 04:00
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These Walls So Thin Sometimes you whistle and sometimes you sing Sometimes you squeal with delight Soemtimes I hear you through these walls so thin crying alone in the night Most times I'm missing the lips I'd be kissing If you were mine to hold Still I will wait so afraid to believe That I could be so bold Always a bridesmaid, and never a bride this is the tale of your life coming and going and then in between trying somehow to survive You've always been there for everyone else Where are they for you right now? I wish I could tell you what's here in my heart wishing that I could somehow for now I'll just see you I want to be near you So I will just sing you this song Perhaps you will hear it through these walls so thin and we'll find a way to go on
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THIS OLD BOX 02:37
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This Old Box This old box can sing again, what do you think of that Stuck on a shelf, inside a shed for many hears she sat Broken, dirty, speckled white with paint that missed it’s mark Her prospects looking mighty dim, her future looking dark Destined for the garbage can, a total loss you say Unloved, un-played, a sorry mess, ‘till I passed by one day A careless master owned her once But then cast her aside Her broken bridge, this fatal blow From which she almost died Once critters lived inside her shell The sight a crying shame This diamond in the rough, A rose by any other name But now this box can sing again Her voice is now restored The song she sings now heard anew Her fitting, just reward
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SO WE'VE ENDED AS LOVERS 03:47
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So We’ve Ended As Lovers So we’ve ended as lovers, and its’ so much to bear It’s so hard to believe now that its’ there Well I know I can’t see you though my heart doesn't know I know nothing will change how it must go We had our season we had our day No rhyme or reason, its’ just the way That we’ve ended as lovers, that’s the cause for the pain That we’ve ended as lovers, and its’ a shame So we’ll have to continue move along on our road Maybe someone will help to carry the load We had our season we had our day No rhyme or reason, its’ just the way That we’ve ended as lovers that’s the cause for the pain That we’ve ended as lovers and its’ a shame Well I know I can’t see you though my heart doesn’t know I know nothing will change now it must go Now I know that its’ over and its much to bear So unreal to believe that you’re not there We had our season we had our day No rhyme or reason, its’ just the way That we’ve ended as lovers, that’s the cause for the pain That we’ve ended as lovers, and its’ a shame So we’ll have to continue move along on our road Maybe someone will help to carry the load
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NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT 03:57
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No time like the present, show me what you feel Let me know that what I see is truly truly real (chorus) Need to feel you need to love you too Want to tell you, want to be with you Turned around and you were right beside me All the difference in the world feeling glad all over, racing with the moon Knowing that you’re near me, makes me act the fool How you ever came to me, this I can’t conceive This I’ll never question as I follow you so free (repeat chorus) All I know I tell you, all I have to give You’re the biggest reason that I live Seeing us together fires up my heart Knowing that we’ll never ever be apart (repeat chorus) No time like the present, show me what you feel Let me know that what I see is truly truly real Need to feel your comfort need to feel your soul Hoping that you’ll want to make the 2 parts become whole (repeat chorus) ('scat' singing until end)
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THE ANSWER 03:49
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The Answer a new day it rings sometimes it brings hope for us all to hold All of my life I spent all of my time Just to search through the riddle for clues life how it sings of many things all ' til the tune is through days as they pass moments don't last called when the dawn is due All of my life I've been searching myself Just to see if the question were true All of my life I've been searching myself Just to find that the answer is you (instrumental break) Sometimes you'll find Your peace of mind Arrives when the moment is through Someday you'll find Almost in time That the answer's in front of you (instrumental break) a new day it rings sometimes it brings hope for us all to hold All of my life I've been searching myself Just to see if the question were true All of my life I've been searching myself Just to find that the answer is you
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GIRL INTERRUPTED 03:53
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Cold winter day, sun shining bright Two ships passing, in the night Embracing darkness, embracing light One with hope, one with fear A table for two, no waiting here Promise to live, just one more day What's your life mission? Do you think you can say? I sat 'cross the table and looked in her eyes Girl interrupted, please don't say goodbye You're too young to give up, on all of your dreams With your gray shawl and black heart and your faded blue jeans And yet I can't blame her, for wanting to die Sure we've all been there at some point in our lives (instrumental break) I've lost friends to fire drugs and war Gun shots, car wrecks, and so much more Cold winter day, now the sun’s gone down Two souls passing, one soul drowned? All this happened a long time ago. I hope she chose life I’ll never know. No I’ll never know.
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THRUM 03:57
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TOMORROW TRULY KNOWS 04:28
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TOMORROW TRULY KNOWS From the moment in the morning Until the stars return at night From the seashore to the mountains From the fanfare of the light We march across the barriers Of time and all it knows To the present moment Up to us Tomorrow truly knows From the segmenting of memories As we file away our dreams From the gallery of images We recollect our schemes We plot and plan to execute Our life-paths and our days But all it is is posturing A hope for a better way We move along so openly We strive to be alive But somewhere there’s an echo Of our dream and it survives Still alive…

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THE JDA PROJECT RELEASES FOR THE FIRST TIME UNDER THE NEW MONIKER, THEIR LATEST EFFORT 'DROPSTONES'

JOEL PIRARD. GUITAR, BASS, KEYS, SYNTHS, DRUMS, VOCALS
DON PITZ, VOCALS, PIANO, PERCUSSION
ARNO TIETJE, VOCALS, GUITAR, BASS, LAP STEEL, HARMONICA, MANDOLIN

16 new songs to captivate you! DROPSTONES is sure to build on the already strong tradition that JDA, now THE JDA PROJECT has presented in the past.

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released April 24, 2010

REVIEW:
FROM 16 GRAMMY-AWARD WINNER CARMINE D'AMICO
Carmine was the guitarist on most of the SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER soundtrack, has worked with FRANK SINATRA, BEN VEREEN, TINA TURNER, LEONARD BERNSTEIN, to name just a few.
WE ARE THRILLED TO GET HIS FEEDBACK!

Great Classic Rock.Loved the songs,especially Your Vocals Joel.Very different from the current generation of Rock,you have meaningful songs with a message.
Best Regards,Carmine D'Amico RIP CARMINE


When you listen to music that reminds you of another style, it is hard to pick out something different. When you listen to a person or group that can put so much into a piece of music that you notice, there is nothing old or dated about that piece.
JDA is that group with talent, determination to bring their music to a different level. Listening to them may bring back memories of yesterday, but the feeling of the music will have you waiting on tomorrow..Bill Carrera

SOME THOUGHTS:

"There was a lot of moodiness about the record.
For example, "Vacant Chair" was actually written by Don about 8-9 years ago, about no one in particular, it was about loss. Very melancholy. I personally could visualize it very well.
"These Walls So Thin" is influenced a lot by Beatles/Procol Harum, musically, a romantic, unrequited love thing...
" Mary Come Out to Play" is deliberately done in a HEY JUDE style' but is a true love song,
"Girl Interrupted "is dramatic, bluesy thing that Arno and I wrote, lyrically it is a true story about a girl he encountered in a crowded diner, who was so sad, down, etc, she actually was talking about suicide. He spent several hours trying to exact a promise from her to get help, and not do anything rash. He never saw her again, never knew what happened. ... "AlI I Ever Wanted" is about a guy who has just been dumped, and is totally in shock.
"This Old Box'"is about a guitar that was lying in a garden shack for years, full of bugs, etc. Arno actually restored that guitar to playability, so it is essentially a true story.
"Rattlesnake Bridge" is a story Arno made up, the title comes from an exit off of Rte 78 in NJ. Sometimes an innocuous thing can trigger a whole tune. Arno worked very hard to get the various guitars, just right. A nod to Johnny Cash on this one.
"The Answer" is a powerful love song, in a traditional prog/psychedelic style. Don wrote the words and melody, I personally love the dynamics on this.
"So We've Ended As Lovers", is a latin flavored song, but does have a darker element because of a broken love affair. However it is a character who has accepted it. Interesting use of the mandolin, and accordion in this.
"The Downslide" is Pink Floyd inspired tune that is a defiant rally against aging gracefully. It is about saying, 'hey we ain't done yet!" ...and we're not!
"In A Word" is also a simple love ballad. No mystery there. Don came up with a really pretty melody here, Arno and I arranged and sang the backups 'on the fly'. Lots of fun to do.
"Hope" is the only true rocker, it is a declaration of love. Just bangin' on the 'old piano'.....
"12-21-12" is a song that has a 2 part message, get on with your life: keep on moving, but always aware that you only go around once, so make the most of it...
"No TIme Like The Present" is inspired heavily by 'Hello-Goodbye'. This is a happy tune about falling in love.
"Thrum" is an instrumental with a Floyd-like twist, a bit of Robin Trower tossed in.
"Tomorrow Truly Knows" does end on a happier note, it addresses how we plan our lives, but the message is simple, the only certain answer lies in the future.
All of our stuff has had some darker music on it, but this one does jump around stylistically. We never pigeonhole ourselves stylistically, which may or may not be mistake, but there is nothing contrived when we record and write.

I think if you listen to it in the right situation, in subdued lighting, and just let it move over you, you'll get it. especially with headphones....anyway, I hope so." JOEL PIRARD 2009

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The JDA Project New Windsor, New York

The JDA Project, as they are now called, has consisted the writers, Joel Pirard, main keyboards, bass, acoustic and electric guitar, vocals, Don Pitz, additional keyboards, vocals, acoustic guitar, and Arno Tietje (pronounced tee-jay), lead, rhythm, acoustic, and bass guitar, vocals.
Drums were realized using various programmed drum machines to simulate a live drummer as much as possible. ... more

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