<b>Refrain:</b>

  Speck of dust.
  Beacon in the sky.
  Signs of hope.
  Worlds are passing me by.

  There's many places.
  That I'd rather be.
  I can see them all.
  But they can't see me.


Artwork courtesy flickr.com/calsidyrose, Creative Commons.

Speck Of Dust feat. Daygots

Lyrics:

Hi stranger
I think this watch 
Is only keeping time with you

(Refrain)
Your heart beat's
Just enough, Just enough

Keep getting wound up
No matter what I do
Games are playing
From the start we'll lose

Run away from
Through this system operating
Take this heart
Don't let it stop
It's getting beat
Just by you

(Refrain)

Ladidaidadidadidadida
Layidaididadida
Ladadadadadadadada

Hi stranger I think this watch
Is only keeping time with you
Feeling worthless
Can't see to connect
Do you have a pass-thru?

Running low, don't think I'll make it
Can I get a charge from you?

(Just enough, just enough)










Heart Beat

RSVP to the
Neptune Chariot Race
heroes save their glow

hover near me at the
Neptune Chariot Race
I'll teach you the rules

crowds stir they rumble
pilots rev silent motors
MC gets us high, then we rise

tension is screamin'
robot parts intertwined 
like oldies holdin' hands

truth is I want you out
with me while crowds are cheering

truth is I want you out
with me while fire's pinning us back

RSVP to the
Neptune Chariot Race
heroes save their glow

hover near me at the
Neptune chariot race
I'll teach you the rules

Neptune

Written in April 2016, this was obviously influenced by the massive amounts of "Spiderman" I was watching. It's about that pure feeling of being completely captivated by someone and the little things they do that make you know the feel it, too. 

This is a live version captured at Sub Rosa on Sunday, June 19, 2016. A studio version will be released later in 2016.

Captivated (Live at SubRosa)

Holiday hit from crispyonthemic. {beat produced by DISS Germ KID}

Chest-ToTs Roasting on an Open Fire

Lyrics:

Scattering ashes the old way lies
Caught in the flashes the old you dies.

You and I are not the same
Though we share a face and name

Lost familiar frozen light
Timed reminders electric nights

Who is this?  How do you call?
The witching hour soon will fall.

> Chorus:

> I'm broken in two
> My heart in flames with all this guilt and shame

> Familiar lights
> The times remind me of electric nights

Neon reminders are taking form
Caught in a tempest, an electric storm

Take my hand we best get home
You should be scared.  We're not alone.

Magnetic moments in a fractured sight
Shadows won't save you.  Can you take flights?

Noble designer, the king holds court.
Just survive a little longer.  The night grows short.

> Chorus

Neon Thursday

You see me roll around
Another day that seems
To grind me down
Down the road

I don't see the sky no more
I just seem to miss the door I've found
Down the road

Can't wait to get in town
The night is young and I'm up
For getting down

Watch as I break free
Find where no one can remember me
Down I go

They don't seem to speak no more
Mouths move but the words aren't loud
Eyes look at me but faces no longer seem to be around
They're looking down
Down their nose

I'm almost sitting down
I feel the pull beneath my feet I'm down
Down the road

Music © 2018 Gunnar Kennedy Project
Cover Photo © 2012 eyetwist

Down The Road

All songs written by Jess Novak. 
Copyright Jess Novak 2018.
www.jessrocknovak.com

Recorded and produced by Jose Varona at More Sound Recording Studio. Syracuse, NY.
Mixed by Jose Varona. Mastered by Jason “Jocko” Randall.
Horn arrangements by Melissa Gardiner. 

Album art by Robyn Stockdale.

Musicians:
Jess Novak: vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, organ, percussion, violin
Anthony Saturno: electric guitar
Byron Cage: drums
Billy Harrison: bass
Melissa Gardiner: trombone
Nick Fields: trumpet
Loren Barrigar: acoustic guitar
Joey Arcuri: upright bass
Ben Wayne: vocals
Jose Varona: percussion

“There are only two emotions: love and fear. 

All positive emotions come from love, all negative emotions from fear. From love flows happiness, contentment, peace and joy. From fear comes anger, hate, anxiety and guilt. 

It’s true that there are only two primary emotions, love and fear. But it’s more accurate to say that there is only love or fear, for we cannot feel these two emotions together, at exactly the same time. They’re opposites. If we’re in fear, we are not in a place of love. When we’re in a place of love, we cannot be in a place of fear.” 

-	Elisabeth Kuebler-Ross, M.D.

These songs are a collection of emotions, of life, from the past five years. They express different times, different approaches, different versions of me. And I hope they connect with different versions of you. 

In recording these songs, I knew they’d hit a wide span of sounds and feelings. Some full, some bare, some furious, some soft. I hope you hear and feel how they progress from anger and pain to hope and commitment to being better every day. That’s a powerful change.

I realized only later the stark differences between the themes I was expressing. Each of these songs was – without doubt – written in love or fear. And in a time where right and wrong, good and evil, are so disguised in shades of gray, I wanted to talk about this ultimate pairing of opposites. I think it’s hopeful that an album that begins in anger and jealousy ends, after 16 songs, in a celebration of love and freedom. We can all get there.

I have yet to get things “right”, but I know I can act in love, more and better and every day. I know we all can if we decide to make the choice. 

So, this is me sending feelings of love and warnings of fear to you. 

And I hope you always choose love.

-	JN

Recorded at SubCat Recording Studios. 2019.
Sound engineer: Steve Brown

Song by: Ben Wayne.
www.benwaynemusic.com
acoustic guitar and vocals: Ben Wayne
electric guitar: Ben Blujus
bass guitar: Sam Roux
drums: Gavin George
violin and vocals: Jess Novak
www.jessrocknovak.com

Fucking You

Good for you.
And fuck you, too.

full band version coming soon.

Acoustica

Closure

"It takes a powerful songwriter to create something that makes you both love them and damn them for making you feel feelings you didn’t feel like feeling...(Novak) accomplishes that hefty feat." 
- The Fuze Magazine 
Jess Novak takes no prisoners. With a fiddle on fire, powerful vocals and a fierce band behind her, this pop, rock, soul-pumped group brings passion to every performance. Known for their energy, superb musicianship, engaging songwriting and ability to win any crowd, this is a band on the rise. Having touched audiences up and down the East Coast – from Burlington, VT to Key West, FL – and with Novak playing more than 250 dates annually, the sound gets tighter with each show. 

Jess Novak (violin, guitar, vocals, piano, looping) works with Mark Nanni (of Los Blancos) on piano, organ, accordion and vocals; Byron Cage (Tommy Castro, Joe Louis Walker) on drums; Anthony Saturno (Sampere, Wagner 3000) on guitar and Billy Harrison (Black Rhino) on drums, guitar, vocals and beatboxing to create a powerhouse sound. Her work is being played on radio stations worldwide (WTYT 960, D.C. Coast to Coast, Women of Substance Radio, IndieOutbreak) and written about at home and across the ocean (SEE PRESS). Novak has played such prestigious rooms as The Cutting Room (NYC), The Saint (Asbury Park) and Nectar's (Burlington, VT), opened the 23rd Annual Chenango Blues Festival (with headliner, Ronnie Earl) and shared stages with groups and artists including Devon Allman, Tas Cru, Jimmy Hall, Ghost Town Blues Band and members of Butch Trucks and the Freight Train Band. 

Novak released her solo debut album, Bad Habit, in December 2013. Her group, The Golden Novak Band, released their self-titled debut album in August 2014 and their follow-up, Rodeo, was released in October 2015. The Jess Novak Band will release Inches from the Sun on November 5, 2016. 

Novak has played with projects spanning RESPECT: CNY Women in Music to Vinyl Albums Live to BeatleCuse, providing a strong musical background, easily adaptable to any situation or genre. She's been nominated for Best Female Vocalist in the Best of Syracuse competition three times and placed third in the 2016 Country Showdown sponsored by WOLF 92.1FM. Her work spans hip-hop beats to throw-back soul to straight-up pop making for music that engages any listener. 
​ 
Novak was also the cover girl for Syracuse Woman Magazine in September 2016. Read her two stories in the issue here and here. 

"Written and performed with the grace and skill of a seasoned veteran, Bad Habit is one you’ll want to get into." - c-ville.com 

"So many musicians and bands are often labeled as eclectic, but Novak...truly fits that billing, melding blues, rock and roll, pop and rhythm and blues with hints of improvisation to form something that you need to experience to understand." -nysmusic.com

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