Rush Limbaugh (an American folk song)

[333maxwell]

Mar 20, 2009, 12:15pm, ibanez468 wrote:This is far from the kinda' stuff I listen to or try to create, but I like it! I GETCHA'! Sorry I can't provide more help.ibanez468 I enjoyed the feedback.. much appreciated!

[333maxwell]

Mar 20, 2009, 12:19pm, mcanty wrote:I agree with Cisko regarding the one-sidedness of your lyrics. However, this might sell in some quarters. I wouldn't listen past the first verse because your lyrics are just not representative of the man I listen to on the radio. It is unfortunate because it's obvious you are extraordinarily talented. Rush is either a love him or hate him guy, and like I said your sound is great and some people will eat this up. Good job on the sound, and no offense meantNo offense taken.. I am certain Woody would reply.. 'when Rush gives my point of view on his show, i'll give his point of view in my song'.. *S*Thanks again!

[333maxwell]

Mar 20, 2009, 1:31pm, toddt wrote:Very "authentic" sounding to me - from what I have heard of the genre - and put a smile on my face. The vocal style is excellent.About the sound, like Mark, I really like the verse - though (I'm listening on some pretty decent studio monitors) the chorus vox isn't anywhere near as clear as the verse - I would try either rerecording the harmony to be a little closer time-wise to the main vocal, or less drastically, reducing the lower frequencies on the harmony, or even both.When you say "non-FX", are you ruling out some mild record fuzz?The lyrics has some very smart lines and elements (i.e. I like the feel of the line "and preaches to others about others ills" - although maybe make it a question - "Rush Limbaugh, addicted to pills, why preach to all others about others' ills?"), but maybe if you were to revisit it you could try to make it less brute-force "harsh" and more sly-fox "cutting" instead.All the best mate - good song.ttThanks.. indeed the chorius needs recut.. In fact I ran out of mic time (quiet time at the house) and only was able to cut the one line in the first chorus, then when my lovely bride ran out to get the groceries I cut the second line in the first chorus.. Then I cloned them 3 more times and as I didn't use a metronome or any time keeping in this tune I had to cut a few of them to make them fit more fluidly.. I'll re-cut them this Monday hopefuly when the yunguns are in school and my bride is at work.Thanks for the thoughts!

[mojobone]

Musically, your verses are dead on; a simple and well-crafted melody fits the intended style very well, though the prosody is off a bit in places. For example, the line, "....the mothers who listen send their kids to fight" would sing better as, "...mothers who listen and send kids to fight" or, " ..mothers who listen that send kids to fight". Getting the stressed syllables to fall in exactly the right places (on the strong beats, that is) will make your song far stronger and help propel the rhythm. Your chorus has the same problem writ larger; because it's the chorus, it's even more important to have consistent meter and strong prosody. I think your chorus is melodically weak, as well. I would revisit that and rebuild it from the ground up.(or maybe ditch the chorus entirely in favor of a two-line refrain, or nothing but verses-would also be appropriate to this style)I'd also like to address the lyric content. (without getting too political, I hope) I think you've picked a tough row to hoe, here, because it's difficult to maintain the moral high ground when your song is an exercise in individual character assassination. Woody, and other protest singers before him and since, very seldom singled out individuals, other than in the occasional diatribe addressed to "Mr. President" or some such. I think such a "larger-than-life" figure as Limbaugh might be better treated as a mythical, perhaps mythological creature, so the attack seems less personal. (Puff, the magic blowhard, anyone?) And really,how can you fail to get some mileage out of that Golden Microphone? (OK, now, I'm slipping, here) better to aim your scalpel at Rush the symbol of conservative talk radio, than at Limbaugh, the man-is what I'm getting at.Oh, and you did ask about the production; if your DAW supports VST effects, download iZotope's free Vinyl plugin, it can make anything sound like an old hunk of 78RPM shellac. Barring that, you could jes' hack off a bunch of highs and lows with shelving EQ or use one of those "radio/telephone voice" presets on the entire mix. Oh, and maybe add a long, rambling, spoken-word intro

[heinsite]

hey 333--this sounds much more dylan to me, but so what? nothin' wrong with that.and i personally LOVE the lyrics to this--though your vocal needs cleaning up, a bit more clarity, but i aint no engineer...and mojo is RIGHT ON with his comment about projody or posody, anyway, when you can, PARE DOWN IMHO some of the "extra" un-needed words.i understand the using of RUSH LIMBURGER to make your point--it's an old technique that i understand and i think personally you've done a good job here, and since i hate the SOB, and so does a certain # of folks out there, this does speak to many--now as far as selling it....have no idea where...asking the wrong guy...call John Stewart or Colbert!nice job,wh

[333maxwell]

I NEVER use this forum to fish for plays.. I use this forum because hands down I have recieved the best and most useful mixing advice to which I have almost always applied and had a better song as a result of.. I take this forum quite seriously and would never abuse or dilute it's potential to give me that extra ear on my work.. That being said.. I need give thanks where thanks is due.____________________Mostly the soundclick charts are silly kids stuff... one certainly can't take them seriously.But when a song like this is flashing at #1 in Folk and #3 in Rock over 200,000 other songs and without any paid promo and I am getting the kind of feedback in my personal email like I have with this one (both pro and con) well, I think the extra inch of exposure is dandy.Thanks to all for inadvertantly putting and keeping it there for a short time.Peace!