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This one is tricky.. I am here fishing for ideas on a 'folk' mix.. I mean it sounds simple enough.. but it is eluding me.. What can I do in a non FX way to bring this one to having a more earthy quality of the old folk recordings?_________A bit of background.I wouldn't normally do a political song, but lately at nightwhen I least expect it the ghost of Woody Guthrie has been visiting me and feeding me material. Now Woody's a nice enough fellow but he's kinda creepyso I asked him to leave me alone. He said that I he would if I recorded this song.I said 'but Woody, what the hell do I know about folk music'to which he replied 'don't B.S. me man, i've heard your musicyou don't know much anyways and this is no time to go gettinguppity about it'.Well he had me there.. So in the case of you being a fan, don't hate me for this song.. hate Woody.. and understand that no matter what, I am just aregular guy making some simple music. Rush Limbaugh willstill be much richer and have more power at the end of the day than all of us no matter what a simple man like me could toss athim. So don't go getting all funny with me telling me I mighthurt his feelings, he can dish it out so I reckon he can take a bit too.That being said, I present a simple song in the design of Americanfolk music. Rush Limbaugh, (an american folk song)http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_so ... LyricsRush Limbaugh Rush Limbaugh tell us what to doso many enthralled with the venom you spewMix hatred with bigots and see what you brewand the people you reach most they haven't a clueCHORUS: there's a special place for youhells too cold for what you doand all the mis-truths you have toldwont get you back the soul you've soldRush Limbaugh Rush Limbaugh always on the rightthe mothers who listen send their kids to fightin two foreign wars which you seem to delightAnd the doves will be bled by the hawks you incite.Rush Limbaugh Rush Limbaugh your safe in your boothAnd the lies that you cast some digest as the truthone gets what they give but you get what you takewhen things are their worst the more money you makeRush Limbaugh Rush Limbaugh addicted to pillsand preaches to others about others illsthe more he's exposed the more he sedatesthe calmer things are the more he gets irate

Well Amen to that! I think it sounds damn folky as is .Maybe less lows on the guitar (or more highs I don't know) Love the last verse lyric. Dead on. Love Woody, send him my way if he's buggin' you. Dave

I met the man once at a hotel.Unfortunately he was really nice to me. I can't stand his brand of Republican politics and his holier than thou rhetoric so I was prepared for him to look down his nose at me. But as I said he was perfectly cordial and thanked me for the instructions I gave him.Since then I just don't buy what he sells on the air. Me thinks it's mostly for show and he is one who understands very well how the game in Washington is played. I got the impression that he is wicked smart and knows that most of his audience will gobble up what he says as bible truth.As I said I can't stand his politics and I would not shed a tear when he finally gets off the air, but I've come to realize that the fight does not lie with him but with our system. The more we educate and move forward the smaller his audience will become.So that leads me to the critique of your lyric:Your depiction of Mr. L is just too one-sided and you make him a charicature. It would be much more potent to question why a man as smart as he is would take such a narrow minded view.This to me sorry to say is no more of an indictment of this man than those on the right that painted President Obama as hanging around with terrorists.I do commend you on your taking such a daunting challenge. Writing effective and thoughtful political folk music is extremely hard to do.Best,Cisko

Putting aside my disagreements with you over the content...........This verse has a great sound to it. Both in overall feel and the vocal sound are outstanding.I'm not quite as crazy with the chorus myself as it seems to lose a little of the feel. Overall, terrific sound although I completely disagree with your message

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 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 meant

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.tt

Mar 20, 2009, 12:02pm, djb wrote:Well Amen to that! I think it sounds damn folky as is .Maybe less lows on the guitar (or more highs I don't know) Love the last verse lyric. Dead on. Love Woody, send him my way if he's buggin' you. DaveThanks for the time and thoughts dave..

Mar 20, 2009, 12:10pm, ciskokidd wrote:I met the man once at a hotel.Unfortunately he was really nice to me. I can't stand his brand of Republican politics and his holier than thou rhetoric so I was prepared for him to look down his nose at me. But as I said he was perfectly cordial and thanked me for the instructions I gave him.Since then I just don't buy what he sells on the air. Me thinks it's mostly for show and he is one who understands very well how the game in Washington is played. I got the impression that he is wicked smart and knows that most of his audience will gobble up what he says as bible truth.As I said I can't stand his politics and I would not shed a tear when he finally gets off the air, but I've come to realize that the fight does not lie with him but with our system. The more we educate and move forward the smaller his audience will become.So that leads me to the critique of your lyric:Your depiction of Mr. L is just too one-sided and you make him a charicature. It would be much more potent to question why a man as smart as he is would take such a narrow minded view.This to me sorry to say is no more of an indictment of this man than those on the right that painted President Obama as hanging around with terrorists.I do commend you on your taking such a daunting challenge. Writing effective and thoughtful political folk music is extremely hard to do.Best,CiskoThen regarding 'one sided' perhaps there is a bit of poetic justice in that.. Mr Limbaugh is known for being 'one sided' and while I agree with him on this issue, the 'fairness doctrine' (equal broadcasting time for alternate points of view) gets him frothing at the mouth every time.. Thanks for your ear and time!

Mar 20, 2009, 12:13pm, mcanty wrote:Putting aside my disagreements with you over the content...........This verse has a great sound to it. Both in overall feel and the vocal sound are outstanding.I'm not quite as crazy with the chorus myself as it seems to lose a little of the feel. Overall, terrific sound although I completely disagree with your message Thanks for the thoughts and time.. The song is designed to be more 'lark' than 'provocation'..,,. glad you could see through that!Peace!