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I'm the Decider (the Good Old Days) Most of the songs on my album are blatantly political, so to avoid ruffling feathers, I’m not planning to post them here. This song is also political, but it’s much older, so hopefully not as likely to rile anybody up. I originally wrote this song in 2007, back before BiaB had RealTracks. In 2019, I rejiggered the lyrics and updated the song using two different RealTracks Ska styles. I rendered both of them out and combined selected tracks in Logic Pro. Rather than go to the trouble of setting up my good mic, I recorded the vocals with a Shure mic I keep mounted next to my computer monitor. It gave quite a different character to the vocals. Style is _RUDEBOY.STY RealTracks in style: 3486:Bass, Electric, SkaClassicAB Ev16 100 RealTracks in style: 1155:Organ, B3, Rhythm Reggae Ev16 100 RealTracks in style: 3492:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm SkaSlow Ev16 100 RealDrums in Style: SkaSlow70sWesPerc^2-a:Sidestick , b:Hat, Busy Snare Style is _RUDEGRL.STY RealTracks in style: 1156:Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm Reggae Ev16 100 RealTracks in style: 3492:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm SkaSlow Ev16 100 The horn section comes from Punk N Ska sample pack by wesoundhuman.com Mixed in Logic Pro FX: Vocals: Logic Compressor and Channel EQ, PSP Easy Verb, medium plate preset BG Vocal: Kind of threw the kitchen sink at this - Compressor, Channel EQ, Waves Butch Vig Vocals, NI Replika, PSP Easy Verb and Autotune. Bass, Guitars, Piano and drums - Logic Compressor Organ and horns - Logic Compressor and Channel EQ Ran entire mix through PSP EasyVerb and Mastered in Ozone 8 No pitch correction on main vocal. I used Auto tune to lower BG vocals an octave. Lyrics: Look at me, if ignorance is bliss I'm the standard test. When Christ talks to you, what wrong can you do? If you're a bit reckless No one's ever called me the great communicator But look now who's an insider I make the decisions I don't care if they're wrong ‘Cause I'm the decider As long as I am resolute Faith based government Everything I say is wrong Everything I do is wrong But God is on my side Informed decision, you won't get from me I go with my gut Loyalty trumps failure in my administration Even the ones who suck Got people to tell me what to do and to say But not a puppet on a string Competent, incompetent, what do I care The big guy's on my team In other words...(chorus) I'm the decider (He's the decider) I'm the decider (He's the decider) Decision maker, problem solver That's not my game I'm the decider They call me a cowboy, there's nothing wrong with that As long as you're not gay (Don't ask, don't tell) Enemies of freedom are easily emboldened So do what I say Wish my words didn't sound quite so idiotic I need a great scriptwriter I make the decisions so what if they're wrong ‘Cause I'm the decider
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Chimble,
I always do my best to avoid being critical either way when it comes to political stuff here in the forum, but I can still comment on the musical aspects of a tune, and I can say you did an awesome job with this track! Love that Reggae backing you produced...it's so effective! Enjoyed the tune!
Thanks, Torrey
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Super groove
Good vocal and mix
I decided that I like this song
Is that a Shih-Tzu on your lap?
Have you ever noticed there are no lines to a bathroom at a water park?
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"Enemies of freedom are easily emboldened" . . . How true
Nice reggae feel and I like the horns.
Good job.
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This song has a very cool groove to the song. Super vocal and backtrack. Excellent mix...Well done
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Nice job on this one, the mix was very good to my inexpert ears. Liked the horns, were those loops? Some of the words didn't flow well but that's to be expected when getting this topical. I'm surprised you didn't use "Fool me once..." which is my favorite Dubya doofus line. Well done overall.
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Thanks everyone for having a listen and leaving a comment. Super groove
Good vocal and mix
I decided that I like this song
Is that a Shih-Tzu on your lap? Yes, that's our Shih-Tzu, Ran-chan. She doesn't understand all the time I spend doing music stuff. Nice job on this one, the mix was very good to my inexpert ears. Liked the horns, were those loops? Some of the words didn't flow well but that's to be expected when getting this topical. I'm surprised you didn't use "Fool me once..." which is my favorite Dubya doofus line. Well done overall. The horns were from a sample pack. In the pack, there were three Ska-punk songs featuring horn parts. All of the phrases were neatly sliced, so it was just a matter of putting the slices I liked into the Logic sampler, and playing around with them until they sounded right. It was the first time I had worked directly with samples -- took a lot of time to choose the sample slices I wanted to use, but after that it was simple. I wrote the song in 2007 so I considered it a somewhat light-hearted comment on the Bush II administration. If I had written it in 2008, it might have been considerably more bitter.
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Nice work! A bit more reverb on the vocal than I would have liked, but I don't really know the reggae genre well. Fun listen. 
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