Soundcloud: Billionaire
YouTube: Billionaire
DEVELOPMENTMost of my songs posted to the User Showcase Forum have been middle-of-the-road and not intense. For some time, I’ve been wanting to record something heavier. This song is in a genre I will call ‘Tinnitus Rock’.
I wrote the riff over the top of the 4-chord progression for this song back in 2016 ... and it sat there until late 2025. Originally, it had the title 'Sweet thing' but that was just a placeholder. Given the heavy rock style, I thought it would be a good opportunity to outwork my views on the super-rich and wealth inequality, so the title and theme Billionaire was used. The angsty feel of the lyrics suited grunge.
As I started off with just the riff and chord progression from 2016, I had to choose a style, write melodies, add a chorus and write all the lyrics. I had in mind I wanted the riff to have a guitar sound like that found on ‘Come as you are’ by Nirvana, so I added distortion, chorus and reverb. In BIAB, I changed from the original RealStyle of _ELECTAM (Uplifting rock with tambourine) to _IMPURE (Guitar solo grunge rock).
RECORDING INFORMATIONStyle is _IMPURE.STY (Impure Guitar Solo Grunge Rock)
RealDrums in style:RockHardLA^5-a:Snare, Loose HiHat , b:Snare, Open HiHat
RealTracks in style: ~684:Bass, Electric, PopHalfNotesSync Ev 120 – with distortion added
RealTracks in style: 3729:Guitar, Electric, Soloist GrungePopGritty Ev 110
RealTracks in style: 3727:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm GrungePopDist8ths Ev 110
RealTracks in style: 3728:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm GrungePopGritty2-note Ev 110
Additional RealTracks used:
RealTracks in song: 648:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm PopRockBritHeavy Ev 120 - only in verse 3
RealTracks in song: 697:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm ElecRockDirty Ev 120 - only in verse 3
Me:
Main vocal doubled – with 2nd -12dB and slightly right 18%
Backing vocals x 3 with low shelf pulled all the way down at 300hz + reverb
Riff played on my Ibanez AMV10A with EQ, distortion, chorus and reverb
Mixed in Reaper 7.59
LYRICSVERSE 1
We pay through the nose for the things we don’t own
And we’re led by our noses by the screen on our phone
No-one new can buy their own home
You’re hidden in darkness so you remain unknown
Play INTRO
VERSE 2
Millions strive to make it week to week
Maximizing profits for the shareholders for whom you speak
I pay monthly but with nothing of mine
I feel like just a number to you – one in a line
CHORUS
It takes a billion Aussie dollar coins to fill over fifteen hundred swimming pools
Allowing you to do this, we’ve become the biggest of fools
Your wealth is greater than the GDP of many a small nation
And you move it around the globe to avoid the taxation
VERSE 3
The one percent grow at exponential rates
And the rest of us eat with no food on our plates
You sow the seeds of our discontent
You divide and conquer through our growing dissent
VERSE 4
One against the other shaking fists in the air
If you push us too far, you’re going to poke the bear
You grew rich on the back of our taxes
And you’ll meet your doom on the end of our axes
CHORUS
You accumulate your wealth just because you want more
You don’t know what it’s like to have the wolf at your door
Who will buy your stuff when there’s no-one left to buy
But I bet your gold purse will catch the tears you cry
OUTRO
CHORDS
See chord sheet attached
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