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ALL THAT MATTERS IS YOU

from SLEEPING IN DREAMS redux (2024 Remaster) by The Santairs

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This song was recorded at Audio Recording, Inc. in Seattle by legendary engineer, Kearney Barton (who recorded The Kingsmen “Jolly Green Giant” of “Louie, Louie” fame, The Sonics “Psycho”, The Frantics “Werewolf”, and many others.) It was an 8 track analog studio, recorded onto 1 inch reel tape. This song was recorded, along with 13 other songs, in a 12 hour session. It was the first session where I met Kearney Barton. I wanted to do this since I knew The Beatles recorded some of their best sounding stuff very much like this. To this day, I like the fast pace of recording music since it seems more lively to me. By taking too long on a song and second guessing yourself, you tend to bog down the creative process. I'd rather have a few rough areas and even mistakes in songs, while having fun, rather than spending months on a perfect recording that stifles creativity. This song features Wayde Brown (me) on guitar and vocals; my dad Clinton Brown on bass, and Bill Fletcher on drums. I remember after the session was over, Kearney said he was very impressed at what we accomplished, especially since we never met before and had barely talked about a game plan. We kind of just went in and did it. The 12 hours included a quick, rough mix down as well. I only overdubbed the lead guitar and my backing vocals. I added some minor backing vocals at my home studio with the Audacity program 24 years later. This was the first song I ever recorded in a studio. I think we got it in three takes. This is one of those songs I actually considered the perfect recording. The extra backing vocals I added were more of an afterthought that some people suggested I should do, but I didn't want it to be a major factor in this tune. This song also received radio play for several months on various stations. To finish off this particular mix, I had to convert it from a cassette format onto the Audacity program on my computer with a JVC TD-W254 Double Cassette Deck 3 motor Silent Mechanism.
This is the 202nd I wrote. It was inspired by the same girl who inspired “(Why Do) You Torture Me” and a few other tunes. This one was more of a happy tune that came out of that situation. The structure of the song came from several 60's tunes that I was listening to at the time, including doo wop music. My father wrote the bass part which filled in the gap of a backing vocal I was thinking about putting in. Since the bass part was so perfect, I opted not to put any backing vocals on the original 45 version.

Recorded at Audio Recording, Inc. in Seattle, WA. and MINE music Studio in Auburn, WA.

lyrics

Listen To The Wind. Hear How It Blows?
I'm Wishing That You Will Come Back.
Listen To Your Mind. Listen To Your Heart.
Do You Wanna Come Back To Me?
I'm As Sorry As I Can Be. I Love You.

Whisper In My Ear. Let Me Hold You Close.
I Shall Never Let You Go.
Do You Hear My Words? Do You Know I Care?
I Trust You With All My Heart.
I'm So Sorry That We Had To Part. I Still Love You.

I Just Wanted Love, Time To Spend With You.
I Want You To Stay In My Life. All That Matters Is You.

I Know What I've Done. Give Me One More Chance.
I Promise I Won't Let You Down.
Hold Me One More Time, Never Let Me Go.
Then I'll Know That You Love Me Too. I Love You.

We Will Live Joy, Live In Harmony Too.
Spend Our Lives Sharing Together. All That Matters Is You.

Listen To The Wind. Hear How It Blows?
I'm Wishing That You Will Come Back.
Listen To Your Mind. Listen To Your Heart.
Do You Wanna Come Back To Me?
I'm As Lonely As I Can Be. I Love You.

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from SLEEPING IN DREAMS redux (2024 Remaster), released May 6, 2014
Wayde K. Brown

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The Santairs Auburn, Washington

I am a musician, singer, and songwriter doing this part-time but have been doing it all my life. I started singing before I could talk at the age of one, and wrote my first real song at 15 years of age. (If you count avant-garde as a song, then the age would be 7.) I currently own my own recording studio; and I write, perform, and record my own music (and other's from time to time.) I am Santairs. ... more

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