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This particular song was recorded at my home studio with Audacity, a free, open source software for recording and editing sounds on my 160GB, 3.2 GHZ Pentium IV HP computer made back in 2004. I upgraded the memory to 2GB. Only 512 MB of memory originally came with the computer. This song was performed on basic equipment, from a first act guitar for lead fills, a Fender Deluxe Stratocaster for rhythm (usually played through a Crate 120 Watt solid state amp), a small Peavey 50 watt bass amp, a Cameo bass guitar, a first act drum set, and a $10 computer microphone, all while capturing the sounds as I performed them live without any pre-amps, compressors or a mixer, making it quite the challenge to balance the entire sound. (For this particular song, I also used a Paiste Signature 18 inch crash cymbal sitting on top of a backpack which was laying on top of a plastic filing cabinet in place of a hi-hat for the first half of the song while using a 12 inch Paiste Signature splash.)
At the time I wrote this song, it was one of my favorites to sing, mostly because it involved me screaming more than anything else. The song by the Oak Ridge Boys called, "Elvira" and certain CCR songs, lyrically, inspired this song. This song was slower originally, but I felt it was a better tune when it was played faster. Though no one would know it by listening, it was vaguely based on Hitler. I wrote it during a time in high school when we were studying the holocaust and what took place during WWII. On this particular recording, my 13 year old son, Quinten, was my special guest performer, playing the bass guitar, mouth percussion, tambourine, and the air horn. We recorded this song, mixed it down, and uploaded it all within 4 hours. This is the 12th song I wrote.

Recorded at MINE Music Studio in Auburn, WA.

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I Said Now Child, Reach Out To Me.
Climb The Mountain Out By The Sea,
Then Run So You Can Be Free.
Take The Lightning From The Sky.
Total Darkness, I Wonder Why.
Then See The Little Birds Fly.

He’s The Man Who Watched Them Die.
He’s The Man That Told Them Lies.
He’s The Man Who Came To Me.
He’s The Man That Sailed The Sea.

I Said Now Come On, Come To Me.
To The Forest, Through The Trees,
Then Take Me So I Can Be Free;
To The Ocean, Into The Caves,
Crashing Thunder Of The Waves.
Then Run So You Can Be Saved.

He’s The Man To Say Good-Bye.
He’s The Man To Tell Them Lies.
He’s The Man That Made Them Cry.
He’s The Man Who Watched Them Die.

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from EMOTIONAL INCEST (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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