Did you write One
& The Same specifically for the Playlist for the Planet contest?
Yep. June 25th, 2010 I started writing the song
while my daughter Grace was in the bathtub (It’s our nightly Daddy Daughter
routine & where I have written many of songs)! I have no doubt that my
three daughters, and my future grand children, are the reason this song came
together so quickly. Within 5 minutes, I immediately could hear the violins, female
duet & everyone singing along in my head.
I made the decision right then and there that I would do
whatever it took to get the song completed for the contest. From there it took
a little less than 4 weeks of part time studio work & an awesome producer
engineer by the name of Len Milne (Bedside Studios, Winnipeg) to
bring One and The Same to life.
Who is that amazing female
singer that comes in after the first verse/chorus?
That would be the amazingly awesome Samantha Rech. She is my
voice coach, who just happened to owe me about an hour & a half of back
lessons. So I convinced her to sing on my song instead of rescheduling more
lessons. I’m so glad she agreed!!!! You can find out more about her on her
MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/samantharech
Who are all the
people singing along in the last half of the song?
I love the fact that almost every musician that played on
the song also lent their voice for the gang vocals (truly amazing musicians
& Winnipegers). The most amazing part is that I was also able to get my
Mom, Dad & Mother In-Law to participate in the group sing along (more
stories about that for another time:). It’s one of those small things that I
can pick out in the recording that makes me smile. If we are going to save the
planet, just like this song, we have to all take ownership, regardless of race,
generation or gender, and come together and have fun saving ourselves! I truly
believe we can do it.
What musicians play
on ‘One and The Same’?
Lee Raito- Male Vocals & Acoustic Guitar
Samatha Rech- Lead
Female Vocals
Len Milne-
Electric Guitar, Egg Shaker, Engineer & Producer Extraordinaire
Blaine Badiuk-
Violin
Todd Lesage- Drums
Travis Hauge- Bass
As more questions are asked I will be happy to answer them.
I’m just so happy that people have connected with this song and want it to win
Playlist for the Planet. Regardless of whether or not it wins this song makes me,
and will continue to, me think every day before I make decisions that might
impact our environment and planet earth. This song & our earth are part of
your an my legacy! You and I really are the world, One and The Same, it is up to you I to sing along and save her.