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Notebook writing even day
I wrote 'Start a party' for Freedom day and the nightclub scene. It all started with Gary Barlow's course, I am now on the TSA
I have plenty of ideas and try to get one end product at one time! Focus, making, listen to it until I am satisfied with
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I have been writing songs privately for the last 5 years, but never recorded any. I almost gave up on recording, and was going to
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