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It's exciting to see if you can create something that sounds, at least to your own ears, exciting.

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Andy Summers
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 31
Composer
Guitarist
Jazz Guitarist
Jazz Musician
Photographer
Sounds
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Exciting
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