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My main objective with a home studio - I could get into doing full band demos - but my first objective is to cut things like guitar tracks and solos at home.
John Petrucci
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John Petrucci
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 12
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We're always in that head space about the audience and less about us at that moment.
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It's hard to answer that from my own perspective because when I'm playing I know where it is coming from and the sources.
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