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I labour over details and whether a song should be a straight pop song form or exploratory. This is the curse with doing things by yourself.

St. Lucia

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St. Lucia
Age: 54
Musician
Johannesburg
Gauteng
South Africa
St.Lucia
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Pops
Straight
Details
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Exploratory
Things
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