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I'm not a haiku artist, but I wanted to use the phrase 5, 7, 5 in the melody that flows over time. So the string melody, the first one is five notes, the next one is seven, and then the third one is five.

Terry Bozzio

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Terry Bozzio
Age: 73
Born: 1950
Born: December 27
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