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Since I was doing all of it myself, I had to decide where I wanted to go with the songs, how to proceed with the chords, if the sound was alright, and all that detail on my own.

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Utada Hikaru
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: January 19
Blogger
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Singer-Songwriter
Manhattan borough
New York City
Hikaru Utada
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