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"You have to keep the recording process open. If you make too many decisions before you go in, you ca..." — James Mercer
You have to keep the recording process open. If you make too many decisions before you go in, you can lose out on those serendipitous moments that can really make a record, that I think are always required in the making of a really good record.
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