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"But I Don't Have A Guitar Solo" - Cameron Craig On The Sessions That Go Wrong

September 13

After four or five rounds of remote mixes, each with new feedback, the artist asked for the guitar solo to be louder. Cameron Craig had to explain that there was no guitar solo. "Well, it was on the demo," came the reply

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