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" I enjoy being involved in making the artwork for albums and stupid stuff like that. "

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" As long as your intentions are solid and about growth and progression and being productive and not being idle, then you're doing good in my book. "

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" Because I'm not in a record deal, I don't have to operate in an album format. "

" I need to know how many records I've sold, how many album equivalents from streaming, which territories are playing my music more than others, because it helps me in conversations about where we're gonna be playing shows or where I might open a retail location, like a pop-up store or something. "

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