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Blog December 11, 2012
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Blog December 11, 2012
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Blog December 7, 2012
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Videos December 4, 2012
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Blog December 3, 2012
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Blog November 30, 2012
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Blog November 28, 2012
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Reviews November 26, 2012
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Contests November 26, 2012
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Blog November 25, 2012
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Reviews November 25, 2012
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Videos November 23, 2012
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Reviews November 21, 2012
I do, during the writing process, feel free. But it's everything after that makes you feel that the freedom was an illusion. When the system steps in, and the label, and the people that work with you and that are observing every step of what you do. They have to think about, "Where does this fit? Does this work as a follow-up song to the enormous success of his last song? What about American radio, specifically? Will display on top 40? Or will this play on alternative radio? Or is this too weird for any of them?" So you have those things, those questions, though severe observations that will come to your door after having written songs. You just don't know what to do about that. That's when you realize that the freedom is a bit of an illusion really.
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Blog November 20, 2012
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Reviews November 19, 2012
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Blog November 18, 2012
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Blog November 16, 2012
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Blog November 16, 2012
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Blog November 15, 2012
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Reviews November 14, 2012
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Blog November 13, 2012
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Blog November 13, 2012
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Blog November 12, 2012
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Blog November 9, 2012
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Blog November 9, 2012
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Reviews November 8, 2012
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Blog November 8, 2012
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Reviews November 8, 2012
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Features November 8, 2012
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Reviews November 8, 2012