Music Gets Recorded Usually In One Format, And When You Have To Take It Out And Perform It There Are Other Applications And Things Like That That Are Better For The Live Performance.

-Todd Rundgren

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Music Gets Recorded Usually

Todd Rundgren

Music Gets Recorded Usually In One Format, And When You Have To Take It Out And Perform It There Are Other Applications And Things Like That That Are Better For The Live Performance.

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