Episode Synopsis ""I tend to not feel like I’m generating songs from within me… It feels like I’m tuning in to them…""

Retracing the steps of my creative history as a musical multi-hyphenate & storytelling artist. / Soundtrack music playing: “Tangling Strings (J. A. M. E. S.)“ [Composed by Fictionaleyez]

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