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The thing I find frustrating about rock music is, how different can you make an acoustic drum kit sound, an electric guitar and vocals?

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• The thing I find frustrating about rock music is, how different can you make an acoustic drum kit sound, an electric guitar and vocals?

  

  Flume
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