Nashville-based, platinum recording artist, Ron Pope, has announced his upcoming A Drop In The Ocean Tour to celebrate the 15th anniversary of his 2008 breakout solo debut, Daylight. Pope made a name for himself in the early days of music streaming with the viral success of Daylight track "A Drop in the Ocean," which has now been streamed over 1 billion times, causing the album to achieve platinum status.
"When I started writing the tunes that would become Daylight, I was a 21-year-old college kid. I had no idea how those songs would change my life, going out and reaching people all over the world - including many places I'd never even heard of," Pope recalls. "That album was the first exceptional thing I'd ever done. Before that, no one was paying attention. My friends and I got together half a lifetime ago and made this beautiful thing with all the newness and freedom that youth afforded us. I love these songs, I'm proud of how we recorded them and I can't wait to travel around celebrating 15 years of Daylight, and of course, 'A Drop In The Ocean.' It's giving me an opportunity to look back at how far my music has taken me and to think about where I'd like to go next."
In March 2023, Pope released his latest album Inside Voices, written in the wake of emotional upheaval after a series of back-to-back family tragedies, putting the Pope family in a very dark place of unbearable heaviness and overwhelming pain. For a year, he found himself unable to create, spending all of his energy trying to keep his family afloat. The Popes were finally at peace and rest during time spent by the ocean. The simplicity of life by the water began to resurrect the spark of creativity, and he was able to write again. Enlisting the help of longtime friend and collaborator, Paul Hammer, the pair rented a beachside cottage for their families and set about the painstaking work of recording - playing all of the instruments, carefully building each track layer by layer, as well as mixing and mastering it - there, by themselves. It was the happiest Pope had ever been while making a record.
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Platinum recording artist, Ron Pope, made a name for himself in the early days of music streaming with the viral success of his song, "A Drop in the Ocean" - which was shared completely organically and promoted independently. Instead of stalling, Pope's career has soared to new heights with each subsequent release. Once a die-hard New Yorker, Pope ultimately landed in Nashville where his songwriting is a natural fit for the Americana, roots, and country communities.
His last full album, Bone Structure (March 2020), received praise from Rolling Stone, Billboard, CMT, Relix, The Tennessean, and more. Most recently he landed in Nashville Scene's 12 Artists to Watch in 2022 list and released his 5-song EP, It's Gonna Be A Long Night, supported by a US tour with sold out shows in Chicago, New York City, Denver, Atlanta, Boston, Seattle, Nashville and Minneapolis. Pope plans to release an album's worth of expertly crafted songs about lasting love, the joys of parenthood, growth, heartache and living with gratitude in 2023.
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Fifteen years and seven studio albums into a career hovering at the edges of the music business, fighting for a seat at the table, Ron Pope is now in the midst of flipping that table over. It took a decade to become an overnight success. Hundreds of millions of streams, millions of singles sold, concerts packed out into the street all over the world; all of a sudden Ron Pope is part of the discussion. "At the very least, now I don't really have to give a shit what anyone in the business expects from me. That's pretty liberating. It's like 'Everyone's making music that sounds like such and such this year' and I can say 'Cool. I don't give a fuck; my fans just want me to do something good and they'll stick with me as long as what I record is real and honest and full of songs that are worth listening to. So I'm just gonna keep doing what I do.' That's the freedom that holding onto my independence for so long and finding real success has bought me" Pope says from the East Nashville office of Brooklyn Basement Records, the label he runs alongside his wife and manager, Blair Clark.For his newest album "Work," Pope once again co-produced with Grammy Award winner Ted Young (The Rolling Stones, Grace Potter, Sonic Youth). The duo decided to record in Nashville at Welcome to 1979, an analog-centric studio. For Pope, this album marked his first recorded to tape. "It forced us to make choices. Digital recording allows you to do a limitless amount of takes. In the past, we could do five or ten takes of everything and pick and choose, but on this record, if we wanted to record another take of something, we often had to erase what was already there. Those decisions influenced us to play like we meant it on every take. Our friend Charles Ray, who's my favorite trumpet player, came in to help on the record and what you hear on 'Dancing Days' is his first take, no editing, no fixing, no reconsidering. That's just what he played and we all just yelled 'Next' and moved on! The spontaneity and looseness flavored this album in a way that feels really exciting and new to me."
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Nashville-based, independent artist, Ron Pope, has stood at a crossroads where so many musicians find themselves -- at the intersection of record label and independence. In an ever- evolving industry filled with rejection and compromise, he has plotted a new course for his music to reach loyal listeners, taking the industry-road-less-traveled in exchange for the ultimate payback, a league of devoted fans the world over.
Pope has made a name for himself in the music industry over the years as one of the top grossing independent acts on the scene today. On the sales front, he has sold over 2 million singles to date, averages 15 million spins a month on Pandora, and his songs have been streamed over 120 million times. His songs have been featured on NBC's "The Voice," CW's "Vampire Diaries" and "90210" and multiple seasons of FOX's "So You Think You Can Dance," which sent two of his albums into the top 100 on iTunes simultaneously. He was recently honored by premier digital music distributor TuneCore for being one of the top-selling independent artists using their service.
Pope's fifth studio album, Calling Off the Dogs, found the passionate songwriter expanding upon his rootsy sound with a set of atmospheric, moody songs. The album follows up Pope's last two albums, 2012's Atlanta and Monster. Ostensibly a concept album, Calling Off the Dogs found Pope investigating the twists and turns of one couple's relationship, from when they first meet and fall in love to when they finally say goodbye. He spent the better part of 2014 touring the album across the US, UK, & Australia.
Not one for taking a break, Pope found himself writing and recording his upcoming album, Ron Pope & The Nighthawks (release date January 8, 2016) while still on tour in 2014. Pope gathered his favorite Brooklyn-based musicians (Paul Hammer, Alex Foote, Andrew Pertes, Alex Brumel, Alan Markley, & Michael Riddleberger) and they were all instrumental in the creation of each song. Pope and his new band started their journey at a lake house in Blue Ridge, GA where they took songs from concept to completion. They then took the tunes directly out onto the road and played most of them in front of a live audience - all while recording the process.
"This is me going back to the roots of what made me a songwriter...I was trying to blow my own mind with the last album (Calling Off The Dogs); this time I'm trying to soothe it. I want to take those songs out on the road and get them dirty, sharing them with the fans while they are still fresh and brand new rather than incubating them in a sterile environment for a long time."
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"When I started writing the tunes that would become Daylight, I was a 21-year-old college kid. I had no idea how those songs would change my life, going out and reaching people all over the world - including many places I'd never even heard of," Pope recalls. "That album was the first exceptional thing I'd ever done. Before that, no one was paying attention. My friends and I got together half a lifetime ago and made this beautiful thing with all the newness and freedom that youth afforded us. I love these songs, I'm proud of how we recorded them and I can't wait to travel around celebrating 15 years of Daylight, and of course, 'A Drop In The Ocean.' It's giving me an opportunity to look back at how far my music has taken me and to think about where I'd like to go next."
In March 2023, Pope released his latest album Inside Voices, written in the wake of emotional upheaval after a series of back-to-back family tragedies, putting the Pope family in a very dark place of unbearable heaviness and overwhelming pain. For a year, he found himself unable to create, spending all of his energy trying to keep his family afloat. The Popes were finally at peace and rest during time spent by the ocean. The simplicity of life by the water began to resurrect the spark of creativity, and he was able to write again. Enlisting the help of longtime friend and collaborator, Paul Hammer, the pair rented a beachside cottage for their families and set about the painstaking work of recording - playing all of the instruments, carefully building each track layer by layer, as well as mixing and mastering it - there, by themselves. It was the happiest Pope had ever been while making a record.
~~~~~~~~
Platinum recording artist, Ron Pope, made a name for himself in the early days of music streaming with the viral success of his song, "A Drop in the Ocean" - which was shared completely organically and promoted independently. Instead of stalling, Pope's career has soared to new heights with each subsequent release. Once a die-hard New Yorker, Pope ultimately landed in Nashville where his songwriting is a natural fit for the Americana, roots, and country communities.
His last full album, Bone Structure (March 2020), received praise from Rolling Stone, Billboard, CMT, Relix, The Tennessean, and more. Most recently he landed in Nashville Scene's 12 Artists to Watch in 2022 list and released his 5-song EP, It's Gonna Be A Long Night, supported by a US tour with sold out shows in Chicago, New York City, Denver, Atlanta, Boston, Seattle, Nashville and Minneapolis. Pope plans to release an album's worth of expertly crafted songs about lasting love, the joys of parenthood, growth, heartache and living with gratitude in 2023.
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Fifteen years and seven studio albums into a career hovering at the edges of the music business, fighting for a seat at the table, Ron Pope is now in the midst of flipping that table over. It took a decade to become an overnight success. Hundreds of millions of streams, millions of singles sold, concerts packed out into the street all over the world; all of a sudden Ron Pope is part of the discussion. "At the very least, now I don't really have to give a shit what anyone in the business expects from me. That's pretty liberating. It's like 'Everyone's making music that sounds like such and such this year' and I can say 'Cool. I don't give a fuck; my fans just want me to do something good and they'll stick with me as long as what I record is real and honest and full of songs that are worth listening to. So I'm just gonna keep doing what I do.' That's the freedom that holding onto my independence for so long and finding real success has bought me" Pope says from the East Nashville office of Brooklyn Basement Records, the label he runs alongside his wife and manager, Blair Clark.For his newest album "Work," Pope once again co-produced with Grammy Award winner Ted Young (The Rolling Stones, Grace Potter, Sonic Youth). The duo decided to record in Nashville at Welcome to 1979, an analog-centric studio. For Pope, this album marked his first recorded to tape. "It forced us to make choices. Digital recording allows you to do a limitless amount of takes. In the past, we could do five or ten takes of everything and pick and choose, but on this record, if we wanted to record another take of something, we often had to erase what was already there. Those decisions influenced us to play like we meant it on every take. Our friend Charles Ray, who's my favorite trumpet player, came in to help on the record and what you hear on 'Dancing Days' is his first take, no editing, no fixing, no reconsidering. That's just what he played and we all just yelled 'Next' and moved on! The spontaneity and looseness flavored this album in a way that feels really exciting and new to me."
~~~~~~~
Nashville-based, independent artist, Ron Pope, has stood at a crossroads where so many musicians find themselves -- at the intersection of record label and independence. In an ever- evolving industry filled with rejection and compromise, he has plotted a new course for his music to reach loyal listeners, taking the industry-road-less-traveled in exchange for the ultimate payback, a league of devoted fans the world over.
Pope has made a name for himself in the music industry over the years as one of the top grossing independent acts on the scene today. On the sales front, he has sold over 2 million singles to date, averages 15 million spins a month on Pandora, and his songs have been streamed over 120 million times. His songs have been featured on NBC's "The Voice," CW's "Vampire Diaries" and "90210" and multiple seasons of FOX's "So You Think You Can Dance," which sent two of his albums into the top 100 on iTunes simultaneously. He was recently honored by premier digital music distributor TuneCore for being one of the top-selling independent artists using their service.
Pope's fifth studio album, Calling Off the Dogs, found the passionate songwriter expanding upon his rootsy sound with a set of atmospheric, moody songs. The album follows up Pope's last two albums, 2012's Atlanta and Monster. Ostensibly a concept album, Calling Off the Dogs found Pope investigating the twists and turns of one couple's relationship, from when they first meet and fall in love to when they finally say goodbye. He spent the better part of 2014 touring the album across the US, UK, & Australia.
Not one for taking a break, Pope found himself writing and recording his upcoming album, Ron Pope & The Nighthawks (release date January 8, 2016) while still on tour in 2014. Pope gathered his favorite Brooklyn-based musicians (Paul Hammer, Alex Foote, Andrew Pertes, Alex Brumel, Alan Markley, & Michael Riddleberger) and they were all instrumental in the creation of each song. Pope and his new band started their journey at a lake house in Blue Ridge, GA where they took songs from concept to completion. They then took the tunes directly out onto the road and played most of them in front of a live audience - all while recording the process.
"This is me going back to the roots of what made me a songwriter...I was trying to blow my own mind with the last album (Calling Off The Dogs); this time I'm trying to soothe it. I want to take those songs out on the road and get them dirty, sharing them with the fans while they are still fresh and brand new rather than incubating them in a sterile environment for a long time."
Nashville-based, platinum recording artist, Ron Pope, has announced his upcoming A Drop In The Ocean Tour to celebrate the 15th anniversary of his 2008 breakout solo debut, Daylight. Pope made a name for himself in the early days of music streaming with the viral success of Daylight track "A Drop in the Ocean," which has now been streamed over 1 billion times, causing the album to achieve platinum status.
"When I started writing the tunes that would become Daylight, I was a 21-year-old college kid. I had no idea how those songs would change my life, going out and reaching people all over the world - including many places I'd never even heard of," Pope recalls. "That album was the first exceptional thing I'd ever done. Before that, no one was paying attention. My friends and I got together half a lifetime ago and made this beautiful thing with all the newness and freedom that youth afforded us. I love these songs, I'm proud of how we recorded them and I can't wait to travel around celebrating 15 years of Daylight, and of course, 'A Drop In The Ocean.' It's giving me an opportunity to look back at how far my music has taken me and to think about where I'd like to go next."
In March 2023, Pope released his latest album Inside Voices, written in the wake of emotional upheaval after a series of back-to-back family tragedies, putting the Pope family in a very dark place of unbearable heaviness and overwhelming pain. For a year, he found himself unable to create, spending all of his energy trying to keep his family afloat. The Popes were finally at peace and rest during time spent by the ocean. The simplicity of life by the water began to resurrect the spark of creativity, and he was able to write again. Enlisting the help of longtime friend and collaborator, Paul Hammer, the pair rented a beachside cottage for their families and set about the painstaking work of recording - playing all of the instruments, carefully building each track layer by layer, as well as mixing and mastering it - there, by themselves. It was the happiest Pope had ever been while making a record.
~~~~~~~~
Platinum recording artist, Ron Pope, made a name for himself in the early days of music streaming with the viral success of his song, "A Drop in the Ocean" - which was shared completely organically and promoted independently. Instead of stalling, Pope's career has soared to new heights with each subsequent release. Once a die-hard New Yorker, Pope ultimately landed in Nashville where his songwriting is a natural fit for the Americana, roots, and country communities.
His last full album, Bone Structure (March 2020), received praise from Rolling Stone, Billboard, CMT, Relix, The Tennessean, and more. Most recently he landed in Nashville Scene's 12 Artists to Watch in 2022 list and released his 5-song EP, It's Gonna Be A Long Night, supported by a US tour with sold out shows in Chicago, New York City, Denver, Atlanta, Boston, Seattle, Nashville and Minneapolis. Pope plans to release an album's worth of expertly crafted songs about lasting love, the joys of parenthood, growth, heartache and living with gratitude in 2023.
~~~~~~~~
Fifteen years and seven studio albums into a career hovering at the edges of the music business, fighting for a seat at the table, Ron Pope is now in the midst of flipping that table over. It took a decade to become an overnight success. Hundreds of millions of streams, millions of singles sold, concerts packed out into the street all over the world; all of a sudden Ron Pope is part of the discussion. "At the very least, now I don't really have to give a shit what anyone in the business expects from me. That's pretty liberating. It's like 'Everyone's making music that sounds like such and such this year' and I can say 'Cool. I don't give a fuck; my fans just want me to do something good and they'll stick with me as long as what I record is real and honest and full of songs that are worth listening to. So I'm just gonna keep doing what I do.' That's the freedom that holding onto my independence for so long and finding real success has bought me" Pope says from the East Nashville office of Brooklyn Basement Records, the label he runs alongside his wife and manager, Blair Clark.For his newest album "Work," Pope once again co-produced with Grammy Award winner Ted Young (The Rolling Stones, Grace Potter, Sonic Youth). The duo decided to record in Nashville at Welcome to 1979, an analog-centric studio. For Pope, this album marked his first recorded to tape. "It forced us to make choices. Digital recording allows you to do a limitless amount of takes. In the past, we could do five or ten takes of everything and pick and choose, but on this record, if we wanted to record another take of something, we often had to erase what was already there. Those decisions influenced us to play like we meant it on every take. Our friend Charles Ray, who's my favorite trumpet player, came in to help on the record and what you hear on 'Dancing Days' is his first take, no editing, no fixing, no reconsidering. That's just what he played and we all just yelled 'Next' and moved on! The spontaneity and looseness flavored this album in a way that feels really exciting and new to me."
~~~~~~~
Nashville-based, independent artist, Ron Pope, has stood at a crossroads where so many musicians find themselves -- at the intersection of record label and independence. In an ever- evolving industry filled with rejection and compromise, he has plotted a new course for his music to reach loyal listeners, taking the industry-road-less-traveled in exchange for the ultimate payback, a league of devoted fans the world over.
Pope has made a name for himself in the music industry over the years as one of the top grossing independent acts on the scene today. On the sales front, he has sold over 2 million singles to date, averages 15 million spins a month on Pandora, and his songs have been streamed over 120 million times. His songs have been featured on NBC's "The Voice," CW's "Vampire Diaries" and "90210" and multiple seasons of FOX's "So You Think You Can Dance," which sent two of his albums into the top 100 on iTunes simultaneously. He was recently honored by premier digital music distributor TuneCore for being one of the top-selling independent artists using their service.
Pope's fifth studio album, Calling Off the Dogs, found the passionate songwriter expanding upon his rootsy sound with a set of atmospheric, moody songs. The album follows up Pope's last two albums, 2012's Atlanta and Monster. Ostensibly a concept album, Calling Off the Dogs found Pope investigating the twists and turns of one couple's relationship, from when they first meet and fall in love to when they finally say goodbye. He spent the better part of 2014 touring the album across the US, UK, & Australia.
Not one for taking a break, Pope found himself writing and recording his upcoming album, Ron Pope & The Nighthawks (release date January 8, 2016) while still on tour in 2014. Pope gathered his favorite Brooklyn-based musicians (Paul Hammer, Alex Foote, Andrew Pertes, Alex Brumel, Alan Markley, & Michael Riddleberger) and they were all instrumental in the creation of each song. Pope and his new band started their journey at a lake house in Blue Ridge, GA where they took songs from concept to completion. They then took the tunes directly out onto the road and played most of them in front of a live audience - all while recording the process.
"This is me going back to the roots of what made me a songwriter...I was trying to blow my own mind with the last album (Calling Off The Dogs); this time I'm trying to soothe it. I want to take those songs out on the road and get them dirty, sharing them with the fans while they are still fresh and brand new rather than incubating them in a sterile environment for a long time."
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"When I started writing the tunes that would become Daylight, I was a 21-year-old college kid. I had no idea how those songs would change my life, going out and reaching people all over the world - including many places I'd never even heard of," Pope recalls. "That album was the first exceptional thing I'd ever done. Before that, no one was paying attention. My friends and I got together half a lifetime ago and made this beautiful thing with all the newness and freedom that youth afforded us. I love these songs, I'm proud of how we recorded them and I can't wait to travel around celebrating 15 years of Daylight, and of course, 'A Drop In The Ocean.' It's giving me an opportunity to look back at how far my music has taken me and to think about where I'd like to go next."
In March 2023, Pope released his latest album Inside Voices, written in the wake of emotional upheaval after a series of back-to-back family tragedies, putting the Pope family in a very dark place of unbearable heaviness and overwhelming pain. For a year, he found himself unable to create, spending all of his energy trying to keep his family afloat. The Popes were finally at peace and rest during time spent by the ocean. The simplicity of life by the water began to resurrect the spark of creativity, and he was able to write again. Enlisting the help of longtime friend and collaborator, Paul Hammer, the pair rented a beachside cottage for their families and set about the painstaking work of recording - playing all of the instruments, carefully building each track layer by layer, as well as mixing and mastering it - there, by themselves. It was the happiest Pope had ever been while making a record.
~~~~~~~~
Platinum recording artist, Ron Pope, made a name for himself in the early days of music streaming with the viral success of his song, "A Drop in the Ocean" - which was shared completely organically and promoted independently. Instead of stalling, Pope's career has soared to new heights with each subsequent release. Once a die-hard New Yorker, Pope ultimately landed in Nashville where his songwriting is a natural fit for the Americana, roots, and country communities.
His last full album, Bone Structure (March 2020), received praise from Rolling Stone, Billboard, CMT, Relix, The Tennessean, and more. Most recently he landed in Nashville Scene's 12 Artists to Watch in 2022 list and released his 5-song EP, It's Gonna Be A Long Night, supported by a US tour with sold out shows in Chicago, New York City, Denver, Atlanta, Boston, Seattle, Nashville and Minneapolis. Pope plans to release an album's worth of expertly crafted songs about lasting love, the joys of parenthood, growth, heartache and living with gratitude in 2023.
~~~~~~~~
Fifteen years and seven studio albums into a career hovering at the edges of the music business, fighting for a seat at the table, Ron Pope is now in the midst of flipping that table over. It took a decade to become an overnight success. Hundreds of millions of streams, millions of singles sold, concerts packed out into the street all over the world; all of a sudden Ron Pope is part of the discussion. "At the very least, now I don't really have to give a shit what anyone in the business expects from me. That's pretty liberating. It's like 'Everyone's making music that sounds like such and such this year' and I can say 'Cool. I don't give a fuck; my fans just want me to do something good and they'll stick with me as long as what I record is real and honest and full of songs that are worth listening to. So I'm just gonna keep doing what I do.' That's the freedom that holding onto my independence for so long and finding real success has bought me" Pope says from the East Nashville office of Brooklyn Basement Records, the label he runs alongside his wife and manager, Blair Clark.For his newest album "Work," Pope once again co-produced with Grammy Award winner Ted Young (The Rolling Stones, Grace Potter, Sonic Youth). The duo decided to record in Nashville at Welcome to 1979, an analog-centric studio. For Pope, this album marked his first recorded to tape. "It forced us to make choices. Digital recording allows you to do a limitless amount of takes. In the past, we could do five or ten takes of everything and pick and choose, but on this record, if we wanted to record another take of something, we often had to erase what was already there. Those decisions influenced us to play like we meant it on every take. Our friend Charles Ray, who's my favorite trumpet player, came in to help on the record and what you hear on 'Dancing Days' is his first take, no editing, no fixing, no reconsidering. That's just what he played and we all just yelled 'Next' and moved on! The spontaneity and looseness flavored this album in a way that feels really exciting and new to me."
~~~~~~~
Nashville-based, independent artist, Ron Pope, has stood at a crossroads where so many musicians find themselves -- at the intersection of record label and independence. In an ever- evolving industry filled with rejection and compromise, he has plotted a new course for his music to reach loyal listeners, taking the industry-road-less-traveled in exchange for the ultimate payback, a league of devoted fans the world over.
Pope has made a name for himself in the music industry over the years as one of the top grossing independent acts on the scene today. On the sales front, he has sold over 2 million singles to date, averages 15 million spins a month on Pandora, and his songs have been streamed over 120 million times. His songs have been featured on NBC's "The Voice," CW's "Vampire Diaries" and "90210" and multiple seasons of FOX's "So You Think You Can Dance," which sent two of his albums into the top 100 on iTunes simultaneously. He was recently honored by premier digital music distributor TuneCore for being one of the top-selling independent artists using their service.
Pope's fifth studio album, Calling Off the Dogs, found the passionate songwriter expanding upon his rootsy sound with a set of atmospheric, moody songs. The album follows up Pope's last two albums, 2012's Atlanta and Monster. Ostensibly a concept album, Calling Off the Dogs found Pope investigating the twists and turns of one couple's relationship, from when they first meet and fall in love to when they finally say goodbye. He spent the better part of 2014 touring the album across the US, UK, & Australia.
Not one for taking a break, Pope found himself writing and recording his upcoming album, Ron Pope & The Nighthawks (release date January 8, 2016) while still on tour in 2014. Pope gathered his favorite Brooklyn-based musicians (Paul Hammer, Alex Foote, Andrew Pertes, Alex Brumel, Alan Markley, & Michael Riddleberger) and they were all instrumental in the creation of each song. Pope and his new band started their journey at a lake house in Blue Ridge, GA where they took songs from concept to completion. They then took the tunes directly out onto the road and played most of them in front of a live audience - all while recording the process.
"This is me going back to the roots of what made me a songwriter...I was trying to blow my own mind with the last album (Calling Off The Dogs); this time I'm trying to soothe it. I want to take those songs out on the road and get them dirty, sharing them with the fans while they are still fresh and brand new rather than incubating them in a sterile environment for a long time."
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