There isn't a dearth of it, but I will confess that it's harder for me to find songs on which I'm willing to invest anything from ten to fifteen hours writing an arrangement than it was in times past.

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Anything Arrangement Confess Fifteen Find Harder Hours Invest Me Past Songs Ten Than Times Which Will Willing Writing

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