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HARRY SHEARER

The moment it all started…

“I had studied classical piano for most of my childhood and early teens, and thereby was forced to learn to read music – and I couldn’t think of anything I wanted to do less than read music! So when I hit university age, I bought a 3/4-sized Japanese plywood bass and started doing what I always did with piano when my teacher wasn’t looking:

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