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Professional Guitarist Blind Reaction to PAGEBLUK by Alip Ba Ta

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Episode 1 of my new "podcast" (I'm saying it like that because I'm just dipping my toes in the idea), and this time I'm taking a crack at Alip's PAGEBLUK, which, believe it or not, I've avoided even listening to until I was able to just set it up as a blind reaction. 

@Alip_Ba_Ta is one of my most requested artist reviews, and so I'm trying a new format of just doing a six minute reaction to tide you over until I have time to settle in to a full review.

Check out Alip's original video: https://youtu.be/gFovqX8dSNY


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