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at midnight . Lawrey headed back home before they had time to finish the single , “ Find My Way .” Gerry Rosenthal was brought in to complete the track . By the time the pandemic started , Casey said just about all of the recording had been finished . “ The last thing I wanted to do was get a choir for ‘ Lost In The Valley ,’ which sort of ended up with one ,” he recalled . “ It wasn ’ t a real choir ; it was my friends singing to the song through random mics and phones and whatever they had around . I had John Roccesano - the guy who mixed and mastered the album at Silver Horse Sound - work his magic into it , and he made it sound like an actual choir .” New Jersey has long had a few areas with distinct music scenes such as Asbury Park , New Brunswick , and Hoboken . But sometimes being outside of these areas can be good for an artist . While Sussex County has few clubs for original music , it offers artists the opportunity to develop on their

at midnight . Lawrey headed back home before they had time to finish the single , “ Find My Way .” Gerry Rosenthal was brought in to complete the track . By the time the pandemic started , Casey said just about all of the recording had been finished . “ The last thing I wanted to do was get a choir for ‘ Lost In The Valley ,’ which sort of ended up with one ,” he recalled . “ It wasn ’ t a real choir ; it was my friends singing to the song through random mics and phones and whatever they had around . I had John Roccesano - the guy who mixed and mastered the album at Silver Horse Sound - work his magic into it , and he made it sound like an actual choir .” New Jersey has long had a few areas with distinct music scenes such as Asbury Park , New Brunswick , and Hoboken . But sometimes being outside of these areas can be good for an artist . While Sussex County has few clubs for original music , it offers artists the opportunity to develop on their

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