Listening to Theron Gafford and Darrell Buckner push their falsettos on the sweet soul ballad "I Was Made To Love Her, " it feels almost too forced, too shrill.

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It paid off and I almost went on and made three in a row.

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For part of the year I managed to qualify for a government subsidy for artists, which cut my COBRA payment in half and made it almost doable.

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