| Once a client of mine booked a short notice session for a friend of his who had lost his wife to a very swift cancer. She was young and beautiful.
My clients friend was a singer, and came and recorded a song for her funeral , a song he had written for her while they were in the early part of their relationship. I had never met him before, he showed me a photo of her.
It was the most raw and emotionally honest performance I'v ever heard. It was somehow stunning and awful and beautiful at the same time. I gave up trying not to cry. My client who booked the session was inconsolable and wept uncontrolibly while I tracked the song.
They said nothing while I mixed the song and prepared CDs. Their silence was broken occasionally by more tears. This happened years ago, to this day I can still feel the sharp pain of that session. In some ways it was awe inspiring in so much as I saw a performance that was as close to pure emotion as you may ever see.
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