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008 - Edify Me - Defayo // The Stories Behind

The Stories Behind
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In today's episode, Defayo speaks with Jo Deep about his song "Edify Me". He walks us through how the song came to be, from the viral clip of creatives freestyling to a recorded, produced, mixed and mastered song. They talk about the importance of the intersectionality of Christian music and love songs. Listen to the full episode and let us know in the comments what your favourite part of the episode.

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