"I started reading books about the subconscious mind and intuitiveness, and what makes people tick when they hear songs that excite them, make them feel romantic or melancholy. I was in and out of bookstores and libraries. I read a lot of texts, including on primitive man and the workings of the way we emotionally react to things. It wasn’t scholarly or scientific. I read and skimmed and when I thought something was nonsense, I just moved on…"
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On the researching process for his album New Green Clear Blue in “Dan Hartman Manages to Turn a Career Valley into Peak” in Mohave Daily Miner (1989 Mar 7)
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Dan Hartman
Daniel Earl Hartman (December 8, 1950-March 22, 1994) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer.
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