Video Question: Mark Lincoln - Singing

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Date: April 23rd, 2008 | Length: 1.18 | Instructor: Mark Lincoln

Ricky54326 asks, "I have a question, I was at the store the other day and I saw some spray that's supposed to help singing or something, what does it exactly do? Is it worth buying?" Another benefit of being a member of JamPlay is the video response section. Our expert staff fields questions from our members and provides video responses each week.

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