How The True Loves Drummer’s Acupuncture Job Informs His Music

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David McGraw of The True Loves is an acupuncturist by day. Reporter Sararosa Davies caught up with the band’s drummer to hear how his day job informs his music. 


 
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David McGraw is the drummer for the Seattle band The True Loves and is an acupuncturist by day. Reporter Sararosa Davies caught up with the band’s drummer to hear how his day job informs his music. 

“In both cases, you're dealing with other human beings and you have to be very sensitive to how they are interacting with you. Both in the healing space of an acupuncture treatment room, but also on the stage. I think both of them make me better listeners,” McGraw says.

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