"When I was with the carnival," no, that wasn't the best way to start. "The music was meant to draw a crowd, to get people in the right spirit, so it had to carry. We didn't have a real calliope, but we'd put up speakers to play recordings. The layout could change, but a lot of the time, the fortune teller's tent was just under, or close to, a speaker. I would have to listen to the same few songs all day long."