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jump in completely, but I jump in with my music this way.” Prasa is hoping licensing his songs might be the trick. He’s currently talking with music com- panies and has licensed his song ‘Trouble’ to a motorcycle com- mercial. With any luck, this will just be the start for him. Yet get- ting to this point is an achieve- ment. For years, Prasa found himself watching from the out- side. He wrote songs but want- ed others to handle the vocals, never trusting his own voice. He was eventually convinced by others to give it a try. After tak- ing vocal lessons and learning breathing techniques, he gained enough confidence to start per- forming live at open mic nights — something that would play a large role in his development. Prasa hosted an open mic night at a bar in Bridgewater for 8 years. He keeps that tradition go- ing at Dragonfly where Thursday nights have become something special. Long-time Jersey artists like Bruce Tunkel (Red House) Watch Peter Prasa perform “Amanda Don’t” on the piano NJ STAGE 2017 - Vol. 4 No. 7 INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 33