New York, and for the first time in his life, started experimenting with psychedelic drugs. To his recollection, this included DMT, mescaline, psilocybin, and possibly – but not certainly – LSD. He began to think that the writing on Something/Anything? was largely formulaic and born from laziness, and sought to create a "more eclectic and more experimental" follow-up album. His music tastes also had started to lean toward the progressive rock of Frank Zappa, Yes, and the Mahavishnu Orchestra. He explained, "It wasn't like I suddenly threw away everything that I was doing before and decided that I was going to play the music of my mind", rather, the experiences allowed him "to actively put some of [my songwriting habits] away and to absorb new ideas and to also hear the final product in a different way." However, he "wasn't really aware, at that time, that I'd make such a radical shift". Production The sound and structure of Wizard was heavily informed by Rundgren's hallucinogenic experiences. He said, "It was very ADD ... and I wouldn't dwell on whether a musical idea was complete or not." Rundgren and keyboardist Moogy Klingman established a professional recording studio, Secret Sound, to accommodate the Wizard sessions. Located at Manhattan's 24th Street, the studio was designed to Rundgren's specifications and was created so that he could freely indulge in sound experimentation without having to worry about hourly studio costs. To this effect, he said, "I had the idea that a synthesizer was supposed to sound like a synthesizer, instead of sounding like strings or horns." Two or three months were spent wiring the studio; the expenses were ultimately paid by the royalties gained from Something/Anything? and the $10,000 advance given to Klingman for his second solo album (Moogy II, co-produced by Rundgren). Rundgren remembered: "I have to say that, in some sense, A Wizard, a True Star was kind of rushed through because the studio wasn't finished. ... a lot of it seemed sorta ad hoc." According to Klingman, the studio equipment "was breaking down all the time" and was "barely held together with band-aids and bubble gum." They differed in their recollection of the first song recorded for the album. Rundgren thought it was "Sometimes I Don't Know What to Feel", whereas Klingman believed it was "International Feel". Rundgren provided a host of instruments and equipment, including vibraphones, organs, keyboards, Fairchild equalizers, and