Tony, Maybe Santa will make an exception and yes the commute for Donny would be a lot shorter to your place.

Like the American Express Card, I never leave home for a gig without back up hard copy of lead sheets in a loose leaf binder in plastic sheet protectors. I first started using the original Music Pad Pro 6 years ago, it started first time, last time every time, iPad has been the same. There's always the threat of theft, can't prevent that. The only time the Music Pad Pro failed is when my brain had a melt down and I left it home.

I'm leaving a 16 year career in the IT world next week, I did pick up a thing or 2 about redundancy with data back up. I worry more about losing the thousands of photos I've taken as amateur photograher than I do lead sheets on an iPad. But my photos are backed up in 2 on line locations, and 2 separate external hard drives.