Years ago, I had the privilege of attending a concert by the Glenn Miller Orchestra. The leader of the band was one of the original members, the trumpet player, and all the others were local musicians who were highly accomplished. Everything was live, people were dancing in the isles, and tickets were $50 each, and the event was sold out in a matter of days for a 600 seat theater. The individual band members, locally hired, were each paid $75 for the performance and paid $25 for each of the one hour practice sessions. It was absolutely incredible and each song they performed made chills run through me. To this day, I still love hearing big band music, and probably always will.

Several years ago, while watching the Super Bowl, I quickly came to the realization that everything was prerecorded and canned. That was one of the reasons I stopped watching half-time shows.

All the best,

Gary