Notes From All Over, Part 2 -- Nothing About The Bakken -- November 23, 2019

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One of my favorite YouTube videos is the Fleetwood Mac "Tusk" with the USC Marching Band.

USC -- graduate school -- is my alma mater. Free tuition for four years. Whoo-hoo! LOL.

Back to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrRVW-p8SJ8.

There are so many story lines. Several thoughts: whoever thought of doing this was an absolute genius. Whoever would have thought of doing this? It set some world records at the time; I don't know if those world records still hold. This is so "southern California." This is MAGA on steroids. Can you imagine this at a political rally? A nominating convention.

The choreography. My hunch is that 285 band members were little involved in the planning, preparation, and/or practice. It shows the complete professionalism and ability to think quickly by everyone on stage. Do you see a "director" or "conductor"? [Yes, at 3:25 -- but ...] Do you see a drum major or drum majorette leading the band? Can you imagine the competition to become one of the 300 USC marching band members.

I bet it costs upwards of $500,000 to get your daughter in the band. LOL. If she doesn't make the band, she can always try out for the rowing team. Can you imagine the sound editor in real time -- managing the sound of a small rock band backed up by a huge college marching band. The pre-placement of the microphones; the band members negotiating the constrained stage. The crowd control -- completely unseen. No uniformed law enforcement that I could see. Mick Fleetwood looks completely crazed (in a good way). And FM's energy! Wow, they had just put on a 2-hour concert and then this.

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From the musician: I first heard this tune on YouTube. I loved it but I couldn't find any music for it so I had to learn it by ear. Please comment and let me know where I can get sheet music for it, or what I could do to improve it!