That meant that as long as I continued working at The Launch Pad, I would be unable to compete or test my business plan against the ideas of others.

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After a couple of years in-house, I left and continued working on a freelance basis, which is pretty much the norm for composers now.

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It washed right through the hanger that I was working in and continued on over the runway, it was about 4 to 5 ft of water.

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"He said 'it wasn't me, I wasn't there, I wasn't working those days', " he continued.

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Indeed, if the theater staff working the curtains had not called a halt, I think the encores and curtain calls would have continued long into the night.

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