A casting call that large is by nature going to be a very daunting thing,lined up around the block you know.And you some way have got to stand out in that crowd.I had just worked a full shift plus did a gig,so I was quite tired as well.yet still up for the hunt.NBC was in town and were going to listen to me sing,I had done a thorough study of the tune,I was ready on all of that.Ready even for a ninety second cut-off.Well that is what I rehearsed.It was very organized,uptempo and fun,everybody that was there gets my vote.The weather was pristeen,three weeks ago it would have been a real drag,welcome to stank-ass Florida!And we all get to be feeling good when it finally cools off.It is to noisy to do anykinf of effective last minute warm-up,your number may be called and you have to be ready to go.You did your best warm-up before you came.They are graceful in the audition you have much more than ninety seconds if you are rolling and if you forget the words or whatever that is permitted and at this point you can still make the cut.(if you can finish strong)The thing you have to be is yourself,you have got to believe inside of yourself,deep down inside that you have it,And you have to love it.No matter of what anyone says.It is so easy to do it in front of your family and friends.Much different when you have to do it to pay the rent.The more easy you can make a challenging thing be,the better.It inspires others to do the same.They can for a moment forget about their own lives and dream the dream with you.Many people that I know that play full time would not submit to this audition.Perhaps because they don't have the spare time.They have got to work the dump tonight.I love to play a honky-tonk bar yet I would not depend on my living for it.