While there used to be one or two Pops orchestras, now there are all kinds of European orchestras that suddenly look upon this as a golden wand that can enable them to make money recording this music. – Skitch Henderson
That was probably the stamp that went into my mind, because I worked in television for many years, doing that kind of music, so that really was my strong forte. – Skitch Henderson
Although we are being presented in Carnegie Hall, we have to furnish a budget for our guest stars, and for the music writing – which is a huge budget in any orchestra that plays popular music. – Skitch Henderson
I’ve watched the demise of the Hollywood orchestra, the house orchestras of the big studios. – Skitch Henderson
And then I went into television; and then television moved from the East Coast to Hollywood. – Skitch Henderson
I recorded with Sinatra, but the recording business is a very strange strata right now. – Skitch Henderson
We do a lot of light classical programming with that, too… obviously… a lot of Tchaikovsky music, Grieg, things like that which have become less classical with classical concerts. – Skitch Henderson
In a way, yes, because I was starting something fresh, and it was something totally independent. – Skitch Henderson
I also work with the regular orchestras in Munich, Germany and other similar orchestras. – Skitch Henderson
I worked with practically everybody in the business in all of the years in NBC, but I worked personally many years with people like Crosby and Sinatra, so of course that was a great ground school for me. – Skitch Henderson
We try to say it’s creative and in a manner it is creative, but it is a business, because today, with the cost factor in crossing the boundaries that you do. – Skitch Henderson
