We spent our last two days in NY visiting the top of Rockefeller Center, wandering into the Village Vanguard to catch some jazz, and one more visit to Arthur's Tavern, just cause we liked that place.  Our plane back to Seattle was scheduled for 6PM on Friday, so we just packed up the rental and drove around Jersey City and Newark, ending up in neighbourhoods we really have no business being in...ah well, a little fright is good for the ticker....

I have many impressions of the city (NYC), virtually all of them positive.  There are many unattractive components,and you have to be very focused and disciplined to thrive there, especially as a musician or any lively arts related vocation.  The people are hustlers there, doing everything they possibly can to get your attention.  Glenda just had to open her mouth, and that was attention enough!  Now, in the days and weeks to come, I have to coallate the many contacts and future opportunities we unearthed, and plan the return visit.  For me, some of the mystique of NY has worn off, just by virtue of being there and making a real effort to understand the geography.  I think this is good...I have been a tourist there, and enjoyed every minute...next, I will be just one of the multitude pressing to be heard.  It's so great to pitching something of high value!  I noticed something there that I am very familiar with...the ratio of excellent talent to not so excellent talent is the same there as everywhere else.  In other words, if you have something excellent, and are prepared to really, and I mean REALLY take your lumps promoting it, you can make a dent in that crazy town.
I'll get Glenda to write her parting NYC shots in the next frame of this blog.  Stay tuned!

Tony