Update 9-11

Today, it’s 9/11. Started the day in a Lexington Avenue Diner. There, we watched the memorial on big widescreen tv’s. That was all I have seen of 9/11 today. New York life took over. Made some appointments to meet musicians for interviews. There has been some delay in meeting these people, most of them are very friendly, but to set up a date isn’t always easy. But at the end of this week, I’ll start my interviews and next monday I will have a interview with Ari Hoenig, also a NY drummer, who was very willing to cooperate. I will interview him in the famous jazclub Smalls, looking forward to that.
Maybe it’s good that I have been breathing some NY air first, visiting all parts of the city, Downtown, Battery Park, Lower East Side, West Village, Midtown, Central Park. To get adjusted and to feel the vibe of this city. To have an appartment, which is tiny and which you have to share. To get around town with the NY metro, get to know the people who are very friendly and helpfull. Even on one of the most crowded places in town, the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue, the officers there are nice and easygoing.
This is for me a exiting town. Inspiring. Energetic. But ok, my feet hurt like hell and my head is full of all everything I’ve seen and heard.
Coming to understand this city, the attraction of it, is the main goal of this endeavour. I hope to learn more and more everyday I am here.
I posted a short movie on my Kyte Channel. The New York Metro Singers (I call them). Sometimes, someone tries to sing along, but it would be better if he hadn’t. Just a movie, fun to watch, but it was at the start of my day, and it was a great beginning of it.
Bye Maurits