I'm visiting my old friend, Central Park - the place has resonance for me, I guess. It's where I come to escape the city when the city is beginning to get to me, or when I'm a little down. I can't tell you how therapeutic it is to just remove yourself from the sound of traffic, even if it's only by a couple hundred feet.
Today Jeff Bergman took me up to meet the folks at Access Talent, and it was an extremely interesting experience. I had sent them my demo CD in the hopes that they might be able to offer comments and suggestions, and Jeff thought it might be a good idea if he brought me along as a sort of introduction before I met with them.
I think Jeff would like to believe that they might have interest in representing me, but I think he has a lot more faith in me than is really warrented... I'd just be grateful for a frank critique of my voice demo, and to hear what they thought my chances are of getting work from it. Maybe it's just me being me, but I got no interest vibes from them at all. They were, to their infinite credit, amazingly friendly and polite, but I just got the impression that they had much better things to do than to waste their time on someone like me. And to be frank, I can't say that I'd entirely blame them. I'm by no means at their level in the business, they've got a roster of famous people. And while I think that I'm really good and all that, I enough of a realist to understand that I need to start booking work before a bigshot agency like Access would have any interest in me
So they didn't have a lot of time for me. I did get to shake hands with the guy Jeff wanted me to send my tape to, and I still hold out the hope that he'll have time to sit down and review my tape with me, but beyond that, I think I need to be setting my sites a little lower in the industry food chain.
I guess we'll see, huh?
So here I sit in Central Park - Upper East Side version. I'm near the model boathouse, right across the pond from the Lewis Carroll statuary. I wish I'd brough my camera, 'cuz this grouping is one of my favorites in the partk. Probably right after the dancing women in the fountain up at the Conservatory Garden, by the Harlem Mere.
I was supposed to call Amy (who's in town) once I finished with Access, but I got her voice-mail, and the answering machine at her apartment, so I decided to wander around the Upper East Side for a change. I haven't been up this way since this past summer, when Katherine and I wandered Madison Avenue looking for salons for her to apply at. I really do need to find out what ever happened to Katherine. I don't know if she's here in NYC or if she's still in Pittsburgh. Working at the Arden last October really messed up my plans to room with her here, and I hope that she found a place and got moved up alright. I need to see if I can find her.
Today Jeff Bergman took me up to meet the folks at Access Talent, and it was an extremely interesting experience. I had sent them my demo CD in the hopes that they might be able to offer comments and suggestions, and Jeff thought it might be a good idea if he brought me along as a sort of introduction before I met with them.
I think Jeff would like to believe that they might have interest in representing me, but I think he has a lot more faith in me than is really warrented... I'd just be grateful for a frank critique of my voice demo, and to hear what they thought my chances are of getting work from it. Maybe it's just me being me, but I got no interest vibes from them at all. They were, to their infinite credit, amazingly friendly and polite, but I just got the impression that they had much better things to do than to waste their time on someone like me. And to be frank, I can't say that I'd entirely blame them. I'm by no means at their level in the business, they've got a roster of famous people. And while I think that I'm really good and all that, I enough of a realist to understand that I need to start booking work before a bigshot agency like Access would have any interest in me
So they didn't have a lot of time for me. I did get to shake hands with the guy Jeff wanted me to send my tape to, and I still hold out the hope that he'll have time to sit down and review my tape with me, but beyond that, I think I need to be setting my sites a little lower in the industry food chain.
I guess we'll see, huh?
So here I sit in Central Park - Upper East Side version. I'm near the model boathouse, right across the pond from the Lewis Carroll statuary. I wish I'd brough my camera, 'cuz this grouping is one of my favorites in the partk. Probably right after the dancing women in the fountain up at the Conservatory Garden, by the Harlem Mere.
I was supposed to call Amy (who's in town) once I finished with Access, but I got her voice-mail, and the answering machine at her apartment, so I decided to wander around the Upper East Side for a change. I haven't been up this way since this past summer, when Katherine and I wandered Madison Avenue looking for salons for her to apply at. I really do need to find out what ever happened to Katherine. I don't know if she's here in NYC or if she's still in Pittsburgh. Working at the Arden last October really messed up my plans to room with her here, and I hope that she found a place and got moved up alright. I need to see if I can find her.
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