From Brattleboro to New York
After our gig in Brattleboro we hit the road at 4am to make a 10:15am sound check in New York for our APAP showcases. Both showcases went well and we’d like to thank the great tech crew at our showcases who watched over our massive amount of equipment and made everything run so smoothly. It isn’t easy getting a drumkit, turntable, koto and eight taiko into a tiny conference room in an orderly fasion.
I had a little free time during the day so I spent it at Museum of Modern Art taking in some Miro, Picasso, Kandinsky, Warhol, Pollock and Matisse. I was particularly struck by the photography of Mikhael Subotzky whose portraits of a small desert prison town were beautiful and thought provoking. I also found the Joan Miro: Painting and Anti-Painting 1927-1937 quite fascinating. I’m always interested in how an artist evolves and continues to explore over time. The range of Miro’s exploration in this ten year period is astonishing and something to admire and strive for.
Tomorrow we head up to Boston for a couple of workshops with Odaiko New England. Then we’ll be back in New York at the end of the week for our gig at Drom.