Originally Posted by
ajcmixer
I think this is both partly a product of the economy in general but more specifically that NYC, born and bred and I still love it, S-U-C-K-S'sssssssss for its lack of ssssssssupport for progressive music in general, there have been some fine progressive acts that has rolled thru this city and have gotten absolute bumpkus in attendance. Into the equation comes a lot of variables into play inclusive of cost to play this city, among the highest in the world, lack of truly suitable veneues for said acts and, and perhaps reality, that my beloved city has a severe lack of prog heads as opposed to the millions that live here. And I, unfortunately, believe that to be true that we lovers of progressive rock are very few and far between in this Big Apple of a city. I'll probably start a thread on that very subject, a general poll of how many really live in the NYC area but that's my .02 cents worth on specifically the 2009 NYC/Town Hall gig...
...of which I, too, was in attendance and was far from sold out. Sean brings out a good point, he has the creme of the genre playing with him and I, too, wonder how much it takes to pay a band/band's which plays/has played with him, not that it is any business of mine.
Peace,
Alex
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