New York (Part 1)

Following the Lowell, Massachusetts Art of Record Production conference, I headed down to New York for a week to catch up with Bill Duckworth and Nora Farrell. Some of this was about work and the forthcoming Sound Gardens project, scheduled to be undertaken in a range of Queensland locations in 2009.

However, being the amazing people that they are, I got a lot more that I would have imagined - thanks Bill & Nora: was an amazing experience being hosted in NYC by locals! They also put on an amazing birthday evening for me in their New Jersey home, right across the Hudson from Manhattan:

View from Bill & Nora's New Jersey apartment.

What a way to do pumpkin soup!

Over the week, we got to experience so many wonderful perspectives on New York arts, including Birdland, Chelsea galleries, Smoke (jazz club), the Apple Store and others.

Tommy Igoe Birdland Big Band.

Chelsea gallery.

The Apple store.

Smoke, Jazz and Supper Club Lounge (featuring the Larry Goldings Trio

Nora and Jenny in Times Square.

We also experienced this gigantic multimedia installation at MoMA: Pipilotti Rist's Pour Your Body Out (7354 Cubic Meters).

More about New York and Music Technology in New York (Part 2) of this blog, but for now: thanks so much to Bill and Nora and very much looking forward to treating them to Australia when they visit, next June 2009.