Like most musicians living in NYC, I am not from NYC. I am from elsewhere. Not elsewhere like the West Coast type of elsewhere; I am from the South. No, think further south. Further again. You’re close! Now think: the place next to the place where Lord of the Rings was filmed. You got it! Right, the place with the kangaroos and where men wrestle crocodiles on their lunch break (form an orderly line, ladies). However deluded my sense of manliness might be, I am nonetheless in a similar situation as musicians from a closer “elsewhere”: moving to NYC as an outsider to make a living and carve a niche in the NY scene. And a question I am often asked is, “How did you get started as a musician in New York City?”
So I thought I’d divulge for the inquisitive readers of The Syncopated Times a simple “how to” guide for making it in New York.
