dailysession Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 New York’s Soul Survives: dailysession.com, a new online media source for New York’s underground music culture, helps reestablish the city’s collective soul. In recent years, New York City has undergone a physical change, losing many of the cultural institutions that helped provide its creative edge to high priced condos, velvet ropes and block after block of national corporate chains. Most of the enduring independents have fled Manhattan, leaving behind a heavily fragmented community. Not surprisingly, the artistic ethos that these places helped sustain has suffered a similar fate; drowned out by banks and bottle service, it has been forced into a disjointed existence. As a result, for the first time in its colorful history, New York City is without a cohesive underground culture. As the city concedes its remaining character to corporate America one question can be heard echoing throughout its streets, “Has New York Lost its Soul?â€Listen carefully and you’ll hear a filtered 4/4 kick drum emanating from a storefront in the East Village. Look in the right place and you’ll find four manned 1200’s spinning Nü Pschidt down under the Manhattan Bridge. Guys in baggy jeans are still writing lyrics in a stairwell on 6th Avenue, just like they did a decade ago at the apex of New York City’s hip hop culture. And fresh paint is still drying at the 18th street ghost station on the 4/5 line. On the surface, Starbucks may be in control but, deep down - where it really matters - New York’s soul survives!Dailysession.com is bridging this gap in New York City, making it easy to stay connected despite the city’s changed landscape. Weekly radio, video and event transmissions from dailysession and partners Breakbeat Science, Halcyon, Fat Beats, Nise Music and Zakka collectively create an online representation of New York’s underground music culture and reestablish the cohesive voice quieted by Manhattan’s recent boom. Be a part of this voice at the live daily sessions, online at dailysession.com and at local events listed in the calendar. The Big Apple may have changed but, at its core, New York’s soul remains the same. Stay involved with dailysession.com: transmissions from New York’s underground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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