crucial

new york vs. berlin

On an impulse I bought a ticket to India for 2 months. All summer long I have planned on getting out of Berlin for the winter so I hadn't renewed my visa. But without German residency, the Indian botschaft wouldn't grant me an Indian visa. The ticket was non-refundable, so the plane took off without me and I lost the $720.

My next impulse said it was time to go to New York. The New York vs. Berlin debate has raged in my mind for months. There are positives and negatives to each. I wake up some mornings and think "what am I doing here in Berlin ? what's my future, where is this leading ?" the next minute I think I would be crazy to leave.



Berlin has been wonderful for me as a musician to sit and work. All the time in the world. Too much time. (btw. 2 new releases coming in the near term pipeline). Berlin winters are sunny till 10am, grey till 4pm and then pitch black. By February we all go crazy. The summers are so green and relaxed, bright and flowing. New York is hot and stinky.

Today I'm in New York. Its loud. Conversations everywhere. I can maneuver in this city; I know how this thing works.



Berlin is haunting me like a breakup.

Links and things

I am timeblind on myspace. thanks for the add.

I am crucialfelix on del.icio.us which is where I link to all the interesting shit I come across.

I put my photos up on flickr

NYC events iCal : anything that looks good.

Berlin events (parties, shows, vernissage, films): subscribe to google calendar / iCal

When I listen to music at home it all gets echoed onto here and on my Last.fm page. Most of the time I don't use that cause I don't want you to see me obsessively listening to my own mixes, really bad working titles.

You can read some posts I thought were interesting from various feeds.

I've been doing the Dance Music Business Resource since 1995, back when it was on hyperreal.org. Articles and info for artists and small labels. Recently I've been posting interesting industry news items and adding some new content about downloads etc.