Times Square Subway Station

The subway train was not working properly today. I had to actually take a train that was going in the opposite direction in order to catch a train to Times Square! So, I got to the Music Under New York (MUNY) spot at Times Square later than I usually do. The Agua Clara band that…

Juan was playing mandolin when I got to the Music Under New York (MUNY) spot at Times Square today. I was surprised to see him playing all by himself – usually he has other people playing with him. He told me he couldn’t sleep last night, and so finally at 6am he said to himself…

As I got to the Music Under New York(MUNY) spot at Times Square I saw the instruments and equipment of Agua Clara, the Andean music band, but not the musicians… Only Gabriel, who played percussion for them this morning, was there… All the band members were…gathered around a Marines display a few feet away! Every…

As I got to the spot Agua Clara, the Andean group, was playing, but without their drummer. Usually they have a drum-set, but today they had a different guy on two conga drums instead. It was very nice, a melow, warm sound. I noticed a guy waiting for the spot. As I approached him to…

Today was my first time playing in the subway after a whole month. I was on tour overseas, Israel to be precise, where I had TV, radio and stage gigs. I also organized the first ever gathering of saw players in Israel. That was a hoot, but I’ll blog about that some other time. Israeli…

Tzachi, the puppet maker, took this video of me at the Times Square subway station (THANK YOU, Tzachi!) The song I’m playing in this video is ‘Changes’ by Scott Munson. To download the MP3 of the full song please look at my store bellow.

Today was a gorgeous day – finally the sun is shining and it actually feels like spring. On my way to the subway I saw Luke, the guitar player/singer/songwriter. He was on his way home back from playing at the Grand Central Station shuttle (his favorite spot) and he was going to sit on a…

Chase took this photo last week on his cell phone: THANK YOU, Chase!

Today I had a very unusual (for me) gig: a gentleman who saw me playing at Times Square last time I played there invited me to perform for his “Baseball 2007” breakfast networking event. (he wrote about seeing me in the subway in his blog) What was unusual about it was that I had to…

To my surprise as I got to the spot at 11:40AM – the Andean group playing there before me was all packed-up and ready to go home, even though their permit goes until noon. It turned out that the police gave them a hard time, telling them to lower their volium. They don’t really play…