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yeahhhhh!
I moved to New York a year ago. I lived in Westchester county and let me tell you, its boring as fuck! White plains is a nice place if you are a florescent professional, and the train is $11.50 round trip to grand central, and takes 45 minutes. So fuck this place, I am moving to Brooklyn.
Its amazing to me how things work out. I found a place to move a month ago but some one took it before me. Its completely unique and perfect for me to live, but I thought it was gone. Funny thing how a month later I see it on craigslist again. I immediately called the guy and told him that I was coming to put down a deposit. I am moving with a girl I have been hanging with for the past 4 months. She writes songs on her guitar and has some experience making beats and some production. Her voice is so unique and good.
The place is 800 sq ft(actually measured this weekend, more like 650) with 13 ft (but the height turned out to be 15+) ceilings and its in a commercial building that doesn't have any other tenants. There isn't a kitchen, but there is a shower and a bathroom. We have a small fridge and microwave. There isn't heat or an air conditioner. Its a block away from the subway and 10 minutes from the lower east side in Manhattan. Its a 12 minute walk from Williamsburg. We can have parties and jam all night long with out any body complaining. There is absolutely no one around. Maybe we'll start using it as a venue / living / rehearsal place.
We plan on building a loft area on either side of the space for us to live. each of us would have an enclosed 11x12 space to keep out clothes and bed and out music equipment would be on the floor with couches and we'll have a little stage to set up on. We both have about $2000 to invest in this thing. Its cutting it close, but I don't think its too far off base to get everything we want out of the place.
I currently work upstate and it will cost me $300 a month and 4 hrs a day commuting, but I happened to go to a convention with my work where I met a bunch of other companies that do the same thing as me that are stationed in Manhattan, so the plan is to get a new job asap.
This is a big risk to me, I will be spending half of what I make a month to live here, but shit, when does this type of thing come around.
I will be living in the E Burg!
YEASIR!!!!!!!
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Praveen
Yeah there seem to be a bunch of us in nyc! Not too surprising - but with these blogs, the site just seems like a much more active community. I threw events under the Percussion Lab banner somewhat regularly until this winter, when we decided to break till spring. Also involved with the Bushwick Art Project - we threw a huge festival in bushwick brooklyn last summer which had tons of electronic music artists, all digital interactive media and art and got over 3000 attendees! If any of you nyc cats want to be involved with BAP, drop me a line - we'll be looking for volunteers and members really soon to help with the fundraiser and next big festival! I'm definitely looking for performers and help for the Percussion Lab events so either way get in touch!!! (Sorry to hijack the thread with this - figured its pretty related to the original entry) - actually - to bring it back - maybe you'd want to host a percussion lab loft party in your new space hardvolt? Something easy and small like myself and machinedrum djing with whoever else you wanted to play or some shit  One of us percussion lab cats works for Hebrew, the chosen beer, in brooklyn - so that sorts out booze. charge a couple bucks and voila...
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hardvoltnine
not hijacked, your absolutely on point.
praveen, check your emmail.
02/19/07
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bbwax
hv's brooklyn adventure. damn that sounds fun man. get some space heaters. good band name. hardvoltnine and the space heaters.
02/19/07
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hardvoltnine
hahah, good band name indeed.
02/20/07
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Tripnik
I'm like RIGHT off the flushing J between the J and G actually.
02/20/07
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Tripnik
damn, we ARE neighbors
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