Eyona Ukuzonwabisa Izandi Zokuthula: IiNdawo zeMbali zoMculo ze-NYC ziba ziMbali

Izandi Zokuthula: IiNdawo zeMbali zoMculo ze-NYC ziba ziMbali

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I-Roseland Ballroom kwindawo yayo yasekuqaleni kwisitalato sama-51 kunye no-Broadway ngawo-1940. (Ifoto nge-Getty)

IRoseland Ballroom, kwindawo yayo yoqobo kwisitalato sama-51 nakwindlela ebanzi, ngawo-1940. (Ifoto nge-Getty)



Ukuma ngaphandle kweRoseland Ballroom, i-squat, indawo yomculo enemigangatho emithathu kwi-West 52nd Street phakathi kwe-Broadway kunye ne-Eighth Avenue, kunzima ukungahoyi indlela iklabhu ebonakala ngayo ngaphandle kwenkitha yeebhanki, iihotele kunye neekhondomu eziphakamileyo. kumgama okufutshane. Ke xa iRoseland ivala ngo-Epreli, ayimangalisi into yokuba iklabhu iza kudilizwa kwaye kwakhiwe isakhiwo esinamagumbi angama-59 endaweni yayo, Umjongi ufunde kwisithethi somnini weqela, umphuhlisi uLaurence Ginsberg.

Akuyi kuba kukufa kokuqala kukaRoseland. I-ballroom, eyavulwa ngo-1919 yaze yakhokelela ekuthandweni kuka-Louis Armstrong, u-Glenn Miller no-Count Basie, u-Roseland Shuffle owayexakekile wenza indawo yakhe yangoma ngengoma, yadilizwa okokuqala ngo-1956. Kungekudala emva koko, iklabhu yafudukela kwindawo yayo ngoku. kwikona. Ukusukela ngoko, iNirvana, iRolling Stones kunye neBeyoncé bonke balilungisile inqanaba labo, baqinisekisa indawo yalo kumculo weqonga langoku.

Kodwa xa uRoseland ehla ngeli xesha-ebonwa kunye nomtya wee-Lady Gaga-akuyi kubakho isenzo sesithathu. Kwaye kwisixeko esibonileyo indawo ezininzi zomculo we-shutter kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo, ukungonwabi Ukugqitywa kwento enjalo kufana nenaliti erusi kwirekhodi ye-vinyl.

Ngo-Novemba ophelileyo, iSullivan Hall yavala iingcango zayo kwakamsinya emva kokuba kuphume iindaba zokufa kukaRoseland. Ngo-2012, uKenny's Castaways, eso sixeko sakudala seLali, waphuma kwishishini. Kanjalo neLenox Lounge, eHarlem. IDon Hill ivaliwe ngo-2011. I-Knitting Factory yafudukela eWilliamsburg ngonyaka ka-2009. UTonic, isiseko seDowntown avant-garde, akasekho. Kwaye ngo-2006, ukubuyela umva kancinci, i-CBGB, eyathi kwiminyaka engama-40 eyadlulayo yabamba ukuqala kukaRamones, yathatha okokugqibela. Uluhlu luyaqhubeka. I-Lenox Lounge ngaphambi kokuba ivalwe ngo-2012. (Ifoto ngeFlickr)








Abantu abaninzi baseNew York bazakukuxelela ukuba izithuba zomculo bezivaliwe kumashumi eminyaka — iPalladium, iFillmore East kunye neHippodrome zonke zatshabalala ngaphambi kokufika kwemillennium — kodwa akuzange ngaphambili, silubone olu hlobo lokusasazeka, ukukhula okungakhange kuhlolwe ngenxa yeendawo ezininzi ezingcwalisiweyo.

Ngokuka-Justin Kalifowitz, umseki kunye nomongameli we-Downtown Music Publishing, iNew York ilahlekelwe yindawo yayo njengekomkhulu lomculo elingenakuphikiswa. Nditsho ngokuqhula ukuba ngunyaka esaphulukana nawo iGrammys, utshilo uMnu Kalifowitz, hayi ngokuqhula.

Kwaye ayizizo iiklabhu kuphela ezinyamalalayo, njengoko uMnu Kalifowitz esenza kucace. Kungekudala emva kokuba iGrammys ilahlekile eLos Angeles Ngo-2004, iHit Factory, eyayibhala uStevie Wonder, uMichael Jackson noBruce Springsteen, phakathi kwabanye, ivaliwe. Ngo-2007, iiSony Music Studios zahlangabezana nesiphelo esinye. Kwaye ngelixa iimvumi zisaza kufika esixekweni-zihlala zisiza-uninzi lwazo luye lwacutha iidolophu ezifikelelekayo njenge-LA, iDetroit neNashville.

Ndicinga ukuba iNew York isahlukile kuzo zonke iidolophu ezinkulu ngohlobo lwamandla e-manic evelisayo, utshilo umbhali-mbali wezobugcisa uRoselee Goldberg, xa ebuzwa ukuba avavanye impilo yenkcubeko yesixeko. Kodwa iirhafu eziphezulu kunye nophuhliso lokunethezeka lwenze ukuba kungenzeki, ngamagama akhe, ukuba amagcisa aselula azive ekhululekile esixekweni. Kuthetha ukuba awunako ukuzalwa okwenyani kokuyilwa kwesizukulwana esilandelayo, walumkisa, ekufuneka siqhubeke.

KULULA UKUBA ityala uMichael Bloomberg. Ngexesha le-12 leminyaka njengosodolophu, waphinda wachaza phantse isiqingatha sesixeko, ngapha koko.

Ngaphantsi kweBloomberg, eNew York inkcubeko egazini, kwaye yonke indawo yathatyathwa sisimo esibulalayo, utshilo uJeremiah Moss, umbhali webhlog Ukunyamalala kweNew York . Ngokuvakalayo, ukubila, umculo omdaka odlalwa kwiiklabhu ezindala ze-ramshackle awuhambelani nalo mbono weNew York yanamhlanje. Iyalahlwa, kwaye ke iyahamba.

Kodwa ngokutsho kwe-ethnomusicologist kunye ne-jazz trombonist uChris Washburne, amandla omculo esi sixeko sele ephela okwethutyana, ngenxa yezizathu ezininzi, kubandakanya imfazwe yeziyobisi, eyayivale indawo ezininzi, ngakumbi kumculo waseLatin , nanjengoko urhulumente wayithathayo imveliso yamachiza.

Ngeminyaka yoo-1980, ungaya kwi-salsa band kwiiklabhu ezintlanu ukuya kwezisibhozo ubusuku bonke beveki, utshilo. Ngoku ungabona i-salsa, ukuba unethamsanqa, kwiklabhu enye okanye ezimbini ngobusuku, kwaye kunjalo. I-Fillmore East, ebekwe kwi-2 Avenue kunye ne-East 5th Street, kwii-1970s. (Ifoto nge-Getty)



Enye ingxaki, njengoko uMnu Washburne esitsho, kukuba iqela leeklabhu ziboshwe kwiminyaka eli-10 yokuqeshisa kwezorhwebo. Xa ezoqeshiso ziphela, abanini-mhlaba bahlala bekhupha amaxabiso. (Eminye imiba, uyongeza, ibandakanya imithetho ye-cabaret engavumelekanga kunye neziphumo ebezingalindelwanga ze-gentrification, njengemigaqo yengxolo engqongqo.)

Umnumzana Washburne akafuni ukuba yi-Cassandra, kodwa uyavuma ukuba kunzima kwaye kunzima kubaculi ukuba bafumane iindawo zokudlala, nanjengoko iBrooklyn isebenza ukuthabatha ubuhule.

Indawo yokuziqhelanisa nayo kunzima ukuza nayo. I-Spaceworks, engenzi nzuzo ebonelela ngendawo yesitudiyo efikelelekayo kwiindidi zoyilo, yenza konke okusemandleni ayo ukulungisa le ngxaki, kodwa iimvumi ezininzi, kwaye uninzi lwegcisa lalonto, bahlala besebenza nzima ukwenza irente abanalo ixesha lokugxila kuyo ubugcisa babo.

Inxalenye yokuba yimvumi elunge kakhulu-okanye nantoni na-inexesha lokuyifaka, utshilo uSteven Mertens, weqela le-indie iMoldy Peaches, eyafudukela eLos Angeles kunyaka ophelileyo isuka eWilliamsburg, apho yayihlala khona iminyaka elishumi. Ukuba uchitha lonke ixesha lakho upenda izindlu okanye u-bartending okanye ungoweta, awuzukuziqhelanisa neqela lakho.

NGEXESHA AS zizo, abantu baseNew York abafuni kuhlala kwezi zinto.

Iindawo ezinkulu zivaliwe, yatsho intatheli yomculo uMichael Azerrad. Emva kwethutyana, ukhula ngesikhumba esingqindilili ngayo — njengoko usenza ngayo yonke enye into eNew York.

Kwaye apho are isenendawo entle yokubona umculo ophilayo esixekweni, njengoko esitsho. EManhattan kuphela, ababhali beengoma-mculo baneRockwood kunye neGumbi lokuPhila. Iipiyano, iMercury Lounge kunye neVenkile yeCake zinika indawo yokubalekela i-indie-rockers. IHammerstein Ballroom kunye neTheminali yesi-5 zinamandla afana neRoseland. IVillage Vanguard, iJazz Standard, iBirdland kunye neSmalls zonke ziyayixhasa indawo yejazz yesixeko.

Okwangoku, iNew York eyazala iStroke, uYewe Ewe uYeah, i-Interpol kunye noMooney Suzuki ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-90 kunye nasekuqaleni, xa irente ubuncinci yayifikeleleka, ibonakala iyinyani ekude. Kwaye kunye noPatti Smith uxelela abanomdla ukuba bafumane isixeko esitsha kunye noDavid Byrne ukunyanzelisa Ushiya iNew York ukuba iyahlanjululwa, lo mbandela uziva ungxamiseke ngakumbi. I-Castaways zikaKenny, kwilali. (Ifoto ngeFlickr)

Ewe, ayenzeki ngamabona-ndenzile ukuba iinkumbulo ezininzi ze-1970 eNew York-Nks. KaSmith Singabahlobo kuphela , KaJames Wolcott Ngethamsanqa , URichard Hell’s Ndiphuphe NdiyiTramp ecocekileyo kakhulu , ukubiza ezintathu-ziyapapashwa ngoku, ziqhutywa luhlobo lwexhala lokukhumbula i-New York endala, enobungqingili.

Kodwa i-nostalgia inokuba yingozi.

Andiqondi ukuba imalunga nokuba neemvakalelo kwaphela, kwaxoxa uRomy Ashby, osebenze noBlondie kwaye ubhala ibhlog yakhe Abahambahambayo kwisiXeko . Bendihlala ndisiya kwiintlanganiso zebhodi yoluntu, kwaye bekukho abantu abadala abaphakamayo bethuka abantu kwiipaneli, kuba bezakugxothwa. Ukuba ujongene naloo nto, wolule ukuyibiza ngovakalelo. Ndiyathanda ukuphuma ndive umculo kwaye kungalindelwanga ukuba ndihlawule imali eyi-100 ukwenza oko. Oko akunamvakalelo-kuyenzeka nje.

KuLarry Blumenfeld, ogquma ijezi yejazz Ijenali yeWall Street kwaye ubhale malunga nomculo waseNew Orleans emva kweNkanyamba uKatrina, umba awukho kangako impilo yenkcubeko yesixeko ngokubanzi njengeendawo ezithile eziseNew York ezixhasa nokukhulisa iinkcubeko ezahlukeneyo.

Kuhlala kulusizi ukuphulukana neendawo ezibonakalayo kunye nemiboniso, kodwa izigcawu ziyatshintsha, utshilo uMnu Blumenfeld. Ubukhulu becala, iindawo zinokubuya, kwaye uhlobo lobugcisa ngokwalo lunokuphinda luzihlaziye. Yintoni eyona nto ibangela ukuba i-alamu ngakumbi kuxa ukukhula kuphuma kugalele abamelwane abakhokelela kwinkcubeko, kuba oko akunakubuya.

AKUKHO BONA Inew York. Umzi mveliso wonke womculo uyatshintsha malunga nokwenza iimodeli ezintsha, utshilo uMnu Washburne. Ivakala ngakumbi ngathi sisigaba setshintsho.

Ngokwalapha ekhaya, oku kuthetha ukuba kwabela abantu kwiindawo ezithile. Umsebenzi kaJingle awuncinci, kwaye uninzi lweengoma ezirekhodiweyo ngoku ziyarekhodwa kwenye indawo, rhoqo eCanada, ngokuka Mnu. Washburne. Kodwa oku kusilela ngokubanzi kulwakhiwo kukhokelele kwiziphumo ezithile ezinomdla. Iimvumi, umzekelo, sele ziqalisile ukuzithatha ukuseta indawo yokusebenza ye-DIY kuwo onke amabhunga (indawo yejezi eBrooklyn umzekelo olungileyo , enesekethe esasazekileyo yeendawo ezikwisikali esincinci, njengeShapeShifter Lab, IBeam kunye neDouglass Street Music Collective).

Kodwa ngelixa olo tshintsho ludlala, isixeko siyasokola, ngokuka Mnu Kalifowitz, weDowntown Music Publishing. IRoseland Ballroom, namhlanje. (Ifoto nge-Getty)






Kwicala leqela, uza kuba namagcisa akho kwisiXeko saseNew York afuna ukufunxa yonke into enesi sixeko, kwaye esi sisixeko esichazayo, kwaye baya kuqhubeka belapha phantse nokuba bathini , uthe. Xa ucinga malunga nomzi mveliso obanzi, nangona kunjalo, awucingi nje ngabaculi abaphambili-kuya kufuneka ucinge malunga nabavelisi, iinjineli zesandi, ababhali beengoma, iiteknoloji. Ukuba zimbalwa iindawo, zimbalwa iinjineli ezinesandi, kwaye bonke aba bantu benza ishishini elipheleleyo elihluphekayo.

Umnumzana Kalifowitz akacingi ukuba le meko ayinathemba, nangona kunjalo. Ukholelwa ekubeni isixeko singakujika oku ngendlela uMnu Bloomberg awuvuselele ngayo umzi-mveliso wefilimu waseNew York ngoncedo lukaKatherine Oliver, umkhomishina we-Ofisi kaSodolophu ye-Media kunye noLonwabo, ngenkqubo ye-Made in New York ebandakanya iikhredithi zerhafu kunye inkqubo yemvume ehlengahlengisiweyo, phakathi kwezinye izinto. (Kwi isincoko kutshanje KwiBillboard.com, uMnu. Kalifowitz uchaze icebo lakhe, elicebisa ukuba uSodolophu uBill de Blasio aseke iOfisi yoMculo kaMeya.)

Kukho imiqondiso ethembisayo. NgoFebruwari, uJimmy Fallon’s Ngokuhlwa Show Umboniso obalulekileyo weemvumi uza eNew York. Kwaye inyani yokuba uKaren Brooks Hopkins, umongameli weBrooklyn Academy of Music, uyinxalenye yeqela lotshintsho likaMnu de Blasio libonisa kakuhle iimvumi esixekweni.

Kukho ithuba lokwenyani, utshilo uMnu Kalifowitz, ukuba isixeko siqwalasele kwakhona ixabiso lomculo ekuhlaleni.

Kwaye indlela elinganisa ngayo kwisakhiwo esinamagumbi angama-59.

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