My backup idea if I can’t get in touch with Mr. Bernstein is to go to John Lennon’s Strawberry Fields in Central Park West and do a piece on how music stands the test of time. Being how John Lennon’s Birthday and the day he was killed both fall into the time span of this project, people will be flocking from all over within the next two months to pay homage to the singer. there is also a homeless man that lives there that makes a memorial out of fresh flowers every morning that get delivered to him by a local flower shop. it would make great B material to see him laying out the flowers while having an interview of him talking on a bench. Pictures of different people paying their respects in different ways of all ages and sizes will be easy to do.
My Article Ideas
My main idea for my class project is to do a piece on Music’s greatest Promoter Sid Bernstein. He was the person that booked the Beatles at Shea Stadium and is one of the greatest Rock Promoters of all time promoting bands and artists such as Judy Garland, Jimi Hendrix, The Moody Blues, Lenny Kravitz, and hundreds more. He lives in the city and I have had the pleasure of meeting him 3 times. However, I do not have any contact to get in touch with him. So I am going to try and get in touch with him because I’m sure he would love to do this. I was hoping to interview him in front of Carnagie Hall, another venue where he booked the Beatles. And I could get a timeline of different artists he has promoted since the 1950’s.