{"id":377,"date":"2008-05-03T20:54:22","date_gmt":"2008-05-04T03:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2008\/05\/subway-idol\/"},"modified":"2008-05-03T21:06:15","modified_gmt":"2008-05-04T04:06:15","slug":"subway-idol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/03\/subway-idol\/","title":{"rendered":"Subway Idol"},"content":{"rendered":"

from the New York Post<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

SHOT AT TRANSIT GLORY<\/h1>\n

BUSKERS AUDITION FOR ‘SUBWAY IDOL’<\/h2>\n

By PATRICK GALLAHUE<\/h3>\n

The search is on for the subway’s best undiscovered talent.<\/p>\n

\"Natalie<\/p>\n

Fifty-five musicians performed their hearts out yesterday in an audition for “Subway Idol” – an MTA-hosted contest to earn a date singing for straphangers at some of the transit system’s most high-profile venues.<\/p>\n

PHOTO GALLERY: Subway Idol Tryouts<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“Where else in the world are you going to find every demographic represented?” said Gibran Soul, a 32-year-old tryout from Harlem.<\/p>\n

“If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere.”<\/p>\n

The MTA had whittled down the first 230 applicants in advance and called in the remaining musicians to duke it out for the final 20 spots in its 21-year-old Music Under New York program.<\/p>\n

“I auditioned for ‘American Idol,’ ” said folk singer Natalie Gelman, 22. “They’re big cattle calls. This is a little more friendly.”<\/p>\n

[ click to read full article at NY Post<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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