My friends and I moved to Glenview as part of a greater plan, but my pal and I were a rock band, with bold dreams of musical success on the sizable stage; At the same time my pal and I were too intimidated to move right to Chicago, my pal and I needed to start someplace smaller and make our way up the ladder of success; Glenview seemed to be the perfect choice… It was only a few miles away from the Chicago Loop, it had a superb reputation for a live music scene, and the rent was affordable; The plan was for our band to start playing local shows, make a little money, build up momentum in Glenview, and then move to the sizable city.
My friends and I moved to Glenview as part of a greater plan, but my pal and I were a rock band, with bold dreams of musical success on the sizable stage; At the same time my pal and I were too intimidated to move right to Chicago, my pal and I needed to start someplace smaller and make our way up the ladder of success; Glenview seemed to be the perfect choice… It was only a few miles away from the Chicago Loop, it had a superb reputation for a live music scene, and the rent was affordable; The plan was for our band to start playing local shows, make a little money, build up momentum in Glenview, and then move to the sizable city. That didn’t happen as planned. Conquering the nightlife in Glenview was not as easy as my pal and I had hoped, and my pal and I were outshined by a lot of other bands who were just better than my pal and I were, did you know the lead singer from Fall Out Boy comes from Glenview? Without enough money to leave, I was trapped, so I found a part-time job with an Heating, Ventilation, and A/C supplier to make a little money, before long I updated to a full-time job, and then I started to cut back on band practice. As much as I love music, Heating, Ventilation, and A/C work pays a lot better, and if I want to survive in Glenview I need to have a steady income, pretty soon the whole band has to make a choice, to stay here in Glenview and keep trying, or to pack up and go home! No matter what happens, I am staying in Glenview.