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(If it was Britanny Spears i would have ran the other way.) And miss a potential 'upskirt' shot?! -- Paul Richards ---- Teddy Kumpel <teddybut@mac.com> wrote: > Yes, good article, thanks for forwarding... > > if you want something to be true... it can be for you with a little > help from your imagination. > > You obviously lean towards thinking that North Americans are herd > mentality and have lost touch with music and therefore will be more > inclined to interpret the findings of the article in that light. > > I, on the other hand, interpret it as a bunch of very busy people > going to a place where they will do something important to them and > they don't want to be to be bothered with some guy jamming on a > violin no matter how good he is. How presumptuous and narcissistic it > is of us musicians to think that people actually want to hear music > on the way to work anyway. They've got things on their mind after > all. Gearing up for the day can be great and perhaps best done in > relative silence and anything other than that would be a distraction. > Personally I'd rather have control over what I listen to and that's > why the ipod is good. I bet a lot of those passers by had headphones > on too and found the violin to be an intrusion. > > I'm all for freedom but busking, for me, sucks on many levels. It can > be an Intrusion, sometimes as bad as smoking cigarettes in a public > place. There are good points... but not as many as bad for me. > There's the rare occasion that a busker is doing something I'm > remotely interested in like playing a chinese violin or using > puppets. That I'll take off my headphones for... but a virtuoso > classical violinist playing Schubert or a bebop guitarist playing > standards? forget it. I don't care if it's Joe Pass himself, I'd > rather have holes punched in my ears with toothpicks. but... of > course, that's just me. So... no, if I knew it was Josh Bell or any > other famous classical person I wouldn't have stopped... if it was > Stevie Wonder I would have stopped. If it was Britanny Spears i would > have ran the other way. > > I'm a professional musician who has never busked... so of course my > take is skewed towards non busking. > > just keep it on topic... have any of you ambient loopers ever busked? > How did you get power in the subway? I think ambient looping would be > interesting busking since ambient music is all about setting a mood > without being in the way of people's thoughts anyway. > > Teddy > > > On Apr 9, 2007, at 1:12 PM, Richard Sales wrote: > > > I thought the article was amazing not just for the actual > > experiment but for other snippets that occurred, like Bell denying > > that he is a genius and the 'if a tree falls' bit. > > > > The guy is obviously a top notch virtuoso and I'm dazzled that more > > folks didn't stop. In a way, to me, it says something about how > > the importance of music has slipped for many folks. > > > > I also think it makes a comment about the conformity and herd mind > > of North America. If folks had KNOWN he was a world famous > > violinist, they most certainly would have stopped - work or no > > work. I mean, if Bob Dylan or Stevie Wonder or Britney Spears > > busked at the same train station you would have had a serious > > gridlock of gawkers and listeners. BUT! If someone equally as good > > and creative (this adjective does not apply to Ms Spears) did it > > and wasn't recognizable as a 'famous' person they would have been > > shined on just like J Bell. I found it very fascinating and high > > protein food for thought. > > > > I think it would be a fun experiment to repeat the experiment but > > with the Washington Post cameras in full view and maybe some > > bodyguards there to show that this was an important person. I bet > > the results would be quit different. And that would be telling. > > > > And I think it says a lot about our vocation (or hobby maybe) for > > some. And it should be sweet solace for those who know they are > > very gifted and working at Wal Mart. The moral might be, "Fame has > > its advantages." And it also brings to mind the brilliant human > > observation, "To them that have more shall be given." > > > > > > richard sales > >