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Re: OT: Busking--it's hard for everyone
didnt Robert Fripp busk at a shopping center with his
revox loops at one point?
--- Paul Richards <paulrichard10@adelphia.net> wrote:
> (About a block later a woman passed by me and said,
> 'that was really lovely
> what you played...')
>
> Can you met chicks that way? If so, I may start
> busking myself!
>
> Paul Richards
>
> ---- David Gans <david@trufun.com> wrote:
> > At 11:14 AM -0400 4/9/07, Jim Goodin wrote:
> >
> > >Most times the experience is more about doing it
> than income
> >
> > I agree. That's why I play the Farmers' Market
> near my home, which
> > is a scheduled gig but pretty much the same as
> busking because almost
> > no one is there to hear me play. (I do have a few
> fans who show up
> > when they know I'm going to be there, but still.)
> >
> >
> > > however I have had a few nice things over the
> years. A few years
> > >ago a guy was watching me and appeared to be
> sketching. He put a
> > >caricture and a note down in my case to call him
> if I played
> > >weddings so that led to a booking. Have sold a
> few CD's and got a
> > >few bucks. One neat personal experienced
> happened one evening. I
> > >had quit and was walking out of the subway in
> Brooklyn. About a
> > >block later a woman passed by me and said, 'that
> was really lovely
> > >what you played...' Though those don't pay the
> rent in a sense
> > >that's why we do it...
> >
> > Nice stories.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > David Gans - david@trufun.com or david@gdhour.com
> > Truth and Fun, Inc., 484 Lake Park Ave. #102,
> Oakland CA 94610-2730
> > Blog: http://logblog.gdhour.com
> > Web site: http://www.dgans.com
> >
>
>
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