On Apr 14, 2007, at 6:05 PM, Ron Fletcher wrote:
Ed Wrote...
Buskers have to contend with police, street vendors, store owners,
bureaucrats, yakuza, toddlers, photographers, other buskers and the
occasional moron.
What kind of hazard is a, or are Yakuza?
Sorry for the late reply. Only
Just because someone is a great musician does not make them a great
busker.
No busker in their right mind would ever busk at morning rush hour.
The first task of a busker is to choose the pitch.
Busking is about getting an edge (enough people stopped so that other
people will want to stop
Are they jealous of lutenists because they don't have a pinky to rest
on the soundboard?
On Apr 14, 2007, at 5:05 AM, Ron Fletcher wrote:
Ed Wrote...
Buskers have to contend with police, street vendors, store owners,
bureaucrats, yakuza, toddlers, photographers, other buskers and the
20-plus years ago i saw nigel kennedy do the same
thing in a pedestrian passageway under hammersmith
circle in london. he was dressed up to look like the
character on the cover of the aqualung album by
jethro tull. i put some money in his hat and listened
for while but i'm sure very few others
On Apr 9, 2007, at 11:34 AM, Chris Bolton wrote:
I had to admit to myself that I've been guilty of the same
phenomenon as
described in the following article, but I've decided to keep
listening and
plucking away in spite of the somewhat depressing state of affairs.
Is it just a romantic
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 7:23 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: An interesting article in the Washington post.
On Apr 9, 2007, at 11:34 AM, Chris Bolton wrote:
I had to admit to myself that I've been guilty of the same
phenomenon as
described in the following article, but I've decided to keep
On Apr 9, 2007, at 1:27 PM, LGS-Europe wrote:
Anybody considered that busking is quite a different sport from giving
concerts in concert halls? Captivating one's audience is quite
different, I
imagine.
Absolutely. One thing that WP article did point out effectively was
that no-one stops
