but she gave her opinion in a mean way. she could've said that she didn't think i should do it without saying SOCIETY LOOKS DOWN ON ALL STREET PERFORMERSSZZZZZSZSSSCSXSSDFDSA!!!
That's not mean. That's reality. She did give her opinion in a nice way when she first posted on the thread. But you took it in the wrong way, and she tried to make you understand that she didn't mean for you to take it personally.
Hey, that mini Michael Jackson probably wasn't the worst-off person in the world, and he still performed in a subway station! So, have any quirky talents or anything?? Erm, I guess it's kind of awful of me to assume things like that about people. So, disregard the mini-MJ thing. But he was adorable.
I digress. If you've got your heart set on performing underground (hey, it could be a life goal!), go right on ahead, darlin'.
I'll even toss a buck or two in if I ever encounter you.
uhh no.... look back, she said two responses and then i just said no.... as in uh okay w.e and then she took it out of proportion. but i said that this didn't even matter and that this is stupid a long time ago but you all are still on it. it was just a question. i'm might not even do that for one thing. But in the city of chicago i see really good performers on the street all the time and i certainly don't think down on them. but it's not like that's the ONLY type of things i do. but if you all look down on the street performers then ummm you desperatly need to stop worrying about that and worry about your own things. jeez! it was just a question. this dumb thing ends now.
As long as you don't become one of those human statues. Those things FREAK me out. I enjoy watching street performers, I came across a sax player outside of my hotel in NYC and he was pretty good.
"I'll show you a laughgasm. I'll gasm all over this stage!"
"Interesting choice"
I wasn't attempting to downplay a Subway-singing gig or two at all. Or street performer. I was actually somewhat attempting to justify you a bit against the constant stream of faux attacks.
Eh, oh well.
I've actually wondered at times who they have to get the permits from...and what the qualifications are for getting a permit. Like, do they have to perform an act of some sort to be granted a permit? It's really not a bad question at all! =]
And SarahBeth, I came across a wonderful saxophone player outside the Crown Plaza! I wonder if we happened to come across the SAME talented sax player...how very strange! =P
Wow! I was there in November. But...I'm sure he frequents the Crown Plaza. I gave him a dollar. It's a pretty nice hotel, so I'm sure people with some extra change (and maybe kind hearts?) pass by him there all the time!
For some reason, one morning, I was feeling super generous. I shoved a bunch of change and some dollar bills in my pockets and decided to distribute it to performers and those thanksgiving-dinner-for-the-homeless buckets. I must have given out like $10 that morning! And, however strange it is, it made me feel wonderful...because they always look so very happy when you give them even a penny.
Glad to hear he's holding down his territory. hah. But he was damn good. Amazing. I stopped to listen to him but then my group forced me through the doors cause we had been walking all day. Gave him a couple bucks though and he seemed to really appreciate that.
"I'll show you a laughgasm. I'll gasm all over this stage!"
"Interesting choice"
Open mics are a great way to practice new songs in front of an audience. I go to a great one that's every Tuesday night in the West Village in NYC. They even have an accompanist if you don't like singing with a CD. It's great practice and if you're in the area you should def. try it out. Here's a link.
Wow, old thread revived! LOL, but I was reading through this, and there was an interesting (and Pulitzer Prize winning!) article about a world famous violinist playing the hardest violin solo ever written (Mozart? I think?) in a DC subway, and not ONE PERSON stopped to listen...yet people are willing to pay HUNDREDS of dollars to listen to him perform in a concert. Let me see if I can find the article...fascinating read...
Okay, well, on the streets of Chicago, you will often see homeless/poor people performing with drums or singing something. When I saw Jersey Boys, a drum player and a saxophone player were performing a Four Seasons song outside the theater after the show. That was such a smart idea, IMO, because anybody who didn't know the song walking into the theater had the song in their head when leaving the theater. Oh, and it was Christmas Eve, and there was a drummer on a bridge singing the "Gloria" song, but he didn't know the words, so he was singing "na, na na na na na...".
This type of performing is called "busking" and different cities have different laws/permit requirements. Just google "busking" to get started, and you can take it from there.
