When that story came out, there was a lot of discussion of it on my friends list.
And basically, what we felt was that busking is a different skill set than concert music.
And even with that -- if you look at how much money he made at the end of the day, he did damn well for a busker.
The way I put it: let's say that you have a world-famous neurosurgeon. And, in an emergency, he's thrown out onto a battlefield with a basic trauma kit.
How well is he going to do at emergency battlefield medicine? Probably pretty well, actually. But not THAT much better than a "normal" battlefield medic.
And you look at Bell -- he's a world-famous concert musician. And he was playing in a train station. And how did he do?
As well as the best buskers could hope to do on a good day. He made something like $54 in the morning rush alone.
The fact is: if I was given tickets to a Joshua Bell concert for free, and I had to work at that time, I'd have to go to work. So, all these people were given free tickets, but couldn't take advantage of them because of prior commitments.
That's life. If you have commitments, you have to keep them. And even the people rushing past enjoyed a moment of beauty.
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Date: 2009-01-04 03:28 pm (UTC)And basically, what we felt was that busking is a different skill set than concert music.
And even with that -- if you look at how much money he made at the end of the day, he did damn well for a busker.
The way I put it: let's say that you have a world-famous neurosurgeon. And, in an emergency, he's thrown out onto a battlefield with a basic trauma kit.
How well is he going to do at emergency battlefield medicine? Probably pretty well, actually. But not THAT much better than a "normal" battlefield medic.
And you look at Bell -- he's a world-famous concert musician. And he was playing in a train station. And how did he do?
As well as the best buskers could hope to do on a good day. He made something like $54 in the morning rush alone.
The fact is: if I was given tickets to a Joshua Bell concert for free, and I had to work at that time, I'd have to go to work. So, all these people were given free tickets, but couldn't take advantage of them because of prior commitments.
That's life. If you have commitments, you have to keep them. And even the people rushing past enjoyed a moment of beauty.