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Re: Lost Universes

manuscrypts — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:35:47 -0000

shefaly: didn't know there was an audition for buskers. wow!! our train beggars have no red tape!! yes, joshua bell should indeed be thankful... as should we, for a lot of things :)

Re: Lost Universes

manuscrypts — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:30:13 -0000

mosilager: yes. for me , it was more a curiosity thing than a connoisseur thing

mythalez: absolutely agree :)

Re: Lost Universes

manuscrypts — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:28:10 -0000

rampantheart: very interesting, but on maslow, after you are firmly in self actualisation mode, you might not be governed by external factors..

austere: an individual choice :)

Re: Lost Universes

Shefaly — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:19:00 -0000

Manuscrypts

London Underground's buskers are selected after auditions. Even so not all are good. Some are awful although I always feel bad for the extremely skinny, clearly quite old woman whose legs are thinner than my wrists (now you have seen me you know what that means!) who has very little talent and never has any money in her guitar case. She plays in Charing Cross.

The public in general is generous and even if busy, since we can hear the music for a few metres either side. people drop between 10p and £2 into the musician's hat or guitar/ violin case. This in my view is a real market experiment which is brutal but realistic.

Perhaps Joshua Bell should be grateful for the hype, sorry, marketing, machinery that enables him to collect $100 a seat? The public it seems has different ideas.

Re: Lost Universes

mythalez — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:27:55 -0000

space flight is a good metaphor!

and as about the experiment, sometimes art is recognisable only in the right setting :p .. btw it also shows that most commoners cant distinguish between normal music and so called great music anyway. in summary, beauty lies in the eye/ear of the beholder/whatever :P .f i you think you are expected to appreciate it, you would!

Re: Lost Universes

mosilager — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:08:06 -0000

That must have been tough for Joshua Bell. Perhaps the concert crowd doesn't use the subway? I hope I would be able to tell the difference between good and bad music regardless of the venue... would like to think that I haven't lost my curiosity yet.

Re: Lost Universes

austere — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:26:21 -0000

Decluttering. Iffy, sometimes.

But how much will you carry and how far?

Re: Lost Universes

rampantheart — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:34:47 -0000

Interesting thoughts!

Well, I have read somewhere that a human being's character changes psychologically, every 7 years. That came as a surprise to me when I first heard it. But when I reminisce now, the revelation awes me. :)

Well, every individual, talented or untalented, craves attention or so Maslow puts in his hierarchy of needs. If he person says he doesn't crave recognitions, it means it has worked out negatively for him. When you dont get what you want, a positive feeling becomes a negative one. They are indifferent to recognition, but psychologically, crave it! That's the way things work. So, I guess this artist would have been a bit unhappy, about the insipid response! ;)

Re: Lost Universes

rampantheart (Ranjani Ravi) — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:57:01 -0000

Reading @manuscrypts 's latest blog post: Lost Universes! http://www.manuscrypts.com/...

Re: Lost Universes

manuscrypts (manu) — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:46:59 -0000

and on the blog today Lost Universes http://www.manuscrypts.com/...