Sometimes they're good; sometimes not so much...
2006-07-25 16:41:49 · 16 answers · asked by aanstalokaniskiodov_nikolai 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Hello,
Welcome back onsite,you comical dude...
I actually pay them for their talent...
I was in Seattle hanging out for the winter,and kept running into the same band of street musicans...
They were awesome,so i would grab a coffee and freeze my a*s off watching them freeze their a*ses off while playing...
So i'd toss em a twenty...
They were very talented...
And i don't drink at my laptops anymore because of this guy,oh yeah...YOU...
2006-07-25 16:55:01 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Hahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I live about 20 minutes outside Nashville, and from about 1995-1998, these street musicians were EVERYWHERE downtown. Here's the ironic thing: The downtown businesses got mad because their sales were dipping. They said it was because of the annoying street musicians. A local news crew interviewed a bunch of the regular street players down there, and EVERY ONE OF THEM said their tips were increasing! BUT THEN..........that same news crew picked a bunch of people at random on a Friday night and interviewed them and EVERY ONE OF THEM said they HATED the street musicians! Nashville finally passed an ordinance about how far street musicians had to be from each other, and police were down there arresting violators and hauling their guitars off. It was hysterical. In Nashville, people HATE street musicians (and so do I), and personally, I have NEVER seen a single dime dropped into a guitar case. Never, and I was prowling around down there a lot in that time period.
2006-07-25 23:58:37 · answer #2 · answered by dgindiansfan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One place I paid the musicians was in the London Subway - You have to audition to perform, and I saw many great singers and instrumentalists there - some as good as I've paid to watch in clubs
2006-07-25 23:57:21 · answer #3 · answered by James R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I pay them more if I'm really impressed by them. They never stop if you give them money but out of pity, I give the bad ones some change.
2006-07-25 23:44:48 · answer #4 · answered by Mama R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
usually cause theyre good, and struggling artists usually are broke a lot of the time so its also kinda just helping someone else out,
2006-07-25 23:47:31 · answer #5 · answered by takingoverme248 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all the time
2006-07-25 23:46:43 · answer #6 · answered by pjk837 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because there good i should know what to give them because i live right by the boardwalk in seaside heights.. and alot of them are impresive....
2006-07-25 23:48:23 · answer #7 · answered by addicted_to_james marsters 4ever 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What I do to the bad ones is....just stand and stare with a stupid smile....they eventually pack up and leave......
2006-07-26 15:43:25 · answer #8 · answered by itty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just feel sorry for them....
&& sometimes they play pretty good
2006-07-25 23:47:20 · answer #9 · answered by :) 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whew!
Tough gig.
Tough crowd!
2006-07-25 23:58:49 · answer #10 · answered by Dahs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋