On Jan 6, 2009, at 9:08 AM, Ron Fletcher wrote: > In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and > stayed for a while.
Given that subway stations in the morning are filled with people trying to get to work on time, this seems a pretty generous number. The boss doesn't want to hear that you're late because you listened to music in the subway. > No one applauded, nor was > there any recognition. I've seen the film. There was a double-take or two, but wouldn't you feel stupid interrupting some fiddler in a subway to ask him if he were Joshua Bell? > One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be: > > If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best > musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, > how many > other things are we missing? Another possible conclusion is that a noisy, crowded subway station full of people hurrying to get where they need to go is a terrible place to hear music, no matter who is making it. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
