Yea, I'm sort of curious what it was too...
Tater
On Jan 13, 1:26 pm, Dasspunk <[email protected]> wrote:
> Song selection is funny stuff. What would you guess was the big "hit
> song" while Monsignor Tater was down-stroking down under (I'm talking
> about Australia... mind out of the gutter!)?
>
> That said, song selection, IMO, is the most underrated attribute of
> great musicians. I can think of a number of players that burn up the
> fretboard but that can't pick a song to save their life (or their
> show... or their records).
>
> Brian
>
> On Jan 12, 2:49 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Long time lurker. First time poster. I've had a few lessons at the
> > Tater Institute of Technology.
>
> > I spent the summer busking on Church Street Marketplace in Burlington,
> > VT with my mandolin, guitar, banjo-uke, and harp. It was a great
> > experience that I recommend to any performer. You have to audition to
> > get a license to play. There were musicians, mimes, jugglers,
> > acrobats, sketch artists, and even a poet for hire. The music ranged
> > from a husband and wife clarinet/tuba dixieland combo to fiddle and
> > banjo to solo guys like me. No amps were allowed. I had a little
> > folding camping stool that I sat on. Some days where tough because I
> > would end up on the same block as the guy who rode his unicycle on a
> > high-wire while juggling. That's when I would think of Mr. Bell.
>
> > I usually did about two hours before my voice gave out. Without a PA
> > you really have to project your playing and singing to get over the
> > ambient city noise. After a while I figured out that there were
> > certain songs that were big money makers.
>
> > "You Are My Sunshine" on the mandolin was huge. It would be
> > interesting to see if Tater played it whether you would have a Joshua
> > Bell situation where people would be completely oblivious to what was
> > going on.
>
> > Boston has a lot of music at the T(subway) stops. High turnover of
> > customers. When I was younger I used to watch this little blonde girl
> > named Mary Lou Lord at Park Street sing Syd Barrett songs. She told me
> > about her boyfriend in Seattle and that I should meet him when he came
> > to Boston with his band to play. I never made the show but when the
> > mood struck him he played a old D-18 and did a pretty mean version of
> > "In the Pines" :>)
>
> > Regards,
> > Jim Berkeley
>
> > On Jan 12, 10:52 am, "Mark Seale" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > This is a very astute point. Setting up in the subway where your
> > > potential
> > > listeners are bound to a schedule isn't a recipe for general success.
> > > But,
> > > if you set up in an area where people are spending free time, you stand a
> > > much better chance of catching their less focused attention. Some of the
> > > biggest fiddlers' contests we've had, in terms of listeners, have been in
> > > shopping malls.
>
> > > On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Trey Young <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > I've always noticed in my times of playing for folks, it seems like
> > > > young
> > > > children and the elderly are almost always the most appreciative of live
> > > > music...this story definitely shows how hit or miss busking can be.
> > > > Last
> > > > time I was in New York (City!) there was a dixie land (ish) band
> > > > playing in
> > > > Central Park. I sat and watched them for about an hour and they always
> > > > had
> > > > a crowd standing there of about 30 or so and they had to stop twice in
> > > > that
> > > > hour to empty out the tip bucket. I guess if you set up to play where
> > > > people are there primarily to get some where else...
>
> > > > <http://www.myspace.com/mudmusic>
>
> > > > ------------------------------
> > > > *From:* 14strings <[email protected]>
> > > > *To:* Taterbugmando <[email protected]>
> > > > *Sent:* Sunday, January 11, 2009 7:45:05 AM
> > > > *Subject:* Re: Something to think about...
>
> > > > Read some more on busking by Danny Barnes (an excellent musician and
> > > > songwriter)
>
> > > >http://www.folktronics.com/web/node/121
>
> > > > Perry
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