Comments on: Music to my ears http://omegamom.com/2007/04/09/music-to-my-ears/ A "good enough" mom muses about alpha moms, adoption, computers, the State Of The World, Internet quirkiness, and the Kosmik All Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:42:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Serendipitous Dots - Liz Strauss at Successful Blog - Thinking, writing, business ideas . . . You’re only a stranger once. http://omegamom.com/2007/04/09/music-to-my-ears/#comment-4334 Serendipitous Dots - Liz Strauss at Successful Blog - Thinking, writing, business ideas . . . You’re only a stranger once. Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:16:06 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/04/09/music-to-my-ears/#comment-4334 [...] the subway train every day instead of driving is more serendipitous as OmegaMom found out. She recounts her joy of finding a busker who could touch her with beautiful music. She is indeed wistful for those days of serendipitous [...] [...] the subway train every day instead of driving is more serendipitous as OmegaMom found out. She recounts her joy of finding a busker who could touch her with beautiful music. She is indeed wistful for those days of serendipitous [...]

]]> By: omegamom http://omegamom.com/2007/04/09/music-to-my-ears/#comment-1743 omegamom Fri, 13 Apr 2007 03:49:58 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/04/09/music-to-my-ears/#comment-1743 Lizard--Yes, I'd actually like to see the experiment repeated for a different time. Because, as you say, if you're on the way to somewhere, where other people are relying on you, you just can't stop, even for a few minutes. Michelle--I saw the Saw Lady, and actually meant to mention her! Her POV is that busking is an audience-performer participation dance, and that Bell is used to performing on a stage, removed from his audience, so doesn't know how to interact with people to draw them in. Mamasan--Well, I did have another 10 years in Chicago after you left, so maybe it became more prevalent. Also, I hung out in the parks and the beaches, where there were more musicians--a lot of Reggae types liked to congregate on the boardwalk & jam, and there were a certain number of musician types who like to practice outside. Lizard–Yes, I’d actually like to see the experiment repeated for a different time. Because, as you say, if you’re on the way to somewhere, where other people are relying on you, you just can’t stop, even for a few minutes.

Michelle–I saw the Saw Lady, and actually meant to mention her! Her POV is that busking is an audience-performer participation dance, and that Bell is used to performing on a stage, removed from his audience, so doesn’t know how to interact with people to draw them in.

Mamasan–Well, I did have another 10 years in Chicago after you left, so maybe it became more prevalent. Also, I hung out in the parks and the beaches, where there were more musicians–a lot of Reggae types liked to congregate on the boardwalk & jam, and there were a certain number of musician types who like to practice outside.

]]> By: GrannyJ http://omegamom.com/2007/04/09/music-to-my-ears/#comment-1733 GrannyJ Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:37:53 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/04/09/music-to-my-ears/#comment-1733 Curious -- the buskers had not arrived on the scene when we moved out of Chicago. Oh, yes, there were Salvation Army types on street corners around Christmas time, but that was about it. And so my experience with street musicians has been almost entirely in Europe; West Berlin, in particular, had a wonderful assortment. Periodically, I've wished that a string quartet would move up into our mountains for their summer & practice out on the Courthouse Square. Wouldn't that be something? We do get buskers on weekends when there is an advertised activity on the Square and once in a while over on the bridge at Coffee Roasters, but that is about it. Curious — the buskers had not arrived on the scene when we moved out of Chicago. Oh, yes, there were Salvation Army types on street corners around Christmas time, but that was about it. And so my experience with street musicians has been almost entirely in Europe; West Berlin, in particular, had a wonderful assortment. Periodically, I’ve wished that a string quartet would move up into our mountains for their summer & practice out on the Courthouse Square. Wouldn’t that be something? We do get buskers on weekends when there is an advertised activity on the Square and once in a while over on the bridge at Coffee Roasters, but that is about it.

]]> By: Michelle http://omegamom.com/2007/04/09/music-to-my-ears/#comment-1732 Michelle Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:45:55 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/04/09/music-to-my-ears/#comment-1732 There is a great response to the Joshua Bell article by a NYC subway musician in her blog: www.SawLady.com/blog She interprets the situation differently from the Washington Post reporters... I thought you might find it interesting. There is a great response to the Joshua Bell article by a NYC subway musician in her blog: http://www.SawLady.com/blog
She interprets the situation differently from the Washington Post reporters… I thought you might find it interesting.

]]> By: Lizard http://omegamom.com/2007/04/09/music-to-my-ears/#comment-1731 Lizard Tue, 10 Apr 2007 06:35:19 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/04/09/music-to-my-ears/#comment-1731 it is an interesting thing. I wonder what would have happened had they done it at evening rush instead, or at lunch hour. Some time when people could really feel a little freer to choose to stay or not. Being late for work is a true pain-- and much worse for some of us-- while being a bit later getting home or putting off those errands for the next hour is an easier choice. If I knew I had patients waiting, I would not feel OK to stop at all, no matter how great the musician. I just wouldn't feel OK putting other people second to what I wanted to do in that way. So while it's interesting, I don't think they accomplished what they think they did, really. Wish I'd have seen it, though. It'd be fun. it is an interesting thing. I wonder what would have happened had they done it at evening rush instead, or at lunch hour. Some time when people could really feel a little freer to choose to stay or not. Being late for work is a true pain– and much worse for some of us– while being a bit later getting home or putting off those errands for the next hour is an easier choice.

If I knew I had patients waiting, I would not feel OK to stop at all, no matter how great the musician. I just wouldn’t feel OK putting other people second to what I wanted to do in that way.

So while it’s interesting, I don’t think they accomplished what they think they did, really.

Wish I’d have seen it, though. It’d be fun.

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