From: dav_and_frances_vandenbroucke@compuserve.com   
      
   On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:06:08 GMT, quester@infionline.net (Harold   
   Groot) wrote:   
      
   >Busking is the term, but a subway is not a great place to do it.   
   >There was a piece on TV a few months back where a famous concert   
   >violinist took his Strataverius into the Washington DC Metro to try it   
   >- and took in a very small amount.  While there were a few people who   
   >stopped and appreciated the virtuoso performance, the great majority   
   >were just in too big of a hurry.   
      
   Not just that, but, writing as a regular commuter on the DC Metro, it   
   is annoying to have someone else thrust his musical taste at you while   
   you're just trying to go someplace.  That's true whether the music   
   comes out of a boombox, concertina, or Stradivarius.   
      
      
      
   Dav Vandenbroucke   
   davanden at cox dot net   
      
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