Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/10

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Josh Bell, subway busker
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Tue Apr 10 08:27:33 2007
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At 11:20 AM 4/10/2007, you wrote:
>One of my brothers spent a number of years busking in Washington DC 
>when he was young. Now he makes his living as a musician, but plays 
>on the street occasionally, just for fun. He read this article with 
>great interest. His primary comment was that talent is context 
>dependent: he was sure that if he had been there instead of Joshua 
>Bell, he could have "pulled a crowd" and made them stop and listen. 
>He wouldn't call himself more talented than Joshua Bell, just more 
>capable of succeeding in that situation there in the subway.

If you're talking about Harvey, I'm sure he could draw a crowd anywhere!

Tina

Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA
http://www.tinamanley.com 


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