Pearls Before Breakfast
The Washington Post took a world-famous musician who played some of the most elegant music ever written on one of the most valuable violins ever made ($3.5 million) and they put him in a subway station to play to people passing by. What do you think happened? Nothing. No crowd gathered, no one clapped when a song was done, no one cared and he only made $32 from tips.
“At a music hall, I’ll get upset if someone coughs or if someone’s cellphone goes off. But here, my expectations quickly diminished. I started to appreciate any acknowledgment, even a slight glance up. I was oddly grateful when someone threw in a dollar instead of change.” This is from a man whose talents can command $1,000 a minute.
Its a long article but you can skim through it. [Link]
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7 Comments, add your own...
1. Don Veto | April 9th, 2007 at 9:52 pm
I guess if Picasso was a street painter, he would be selling caricature pencil portaits for $1 each also.
2. Marzouq | April 9th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
Well at least he had an early reallity check!
3. Armani_Exchange | April 9th, 2007 at 10:58 pm
Well what would he expect for GOD sake a crowed who would appreciate his $3.5 million violent !?
4. Eviel Knievel | April 9th, 2007 at 11:35 pm
vice versa this could mean we save money by not going to concerts but take the subway… :P
5. Lexicon | April 10th, 2007 at 8:22 am
the moral of the story is why the hell would you strive to build a freakin violin that would cost 3.5 million!!!!!! on a side note, this just shows that either people don’t appreciate good music anymore or that we are still living in a fantasy thinking modern music is not valuable and that for music to be classy and refined it has to be pre-historic
6. KtheKuwaiti | April 10th, 2007 at 9:44 am
They didn’t build a 3.5mil violin. It was built in 1740; and then owned by Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962). The violin itself is considered a piece of history, thats why it is worth 3.5mil.
7. Lexicon | April 10th, 2007 at 8:01 pm
oh, i thought it would be jewel encrusted, like those million dollar bras
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