Comments on: Art in a Tunnel? Blurb 2

By: Margaret Fu

Margaret Fu — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:15:57 +0000

Hmm that’s interesting. I never thought the subway would be such a ideal place to perform. It does give a nice, relaxing moment to the public. Except if the musician is really bad, which fortunately in your case he wasn’t.

By: Steven Chang

Steven Chang — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 03:29:33 +0000

Haha I never thought about the good acoustics in a subway station. I’d say NYC has its share of good performers and bad performers. I know for a fact that there are some “musicians” that pretend to play an instrument when in fact the music’s playing from a cd player or a preset recording on the keyboard.

By: Zoe Sheehan Saldana

Zoe Sheehan Saldana — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:45:51 +0000

Someone told me recently that she knows a jazz musician who goes into the subway to play just because of the acoustics, and he doesn’t ask people for money, though sometimes people give him money. The musician goes there because the acoustics in his apartment are not good but the subwy acoustics are amazing. I wonder how many subway musicians feel the same way – so the platform is a concert hall ($2 admission!).