Now, with that out of the way, a bit more about recent events. Xavi and I have taken to engaging in a bit of busking (street-performing) here in Asheville. It is a difficult trade to ply, and one wrought with potential pitfalls and tantalizing windfalls. It is a fickle business, to be sure, as we realized yesterday. After two hours or more of playing in what turned out to be terrible places, we moved on, carefully packing up our five dollars and change.
We moved a few hundred yards down the road and took shelter in an empty storefront's entryway. The shape of the area afforded us some nice reverb, and greatly enhanced the power of Xavi's small battery-powered amplifier. There, within the same number of hours, we made approximately ten times as much money as in the two hours before.
Now, we of course spent everything that we made on dinner and a few beers soon after, but this is rather beside the point. We aren't playing for the money (though we are playing for money). As far as hourly wages go, busking has so far for us turned out not to be the most lucrative of employments.
But, as I say, it isn't about the money. The pocket full of bills is nice, but even nicer is the fact that we are playing on the street, making music, and that people are really enjoying it. Enjoying it, in fact, enough to pay us money in appreciation for what we are doing. Someone, in fact, appreciated us so much that they dropped a folded-up twenty in our tip jar. I certainly appreciated their appreciation.
I think that we'll make this a fairly regular affair, and next time head out with a slightly larger group, bringing along Imhotep with his drum and perhaps some violin accompaniment. I'll make sure and take pictures of that.
Well, that's it for now. For anyone in the Asheville area, Sirius.B will be performing at the French Broad Brewerey on Tuesday. Come on out and enjoy.
More soon.
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