Two interesting articles I came across recently that are about a restaurant in Canada and one the United States that use the "Pay if you want/can" concept. The gist of the stories being that when "Businesses" leave payment up to their customers, what you do says a lot about you.
Someone sent mean e-mail recently saying that I reminded them of a modern day beggar using the Internet as a form of panhandling. It's amazing when you offer something for free how defensive people can get, surely there must be a catch? I am not begging for anything from anyone actually. It's similar to how people assume that musicians in the subways or on street corners are begging for money. It's amusing to watch how irritated most people get by this. These same people would happily pay hundreds of dollars to see some shit ass arena band but look down on people who do it because they love it...and if it happens to brighten your day and you toss in a buck or two, you get a smile and a thank you.
I helped take my daughters grade two class on a field trip at the end of the school year to the ROM museum. We took the subway and when we got of at our stop we passed a guy playing his guitar and singing. He was good. I reached into my pocket to grab some change and give it to the kids to donate to him, as I was doing this I noticed that their teacher was doing the exact same thing. We stopped and listened and then each child tossed their change into the guitar case. The look on the musicians face was priceless and I thought it was the type of education that few kids get today .
I would say that I am a modern day Busker , and I am busking my Ass for the love of my Art. Feel free to enjoy it... and pay If you want ?
I helped take my daughters grade two class on a field trip at the end of the school year to the ROM museum. We took the subway and when we got of at our stop we passed a guy playing his guitar and singing. He was good. I reached into my pocket to grab some change and give it to the kids to donate to him, as I was doing this I noticed that their teacher was doing the exact same thing. We stopped and listened and then each child tossed their change into the guitar case. The look on the musicians face was priceless and I thought it was the type of education that few kids get today .
I would say that I am a modern day Busker , and I am busking my Ass for the love of my Art. Feel free to enjoy it... and pay If you want ?
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