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Says more about our nine-to-five, mortgaged-to-the-hilt slavery than
about our recognition and appreciation of beauty.
 
Maybe he should have played something people actually enjoy

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tN6_1dJveM]YouTube - Apocalyptica - Enter Sand Man[/ame]
 
Here's the vid:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnOPu0_YWhw]YouTube - Stop and Hear the Music[/ame]
 
Shit, a 3,5 millions dollars violin.
He was lucky most ghetto people didn't recognize his Stradivari, because now he'd play other music.
 
I remember when that happened. My oldest kid plays violin and idolises Bell; we have several CDs that feature him. It's not just the music he plays -- he is one of those rare musicians who imparts a "feel" to his sound. Listening to him play is simply not like listening to other violinists. It's amazing and sad that he could just anonymously wail away in a train station and not draw a crowd.

That said, the fact is that this is my own love of violin and like of Bell and general I'm-better-than-the-rush-hour-crowd-ness talking. It's fairly typical of the analysis of anecdotes like this one. If you read the original article in which this experiment was described, it has some very interesting things to say about the pyschology of context. From that, one might draw a valuable lesson in marketing, in keeping the right product with the appropriate message in front of one's traffic. Because it's not that all those people that walked past Bell were savage morons -- it's that the message was too far removed from the medium to click for them.


Frank
 
Seems like BS, there's always crowds around buskers here in Melbourne, even if they suck. Why is there a yellow slippery floor sign in front of him? perfect way to make people avoid that area.
 
lol I bet if someone sat there playing music on a iPad keyboard he'd get more attention and money
 
It shows that branding is everything. Great music was played by great musician but nobody cared. Because they did not know the brand (in this case nobody told them that it was great musician). When you tell them they pay 100$ a seat.
 
super said:
It shows that branding is everything. Great music was played by great musician but nobody cared. Because they did not know the brand (in this case nobody told them that it was great musician). When you tell them they pay 100$ a seat.
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it also lacks the in-your-face attitude of a lightbox hover.

get those squeeze pages up and running!
 
I actually love classical music better now that I'm getting older. While working I love to listen to acoustical music. Found several collections where classical musicians play rock music. Those are fun.... David Garrett:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWrzNsxhiGA]YouTube - DAVID GARRETT: LIVE IN BERLIN | Thunderstruck (AC/DC) | PBS[/ame]

Check this interview out with him... He actually BROKE his Stradivari!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUbnNm5wc2E]YouTube - Appearance on BBC Breakfast - Part 1[/ame]

In Europe there is a series called Night of the Proms:

2001 clip Meatloaf: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6npYyg_BjTU]YouTube - Night of the Proms 2001, Meat Loaf, I would do Anything for Love[/ame]

2009 Alan Parsons Project: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS6rx4Ove1U]YouTube - Night of the Proms 2009, Alan Parsons, Eye in the Sky[/ame]

Imagine: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnpTCumRw3g]YouTube - Night of the Proms - Hamburg-21.12.08 - Finale - Imagine von John Lennon[/ame]

You can find those on iTunes...

Oh and does anyone here listen to Gregorian Chants?
 
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