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9781593764128

Buskers The On-the-Streets, In-the-Trains, Off-the-Grid Memoir of Two New York City Street Musicians

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    9781593764128

  • ISBN10:

    159376412X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-06-07
  • Publisher: Soft Skull
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Summary

Frustrated by their lack of headway in the traditional music industry, brothers Heth and Jed Weinstein make a radical move: They begin playing street corners and subway stations, bringing their music straight to the masses, To their surprise, far from this being the terminal stop of a dead-end career, busking turns out to be just the beginning as crowds gather, cheer them on subscribe to their mailing lists, and actually buy some of their stockpiled CDs-40,000 and counting.

Author Biography

Heth Weinstein Jed Weinstein play morel than200 busking shows annually. In 2006, they earned a coveted spot in the MTA's Music Under NewYork program. They have been featured in Gothamist.com, The New York Daily News,- The (NewYork Sun, New York Metro, Dick Clark's New Years Rockin' Eve, and elsewhere. They live in New York City.

Table of Contents

Introduction In the Shadowsp. xi
Background Checkp. 1
Daddy's Weedp. 13
Our First Taste or New yorkp. 25
The Great Escapep. 41
Dead-End Jobs and Confused Guitaristsp. 55
Communication Breakdownp. 75
Paid to Practicep. 87
Urban Frankensteinp. 93
Subway Seriesp. 117
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogoloop. 125
The year Of No Sleepp. 133
Cosmic Intake Valvep. 143
Fat of the Landp. 155
Future Memoryp. 169
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