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My favorite buskers are Artis the spoonthang ,Baby Gramps,the Human Jukebox guy in SF in the 70s. I actually saw the legendary street performer Moondog in NY in the very early 70s,Thelonious Monk,members of Pentangle and the Band were among his fans. There was an 80s band called Violent Femmes who were busking outside a Pretenders show.The kids standing in line were mostly ignoring them ,but someone in the pretenders heard and dug them,and when the show started VF were onstage opening ,and got hooked up to get signed. True there's no reason to expect busy commuters to have time to stop and play audience.There are many possible responses to this truth. One is to make them stop and listen,and watch ,and ,make them give you money by being totally irresistable ( this usually requires a fair amount of schtick, just like rock music). Another is to not try to stop them but to play music that energizes them or improves their mood. It's possible to play music that doesn't require intellectual attention to be enjoyable. Speak to the body,and it doesn't matter if they are paying conscious attention. If you do this in the same spot regulary ,you'll make money. Another is just do what you do and ignore them, it will moslty be mutual,wait for someone on your wavelenght.You can always play for people waiting in lines. I've met many players who want audiences to pay attention to them,but don't pay attention to the audience. I garuntee you BB king has never ignoreed an audience in his life.He started out busking. _________________________________________________________________ Mortgage rates near historic lows. Refinance $200,000 loan for as low as $771/month* https://www2.nextag.com/goto.jsp?product=100000035&url=%2fst.jsp&tm=y&search=mortgage_text_links_88_h27f8&disc=y&vers=689&s=4056&p=5117