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Is the Internet Turning Musicians Into Buskers?
Richard Shindell, a singer-songwriter who paid his dues behind an open guitar case on the floor of Paris Metro subway stations as a street musician, has spotted a similarity between busking and the internet. In his busking days, anyone in the station could hear what he was playing, but only those who wished to pay threw coins in the case -- a situation he likens to musicians' prospects for payment online. (01/05) ReadKeyword(s) : Case, Guitar, Guitar-chart
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