Please support this channel and my original music. Busking is still banned, I haven‘t played since sept 2019, I make zero off KZfaq, and I'm recovering from a brain aneurysm on April 2.
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Look at mini Travolta go! (he starts 1:40) It takes a child to appreciate music. Watch the drama at 5:00. It's like a pre planned music video to tug at the heart strings but it's totally spontaneous. He watches me, he goes back to get money, he puts it in the bag, and as the music picks up again, he jumps around in joy.
If every person was a kid, I'd be surrounded by dancing all day long. Adults are long burned out and jaded, too busy or emotionally crippled to stop, listen, or appreciate. Kids have no such disabilities, yet. They start gyrating the minute they hear that beat. This kid has good taste. He doesn't just listen to the hits, like 'Sultans of swing', he appreciates lesser known epics like 'Tunnel of love'. My mistake was not giving him my business card with a job offer as permanent 'Solid Gold Dire Straits Dancer'. Maybe we could form a duo and go on 'America's got talent'. Here's to keeping that inner child alive! Hey, I look grumpy, but that's only my total concentration trying to get through this song!
1) Street playing is not all fun and games and dancing kids. Doing this for 7 years. I regularly face not only verbal abuse, but physical assault as I work a few blocks from downtown eastside Vancouver. I'm surrounded by addicts, drunks, and people who should be in mental homes.
2) I'm unemployed. All live music including busking, is banned. I lost all work last year and received ZERO compensation. I had a very bad year in 2020 and only recently came out of a depression.
3) I make ZERO from youtube no matter how many views I get. I don't run ads. And more importantly, even if I did, most of my videos are instantly copyrighted and auto monetized by record labels because they are COVERS. If you see an ad, it's the record label collecting. If you liked the performance, please think about supporting me on patreon/paypal tip/bandcamp.
4) I'm a musician that writes his own music and has been doing it for 20 years. Check out my bandcamp page to see what I can really do with a guitar.
5) It's a lot of unpaid work to post these videos all the time so please try to help me keep the channel going. Many thanks to those that have supported me! It means a lot!
6) I get asked this 100 times a day so here's the answer: I play on the street and not in a band because all the clubs closed years ago. I used to lead many bands from 2006 to 2018. That's all gone. Live music is dead, as well as banned. It's also a lot more hassle, and less money, to run a band than play by myself.
Anyone who has music work to offer can contact me at shatnershairpiece@yahoo.com