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Anonymous File :-(, x)
NYer here. If you have something good to play I'll usually drop a buck into your hat/violin case/whatever.
If you sound like shit, I'll just ignore you as there are plenty of shitty sounding losers with a fiberboard violin playing the same old shit with an electronic beatbox. So I try to encourage the good sounding people by giving them money.
On the subway you risk arrest but that doesn't stop anyone. If you sound particularly good and do it in a decent neighborhood and play decent music, you may get some positive attention. Don't bother doing it at 42nd street or a really busy station because everyone will be angry and trying to get to their destination. Also don't do it at Canal Street or anywhere near Chinatown or the Lower East Side because busking there is for Chinese bums.
I remember Thoth used to hang out in Central Park doing his one man freakshow. I watched but I never gave him any money. You could probably find a place to do it there and the cops wouldn't care, but I don't know for sure.
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