http://dc.metblogs.com/2007/05/06/music-on-the-metro/ Sat, 27 Nov 2010 12:28:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://dc.metblogs.com/2007/05/06/music-on-the-metro/comment-page-1/#comment-8949 Hy Hy Mon, 07 May 2007 19:11:37 +0000 http://dc.metblogs.com/2007/05/06/music-on-the-metro/#comment-8949 Actually, part of the protocol is that performers are not allowed to receive tips if they are commissioned. I have mixed feelings about this program, but it just might guarantee two things: 1. a busker will know that he's certain to make $200 instead of a bucket of change, and 2. the audition process will select against crappy musicians droning on at the selected stations. Then again, it probably has an equal chance of selecting against those talented buskers who are too casual about it to bother with the bureaucratic process. Actually, part of the protocol is that performers are not allowed to receive tips if they are commissioned. I have mixed feelings about this program, but it just might guarantee two things: 1. a busker will know that he’s certain to make $200 instead of a bucket of change, and 2. the audition process will select against crappy musicians droning on at the selected stations. Then again, it probably has an equal chance of selecting against those talented buskers who are too casual about it to bother with the bureaucratic process.

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