# Violinist In The Metro- A Social Experiment **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 16, 2009, 12:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/violinist-in-the-metro-a-social-experiment/76185 "2009-11-16T12:23:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 2:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/violinist-in-the-metro-a-social-experiment/76185/41 "2009-11-17T14:03:19Z")
i would have stopped without a doubt ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gus/32/5112_2.png) [@Gus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/violinist-in-the-metro-a-social-experiment/76185/42 "2009-11-17T14:11:06Z")
All the violinists in my orchestra belonged in a private school, or should of vent to a all guys school. Bunch of homo’s. And the Cello’s… Just looked like you were blowing yourself. Upright bass w/ german bow is where it’s at. ---
**Author:** ![Shrives](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shrives/32/7250_2.png) [@Shrives](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shrives)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 2:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/violinist-in-the-metro-a-social-experiment/76185/43 "2009-11-17T14:14:05Z")
> [@Jam](#): > > i would have stopped without a doubt +1 ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 2:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/violinist-in-the-metro-a-social-experiment/76185/44 "2009-11-17T14:16:32Z")
> [@Gus](#): > > All the violinists in my orchestra belonged in a private school, or should of vent to a all guys school. Bunch of homo’s. And the Cello’s… Just looked like you were blowing yourself. > > Upright bass w/ german bow is where it’s at. I played violin for 16 years. I can only assume your hate for these instruments come from your lack of ability to play them. ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gus/32/5112_2.png) [@Gus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/violinist-in-the-metro-a-social-experiment/76185/45 "2009-11-17T14:23:24Z")
> [@Daddie](#): > > I played violin for 16 years. > > I can only assume your hate for these instruments come from your lack of ability to play them. I’ve played electric bass since the age of 11, and played 2nd seat upright with a bow for 3 years in high school. Anyone can be sloppy on a violin and sound decent. My source of hate comes from the stuck up attitude that resides at the far side of the stage. Bad enough cello’s clutter the section where right in front of us. Talk about a bunch idiots. I can dabble with any instrument with a fretboard. ---
**Author:** ![klug](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/klug/32/5222_2.png) [@klug](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/klug)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/violinist-in-the-metro-a-social-experiment/76185/46 "2009-11-17T15:19:44Z")
> [@Silver](#): > > This is silly. The whole experiment proved that people have somewhere to go when they are at a travel station, and on a deadline, considering it’s rush hour. > > When you play in a concert hall, people have dedicated and planned the time to come, sit, and enjoy the music. When you go to a metro station, you’re coming or going. You can’t say people don’t appreciate beauty because they are performing an activity in a location that HARBORS (and indeed exists for) that activity. this appreciate beauty or get in trouble for being late possibly putting my job at risk which in turn puts my mortgage/car payment/childrens food etc etc at risk. Its a silly study with an obvious outcome and a resolution only fit for people with the time and responsibility that allows one to “stop and smell the roses” ---
**Author:** ![02NismoSpecV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/74df32/32.png) [@02NismoSpecV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/02NismoSpecV)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 3:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/violinist-in-the-metro-a-social-experiment/76185/47 "2009-11-17T15:44:21Z")
i would’ve stopped for some time depending on how much of a rush i was in. if i didn’t have to be somewhere i’m sure i would’ve stuck around for a little bit. listening to random people play music that you never heard is intriguing to me for some reason ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/violinist-in-the-metro-a-social-experiment/76185/48 "2009-11-18T06:27:54Z")
> [@Gus](#): > > I’ve played electric bass since the age of 11, and played 2nd seat upright with a bow for 3 years in high school. Anyone can be sloppy on a violin and sound decent. > > My source of hate comes from the stuck up attitude that resides at the far side of the stage. Bad enough cello’s clutter the section where right in front of us. Talk about a bunch idiots. > > I can dabble with any instrument with a fretboard. Uh, if your sloppy with a violin, you can’t sound decent. ---
**Author:** ![Treads4Heads](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/treads4heads/32/7416_2.png) [@Treads4Heads](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Treads4Heads)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 6:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/violinist-in-the-metro-a-social-experiment/76185/49 "2009-11-18T06:45:43Z")
![http://myplay.com/files/imagecache/photo_345_square/files/artist_images/joshuaBell.jpg](http://myplay.com/files/imagecache/photo_345_square/files/artist_images/joshuaBell.jpg) Dude looks gay, not stopping ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/violinist-in-the-metro-a-social-experiment/76185/50 "2009-11-18T08:03:25Z")
I didn’t hear anyone mention that many people in subways get “bunker mentality”, where they don’t look/stop/act in any way that may draw any attention to themselves in crowded areas, I’ve seen it a million times. I would have stopped, but very briefly. I was a street musician in '99 to '01 in Pittsburgh. ---
**Author:** ![66impalass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/66impalass/32/7429_2.png) [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 11:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/violinist-in-the-metro-a-social-experiment/76185/51 "2009-11-18T11:10:59Z")
> [@RLB](#): > > I am in Manhattan about once a month. For some reason i always stop and listen/watch to the subway acts. Most are pretty entertaining. Be it amazement or hilarity they are enjoyable. gets it > [@GTRGurl](#): > > He did this about a year about in the L’enfant Plaza in DC. The article said that a couple people stopped to listen to him but they mainly just went about their business. There was one woman that stopped and listened for a while and they asked her why she did. She replied “Because that’s Joshua Bell!” > > I think that the average person would appreciate his music but think nothing of it. He’s not a very famous face unless you know of him or pay a little more attention to classical music. I probably would have stopped to listen because I know what he looks like and know what his playing sounds like. I’ve been a fan of his for years and have seen him live a few times. I would have LOVED to have been in that subway 🙂 gets it > [@zklug1013](#): > > this > > appreciate beauty or get in trouble for being late possibly putting my job at risk which in turn puts my mortgage/car payment/childrens food etc etc at risk. > > Its a silly study with an obvious outcome and a resolution only fit for people with the time and responsibility that allows one to “stop and smell the roses” doesn’t get it > [@TrueBlue](#): > > I didn’t hear anyone mention that many people in subways get “bunker mentality”, where they don’t look/stop/act in any way that may draw any attention to themselves in crowded areas, I’ve seen it a million times. > > I would have stopped, but very briefly. I was a street musician in '99 to '01 in Pittsburgh. gets it ---
**Author:** ![Inn-Tune](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/inn-tune/32/7588_2.png) [@Inn-Tune](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Inn-Tune)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/violinist-in-the-metro-a-social-experiment/76185/52 "2009-11-18T11:55:28Z")
I don’t know about the DC metro, but in Manhattan there are talented musicians and other types of performers in many stations on a regular basis so I probably wouldn’t notice anything unique, especially considering at rush hour people in a big metro city will ignore just about anything while they’re rushing to get somewhere. As a kid that took the bus and/or subway to school in Manhattan for many years I saw all sorts of talent on the street that was of a caliber to be on stage in a smaller market. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/violinist-in-the-metro-a-social-experiment/76185.md?page=2)