I took a week off and went to the beach. Most of a week, anyway - in any case, it was probably more time than I should have taken. I haven't updated in at least that long, either, so I've got a bit of catching up to do.
Last Tuesday I decided to try and meet up with a friend to play - me still on violin, him on guitar. I don't know if it was just an off day or if our music or our format wasn't working, but it ended up being pretty dead, as far as take was concerned. Every so often someone would flip us some cash, but most of the time there was absolutely nothing. One lady came by and gave us a dollar, but she wanted to make sure and let us know that she was one step ahead of us:
"Here's your beer money, kids. Wouldn't want you to get thirsty!"
Yeah. That's what we're going to use the money for. Because, you know, I'm a huge drinker. And most places have no problem at all selling beer to 17, 18 year olds. Yep. Beer money it is. I mean, I don't have any real problem with her saying that, but I just think it's interesting that she sees kids playing music on a corner and immediately thinks beer money.
As far as take goes, though, Tuesday was still a bust. Didn't even bring any cash home that day... we just decided to go and grab some Indian food instead. Tasty, tasty Indian food. If you're ever downtown, go to the India Chaat House and get lunch there. I've never regretted a meal there.
After that, it was the beach, and I didn't work on anything while I was there. Just skipped stones and caught up on some reading I'd been meaning to do. That was nice. I mean, not very productive, but I was up with a friend and it was just nice. I think I need nice sometimes.
Today was the first day since last Tuesday that I worked out on the street. I've been working on some other side projects, but that's been mostly boring design grunt work - a lot of time spent in front of a screen laying stuff out, a little bit of time cutting and spraying stencils, and basically not a lot of time being truly creative and doing what I'd like to be doing. But getting out today felt good, even though it was really hot outside. I was only able to work for a couple of hours, because I'm a wimp and the sun was starting to get to my head. One thing I didn't really count on with this heat is how quickly my strings drop. I mean, I barely played for a half hour and I had to tune up probably more than a quarter step. That's no good, really, and I hate to think what it's doing to the rest of my violin. Probably nothing permanent, but it still makes me uncomfortable. I had to call it a day after about 2 hours... not nearly as long as I had wanted to work, especially after having taken a week off, but it was all I could do. Nothing really super interesting happened, and it wasn't a particularly memorable day as far as take goes, but it felt good to get back out there. I'm hoping tomorrow will be a little bit cooler, be able to get out and play a little bit more. And I still need to find a good spot on off days...
Tomorrow: I really have no clue.
Last Tuesday I decided to try and meet up with a friend to play - me still on violin, him on guitar. I don't know if it was just an off day or if our music or our format wasn't working, but it ended up being pretty dead, as far as take was concerned. Every so often someone would flip us some cash, but most of the time there was absolutely nothing. One lady came by and gave us a dollar, but she wanted to make sure and let us know that she was one step ahead of us:
"Here's your beer money, kids. Wouldn't want you to get thirsty!"
Yeah. That's what we're going to use the money for. Because, you know, I'm a huge drinker. And most places have no problem at all selling beer to 17, 18 year olds. Yep. Beer money it is. I mean, I don't have any real problem with her saying that, but I just think it's interesting that she sees kids playing music on a corner and immediately thinks beer money.
As far as take goes, though, Tuesday was still a bust. Didn't even bring any cash home that day... we just decided to go and grab some Indian food instead. Tasty, tasty Indian food. If you're ever downtown, go to the India Chaat House and get lunch there. I've never regretted a meal there.
After that, it was the beach, and I didn't work on anything while I was there. Just skipped stones and caught up on some reading I'd been meaning to do. That was nice. I mean, not very productive, but I was up with a friend and it was just nice. I think I need nice sometimes.
Today was the first day since last Tuesday that I worked out on the street. I've been working on some other side projects, but that's been mostly boring design grunt work - a lot of time spent in front of a screen laying stuff out, a little bit of time cutting and spraying stencils, and basically not a lot of time being truly creative and doing what I'd like to be doing. But getting out today felt good, even though it was really hot outside. I was only able to work for a couple of hours, because I'm a wimp and the sun was starting to get to my head. One thing I didn't really count on with this heat is how quickly my strings drop. I mean, I barely played for a half hour and I had to tune up probably more than a quarter step. That's no good, really, and I hate to think what it's doing to the rest of my violin. Probably nothing permanent, but it still makes me uncomfortable. I had to call it a day after about 2 hours... not nearly as long as I had wanted to work, especially after having taken a week off, but it was all I could do. Nothing really super interesting happened, and it wasn't a particularly memorable day as far as take goes, but it felt good to get back out there. I'm hoping tomorrow will be a little bit cooler, be able to get out and play a little bit more. And I still need to find a good spot on off days...
Tomorrow: I really have no clue.
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