Taz
Busking Oracle
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I thought I'd experienced most thinks whilst on the streets busking, I've had little old ladies telling me that I remind them of days gone by, I've had young girls dancing with their friends in front of me. I've even had an old man trying to grab my sax so that he could kiss it (OG, how did you know where I was playing? )
Today I had the most humbling experience of all and I want to share it with you all. I actualy shed a tear.
I was playing What a difference a day makes, when a mum with her daughter of about five, stood in front of me. The mum stayed a little distance from me and the little girl walked forward towards my mp3 player. I carried on playing but just kept an eye on what the little girl was doing. She reached forward and just touched the speaker, she then turned to her mum, and using sign language she said "I can hear it!" Her mum then looked at me and told me that her daughter was almost totally deaf. As she said that the tune finished and Georgia on my mind started.
I could see the joy in the little girls face, so I got on one knee, I took her hand and placed it on my sax. Her face lit up! She could now hear the sax and the backing track! My eyes filled as she stared in wonder as I played to her. She didn't move, she just stood there "feeling" the music! The tune finished and her mum gave her some coins to drop in my box. My emotions were on overdrive by this point.
I love busking, it's the most amazing thing in the world.
Today I had the most humbling experience of all and I want to share it with you all. I actualy shed a tear.
I was playing What a difference a day makes, when a mum with her daughter of about five, stood in front of me. The mum stayed a little distance from me and the little girl walked forward towards my mp3 player. I carried on playing but just kept an eye on what the little girl was doing. She reached forward and just touched the speaker, she then turned to her mum, and using sign language she said "I can hear it!" Her mum then looked at me and told me that her daughter was almost totally deaf. As she said that the tune finished and Georgia on my mind started.
I could see the joy in the little girls face, so I got on one knee, I took her hand and placed it on my sax. Her face lit up! She could now hear the sax and the backing track! My eyes filled as she stared in wonder as I played to her. She didn't move, she just stood there "feeling" the music! The tune finished and her mum gave her some coins to drop in my box. My emotions were on overdrive by this point.
I love busking, it's the most amazing thing in the world.