Times Square Subway Station

What a gorgeous day we had in NYC today – 69 degrees in mid March! There was spring energy in the air and there seemed to be more people in the subway then usual. When I got to the spot a little bit before noon there were two guys playing Andean music there plus another…

Raices Group was at the spot when I got there. Each time I see them they are wearing different matching ponchos. Edgar, the leader of the group, said it’s because this way he gives the audience respect, giving them something different to look at each time, and it also shows that the group is professional.…

Two Andian musicians were freelancing at the spot when I got there, with a third selling their CD. One of them, whom I’ve known for a long time, lost a screw of his cart and I helped him look for it. Saw joke of the day: “Man: “hit the high note! Hit the high note!”…

Today I felt lazy, but I forced myself to go. I knew that once I started to play I’ll be glad I came. As I got to Times Square I met my long time friend the singer who walks with a cane. He introduced me to his new singing partner. They sang a song just…

A girl from Texas told me she had just been robbed – $60 were stollen from her. She was left with nothing but a quarter. And she decided to give me that quarter! She said she had been foolish with the way she was keeping her money, so she accepts the fact that it was…

As I was playing a guy, who first stood by me listening and asked me some questions, proceeded to do a slow Kung-Fu form to my music. It was interesting because what he did fit the music well: both Kung-Fu and the saw can be seen as weapons, yet they both also make beauty (slow…