I know this site is supposed to be “Undercover” and about the people who people. But this week I went to one of the latest free things to do in New York — to spend 30 minutes scoping out perhaps the latest and greatest public space in which to perform. Within the last month or [...]
The best acoustics are in Grand Central Station. For me they are the only factor that motivates. When I hear a good sound I can manipulate it for the ambiance for the people.
It’s all about beautiful music for the people. The money and fame—all that comes with the package, but if it don’t swing, you [...]
While playing violin during what I call a walkabout on Haight street in San Francisco, I was attacked by a drugged up man wielding a skateboard. He beat me on the back over and over screaming “NOT A VIOLIN!”
I didn’t stop playing. Lucky I wear a type of chain armor that protected me. No one [...]
Busking has been good for me for many reasons. Thanks to performing on the street, I became a bandleader, and it has developed my chops. The strangest thing was when the lights went out, back when we had the power failure. I was on the 1-train at Union Square, so I had to walk many [...]
Medium: Percussionist/Master log drummer/Drumset
Location: MUNY
Email: percussionistwilliamruiz@gmail.com
Phone: 917-388-7755
Website: www.williamruiz.com, CD Baby, youtube, all about jazz, myspace
Bio: William Ruiz (bandleader, Taino percussionist, master log drummer, hand drummer and on Tribal drumset), is one of today’s most talented modern improvisational world music artists. Based in NYC, this young spirited Native American Taino Puerto Rican artist is the [...]
Medium: Music of the Andes
Location: MUNY
Email: espirituandino@aol.com
Phone: 917-903-4315
Website: www.espirituandino.com
Bio: Espiritu Andino was created in the summer of 2005 as a response to the vital necessity to keep alive, share, spread and transmit to our new generations, the philosophy of the inca culture so as to show the world the different mystical places of the millenary [...]
Crazy things, good and bad, happen all the time when busking. I always get a kick when I am tipped by “famous people,” but one thing in particular I remember is busking in Union Square around xmas time. A very young and broke-looking couple came and listened for a while then tipped me $250 [...]
Medium: Photography
Location: Staple Street
Email: Contact
Phone: 631-805-5109
Website:
www.staplestreetproject.com
www.chriszedano.com
www.intimatenyc.chriszedano.com
Bio: Chris Zedano’s interest in photography emerged while he was processing images at a photo studio. His enthusiasm intensifies after witnessing a friend’s passionate commitment to photography. Chris bought his first manual camera when he moved to New York City in 2002. He began by simply taking casual photographs during [...]
Here’s a good one: take some of the most interesting and weird people you can find, put them on one forgotten street in Manhattan, and take photos of them. The following article was previously publish in Fbombmagazine.
What do an escape artist, a world championship trick roper (read: fancy cowboy), a fire artist, a tattoo artist, [...]
On my way home the other day I came across a closed Fifth Avenue. I asked a (very attractive) cop about it, and she said it was the “Museum Mile Festival.” I’d always avoided it in the past, but this time I noticed the number of street performers, and decided to go out there. I [...]
