A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousands of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.
Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his schedule. A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping continued to walk. A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.
The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.
In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32.00 When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.
No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written with a violin worth $3,500,000 dollars. Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston and the seats average $100
Joshua learned an important lesson that his music was total fucking shit all along and that he was worthless and the only thing propping him up was the pretense of quality and when placed in a normal environment, he couldn't even stand out amongst drug dealers and crackheads.
>>75177700
Thats what you get for playing in a subway.
wow who cares
>>75177700
>sexualizing eva girls
stop
literally the only people who give a shit are ClassicFM fags
asuka best girl btw
>>75177811
There's nothing sexual about two girls sharing their grapes
>>75177700
the real moral is that commoners are stupid and will always be stupid and will never be anything but the dumb labor upon which the superior few will rely for trivial basics, freeing them the ability to focus on the the finer complexities and concerns of the universe
play for monkeys in a sewer, don't expect much
>>75177863
this is forbidden!
is this the asuka thread?
>>75177908
Ritsuko for best girl
>>75177908
And that violinists name?
>anime
>>75177871
I could take a heroin addict off the streets and have him mime playing a violin on a stage while I played Carole King in the background and as long as I advertised him as the greatest violiner from wisteria and made him wear a suit people would pay hundreds to go see it.
>The vast majority of people wouldn't recognize good music if it slapped them in the face
>Even when it does slap them in the face and they do recognize it, usually getting to work on time and taking care of your responsibilities is more important than dropping whatever you're doing and listening to good music
wow stop the fucking presses
>>75177942
>literally cucked by her mother then a 14 year old clone
>>75177999
>muh muh music isn't bad it's the people who don't have taste!