Joshua Bell plays for tips at a subway station.

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Not sure if many folks here have heard of Joshua Bell, but he's a world-renowned violinist. The washington post did a little candid camera action and had him play as a street musician at a subway station..playing his 3.5 MILLION dollar instrument. The article gets a little preachy but it's pretty interesting nonetheless. Both his reaction to not getting acclaim and some of the folks in the crowd.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...040401721.html

HE EMERGED FROM THE METRO AT THE L'ENFANT PLAZA STATION AND POSITIONED HIMSELF AGAINST A WALL BESIDE A TRASH BASKET. By most measures, he was nondescript: a youngish white man in jeans, a long-sleeved T-shirt and a Washington Nationals baseball cap. From a small case, he removed a violin. Placing the open case at his feet, he shrewdly threw in a few dollars and pocket change as seed money, swiveled it to face pedestrian traffic, and began to play.
....much continued...