tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650160678722829210.post606391729140455259..comments2024-03-23T13:46:21.790-05:00Comments on Street Musician Daniel: On This Day In HistoryDaniel McKenna IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04157964564856145960noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650160678722829210.post-13507220816995675652015-08-17T19:57:20.013-05:002015-08-17T19:57:20.013-05:00But a lot of that can be attributed to smoking too...But a lot of that can be attributed to smoking too much "ambition be gone" (to quote Leno).Daniel McKenna IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04157964564856145960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650160678722829210.post-52966109996915530222015-08-17T19:54:44.025-05:002015-08-17T19:54:44.025-05:00Yeah, 30 sounds about right, from the times I hung...Yeah, 30 sounds about right, from the times I hung out to listen to him for a typical hour.<br /><br />But, my latest estimates on Tanya and Dorise is that they split about 10 grand after a busy (11 hour) night.<br /><br />They fill their pumpkin sized baskets "6 or 8" times a night, and if the average value of the bills was say, 5 bucks, there could easily be 1,500 per basket full...<br /><br />That would fall in line with them splitting about 200K per year; as per that rumor.<br /><br />The money must have corrupted them to some point; they must think, at some level that pop music is just a racket; and that drunken tourists are a big joke; something to laugh at all the way to the bank.<br /><br />It's always in the back of my mind that they patronize me with phony smiles as I walk past them "Just keep walking to your spot; and don't ever let us find you on ours," might be lurking behind the big smiles...<br /><br />But, if money was THAT important to me, I probably would have sold Sprint in the 80's, flipped real estate in the 90's, and would be scouring the Internet for a job writing "content" for some website...<br /><br />And I wouldn't pack up and head for the comforts of home as soon as 50 bucks went into my jar (after a grueling 2 and a half hour set)LOL!Daniel McKenna IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04157964564856145960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650160678722829210.post-58753878843775450052015-08-17T15:51:04.595-05:002015-08-17T15:51:04.595-05:00$20 an hour is more than any tech job pays... Am I...$20 an hour is more than any tech job pays... Am I to understand that the opera dude does even better?Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13916394695449933164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650160678722829210.post-24545618483328226862015-08-17T13:59:03.137-05:002015-08-17T13:59:03.137-05:00"New Orleans Opera Guy" he is on faceboo..."New Orleans Opera Guy" he is on facebookDaniel McKenna IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04157964564856145960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650160678722829210.post-27830679127292748732015-08-17T13:56:18.326-05:002015-08-17T13:56:18.326-05:00He is just a barrel chested guy, probably the same...He is just a barrel chested guy, probably the same measurements as Johnny Cash...yeah, even if he only gets a 20 every hour or so, he is out there at least 6 hours a night (so there's $120 right there) with his mic he doesn't have to be really loud....<br />Now the "New Orleans Opera Singer" Marshall, (say's he's on facebook as such) is even louder, due to his tenor range which is more Roy Orbison than J. Cash...Daniel McKenna IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04157964564856145960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650160678722829210.post-62325099795789607702015-08-16T16:14:19.868-05:002015-08-16T16:14:19.868-05:00Isn't Jay the really loud singer making someth...Isn't Jay the really loud singer making something like $100 a night?<br /><br />And how did he get so loud? Opera training or something?Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13916394695449933164noreply@blogger.com