Comments on: Busker Idol needs your help! http://www.countablyinfinite.ca/blog/2009/01/busker-idol-needs-your-help/ a dash of impossibility makes for more fun Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:58:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ashley Webster » The Vancouver Commons Episode 1: Busker Idol http://www.countablyinfinite.ca/blog/2009/01/busker-idol-needs-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-84132 Ashley Webster » The Vancouver Commons Episode 1: Busker Idol Mon, 29 Nov 2010 05:43:09 +0000 http://www.countablyinfinite.ca/blog/?p=256#comment-84132 [...] and wishing there was some way, more than just tossing a loonie, to show your appreciation?  Well Karen Fung has and it led her to conceive of Busker [...] [...] and wishing there was some way, more than just tossing a loonie, to show your appreciation?  Well Karen Fung has and it led her to conceive of Busker [...]

]]> By: countablyinfinite http://www.countablyinfinite.ca/blog/2009/01/busker-idol-needs-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-63731 countablyinfinite Thu, 05 Mar 2009 03:27:06 +0000 http://www.countablyinfinite.ca/blog/?p=256#comment-63731 Michelle, my response to you is so long it is becoming its own blog post. I'd love to discuss this with you by e-mail as well, but you did not leave one so I hope you come back to read the post when I have posted it! Michelle, my response to you is so long it is becoming its own blog post. I'd love to discuss this with you by e-mail as well, but you did not leave one so I hope you come back to read the post when I have posted it!

]]> By: Michelle http://www.countablyinfinite.ca/blog/2009/01/busker-idol-needs-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-63730 Michelle Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:57:37 +0000 http://www.countablyinfinite.ca/blog/?p=256#comment-63730 I think the idea is not good - why make it a contest? Buskers are all friends with one another, they are like a family, seeing each other every day, helping each other. Why pit them against one another?!<br>MSG TV did a "buskers Idol" reality TV show. ALL the buskers on this show said the same thing: they don't want to compete against one another.<br>Also:<br>Most buskers I know (and I know many)have a website and MySpace, they sell their music as CDs and downloads - why is this project presenting buskers as technically challenged? I think the idea is not good – why make it a contest? Buskers are all friends with one another, they are like a family, seeing each other every day, helping each other. Why pit them against one another?!
MSG TV did a “buskers Idol” reality TV show. ALL the buskers on this show said the same thing: they don't want to compete against one another.
Also:
Most buskers I know (and I know many)have a website and MySpace, they sell their music as CDs and downloads – why is this project presenting buskers as technically challenged?

]]> By: Amiel Martin http://www.countablyinfinite.ca/blog/2009/01/busker-idol-needs-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-63724 Amiel Martin Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:45:39 +0000 http://www.countablyinfinite.ca/blog/?p=256#comment-63724 sounds cool. do you already have a system for delivering and receiving text messages? I work for <a href="http://tatango.com" rel="nofollow">tatango.com</a>, and we have an api for sending and receiving text messages that is really easy to use. sounds cool. do you already have a system for delivering and receiving text messages? I work for tatango.com, and we have an api for sending and receiving text messages that is really easy to use.

]]> By: Greg http://www.countablyinfinite.ca/blog/2009/01/busker-idol-needs-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-63710 Greg Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:09:04 +0000 http://www.countablyinfinite.ca/blog/?p=256#comment-63710 Reading this too late, but pretty neat idea. what came of VPSN pitch? Passing to my burner friends Reading this too late, but pretty neat idea. what came of VPSN pitch? Passing to my burner friends

]]> By: karen http://www.countablyinfinite.ca/blog/2009/01/busker-idol-needs-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-63314 karen Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:07:31 +0000 http://www.countablyinfinite.ca/blog/?p=256#comment-63314 Ashley, I am intrigued by your proposition and would love to talk with you about this! I'll be in touch to talk deets. Karen Ashley,

I am intrigued by your proposition and would love to talk with you about this! I’ll be in touch to talk deets.

Karen

]]> By: Ashley Webster http://www.countablyinfinite.ca/blog/2009/01/busker-idol-needs-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-63275 Ashley Webster Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:02:38 +0000 http://www.countablyinfinite.ca/blog/?p=256#comment-63275 I love this idea. I am also a member of the VPSN and have been talking to Andrew Pask about starting up a VPSN podcast. Would you be interested in doing a short 20 minute interview about your idea, public space and art? I love this idea. I am also a member of the VPSN and have been talking to Andrew Pask about starting up a VPSN podcast. Would you be interested in doing a short 20 minute interview about your idea, public space and art?

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