shakuhachi busking / street performer

[Blue]

Today saw two erhu buskers followed by a shakuhachi/chiba busker who was selling CDs of his music for US$3. Sadly, the people who were seriously listening to the music were elderly people and a younger person known as Allen. All the younger people who were sitting had no interest and were chatting among themselves.

The shakuhachi busker advertised his website, which suggests that he's deeply Buddhist. And those chibas he's selling are very expensive.
www.shaku8.biz/index.htm

Never mind, I prefer the dongxiao and I know where to get relatively cheap dongxiaos anyway.

[davidmdahl]

I am a lot more impressed with Dongsiau who you mentioned a while ago. He really plays musically. The busker is not nearly at the same level.

Best wishes,

David

[Blue]

Yep: everyone's impressed with Dongsiau.
One is more likely to find erhu buskers in Taiwan than xiao buskers, though. There's a blind erhu busker at the Taipei Main Station, and there's another busker in Ximending, which is kinda equivalent to Shinjuku in Tokyo.

[Blue]

Today encountered three more dongxiao buskers/street performers. Gave each of them a few coins for playing a native art supplanted by guitars, pianos, violins, and western musical instruments. I have yet to see a young dongxiao player on the streets.