Are you all filthy rich?!

[eugenethepenguin88]

Speaking of filthy rich....I do miss those afternoons when I would stop by to listen to a couple of early bird guitarists who would stake out a vantage point in Grand Central Railroad station, New York City, and play classical music for commuters who didn't mind stopping to hear a good tune. They often showed their appreciation by placing dollar bills in the open guitar cases. That was sometime ago. If those artists are still at it, I'm sure they are doing OK, even if they are not rich. So hear this guitarists..... if times do get really rough, forget your pride and let your talents be heard in public. You just might get discovered by some filthy rich passerby who appreciates your musical talents.

Did you hear about this amazing (and saddening) story? http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/bell.asp
One of the world's greatest violinists went undercover as a busker in the subway, and the only people who were even willing to stop and listen to his marvelous playing were children! I think this says something very poignant about us as a culture...even extreme beauty is overlooked when there is a schedule to be met or a train to be caught!

[eugenethepenguin88]

...I have A safe deposit box stuffed with gold coins...

I'm pretty sure this automatically qualifies you as a badass...or a pirate.

[Giovanni Il Rosso]

Yes, of course we are!

A fiaker driver (a fiaker or fiachre is a horse drawn carriage) in Vienna once asked me if I was a millionaire. Apparently, he thinks all Americans are rich. Anyway, I said "Yes, of course. And the Kaiser was your late uncle, right?"

[rever]

eugene, not at all. I just don't like elite globalist playing with my money.

[rounie]

Hi,
Im what you would call Middle class with rich parents and sister...my guitar activities keep me broke!

[jonrose1]

Howdy,

I'm rich in music, love from my wife and a dog that makes no complaints on how I play, even when its awful. (Of course the constant snacks I give him may be part of the reason, or just the fact that he is a dog, and that's what dogs do for their humans.)

[JQ.]

Certainly not. But there was a time I bought a guitar that was worth several times the value of the old clunker car I drove.

Come to think of it, with depreciation and deterioration on my current car, I'm probably rapidly approaching that status again.

[Bart]

I play a 60 euros Stagg classical guitar. I'm sure no one beats that

[Linda]

I have always wanted to answer this question. And my answer is ..... Yes

linea

[Lovemyguitar]

I am rich in every way but financial. And, that is okay with me. (But I am certainly not filthy, in any way!)

[Guitar-ded]

I have always wanted to answer this question. And my answer is ..... Yes

linea

Finally!
Someone who isn't afraid to answer the question.
Well done girl.

I'd say that some of us are and some aren't - that's what makes us so good together.

: )

[idi0tkiddd]

I have no money, no home of my own/car, no education, and a guitar that I got for 239 dollars. I am also a beginner with only hopes and dedication and time.

[CuriousGuitar]

I think the rich experiences many of us have bonding with our guitar and learning to make music help us cope with our not so good financial situations. As for me, it will be a couple of years before I can/will upgrade my Cordoba C5.

[jnb]

Did you hear about this amazing (and saddening) story? http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/bell.asp
One of the world's greatest violinists went undercover as a busker in the subway, and the only people who were even willing to stop and listen to his marvelous playing were children! I think this says something very poignant about us as a culture...even extreme beauty is overlooked when there is a schedule to be met or a train to be caught!

That's not so unreasonable. If I want to go to a concert I go to a music venue, if I want to catch a train I go to a railway station so it's not surprising that the priority of people in the subway should be catching their train and not stopping to listen to the buskers. Sad maybe but not surprising and certainly not something that condemns them or our cultrue in general.

[jnb]

I own my own home (mostly), but it's small, the car I have was given to me for free and the classical guitar I have cost me about £30 ($50) in a junk shop.

I could get a better guitar, I want to get a better guitar but something will have to give to let me do that.