Joshua Bell's 'Stop and Hear the Music' metro experiment | The Washington Post

Joshua Bell, one of the greatest violinists of our time, as a busker has only 2 people take any notice, and only one person realize how great he is -- and that is because she recognized him, not his playing. [VIDEO]

Here is a video of Joshua Bell ( [LINK] ) playing a 3.5 million dollar violin in the subway for 45 minutes and making $32: [VIDEO]

Someone else told me also that I’m using the wrong fonts and colors. They said once they saw Comic Sans used in a text bubble they instantly closed the website and didn’t look any further. Tomorrow I am supposed to interview Noam Chomsky again, with David Harvey. I wonder how many people have said “Noam speaks in such a slow and boring way, I tuned out immediately.” Guess what… he is famous so people don’t say that :) I enjoy getting these reactions because later on when we finally turn on the hype I will have a collection of how people react to substance rather than superficial things and hype. [VIDEO]

There is a similar experiment where a famous violinist plays in a subway station. Nobody really notices or appreciates him and his music. [VIDEO]