Neat. Busker Du is a recording service for subway and street buskers (people who perform in public spaces hoping to get your spare change) The service allows for buskers and spectators to call up on a cell phone or pay phone and have a performance recorded. Busker Du will record 3 minutes of audio which is then sent to the blog.

We all have our favorite street and subway musicians: the guy in the tunnel between 6th and 7th avenues on the L line that plays Beatles and Dave Clark Five songs, the tap dancers at Union Square, the red headed violinist, the guy that plays accordion and violin, perhaps one of those pan flute / cd player combo acts. Now, with the help of Busker Dial Up, you can preserve their music forever

Well sort of. Most of the audio is pretty scratchy and hard to hear…kind of like the audio equivalent of a blurry camphone pic. but still interesting, I think. I like this trumpet banjo duo in Washington Square Park!

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