[Perform-Talk] The Exciting World of Busking and Other Performances!

Tue Feb 21 14:09:57 UTC 2023

Dear Chela,

This had a really cool groove to it! Near the end it almost sounded like your horn was talking! It’s too bad we aren’t closer because this tune deserves a studio recording!

Marion

From: Perform-Talk <perform-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of CHELA Robles via Perform-Talk
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Subject: Re: [Perform-Talk] The Exciting World of Busking and Other Performances!

I finally found the video it’s on my former bandmates page on YouTube. You can make your comments in the email that would be great but this is an original that he wrote and I did mouth trumpet midway through it. You’ll hear it. There’s a subtle difference between the mouth, trumpet and regular trumpet and that the mouth trumpet is softer.

 <https://youtu.be/pp7kw4qSB6w> Smooth feat Chela Robles

 <https://youtu.be/pp7kw4qSB6w> youtu.be

I did have my singing debut at the Concord Kraule, which was formally called Concord. Art wine beer walk in 2017 when I sat in with this guitarist name Jimmy Phelps, and there is a story about that how that happened in the story goes like this:

I was at rehearsal with Jimmy Phelps and the organizer of the music. Mary Elliot and I was trying really hard to figure out what I was supposed to play on the trumpet and how I do that is I sing what I’m supposed to play and I did not know that Mary heard me and she’s in told me that I was gonna be singing and that’s how it happened

Anyway, I have a video of that as well. It has video and photos in one sort of a video file kind of like a slideshow. I don’t know itself as well after the music ends. Thanks to Nicholas Chase and Jamie Valladao two of my awesome friends back in 2017 but there was a very loud fountain so you could barely hear my vocals but I didn’t know K job. I have that video if you’re interested in that as well but it is in an m2t format which plays well with vlc media player and iphone.

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On Feb 20, 2023, at 1:26 PM, Marion & Martin via Perform-Talk <perform-talk at nfbnet.org <mailto:perform-talk at nfbnet.org> > wrote:

BTW, I really liked these recordings. I didn’t know there were different types of mouthpieces that effect the tone of the horn! Good thing to know!

Peace!

Marion

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For future reference my name is spelled with one l not two. C h e l a.

Chela Robles

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On Feb 20, 2023, at 12:56 PM, CHELA Robles <cdrobles693 at gmail.com <mailto:cdrobles693 at gmail.com> > wrote:

I stated earlier in a message thread about Melissa‘s introduction that I have been using studio recorder to record my trumpet. in fact, I’ve got a Christmas album that I did just using that software. It’s available on band camp. Here is the link. I also have other recordings. I’ve done that I’ve done with my iPhone playing live music with other people. The we’re with you gig that I also mentioned I did that with studio recorder.

Christmas With Chela which was done with Studio Recorder from A.P.H. 

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<https://chelarobles.bandcamp.com/album/christmas-with-chela-5> Christmas With Chela, by Chela Robles

<https://chelarobles.bandcamp.com/album/christmas-with-chela-5> chelarobles.bandcamp.com

Here’s just my segment from the year with you benefit that several of us participated in also done with studio recorder.

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<https://www.dropbox.com/s/1vt4iptbf8x33d9/Blind%20With%20You%20Chela%20Robles%20Trumpet%20Samba%20De%20Vera%C3%B3.mp3?dl=0> Blind With You Chela Robles Trumpet Samba De Veraó.mp3

<https://www.dropbox.com/s/1vt4iptbf8x33d9/Blind%20With%20You%20Chela%20Robles%20Trumpet%20Samba%20De%20Vera%C3%B3.mp3?dl=0> dropbox.com

Here’s a cover I did of Kacey Musgraves rainbow. That’s one of the songs that the president of the NFB of California chapter likes and heard me play life in 2019 when it was in Northern California in person.

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<https://www.dropbox.com/s/1vt4iptbf8x33d9/Blind%20With%20You%20Chela%20Robles%20Trumpet%20Samba%20De%20Vera%C3%B3.mp3?dl=0> Blind With You Chela Robles Trumpet Samba De Veraó.mp3

<https://www.dropbox.com/s/1vt4iptbf8x33d9/Blind%20With%20You%20Chela%20Robles%20Trumpet%20Samba%20De%20Vera%C3%B3.mp3?dl=0> dropbox.com

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On Feb 20, 2023, at 5:25 AM, Marion & Martin via Perform-Talk <perform-talk at nfbnet.org <mailto:perform-talk at nfbnet.org> > wrote:

Dear Chella and All,

  I would love to hear a little of your trumpet skills. Technology would allow us to work on projects no matter where one is in the world. Do you have any rcording software and gear we might use to collaborate if the need arises? I am starting to market the recording studio I built. After my next busking cart message, I think I might write a messag about how I built my recording booth!

Peace!
Marion

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Subject: Re: [Perform-Talk] The Exciting World of Busking and Other Performances!

I have an Enya travel acoustic guitar it is carbon fiber and looks like a Less Paul one. It is all black too. I started to learn a little bit during the holiday season last year. I have a Yamaha P105 keyboard and a Bach trumpet. I used to have a Yamaha trumpet and I have two carol brass pocket trumpet one bigger than the other and the other is a mini pocket trumpet.

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On Feb 19, 2023, at 6:30 PM, Daryl Swinson via Perform-Talk <perform-talk at nfbnet.org <mailto:perform-talk at nfbnet.org> > wrote:

Marion,

Congratulations on your busking success! :) I only just started 

playing guitar a year ago. Busking would be something cool to work 

towards. Please continue with this conversation topic!

Also, what kind of Martin acoustic do you play? What other guitars do 

you have? Could you share a website with your music? Are you on 

youtube?

I'm still taking weekly guitar lessons, and will be getting back to 

some singing lessons in March. I purchased an Orangewood guitar, the 

least expensive solid-top model in mahogany as a starter guitar a year 

ago. I'm looking at Taylors right now, the 517E and 614CE. But right 

now those are aspirational purchases, once I feel like I've improved 

enough to be worthy of such an instrument. *LOL*

On 2/19/23, Marion & Martin via Perform-Talk <perform-talk at nfbnet.org <mailto:perform-talk at nfbnet.org> > wrote:

Dear All,

             My life has taken an unexpected turn and, in doing so, 

I have committed myself to doing more with my music. I have been 

performing professionally since I was 16 years old and most of that 

time has been as a solo entertainer. My stage name is what you see in 

my display name - Marion & Martin. (I play a Martin acoustic guitar.) 

I use a phrase a reporter who interviewed me once used to describe my 

music: Acoustic rock with a beach flair!

             I recently began busking in Tampa, Florida. For those 

who don't know what busking is, it is street performing.

When I say "recently", I mean like on January 28! Tampa has an annual 

celebration of a mythical pirate invasion which draws more than 

300,000 people. It is a nod to this celebration as to why our 

football team is called Buccaneers! In one hour of performing, I made 

$91! My next busking experience was last Thursday! Tampa has an 

entertainment district much like the French Quarter of New Orleans called Ybor (pronounced "E-bore")City.

Ybor has more than 80 bars in about a 10 square block area and you 

can find any style of music and lifestyle there. I didn't do quite as 

well then, coming home with $31.50! I learned a few lessons from this 

experience and want to share them with anyone who is busking or who 

is interested in busking, too.

             Unsure of how I would be received or, more accurately, 

if I was going to be told by law enforcement to move on, I kept it very simple.

All I took was my guitar and a tip jar. My first advice is to have an 

actual tip jar. Lots of buskers use their instrument cases but one 

good breeze could distribute your tips along the sidewalk. I bought a 

clear plastic food container at Dollar Tree. Use a clear, uncolored 

container so people can see the money in it. Put a rock or some other 

heavy object in the bottom to keep the jar from blowing away, too! 

You can also put some flour or sand in a zip lock baggie to make it 

bottom-heavy! I feed my tip jar with $10 - two singles folded 

together, three singles folded together, and one $5.00 bill.

I face the $5.00 bill open and facing outward so it can be seen. 

Again, this is a subtle subliminal message to your audience of the 

type of tip to give.

When I perform in bars, I always have my business cards near my tip 

jar and make a few announcements about tipping the wait staff and the 

musician. One of the funny ways I use to solicit tips is to say, "You 

may not know this about me but I collect pictures of dead presidents, 

like Washington, Lincoln, and Jackson. One of my favorite presidents is Benjamin franklin!"

(I have gotten several $100 tips in the past! I also say, "As you 

give a tip, take a card!" One thing I have learned from my years of 

performing is to put my cards near my tip jar. I have cut a hole in 

the top of the plastic jar and have attached a business card holder 

to it with Velcro. Their hands are inches from my business cards as 

they give me tips and they are more likely to take one. The vice 

versa is true, as well! If they want a business card, they are close 

to the tip jar and are more likely to drop some money in as they grab 

a card!

             My business cards are also ways to give tips! On the 

back of my business cards it says, "Please consider supporting my 

music by sending a tip via Zelle to the phone number on this card." 

Many people do not carry cash and the electronic format is a great 

way to facilitate their tipping.

In addition, tips sent by Zelle are more generous than the ones given 

in person. Another little trick I use is to Braille my stage name on 

the cards.

This minor detail gives my cards a life of their own, as people will 

share your card with others because of the uniqueness of Braille. One 

final word on business cards: Underneath the above invitation to tip 

via Zelle is an invitation to subscribe to my mailing list so they 

can find out where I will be performing. Many venues want to know if 

we have a following and telling them I have almost 200 people on my 

mailing list is an incentive to hire me!

My NFB chapter friends often come out to my gigs, as do some of my 

church friends!

This has been a very long message and, if you are still reading this, 

I appreciate your attention! My original idea was to share how I 

built a busking cart but I will do that later this week! If you have 

any questions or have some comments you would like to share about 

your performances, please do so! We are here to support each other in 

all our endeavors! I look forward to hearing from some of you!

Fraternally yours,

Marion Gwizdala

Marion & Martin

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