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Summary: Learn about making money in music as a traveling minstrel in this free video for professional and aspiring musicians.
Jim Dufresne taught 20 years in Community College and currently teaches at S.W. Academy and gives private lessons. He performs at the Maybery Ranch western show and has a band " Cazz...read more
"On behalf of Expert Village my name is Jim Dufresne I'm here to tell you about how to make a living playing music. Okay well my friend Chuck brought a good idea and well let's talk about the early minstrels. The early minstrels were actually the newspaper of their day so Lawrence Lovealot went down and slue 10 muslins or something like that you know and they would sing a song about it and how great he was and how he slash their heads and went to the store. And people would be completely invert by his lute playing minstrel cause that is before ancient guitarist don't forget. They appreciated having the news and they would have paid them a small stacking or allowed him to stay over night in their hotel and give them food. Therefore they were able to survive for a day. "
eHow Article: Traveling Minstrels: Paid Professional Musicians