Hi
My name is Vincent van Hessen and I'm a professional musician.
I play venues such as clubs, festivals, cruise ships but first and foremost,
I predominantly street perform
Street performing gives the artist a direct contact with a crowd of people that willfully chooses to listen and watch a spectacle because the opportunity presents itself,
and not because of a pre planned agreement such as attending a concert on any given occasion.
As a street performer, I have the ability to hold a crowd, sometimes up to 300 people at a time, which is very pleasant and it creates an intimacy which manifests itself in a very subtle and unusual way.
During the course of this unusual career, I have encountered very interesting moments but also some unpleasant ones,
for example: having to deal with drunks, mentally ill people, "tough" adolescents and every now and then, a 'wannabe', which is a situation in which random people, come up to me, totally expecting that they can just come over to me and demand they would play a song during one of my street shows, because they are such "great" performers themselves.
My advise to these people usually is: "make your own street show, if you're so awesome and please let me pursue doing mine, thank you".
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjsUkJqQ9yw