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Guitaro5000
United States of America
Coolseville
United States of America
Genres
  • Pop
  • Blues
 
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More About Guitaro5000

Traveling musician in the NY/NJ/PA/MD/CT areas. I have performed for many wonderful clubs, restaurants and bars, United Nations Global Development Staff Retreat, Company Retreats, Meetings, Bar Mitzvahs, Private Parties, Weddings, and even full concerts right in the New York Subways. I'm often recognized in public as that guy on YouTube. Performing is my life. It doesn't get better than this for me. I love what I do, and I love the energy of the crowd. I couldn't imagine doing anything else.

Thank you for your beautiful energy!
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Fun Stuff about the Artist

Life on the Street

I hop off the PATH train system and arrive in NYC on a Friday night, ready to make a killing. Those Friday nights just never let me down!

But I'd be doomed if I didn't pay a visit to the $1 pizza parlor on 14th street and 6th avenue for a quick cheap meal and a greeting to Senor El Bano. Just as I'm ordering my slice, guess who's there? Elijah, my subway performing partner who was ready to break someone's arm from during our show the previous night (read "My Subway performing partner was ready to break someone's arm during our show"). We chowed down on Pizzas and decided to partner up for another successful (and hopefully violence free) show. He suggested West 4th street station, which was new to me but I decided you can't go wrong anywhere in Manhattan on a Friday night. Right?

Wrong. W4 Street SUCKED. BIG TIME. Almost as bad as minimum wage. So after two hours of that, we ended our shift and parted ways. He had to go to meet a girl, and I had to find a way to make some more mon

Embarrassing Moment

Continued...
After hopping on the E train to 42nd Street Times Square station, I was very, VERY surprised by one particular commuter member who was VERY difficult not to notice.
I walked down the stairs to a man fully dressed in a deLICIOUS looking banana suit, waiting on the 2 train with his wife.

Handling my tip jar in his direction, the first thing I said to him was, "Sir, excuse me. Do you happen to have any extra...potassium?"

He and his wife, who was NOT dressed in a banana suit giggled. The Banana man said, "That was the best we heard all day," and Mrs Banana agreed.

"Do you know any great Banana songs?" he requested.

So I fumbled through the theme of Bananas in Pajamas, followed by Jason Mraz' "I'm Yours." and he did the best 7 minute banana shimmy I ever seen. The audience was well pleased and showed it with large amounts of tips.

Mr. Banana surely had something to do with my instant success. So just as his train arrived, I was going to offer to split some mon

My Instrument

Cont...
But before I could reach into my cup, Mrs. Banana handed me a $20 bill. WOWZA. Guess how many bananas I bought with that!


INSTRUMENT!
I play an Ovation Celebrity guitar which I have customized so I can use it as a percussive instrument as well. Generally, it has a sardine can lid attached for use as a snare! No, it's not spam!