Backstage blog site

Found this hysterical....It's called Why Do Musicians and Singers Feel So Entitled?

http://backstage.blogs.com/blogstage/2009/03/why-do-musicians-and-singers-feel-so-entitled.html

Here's a snippet:

"On the subway platform a pleasant looking woman (made up as if for an audition) was studying her sheet music while singing an otherwise unidentifiable show tune. Her lack of self-consciousness—some might say exhibitionism—was irritating. Her total disregard for everyone around her was infuriating. Who said we wanted to hear her? And it's not as though we could move some place else—not that we should be obliged to. The platform was packed and there was no place to go.
Of course, the same charge could be leveled against buskers, not to mention performing panhandlers. But there is a difference. They're at least attempting to entertain the public.
The woman with her sheet music couldn't care less if she pleased anyone on hand. That's also arguably true of subterranean mimes, clowns, and human "statues." (Does anyone really enjoy them?) But feeling free to be intrusive is a special issue with singers and musicians—drummers are the worst offenders—not only in public but in their apartments where they rehearse loudly and/or hold classes. "

The same could be readily said of actors who are 'preparing' on the train or bus...read the rest...by clicking the link