Episode 24: Adrian Jusdanis - The Street Is The Stage
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Episode 24: Adrian Jusdanis - The Street Is The Stage
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Adrian Jusdanis ("New Thousand") is a street performer based in New York City.
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(00:00) Why he moved to New York for love
(01:36) Initial resistance to leaving New Orleans
(03:45) Discovering New Orleans as an artistic haven
(07:20) Addictions and arrested development in New Orleans
(10:22) Moving to New York to grow up
(13:14) The health scare that led to sobriety
(16:00) Sobriety improves his music and performance
(20:40) How his looping violin street act works
(24:14) Mediterranean and classical influences in his music
(28:00) Learning to read the crowd sober
(32:12) His favorite places to perform in NYC
(36:21) The street band that changed his life
(40:50) Most important street performance lesson: Ask for money
(45:23) Making $1,000 a week right away in New Orleans
(51:10) Tapping into flow states while performing
(60:15) How his act evolves based on energy and crowd
(63:38) Building community with other NYC performers
(67:01) Why New Orleans is still the best street scene
(71:32) Cultural joy in Latin America vs gray U.S. streets
(75:20) Defining success through fulfillment, not metrics