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I have perfect pitch and can play piano, guitar, drums and sing in 5 octaves.
Holy shit.
And LesPaul (great name, yeah), the wonderful thing about summer is people go outside. Some pleasant Saturday, go out to someplace in town where young people hang, and just kinda stand around playing your guitar. Don't put anything out for tips, because then you invite all sorts of weird panhandling and loitering troubles...just do it for practice and fun (and that's what you tell cops or business owners if they come around and try to give you trouble). Greet and chat with people as they pass. Many will stop to listen or talk to you--so that's social proof along with the prop and the built-in DHV, and because you're talking to everyone and saying things to all the people who go by, it doesn't look weird when you randomly speak to a passing HB, and she'll come over and talk. Do you know a lot of songs? Ask the HBs what their favorite songs are, and launch into them. They'll
love it. If they ask why you're out there, say it was a nice day and you just kinda felt like playing. Run your game. (And if an HB asks if you take tips, tell her, "I'm a musician, not a bum, but I
will accept phone numbers in lieu of cash donations.")