EPISODE · Jun 27, 2025 · 1H 18M
Episode 24: Adrian Jusdanis - The Street Is The Stage
from Artists of New York
Adrian Jusdanis ("New Thousand") is a street performer based in New York City.Instagram and all episodes(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
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