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I have met Xuan quite a few times, taking pictures whenever I can and having a word when he takes a breather from playing. A plump gentleman with an ever smiling face greeting the bystanders. His music is traditional, slightly distorted by the electric amplifier that he carries along.
 
 
Xuan on the ehru @ photoduniya.com
 

 
 
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Nate, or Nathanuel, is a young and promising saxophone player. I met him close to Union Square, entertaining the pedestrians, shoppers and the tourists. A student of Top (or Top Cat), he is quite good at the saxophone. Apart from his school and his full time job, Nate finds time to play the saxophone in various corners of San Francisco.
 
 
Nate playing the saxophone @ photoduniya.com
 

 
 
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Dan Dan is relatively new to the street musician’s group in San Francisco. But needless to say she is an expert with the pipa. The Pipa is a very traditional ancient instrument dating back to about 200 BC. Dan Dan also plays other stringed instruments, however the day I met her in Chinatown, she was entertaining the crowds with her melodious tunes on her pipa.
 
Dan Dan playing the pipa @ photoduniya.com
 

 
 
The image was taken on Nikon D200 with a fill in flash and recorded on Lexar Pro media card. …

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The busy Market street had a different note to itself this Sunday. The melody of violin. The instrument is of eastern origin, probably Mongolian but was very popular in the ancient middle eastern civilizations. The name violin comes from the Greek word vitula. The western world popularly knows this instrument as the fiddle.
 
 
Violinist Kippy on Market Street @ photoduniya.com
 

 
Kippy has been playing the fiddle for over 30 years now. His instrument could be as old, now tied up with an amplifier for playing. Originally from Texas, Kippy has been …

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The musicians who I have been meeting and photographing for the last one year has more to think of than just music. Playing on the streets and attracting the law keepers is in itself a big challenge. While normally the policemen do not prevent the musicians from playing, it is not so legal to earn money like that. In a way, that act becomes very similar to peddling or hawking, and hence illegal.
 
Playing within a private property is not allowed. And music which requires electrical boom boxes raise the …