As a pro classical musician who has busked before (mainly for charity events etc) all this social experiment proves is that he's busking in the wrong place at the wrong time! Good buskers can make a lot of money in the right location/time.
@rovingdesertfox My first comments were stating facts about the type of voice not criticisms. You're the one associating pop singing as something less than opera singing and you started this whole discussion taking that line of thought. I think there are many pop singers with great technique a...
There's no way anyone singing music of the night would use anything but a legit modal voice. Fry is useful in exercises but nobody apart from Russian orthodox choir 2nd basses would use it (they use vocal fry with the 1st basses modal note, as a fundamental note to give that characteristic very...
As a pro classical musician who has busked before (mainly for charity events etc) all this social experiment proves is that he's busking in the wrong place at the wrong time! Good buskers can make a lot of money in the right location/time.