Recreating her start as a street performer, with a wedding dress and a crate, she became the eight-foot bride, offering a flower as a bridge across the loneliness.
“I actually made a predictable income, which was shocking to me since I did not have any regular customers. $60 on a Tuesday and $90 on a Friday.”
From there to the Dresden Dolls and then a solo career that got quite a kick when she had the most successful Kickstarter raise for a musical act.
“People have been asking the wrong question: “How do we make people pay for music?” What if instead we ask, “How do we let people pay for music?”
“Our music is a mix of punk and cabaret. It’s not for everybody. [laugh] Well, maybe it’s for you” she said, singling me out for some reason. Must have been the eye contact.
“When we really see each other, we want to help each other.”
Here is her TED Video and photos of her musical performances below. More than most speakers, she connected with the audience and ignored the cameras.
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