An Atlanta musician receives a huge tip via social media strangers

Tweet

Tonee Valentine who is piano player who plays music at the Varasano Pizzeria at the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta Georgia who plays four days a week and four hours a day making the lives of the passengers who are having a meal feel better received some good news recently. Thanks to an author named Carlos Whittaker who has a huge following on social media site Instagram which is around 195,000 followers had a small chat with Tonee telling him that he enjoyed listening to his music. Carlos sent a message to all of his followers on Instagram to make a donation to Tonee as a thank you for using his talents playing the piano to entertain the passengers inside the pizza parlor. Tonee received the good news that the followers of Carlos made donations via Venmo which reached $60,000 dollars at the end of the day which was July 22. Tonee is so grateful for the huge tip from the followers of Carlos that he plans to pay it forward to other people who need financial help themselves. It is rare to learn that a musician who plays beautiful music at an airport venue gets a huge thank you from social media followers of an author.