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Stringy has mentioned an interest in busking - and I'm just always thinking it's great to play outside, if weather permits.
There's different laws/ordinances in many places, as well as etiquette. If looking for income, maybe look into gaining skills from aspects of the entertainment industry - tips on how to draw attention & keep it (a certain amount of time).
How to Busk - Adam Neely gave it a try & interviewed successful buskers in New York.
I was surprised to find so many discussions on 'Busking' at The Session - some interesting concerns & great tips (I only read over the Tunes For Busking one)!
LOVE watching groups like 'Tuba Skinny' (New Orleans) & think, why not take those Irish Sessions OUTSIDE? It doesn't have to be done for money.
Tuba Skinny - Postage Stomp! Playing FUN music that makes pedestrians feel they have to put a little bounce, skip & slide into their step - helps.
Thought this video shows a great way of busking that might avoid some city ordinance pitfalls. 😄 Hillar Bergman & Milt Mills fiddle busking in Traverse City, MI!
Found quite a few Scottish buskers belong to & learned things from the Scots Music Group! Not sure what other support they provide.
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How about these Emily, they used to busk a lot in Manchester, sometimes there would be 6 of them other times less, they play old time music and victorian English music hall tunes. I was at the beat herder festival once and the chubby one was so drunk he was rolling on the floor and couldnt get up.
Quite often now they have a brilliant fiddle player with them as well, but not in this one
Cant beat a sunny day
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@stringy -
That singer is quite the character. 😄 I think having 1 or 2 'partners-in-crime' may draw more attention than a lone fiddler, AND be great to have some camaraderie if you put much time into busking!
Creative Buskers! Playing Yann Tiersen's 'La Valse d'Amélie' on 2 cellos (One and a Half Cellists). I know it's crazy, but I would fork out the 'big bucks' as an offering to THESE buskers! Feeling a huge 'WOW factor' here... unusual talent can draw an audience! Márton must also be a cellist - look at how perfectly the puppet moves, even individual fingers on the fingerboard!!!
Márton Harkel's Puppetry Family is from Budapest, Hungary - the site I linked also has a unique MAP, showing/locating Buskers all over the World!
THIS Busker has a GREAT solution for hands-free Fiddling & singing/talking!
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i gotta watch these. but not gonna busk..i do good playing in a known setting with familiar faces....thanks for the videos though!
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Talking of clarinets in the flat key thread reminds me that I once heard a superb klezmer clarinettist busking on the south bank. I suppose life is hard for him now, unless he was a pro anyway.
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