Comments on: BA (Hons) Busking

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 14:59:50 +0000

Nice try Andy. I feel there are far too many variables to make a scientific study though,- choice of pitch, weather, etc. etc.

Also, I’m not convinced an acoustic busker can make enough to live on these days….I recommend that you invest in a portable amp, mic and mike stand and a foldable trolley. Good luck!

By: Carwyn Fowler

Carwyn Fowler — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 15:36:07 +0000

Nice Blog - will link in!

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 08:45:30 +0000

Thanks for the link Graeme. I think a male/female combination of busker and bottler works well, but the fingerpicking acoustic style is never going to be loud enough without amplication, and I’d like to try and avoid lugging all that equiment up and down the escalators so I’ll start off using a plectrum. Yeah, I’d disagree with standing up being the third option too. You gotta stand up to get noticed and to get the lungs working at full capacity. Standing up and wearing a bright coloured hat might help too.

By: Graeme

Graeme — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 01:21:29 +0000

I liked this guy’s advice about busking

http://www.stiffarmingsociety.com/busking/busking.htm

It would seem you need to tranform into a lady (somehow) to make more dosh busking.

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 05:19:57 +0000

What could be more definitive than

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa

“If people stop copying my music, I should start to worry.”

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 20:30:15 +0000

http://home.pacifier.com/~ascott/they/tamildaa.htm

Not so sure it was Zappa… Do you have a more definitive piece of information to back up your sources?