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Posted by: Buddy Sep 9 2012, 11:05 AM

i've been in the city with some friends to play guitars, cajon and ukulele(^^), Yesterday.
We played some covers of Jasom Mraz and Jack johnson and so on. two of us sang.
It was so absolutely cool and fun! Did you ever do something like this? Tell about your experiences!

We bought a inflatable palmtree which we placed behind us to get this special latesummer-feeling
Sand would be cool, too but that would be a huge mess.
Besides we earned 120€ in 2hours! A few more sessions and we can buy new bandrecording equipment

Posted by: Sensible Jones Sep 9 2012, 11:58 AM

Whilst visiting my Brother in Dublin (he was working there) I 'busked' (played for money) on Grafton Street. Grafton Street is a well known place for performers. I was earning about £80-100 in a couple of hours. I also ended up playing at a very exclusive restaurant on New Years Eve.

I've also busked around London quite a lot and can claim that I've played in Hammersmith and Wembley!!!!

Not forgetting 'Monument Square' in Newcastle too!!

Posted by: Ben Higgins Sep 9 2012, 01:47 PM

I've busked a couple of times. Once in Bath and once in Glastonbury. First time we took just acoustic guitars. Next time we bought some Marshall micro amps and used our electrics. We only had about 2 songs to play !!

I hated it ! It's not for me

Posted by: PosterBoy Sep 9 2012, 02:11 PM

I used to play here in Galway during the summers, I like the low pressure experience, but don't like the toll my vocal chords took, even singing correctly I would nearly lose my voice by the end of the week of playing a couple hours a day.

Posted by: Buddy Sep 9 2012, 09:05 PM

"busk"? cool I learned a new word
if it had been up to our vocalist, we had to play for like 4-5 hours
but my fingers were burning.

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Sep 10 2012, 05:20 AM

Amazing mate! I have never done it but once we planned it with a friend.. we selected the songs but we never did it. I think that it could be a really cool experience and also a way to earn some money making music.

Posted by: Ben Higgins Sep 10 2012, 09:27 AM

QUOTE (Buddy @ Sep 9 2012, 09:05 PM)

if it had been up to our vocalist, we had to play for like 4-5 hours
but my fingers were burning.

Posted by: Max Sokolov Sep 10 2012, 09:48 AM

I never did it - not for me, as well as for Ben