Comments on: Busking : Earnings and Expenses http://www.streetmusician.co.uk/buskingearnings/ Dedicated to help you become a great guitarist & musician. Electric & acoustic guitar lessons, guides, articles, web, vocal, music theory, tips & advice. Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:31:28 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kier http://www.streetmusician.co.uk/buskingearnings/comment-page-1/#comment-987 Kier Sun, 11 Jul 2010 09:40:45 +0000 http://www.streetmusician.co.uk/streetmusician3/?p=233#comment-987 That's good to hear. I think the things that make a big difference to your earnings are where you play, what you play and how old you are. A young musician on the bag pipes is bound to attract a lot of good attention. I'm an ageing muso who sings and plays guitar in mostly small towns so I've not really got much scope for big earnings. If I took off 20 years, moved to a city and played the saxaphone, I'm sure there would be a lot more potential. I spoke to a saxaphone player a few months back who used to play guitar. He said once he'd swapped instruments and started busking with the sax, he regularly started making £30 - £40 per hour with no problem. Time I swapped. That’s good to hear. I think the things that make a big difference to your earnings are where you play, what you play and how old you are. A young musician on the bag pipes is bound to attract a lot of good attention. I’m an ageing muso who sings and plays guitar in mostly small towns so I’ve not really got much scope for big earnings. If I took off 20 years, moved to a city and played the saxaphone, I’m sure there would be a lot more potential.

I spoke to a saxaphone player a few months back who used to play guitar. He said once he’d swapped instruments and started busking with the sax, he regularly started making £30 – £40 per hour with no problem. Time I swapped.

]]> By: tristram coates http://www.streetmusician.co.uk/buskingearnings/comment-page-1/#comment-984 tristram coates Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:43:50 +0000 http://www.streetmusician.co.uk/streetmusician3/?p=233#comment-984 I am 15 and regularly go busking on my bagpipes dressed in my kilt etc... and I make on a good day about £150 in one hour and on a bad day £50 so I am very suprised to here that you make so little. I am 15 and regularly go busking on my bagpipes dressed in my kilt etc… and I make on a good day about £150 in one hour and on a bad day £50 so I am very suprised to here that you make so little.

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