Comments on: Street Musician’s Busking Pot http://www.streetmusician.co.uk/buskingpot/ Dedicated to help you become a great guitarist & musician. Electric & acoustic guitar lessons, guides, articles, web, vocal, music theory, tips & advice. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:48:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Star http://www.streetmusician.co.uk/buskingpot/comment-page-1/#comment-4031 Star Sat, 15 Oct 2011 16:33:45 +0000 http://www.streetmusician.co.uk/streetmusician3/?p=455#comment-4031 Hello Gentlemen, I have been busking for years and have made my simple living at it for going on three years. Kier, I was so touched by your story. I cried and cried. Thank you for sharing. I have a couple of stories too. I am a singer and when I started I had nothing but a song book and a pot. I would stand in front of grocery stores and sing. One day a man looked at me oddly, said nothing. I got nervous as I am a woman and do not take to well to being ogled strangely. LOL He left, "whew" I thought and kept on singing. About a half an hour later he came back and summoned me over to his trunk. Oh yeah, that boosted my confidence in this gentleman. But again, like the sandwich given to you, I had to think what to do. I choose to trust and when I came he had a whole Kustom PA system in the truck and said, "here this is my tip." I still have and use the system although not when street performing. I have moved on to a battery op amplifier. Next, on a different corner a few years in. I saw another man b-lining in my direction. Let me describe him. His pants where held on with rope, wearing a blanket like a cape and had a wig on his head backwards and it had seen much better days. God bless him but his mind had seen straighter days. Being again a woman and in a vulnerable position, I braced myself to what was coming but kept on singing. He approached, froze and stared, then put his hand into somewhere in his clothing and put 0.12 cents in my pot. First, he humbled me because I had judged him and he was a kind and gentle soul. Second, he gave me everything he had. All of his money. To this date that is the largest tip I have ever received. He gave me everything he had. May peace be with him. I have more stories but those two I will share now. Thanks for the page Star PS Use a Roland BA330 amp, runs on 8 AA batteries, I use rechargeable. Hello Gentlemen,

I have been busking for years and have made my simple living at it for going on three years.

Kier, I was so touched by your story. I cried and cried. Thank you for sharing.

I have a couple of stories too.

I am a singer and when I started I had nothing but a song book and a pot. I would stand in front of grocery stores and sing. One day a man looked at me oddly, said nothing. I got nervous as I am a woman and do not take to well to being ogled strangely. LOL He left, “whew” I thought and kept on singing. About a half an hour later he came back and summoned me over to his trunk. Oh yeah, that boosted my confidence in this gentleman. But again, like the sandwich given to you, I had to think what to do. I choose to trust and when I came he had a whole Kustom PA system in the truck and said, “here this is my tip.” I still have and use the system although not when street performing. I have moved on to a battery op amplifier.

Next, on a different corner a few years in. I saw another man b-lining in my direction. Let me describe him. His pants where held on with rope, wearing a blanket like a cape and had a wig on his head backwards and it had seen much better days. God bless him but his mind had seen straighter days. Being again a woman and in a vulnerable position, I braced myself to what was coming but kept on singing. He approached, froze and stared, then put his hand into somewhere in his clothing and put 0.12 cents in my pot. First, he humbled me because I had judged him and he was a kind and gentle soul. Second, he gave me everything he had. All of his money. To this date that is the largest tip I have ever received. He gave me everything he had. May peace be with him.

I have more stories but those two I will share now.

Thanks for the page

Star

PS Use a Roland BA330 amp, runs on 8 AA batteries, I use rechargeable.

]]> By: Kier http://www.streetmusician.co.uk/buskingpot/comment-page-1/#comment-2388 Kier Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:49:56 +0000 http://www.streetmusician.co.uk/streetmusician3/?p=455#comment-2388 Thanks Dave, what an amazing story. The kindness of some people is incredible. Like you say, you never know what's around the next corner. It's nice to know that although she isn't around anymore, her soul lives on through that guitar and her act of kindness will never be forgotten. Wouldn't it be great if all those passers by in the street who gain so much pleasure from the music you play with it, knew just how it came to be. Thanks Dave, what an amazing story. The kindness of some people is incredible. Like you say, you never know what’s around the next corner.

It’s nice to know that although she isn’t around anymore, her soul lives on through that guitar and her act of kindness will never be forgotten.

Wouldn’t it be great if all those passers by in the street who gain so much pleasure from the music you play with it, knew just how it came to be.

]]> By: Eren http://www.streetmusician.co.uk/buskingpot/comment-page-1/#comment-2386 Eren Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:00:54 +0000 http://www.streetmusician.co.uk/streetmusician3/?p=455#comment-2386 Thats incredible, im just looking up permit type stuff for Coventry now but that almost brought a tear to my eye. do you still have that guitar? thats an amazing event right there. Thats incredible, im just looking up permit type stuff for Coventry now but that almost brought a tear to my eye. do you still have that guitar? thats an amazing event right there.

]]> By: david rimmer http://www.streetmusician.co.uk/buskingpot/comment-page-1/#comment-2365 david rimmer Mon, 06 Jun 2011 07:49:19 +0000 http://www.streetmusician.co.uk/streetmusician3/?p=455#comment-2365 I used to busk regular in Canterbury, in fact I've busked all over Europe many years ago and towns and cities Liverpool,Newcastle ect.. but Canturbury became a place that i settled in. I busked under a subway and became pretty popular with the local people who used it. On this paticular day I was singing and playing a song called norweegen wood by the beatles and a middle aged couple stopped and watched me. They aproached me when I finished and asked me to play that song again which I did and after talking for some time so informed me that she was a music teacher and that I sounded great she was very impressed.She then asked me if I played 12 string acoustic I replied yes and then she vanished in a hurry only to return about an hour later carrying a brand new guitar case with a red bow on it she placed it next to my open case and said go on open it its yours. When I opened it I was shocked. it was a brand new Fender acoustic I couldnt accept it as it must have cost her a few hundred quid there and then. But she insisted that I now owned this guitar. She told me she had a brain tumer and that she only had a few months to live and she had always wanted to buy a fender 12 string. she said that I have made one of her dreams come true and that I should look after it for her. I have had may things thrown in my case whilst busking but that occasion will be hard to beat. but then saying that you never know whats around the next corner. Dave I used to busk regular in Canterbury, in fact I’ve busked all over Europe many years ago and towns and cities Liverpool,Newcastle ect.. but Canturbury became a place that i settled in. I busked under a subway and became pretty popular with the local people who used it.
On this paticular day I was singing and playing a song called norweegen wood by the beatles and a middle aged couple stopped and watched me. They aproached me when I finished and asked me to play that song again which I did and after talking for some time so informed me that she was a music teacher and that I sounded great she was very impressed.She then asked me if I played 12 string acoustic I replied yes and then she vanished in a hurry only to return about an hour later carrying a brand new guitar case with a red bow on it she placed it next to my open case and said go on open it its yours. When I opened it I was shocked. it was a brand new Fender acoustic I couldnt accept it as it must have cost her a few hundred quid there and then. But she insisted that I now owned this guitar. She told me she had a brain tumer and that she only had a few months to live and she had always wanted to buy a fender 12 string. she said that I have made one of her dreams come true and that I should look after it for her.

I have had may things thrown in my case whilst busking but that occasion will be hard to beat. but then saying that you never know whats around the next corner.

Dave

]]> By: Kier http://www.streetmusician.co.uk/buskingpot/comment-page-1/#comment-1292 Kier Wed, 20 Oct 2010 23:26:01 +0000 http://www.streetmusician.co.uk/streetmusician3/?p=455#comment-1292 Yeah, it's just whether you risk eating it or not. Yeah, it’s just whether you risk eating it or not.

]]> By: Louis http://www.streetmusician.co.uk/buskingpot/comment-page-1/#comment-1284 Louis Tue, 19 Oct 2010 02:54:07 +0000 http://www.streetmusician.co.uk/streetmusician3/?p=455#comment-1284 I have never gone out busking but I have been considering trying it. it cant be bad to make a little money and get a free lunch in the process I have never gone out busking but I have been considering trying it. it cant be bad to make a little money and get a free lunch in the process

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