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The Busker's Handbook: A Survival Guide For The Urban Musician
http://buskershandbook.wordpress.com/
A (satirical) handbook for buskers. How to become one and why not to become one.
- Added on: Jul 19th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: buskerstef
- Listed in: Musicians and Bands Music Industry
- Tags: humour folk busking handbook street performers
Recent Posts
Busking With Your Own Songs (And Why You Probably Shouldn’t)
Well you know I don’t encourage singing your own songs. The obvious reasons are: 1. People tend to pay more easily when they hear a song they know. 2. A million great songs have already been written, so there’s no use to add mediocre ones. 3. You...
The Future of Busking
Since there is scientific proof that buskers will be some of the sole survivors of the Apocalyps (see one of my earlier posts), logic tells us Buskers will still be around in the future. Buskers will slowly evolve of course (though not as fast as the...
ONCE: a busker movie
I recently saw the movie “ONCE”, starring Glen Hansard as a busker on the streets of Dublin. Quite nice. I’m glad I hadn’t read the plot description on imdb.com first, because it sounds a bit chickflicky: “A modern-day m...
Buskers vs Muzak
Everybody hates muzak or elevator music, so I came up with an alternative: why not trade this awful excuse for music for real live artists? Wouldn’t it be great if you called a helpdesk, knowing you will have to “hold on for a few minutes” (hel...
Breaking News (That I Already Warned You About)
Here’s an article from The Washington Post. Apparently these guys thought they weren’t annoying enough simply busking. They had a repetoire of exactly two songs, the kept playing over and over again. You would think they got the hang of i...
The Busker’s Nemeses Part II: What Else Lurks On The Street?
Mother and child beggars: they seem harmless sitting crouched on the pavement with a sleeping baby in their arms. Shaking a worn hand and mumbling something in a foreign language. They usually have a cardboard sign with intentionally bad spelling (un...
