Busking 4 FREEDOM

again...first warm day this year...

Today, in Bloomington, Indiana the temperature reached the high seventies during the afternoon, so I packed some song sheets to work on, my trusty star shaped box and headed for Kirkwood Avenue...playing and singing at both the corner of Grant and Kirkwood, across from our county library, and the Sample Gate entrance to the Indiana University campus...I was happy to discover several of my favorite covers were still intact in my memory, and 3 of my own songs also could be rendered without any "crib" sheet...It's good to here that jingly-jangly sound of Dunlop pick on bronze and steel strings backed by the mahogany wood of my old Gibson 6-string...

Neil's Blog

Here's a chap in Perth, Australia describing what it's like for him...I noticed he's talking about a critical skill for busker(s) shows...how one handles the presence of "regulars" who can be a challenge, especially if one is "pitching" - playing for "meat and potatoes" - I've had my own challenges to meet, reading Neil goes to show how similar folks are all over the world...