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Kevin
10-07-2006, 02:33 PM
So I went to work today, i knew i only had one student but i tend to get more guitar practise done there. the guy didn't show up, so for 2 hours i played outside a cafe downstairs, and made a cool $2! :cool:

i used to play there years ago, the best i did was $30 in an hour, but that 2 hours of practise was great.

a friend of mine busks on the guitar with an old guy who plays the didgeridoo, they do pretty well for themselves

have you guys even thrown yourself at the publics mercy while playing music?
Neo
10-07-2006, 02:56 PM
I made 65 cents at a train station once! We missed the train on the way to band practice so I decided to whip out my guitar and some guy walked passed and tried to chuck a handfull of change into my guitar case, but he missed and it went all over the floor haha :p
Disease
10-07-2006, 02:57 PM
Haha, $1 an hour. Top notch.

I've never been a busker myself. It's a bit too much trouble to get a piano out in the street..
Neo
10-07-2006, 03:02 PM
Haha, $1 an hour. Top notch.

I've never been a busker myself. It's a bit too much trouble to get a piano out in the street..

you could play one of those piano-y thingys that you wear a like a guitar I forget what they are called. Justin Hawkins plays one in the Girlfriend film clip.
Kevin
10-07-2006, 03:14 PM
you could play one of those piano-y thingys that you wear a like a guitar I forget what they are called. Justin Hawkins plays one in the Girlfriend film clip.

piano accordion?
i've got one here, i just googled how to play it, and it came up with a jokes page
http://www.accordionpage.com/jokes.html

"A man parks his car in a rough part of town with two accordions on the back seat, forgetting to lock the back door.

When he returns, there are three accordions. " hehehe
Sammas
10-07-2006, 03:20 PM
One of my mates younger brothers is a crazy jazz trumpet player. At the age of 16. He has funded a trip to Cuba for 3months purely off busking. A day at darling harbour could make him $300, thats how good he is.

I am immensely jealous of his talents.
Disease
10-07-2006, 03:37 PM
piano accordion?
i've got one here, i just googled how to play it, and it came up with a jokes page
http://www.accordionpage.com/jokes.html

I think Neo was probably referring to one of these:

http://www.musik-service.de/images/ProduX/395307831j00.jpg

Either way, I hate keyboards. I'm a pianist. Not a keyboardist.
Kevin
10-07-2006, 03:56 PM
I'm a pianist
*snicker* :p
Erin
10-07-2006, 04:03 PM
there's a few pianists here on this forum.
BenPresland
10-07-2006, 04:19 PM
How much are permits for busking?
Kevin
10-07-2006, 05:01 PM
How much are permits for busking?

i was on private property, so i didn't need a permit.

might want to ask your local council if you need one
Fritz
10-07-2006, 05:10 PM
around $20
WHITE FALCON
10-07-2006, 09:25 PM
but they are really hard to get for like queen st mall or something.
_jimmy_
10-08-2006, 01:43 AM
how many here have busked? i busked at my school once,got 5 bucks out of it!
hillaas
10-08-2006, 01:54 AM
Some busking permits are for free I think. It depends where you are i think.
Fritz
10-08-2006, 02:15 AM
dunno if its different outside NSW but in NSW a buskers lisence is $20 and you can busk anywhere
hillaas
10-08-2006, 02:29 AM
I think (but i'm not sure) that in the city in Melbourne, all you have to do is get like a one day liscence and its for free.
Julian
10-08-2006, 03:08 AM
I remember somewhere that they started auditioning some people for places
Kylie eats dugong for tea
10-08-2006, 01:51 PM
I know a dude who apparently can make $1000 in one night...for brisbane people, drumming dude near the sunbar in the valley.
WHITE FALCON
10-08-2006, 02:21 PM
well apparantly you have to go an audition to the council people (brisbane)
and its fairly hard to get one unless your like an aboriginal guy playing didgerydoo, a blind guy with a dog playing saxphone or that awesome guy who does the crazy paintings with spray cans!

thats a few i can think of and they are mostly pretty awesome
tanguyen
10-08-2006, 08:12 PM
Do you need a permit for every person if you were in a band or dance troupe?
Kevin
10-08-2006, 08:17 PM
i would think that when you go to get the permit you would have to say what you do, so they would issue one permit for your whole dance troupe
Neo
10-10-2006, 01:35 PM
I think Neo was probably referring to one of these:

http://www.musik-service.de/images/ProduX/395307831j00.jpg

Either way, I hate keyboards. I'm a pianist. Not a keyboardist.
That's the one!