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04-19-2019, 04:11 AM
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I tried busking for the first time yesterday...
...Without amplification and failed.
First lesson. If youre going to play on the streets without any amplification forget about fingerplay. It's bom-chicka-bom with a plectrum or go home. Second lesson. Forget about any nuances in your singing. It's foghorn a la Brian johnson. I wasn't prepard for that. I didn't have the songs for it. And I don't sing like that. I'm used to smaller rooms and/or microphones. I wanted to go home in the midde of my first song but stuck it out to six songs (had planned to do eleven...so I'm a quitter to). It's back to the drawing board... Happy eastern everyone! 
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04-19-2019, 05:59 AM
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Knowing what you did wrong, and know your strength and weaknesses half way through the first song I'd say is a win. I'm not a strong singer either, and always need amplification, it is what it is. Everybody get's their aZZ handed to them, and it's usually in the beginning too, it's all in your mind, get through it and have fun and do it again. Get all Jim Dandy on them next time!
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04-19-2019, 07:14 AM
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This, to me, is a real lesson about performing. The seed of performing is about getting attention from people that have no reason to give you attention. The ultimate achievement goal to solidify success would be how much money one can draw from it. The original buskers played any kind of music the crowed responded to. It was all about the response not the music. Put another way it was about the audience. Now days there is an over abundance of performing musicians that perform for themselves. Being as it's about them often it isn't that entertaining.
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04-19-2019, 07:26 AM
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Even in a quiet location, I can't imagine a finger-player/soft singer doing well. In a city these days - forget it. If your goal is to just play outside and MAYBE have people listen, then find a quiet park. If the goal is to make a few $$, you've got to change your songs/style AND get an amp.
I busked unplugged back in the summer of 1980 (no battery amps back then) - it's a real lesson, that's for sure.
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04-19-2019, 08:14 AM
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Your post shows you learned some things. No failure here. A bump in the road. It is only failure if you quit. I have heard/seen many buskers. I do not think it is necessary to amplify most of the time. Keep in mind that your audience will be close. Those that stop to listen should not be any great distance from you. It is not a concert. Most of them are not looking to be critical. If you are musical and give a good effort, that is all any one should expect. I do agree about how you play. Strumming, flat picking may be best. Chose songs that many people would know. Up beat tunes. Fun tunes. Keep it simple Laugh, have fun. Don't take it too seriously. Best to not be political. You are only under obligation to yourself. Don't be hard on yourself. It is not an easy thing to do. There are probably folks that envy you and wish they were brave enough to give it a go.
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