Busking 20 pounds per hour

BadBrad

if you can strum out a few chords on the guitar and sing a reasonable song i think the pay rate for busking aint too bad.
i've not tryed it myself although i do play and sing, and have been in bands, trio's, duo's and played solo at many a pub and w/m club.

i remember a friend telling me (about twenty years ago) that it nearly always worked out to ten pounds an hour when he went busking with his guitar and singing, so i would imagine that would have at leased doubled to twenty pounds now, he used to busk around the London tube stations, there maybe restricions now with regard to the stations, and i think i heard somewhere that you need a licence to busk in Londons covent garden but thats a very well known place for buskers of all sorts, juglers etc.
well i may try it one day out of curiousity - just another idea.

BadBrad

FabSascha

I did it when I was much younger and it was the best hourly rate I've ever made to date. The key to make it legal is to not ask anyone for money and just leave an obvious hat/tin/guitar case out and hope that you're good enough to attract people who are willing to drop a few quid in. It's good fun, although you need a decent amount of songs to work through as you don't want to be there for 5 hours singing the same five songs over and over again! Lastly, I always made more money in the less popular areas rather than the main stations as they're too competitive. I usually found a subway near a station and pitched there - the added bonus being that the acoustics were really good. Would be interesting to hear how people do!

bluenoseam

http://www.londonlogue.com/travel-tips/random-stuff/busking-on-london-transport.html

I know when i was in school there was a series of books called The Buskers Bible - a ton of tabs/music with "popular" tracks covering all the bases, might be a wise investment. myself i hear far too many buskers who can't even get the basics right (i.e. tune a frikin guitar!), but every once in a while you'll find a good one who's a missed talent of the Cowell generation

olias

You don't have to be good! My local one only knows 1 tune and plays it over and over and over and over on an accordion:mad: It drives me mental, however, everytime I look in his hat, he looks to have at least £30 in it.

Olias

savemoney

I bet shop owners love home too


In my town they got rid of one such busker that did that. I think they operate a licence now and cctv monitor main streets to move them on

olias wrote: »

You don't have to be good! My local one only knows 1 tune and plays it over and over and over and over on an accordion:mad: It drives me mental, however, everytime I look in his hat, he looks to have at least £30 in it.

Olias

NorthernNutter

In trying to encourage my daughter to carry on with music lessons, I suggested that she have a go at busking.

I'm not saying where it was, but the city centre was heaving with people for a big event. It took a good hour to motivate her and to find the ideal spot. She apprehensively got out her cornet and played Christmas carols. The big hit that had stacks of people off loading their change was, 'Away in a manger'!

At 11 years old she had some serious cuteness factor and pulled in over £41 in one hour. We did it again for half an hour another time, she played for something like 20 minutes and was given £16!!!

All that extra money for her piggy bank was an amazing surprise blessing, but the best thing for her was it that was one massive boost to her confidence!!!

texranger

most local authorities require buskers to be licenced and they have buskers spots, where they will licence you to use a particular spot on specific days.

Gazing_On_Sunsets

We busked a few years ago, a mate had a chat with the market inspector/council and as long as we didn't obstruct anywhere, and we moved on if asked, it was fine - this was run up to Xmas and we were singing carols.

THree of us. We made about £1.30 each.

It was cold, too.