Street Performing - for tips and giggles
Street performing can be anything from playing classical music on the violin, to telling jokes accompanied by a tambourine, having a dancing monkey accompany your concertina, etc. I have a musical...
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Not practicing it, boooo on me. I got a guitar case that holds it, then realized the fukking thing is too big to carry easily on the bike .... I need to make a scabbard that fits on my back, like I've...
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My best street performing experience was when me and my roomate went to the downtown of the city I used to live in and he had his accordian and I was dancing, A group of school kids around 9 years old...
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Nothing says Good Times like an accordion. I feel kinda sorry for the st. musicians in Santa Cruz, there are a lot of GOOD ones out there these days, they're kinda crowding out the sucky ones lol....
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Even now entertainment is on a bit of an upswing... that's typical when economic times get hard. People want something to take their minds off it. I'm living in a very small city in which solo gigs...
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I've got the equipment in hand to make some videos with sound which I can then post on youtube. I hope to test it tomorrow morning (but no promises; preparing for the gig and getting late-summer...
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Good luck with that Good Life. 2ndhandband, it'll be cool to check your music out when you get it up there.
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In the future travel will be unusual, you'll discover musicians etc that are local. I travel 100 miles round trip to "perform" by selling my crafts, in the future, and perhaps that future is soon,...
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Gig cancelled due to inclement weather... it was an outdoor event. Can't complain too much... we needed the rain. Will try to get a song posted on youtube tonight. I've never posted anything on...
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I used to dream of putting stuff on YouTube, now that level of tech is so far out of reach, it will not happen. There are often ads posted in Craig's List in "gigs", offering pay to teach someone how...
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I've discovered that youtube is quite easy to use. The problem I am having is that I have a bad DSL filter here at home and as such am having trouble maintaining an uninterrupted connection long...
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I went out to Santa Cruz today and made $85, that's good wages! That's for about 7 hours' work not counting the travel. Unbelieveably good in these Depression times. I'll get out there tomorrow if I...
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Fuck. Me. Running. So I get the video uploaded to youtube. I sit back to watch it... and the goddamned video and audio are WAY out of synch. I think I know what the problem is. I have to re-shoot with...
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Went out to Santa Cruz with materials, spend 4 hours making and 3 hours selling ojo's, these sort of crafts seem to work out to $10 an hour. But it's rough, people are getting poorer and poorer each...
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All right, here it is! Both the audio and video quality suck abysmally, and please excuse my messy house! For those of you who have read Quinn this song is based on the story of Jeffery from My...
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I just came up with the NEATEST handle for the musical saw. Take a Nicholson file handle, at 10-24 panhead screw an inch and a half long or so, some fender washers, and a wing nut. Gob a bunch of J-B...
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OK I got my handle done ...... if you imagine an exploded diagram, it's file handle, fender washer, fender washer, small washer, wing nut, and long 10-24 machine screw, head OUTWARD. Slather inside of...
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Went out and hustled god's eyes yesterday, got there too late, had to spend a couple of hours making 'em, and it was sunday blah blah it sukked. $50 maybe after a total of 7 hours oh well it happens....
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I think you might be able to make more money by just begging.
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That's long been my point, that begging is the most profitable by far. Being a professional beggar is the brightest career field right now. And interestingly, conservative friends of mine say I should...
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