Life as a Full Time Busker: Pros and Cons

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[Itsmedeliciousdee]

I just wanted to take a moment and say you are an absolutely fantastic human being. Your view on life, the gratitude you show, and how hard you work to spread a positive message is incredible. As a fellow full time busker for over a year, who travels around the UK finding new spots, not only do I find your content so useful, but it resonates so much with how you perceive your situation and why we do what we do. Your attitude towards busking is the perfect way to view it, as a way to spread so much happiness, connect with strangers in such a beautiful way and work on ourselves as musicians and as humans. It teaches so many lessons in the goodness of people and to show gratitude to the world.

I look at myself as a very positive person and eternally grateful to be able to do something I love every day and earn a living from it, but there have been inevitable days that I struggle to find the motivation to get myself out and busk. Then after watching a video of yours, I’ve been inspired all over again and found that kick I needed to go out there spread some smiles.

I appreciate your content incredibly. Keep inspiring people, putting in the hard work, and spreading busking as one of the most amazing things a musician can do at any point in their career.

I hope to run into you one day on the streets buddy :)

[SomeRandomPunk]

Busking takes nothing but pure grinding. You need to work for hours to make money.
Plus transport and moving spots and pitches. There are so many talented musicians who can’t make money due to the at times corrupted music industry your a hard worker ARP. you deserve some credit. Keep it up

[anonymouse]

You are not unemployed, you're self-employed - a one-man company.

[SamanthaKristoferson]

Rad! Street musicians are the unexpected surprise in an otherwise mundane day! 🎉

[brianjones]

Sir this video is just amazingly positive and brilliantly produced ! Full Power Truth on this thing we call Busking ! I am not surprised your radiant music and smile gives you and people around you a Brighter day.... and this is and should always be the real reason why anyone should want to pick up an instrument and sing a song to others ! Keep On Crushing it August "Rush" Radio.! Might be nice to organise some Buskers Guild and have people send in a recorded song and then organise some venue where the say, 20 best judged songs are put on somwhere fancy ! Could be a nice source of video content for your channel and increase connection treaffic ! Your channel and its Life message deserves to be truly rewarded and given exposure !

[SunnyHomeVideos]

Great video. What Spotify is doing to musicians is absolutely criminal. The series The Playlist does a good job exposing it. Busking allows musicians to make money directly from the people with no middle man.

[alandmcleod]

Yes, you are a very accomplished musician and a very accomplished person at such a young age. This will hold you in good stead for the rest of your life

[AlisaMarie]

You’re spot on about it being a rehearsal, my busking tunes are now my best!

[embergher]

From The Great White Sharks of busking, The Iron Boot Scrapers, I have to agree with what you say; mainly that busking has made me a 'Free man' and that's the most important. However, it is a precarious life. Like all things some win and some lose. Here's to luck!

[JeffreySwanson-or]

You hit it on the head kiddo the weather is the only thing that stops me. Sometimes I'll play three shows a day in different locations. Sometimes only one show due to the weather. You can't get frustrated you just have to keep going and sometimes I'll play at a place where I make five bucks or nothing and then the next day I'll make 50 or $60 so you have to just be patient and keep going I averaged probably 600 a week. I've toured with big bands before and we I never made that much. If we open for a headline in show we usually got about 200 bucks a piece but it was very rare. Busting your own boss and you have people that will give you crap but most of the time people are pretty cool. Usually the ones that give you crap are another one that a musician or something or just some grouchy old lady. Keep jamming bro thumbs up

[marshlanderdumarais]

Another excellent video thanks. I have never earned anything like your income, but I consider my busking to be a paid rehearsal. I love it.

[cantoneaston]

Glad someone covered the most effective way to make sure your music and rehearsal are merging. Without the hassle of a regimented hierarchy of the conventional mindset of a commercial record company that doesn't fathom what a real artist is. That narrative you explain is what we need to inspire the lives and LIVELIHOODS of our Musician and songwriting brotherhood. After more than 40 years of busking the best description I've encountered is in this lecture video you have above. Awesome Ray Sunshine...world famous

[elliotminorart]

Love this thanks so much ARP 🙏 we only live once so best embrace in the things that excite us and bring us fulfilment - guess it’s whatever floats ur boat! 😄

[BlackRaven]

You give me so much hope! Thank you! I'm going to busk soon!

[brendodorset]

wow. what a lovely video. very encouraging for beginners and experienced alike.

[JeffreySwanson-or]

Thank you for restoring my faith cuz I was getting a little frustrated I appreciate it kiddo. Some people think it's panhandling it's not your providing a service you're exactly correct. Some police don't even know that fact. Some police will say you can't do that here yes I can. But they really don't know the law. Anyway thank you for the video you've restored my faith

[dariolombardo]

Love your videos brother, very good vibes! God bless you 🎉

[arran]

Brother thank you for the well presented and to the point information on this world/profession. I’m a guitarist and multi genre producer of 13 years, got a crazy mishmash of music performance and disciplines in my background and I’ve been struggling with the grind crushing me for so long. I recently got completely exploited and conned by a bar which I managed that stopped paying me then closed shop and ran away without paying me and my team a months wages. It’s been financially brutal but a wake up call to the fact that as you’ve said here, I’m just putting my passion on the back burner because I haven’t thought outside the box enough. All for the sake of people who don’t care about any of us in the least too. In researching busking, I’ve watched a few of your videos and they’ve been thoroughly informative and have encouraged me to have a good crack at creating an atmospheric live loop street performance as I was thinking about doing earlier tonight! Your point on free rehearsal really resonates in particular and just having agency over my own path. Lots of love from Glasgow

[Treis_Piao]

You are amazing mate. Thank you for your contribution to the musical world. I will try it 👏👏👏👍

[AAA-ctpv]

Thank you for this video it was very helpful I’ll take ur advice and try to start busking and give it a a go