Busking in Gloucester (Bad Weather vs. Busker!)
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Yes rain is a huge enemy of buskers..i guess that's why i played in Italy and Spain so many years!
Haha good tactic - go where there’s less rain!! 😃🤙🏻☔️🤣
If you ever busk in Cheltenham reply with the date and I will with out a doubt come and watch. See during race week we made £630! One tremendous evening I will never forget. Also I saw the saxophonist too!!
That’s awesome!! I was actually going to head the Cheltenham the day after I went to Gloucester but was so exhausted from doing the musical that I had the day off instead 🤣 but that means I will without a doubt be returning!! I will be sure to let you know 😃🙌🏻
I live in Gloucester and thinking about starting busking this was soooo helpful you don't understand ❤❤❤❤
That’s so awesome to hear 😃 it’s exactly why I make these videos so I’m stoked it’s helped! 🙌🏻
Appreciate your insights and conclusions at the end of the vid! Just started busking and it really does feel like such a blessing :)
Thank you so much 😃 I appreciate the comment 🙌🏻 awesome you’ve started busking! It really is magic! 😊
Hey I got my start In Gloucester (my then home town) busking at 17 when I lost my job ,I was in a band at time, Fire Clowns , I like your content I've been busking again recently as I cant do my day job for health reasons in Rugby (my now home town) you should visit here if you haven't ,it has good pedestrian area and I don't see many buskers in the week!
That’s rad dude!! Glad Busking helped them and seems it’s helping now 😃🙌🏻 I’ll definitely pass through Rugby at some point - maybe even soon as I’ll be staying that way in a few weeks time. ✌🏻 I appreciate the kind words too!
What if you rig a giant umbrella over your gear and one connected on the mic stand for days it looks rainy? a diy double brellie set up I think would do! unless its pouring then its break time in the cafe 😅☔ play a set in a poncho! bring a less expensive acoustic for rainy days...maybe set up under an overhang from a shop, you probably done that 🤠 but bring a rain poncho to whip on fast! that's how we do it in Denmark ☺🎸 mate, set 2 you made Boston tips! oiii! ya you had alot on your plate between weather and the musical late nights, best to just recharge your energy in the day and busk close to Brighton with the night gigs. And enjoy that 🌤 ya go back on a sunny day! cheers mate!
Haha! I love it! Some kind of DIY market tent?! I’ve actually seen somebody with the umbrella set up - I guess the problem is that the foot traffic still has to deal with the rain 🤣🙈☔️🤷♂️ what we need is for council’s to create ‘rainy day busking pitches’ that have a marquee or something? Maybe something I’ll think about when the channel is bigger… 🧐😃 appreciate the support so much and all the kind words 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
@@AugustRadioProject there is a marquee in strathaven
I busked in Gloucester one Saturday after the Cheltenham races and had an amazing busk but was also caught out in the rain and hail 😆
That’s rad!! With the piano? 😃🙌🏻 busking in the hail is a new beast all together 🤣
@@AugustRadioProject the piano came along haha luckily m&s had a huge canopy so I hid under that 😅 we have now got a big fishing umbrella 🌂
Awesome…Keep up the stoke!
Thank you dude 🔥😃🙌🏻
And this is exactly the style i love, if you can keep this up and leave one or 2 full performances (the best preferably ;-)) i wil be wacthing your video's for as long as you keep making them. Thank you for being my source of lunchtime entertainment.
That’s so rad to hear!! I can definitely add in a full song (the best one too 😂) but glad these videos are resonating and inspiring people to follow the journey!! I appreciate the kind words my friend!
OhMate you are simply the best Busker channel on TH-cam thats for sure, just think about that ! I have never been to Glouscester, but i reckon good advice would be to go on a day where the sun is shining and the birds whistling along to one of your songs ! That said " care for a sniff of Solvent to lift your spirits !!! " Love you, your songs and this channel , keep on keeping on Brother !
Thank you so much my dude!! This means so much 😃 can’t help but beam with smiles at these comments 🙌🏻 the day would definitely have been better in the sunshine - the weather we’ve got on the Sussex coast at the moment is prime busking weather! I appreciate the support Brian! 🧡
@@AugustRadioProject Ah so you see , the sun is back and ready for a song !! I live in the Canaries its so hot you cannot even think about playing until at least 7pm .... its just too hot, well at least for this old codger !!
Can't believe you were on my home turf and we didn't get to meet up! or see you play. Ironically I was in Bristol that day, next time buddy, next time. ps awesome as ever. keep going dude.
Thank you dude! I will get better at making announcements of where I’m going for the future! 😃 what’s awesome for me is to be at the point where it’s worth announcing where I’ll be so I thank you for that too!! 🙌🏻
@@AugustRadioProject I reckon you're already there matey, announce away! folks will come watch, maybe bring a pal or too (hey even some nice tips!!) And if you ever do Gloucester again you need to head to where the nicer affluent folks are, more towards the Quays area, where there is also a large outlet (indoors, for the rain!)
Lovely video ! Keep going August ! :)
Thank you thank you Badabrax!! 😃🙌🏻
Come do a set with me in Wolverhampton then ;)
I've done Gloucester a few times, day busking there isn't particularly special most pubs shops are run down and the town has gone downhill in the past 5years, I hate the main road because its on a slant, so you feel like your gonna slowly roll downhill performing, however if you busk a Friday or Saturday night under the big bridge at the end of the strip, there is some good money to be made there.
That’s awesome advice dude!! It did feel a little run down on some streets. A lot of these high streets need a musician to brighten them up… especially in these times! Overall I felt it was a pretty nice vibe 🙌🏻 I will definitely be coming to wolves at some point. I’d like to do a little midlands tour - Birmingham, Coventry, Wolves… I’ll let you know when I’m heading that way 🙌🏻😃
@@AugustRadioProject Coventry is hit and miss. Mainly cause you can busk both in the city limits but also in the shopping centre on the outskirts.
Birmingham is pretty solid. But you definitely need an amplified set up to compete, so I don't play there anymore.
Wolves is great for me. But it's my home city too. So that helps a great deal. They have specific regulations but as and when you head up here. I'll send you a copy of the spot timetable.
Peace. Good weather for busking today. Rain then until the weekend so gotta try and maximise profit while it's sunny eh. Take care man.
Have you ever busked without an amp? How did that go? Also, when it comes to busking, do you think it's better to get an electro-acoustic guitar, or is it simple enough to add a pickup or whatever to an acoustic guitar?
I have only busked without an amp in Germany (where you’re not allowed to use amplification) and it went rather well but I guess nobody has an amp so the public are used to it. 🙌🏻 I’ve yet to try it in a place where amplification is allowed... It’s a video experiment that I intend to do for sure 😊 the beauty of an electro-acoustic is that it’s all been set up correctly and therefore should work with no problems. If installing a pick up or mic into the guitar, just make sure whoever does it knows what they’re doing. I had an acoustic that had a mic installed but it was a weak signal so I didn’t ever use it for non-acoustic stuff! I hope that helps 🎸😃
Great honest video. It's interesting how variable your donations are between locations/days. Gives me encouragement that I'm not doing anything wrong when I don't reach your high totals (I live in hope!).
Do you think donations roughly correlate to the number of people passing by? (you mentioned the second spot was quieter).
Love the bit at the end about the message. That would have made my day.
what do you consider a high total ? when I started out doing this busking life, I used to think £40 in a day was good going, but then again this was over a decade ago. now I find averaging on £20ph is good enough for me, so I just work 2 hours a day.
(Just curious to what other peoples standards are or expectations)
@@TheAshCooper Hi Ash, Well I know ARP seems to make over £100 in a day quite often. His average (depending on how you calculate it) seems to be £20 - £40 per hour of busking. That is way more than I've made, but I'm relatively new to this. Before I started, I read in a blog that £8 - £16 per hour was about average for the UK. Now, inspired by ARP I'm going to see if I can increase my average this year (I'm just collecting for charity). In one of ARP's videos there is a guy who left a comment that he made $900 in a day (in the USA)!
@@philc8622 most I ever earn was £350 in 3hours. Stratford upon Avon in the 6week hols.
@@TheAshCooper Wow, impressive. Lots of American tourists there. They seem to be bigger tippers. What stuff were you playing? What percentage of the £350 was notes?
@@philc8622 probably a third.
It depends where u are. In wolves usually pounds and 50ps make my cash.
I’m wondering if you make more money when you busk in bad weather
Potentially… there’s definitely something to be said for the sympathy and also respect you get from strangers who see you braving the weather. Also there’s more to ‘cheer up’ when weather is bad! 😃🙌🏻
@@AugustRadioProject good point
today i tried busk outside Scotland M&Ds, it was dry as ice
Thanks for another entertainming and interesting video🫶🏼 Love that you made that guys day💕