Diary Of A Busker Day 12 Monday December 20th Winchester High Street (opposite WH Smiths) Time: 2:20 – 3:10pm. I wasn’t going to go out because of the snow, but you never know with this busking lark what’s going to happen. Turned out to be not bad at all, money-wise – £16.80 is a record profit, and for under an… Read more →
Month: January 2011
Diary Of A Busker ~ Day 11
Diary Of A Busker Day 11 Friday December 17th Winchester High Street (opposite WH Smiths) Time: 11:40 – 1:05pm. The coldest day yet and I wasn’t looking forward to playing at all. But as it turned out, I was touched by the hand of human kindness. Half an hour into my session, with fingers so cold I couldn’t feel the… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker ~ Day 10
Diary Of A Busker Day 10 Wednesday December 15th Winchester High Street (20 yards down from WH Smiths) Time: 1:20 – 3:10pm. Another 1 1/2 hour session, as I seemed to have more than the usual amount of people coming up and being friendly, dispensing humbling comments, usually concerning The Third Man arrangement. The trouble is, I’m finding it hard… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker ~ Day 9
Diary Of A Busker Day 9 Tuesday December 14th Winchester High Street opposite WH Smiths. Time: 12:10 – 1:50pm. Another cold day – no sun at all. Very difficult to play more than 10 minutes and lost concentration several times – don’t know if it was to do with the cold or my general mental state! Took a long time… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker ~ Day 8
Diary Of A Busker Day 8 Monday December 13th Winchester High Street (opposite WH Smiths) Time: 12:20 – 1:20pm. A very cold day – I thought I’d get there earlier than Friday – to get it over and done with! The sun was obviously not going to make an appearance during MY appearance, and a drop of even 2 degrees made… Read more →
Diary Of A Busker ~ Day 7
Diary Of A Busker Day 7 December 10th Winchester High Street, opposite WH Smiths.Time: 2:20 – 3:20pm After a month of no busking, I decided to start again today. This was due partly to hearing a very loud noise, which turned out to be a guy playing an electric guitar over a taped backing band. I could hear him from… Read more →