Author: Marvin

Day 2198 Wednesday July 19th 2023 Southampton, Above Bar Street It was high time I laid the ghost of my horrendous busking debut in Southampton to rest. After all, 13 years is a long time to carry something like that around with you. It’s now time to find out if it was the town that was crap or just me… Read more →

    Day 2194 Saturday July 15th 2023 The Buttercross, Winchester High Street I stupidly windy day, so much I have to keep my right foot on the end of the case so it doesn’t blow away, which means I have to lean forward a bit, resulting in some musical casualties such as Cavatina, which breaks down because I’m concentrating… Read more →

Day 2184 Thursday June 29th 2023 Chichester   There’s a police van with a table of leaflets in front of The Cross and a singer/strummer up North Street so I’ve got no choice in the matter. East Street it is – and very rare for me to start up there. I’m beset with technical gremlins; the amp keeps going silent… Read more →

  Day 2179 Thursday June 22nd 2023 Salisbury In the morning, I saw a video put up by a young strummer, about his busking day in Salisbury. He played around three hours, made over £100 and said the people were really friendly so I thought I’d give it a go. In fact, the train ticket’s the same price as Reading… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 274 Saturday, August 25th Winchester High Street (1. opposite Oxfam, Time: 1:24-2:40pm, 2. opposite Bellis, Time: 3:14-4:11pm, 3. opposite Oxfam, Time: 4:28-5:28pm). It’s gone back to like it was a couple of months ago – mainly rain, either pouring down or drizzling, so I set up next to the disused Gospel Hall doorway, just in… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 199 Tuesday February 21st Winchester High Street (opposite Bellis, Time: 1-2:10pm, 2. corner of Marks And Spencer, Time: 3:05-4:12pm). My polite regular, Ian, stands nearby and waits untill I’ve finished my capo-on-second-fret songs, namely Can’t Help Falling In Love and Over The Rainbow, then, stroking his chin, in thought and saying(?) “Hmm…”, carries on –… Read more →