Tag: The Stargazer’s Symphonium

Diary Of A Busker Day 294

Diary Of A Busker Day 294 Monday October 8th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 1:57-3:01pm, 2. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 3:24-4:30pmAnother day of drizzle. It seems every time I’m at this end of the street, Walter turns up, on cue, almost like he’s lurking somewhere, waiting for me. He’s here again, with his “Same old song”, which is… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 292

Diary Of A Busker Day 292 Thursday October 4th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Bellis, Time: 1:49-3:05pmA man who I’ve seen a couple of times before asks if I can play Mr. Tambourine Man, as he says he’s heard me play it before. I tell him he must be thinking of someone else. I know the song but I… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 291

Diary Of A Busker Day 291 Wednesday October 3rd 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 12:50-1:56pm, 2. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 2:36-3:43pm I’ve barely finished the first song when I notice someone’s turned on some music in a shop across the road; not loud enough to drown me out but loud enough that I can hear it behind my… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 290

Diary Of A Busker Day 290 Saturday September 29th 2012 London, In front of The Coach And Horses public house, Greenwich Indoor Market, Time: 1:35-3:03pm, 4:35-6:03pm I’m back outside the same pub I was outside in January last year, just after I started busking, and again at the invitation of Gary, who’s asked me to play  at the nearby Ben… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 289

Diary Of A Busker Day 289 Thursday September 27th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Vodafone, Time: 2:33-4:03pm, 2. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 4:32-5:10pmA good hour and a half at the crossroads and I manage to do the whole repertoire without repeating anything, although I had an embarrassing moment – a very long moment – during As Time Goes By, when… Read more →

Diary Of A Busker Day 288

Diary Of A Busker Day 288 Wednesday September 26th 2012 Winchester High Street 1. Opposite Bellis, Time: 1:45-2:54pm, 2. Opposite Oxfam, Time: 3:04-4:15pmIt’s been raining pretty much all day every day since I last went out but it’s cleared up today…for a bit…I hope. I get through two songs, then most of Here Comes The Sun, then it rains so… Read more →