I live in Scotland, in a town right next to Glasgow.. and Sauchiehall Street (a narrow, shallow sloped strip, jam packed with commuters) is quite well known around here for being 'Busktown'.
There's usually 5-7 acts on at a time spread down this shallow slope of a street and I figure me and my buddy (and possibly someone else) could set up a nice little jam and play some songs ranging from popular new rock/acoustic music to older more classic rock and acoustic records.
The question is.. do you think it's worth it? It's really hard to find g igs around here and besides the internet and harassing radio studios, this is the only way we can get some exposure as a group.
I have a laaarge following (8000+ subscribers for MW2 Gameplay vids) on YouTube where I could promote the music too and possibly direct them to a Youtube channel with videos or recordings of our music.
So yeah, should we busk or not? I could get someone to (very professionally) record our performances as examples of us 'on the spot' or 'live', I guess.
What have you got to lose?
Go for it, and let us know how things go
FP supports a bro
I think you have already answered your question. If it's hard to get gigs, and you want exposure, then busking is the next best thing to actually having a show. It's better than just sitting so do it.
[QUOTE=LasGunz;18877459]I live in Scotland, in a town right next to Glasgow.. and Sauchiehall Street (a narrow, shallow sloped strip, jam packed with commuters) is quite well known around here for being 'Busktown'.
There's usually 5-7 acts on at a time spread down this shallow slope of a street and I figure me and my buddy (and possibly someone else) could set up a nice little jam and play some songs ranging from popular new rock/acoustic music to older more classic rock and acoustic records.
The question is.. do you think it's worth it? It's really hard to find g igs around here and besides the internet and harassing radio studios, this is the only way we can get some exposure as a group.
I have a laaarge following (8000+ subscribers for MW2 Gameplay vids) on YouTube where I could promote the music too and possibly direct them to a Youtube channel with videos or recordings of our music.
So yeah, should we busk or not? I could get someone to (very professionally) record our performances as examples of us 'on the spot' or 'live', I guess.[/QUOTE]
I go to Sauchiehall street all the time! I might see you sometime haha. I say go for it, nothing to lose.
[QUOTE=nos217;18879542]I go to Sauchiehall street all the time! I might see you sometime haha. I say go for it, nothing to lose.[/QUOTE]
Look for an average ginger kid, a pretty sick acoustic guitar player and possible someone banging a few drums and shout 'YO LASGUNZZZZZ' and I'll be like 'what?' because I pretend I don't have a whole 2nd life on the internet.
Haha alright :D. When do you start busking?
[QUOTE=nos217;18885689]Haha alright :D. When do you start busking?[/QUOTE]
Dunno, we're still kinda learning what songs we wanna play regularly and writing a list of songs we can swap around with older ones etc.
Play Nothing Else Matters by Metallica!
No! For Whom! FOR WHOM!
Good Mourning/Black Friday!
Slayer - Raining Blood (Acoustic)
[QUOTE=Andy-;18898735]Slayer - Raining Blood (Acoustic)[/QUOTE]
this. do this.
DUN DUN DUN DUN dling dling dling, dling dling dling , dling dling dliiing
DUN DUN DUN DUN dling dling dling, dling dling dling, dling dling dliiing
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seriously though you should do it. People really have no idea what a goldmine busking is, on a good day you can get like £100 if you do it all day.
Do busking arrangements of cheesey music, everyone loves cheesey music that reminds them of when they were younger.
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