Busking for a living!

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Well busking seems to be not-so-bad after all! I must say that the Oxford crowd are much more enthusiastic than the one in the London tube- especially seeing as they are all drunk and happy! 😊 (It was the weekend). I busked for 2 nights in total and a little during the day and made a grand total of £100, which paid for all my accommodation, food and I still have £20 more in my wallet than when I came here!

I managed to sneak back into the youth-hostel during the wee-earlies and sleep on the floor the night I was 'living' on the mound (hey, I was alive and I was on the mound! That constitutes "living"! :P) They didn't seem to have a problem with it- which was good, seeing as it was either that or the homeless shelter! :S (Or the Oxford Hilton for £100 a night?? I don't think so!!)

Heading to the Cotswolds today to meet Alaya's auntie and Alaya will be arriving tomorrow (with Ash, I assume? Although 'm never sure what that old boy is doing! 😊 I've just had a response from a HelpExchange (cheers dad) in Oxfordshire, so I might give that a go for a few days/weeks/whatever before headng to Edinburgh. I WILL get to Edinburgh! If it's the last thing I do!

What can I say? I love busking! (Although my finger hurts from RSI 😞 and Lila had tuning issues for a while until I found a nice gentleman with a screwdriver)

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Photos

The Little Busking Man
With the little busking "Guitar!", "Banjo!", "Violin!", "MANdolin!".....
It's a UKULELE YOU FOOLS!"

Random Fan Club
When busking in Oxford gangs of drunken students surround you and start singing along at the top of their lungs and throwing £5 notes in your case...

Random Minxes
...and beautiful women appear out of nowhere and decide to kiss you for no apparent reason! (They just ran out from behind the corner and pashed me! Without warning! Then they ran away! :P ) Right on! :)

Random Card Trick Man
Then this random man came and did card tricks for me. They were bloody good! A regular David Copperfield!

Comments

[alaya]

mmm
looking a bit rough there!!!! ;)

[alaya]

ash following the crowd?? not likely
hey man cool to see the world isnt such a hard place and there is alwayas ups ( as we can all see with random beauties ) and close on ups (homelessness ) but never downs hey! im off to Swanmere now where i can pursue my lifes ambition to be the worlds best apple forklifter! im gonna show those apples good!, hopefull for a wile enough to get myself a van then pack off and live out of it for the next......... while up in scotland ( mabe) but who knows what tomorro brings! see ya soon love ash

[lyn]

hi from broome. i bet its warmer here. hope all is good with you. luv me,

[Gracie]

Busking fee
Hi Dude, great to see another happy man, i am a busker also, i sing all my own songs to backing tracks on my Carlsbro 50 watt, and sell my c/ds, do i have to have to pay the council to busk and sell my c/ds in Oxford ? you can go to my website at www.graciethewanderer.co.uk or email me at [e-mail], it would be great if you can give me some info. stay FREE its the only way to be GRACIE

[jib/nathan]

pay!?
mate dont ask the council if you have to pay! i busk and wouldnt dream of giving the shitty council more money to waste! if they stopped me id whistle if they stopped that id dance and if that got stopped id walk in time music cannot die! oxford is great for buskers i used to play with a great japanese bassist called kazuya, solo or sometimes gypsy jazz rythym for asheesh used to play anything from kylie to the kinks to slayer and metalica! to improvisations we also enjoyed just changing the musical style of the song