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• Buco NOVA, DCDeity Ivanovski maple/spruce

  4:38PM Posts: 5,958

  Making money from busking if of course a real possibility but don't expect to step out on the street and start collecting big bucks. It's going to take a while to become a regular at your spot, build the audience who will become familiar with you and your music and who will need to not only be appreciative of your music but also aware that this is your source of income. It's not so much different than a concert promotion. Except you don't have to worry about selling tickets and finding a space to perform in.

  Remember the story of Joshua Bell? A famous violinist who went busking and made like $30 or something in a few hours at a metro station and that's only because one person recognized him and put in $20 in his case. And there you had this world class player, who sells out concerts all over the world and people were just walking past and some would occasionally throw in dollar or two.

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