The True Costs of Busking

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Комментарии : 46

@MattScottMusic 8 дней назад

ARP, “it’s dangerous to be making assumptions…“, passerby, “you look like you’re gonna be good before you start”! Cheeky bit of self-deprecating edit humour there! 😂

@AugustRadioProject 7 дней назад

🤣🤣🤣 this happened so perfectly!

@cletussea-ray944 7 дней назад

Awesome…I also always pack my own food / drink. So much cheaper than eating out. Great idea for the spread sheet. Starting right away! Thank u!

@AugustRadioProject 7 дней назад

Yes! It’s a game changer, as is the spreadsheet! 😃🙌🏻

@youngorangee 8 дней назад

dude, I love your videos and positive anergy! Im getting into performing myself and you are helping me a lot

@AugustRadioProject 7 дней назад

Thank you so much! This means a lot! Loving the tunes btw! 😃🙌🏻

@marie-gabriellemarty2689 8 дней назад

Great tips! If you’re flexible with dates/ time spent away from home, I’d recommend pet sitting against accomodation. I’ve stayed in lovely places across Europe, sometimes for 6 weeks straight, and then busk around there. Can be just a long weekend too.

@AugustRadioProject 7 дней назад

This is such a rad idea! I’m gonna have to look into this! 😃🙌🏻

@marie-gabriellemarty2689 7 дней назад

@@AugustRadioProject I use Trusted House Sitters and really recommend them :)

@DaveMorrisonMusic 8 дней назад

How you can hold on to green Tortex pick long enough to wear it out, is beyond me. Yikes! I lose twenty a year. Lately I've been using the blue ones. They don't have square edges like the green. They're beveled. They are as good as the green for accuracy of picking, but sound a little better IMO. And when you hold them lightly, you get a lovely soft sound for quieter strummed passages.

@AugustRadioProject 7 дней назад

Honestly, I’m not too sure either… not too long ago a fellow guitarist saw me out busking and must have caught site of the pick because he insisted o had one of his! 🤣 I’ll have to check out the blues… I appreciate the recommendation! 😃🙌🏻

@helenlizzystewart4908 7 дней назад

Another very good informative video

@AugustRadioProject 7 дней назад

Thank you! I appreciate it 😃🙌🏻

@jacktimerrr 4 дня назад

Hey Ben, it’s Jack here, what a pleasant surprise to meet you and Andre in Kingston today, so unexpected, but finally cool to bump into you in the real world as well. 🎉 a great chat and I look forward to see the next video this upcoming Monday (also to watch your two previous episodes). Let me know if you ever wanna have another guest appearance in a future video, more than happy to join in for that 🎩⏱🎭

@AugustRadioProject 4 дня назад

Yes Jack! So good to meet you yesterday and see you out at it! I'll definitely give you a shout next time I'm headed Kingston/South London way! 😀 🙌

@jacktimerrr День назад

@@AugustRadioProject great mate! I’m excited to watch the video! Kingston this week has been one of the bests for me so far. Fantastic that you were there on Thursday, thank you for that! I’ll see you next time 🕰️ I’ll also let you know when I’m in the area of Brighton !

@danielcorrigan7131 8 дней назад

Always look forward to your videos! Come to Ireland at some stage, you would do very well!

@AugustRadioProject 7 дней назад

Thank you so much! So cool! Ireland is definitely on the adventure list 🇮🇪 hopefully soon! 😃🙌🏻

@robbyboyo 7 дней назад

Very good cost advice and nice motivational quotes to spend to you incomings.

@AugustRadioProject 7 дней назад

I appreciate it! 😃🙌🏻

@user-yv8ik2xx1z 7 дней назад

Excellent as usual

@AugustRadioProject 7 дней назад

Thank you so much! 😃🙌🏻

@thec0rqi 8 дней назад

i saw another gig you did in worthing! so funny to see my hometown on this channel that i love

@AugustRadioProject 7 дней назад

🙌🏻 this is so cool! I do like playing in Worthing, always a good vibe! 😃🙌🏻

@BenScott-j1n 5 дней назад

No way bro I saw you at Clapham junction today, I was too shy to ask For a photo

@AugustRadioProject 4 дня назад

Haha! That's awesome, I passed through there twice yesterday. If you saw me in the morning, I may very well have been talking to the camera! 😆 always happy to meet and take photos with folks that watch these videos! 😀 🙌

@JoshuaTheBard 8 дней назад

I'm surprised how cheap some of your journeys are, but It's still pretty expensive in the grand scheme of things. You can travel across the country for the cost of your £13 in some countries. It's often cheaper to fly from Edinburgh to London or whatever than take the train. Imagine if we had nationalised and subsidised trains and it was super cheap or even free, and also how great that would be for the environment getting people out of cars and onto public transport. Oh well, one can dream.

@AugustRadioProject 7 дней назад

It is true when comparing with other countries. Some of my German and Austrian friends tell me of tickets you can get that allow you to travel anywhere for a whole year that aren’t much at all! And planes being cheaper is a wild one eh! 🙈 I’ll have to do a ‘taking the cheapest plane’ video at some point! 😃🙌🏻

@brianjones4026 8 дней назад

Hello Ben, well i am so sorry ive been out of commission recently ! My computer had big issues, but now fixed ! Your channel is going forward in leaps and bounds, reward for all your hard work and love of fun and music ! That green plekky was a sight for sore eyes, how long have you had that one, craaaazy !! lolzzz

@AugustRadioProject 7 дней назад

Good to have you back Brian! A break from the computer isn’t such a bad thing! 😃🙌🏻 the green plectrum is getting pretty serious 🤣 perhaps time for a new one! Appreciate the support as always!

@trilbyadam9095 8 дней назад

You 🦵🔚 ARP another winner

@AugustRadioProject 7 дней назад

YES!! Appreciate it dude! 😃🙌🏻

@liberalsrmentallyflawed3611 8 дней назад

Curious, off the main subject. Noticing how fast you strum per song. Are you strumming lots of 16th note rythum songs..

@AugustRadioProject 7 дней назад

I do a lot of variation with the strumming! I call it ‘percussive strumming’ because most of the time my strumming is mimicking a drum beat! - tutorial coming soon 👀😃🙌🏻

@Frostinabrokentree 5 дней назад

Hi... Another great video ..do you have public liability insurance ? I was stopped from busking yesterday coz i didnt have the relevent paperwork perhaps a subject you could discuss..also the tap and pay method for card payment how does anyone go about setting this up .do you go o to yr bank to get the machine .?.thanks

@AugustRadioProject 4 дня назад

Hey! Yes I do have Public Liability, it's a good idea to get it as a fair few gigs/events ask you to have it as a performer. You can get it as part of a Musicians Union membership! 😀 I can definitely do a more in-focus video on it too, thank you for the idea! 🙌 The card reader is called a Zettle and you buy them online, all the set up is done via an app once you get it 😊

@kite666G 6 дней назад

Another awesome and interesting video! I'm only left with one question, do you have to pay taxes on the money you earn on the street?

@AugustRadioProject 5 дней назад

Yep! Busking donations count as taxable income! 🙌🏻 I’ll do a proper tax video at some point! 😃

@kite666G 5 дней назад

@@AugustRadioProject Wow I didn't knew that. Thanks for the reply mate!

@nickworley1000 5 дней назад

Hi Ben have you ever busked anywhere in Europe ?

@AugustRadioProject 4 дня назад

So far, as ARP, I've only busked in Cologne! Definitely want to head out a do a lot more on the mainland though! 😀 🙌

@RockinJohnny 8 дней назад

What is not expensive these days? I've had to pipe down a bit to a lightweight Enya smart guitar, extrememly small Spark go amp and very lightweight. I dont use a mic. This is better for me with arthritis and back pain. I only play for an hour a time now due to my health. Music is my life though, life would not be worth living without music, such good medicine for well being. Absoluetly right about moving on and also write your own songs too and mix it with covers. That way people get to hear something different and not the same stuff all the time.

@AugustRadioProject 7 дней назад

So much truth here! Music is medicine! So well said! I like your lightweight set up and that you’re finding a way to still get out there 😃🙌🏻