B U S K E D

Are you

Are we

B     U     S     K     E     R  ‘   S  ?

Some of the best Buskers I’ve ever seen are where I was actually looking for them:

At  The  Beach

Union Square in New York City

Outside of a Playhouse at Christmas

Outside of a Sporting Event

Street Corners.     .     .

A       N       Y       W       H       E       R       E.          .          .

Street Performance

or

B U S K I N G

is an

a     c     t

of performing in public places

for

tips.   .   .g r a t u i t i e s

b u t

B     U     S     K     I     N     G

is really associated with

singing  or  playing

m   u   s   i   c

TO     JUST     PLAY     M U S I C !

Joni Mitchell wrote a great song several years ago called,

REAL   GOOD   FOR   FREE

“I slept last night in a good hotel

I went shopping today for jewels

The Wind rushed around in the dirty town

And the children let out from the schools

I was standing on a noisy street corner

waiting for the walking green

Across the street he stood

And he played real good 

On his clarinet for free.

Now me I play for fortune

and those velvet curtain calls

I’ve got a black limousine 

and two gentlemen 

escorting me to the halls

and I play if you have the money

Or if you’re a friend of me

but the one-man band

by the quick lunch stand

He was playing real good, for free.

Nobody stopped to hear him

Though he played so sweet and high

They knew he had never

been on their tv

So they passed his music by

I meant to go over and ask for a song

Maybe put on a harmony. . .

I heard his refrain

As the signal changed

He was playing real good, for free.

Well. . .

I’ll ask again:

ARE

YOU

A

BUSKER. . .?

or.     .     .or

do you charge a price.     .     .     ?

W          a          i          t – – – –

that’s   a   much   different   name ,  

h  u  h ?