I am now a street performer. Legally.
I went down the the city hall and got my busking licence on Monday, which means I can legally play on the street for money without getting shut down. It costed $22 and it lasts for a month. It was nice on Wednesday so Drew, Nic, and I walked down to the city, to see if theres money to be made. I found a nice place and set up shop.
Sitting on a cooler, open guitar case in front, sun glasses on face, guitar in hand.
It started off a little slow. I think it took about 2 or 3 songs before anyone dropped anything in. First drop, a $5 bill. Now things are going better. Nic and Drew hung out around the city, and hung out around me, and scored some free hot dogs. I played for almost two and a half hours. Some songs I played 2 or 3 times. When we were packing up to head home we figured I had made about $30, which would have been awesome, but I waited until I got back to the room before I counted it. I emptied my pockets on the floor and began sorting. When I was at $25 I turned to Drew and said, I think were going to have more than expected here. In all i pulled home $68 bucks. I bought shots for Nic and Drew last night for their support of sticking it out with me. A few times Nic has just walked up and muttered "Sixty-eight bucks, you boon." We were going to head back out there today but it's raining a bit so I guess I will have to wait until next week.
Respect.
