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axxxr Posts: > 500

Looks as if

phones are even getting popular with buskers now!

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I was walking from the tube to the escalator in Piccadilly last night when I noticed this busker setting up. He had a smallish speaker with a cable to his electric guitar and he was pressing feverishly on his mobile phone.. I was thinking “You can’t get a signal down here can you..?”, but then he put the phone down and started playing with a full backing track coming from his phone (Sony K750i) which was also connected to the speaker…!

How cool is that!!! He had his whole set stored on his phone and just turned up with a guitar, speaker, mobile phone and hit playlist 1 !!!

Coolest thing I’ve seen in a while…

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Posted: 2007-01-19 16:06:05
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tranced Posts: > 500

what kinda busker is this? he has a k750! and probably, at least, a 512mb mspd. he is a busker be he wants to. he doesnt need the money, imo.

but anyways, i

a busker!
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Posted: 2007-01-19 16:19:58
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Sammy_boy Posts: > 500

Welcome to the 21st Century!

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Posted: 2007-01-19 17:21:53
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Residentevil Posts: > 500

So he is faking it/.
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Posted: 2007-01-19 20:36:32
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carkitter Posts: > 500

Not every busker does it for the money.
Some do it to get over stage fright.
Some just do it for fun.
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Posted: 2007-01-19 23:05:42
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Simon N Posts: 71

So all buskers are poor destitute people.....man what a stereotyping idiot you must be!

Buskers, true buskers, are simply musicians that entertain the public; if you like the music then give them some cash or simply a smile. If not move on.

Now if this was a big issue seller I would have said something different.

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Posted: 2007-01-19 23:55:27
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joebmc Posts: > 500

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On 2007-01-19 23:55:27, Simon N wrote:
So all buskers are poor destitute people.....man what a stereotyping idiot you must be!

Buskers, true buskers, are simply musicians that entertain the public; if you like the music then give them some cash or simply a smile. If not move on.

Now if this was a big issue seller I would have said something different.

How true, busker's never pester someone for cash, well i've never seen it anyway. (although they may be avoiding tax issues or something

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Posted: 2007-01-19 23:58:24
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arien617 Posts: > 500

You all speak as if buskers are really poor and stuff. To busk on the London Underground you have to be licensed to do so. Licenses are very difficult to obtain as you have to have good musical talent. Last Saturday I saw a man playing a harp on the Underground. Many of them just do it for fun in addition to their normal jobs.
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Posted: 2007-01-20 13:02:49
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tranced Posts: > 500

and not all buskers are musicians, there are dancing buskers, too.
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Posted: 2007-01-20 16:26:41
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max_wedge Posts: > 500

I'd like to see a busker using a MusicDJ backing track

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Posted: 2007-01-21 12:30:56
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