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....And Johnny Mac, the creator of BuskerWorld, who has travelled the world and made an actual living doing it, tells the NYT's FrugalTraveler how:
Did you ever run into any legal trouble?
The thing I quickly learned was that a lot of spots weren’t legal, but it was how you played the game and how you communicated with the law enforcer. If you had a license, you were okay, but it didn’t mean you couldn’t busk in other spots where people hadn’t busked before. So my way was to explore areas where people wouldn’t expect a busker, and that meant the law as well wouldn’t be expecting buskers. There wasn’t a lot of hype, there wasn’t a lot of trouble, but the local people got to know you.
And sometimes it's about more than making a little money, but not always.....
Did people give you nonmonetary gifts as well?
Absolutely, all the time. In Amsterdam, you can use your imagination! There was one time when I had some of my music stolen, and I told someone who was going past, and the next day they came with a whole lot of new music for me. I’d get mothers picking me up and taking me to dinner to meet their daughters. Amazing things happened. Just about every place I went to, I’d get offered gigs. Again, that meant more money because you didn’t have to pay meals, quite often you didn’t have to pay accommodation, and you might get a small amount for the gig — or you might get paid really well.
It's the ultimate in DIY I tell ya.
The ultimate.
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