• busking

    BTW … we did go busking on 24 August


     
    We set up here (in the shade of the tree, next to this huge artwork) and played for about an hour, entertaining the passersby on their way to and from the Kunsthal in Rotterdam, with our “straatartiestenvergunnen” (busking licence) at the ready.

    The highlight was meeting a father with his very sick little boy who were taking the air in the park next to the children’s hospital where they made regular and lengthy visits for treatment of a serious but repairable birth defect. A plucky dad and a plucky boy.

     
    And here’s Margriet surrounded by all our gear, post-busking.
     

     

  • busking - open mic

    Plans to go busking and updated list of open mics


    Open mic in York, U.K. – in support of a charity  (Photo: Irene Bom)

     
    Margriet and I hope to take advantage of the good weather in Rotterdam this Saturday and go busking. We have a busking license, but haven’t had time or energy to make use of it till now. (Get in touch if you’d like to know where we’ll be.)

    I’ve also updated the open mic page, realizing that some of the locations listed are no longer active. Some are still going strong, though, like Hostel ROOM in Rotterdam and the Amsterdam Songwriter’s Guild.

  • busking

    Busking in L.A.

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    When we went to Los Angeles in November, we decided to take our busking kit with us, hoping to make a little money and to share our music with the locals.

    This is us performing on Venice Boulevard, not too far from our Airbnb eco-cottage. We didn’t make much money, but we did make some memories.

    Later in the week we put our kit to good use at the Taxi Road Rally too, as part of our act and our branding at the open mics.