BUSKING

NEW YORK
Subway Performers Now Have The Luxury of Being Harassed On The 2nd Avenue Subway Line
By Josmar Trujillo, Contributor
Writer, activist, parent and agitator.
ARTS
Busking Across the U.S.: A Social Experiment and Testament to Human Kindness
By Meghan McDonald, Contributor
Artist, writer and musician
Imagining what it's like busking is somewhat of an easy task -- even if you're someone who cannot fathom the idea of performing in public.
ARTS
Street Performing Up The West Coast
By Meghan McDonald, Contributor
Artist, writer and musician
By far, the longest (and most eventful) leg of my Busk Across America trip was street performing up the West Coast through California, Oregon and Washington.
ARTS
NOLA: An Interactive Street Performing Experience
By Meghan McDonald, Contributor
Artist, writer and musician
ARTS
What I Learned From Sharing My Guitar in Nashville, Asheville
By Meghan McDonald, Contributor
Artist, writer and musician
I was first asked to hand over my guitar on Nashville's John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge. The temperature was in the upper 90s, and Music City was flooded with tens of thousands of country lovers crossing the bridge from lower Broadway to Nissan Stadium for the Country Music Association Music Festival earlier this month.
ARTS
Street Performing In D.C.: Connecting With Listeners
By Meghan McDonald, Contributor
Artist, writer and musician
This past Tuesday, I found myself in the grass at Farragut Square in Washington, D.C., closing my eyes and listening -- without the usual addition of headphones.
ARTS
On Taking Risks: You're Never Going to Feel Ready, So Start Now
By Meghan McDonald, Contributor
Artist, writer and musician
This may sound like a pity fest, but I tend to side with the mindset that it's much more productive to confront weaknesses earlier rather than later.
ARTS
Why Busk Across America?
By Meghan McDonald, Contributor
Artist, writer and musician
It seems to me that there's something about insight and hope that our culture tries to discredit -- which is ironic, because often times, the most noticeable characteristics of cultural trailblazers are insight and hope.
EDUCATION
Juggling Away Student Debt: Tips From a Successful Street Performer
By Steve Mariotti, Contributor
Founder of Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) Author...
With record numbers of young Americans entering colleges and universities every year, many people are raising concerns about the employment prospects for an entire generation, the Millennials.
UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 12: Jazz musicians saxophonist and guitarist in live busking performance on street corner in French Quarter, New Orleans, USA (Photo by Tim Graham/Getty Images)
Tim Graham via Getty Images
ARTS & CULTURE
You Might Be Able To Find Your Favorite Street Musician On This Platform
By Chiara Piotto, HuffPost Italy
StreetMusicMap founder says social media can serve as business cards for street musicians.
ENTERTAINMENT
Art vs. Begging and the Reality of Modern-Day Manhattan
By Sean Bradford, Contributor
Musician
First off, there are rules and etiquette to busking, also known as street performance. Rule number one is you never ask people for money. This is not an act of desperation, but an act of self-promotion.
NEW YORK
Bratton's War... on Acrobats. Yes, Acrobats.
By Josmar Trujillo, Contributor
Writer, activist, parent and agitator.
Police commissioner Bill Bratton has cracked down on panhandlers in New York City as part of his decades-old "Broken Windows" schtick -- the theory that focuses on low-level crimes as a way of preventing bigger crime.
TRAVEL
New Orleans Street Music
By Kenny Klein, Contributor
Author, musician and photographer
I think it's fair to say that among the top reasons people visit New Orleans, setting aside food, booze and certain anatomical parts of women that also begin with B, is our music. New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz and blues, and our heritage as a music city is strong.
TRAVEL
Halloween, New Orleans Style
By Kenny Klein, Contributor
Author, musician and photographer
ENTERTAINMENT
Interview: Rubylux on Their Newest Album The World Goes Quiet
By Lydia Hughes, Contributor
Editor of nudemole magazine // www.nudemolemagazine.com
As daunting as it is, we need to get it together. We've started writing already. We need to keep it going. Musically, we'll take it up another level...
BUSINESS
What I Learned About Busking, Entrepreneurship and the Viola From Wendy Yates
By Steve Mariotti, Contributor
Founder of Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) Author...
Busking -- playing music or improvising in the streets and other public places -- is a fascinating and beautiful tradition that dates back to antiquity. So, it was only fitting that I got my own introduction to this art form on the breathtaking streets of Florence.
TRAVEL
NOLA's Jazz Fest: A Symphony of Contradictions
By Mark DeCarlo, Contributor
3 time Emmy Award winning Comedian, travel & foodie expert
Music mavens from around the Globe descend on the bayou every spring to experience NOLA's carefully curated voodoo mash-up of American music, food and hospitality. Laissez Bon Temps Roulette.
WEIRD NEWS
WATCH: Statue Punches Jerk
By Ron Dicker
BUSINESS
Tips From the Rock 'n' Roll CEO No. 6: Busk Your Way to the Top
By Jared Gutstadt, Contributor
CEO, Jingle Punks Music
The network in question, in a knotted tangle of red tape, delays, and confusion, turned me down. It was corporate bureaucracy at its finest and it stung, but only for a moment. Rejection. But did I accept my fate? No way. I took stock of my position... my advantages.
POLITICS
Aswad, Unemployed Man, Gives Up Scheme To Dance For His Rent
By Arthur Delaney
NEW YORK
Help Us Find New York's Best Subway Performers
By Matthew Palevsky