It’s important to me to not stop learning. Music is one activity I started really flirting with after I turned 40 and I started playing the button accordion. How hard could it be, I reasoned. There are only 31 buttons on the right side of… Read More
All posts tagged “busking”
Stompers
Somebody searched the internet for “Sligo Creek Stompers” and came up with this blog. Now I don’t think I’ve heard that name before and a quick search of 27th Street tells me that I’ve never posted anything by them on this blog. I did once… Read More
Better not tell the Mayor…
Or…how to get a busking permit. I drove up to beautiful East York today, to the East York Civic Centre to get my Toronto busking permit. Here’s how it works. First you stand in line at intake. This line-up is for any kind of license… Read More
A few notes about busking
I was surfing the net and came across an article about a fellow whose accordion was stolen while he was busking. The thief then tried to sell it on an internet website. That thief was pretty low-down. I’ve done some busking and I can tell… Read More