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Busking in St Ives, with 3 String Cigar Box Guitar and Canjo. Outdoor Zoom Q2N test

2019-07-02T10:35:53.404Z

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This was my first busk of the year! I went to test out my wrist having had a steroid injection three weeks before for De Quervain's tenosynovitis (inflammation of the tendons that run between the wrist and the thumb) I decided to limit myself to fifteen songs, but take my time so it wouldn’t feel like such a short busk.
I was a bit nervous after such a long break and very rusty. I ran through each song in my head before playing it, and also stopped to chat as long as people wanted, so it took me just over 2 hrs to get through the songs. It was great to be out there playing music in the sun again, but my wrist didn’t hold up well at all. Very frustrating!!
I was also testing out my Zoom Q2N outside for the first time. I think it’s much better out there with brighter light. I’m also pleased with the sound. I had the camera on a selfie stick which was clamped to the handle of my busking trolley, so that it was out in front of the amp. I like how much it got in with the wide angle.
The only problem was that the display screen is very small, so what with that and the bright light on it, and me not having any glasses with me, it was very difficult to see much. I could just about see the mike stand was in it, but afterwards realised I could have had it pointing lower so that it would have captured more of the people walking by. Next time I’ll take my glasses!
I’m playing a three string Cigar Box Guitar and a Canjo, made from a can of Tesco’s chopped tomatoes, both of which I made myself. The loop pedal is an Electroharmonix 22500.

Facebook live - Indoor Busk - On Cigar Box Guitar, Canjo and Bedwarmer Guitar

2018-08-07T15:01:43.616Z

I'm playing my own songs on home made #CigarBoxGuitar #Canjo and #BedwarmerGuitar
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Spring Song - Busking - with 3 String Cigar Box Guitar

2018-03-27T17:22:19.331Z

Spring Song from yesterday's busk.
This is a different version, chilled with rambley improvising (and mistakes!).
I still can't believe that I can stand and play and sing outside in the sun and people give me money??!
It morphs into Here Comes The Sun at the end, which another busker at the end of the road had just played, as a subtle English way of letting him know I could hear him, ha!
There's a recorded version of Spring Song here, with the lyrics https://bemuzic.bandcamp.com/track/spring-song-4

Cigar Box Guitar & Skeleton Drummer Santa Busker_ Rob Berry "Cut me Some Slack"

2018-01-17T09:17:38.232Z

Cigar Box Guitar & Skeleton Robot Drummer Busker_ Rob Berry "Cut me Some Slack" form Blues N' Boxes Album. Busking in Kingston Upon Thames London

Busking With Tennis Racket Diddley Bow

2017-07-06T15:37:52.079Z

I had meant to work something out to play on this and to take it busking during Wimbledon. I hadn't got round to working anything out, but decided to take it anyway....
It was tricky hitting the ball at the same time as starting and stopping the loop pedal!!