Hey, and welcome to my blog. My name is Ben Cox, and I'm a teenage street musician in Cambridge MA. Today was the first day of street performing for me this year. I set up in front of the Au Bon Pain in Harvard Square at about 1:20 this afternoon (I had school off due to Good Friday). I played until about 3:30, and made somewhere around $25. There were, as usual, some interesting and amusing people. There were a group of guys (and a couple girls who I think were with them) who made repeated requests for Green Day and Paramore songs (I did play a few of those for them, since I love both of those bands). An older fellow (I think he was in his late 60s) sat and listened for a while, and I saw him laughing every time I missed a note. However, he still came over before he left and told me I was playing great. I don't know how serious he was, but it's still nice to hear. I was directly in front of two mailboxes, so I had to pause and move in the middle of one song ("Love Remains the Same" by Gavin Rossdale) so that the mailman could empty them. Also, some woman tripped and went headlong into one of them as she was crossing the street behind me. I stopped singing and just kept playing the chords as I turned to make sure she was okay. Thankfully, she was unhurt, and I was able to continue.
Overall, I'd say this was more successful than any day of playing last year. I don't know if it was the weather, my improved playing, or just people's random generosity that made it better, but I look forward to more playing this spring and summer.
I plan to post every time I go out busking this year, though most likely I won't usually write this much.
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