This week on the podcast we learn a lot more about Street Performers and Buskers from Nick, the the founder of Busk.co an The Busking Project a non profit organisation that helps street performers from all over the world, make money and resolve legal issues, a suppler network for hundreds of talented people.
Find out how Nick went from “Sharking” Bankers in New York pool halls at 4 am to founding a platform that helps improve the life of street performers on this weeks episode.
Couple of things covered in the episode:
Dropping out of University - Mechanical Degree
- Moving to New York 1:28
- Running Pool Tournaments in New York - Dual Citizens
- Psychology of Pool 3:08
- Writing and Filming Street Performers
- Helping Street Performers
- Working for channel 13
- Charity that takes collage drop outs around the world
- University in Manchester
- Pool Skill Build Up 08:00
- Doing a film 60 000 USD - 8;40
- Sorting out the film on the Road 11;30
- Spent a whole year filming street Artis around the world
- 250 video 12:32 !!!! 1500 clips
- Discrimination 13:30
- Criminalisation 14:10
- Street Performers would bring news 15:12. - 16:00. !!!
- Enabling payments via PayPal for Street Performers 19:00
- Helping street performers that get arrested 20:00
- Custom renting - 22:30 - taking cut of the hat - renting customs !!!
- Living in Colombia and getting married 25:00
- 27:15 - Greek Lady - falling in love with Street Performer
- Entertainment Full Proofing the Economy
- Street Performing - How Much are they Making 32:00
- A whole show with a single trick - getting the hat line right 33:30
- Goal of a performer 36:00
- The Blood Story + 38:00
- The Pool Sharking Story 42:00
- The Mind Games of Pool 44:00
- Beating the Dutch 9 Ball Champions 47:00
- Busk.co OR The Busking Project
