PS - I've only been busking in the last 8 months or so - never had the confidence to do it before - and since beoming an ABI thanks to the m/cycle accident and forgetting how to play; I had to relearn - very simplified. Can't barre chord or fingerpick any more and I cant remember chordings - even to songs I know well so I print up all the songs I can do with a line of lyric and the corrsponding chords placed above where the changes occur - and so I've taught myself to read two lines at once and play the chords as I go.

Probably seen as cheating in some circles - but at least I still have some music left!

I busk because I love to play - the coin I get is just a bonus.