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Completely dependent on the city you are in. In Munich and Vienna you are better off with classical instruments. In New Orleans obviously saxophone and trumpet.

Guitar is aclassic but is kind of cumbersome and not that attention grabbing. It's versatile though so you might be able to take requests for more money.

Harmonica can literally fit in your pocket and is a pretty solid and iconic instrument that's not very difficult to learn.

Trumpet is deceptively hard because of the breath control you need, and you have to be quite good at it to make it sound good enough for people to like it.

Recorder is widely available but extremely cursed and likely to give passersby PTSD from elementary school music class, and cause you to draw their aggro.

>>971
>bagpipes,
People hate bagpipes. Nobody like them besides the Scots. So unless you are in Scotland, I think you have a better chance of getting your ass kicked than making money.
>Accordion
Isn't far behind in terms of general dislike.

I think a keyboard is your best bet, but some places don't allow any amplifiers for busking which would rule that out. Guitar also has a reputation for people that can't play more than like 3 chords forcing people to listen to their shitty singing. So I guess violin is your best bet of what you listed.

Can you really play all those instruments? I think your best bet for busking is anything you can involve the crowd in and get crowd interaction.

i thought this was the organizing board not the being a public nuisance board

>>1005
>organizing board
It's not though. The name of the board is labor, not org.

Solo instrumentation is meh

>>971
Street busking is dying dude, as more people use NFC.
If you were to busk I'd setup some kind of digital payment system

Street corner concerto as a form of money making is overrated.
Just get a fast food job

>>1041
They don't allow people to sit and its always schizophrenic managers or asshole colleagues. It's all too fast paced to be enjoyable.

>>1049
Fair point. But you get easy money and they always rehire

>>1050
They get actual chump change where I live, its so fucking miserable, the working conditions are awful and the pay is so shit its compareable to a street sweeper. I did 2 months at mcdonalds, NEVER AGAIN.

>>1051
This is why general schooling should be mainly vocational, especially in poor areas.
Once you graduate, you get free waivers to good colleges.

>>971
OP what is the point of this thread? Do you even play an instrument already lol? The best way to get a living as a musician and something even people who went to Berkely or Juliard do is to play weddings and etc. But like I just pointed out, these are top tier musicians working for basically chump change in the first place. You're not going to make a living busking especially if you're not already like some master musician.

The Irish Uilleann Pipes - an instrument so impressive that learning it will keep you fed, clothed, and welcomed wherever you go. In the summer i'd make more money busking than I would in a day job.

https://youtu.be/xL41fvOgYFM?si=axHb6aJZFet-iZ_Q

>>1068
You'd have to live in a tourist spot for that to happen.