First Friday Busking
We heard the street crowds are really good in Fredericksburg, VA during First Fridays. So we got a babysitter and headed out to the streets not knowing what to expect.
I’ve played on the streets of Waikiki for years as a teenager by myself, but my wife had never done it until last night – and she was a champ!
When we first started playing last night I did my usual looping stuff and had fun with that, but no one really gave us any attention. Once the wife and I started singing a bunch of cover songs together, groups of people would stop, stick around for awhile, and throw money in my hat. We made a bunch of great new friends this way and here’s a picture of one of the groups that hung out with us.
Thanks so much to the people who generously took money out of their own pockets to show...
calling ourselves You & M.E. (Marc and Echo). While we’ve done a few living room performances or private shows, this was our first live gig and it was awesome. But since we only have about 5 songs under our belts that we can perform, I had to take up a portion of our slot doing solo work before my cute wife joined me to close out our set...