26. Nick - Are Street Performers Artists?

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