I can't help it. I want to busk but the pandemic has me staying at home instead. A lot of buskers are doing so online, with a patreon or paypal account for making money. My problem is that I don't have followers and I don't know how to get people to find me and pay for my videos. It just doesn't seem viable.
Downtown Little Rock is open, and people are out and about. I figure that if I wear a mask, a good one, and use hand sanitizer when I touch money, then I should be mostly OK. But, I'm terrified of catching the virus. Not so much for myself, but for my wife who has diabetes (one of the conditions that makes the virus worse).
We're not in desperate need of money, but I'm tired of our finances being tight and not having anything the last week of the month. I would like to contribute more. I would like to perform in front of people, not in front of a camera.
It feels selfish and I keep going over and over in my head on how this might work. I could probably do well online if I had a larger repertoire. But, there are only so many songs I know. Enough for 3 or 4 videos at most. What do I do after that? I'm always learning new songs, but not enough to be able to regularly put out new videos.
I might have to wait a year for things to die down. It seems like the most logical choice. I can do that, I think. But, I'm also going to try to learn more songs so I can play them online...maybe in a few months I'll be ready. I hope. I really hope.
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