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magicguy67 Loyal user mEL.fLORIDA 287 Posts |
Anyone do this?How good is the money?
they thought it was impossible until they met me.
theres no reality in magic did the magician come before the assistant or the other way around. |
itshim Elite user Milton Keynes 417 Posts |
Are you making sense?
Do you want to know how much money you can make busking? In which case the answer is anywhere between $0 - $400 per show (maybe more if you have a prime location). Or do you mean standing behind a hat and juggling in which case I doubt you will make much money at all. Or do you mean juggling with a hat? A decent hat manipulation routine can make your career. Or what? Nigel
I knew a man who kept saying "pliers, pincers, scissors". He was speaking in tongs.
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magicguy67 Loyal user mEL.fLORIDA 287 Posts |
Like juggling behind a hat for money.
they thought it was impossible until they met me.
theres no reality in magic did the magician come before the assistant or the other way around. |
Jewls Veteran user Michigan-USA 360 Posts |
That is called busking and usually you pass the hat at the end of your show.
Jewls
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itshim Elite user Milton Keynes 417 Posts |
I had these visions of a small juggler standing behind a very large hat...
Maybe it's just me. Nigel
I knew a man who kept saying "pliers, pincers, scissors". He was speaking in tongs.
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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
Yes busking is very lucretive, but that is where the best jugglers work, so if you are EXTREMELY good, with a fast pace, high energy 15 minute show, and a big money move ( finale) ending you will be able to work two days a week for just a couple of hours, and have more money than you need, but I repeate "THE STREET IS WHERE THE BEST JUGGLERS IN THE WORLD WORK"
have fun Al
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itshim Elite user Milton Keynes 417 Posts |
I'd disagree that the street is where the best jugglers are. It's where the best street performers are but street isn't my favourite style of performance and you tend to get people who are VERY limited in what they do. How many juggling x objects on a big giraffe finales can you watch without getting fed up?
The street is a tough place to work, you have to be a particular type to enjoy working the street. There is a lot of money to be made AT CERTAIN TIMES. The street in January in the UK is a good way to not have any money. Which is why the best street acts tour the world, they don't have any choice. Nigel
I knew a man who kept saying "pliers, pincers, scissors". He was speaking in tongs.
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Arkadia Special user Sweden, Sundsvall 866 Posts |
...or you can have a less good show and hit the streets as often as you can and get s o m e good money. If there's a carnival or festival going on in your town the money is often better.
I believe that's were I stand. I am not that a good juggler. And my show involves magic and escapes aswell... that's another way of dealing with your show. But, mind you, if you only do it for the money, you will not enjoy it that much and the audience will notice. That way you will get less money. So if you need it, its harder... sort of. Just my opinion, perhaps not right, but one way of looking at it. /Ark
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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
Hey guys I never said it was easy. I guess the romantic notion of supporting your self with one suitcase full of clothing, and your juggling bag while having no guarantees is just one side of the coin. You must be young, independent, extremely talented and willing to take a lot of stuff to meet this challenge. I am not good enough, or young enough to consider it, but those who do are the jugglers that I will always admire the most.
Al PS Nigel the audience doesn't know it's the same show every time, and counting a hat full of money tells you exactly how much that show was worth.
Al Angello The Comic Juggler/Magician
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itshim Elite user Milton Keynes 417 Posts |
I used to work Covent Garden. I found out the hard way that I wasn't really that kind of juggler. I now earn a lot more doing other things. The skill level isn't that high really (compared to top amateurs, vegas stars, German cabaret or even many circuses) and many of the acts were very similar. The ones that weren't tended to do a lot better because the audiences would sit around and watch two or three acts and if the first and the second were the same then the second suffered (no matter how good). Street doesn't have long term prospects and so tends to be performed by younger performers before they settle down and get a proper job. Also many of the british street performers are incredibly arrogant and don't like letting new performers into their select group.
Nigel
I knew a man who kept saying "pliers, pincers, scissors". He was speaking in tongs.
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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
Yes Nigel
I have a house, a woman, steady work, when I perform I have no competition, they usually feed me, and about 1/3 of my shows I get a tip, you are right. LIFE IS GOOD Al
Al Angello The Comic Juggler/Magician
http://www.juggleral.com http://home.comcast.net/~juggleral/ "Footprints on your ceiling are almost gone" |
malini Loyal user 219 Posts |
The top Street Performers in the world make a LOT of money. Alakazam (New York based Australian Juggler/Contortionist) is at the top of his game right now making unheard of hats with his Circle Show. It's about knowing the formula for the street, and putting in the hard yards. I've always believed the Street is the hardest place to work. And therefore; the most rewarding when you can make a living doing it.
On the flipside, there is a guy near I live who just stands on the street every day and juggles three balls. No expression, no communication. Just juggles a simple cascade. He makes about $5 a day. |
Jewls Veteran user Michigan-USA 360 Posts |
Location, location, location
I hear that the statue acts are making a killing...
Jewls
www.Jewlstheclown.com |
Roslyn Inner circle UK 3405 Posts |
Going back to Al's post mentioning the finale, I was wondering what types of finishes you guys either do or have seen done.
There's the obvious 6ft unicycle whilst juggling fire, but what other bits and pieces are there. I like the way skate naked (a Bristol based street duo who perform in thongs) end their show. They both do the handstands on blocks thing and knock the blocks away landing back in a handstand. This is performed on a stand. I have ended one of my street shows with various things in the past including: a strait jacket escape on stilts, having my partner juggle fire on my shoulders whilst I juggle fire too, passing 3 diabolos and a strait jacket escape on a rola bola on a table. The most odd street show I ever did was a piece a friend of mine and I came up with a few years ago. It was when Who Wants To Be A Millionaire first aired here in the UK and we did our own version of this show on the street. The basis was that I would do something (juggle or some other stunt) and the audience member would be asked a question about it. Our ending for that was a question read in German. If they (on the rare occasion) got it they won a bag of 1 million particles of dust (give or take the odd billion particle here and there). It was fun and I've never seen anything else quite like that since. No big ending in the traditional sense, but it worked. Anyway, I'll stop blabbing on and I look forward to hearing about what you've seen. Ros
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itshim Elite user Milton Keynes 417 Posts |
I've done many of the traditional big endings, walk of death, knives on rola bola, fire etc. and seen many that occur regularly e.g. slack rope, straight jacket, whip paper tear.
Of the less usual two of the best are the high diablo toss - table cloth snatch and - catch diablo on table cloth (Matt Ricardo) and the rubber chicken water rocket (no explanations given). Nigel
I knew a man who kept saying "pliers, pincers, scissors". He was speaking in tongs.
www.itshim.co.uk |
Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
I once saw a guy on a unicycle finish his show by picking up a small girl, he put her on his shoulders and took a lap around the audience. He then asked the little girl if she was with an adult, the little girl said yes she was there with her mom, and pointed to her. The guy on the unicycle gently dropped off the little girl, then grabbed the mom, threw her on his shoulders, screaming all the way, took a lap around the audience, and put her down to a thunderous round of applause. Obviously he picked the kid with the most pettite mom before the show, and he also got a hat full of folding money for that show.
have fun Al Angello
Al Angello The Comic Juggler/Magician
http://www.juggleral.com http://home.comcast.net/~juggleral/ "Footprints on your ceiling are almost gone" |
itshim Elite user Milton Keynes 417 Posts |
I'd really hate to be that unicyclist on the day the woman over balances him and he ends up falling off backwards and dropping her. I can hear the lawyers chortling already.
Nigel
I knew a man who kept saying "pliers, pincers, scissors". He was speaking in tongs.
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