Hello My name is Timothy or @timothybusker here on steemit.
As my name might hint I'm working as a busker, for those of you unfamilliare with the term I play musik in the streets. My style is singer songwriter, guitar and vocals, with an extra love for the art of communicating the lyrics.
I mostly play Friday and Saturday nights in my hometown Gothenburg the second most populated city in Sweden. I find it most fun to play when people arnt in a rush to get somewhere and actually take the time to stop and listen... so the weekends it is.
Sometimes I travel up to Oslo the capital of Norway to earn some extra coin and I also try to attend the yearly buskers festival in Beitostølen also in Norway.
If travel abroad for a more lengthy period or go to some other part of Sweden I usually bring my gear and try to play in new places!
I really love busking, the freedom of it, the fact that I dont need to plan my life with a calander very much and that I get to share what I feel and have to say to with basically everyone that chose to listen, all walks of life, the rich, the poor, people of all beliefs, political views and musical orientation.
And one thing really love about playing the streets is the lack of pressure, as in if you dont like/connect with what you hear you can just keep walking... I feel this really brings out the best of me as a musician and as a human being.
Iv been busking for about 12 years now (although I did play in markets with a flute even as a kid from age 7 to 13).
Apart for busking I also play on weddings and parties, and very rarely bars... but I usually dont like playing in bars yet still I give it a shot from time to time when a bar owner/booker hears me in the streets and ask me to play in the bar (mostly to challenge myself a bit ;) ).
In my spare time I also play a lot of music and I like to attend open mic nights.. my hometown has a lot of great musicians and the open mics often become like musical communitys. I love to see in the moment and over time what happens with musicians and there musical expression when the atmosphere is leaning more towards supportiveness rather then competitiveness. There can be amazing trasformation!
Sometimes I write songs but so far its rather rare.
Apart from music I like to better myself as a human being through self investigation and letting go of habits that are harmfull to some extent and through spiritual trasformation. My spiritual views lean toward nondualism/advaita vedanta. I dont follow any religion neighter have I come across any religion that I feel truly connected with.
My politics views lean towards anarchism and the branch anarchosyndicalism. I dont belive in armed revolution but I generally have no problem with civil disobedience, rather I salute it if I see that it is for a good cause.
Most of my adult life I have been uninterested by politics and my recent political intrest in anarchy is still taking shape. Id love to deepen my understanding.
I hav'nt followed the development of crypto curencies closely but I think it could be really useful in the fight for equality and freedom. This is one of the reasons that I created this steemit account. To get a better view of and experience about what this might mean for our precent and future society.
I want to broaden my understanding, especially about anachy and anarchy today and about crypto currency. I dont like to read long texts on my computer so if you want to share something that you think I might find usefull I'm much more likely to understand if the text it shot and big pictured or if the information comes in the form of a video especially when communicated by a good speaker.
If you want to discuss busking, busking gear, music, anarchy, crypto currency, or spiritual questions (ofcourse im open to new things and to discuss other topics as well) then lets connect!
With love and respect
Timothy
Welcome Timothy ;) Maybe you wanna share some of your music on @dsound? :)
Hello there and thanks! Is dsound something like dtube for audio?
Edit: I got a link below explaining dsound!
Hey Timothy, it's nice meeting you, my friend. It's good to know that I am actually getting to know a street singer-cum-song-writer in real. I hope your posts on that field would be something to look out for. Come up with some brilliant posts and make your mark. All the very best.
Thanks mate!
hello buddy nice meeting you,I am a classical music lover and also explore new tallent everyday on youtube,and i am fond of guiter playing,you better make dtube videos thus we can find you live ...great starting,welcome here on steemit
Hey :) Nice to meet another music enthusiast. I will make dtube videos! Planing to post a video today for the international women's day! See you around <3
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welcome to steemit! the community is amazing and supports the artists that are here to connect and create more so than capitalize. great introduction! following! the world needs more buskers!
Welcome Timothy! No matter who you are, there is a place for everyone under the Sun!
Thank you and agreed!
Welcome Timothy!!
You'll love it here. The supportive community of musicians is second to none!
Check out my good friend @JonMagnusson, another Swedish singer/songwriter.
Sounds like you will be perfect for the weekly #openmic contest too.
If you have any recorded music you can also upload it to dsound on here. I have a video series that introduces you to it as well as other ways to make money from your music and find other musicians to network with.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT1oxQm_1LqSU8HgnLu8QtNyoYs5x1UR9
So take your time, have a good look around and immerse yourself in the awesomeness of Steemit!!
Add dsound & Musicoin tracks and get more plays!
Follow @JuxtaMusic for More Of My Music
Thanks for the warm welcome and for the tips! I'll check our your friends music for sure.. want to run of to a syndicalistic book forum which serve a community meal right now but ill get into both the dsound thing and your friends music later! And you also have music to share yes? With love Timothy
Yes you can find my music in the links above. Musicoin is the best place to listen as it pays artists for every stream! You can join it with my referral link if you want to give me a little boost for free. :-) Thanks!
Great to meet you Timothy! If I'm ever in Göteborg I'm gonna keep an eye open!
Thanks and likewise! I heard from your friend that you also play, Ill check your stuff out later!
Great to have you here, Timothy aka musician! Looking forward to your posts. Best of luck! Followed :)
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Thanks man! Good to hear from you.. ill check your channel later!
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Hope this helps for now. Good luck, and Full Steem Ahead ... to greater health and wellness ... and, well, wealth... Will surely follow you and eagerly waiting for your new post !!
oh! i see.
eh :)?
You also get a lot of spammers on here. If comments don't really relate to your post then ignore them.
Hahaha... I can see how that might happen in a place where comments potentially earn income.
I've always loved the idea of busking, and admired those who do so. It's great to hear from you, and I do hope to hear more from you in the near future; especially since I love performing and listening to music myself.
Welcome to the community.
Hi! Thanks im glad to be here. I'm about to head out and wont be back home untill night time. But I will check out your music when i get the chance! If you ever decide to try the streets for yourself then i got plenty of tips!
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Welcome Timothy, respect the hustle.
Good luck!
Thanks :)
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Hi Timothy, welcome to the madhouse. I would love to hear your music, is there somewhere that I can listen? I agree about the open mic. It sounds like you'd be a perfect fit. Here's the link for this week's contest.. Hope to see you there, the music community here is so warm and welcoming. Blows my mind. See ya around.. ♥- serena
Hey so cool that you found me and commented on my post! I Listend to your song from the steemit open mic yesterday, the one that gave you a second place in the contest (congrats by the way!) and I really liked it <3 beautiful lyrics and lots of emotion comming through. Great general musical quality as well. Looking forward to hearing more from you :)
welcome steemians friends, happy to have fun :) @timothybusker
Thank! Ill see you around :)
Hey, Timothy. Just saying hi! You have to follow more people, that way my silly posts aren't clogging up your news feed. I can probably become pretty annoying if my posts are all you see along with just 3 other people. Trust me. :) I hope you're enjoying steemit so far.
Thanks for the tip :) ill probably find more and more people to follow as time goes by. I uploaded my first video the other day and it seems it passed by unnoticed, would you like to check if I made any obvious mistakes? Maybe I just have a small following and its to be expected in the beginning (or maybe everyone just thought it sucked ;p)?
One more thing, is there another way of communicating besides comments on steemit? For example if i have a question is there somewhere besides FAQ that i can turn to?
And yes I'am enjoying steemit :)
I totally missed your amazing video! I loved it, and I saw 100 percent nothing that you did wrong.
It's just insanely difficult to be noticed here. I have a feeling you will be finding an audience pretty soon. Just keep sharing. On Sunday do the open mic video! Be sure to say the week number of steemit open mic (It will be "Steemit Open Mic week 76") and especially say your username, otherwise the entry can't be qualified.) There is an app/site called discord where I was invited to chat with people, but I don't know how to send invites, but I am trying to figure out how to help you find a good chat room there. I will continute to resteem your posts to my millions of followers in the meantime until you're properly discovered. I wish my upvotes actually counted for anything more than 0.00 cents.
Thanks for your kind words, believe me it definitely feels encouraging to hear!! :) Just to be clear I wasnt refering to if I did something wrong in terms of the video.. my music is what it is and im not gonna change what I do in order to fit into this forum... more if I should have used more/other tags or something technical like that :)?
I will post something for the openmic week 76, first day to post is on Sunday then?
Oh nice I will look out for this discord thing.. is it only for steemit users or open to all?
The dollars and cents are a fun thing but im not on steemit to get rich.. although I do find cryptocurrency interesting and its nice to have the chance to gain experience without investing!
hmmm.. as far as tags, when you tag your open mic video it's very important to make sure that openmic is your first tag. If you do an original song then make sure your second tag is originalsong. It's helpful to look at the trending tags sometimes and see if any if those tags fit your current blog entry. Sometimes I'm just silly with tags. I think once my 5 tags were "don't know what to say" ha. I'm not here to make money either, I don't imagine ever making much. I don't even know how to cash out. lol.
Discord is an app for gamers mostly. Somehow the steemit community got really involved with it I guess. I don't know how to send you an invite to a room but I am going to try.