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How busking helped my adhd and autism

190E(Taylor’s version)

As a musicans busking always helps but for autism it helped me realise performing can be a huge stim snd calms me

For adhd it helped for leaning a guy came up to me and shied me how to play sweet Home Alabama that same day another guy who was an ex teacher told me about power chords and how you can use them to learn the fret board that day my guitar knowledge shot up huge amounts

heres good comments ive had busking to

wow keep it up yout amazing 

you have a voice like Elvis Costello 

dis you write that song it was really good (after playing dear Maria by all time low,still alive from portal and no cigar by millioncolin)

keep music live 

only ever had 4 negatives and one that I thought was negritude but was not in the end

negatives one a lady walking past me with a smokers voice rasping you can’t sing love (never claim im a good singer im primarily a guitarist)

I thought I’d try busking in a supermarket car park after 15 mins security told me the manager said it wasn’t allowed tbh fair play I learned that day that car parks unlike highsteeefs are private property nkt council 

a guy on drugs making sexual remarks to me to the point I had to love spot 

another busker had his flute stolen

but the positives outweigh them by far

the one that was not negative but thought it was a guy came out of his shop/studio and said ive got students inthere you csn still play but can you angle your amp away from the shop 

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  • Good to be with like-minded people.

    Circa eight years ago, I heard so many buskers in Belfast perform 'Ho Hey!' I wondered was there anything else they sing. One Sunday, then, I heard a Bloke perform 'Breathe' by Pink Floyd; my faith in humanity was suddenly restored.

    Earlier this year, I heard a Bloke perform 'Old Man' but my priority, then, was getting to the Bus/Train Station. Alas, I couldn't tap him.

    I did order a few original songs, via Babndcamp, of a woman who used to busk in Belfast. Paid attention to her, mainly, by her performing 'Red Right Hand'. Though it was probably because of PJ Harvey singing it, for 'Peaky Blinders' rather than the Nick Cave original. I even ordered a t-shirt off her Bandcamp site.

    Hard to believe, it's now eighteen years since 'Once' was released in the Cinemas. That was the Film that made Busking a thing to do. Glen Hansard cut his teeth as a Busker, in Dublin, before starring in 'The Commitments' and fronting The Frames.

    Perfect opportunity to Infodump. Smiley

  • in reply to Desmond1979

    My busking was inspired by a guy on YouTube called augest radio project and he has a saying about life “keep showing up” it’s the name of his album and the name of the song im writing and currently demoing hes one of two of my true music hero’s 

    the other is(and considering how my slow journey to unmasking and alllowing my self to enjoy her music and personality snd genotusity snd thr stuff ive put on gwt about her it won’t be a surprise) is Taylor swift … yep this is me being open and honest with my self now indint care what people say (oh oh thats what people say but I keep movingn cant stop groovin) im a 30 something male who’s a proud swiftie but now I just need some Tay Tay friendship brackets :( 

    also I love breath (in the air dont be afraid to care) and if that’s Neil youngs old man (look at my life im a lot you you were ) love that too

    neil young as in crazy horse( not be confused with crazy horses waa waa)

    I do pink flloyd brain dammage/eclipse in fact every busk now o make a set list long enough to do 3 hours (not taking into a punt talking rehydrating breaks and chatting) thats 81 songs at least and most are not your usual wonderwall and ed Sherman if I do Brit pop it’s the las the real people if I do modern pop it’s oliva rod and this will shock you Tay Tay 

  • in reply to 190E(Taylor’s version)
    190E(Taylor’s version) said:
    he has a saying about life “keep showing up”

    Wise words. Sometimes that's all you can do. The good days always come back around eventually.

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  • in reply to Damojo

    Is that you Ben? Haha seriously that sounds like it’s out of a arp video 

    he also doesn’t like the term fan becuase it’s short for fanaticbwhich sounds very on weihe he prefers people who resonate with each other 

    hes a wise man 

    my life’s mottos right now are keep showing up,dont be ashamed to be cray cray for Tay Tay and life is a circus (and I mean that as in entertaining funny and amazing) 

    takiing of circuses I have a echolalia stim I like it’s when the clown yuri has an invisible car and they ask an audience mehrt what’ type of car it is and they say like a fiat or something snd he goes “nooooo Ferrari”