Hello there fellow buskers. I'm new to the "sport", still figuring things out - I don't sing, don't have an amp, and I mainly play fingerstyle, but recently started getting into strumming to learn to actually play loud. The questions:
Can you realistically get heard with pure fingerstyle without an amp on a loud street?
Does it make sense to busk with chords&strumming without singing? It's clearly louder than fingerstyle, but less interesting than it, bcs no melody, and hence the question if it can work without vocals.
IF BOTH AREN'T OPTIMAL - can I realistically learn to sing a couple easy songs (along with strumming them on guitar) in a few weeks to actually start busking ASAP and not sound like a creaking door without any sense of tune whatsoever?
I've been busking a couple times and still all I've got is 50 euro cents. I dunno if I'm either a bad player, or just stupid with my fingerstyle / strumming without vocals strategy.
Thanks.