The City of Melbourne is about to launch a 'Tip My Hat' competition for Melbourne's audience-starved buskers, inviting them to send videos of their performances to be showcased on Instagram.
Viewers will vote for a weekly winner of a $300 cash prize and entry into the annual Melbourne Music Week busking program.And the performances will come with a virtual guitar case on the pavement: a link for viewers to make direct donations.
"We want to help them reach a wider audience," she said. "This online busking competition is an opportunity for everyone to listen and watch their incredible work, and a practical way we can offer support to our buskers to help them get through the pandemic." "We really wanted to help," he said. "Buskers are part of the make-up of Melbourne’s culture and soundscape … I really miss that unexpected, unpredictable sound that makes Melbourne such a wonderful place."
But he also acknowledged the pandemic was likely to accelerate a move away from the use of cash, so there would need to be "a whole lot more" help for buskers to access cash-free payment systems."Most professional buskers, we’re always preparing for hard times: what if it rains for a month," he said. "But we just weren’t expecting this hard a time.
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