The Pitch Log

The ToBusk field book for finding your best spot and hour, measured, not guessed

Every busker remembers the day the case filled up. One great Saturday is a story about that Saturday, not a guide to where to play. The Pitch Log is a method and a field book. Part 1 measures each session two ways, per hour played and per hour door to door from leaving home to getting back; logs every session with the same fields; tests each pitch and time slot at least three times; ranks them on a scoreboard (in the worked log, the pitch that takes the most per hour played is not the one that pays best door to door); counts the season's costs once; and tests changes to the ask one at a time. Part 2 covers permits and pitch etiquette, a monthly review that drops the weakest slot, and keeping the year's numbers. For street performers of any kind; not legal or tax advice. With your purchase comes a personalised sheet showing your takings per hour door to door.

Look inside

Two full pages from the workbook, exactly as printed. Click either to read it at full size before you decide.

What is in it

• Measuring the hour two ways: played, and door to door
• The session log, the same fields every time
• Testing each pitch and slot fairly, three times
• The scoreboard, ranked door to door
• Season costs, counted once
• Testing the ask one change at a time
• Permits, etiquette, a monthly review and the year in numbers
• Session log, pitch scoreboard and season costs sheet
• Bonuses: a quickstart, a scouting card and a set-up checklist
• A personalised sheet: your takings per hour door to door

The log complements the free Busking Earnings Calculator. It asks for your average tips per hour; the log is how you measure it, pitch by pitch, door to door.