{"id":26273,"date":"2015-10-13T16:00:42","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T16:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=26273"},"modified":"2015-10-13T16:00:42","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T16:00:42","slug":"busking-no-matter-what-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/13\/busking-no-matter-what-the-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Busking no matter what the season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A local harpist reveals she plans to carry on busking in the city centre throughout the winter months.<\/p>\n<p>So far busking has scored musician Sam Hickman a job playing the harp at Hilton Cardiff Hotel, as well as several weddings. \u201cI\u2019d like to continue to see it grow for me this season&#8221;, she says.<\/p>\n<p>Achieving calm as a performer is something she\u2019d also like to work on, as it\u2019s tempting to hurry against a backdrop of rushing people.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s important to continue savouring every busking session as a performance, she shares, as it really shows if you\u2019re not into it.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Hickman admits it would be great not to overspend on harps, as \u2018harp-envy\u2019 always keeps her on the lookout for the next-best harp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harpist Sam Hickman is determined to continue busking throughout the colder season and has a set of Autumn busking goals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":277,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[4509,1932],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-26273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","tag-autumn","tag-buskers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Busking no matter what the season - alt.cardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/13\/busking-no-matter-what-the-season\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Busking no matter what the season - alt.cardiff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Harpist Sam Hickman is determined to continue busking throughout the colder season and has a set of Autumn busking goals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/13\/busking-no-matter-what-the-season\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"alt.cardiff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-10-13T16:00:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Eugenia Melissen Ferrer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Eugenia Melissen Ferrer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/13\/busking-no-matter-what-the-season\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/13\/busking-no-matter-what-the-season\/\",\"name\":\"Busking no matter what the season - alt.cardiff\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-10-13T16:00:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/cec534ed604c9a2f344b859dd8a59ad3\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/13\/busking-no-matter-what-the-season\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/13\/busking-no-matter-what-the-season\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/13\/busking-no-matter-what-the-season\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Busking no matter what the season\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/\",\"name\":\"alt.cardiff\",\"description\":\"If it\u2019s offbeat and in Cardiff then it\u2019s online here.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/cec534ed604c9a2f344b859dd8a59ad3\",\"name\":\"Eugenia Melissen Ferrer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/f9d43be29b8dfcd4db4b02aa1d6db49a\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5a5676ffd63835fd85d7a7b7d4bc9404900c113d4e050bf6959be0582b7a5c01?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5a5676ffd63835fd85d7a7b7d4bc9404900c113d4e050bf6959be0582b7a5c01?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Eugenia Melissen Ferrer\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/author\/ferrer\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Busking no matter what the season - alt.cardiff","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/13\/busking-no-matter-what-the-season\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Busking no matter what the season - alt.cardiff","og_description":"Harpist Sam Hickman is determined to continue busking throughout the colder season and has a set of Autumn busking goals","og_url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/13\/busking-no-matter-what-the-season\/","og_site_name":"alt.cardiff","article_published_time":"2015-10-13T16:00:42+00:00","author":"Eugenia Melissen Ferrer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Eugenia Melissen Ferrer","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/13\/busking-no-matter-what-the-season\/","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/13\/busking-no-matter-what-the-season\/","name":"Busking no matter what the season - alt.cardiff","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-10-13T16:00:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/cec534ed604c9a2f344b859dd8a59ad3"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/13\/busking-no-matter-what-the-season\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/13\/busking-no-matter-what-the-season\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/13\/busking-no-matter-what-the-season\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Busking no matter what the season"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/","name":"alt.cardiff","description":"If it\u2019s offbeat and in Cardiff then it\u2019s online here.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/cec534ed604c9a2f344b859dd8a59ad3","name":"Eugenia Melissen Ferrer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/f9d43be29b8dfcd4db4b02aa1d6db49a","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5a5676ffd63835fd85d7a7b7d4bc9404900c113d4e050bf6959be0582b7a5c01?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5a5676ffd63835fd85d7a7b7d4bc9404900c113d4e050bf6959be0582b7a5c01?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Eugenia Melissen Ferrer"},"url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/author\/ferrer\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/277"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26273\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26273"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=26273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}