Ok, so in my research I've come across this "American Busker" blog (
http://www.americanbusker.wordpress.com), and I am having trouble with some of the advice this person is giving. Namely, I don't like the idea of seed money and then constantly emptying the instrument case so that it always looks like there is less money in there. While clicking around the site, I definitely found a ton of great tips like this, at the end of the day I think it is pretty deceitful. Maybe it's just one of those things you have to get used to... but I'm not ready to take that step.