I am new to this forum and am a musician who in 1999 played for two months gigging (A large restaurant on the AkerBrygger) and busking the street on the Carl Johan Platz. I am presently wondering if there are other musicians here who know anything about the opportunities for playing the local bars and restaurants..This is for a solo guitar player/singer singing classic rock songs. In addition, from my experience I know that in 1999 it was legal and typical for performers to use amplification on the Carl Johan Platz. I wonder if the amps have been legislated against or not..as many other European cities have done over the years.
As far as inside gigging, restaurants having this type of troubadour playing and singing well-known hit songs were typical on the waterfront in 1999. Are these solo musicians still being used, or is the trend more towards duos and bands?