Music personality Isaac Compton has given old-school busking a whole new meaning.
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The singer took to performing live online after pubs, clubs and entertainment venues were forced to closed due to the spread of coronavirus.
"I think it was the weekend when they announced they were shutting down all the pubs, I was like shit, I'm outta work- because that's my livelihood," Isaac said.
"Then a friend of my suggested to me that I go live on Facebook. I sort of just dismissed it. I didn't really want to know about it and then someone else asked me to do it, and then another person, so I thought ok, let's give it a crack.
"My first live got a pretty good response. It had a lot of people seeing it so I thought I'd do it again and it got an even bigger response. Each week I just kept getting more and more people watching them, now I do them every Friday from 6pm to 8pm.
"When I started doing it I wasn't doing it for money, I was doing it more for my own sanity at the start, but I had people messaging me asking me where they could donate to.
"I started putting my details up there so if people want to donate they can. If they do, they do, if they don't, they don't. It's just a bit of fun really, for myself and for everyone else.
"I mix it up each week, I sort of do a bit of a theme each week. I put up a post at the start of the week and I'll ask people what they want me to do, then I go through and I learn a bunch of the songs to play.
"People comment what songs they would like me to play next. It's like being at a pub, just, virtually."
Isaac's love for music stemmed from his parents and is something that has been imbedded into who he is as a person.
"I was raised in music from when I was born. My mums a singer, my dad a guitarist.
"It was instilled into us as kids."
Isaac said he's thankful for people's generosity and support as well as the endless support he has received from pubs and clubs despite their own hardships during this time.
"Special mention to the guys at the Dubbo Old Bank Hotel, The Castlereagh and the Macquarie Inn," he said.
"Those guys have been pumping my stuff."
You can tune into Isaac's live streams every Friday from 6pm at www.facebook.com/IsaacComptonMusic.
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