From: Lancashire, UK. Seanin arrived in New York eight years ago.

Day Job: Painting and decorating, but mostly busking and selling CDs of his solo music and that of his band, Trubadore.

Favorite Spots: Seventh Avenue and Bedford Avenue subway stations in Brooklyn. "I don't care for Manhattan. It's too competitive."

Claims To Fame: His former band, the Big Geraniums, had a couple of chart hits and toured Europe and Australia.

Best Day's Take: "It's considered a faux pas amongst buskers to answer that question—bad luck, too." Performs four days a week, three to eight hours a day.

On Busking: "I'm a good musician, so gradually, it pays off. I sell CDs, make contacts, collect people's email addresses for mass mailings for my gigs."

Text and photos by street photographer Joseph O. Holmes