Amazing Amy

Amy Pollock

“I wouldn’t do it if I didn’t love it”

Amy Pollock is a young Melbourne based musician who draws people in with her beautiful voice and talented guitar playing on Bourke Street.

The first thing you notice when talking to Amy is her vibrant, bubbly attitude.

When asked why she busks Amy replied it’s because when she left school she “didn’t want a grown up job” and decided to busk, soon realising that she actually really enjoyed it. 

Her talent is immense and it is because of this that people are drawn in; it was this realisation that made Amy want to continue playing her music to people, “It’s good to see people enjoying it”.

Amy has completely immersed herself in the busking culture of Melbourne and has made many friends through frequently playing on Bourke Street. Busking has been Amy’s full time job for the past six months while also playing at the occasional gig or two with the other buskers of Bourke. She can be found playing with her fellow buskers at The Workers Club.

Amy says that she hopes to someday travel around the world with her music but for now she’s happy busking as she has built great friendships and she seems to really fit into the community.

“I have an amazing crowd of people that inspire me, so I can’t really let myself get held back”

Amy is currently writing her new CD and plays all her own music on Bourke. When asked what inspires her to write Amy says she draws her inspiration from everything in the world around her, especially her fellow buskers.

“There’s just so many inspiring people that play here.”

When writing her songs her mind is “running a million miles an hour”, and she admits that like any great artist she can get a bit blocked up and that she finds this frustrating, but it’s not long before she is writing again.

“It’s so inspiring to see everyone and I think ‘Wow I want to be like that, I want to be that good’”

Amy believes that busking will remain around for a long time and recognises that it’s growing quite rapidly because of its ability to get people noticed. Busking is never going to die out “only keep getting more and more popular”

You can find more about our project and Amy on our Facebook page. Feedback is also always welcome so please leave a comment below telling us what you think, what you'd like to see more of and of any great buskers you'd like to see on here.

Written by Kimberly Grima

Edited by Katherine Allen

Photography by Kate Katrina