For me, I tend to focus on quality. If busking without any backing tracks, just my acoustic, the quality is in delivery. When busking with backing racks, I just want to be part of the band, the quality is in the mix. When in the studio, the quality is in the mastered mix. So, it is in the final sounding versions of songs. Many times, I am playing and I am blending in, I can get lost in it.
Donny