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Location: 6 String Ranch | Went to an open mic last night at the Club Helsinki. You sign up and they give you a 15 minute time slot, do what you want.
Now I've not been to a lot of these but this did strike me as odd.
This kid gets up and does a 15 minute drum solo. Like all 15 minute drum solos it was 14 minutes too long.
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Location: NJ | yup
a 10 minute LOUD version of over the rainbow on trumpet
a guy from the local group home whistleing "your a grand old flag" then singing "i've been working on the railroad" but forgetting the words.
strange comedy skits
a poet reading walt whitman's "oh captain my captain"
some guy doing a perverted version of minnie ripperton's "loving you" (oops that was me) |
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Location: closely held secret | The stalker version of "I Saw Her Standing There".
...oh, wait. That was Al, too. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Two guys.... one with a guitar, and the other with a 40" Craftsman crosscut saw and a fiddle bow.
Thing was... I enjoyed it.
The guy who played the saw also holds the worlds record for riding the tallest uni-cycle. That process involved a construction crane in the Pontiac Silverdome.
Thought For The Day....
Just because you can do an open mic, doesn't mean you should. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Art can be a strange and painful experience.
Especially the weeding-out process.
But that's how we get there from here.
Legend is Jimi Hendrix would listen to any and all players, all night long. Just to find that ONE thing they did that was interesting, even if they didn't know it themselves.....
"listen without prejudice" |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | An original tune by a country music band, dressed as ghouls except for their cowboy hats singing a song called dead puppy. The word dead puppy was the only lyric, repeated over and over again. For five minutes. The audience was slack jawed. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | A guy in his late 80's doing Ravel's Bolero on harmonica. And HE was good too. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | I hate Bolero,(and I prefer to avoid the word 'hate')(except for the PDQ Bach version...with lyrics) it makes elevator music sound clever and creative.....but I would listen to THAT. once. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | An autoharp duet backed up by a trombone, in a ski lodge. |
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Location: CA | Wow, life is just rocketing by and I'm standing on the corner wondering where the bus is.
I've never even been to an open mike. |
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Location: closely held secret | Six guys dressed in hula skirts and coconut bras singing about a guy exposing himself.
Also in a ski lodge. |
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| I haven't been to an open mike lately, but the oddest thing I think I have seen is myself, stumbling through a bad version of "Rhymes and Reasons".
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
Six guys dressed in hula skirts and coconut bras singing about a guy exposing himself.
Also in a ski lodge. Maybe because I wasn't there and only saw it on video, or maybe because I tried for months to get this picture out of my mind, but I had completely forgotten about this one. Thanks a lot, Wabbit. |
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Location: closely held secret | Why, you're very welcome, Mark. I'll try to work it into a conversation in another 6 months or so. |
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Location: south east Michigan | *sigh* |
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Location: Tennessee | Guy plays/sings "Horse with No Name" and then "Wild World". Badly. Then plays them both again. More badly. Time wasn't up yet. So he played them both again. Most badly. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Over here , most go into the open -mic. thing halfheartedly , that goes for the audience just as much as for the performers , there are not many of these events , .. that`s maybe why .. |
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Location: Tidal Mudflats of Virginia | Thought For The Day....Just because you can do an open mic, doesn't mean you should. Hence the reason I fear the microphone :rolleyes: |
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Location: south east Michigan | Thought For Tommorrow....
If you don't do an open mic this year, you'll be another year older when you do. |
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Location: Reisterstown, Maryland | For the most part the few I've been to have been pretty good, but it never fail to amaze me the number of people who think they can sing, can't! Just watch the auditions for American Idol or America's Got Talent. (I just watch the audition faze)
Then there are those who are truly talented
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Back in the Karioki days, I was in a hotel bar where they were doing karioki and the waitress asked if she could get me anything. I asked her to get a bucket for the gal that was singing. She didn't get it, even after I said "to see if she could carry a tune in it." Some people just don't have an ear for music and don't get it. They should stick to rap. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Well, it's off to another one.
West Stockbridge Mass tonight. I'll say "Hi" to Alice for ya'll.
Hopefully the strangest thing will be some guy singing originals with a Mr. Big shirt. |
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Location: CA | Anyone here as big a fan of the movie 'Duets' as me? Great flick. Huey Lewis can't really act but Gweneth Paltrow makes up for it. Lots of good karaoke and some bad. |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Originally posted by Beal:
Well, it's off to another one.
West Stockbridge Mass tonight. I'll say "Hi" to Alice for ya'll.
Hopefully the strangest thing will be some guy singing originals with a Mr. Big shirt. Break a string |
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Location: Tennessee | Knock 'em dead out there Beal. I'm afraid if I played at an open mike at Mass, the people in the church would be nervously watching for lightning bolts. |
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Location: Nashville TN. | NOT in THAT Mass.......
LOL
This Mass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8DtpdXZi0M |
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| Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
Back in the Karioki days, Back in the . . . you mean that crap's finally over? Thank God! |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | There was a woman Marylin, Connie and me, and a massive crowd of two others. So we played for a long time. Then there was another guy who walked in with his guitar and he played for a while. Said I looked familiar. Turned out he was a pilot who used to fly into JAX and buy fuel. Small world. |
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Thought For The Day....
Just because you can do an open mic, doesn't mean you should. [/QB] So I guess that I'm supposed to just stay home until I'm "perfect" enough for an open mike? :rolleyes:
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Location: 6 String Ranch | No, just pick the right open mic to start at.
I'm told that there is another tonight at the "real" Alice's church. Probly will be more than 5 people there at this one. |
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| Originally posted by Beal:
No, just pick the right open mic to start at.
I'm told that there is another tonight at the "real" Alice's church. Probly will be more than 5 people there at this one. Actually, Beal, I've done three open mike nights all at one place. They've actually tolerated my bad playing and have offered me some help. I sometimes go there even if I don't play anything.
Some have asked me when I'm going to play there again, but I really don't have anything to play for them. I think I am my own worst critic anyway.
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| I did the open mic thing to get on the bill at The Gaslight and The Bitter End back in the day. If you did well at open mics and got "noticed" they offered you a paid slot on the other nights.
Yes, there were some terrible and quirky people at the open mics. There were also some drop-dead-talented-ought-to-be-stars there as well, although I don't know what happened to most of them. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Well it seems that this road goes on forever and the party just never ends. There is another one tonight at the Church, better known as Alice's church or the Guthrie centre. Guess we'll do three in a row. Really getting used to driving route 7 south at night. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Bill..
I'd figure your "Temptation" song would go over well at an open mic. |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Originally posted by Guitarzannie:
Thought For The Day....
Just because you can do an open mic, doesn't mean you should. So I guess that I'm supposed to just stay home until I'm "perfect" enough for an open mike? :rolleyes:
Michelle [/QB]
You'll get better with time.
Just pick the right ones to attend.
Some are more beginner placrs other are for established performers.
Just remember every stadium act you ever seen or heard of Sucked bigtime at some point in time.
You just did know of them then. |
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Location: Bellingham, WA, USA | Hmm I was looking through the local events in the paper last night while we waited for our burgers at this burger restaurant and noticed a few open mic postings, thought to myself hmm never been to one, then I see this post on here today, maybe I should go to one sometime and have a listen... Can't play any complete songs so obviously that's not an option.. |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Originally posted by mercury187:
Hmm I was looking through the local events in the paper last night while we waited for our burgers at this burger restaurant and noticed a few open mic postings, thought to myself hmm never been to one, then I see this post on here today, maybe I should go to one sometime and have a listen... Can't play any complete songs so obviously that's not an option.. Scout one out and learn a couple songs.
Here place for simple fack arangements |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Originally posted by PEZ:
Originally posted by mercury187:
Hmm I was looking through the local events in the paper last night while we waited for our burgers at this burger restaurant and noticed a few open mic postings, thought to myself hmm never been to one, then I see this post on here today, maybe I should go to one sometime and have a listen... Can't play any complete songs so obviously that's not an option.. Scout one out and learn a couple songs.
Here place for simple fack arangements
http://bettylou.zzruss.com/index.html |
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Location: Bellingham, WA, USA | Originally posted by PEZ:
/QUOTE]Here place for simple fack arangements What does that mean? |
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Location: south east Michigan | Guitarzannie... I encourage you and any other out there to give the open mic thing a shot.
It's a great thing for setting goals. It can force.. I mean encourage you to polish up your skills.
Sometimes it will scare the hell out of ya. But when it works it makes it all worth it. |
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Location: SoCal | During the summer, I play most Friday evenings at an outdoor jam. Some of the tunes I play go over real well. Some fall flat. Playing in front of people is the only way to learn which tune does which.
And since we're in a group of players, I try to have 3-5 different tunes ready each week. It's good for me, constantly working on stuff, and good for the listeners, to hear different stuff (nothing is worse than playing the same 3 tunes, week after week). |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Originally posted by mercury187:
Originally posted by PEZ:
/QUOTE]Here place for simple fack arangements What does that mean?
Not note for note. |
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Location: Utah | Originally posted by Guitarzannie:
Thought For The Day....
Just because you can do an open mic, doesn't mean you should. So I guess that I'm supposed to just stay home until I'm "perfect" enough for an open mike? :rolleyes:
Michelle [/QB] |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | My mother is a wonderful singer and always encouraged me to sing. I thought that her comments about how well I did were not just a biased Mom talking, until I played golf with her, after too many "good shots" when I'd top the ball or hit it out of bounds, I began to doubt her opinion about my voice.
The urge to sing in front of people isn't very strong, not because of fear alone, but more because I just don't much care if anyone hears me. Playing guitar is different. I don't have much opportunity for the open mic stuff, but I had to work really hard to avoid embarassment at the last gathering. I wish I had practiced more before going to Denver this weekend. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Mark, if lack of practice frightens you then when you come over you can just look and drool and we can take photos. :D |
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| Originally posted by Slipkid:
Guitarzannie... I encourage you and any other out there to give the open mic thing a shot.
It's a great thing for setting goals. It can force.. I mean encourage you to polish up your skills.
Sometimes it will scare the hell out of ya. But when it works it makes it all worth it. Brad, I have done three open mikes, but it has been a while since I have done one.
With the last time out, I attempted "Leaving on a Jet Plane" and "Rhymes and Reasons". I got so nervous that I forgot how to do the chords and also forgot the words, even though they were right in front of me!
I talked to a local guitar player a few months ago. I told him that I had been taking lessons for two years and that I had tried an open mike the month prior. He said "I was playing for a lot longer than two years before I tried an open mike night. You've got guts!"
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Location: closely held secret | I figure to be above 90% of the open-mikers I've heard (OFC gatherings excepted) you don't have to be good, merely coherent. |
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