Open Mic free-for-all... tell me your stories of starting out

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  • soma1975soma1975 Frets: 6627
    oh I assumed you’d look like a tosspot if you rocked up to one of these with a decked out pedaltrain.

    am in Orpington, Kent. 


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  • BlackjackBlackjack Frets: 227
    @ijonty I too am just about to start going to the occasional open mic night but I am very much a beginner so going to try and build my confidence.
    if you can get there, there is a great open mic night at the Coach and Horses pub in Beckenham every Thursday at 8pm.  A really lovely, friendly bunch of people and well worth a visit if it's not too far for you. 
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  • soma1975soma1975 Frets: 6627
    It's only about 20mins away. Will maybe pop down. Cheers. 
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  • NikcNikc Frets: 627
    Played solo for the first time at an open mic last night - Shocking but I enjoyed it and will be back for more :)

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  • BahHumbugBahHumbug Frets: 349
    I do open mics and folk clubs regularly, albeit I'm over in Gloucestershire.  It's well worth doing and much more nerve inducing than playing in a band.  But very rewarding and worthwhile.  Audiences are invariably very polite and accepting, no matter how well you perform.  It's grass roots music, not professional, and TBH everyone else is going through a similar experience so they know what it's like.
    top tip: don't try anything flashy first (or second) time out.
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  • ijontyijonty Frets: 32
    edited March 2018
    Nikc said:
    Played solo for the first time at an open mic last night - Shocking but I enjoyed it and will be back for more

    I’ve heard it’s addictive! So what was it like getting up the nerve to step up? Was alcohol required? And how ‘shocking’ were you really? I’ll bet you weren’t anywhere near as bad as you thought.


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  • JalapenoJalapeno Frets: 6378
    edited March 2018
    Get in !

    Only advice - Book an early slot so (a) you're not angst ridden all evening, and (b) the really good guys (usually later on) don't make you feel inadequate. Make sure you can hear yourself (or just belt it out, it's virtually guaranteed that there will be worse than you).
    Imagine something sharp and witty here ......

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  • soma1975soma1975 Frets: 6627
    Jalapeno said:
     it's virtually guaranteed that there will be worse than you).
    Challenge accepted. 
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  • ijontyijonty Frets: 32
    Well, I’m sat in the pub right now, building up some nerve to step up to the mic...


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  • NikcNikc Frets: 627
    get in i'm sure you'll be great ;)
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  • NikcNikc Frets: 627
    ijonty said:
    Nikc said:
    Played solo for the first time at an open mic last night - Shocking but I enjoyed it and will be back for more

    I’ve heard it’s addictive! So what was it like getting up the nerve to step up? Was alcohol required? And how ‘shocking’ were you really? I’ll bet you weren’t anywhere near as bad as you thought.
    I had some nice feedback along the lines of really first time etc.. one lady told me what i'd played was awesome - I'm fairly sure she was on her second white wine (bottle that is) ;)
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  • ijontyijonty Frets: 32
    Done it. Voice was all over the show, but really enjoyed it. Ready for the next one...


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  • NikcNikc Frets: 627
    ijonty said:
    Done it. Voice was all over the show, but really enjoyed it. Ready for the next one...
    Way to go feel good - or just need beer  ? ;)
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  • ijontyijonty Frets: 32
    Nikc said:
    ijonty said:
    Done it. Voice was all over the show, but really enjoyed it. Ready for the next one...
    Way to go feel good - or just need beer  ? ;)
    Both. Definitely going to do it again. Highly recommended, and not actually as nervy as I expected. 


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  • NikcNikc Frets: 627
    edited March 2018
    what did you play ?

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  • ijontyijonty Frets: 32
    Nikc said:
    what did you play ?

    A Verve track and an acoustic cover of Ice Ice Baby. Yes, really. 


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  • NikcNikc Frets: 627
    Nice 
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  • LuttiSLuttiS Frets: 2243
    sweet, well done :)
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  • ijontyijonty Frets: 32
    edited March 2018
    Here it is. Sonnet, and Ice Ice Baby: https://www.facebook.com/newmusiclondon/videos/615422568790772/ Plenty of room for improvement, but you've got to start somewhere, right?


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  • DesVegasDesVegas Frets: 4510
    Well done!

    On a side note .. don't be afraid to turn up with your pedal board. Most of the people there won't have heard a tremolo'd / phased fuzz through lashings of ambient reverb and delay and they need to hear that shit .. besides, don't know the song the other people are playing? that's what the wha wha was invented for.
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