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I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
@revsorg I intend to. Still bricking it though
Swriosuly tho, I’d be exactly the same, although it’s yet to be seen how I cope with a fretboard jam.
I’d get down there and give it your best shot - most audience members are there to support those performing - they’re generally not ‘out to you’ in my experience.
A lot like a FB jam - bunch of blokes of a certain age all faking it
@fastonebaz it varies, I think, but this one was just turn up with a guitar. PA provided. Guy putting it on was rigged for two electric, bass, percussion and DI acoustic, two vocal mics. Most people did solo acoustic. One chap, obviously a regular, went electric and the bass player joined him.
See you Sunday mate you can tell me about it.
Trouble is, I reckon I've got about two more weeks worth of songs that I can sing and play, and that work on acoustic, before I have to start learning new stuff
FWIW I went with Personal Jesus (Johnny Cash version), Follow Your Arrow (Kacey Musgraves), Hang the World (Martyn Joseph), and Learning How To Die (Jon Foreman). With an acceptable number of fluffed notes/forgotten words.
There was one chap there who clearly had some kind of special needs, and they made sure he got a slot (and he wasn't rubbish, either). Everyone obviously knew him, and were looking out for him, although he vanished fairly sharpish after his go. Turned out I knew someone there anyway (mate's dad), and one of the other guys was pretty friendly. I expect if I go back for a couple of weeks and buy the odd pint for people they'll open up. Might even take an electric and go Billy Brag on them at some point.
Mind, I did rather carefully pick this one as "probably the shittest open mic in the area" in terms of general talent level and therefore risk of snootiness or snobbery. Even so, no-one was dreadful.
Now the cherry is popped I'll keep going back, I think. Maybe work up to one of the ones where you can hear them being rude about you whilst you're playing