Gig Report: Fun Open Mic last night!

[Gary Blanchard]

I decided I would give the new guitar a field test so Carol and I went to an open mic at a coffee shop in nearby South Hadley. This is a well-run open mic with an audience that listens, something that I really appreciate. There were some good acts, some fun acts (like the version of Tennessee Waltz with an eight-piece kazoo backup), and some people who are just getting their stage chops together. Another nice feature of this open mic is that they take pictures throughout the evening and post them to Facebook the next day.

 

[Pine Apple Slim]

I bet the guitar sounded great!
(As well as the operator of course)

 

[335clone]

So how did the new acoustic fare?

 

[bsman]

That looks scarily like a coffee shop in Santa Rosa that has an open mic!

 

[Chad]

did the guitar pass?

 

[Gary Blanchard]

So how did the new acoustic fare?

Carol told me the guitar sounded beautiful; she said it was my best performance ever. Any doubt she had about my getting another guitar was wiped out. It is so easy to play; I just have to adjust to the smaller size.

 

[Gary Blanchard]

That looks scarily like a coffee shop in Santa Rosa that has an open mic!

It is a cool place. They also have a used book shop there. It sits across the street from Mount Holyoke College, so they get a big college crowd during the school year.

 

[rickenvox]

Looks like fun.

The only open mic close to me is not so great as everyone in the audience are musicians just waiting for their turn to play and they don’t really listen to each other. That’s no fun.


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[Pine Apple Slim]

Open mics have kinda died out around here. There’s a couple 35 miles away but that’s really not worth it to me to travel that far.

 

[VoidTerraFirma]

Awfully bright in there.

 

[Gary Blanchard]

Awfully bright in there.

They have stage lights on the stage (that is only about four inches higher than the rest of the place). The place is a little darker when there isn't music. In the crowd shot you can see Carol in a black jacket and pink top. The woman at the right edge of the picture came up after the music was done to tell me how much she liked the music. Carol kept a close watch...