I am not sure what to think about Open Mics at coffehouses and such. Last night I sang four tunes at an open mic in a coffeehouse. It was sort of an impromptu thing - I had to borrow a guitar and ended up breaking two strings while playing (It was old). I thought it would be good practice for me to perform solo in front of a (small)strange audience - something I don't have a whole lot of experience doing.
The guy in front of me played forever and ever and ever and he wasn't too good(he thought he was though...kept shaking his head of hair and closing his eyes just like they do on TV), so I thought - even if I screw up a lot I can't look too bad following him.
So I did my four tunes and people seemed to like it - no big reaction though. The sound man invited me to come back again and he said "I mean that." Then a fellow followed me and did three original tunes that were exactly the same and he sort of had the same problem as the first guy, closed his eyes way too much and was just a little too serious.
But anyway I guess my questions are:
How do you judge whether your stuff went over well? Most people are polite and will aplaud even if you're bad.(I did for that other fellow). A friend of mine who was there said he heard someone making positive comments on my voice, so that's a plus I guess.
Is it worth playing Open mics very much just to get practice?
So what experiences have you seasoned performers had with Open Mics?
Tucci
The guy in front of me played forever and ever and ever and he wasn't too good(he thought he was though...kept shaking his head of hair and closing his eyes just like they do on TV), so I thought - even if I screw up a lot I can't look too bad following him.
So I did my four tunes and people seemed to like it - no big reaction though. The sound man invited me to come back again and he said "I mean that." Then a fellow followed me and did three original tunes that were exactly the same and he sort of had the same problem as the first guy, closed his eyes way too much and was just a little too serious.
But anyway I guess my questions are:
How do you judge whether your stuff went over well? Most people are polite and will aplaud even if you're bad.(I did for that other fellow). A friend of mine who was there said he heard someone making positive comments on my voice, so that's a plus I guess.
Is it worth playing Open mics very much just to get practice?
So what experiences have you seasoned performers had with Open Mics?
Tucci