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Open Mic Network Update – May 25th, 2009

Hi everybody,

Both Open Mics ran very smoothly last week. The Dan was busy but very, very manageable with 18 performers gracing the stage including one new face David Blackmore (no relation to Richie Blackmore).

He gave us a couple of songs accompanied by “percussionist for hire” Costa who is the Open Mic Network’s version of James Brown’s “The Hardest Working Man In Showbusiness”.

The night ended with Kenny Wison getting Carroll (bass), Glen Skuthorpe (lead guitar) and Costa (percussion) up on stage for an all in Jam. Wonderful music played by wonderful musicians and a perfect way to end off the night.

With the start of the Open Mic @ The Joiners the start time for The Dan will go back to 8pm. If there’s an influx of performers I’ll have to play the start time by ear. We’ll see how it goes.

David Blackmore & Costa

The Joiners on the other hand started a little slow at first but the running sheet filled up as the night went on. For me, as MC, it felt like the good old days at The Dan.

There were 15 performers last Thursday with two new faces James Ross and Sam popping in to say hello. James wowed the audience with his 1950’s numbers while I accompanied Sam on a version of “Flame Trees”.

Loosh stopped by again to showcase some more of his original music but my person al highlight was a performance by a 1990’s cover trio called “Flannell Lounge” made up of Matt Saunders, Emily and Shane. What a great name

Flannell Lounge in full flight

Car-parking was an issue again last week at The Joiners but unfortunately there’s not much that anybody can do about it and having “The Phantom” extend their season at the Entertainment Centre didn’t help matters however, this Thursday sees the “The Pussycat Dolls” performing at the EntCent as well so brace yourselves.

I can assure you though, from looking at the EntCent website, performances on a Thursday night won’t happen very often. I’ll try as much as I can to let you all know in advance any information regarding events at the EntCent falling on a Thursday. Events such as:

• Ross Noble Arena Tour 2009 – June 18th
• Princess Wishes (Disney On Ice) – June 25th
• So You Think You Can Dance – July 16th
• David Copperfield – August 13th

After Mr Copperfield it looks all clear to the end of 2009 however, this can change at anytime.

In other Open Mic Network news…

This website as well as the Open Mic Network as a whole is for everybody. We will only get out of it what we put into it. Now that the Open Mic Network website is in full swing I want to let you know of some of the things I want to do with the website and how you can help me out with it.

Media – I’m always on the lookout for photos, video and audio of the Open Mics in action. If you have anything that you’d like featured on this website or on the MySpace/Facebook/YouTube pages then let me know. I want to feature it and give credit where it’s due. It’s great promotion I reckon.

Testimonials – How would you answer the question “how have the Open Mics helped you as an artist/musician?” If you have an answer either send me an email or put it up on the Facebook Discussion Board. I’d love to hear from you.

Weblink – Do you have a link that you want to put in the Links Directory (eg: your website)? Let me know and I’ll make it so.

Products/Services – Are you involved with a service or do you have a product that you want to advertise to the Open Mic community through this website? If so, send me an email and we’ll work something out.

Gig Promotion – Do you perform elsewhere besides the Open Mics? Let me know when you’re gigging and I’ll put them up. This site is the perfect place to advertise your gig through but please bear in mind I won’t advertise Wednesday or Thursday gigs other than the Open Mics.

I’m sure you’ll understand why

Ideas/Feedback – What do you want this community to do for you? How can we improve? What are we doing right/not right? Any ideas, feedback or questions? Let me know, I’m all ears.

Last but not least…

Very soon I’m going to start a “Featured Performer” section on this site. This idea is still in the embryonic stage but it will entail answering some interview type questions for a profile that will stay up on the website for a week, fortnight, month… who knows as yet. Stay tuned on how you can participate in this initiative.

Ok, here is a reminder of what’s happening this week:

As always, make sure you get to the venue early to avoid disappointment. I’ll be there at both venues from 6:30pm to take down names

See you Wensdee and/or Thursdee,

Corey
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