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Open Mic Network Update – January 25th, 2010

Hi everybody,

Last weeks Open Mic @ The Dan was a real blast.

We had 17 performers providing an amazing night’s worth of entertainment for all who were there. The summer season has well and truly kicked in.

There were 2 new faces in the list of 17 performers that I need to mention. First of all there’s Claire Gurry who writes songs based on her very full, diverse and rather interesting life. She is a great example of what can be achieved when you roll up your sleeves and just dive into life.

Her infectious happiness was a real treat. Great energy

Secondly there was Tony Krelle who gave the Open Mic crowd 3 cover songs of very high quality. The great thing about Tony’s performance was that the covers he played were not from your stock standard cover band repertoire. Personally, I really appreciate that.

Thank you Claire and Tony for gracing the Open Mic stage, I hope you can come back again soon.

Claire Gurry

Tony Krelle

Mighty Mick

The Lovely Rowey G

The MC

Just a reminder of what is happening this week. I think that as part of Australia Day celebrations everyone needs to play at least one Aussie song. What do you reckon?

Open Mic @ The Dan
Wednesday January 27, 2010
Daniel O’Connell Hotel
(165 Tynte Street, Nth Adelaide)
8pm – Midnight

Make sure you get to The Dan as early as you can to avoid disappointment. I’ll be there from 6:30pm to take down names. Remember, it’s first come, first served.

See you Wensdee,

Corey

Tags: adelaide, australia day, live music, lyrics, music, open mic, open mike, song, songwriting

Monday, January 25th, 2010 News, Open Mic @ The Dan, open mic No Comments

Open Mic Network Update – January 18th, 2010

sunmic Hi everybody,

Last weeks Open Mic @ The Dan would be up there for me as one of the busiest I’ve ever encountered, and the talent… there was musical talent coming from every direction.

I had an absolute ball.

It was so busy that both Darren and I decided to start the Open Mic a half an hour early to fit everybody in and even then we still had to turn people away (thankfully they stuck around and enjoyed the music anyway).

We had three new faces grace the Open Mic stage. First of all we had the singer/guitarist and the bass player from a band called Sycamore Road play some of their wonderful originals. I felt an instant connection as the bass player plays a Musicman Stingray 5 just like I do. NICE

Secondly we had Dennan Welch who has come over to Adelaide from the US and was keen to impress the crowd with his beautifully crafted acoustic songs. He succeeded in impressing the crowd. The last new face was Aggie Harris whose delicate vocals and music captured the hearts of the audience. I would love to hear more of Aggie’s music as I had missed some of it due to attending to other things.

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The Boys From Sycamore Road

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Dennan Walsh

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Aggie Harris

To Dennan, Aggie and the guys from Sycamore Road, thanks for giving the Open Mic @ The Dan a go and hope to see you again very soon.

Other highlights of the night were:

The return of Lindsay Boyd
The Anthony D’antonio Band
SP and Sarah playing some recently written material
Beau Drummond coming back for some more

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SP & Sarah

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Beau Drummond

If last weeks Open Mic @ The Dan was anything to go by I’m expecting this weeks to be BLOODY HUGE!!

A Bloody Big Crowd

Speaking about this weeks Open Mic, here is a gentle reminder for you all:

Open Mic @ The Dan
Wednesday January 20, 2010
Daniel O’Connell Hotel
(165 Tynte Street, Nth Adelaide)
8pm – Midnight

Make sure you get to The Dan as early as you can to avoid disappointment. I’ll be there from 6:30pm to take down names. Remember, it’s first come, first served.

See you Wensdee,

Corey

Tags: adelaide, australia, daniel o'connell hotel, live performance, music, open mic, open mike, songwriting

Monday, January 18th, 2010 Open Mic @ The Dan, open mic No Comments

Open Mic Network Update – January 11th, 2010

sunmic Hi everybody,

I hope you all had a Merry Xmas and a wonderful New Year.

2010 is now upon us which means a new year, a new decade and a new start for the Open Mic Network. The first thing I want to do is to thank you for being part of the Open Mic community because without you the Open Mic @ The Dan doesn’t exist.

Over the last 6 months the Open Mic @ The Dan has gone from strength to strength even without the email updates which tells me that the Open Mic Community has really grown to own this weekly event.

I for one am very, very proud of what we as a community have achieved and what we’ll achieve in the future and because of this the Open Mic @ The Dan is now one of the premier Open Mics in Adelaide and one of the only ones that can found online (type in “open mics adelaide” in Google and see what come up).

Going through what happened during the last 6 months will take far too much of your time however, I will start off by saying that the Open Mic @ The Dan on New Years Eve (NYE) went off in a big way.

It started off a bit slow to begin with but by around 10:30pm punters off the street, diners from the back room and Open Mic artists were pouring into the front bar which gave a much needed boost for the Open Mic numbers. All in all, we had a full house by the time we were counting down the new year.

I took phots of the event however, they didn’t turn out for some reason. DOH!

The highlight of NYE was Bill the Barman taking centre stage at the end of the night. The man plays some very interesting covers and had the whole pub transfixed on what he was doing.

I hope to see and hear more of Bill the Barman in 2010.

Last weeks Open Mic @ The Dan was only slightly quieter due to people being away or staying home because of the heat however, the people that were there had a fantastic time and some great music was heard.

Some highlights included:

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Mel Daniel promoting her Ice Hockey benefit night (**Get Pucked Adelaide Assassins Fundraiser – Live @ Light Square Friday Jan 15th @ 7pm. $15 entry**)

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Ross Neilson celebrating his birthday