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Open Mic Network Update – March 8th, 2010
Hi everybody,
I know I haven’t updated you all in about a month but things have been so hectic lately what with Mad March and all but it’s safe to say that even though Adelaide is awash with festival fever, the Open Mic @ The Dan is as busy as ever.
I know that over the last few weeks the rush to get on the running sheet first has had some casualties and for that I apologise. It’s hard getting to The Dan at 6:30pm to find a pub full of Open Mic’ers swarming around the list but with no idea as to who turned up first (pre 6:30pm) it makes it very hard for me to be as fair and as equitable as possible when it comes to filling the Open Mic running sheet.
Last week I trialled a system (a big thank you to Rob Pickering for the initial idea and for Peter Clayton for running with it for me) where the first Open Mic’er to arrive pre 6:30pm has the responsibility of jotting down the names of the others in the order of their arrival. This then makes it easy for me to fill the running sheet fairly and objectively when I get there at 6:30pm.
Thankfully the system worked and everyone was happy. I’ll continue to fine-tune this system but I think this should demonstrate to all that the ideas of fair go at the Open Mic @ The Dan and the Open Mic community itself still remain as strong as when Darren Zaza and I first started it.
As well as the Open Mic @ The Dan holding its own in Mad March the amount of talented new faces gracing the Open Mic stage has been amazing. The new faces are:
Ryan Kemp
Grant Tilbrook
Mark Allen
Scozzie (Colin & Shaun)
Peter Zajax
Thank you to all for turning up and adding to the rich tapestry of music that is the Open Mic @ The Dan. You’re all welcome anytime 
In other Open Mic news, I wanted to let you all know that next weeks Open Mic @ The Dan scheduled for March 17th has been moved to Friday March 19th due to St Patricks Day festivites. After that, the Open Mic @ The Dan reverts back to Wednesdays again for your listening and performing pleasure.
Just a reminder about this weeks Open Mic @ The Dan for you all:
Open Mic @ The Dan
Wednesday March 10th, 2010
Daniel O’Connell Hotel
165 Tynte Street, North Adelaide
8pm – Midnight
Plus…
Friday Open Mic (One Week Only)
Friday March 19th, 2010
Daniel O’Connell Hotel
165 Tynte Street, North Adelaide
8pm – Midnight
Remember, if you’re the first to arrive at The Dan please get a paper and pen and jot down the names of the others in the order of their arrival. I’ll be there around 6:30pm to take over from there plus I’ll buy you a drink for your trouble
It’s still first come first served so be early, have a meal and enjoy the ambiance that is The Dan.
See you Wensdee,
Corey
Open Mic Network Update – February 8th, 2010
Hi everybody,
It’s starting to get busier and busier now at the Open Mic @ The Dan. Last week most of the 15 or so slots available were gone by 6:45pm which is not bad considering that I get to The Dan at 6:30pm to take down names.
Even though it’s so busy we still had a large number of new faces grace the Open Mic stage, in fact we broke a record with six new faces. The word is really getting around that the Open Mic @ The Dan is the place to be and for that I have all of you to thank because with every week that passes this community is growing stronger and stronger.
The new faces of last week were:
Karyn Pitman – Put her beautiful voice to the songs of Rob Pickering and Peter Clayton
Adam Booth – Played his solo acoustic guitar instrumentals
David Lane – Did a wonderful version of Jeff Buckley
Tim Forth – Is looking for a band. His songs were certainly worth listening to
Daniel Tanner – Came all the way from the UK to play (Well he’s traveling)
Robert The Lurker – Finally got the courage up to grace the stage
To all you guys, thank you for giving the Open Mic @ The Dan a go. Come back soon, the door is always open
Just a reminder of this weeks Open Mic @ The Dan for you all:
Open Mic @ The Dan
Wednesday February 10th, 2010
Daniel O’Connell Hotel
(165 Tynte Street, Nth Adelaide)
8pm – Midnight
If last weeks rush to the running sheet was anything to go by you really need to make sure you get to The Dan as early as you can to avoid disappointment. I’ll be there from around 6:30pm to take down names.
Remember, it’s first come, first served.
See you Wensdee,
Corey
Open Mic Network Update – February 1st, 2010
Hi everybody,
2010 is looking like a busy year already for the Open Mic @ The Dan. We managed to fit 18 performers onto the running sheet and last week was the second week in a row that we started at 7:30pm rather than 8pm.
All in all though, the atmosphere at the venue was one of awesome community music. There were impromptu jams springing up from everywhere and the joyful sounds of community were ruminating through The Dan.
Last weeks Open Mic was an absolute joy to be part of. We even heard some Australian songs in celebration of a belated Australia Day (nice one Peter Clayton)
In the list of 18 performers there were three amazing new acts. They were (in order of appearance):
Michael & Jodie – An acoustic duo who had their first ever performance on a stage at the Open Mic @ The Dan. They did two covers but it was their original song that stole the show, as well as Jodie’s amazing voice.
Harry Thwaites – Initially contacted me via the web (yes the online marketing is really working here. I’m really happy about that), he put on a wonderful set of three songs. Just one man and an electric guitar. Very nice indeed.
Simon Basey – He of The Timbers fame , Darren Zaza’s favourite band at the moment (he saw them at the Grace Emily recently and can’t stop raving about them). Did three of his own songs that were wonderful stories to listen to. Made me want to go and check out more of Simon’s music asap.
To Michael, Jodie, Harry and Simon, thanks for giving the Open Mic @ The Dan a go. I hope you enjoyed yourselves and can’t wait to hear from you all again.
Welcome to the community
If you saw a couple of strange devices on the Open Mic stage last week don’t worry, it was only me experimenting with a bit of recording through the PA. The reason why I was doing this was to see if I could get some really clear live recordings of the Open Mic for the website, Facebook and MySpace pages plus, a possible Open Mic Network live CD one day.
As it turned out, the levels were a bit too high which made the whole recording distorted but the potential is certainly there. I also want to start doing some more videos as well but I’ll keep all of you posted as to the progression of my live recording and video experiments.
Just a reminder of this weeks Open Mic @ The Dan for you all:
Open Mic @ The Dan
Wednesday February 3rd, 2010
Daniel O’Connell Hotel
(165 Tynte Street, Nth Adelaide)
8pm – Midnight
If last weeks rush to the running sheet was anything to go by you really need to make sure you get to The Dan as early as you can to avoid disappointment. I’ll be there from around 6:30pm to take down names.
Remember, it’s first come, first served.
See you Wensdee,
Corey
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
Open Mic Network Update – January 11th, 2010
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:
Mel Daniel promoting her Ice Hockey benefit night (**Get Pucked Adelaide Assassins Fundraiser – Live @ Light Square Friday Jan 15th @ 7pm. $15 entry**)
Ross Neilson celebrating his birthday
Anthony D’antonio playing more of his original music
New face Beau Drummond completely stunning everybody with his first-time-on-stage performance
Ok, just a reminder for you all…
Wednesday January 13th, 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.
See you Wensdee,
Corey
Open Mic Network Update – June 8th, 2009
Hi everybody and a big welcome to new subscribers of the Open Mic Network mailing list.
Even though winter officially started last week, it didn’t deter the Open Mic faithful from braving the cold and participating at The Dan of The Joiners for some good old fashioned Open Mic fun. From my experience, winter is a popular time to be at an Open Mic especially when the venues provide a very warm and comfortable atmosphere to perform in.
Open Mic @ The Dan
Last weeks Open Mic @ The Dan saw the welcome return to the Open Mic stage of three past performers.
Garth Dutton firmly established his spot as the “first cab off the rank” after a lengthy absence with a wonderfully spirited return performance.
Next was harp-master Lord Stompy who gave us a masterclass in harmonicaship (is there such a word… there is now) and delighted the crowd with his Uke playing and last but not least we witnessed the welcome return of The Texettes who weaved their fine original country tunes around the room.
Lord Stompy & Uke
Included in the mix was indeed another new face. His name is Scott Morphett and he proved himself to be a very fine singer/songwriter on the Open Mic stage. After his performance Scott assured me that he would be back next week. I can’t wait to hear what he has instore for us then.
Scott Morphett
Open Mic @ The Joiners
I think the car-parking issues that have dogged the Open Mic @ The Joiners for the last 3 weeks had temporarily scared away some of the crowd. Even though the Entertainment Centre was empty and there were car-parks a plenty it was a fairly quiet night.
Only 13 spots were filled however, the performers that filled them were all class.
In fact, last weeks Open Mic @ The Joiners was a guitar players heaven. The small but very appreciative audience of performers and Joiners Arms regulars had the pleasure of witnessing players such as Ross Neilson, Looshbaby, Jon Parrish and of course the wonderful Erica Graf.
If Bruce McAvaney were there he would’ve said the night was SPECIAL!
Jon Parrish
We did have one new face in the crowd and her name was Katherine Phelps, a spoken word artist.
Not since the Zen Koans of BT Cassidy in the early days of the Open Mic @ The Dan has a spoken word artist graced the Open Mic stage and let me tell you, Katherine’s performance was truly a breath of fresh air which further reinforces the fact that the Open Mic Network is open to all performers.
Songwriters, musicians, poets, spoken word artists and comedians are all welcome to get out of the house and have a go in a very performer friendly environment.
Katherine has her own blog in which she writes about her experience at the Open Mic @ The Joiners. You can read it HERE. I hope more spoken word artists and comedians utilise the Open Mic Network because the door is always open.
A Very Animated Katherine Phelps
Here is a reminder of what’s happening this week:
Wednesday June 10th, 2009
Daniel O’Connell Hotel
165 Tynte Street, North Adelaide
8pm – Midnight
Open Mic @ The Joiners
Thursday June 11th, 2009
Joiners Arms Hotel
9 Manton Street, Hindmarsh
8pm – Midnight
(with plenty of Car-Parking available this week)
As always, make sure you get to the venue early to avoid disappointment and while you’re there, have a meal. 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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Tonight’s The Night – Open Mic @ The Joiners Arms
“Tonight’s the night, it’s gonna be alright” – Rod Stewart
It’s 2:30pm in the afternoon and I’ve done all I can with the promotion of this new Open Mic so now it’s time to let go of any expectation and leave it all up to the universe.
I’m nervous but excited at the same time but I know that this new Open Mic @ The Joiners Arms is a natural extension of the initial phenomenon that is the Open Mic @ The Dan.
I knew that the Open Mic @ The Dan had become too busy at times when performers were starting to panic about getting to the venue in time to put their names down rather than concentrate their creative energies on putting on a great set of three songs. It’s my hope that this new Open Mic will remedy this fact somewhat.
This Open Mic community that Darren Zaza and myself created just over two and a half years ago has now grown to a size in which (I firmly believe) two Open Mics can be run in one week. My goal is to eventually have three going but I’m happy to wait for that one.
I’ve always been a huge believer in the “organic growth” of an idea.
Initially the Open Mic @ The Joiners Arms is being run for a 12 week trial period but, if the popularity of the Open Mic @ The Dan is to go by, I can see this new Open Mic becoming a much needed permanent fixture in the Adelaide music scene.
Tonight is going to be huge, spread the word and I hope to see you there,
Corey
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Open Mic @ The Joiners Arms – The Grand Launch
I’m now starting to count down the days until the Grand Launch of the Open Mic @ The Joiners Arms this coming Thursday, May 14th from 8pm until Midnight.
From the feedback I’ve been getting this new Open Mic will become as popular as the well established Open Mic @ The Dan which has been going strong for just over 2.5 years.
The Open Mic @ The Joiners is initially running for a 12 week trial to see how it goes and after that (all going well) it will become a permanent fixture in the ever growing Open Mic Network.
The reason for starting up a second Open Mic is very simple, there’s a huge demand for it as the Open Mic @ The Dan is now bulging at the seams with quality performers wanting to have a go.
My goal with the Open Mic Network has been to firmly establish a community of songwriters, musicians and punters who want to support each other and the greater music scene in Adelaide with the Open Mics at The Dan and now at The Joiners being the hub of this community.
Some people have asked me whether there’s going to be any difference between the Open Mics at The Dan and The Joiners.
My answer to the question is NO.
The Open Mic @ The Dan formula is working and working very well so there’s no reason to tamper with it. The Open Mic @ The Joiners will run in the same way. I’ll be there from 6:30pm to take names, first come will be first served as I’m not going to take any pre-bookings.
Everyone will get three songs on the Open Mic stage followed by a free drink at the end of the performance, simple as that…
Anyway, the Joiners Arms Hotel is located at 9 Manton Street Hindmarsh nestled between the Adelaide Entertainment Centre and Hindmarsh Stadium.
The best thing about the Joiners is that there are no residents nearby to complain about noise and while The Dan has to close the bar by midnight, the Joiners can remain open for as long as the Open Mic crowd demands it.
All in all, it’s going to be a fantastic night. I hope to see you there,
Until then, see you next Thursdee,
Corey
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Video: “Kind To Me” By Rowey G
Another video featuring the Open Mic @ The Dan on YouTube. This time Rowey G from The Tangerines is singing “Kind To Me”.
I know that the video is a bit dark but in the near future the lighting setup for the Open Mic @ The Dan is going to be more video friendly.
Enjoy…
Video: Matt Clearing – Open Mic @ The Dan
After a four month break it was great to see Matt Clearing treading the Open Mic stage once again.
This video is Matt performing at the April 1st Open Mic @ The Dan. The following 3 songs are featured in this video:
- 1/2 Mast
- Disobey
- Mice & Men
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