Open Mic 04: Recording + After-Show Party & Chat

[Richard_close2u]

Open Mic 04 - 16 October 2021.

JustinGuitar.com Community Open Mic - 4th Edition (October 2021)

Running Order
00:00:00 Introduction by MC David
00:00:28 David - DavidP [Jane S. Piddy & Hate Street Dialogue]
00:09:55 Toby - TheMadman_tobyjenner [Turn The Page & The Rambler]
00:22:42 Mike - Pikeamus [Aeroplane Over The Sea & Shape Of My Heart]
00:32:50 Mari - Mari63 [Only You & Sister Golden Hair]
00:42:10 Jason - Rossco01 [Original song - Assassin & Alright Now]
00:52:48 Richard - Richard_close2u [Original song - The Circus Is In Town & The Whole Of The Moon]
01:04:42 Brian (& Chris) - brianlarsen [Going To A Town & Ukulele Anthem]
01:20:35 Tosh - ToshS [Big River & Give My Love To Rose]
01:28:20 Adrian - adi_mrok [Una Mattina]

[Richard_close2u]

Selected responses from the original Forum After-Show Party & Chat here: Open Mic 004 - After Show Party

@Rossco01

;D It was great. The best yet I think. Plenty of new people and really high standard of playing and songs…plenty of variety too. Really enjoyed it. Roll on Christmas OM.

@DavidP

Fantastic event again. And after a clam-free first song, I thought I might finally deliver live two songs just like in practice … oh well, there’s always next time

@batwoman

Thankyou Adrian, David for making the wheels turn. What a great show. I admire you, each and every one of you so very much. :-*

@DUrquhart

Brilliant stuff, it just flew by. Well done everyone.

@ToshS

That was a lot of fun. Great job by all and really appreciate the audience participation. Wish I had thought about my mic placement before my first song. Thanks David for mentioning that. I had headset monitoring on but didn’t pick up on it.

@RodC

What a great show everyone. Really enjoyed it. Rod.

@glpguitar

This was absolutely amazing! Thank you Jason for starting this wonderful thing. Thank you Adi for giving us the Zoom without time limits. Thank you David for organising. Thanks to all of you. A bunch of great musicians on this forum and with every event, there’s a few more new faces showing up! Keep rockin’ and see you around the forum 8)!

@pikeamus

Thanks all. That was fun and a great learning experience. Looking forward to doing it again.

@brianlarsen

Well done, everybody. Another evening of fine performances.

Well chuffed Richard Thank you, that was great. Haha, I had trouble timing that spoken word over your pre-recorded track- You nearly made it ALL the way!

Has Toby inadvertently shown us a glimpse of the future?

All right now…

@adi_mrok

Really great night and well done to all of you performers for a spectacular show! Enjoyed every single song tonight fantastic hopefully next time I will be better prepared! I will try to follow with video asap but might take longer than usual.

Keep on rockin’ my friends

@DarrellW

Great night folks, excellent performances and some good fun on the way! Still some more to learn about Zoom for me, I was trying to learn on the fly and had a few oops’s Had a job figuring out the Chat to start with, soon get it sorted by watching a couple of tutorials! Roll on the next one

@Richard_close2u

A huge thanks and well done to everyone for gathering and making another memorable night.

@glpguitar - Thank you Luka for inviting Kaja along - what a great.

@brianlarsen - Thank you Brian for inviting Chris along - another treat.

@ToshS and @pikeamus Terrific debuts

@brianlarsen again

It had to be done Brian, it simply had to be done. I was very conscious of my musical track being all computer generated. Following Paraic’s campfire song discussion I looked at that song and thought - yup I can do a full acoustic version. I also wanted you to see how it can work on one guitar.

Man, that spoken bit - so hard to get right. I’m sure I missed out the line about dystopian queens. I wanted to keep the rhythm going even if it was at the expense of the full lyric. I think I just about managed it.

@TheMadman_tobyjenner

Hi folks a bit late to the party but I was exhausted by the end of the show. But what a show.

First off huge apologies for leaving my mic on an invading space I should not have been in. I hope not, it was a one off and won’t be repeated. Secondly a huge thanks to David, Jason and Adrian for their efforts before and during the show. Organisation pre show was excellant and kept things ticking along nicely. And the show hosting was fantastic as usual. Last a HUGE thank to all the performers, what a fantastic standard, the best OM yet. From debutants to “seasoned professionals” everyone did a superb job and turned out performances of a very high standard. And thank you to our audience for making the event complete. Well done everyone for making it a successful evening.

Looking forward to the recording. Have a great day folks and thanks once more.

Cheers Toby 8)

[Richard_close2u]

Further selected responses from the original topic.:

@pkboo3

I really enjoyed the OM4. First one for me. Zoom was a new experience. But for the most part, I figured it out. Each of you, well done!

@CT

That was a great OM. So many inspired performances. Very impressive. I agree it may have been the best one yet. You rock people!

@sairfingers

That really was terrific, well done all of you! The sense of fun and enjoyment shone out of every performance. Lots of talent on display there!

@sclay

Just watched the recording - first one I’ve seen. Wow, what an absolute treat that was! Brilliant performances.

@Richard_close2u

I think it is wonderful that non-participants still feel willing, able, happy and inspired to view an entire OM show. Being there and being immersed within it is one thing and of course performers, and hopefully audience alike, will re-watch.
But for people who are viewing it just for interest, fun, enjoyment, learning is truly something else. Kudos and vibes to all of you who do this.

@TheMadman_tobyjenner

Could not agree more Richard and I would like to thank them all for their comments.

It was great that we not only had new performers this time but also new audience members as well. The fact folks are watching the “re-run” is hugely encouraging for someone who participated and I hope this spurs forum members to sign up for Open Mic Five, when its announced, either to have their 10 minutes of fame or just to enjoy the show as it unravels !

Thank you all. Cheers Toby 8)

@LievenDV

Finally had the time to have a listen to you guys. I saw

• progression! It’s cool to see you guys getting better and better, both technically as being experienced in this live gigging thing

• A cool version of the circus song

• shared love for Johnny Cash <3

• other instruments!

• Brian’s shenenigans that always make me smile

Thanks for the cool show guys!

@kontenda

What a wonderful entertaining evening - from the start (David) to the end (Adrian) this was a really nice concert. Some unfamiliar songs with great lyrics I had to google The Rambler (Toby) and Ukulele Anthem (Brian), a couple of incredibly excellent original songs from Richard/Brian and Rossco01, brilliant debuts from Mike and Tosh, and lovely renditions of some classic songs from Mari (Only You) and Richard (The Whole of the Moon). Loved it when Brian said he wasn’t going to do too long a banter and then managed to talk and talk. Just a very enjoyable couple of hours all round - well done all - very nice live event.

@SgtColon

Thanks everyone, that was an excellent watch. Great performances I would also like to say thank you to Brian for letting everyone know I suffer with GAS. :o

@TheMadman_tobyjenner

Just wanted to add my thanks to all of you who have watched the show, after it was posted. Thank you for the wonderful and encouraging comments. I guess for those of us who have done 4 Open Mics and maybe Justin’s LiveStream, we all look like seasoned professionals but I can assure you, there is a whole lot of chaos going on under the surface.

However, don’t let that put you off dipping your toe in the water, regardless of your level. It really is a great experience and in my opinion a showcase for Justin’s teaching methods and courses but also the value of this fantastically supportive community.

Thank you for watching! Cheers Toby 8)

@skinnyT

Just caught up with the OM, more great and thoroughly enjoyable performances. Thanks to all the performers and to David and Adrian for the organization. Looking forward to the next one.