Looks like a great time was had by all.
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Great stuff, Tony! It looks like great fun and sounds really good. Amazing! 
Thanks for sharing this with us, Tony.
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Sounds fabulous Tony and delightful to see folk having such fun.
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A new milestone for my learning log. My 100th open mic performance.
It was at our music club’s twice yearly camping weekend. It was a Harry Potter themed event.
Lots of fun!
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Congratulations Tony!
It was only a matter of time until the magic 
appeared. And you ain’t done yet!
Well done Sir 
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Congratulations Tony, an accomplishment to celebrate.
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Congratulations Tony. A magical moment to remember.
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Fantastic. Well done. I love your fiddle fiddle video. Must be such fun to be involved with such a musical group of friends. I noticed even the dog was scratching its ear using pumping 8 notes.
Best wishes,
Alan
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I went to an open mic several times at a pub (Eddie’s Grub House) opposite Twin Towns Club while visiting in 2019. Couldn’t play guitar then, and didn’t get a chance on bass. But a great atmosphere, and planted the guitar ‘seed’.
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Haven’t made it to the open mic at Eddie’s, have friends who’ve played at it. Keep watering that seed!
Cheers!
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Haven’t posted to my log in a fair while, thought I’d add an update…
I’ve been playing and singing for just under 13 years now. Initially fingerstyle only and that’s my main love, but a lot of strumming is in my repertoire. Started with Justin guitar way back then and still find gems and value in his lessons.
Was playing around a campfire at a festival recently and got a huge surge of pleasure when I played Gordon Lightfoots If you could read my mind fingerstyle to a group of friends. Really played it well to where I even impressed myself. I must add that my standards aren’t as high as it might sound. 
I also played Croce’s Operator at that same festival to one of those friends and played it quite badly. He even commented that I was rushing it too much…
It lead me to a realization that I’ve learned a lot of songs over the years and a lot have fallen by the wayside in spite of having put a lot of effort into learning them.
So now, although I still have my challenge and new songs to work on, I’m putting a lot more effort into resuscitation of old favourites that deserve to be kept going.
One thing that’s strong in my mind with this is Justin’s admonition for perfect practice. I’m now slowing down some of those songs when I play them and concentrating on playing them really well and it’s paying off.
Just today I played Guy Clarke’s The Cape and played it particularly well.
So my focus is currently on resurrecting old favourites as much as learning new ones. Today I easily practiced for 2 hours and I’m still enjoying the guitar (acoustic) as much as ever. Fun. Fun. Fun.
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