Keira-WitherKay hello all, and a big thanks from me to everyone who was present at our 1st gathering in jhb at Jonathan's it was great to meet you all...and now least when i write mails or answer posts i will have a face to the name.... it was a great turn out and special thanks to Bob who helped me co ordinate the event online... and above all thanks again to Bob who brought his 2nd guitar along and loaned his taylor out to spyke and blues addict ... who originally just came to support but we twisted their arms to perform.... Bob played a great set and his fingerpicking style is sounding awesome ....yeah not to mention that great steel string acoustic tone....beautiful guitar ...( is that the Morgan???) Neps then did the electric guitar thing and wowwed everyone with some great playing and vocals....so much so one forgot he's actually a drummer .. nice John mayer covers ...real crowd pleasers we then had spyke play an instrumental piece ....on Bob's taylor and then Blues addict didn't dissapoint with some awesome blues .... and of course as hostess I opened the evening and broke the ice with one of my flamenco pieces from my new cd , and after the open mic session i played a short set all in all with our 5 members of the guitar forum...there were also 6 other musicians who performed so all in all we had 11 artists all playeing 1 to 3 songs.... in one evening.... and in my books i'm ticking off this event as a great success.... some awesome talent and some great socialising.... and of course the venue kicked in with some shooter specials.... so i hope i can assume a good time was had by all..... there will be another open mic evening at jonathan's on the 29th (wed) since due to elections next wed the venue will be closed.... and an added bonus for the 29th is that i have asked and confirmed with Ryan from the UK band Mann Friday ( who played splashy fen and are touring SA ct/durbs/then jhb) to do a guest set on 29th...so international artists at NO COUVERT CHARGE ...ryan won't perform with the band but solo .... also a friend and fellow musician of mine Meri Ke (singer songwriter from cape area ) will be touring jhb the same time and will also be at this open mic....and play a set from her new cd. so 29th is star studded night .... so anyone who missed the event or could not make it.... please diarise the 29th...and lets try do it again... thanks again to the guys that made it ..... peace and light Keira
Neps Well, I did it.. I played guitar in public.. "The Horror" I hear you say.. And yes, it was.. Who will ever be able to forgive me for forgetting the lyrics to 2 of the songs ☹ But cheers again to Keira and Bob.. It was a great evening.. Nice to meet Spyke and BluesAddict. Now just to get those other jo'burgers to the next one.. And don't worry, if they didn't boo me off stage then anyone is safe!! ?
Spyke Correction... if they didn't boo me off stage. Next time I will come with a better arsenal - Hoe klink dit met 'n akoestiese weergawe van Hemel op die Platteland? I have a few pics (videos too ?) - I'll post them in the General discussion thread.
Neps Spyke wrote Hoe klink dit met 'n akoestiese weergawe van Hemel op die Platteland? I like that idea!
Dirk Sounds cool, although not a big fan of afrikaans music, so I'll just prepare the english version.. Heaven on flatland ?
Neps bLuEs aDDicT wrote Sounds cool, although not a big fan of afrikaans music, so I'll just prepare the english version.. Heaven on flatland ? BLASPHEMY!!! Heaven on the flatland.. ☹ hahahahaha
