TJ's Acoustic Club Open Mic 29 July 2010

Squonk

Hi

Any GFSA people going to perform?

Bob-Dubery

I'll probably be there, though I don't know if I'll be playing or not. I'm a bit of a fixture at TJ's open mic nights, which IMO is not what open mic nights should be about.

Conrad

I dunno, I suddenly have stage fright. Would like to play there at least once again before Oct. It helps with the rust & stage fright.

Squonk

Conrad wrote: I dunno, I suddenly have stage fright. Would like to play there at least once again before Oct. It helps with the rust & stage fright.

Come on Conrad, let's do it. We can give each other support!

Bob-Dubery

Squonk wrote:
Conrad wrote: I dunno, I suddenly have stage fright. Would like to play there at least once again before Oct. It helps with the rust & stage fright.
Come on Conrad, let's do it. We can give each other support!

Hey I'll also provide support and promise to holler, whistle and so on. For a fee I could even be persuaded to not throw underwear on the stage.

I was going to say that I'll even spring for the post-set drinks, but then TJs would get flooded with GFSA members.

Conrad

Squonk wrote:
Conrad wrote: I dunno, I suddenly have stage fright. Would like to play there at least once again before Oct. It helps with the rust & stage fright.
Come on Conrad, let's do it. We can give each other support!

I will consult the Wife-E. Yes then we can finally meet you.

Conrad

X-rated Bob wrote:
Squonk wrote:
Conrad wrote: I dunno, I suddenly have stage fright. Would like to play there at least once again before Oct. It helps with the rust & stage fright.
Come on Conrad, let's do it. We can give each other support!
Hey I'll also provide support and promise to holler, whistle and so on. For a fee I could even be persuaded to not throw underwear on the stage.

I was going to say that I'll even spring for the post-set drinks, but then TJs would get flooded with GFSA members.

What kind of underwear? I need to know if we should record this ?

Bob-Dubery

Just my usual punt: This is a friendly, encouraging atmosphere for those wanting to take first steps into live performance.

TJs provide the PA and mics. You need to bring yourself, your acoustic guitar, maximum 3 songs (OK.... four, you may get an encore).

Conrad

X-rated Bob wrote: Just my usual punt: This is a friendly, encouraging atmosphere for those wanting to take first steps into live performance.

TJs provide the PA and mics. You need to bring yourself, your acoustic guitar, maximum 3 songs (OK.... four, you may get an encore).

We am coming!

Squonk

I will be at a School Function >☹

Will make end of August open Mic hopefully

Conrad

Squonk wrote: I will be at a School Function >☹

Will make end of August open Mic hopefully

There was this left handed guitarist playing a right handed guitar so his technique was to primarily strum and pick upwards. Even his solos were played that way and he does it really well too. It was interesting to watch. It's like one of those Escher sketches that messes with your head LOL. It's very much upside down and inside out playing ?

Our sound was feeding throughout our set and when it wasn't doing that, we had no sound at all. I was pretty embarrassed after our performance in the end.

Bob-Dubery

Conrad wrote: There was this left handed guitarist playing a right handed guitar so his technique was to primarily strum and pick upwards. Even his solos were played that way and he does it really well too. It was interesting to watch. It's like one of those Escher sketches that messes with your head LOL. It's very much upside down and inside out playing ?

That's Chris Smith. He uses some weird tuning of his own devising.

Our sound was feeding throughout our set and when it wasn't doing that, we had no sound at all. I was pretty embarrassed after our performance in the end.

Conrad, there are things that you can control and things that you can't. You controlled the things that you could very well, and the people there enjoyed yours and Letita's set.

Keira-WitherKay

pity i missed it . thursdays are prime teaching nights these days.......... so afraid i'm missing all the fun ...........

who all played? i assume by the posts conrad and chris......... who else

Bob-Dubery

Keira WitherKay wrote: pity i missed it . thursdays are prime teaching nights these days.......... so afraid i'm missing all the fun ...........

who all played? i assume by the posts conrad and chris......... who else

Well it was open mic night, so some folks never seen before at TJs turned up. Which is what is supposed to happen.

I didn't stay the whole night. The Missus wasn't feeling well.

Fingerpicker played. Some guy by the name of Gil who did a Dylan song, Springsteen's "Nebraska" and two of his own. There was some guy with an out of tune Behringer strat who actually sang pretty well. I was asked to play, but I didn't have a guitar with me and I further reasoned that a TJs open mic night that DIDN'T have me playing was going to be a real novelty. Tom Howden was the host and did an opening set of great story songs - all with a feminist theme.

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Ummmm, Bob? There was the small matter of Conrad and Letitia playing as well...

EDIT: I see 1) I can't read and 2) Keira knew about this already...but they deserve another mention. ?

Conrad

X-rated Bob wrote:
Keira WitherKay wrote: pity i missed it . thursdays are prime teaching nights these days.......... so afraid i'm missing all the fun ...........

who all played? i assume by the posts conrad and chris......... who else
Well it was open mic night, so some folks never seen before at TJs turned up. Which is what is supposed to happen.

I didn't stay the whole night. The Missus wasn't feeling well.

Fingerpicker played. Some guy by the name of Gil who did a Dylan song, Springsteen's "Nebraska" and two of his own. There was some guy with an out of tune Behringer strat who actually sang pretty well. I was asked to play, but I didn't have a guitar with me and I further reasoned that a TJs open mic night that DIDN'T have me playing was going to be a real novelty. Tom Howden was the host and did an opening set of great story songs - all with a feminist theme.

Yes Grant's strat copy was out of tune a lot but apparently his acoustic was in for repairs and he is not used to electric so maybe he was pressing too hard. Nice voice though and humble person. Brendan and I were trying to wrap our minds around Chris Smith's technique. My food basket was awesome.

Squonk

Good Stuff

See you all at the end of August ?

Bob-Dubery

Conrad wrote: Yes Grant's strat copy was out of tune a lot but apparently his acoustic was in for repairs and he is not used to electric so maybe he was pressing too hard. Nice voice though and humble person. Brendan and I were trying to wrap our minds around Chris Smith's technique. My food basket was awesome.

Ja. Very nice guy. I think that capo he was using didn't do him many favours. Those spring-loaded jobs are often too heavy handed for an electric. One needs to use something like a Shubb where you can pre-set it for a guitar so that it delivers just enough pressure.

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X-rated Bob wrote:
Conrad wrote: Yes Grant's strat copy was out of tune a lot but apparently his acoustic was in for repairs and he is not used to electric so maybe he was pressing too hard. Nice voice though and humble person. Brendan and I were trying to wrap our minds around Chris Smith's technique. My food basket was awesome.
Ja. Very nice guy. I think that capo he was using didn't do him many favours. Those spring-loaded jobs are often too heavy handed for an electric. One needs to use something like a Shubb where you can pre-set it for a guitar so that it delivers just enough pressure.

He was pretty nervous. With a little vocal coaching and settling down earlier he'll be quite an amazing singer - he does have a great voice. And a super-nice guy, yeah.

Conrad

Fingerpicker came up to us just before our set started and said something like "Just a note from the guys at the back...don't play like a doos." That had me and Tish in stitches for quite a bit. He has a way with humour that one.