by Anna | Mar 20, 2021 | All Posts, tips for open mic hosts, tips for open mic performers
This is the first of a series that explores what makes an open mic worth doing—as in organizing, hosting, attending, performing at, or becoming a regular. Not just because it’s entertaining and inspiring, but because it’s a defiant act of humanity. More Than...
by Anna | Jan 3, 2021 | All Posts, tips for open mic performers
* * * * * Disclaimer: I wrote this post back in 2015 and in a fit of new year’s optimism, updated and republished it January 3, 2021. Until travel is a thing again, open mic tourism remains a digital/virtual hobby. * * * * * If you ask most people, tourism...
by Anna | Dec 27, 2020 | All Posts, tips for open mic performers
At my first open mic, as the host worked his way down the list and my slot got closer, I suddenly found myself wishing for a guitar. When the musicians stood on stage, they didn’t look alone. They had a safety blanket. Something between them and the audience,...
by Anna | Oct 25, 2020 | All Posts, tips for open mic performers
Scan an open mic audience and it’s a safe bet that at least half the people in the room are on the list to perform. And if that’s you and you don’t already model during every performance the behavior you’re hoping for when you’re on stage, then...
by Anna | Oct 17, 2020 | All Posts, tips for open mic performers
The first reason to go to any open mic is because it will be memorable. No matter what night you choose, there’s always at least one performance that you couldn’t have guessed at, had someone asked you what you were expecting to see. Spontaneous interpretive dance?...
by Anna | Aug 2, 2020 | All Posts, tips for open mic performers, virtual open mics
Here in the US, we’re at month four of not being able to gather in large groups. For people like me, that takes some of the sparkle out of my calendar—no shows to stalk and anticipate. (As a close friend of mine—who keeps a reminder of upcoming events where she can...
