fungusyoung
Senior Member
Some of you might recall an earlier thread I started when I first began playing open mics. Well, it's been just over a year now since my journey began, and I've managed to fit in 9 during these first 12 months. There were big lapses in getting out at certain points which makes it harder when I finally got back to it, but I've played out the last 2 weeks now in addition to another time in January so things are starting to feel a bit less stressful at the moment. I'm playing out again tomorrow and maybe Wednesday so hopefully that is the case!
The songs I play are ridiculously basic and I still make mistakes each time, but at least 2/3rd's of most sets are original tunes, which seems rare at least at the places I've played. Just thought I'd post some stats on my first year out, and solicit feedback from more experienced players here on what I should be aiming to do more or less of, etc. Any comments are more than welcome... they're encouraged.
- Played a total of 12 different songs
- 8 originals
- 4 covers (1 Stones, the rest much more obscure)
- Played 3 different open mic locations
- Used 6 different guitars
- Never played the same exact set twice
- Switched up the order of the same 3 songs once
- Played with a drummer 3 times
Quick funny story... last week I had my D15 out at this place in Patchogue, NY (real close to Blues Dan if he sees this), and this guy sees me open my case and starts freaking out that I have the same guitar as him and a Guild... actually, he has a late 70's D25, but they look pretty much identical aside from the finish. He was like "F*@k Martin, Guilds are the best!!!!". Anyways, this was something that made me think of my fellow LTG'ers and was enough to prompt me to post the rest of this stuff.
The songs I play are ridiculously basic and I still make mistakes each time, but at least 2/3rd's of most sets are original tunes, which seems rare at least at the places I've played. Just thought I'd post some stats on my first year out, and solicit feedback from more experienced players here on what I should be aiming to do more or less of, etc. Any comments are more than welcome... they're encouraged.
- Played a total of 12 different songs
- 8 originals
- 4 covers (1 Stones, the rest much more obscure)
- Played 3 different open mic locations
- Used 6 different guitars
- Never played the same exact set twice
- Switched up the order of the same 3 songs once
- Played with a drummer 3 times
Quick funny story... last week I had my D15 out at this place in Patchogue, NY (real close to Blues Dan if he sees this), and this guy sees me open my case and starts freaking out that I have the same guitar as him and a Guild... actually, he has a late 70's D25, but they look pretty much identical aside from the finish. He was like "F*@k Martin, Guilds are the best!!!!". Anyways, this was something that made me think of my fellow LTG'ers and was enough to prompt me to post the rest of this stuff.