I have opened up some sort of internal creative floodgates lately. So much so that I am now onto my 15th song in the past 6 months. I’ve been playing them in open mics around the bay area and having a blast. I would love to take some time to blog about the songwriting experience [...]
Last Friday I went out to play the open mic at Ace in the Hole, a cider brewery in Sebastapol. I got there a little late and missed getting my name into the bowl. They had already chosen the order and the first musician was already playing. I approached the host in between songs and [...]
Last night was the biggest open mic yet. I played one song, Beloved (had been called Feed Me earlier), and did “allright”. Two of my buddies, Vadim and Paul, were there and said it sounded great. Even though I flubbed the 3rd verse and didn’t even get to the 4th. I think I recovered well [...]
Wow, so I’m at day 25 of my PLD game… I didn’t update you guys on the change in goals, though the open mics are still on the table. I just finished up the 3rd one last night at the No Name bar in Sausalito, California. I was not on my game for sure, though [...]