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...in Green County, WI, January 08, 2013,.starts at eight pm, with advance registration in person from seven to seven thirty. We already have our first advance registrant, (unavailable here due to contact restrictions), and he's talking a lot of smack. Just what we're looking for .

...a lead guitar/vocalist who also plays harmonica, he's out of Evansville, WI. I've also invited a couple young local singers/performers .

We have our first virtuoso, a local guy that among other instruments plays guitar and mandolin. He offered to play Stevie Ray Vaughn, with yours truly on the mic, and offered an Irish jig on the mandolin. He also studies British literature, and works as a sound man, though not in that capacity mic night. We're lucky to have him.

See photos on my page for our poster preview.

Talked with a local dj with a full skill set, including a Les Paul. Said he'd be there.

We've settled on our sound system. It's a Yamaha 300 PA system, very nice. With any luck, we'll testing it out next Tuesday at Kleeman's.

Got a definite commitment from local former member of Dead Fly Boy, who once opened for Quiet Riot, before they were Quiet Riot. He's going to be playing his Takamine electric acoustic.

"I'm looking at you, but I'm talking to myself ..." (sorry coudn't help throwing some Todd Rundgren in there when I see you -only - responding to your thread!)

Glad you have a couple of folks lined up - a Tuesday night open mic can be a tough sell!
That little Yammie will work if its a really small place with not much other noise-making (TVs, pool tables, etc). 300 watts sounds like a lot, but the fact that it uses 8" woofers tells me it isn't loud, and some reviews online confirm this, as well as the fact that the reverb in the amp sounds bad.

It came highly recommended from all three guys I talked to; from slick salesman to hardcore musician. I've been shaking the walls at my house without much effort using a pick up and my Takamine acoustic. If guys want to take the paint off the walls, which I don't recommend, because we don't want to piss off the neighbors or the owners, they're going to have to bring their own sh*t, which they're welcome to do, as long as they can set up in a minute. I'm using this more as a posting board than a reply thread due to the contact restrictions on this site. Look at the views, that's a lot for this place. Another site I'm using in Madison, has almost a thousand. The only other sound sources we'll be competing with is human voices. I think the Yammie will be just right for what we're trying to do, and thanks for talking back Mike. It's nice to hear another human voice.

The professional classical guitarist who sold me the unit, offered to perform with an accompanist, after the sale was already done. He seems to think it's good enough .

It's all about the size of the venue, the acoustic characteristics of the venue (including how many bodies are abosrbing the sound) as well as how loud it needs to be. Typically a classical guitarist uses very little volume - but also plays to a hushed concert audience, or provides background music at a restaurant.
Can't always go by the forum view # - bots add to those numbers.

You got the downside covered there Mike. Audiences here are respectful, and listen to good music. If you suck, well, you get what you deserve. This place has great acoustics; I couldn't even turn up one quarter and the place was wailing tonight, and I got my first compliment as a solo artist. More to the point, guys are walking in and asking to be in the show, local guys. Nothing is going to take me down tonight Mike, but thanks for trying .

Sorry, not trying to get you down, just realistic. If the PA works in the place, then great.

'respectful audience' - not something I hear much of around here!
I was at a friend's solo acoustic show Saturday night. the bar was not that crowded, but there was a birthday party in the back of the room with a dozen or more people, and a few groups scattered around.
I saw the bartender ask my friend to 'turn it down' a little - sitting half-way back in the room, I cuold hear people talking loudly 'over' the music, so dialing it back a bit meant they didn't talk quite as loudly, but generally it just meant his sound was less of a percentage of the noise in the place.

I appreciate the intent of your remarks, and appreciate you taking an interest with a newbie like myself. Thanks.http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... igVYfHVmQ#!