Hello everyone!
I just wanted to say how are all the musicians doing!? Just a brief post from me today, I just wanted to let you all know that I will be hosting an open mic night at my local music studio; River studios. I have hosted a few open mics now and I think I am really enjoying hosting them. It's great to see some new talent but it's also great to see familiar faces. I don't really claim to be an expert at music but I do think I have a bit of experience where I can help performers grow. Pass valuable information and grow the local music scene.
I must admit I was thinking recently that Southampton really is a great city for music. There are so many great venues for gigs such as The joiners, heart breakers, The hobbit etc. They all feature great touring bands but also local and small to medium-sized acts. It's just fantastic when you think about it.
On the open mic scene, there are literally open mics every single night! Not to mention that there are multiple open mics on. Recently there has been quite an expansion as well with a few new ones starting up. For example, also The Rockstones open mic has been upgraded from twice a month to every week now.
With so many open mics there is also a bit of competition as well, I personally think this is great to get as many performing out as possible but of course, you have to keep promoting to attract new talent. I do worry about the gap between open mics and full-on gigs as there seems quite a big gulf. However, I would say that I think Southampton is quite ripe to develop quite a few singer-songwriter acts over the next few years.
Getting back onto tonight though, we have an open mic coming up starting at 7.30 PM. I do hope to take some photos and start blogging about the evening properly. See you all in the next post,
Charlie