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Plankton · 09-25-2013, 11:38 AM

I've been to a few "Open Mics" in my time. The last one was a couple years ago, and was hosted by Eric Mantel, who played a blues loop for me to play over and went out for a smoke... for 20 MINUTES! Funny thing is, is that I got more tips in those 20 minutes than he did all night. He was a very gracious host though, and a class act, and an all around great guy. I just left the tip money.

Anyway, yeah there are some low talent attention seekers out there that just want an audience for their outlet. I see people like that and it fuels my fire to try and not have people look at me in the same light. When those acts do come around, I usually go somewhere out of earshot.

09-25-2013, 11:38 AM	#2 (permalink)
Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,766	I've been to a few "Open Mics" in my time. The last one was a couple years ago, and was hosted by Eric Mantel, who played a blues loop for me to play over and went out for a smoke... for 20 MINUTES! Funny thing is, is that I got more tips in those 20 minutes than he did all night. He was a very gracious host though, and a class act, and an all around great guy. I just left the tip money. Anyway, yeah there are some low talent attention seekers out there that just want an audience for their outlet. I see people like that and it fuels my fire to try and not have people look at me in the same light. When those acts do come around, I usually go somewhere out of earshot. __________________ See location...