December 2011
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So This is Happening!
I have some Austin blogging to catch up on, but I thought I better post this to start getting the word out. Hope you Fairfield peeps will come have a sweet after-Christmas night out and hear some songs! (I shall be posting more about it soon methinks!)
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Countdown to 100: 1 - Flipnotics
Chronicling the final 10 out of 100 Open Mic and Showcase performances I have done since June 2011. This is #100.
Lisa Kettyle plays a mean uke! And her outfit happens to match the venue. :-)
Perhaps one of my favorite open mic stories to tell is about the sign-up process for the Flipnotics Open Mic. Probably because it’s the most dramatic. It’s pretty standard that sign up is...
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Countdown to 100: 2 - Backroads
Chronicling the final 10 out of 100 Open Mic and Showcase performances I have done since June 2011. This is #99.
Raul writes awesome songs and can play killer mashups.
All right, I admit the first time I walked into Backroads earlier this summer with Amy Z, I was a little nervous about the place, especially because there were pool tables on a raised area behind the stage. Would I get knocked...
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Countdown to 100: 3 - OPA! Coffee & Wine Bar
Chronicling the final 10 out of 100 Open Mic and Showcase performances I have done since June 2011. This is #98.
I’ve been telling the Texans all Autumn long that they don’t actually know what cold is. Back in Iowa, they’ve had snow already and have been wearing winter coats for a while. Tuesday night was actually, definitely cold here in Austin though. There was frost on...
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Countdown to 100: 4 - Baker Street Pub
Chronicling the final 10 out of 100 Open Mic and Showcase performances I have done since June 2011. This is #97.
It was a dark and rainy night when I set out for Baker Street… OK, that’s cheesy and ominous sounding. Or it might be ominous if it wasn’t so cheesy! But it WAS dark, cold and drizzling when I headed out for the bus last night to go back to the Sherlock Holmes...
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Countdown to 100: 5 - Pecan Street Brewing
Chronicling the final 10 out of 100 Open Mic and Showcase performances I have done since June 2011. This is #96
photo by Mike Shirley I suppose it’s time for a couple of small confessions.
#1) Not EVERY one of these performances I’m tracking has been an actual open mic per say. But the majority of them are, and it’s a lot easier to say “100 open mics in Austin since...
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Countdown to 100: 6 - Fair Bean Coffee
Chronicling the final 10 out of 100 Open Mic and Showcase performances I have done since June 2011. This is #95
photo by Amy Zamarripa Tonight I set out to catch the bus at 4:45, expecting to be at Fair Bean just a few minutes after 5pm. There have been a couple times in the past few weeks where one of the scheduled busses just doesn’t seem to show up - two will pass by in the other...
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Countdown to 100: 7 - Kick Butt Coffee Triangle
Chronicling the final 10 out of 100 Open Mic and Showcase performances I have done since June 2011. This is #94.
There are two Kick Butt Coffee locations but both are a little bit far North for me to get to either on a regular basis. I had a Groupon to the Triangle location that expires at the end of the month so I figured it was doubly worth going on Wednesday. I made sure to get there early...
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Countdown to 100: 8 - Whip In
Chronicling the final 10 out of 100 Open Mic and Showcase performances I have done since June 2011. This is #93
photo by Amy Zamarripa
When they say “Keep Austin Weird”, Whip In is maybe one of my favorite examples. Perhaps it’s because it was the first place I saw a show in Austin when I came down to check out Rubicon Recording Studios in February. Two of their slogans are...
November 2011
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Doing It Right: Jonathan Byrd
photo by Rodney Bursiel
Jonathan Byrd is a kickass songwriter with a wicked sense of humor. I always, always open his emails even if he’s not touring anywhere near me because he writes these killer welcome/unsubscribe messages at the beginning and usually ends with some great road story after posting his tour dates. Talk about someone doing it right. The one today inspired me enough to...
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Countdown to 100: 9 - Baker Street Pub
Chronicling the final 10 out of 100 Open Mic and Showcase performances I have done since June 2011. This is #92
I bundled up in layers when heading out to Baker Street Pub because it was actually cold, (not the slight temperature dip that seems to freak many Texans out), and the open mic is usually outside. I was quite relieved when they decided at the last minute to do it inside, because...
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Newslettery Update: 100 Open Mics! December Show...
Dear Friends, Fans and Fellow Music-Makers,
I hope you had a great Thanksgiving and are still enjoying your holiday weekend! I have so many cool things I want to tell you about that I broke it down list style!
1. 100 Open Mics in 7 Months
2. Two Big December Shows
3. Home for the Holidays
4. Thank YOU!
1. 100 Open Mics in 7 Months
Most of you have probably heard by now that I am on...
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Countdown to 100: 10 - Fair Bean Coffee
Chronicling the final 10 out of 100 Open Mic and Showcase performances I have done since June 2011. This is # 91.
Photo by Amy Zamarripa Friday night was low-key & sweet, just a few of the regulars for the day after Thanksgiving at one of my favorite open mic venues - Fair Bean Coffee. After a lovely Thursday of traditional Thanksgiving festivities with my cousin and her friends, it was...
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Too Legit to Quit
Photo by Amy Zamarripa
I got an email from my producer today saying that one of my heros in an independent, nationally touring band said “yes” to playing on my album. After squealing the news to one of my best friends who was on the phone when I got the email, and then texting my husband and my roommate, I flopped down on the couch in the living room. Tears welled up in my eyes as...
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The Rut, & the Way Out
Post written by Leo Babauta.
You’re in a rut, and you can’t get unstuck.
Motivation is a resource that seems harder and harder to come by these days. You’re mired in malaise, you’re unexcited after a slump or a break, you’re in a dull 9-to-5 routine.
Any of these…
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