A few weeks ago I joined the Portland Public House Open Mic in Kingsland, Auckland.
Open Mic is an opportunity for any musician to come up to the stage and perform a song.
Singing, acoustic guitar, keyboard, banjo, ukulele - whatever instrument you wish to play.
My favourite performer was a young woman, Eden Hawkins.
Eden played original songs.
"I loved Eden's music because she had great vocals that blended beautifully with her guitar playing."
She used a capo on her guitar creating a different sound. She used an effects pedal creating a reverb on her guitar or vocals.
There were several musicians playing a variety of covers and original songs.
One guy played a great country version of Tina Turner's 'Simply The Best' - that was cool.
I also got up and played three original songs on guitar.
Open Mic is a good chance to practice songs and play live.
I could try out one of my new songs as well.
I was hard on myself and thought that I didn't play well.
However, people were very encouraging and said I was good and that I should be proud of myself.
I must be a perfectionist 🤣
Open Mic is every Tuesday 8pm at Portland Public House.
It's fun to listen to people play live music.
Portland Public House
Kingsland
Auckland
A video of David would be awesome 🤩