open mic night in the future

nothing like an open mic night to give you a nice little wakeup call. i could barely hear my vocals and my guitar was loud as shit. not the best combination for an emo singer songerwiter like myself all self conscious about singing.

what’s the best is when everyone leaves during your set… and the remainders are obviously not listening to you. the one or two people who give the polite applause. sometimes it’s all about your friends. of which i have few. the dude who followed me up apparently had quite a few friends there, and everyone dug his song about a porn star. it was somewhat humbling.