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Paul L posted in the group Open Mic (Open Discussion)
Is it just me – or is there a general thing at many open-mic events where people chat throughout performers’ sets? It’s a tad frustrating!
I’m going to have to purchase a massive stack and turn it up to 11!
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You’re spot-on, Joe. A few open-mics that I’ve been to, the audience really respects the musicians and there’s definitely also an unwritten law that says that if most people are keeping their conversations generally quieter, then they will too, however, one open-mic that I performed at recently was at absurd conversation level even before it began – and it didn’t let up for most of the evening, sadly.
Having said all of that, I love doing them as it allows me to ‘road test’ new songs and see which songs are resonating with people.
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It does seem to be usual here in the UK unfortunately – I think people tend to think of them as more informal events so tend to talk more. If it is a free entry gig in a pub it is hard to control that unfortunately. What is worse is when there is a booked artist at a free entry gig and people talk all the way through – this happened at several gigs I organised but, as they were in the bar, again it is not easy to control. A lot of people think of music just as background noise sadly!