Tuesday night open mics at Takoma Spark.
School of Musical Traditions | 7112 Willow Ave., Takoma Park, MD 20912 | signup at 6.30pm, music at 7pm
Tonight w featured artist Sid Satellite. A mild-mannered, emotive entity who crept into my open mic scene over the past year or so – I must admit that a large amount of the PULL of Sid Satellite, for me, is a sense of nostalgia. He harkens back to my art school days with layered experiments of lush, stirring vocals and punk-edged chordings sketching either sad songs with happy chords or perhaps the other way around. With a subtle David Bowie influence swirled with surprise forays into falsetto and a worn, be-stickered acoustic guitar, Sid’s clearly a NEW artist who wears his decades-old indie influences on his denim sleeve. Giving him a featured artist slot is a selfish act, as I PERSONALLY want to be able to spend more time exploring his music
Sponsored in conjunction with Institute of Musical Traditions AT School of Musical Traditions, down the street from HOUSE of Musical Traditions, this is a rare thing : a small LISTENING ROOM open mic. The evening is free, but every night we have a featured artist and we hope that you can support them by tipping or purchasing merch!
This is NOT a restaurant so bring your own food or NON-ALCOHOLIC* drink if you want to eat or drink! We have some snacks and drinks available for a reasonable donation. We have a house keyboard, but it’s a small space, unable to support acts larger than a quartet, and no drumkits. 2 songs, 10 minutes, 1 pun – whichever’s shorter. After 10pm we switch to just one song as we are victims of our own success!
We webcast Live on Facebook.com/robsopenmics, YouTube.com/robsopenmics and Twitch.tv/robilyaimy
*This is a school and alcohol is absolutely prohibited donchaknow!