Running a “Virtual Open Mic” online is a LOT different from running a physical one at coffeeshop or bar, but it’s worth it because maintaining a sense of community… well, it’s even more important than I thought it was. Join us every Monday from 7-10pm ET as we get performances that are angry, joyous, hilarious and strange. We’re About 9 back-to-back with Chuck the Madd Ox. Poetry, flutes, guitars, banjos… and if you don’t like what’s on the “stage”, wait ten minutes. It’s the beauty of an open mic. I try to take care to make sure it sounds as good as possible, and I make the night flow to make it a great SHOW. Tune in on either Facebook and Youtube at “rob’s open mics”.
If you’d like to perform : there is a base level of technical savvy required, performance is different and it can require a lot more preparation on certain fronts. Because of this ALL signups are in advance via calendly.com/ilyaimy/vom. 2 pieces or 10 minutes (whichever’s shorter), no hate speech. You may be cut if technical issues make your performance unlistenable (and I’m afraid I’m the sole judge of that!).
Just a thought. If it really was a ‘virtual’ open mic night. Wouldn’t all the performers be represented by avatars playing virtual instruments? The only reason I mention this is because I spent 5 years as a resident in a virtual world and the term just doesn’t make sense. The events are as real as they have ever been. Just streamed live using modern tech. I’m not suggesting you change the name at this point. I just wanted to say my thoughts out loud. Maybe I shouldn’t but I did. Sorry lol.
Hrm. Well, you’re right – I’m gonna stick with the name, but you’re also right that it’s not entirely virtual… though I guess I could argue that we’re all in the a simulation and you can’t prove that ALL open mic nights aren’t virtual and that actually the name’s an exercise in redundancy. I hope we can agree that it’s VIRTUALLY virtual if not fully LITERALLY virtual… but then I looked it up via a Dictionary that I’m pretty confident IS virtual :
not physically existing as such but made by software to appear to do so.
“a virtual computer” [okay, you’ve sort of got me by the first definition]
carried out, accessed, or stored by means of a computer, especially over a network.
“a virtual library”
[never mind! TOTALLY ‘literally’ virtual and I’m sticking to it!]