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Music City Open Mic
Sun, Mar 31st    
7:00 pm till 9:45 pm
Sunday Night Music City Open Mic. Morsbergers 713 Frederick Rd, Catonsville, MD, 21228 | signup at 6.30pm, music at 7pm | enter through the back [...]
Monday night VOM 207 - "My Stolen Bride".
Mon, Apr 1st    
7:00 pm till 9:00 pm
Monday Night VOM -  Perpetrated through Zoom. Webcast Live on Facebook, YouTube & Twitch 7-9pm ET https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU_kxMPNVJo VOM with us and LET IT ALL OUT [...]
The Takoma Park Open Spark w alex in wonderland
Tue, Apr 2nd    
7:00 pm till 10:00 pm
Tuesday night open mics at Takoma Spark. School of Musical Traditions | 7112 Willow Ave., Takoma Park, MD  20912 | signup at 6.30pm, music at [...]
Music City Open Mic
Sun, Apr 7th    
7:00 pm till 9:45 pm
Sunday Night Music City Open Mic. Morsbergers 713 Frederick Rd, Catonsville, MD, 21228 | signup at 6.30pm, music at 7pm | enter through the back [...]
Monday night VOM
Mon, Apr 8th    
7:00 pm till 9:00 pm
Monday Night VOM -  Perpetrated through Zoom. Webcast Live on Facebook, YouTube & Twitch 7-9pm ET VOM with us and LET IT ALL OUT on [...]
The Takoma Park Open Spark w Daniel Lee
Tue, Apr 9th    
7:00 pm till 10:00 pm
Tuesday night open mics at Takoma Spark. School of Musical Traditions | 7112 Willow Ave., Takoma Park, MD  20912 | signup at 6.30pm, music at [...]
Music City Open Mic
Sun, Apr 14th    
7:00 pm till 9:45 pm
Sunday Night Music City Open Mic. Morsbergers 713 Frederick Rd, Catonsville, MD, 21228 | signup at 6.30pm, music at 7pm | enter through the back [...]
Monday night VOM
Mon, Apr 15th    
7:00 pm till 9:00 pm
Monday Night VOM -  Perpetrated through Zoom. Webcast Live on Facebook, YouTube & Twitch 7-9pm ET VOM with us and LET IT ALL OUT on [...]
The Takoma Park Open Spark w Jeff Miller
Tue, Apr 16th    
7:00 pm till 10:00 pm
Tuesday night open mics at Takoma Spark. School of Musical Traditions | 7112 Willow Ave., Takoma Park, MD  20912 | signup at 6.30pm, music at [...]

rob's VOM (Virtual Open Mic) - Every Monday 7-9.30pm ET

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A “Virtual Open Mic” online is a LOT different from running a physical one at coffeeshop or bar. There is a base level of technical savvy required, performance is different and it can require a lot more preparation! Because of this ALL signups are in advance and we encourage first-timers to drop in early so we can make sure settings and sound are as good as they can be!

 Zoom Technical Info.

Tuesdays Takoma Park Open Spark

7112 Willow Ave., Takoma Park, MD  20912 | signup at 6.30pm, music at 7pm
This is the rarest of all things – a listening room open mic!

Sponsored in conjunction with Institute of Musical Traditions and School of Musical Traditions at SMT’s new lesson space in Takoma Park, we’ve got a small room for performances and we’re not afraid to use it. This is NOT a restaurant so bring your own food or drink if you want to eat or drink! (no alcohol please, and of course please clean up after yourself). House keyboard in the house. The night is free to attend, but we hope that you’ll support our featured artist with tips and adoration. Scroll back to the top of this page for our next feature…

We’re not big enough for amps or drumkits, so don’t bring’em. 2 songs, 10 minutes, 1 pun – whichever’s shorter. Webcasting Live on Facebook.com/robsopenmics, YouTube.com/robsopenmics and Twitch.tv/ilyaimy.

Annette Wasilik performing at the Takoma Open Spark.

Sunday Music City Open Mic.Sunday

(new night as of February 2024)

Sunday Night Music City Open Mic.
Morsbergers 713 Frederick Rd, Catonsville, MD, 21228 | signup at 6.30pm, music at 7pm

2 songs or 10 minutes whichever’s shorter. Signup in person, list goes out at 6.30pm. (this open mic REPLACES the Outdoor Ellicott City Open Mic, at least for the hawt, sweaty, thunderstorm season!)

In 2002 Catonsville got declared “Music City, MD” because of the “because of the concentration of musical retail stores and educational facilities in the area”. Well, how about an open mic? I’ll be set up for up to 3-piece acts generally, but please contact me at least a day in advance if there’s something WEIRD about your set up! rob@ilyaimy.com.

The Fiddly Bits.

**IF you are playing with an instrument or background tracks do the following** 

 

On any platform, generally all of this is smoother if you use headphones.

 

o      On a computer (updated 1/27/23)

 

Make sure your Zoom install is current, or things may look different! Also, headphones generally simplify EVERYTHING!

 

1.      In Zoom go to your Audio Settings by clicking the little arrow next to your mute / unmute button in the lower left hand corner of the meeting.


(before the meeting you can find this by clicking on your profile pic in the application, clicking settings and “audio”)

 

2.      You can pick your speaker and microphone here and test them both to make sure they’re working.

 

3.      Audio Profile : Please select “Original Sound for musicians”. Beneath that if you are wearing headphones, UNCHECK “Echo cancellation”. If you choose NOT not to wear headphones, though Zoom’s doing a pretty good job nowadays, leaving Echo cancellation checked can cause audio drop outs and weird sonic artifacts, but SHOULD avoid feedback and echoes. “High fidelity music mode” should be checked if you’ve got a decent internet connection (20mpbs or greater). Check “stereo” if you’re webcasting in stereo. (note that “stereo” is different from “having two audio channels!)

 

4.      We recommend in the “Advanced” section you also select “Signal processing” “raw” and echo cancellation to be set to “auto”. Please note that on some manufacturer’s devices there can be additional noise cancelation functionality – testing and google are our friends!

 

5.      Close your Settings and in the upper left-hand corner an “Original Sound For Musicians: Off” button should now appear. Click it so that it says “Original Sound For Musicians : On“.

There are plenty of tips and tricks to this, but those are the basics! Show up at 6.30pm ET and we can talk about it – or more importantly LISTEN!

 o      On a mobile device

 

1.      BEFORE YOU JOIN THE MEETING in your app go to your settings (cogwheel in the upper left hand corner)

 

2.      Go to Meeting and switch “Use Original Audio” ON.

 

3.      Once in the meeting in the lower right hand corner click “…” more and click “Enable Original Sound”

 

IN ANY CASE : Have fun!