Sound Advice from Dan Grigor One of the most important and imperative things you can do as a performer in the digital age is to watch your show the next day. It is so easy now to set up a camera in the corner, run a cable to the board and BAM! you can actually …
Sound Advice from Dan Grigor In our continuing efforts to get you off the internet and out there playing music live we have visited a few JAM nights. This article is not about that. This one is about Open Mic Nights. What’s the difference? Generally speaking, it is simply what it says: an open microphone …
Sound Advice from Dan Grigor It wouldn’t be honest to just tell you success stories. Sometimes Jam nights don’t work. It doesn’t mean that it was a bad Jam or a bad bar or a bad night. Sometimes there just aren’t enough listeners to go around. Local bar and grill owners are hit hard in …
Get Up, Get Out, and JAM, Part 3: Ponderosa Bar and Grill Read More »
Welcome to the next segment in our ongoing effort to promote playing some music with people you don’t know while making new friends and great memories. Another fun thing about Jams is how they can make any special occasion extra special. On this occasion we celebrate our friends’ anniversary. Fifteen years they’ve been together and …
This is the first in what will be an ongoing effort to promote getting off the Internet, turning off your TV, putting your phone on vibrate and going out and playing some music with people you don’t know. It can be wildly entertaining and, as you make music, you will make new friends and great …
Get Up, Get Out, and JAM, Part 1: Swami’s/Beach Grass Cafe Read More »
A cool thing about being me is that people bring over really cool guitars for me to play. The other day, my friend Jerry stopped by with a “vintage” Ibanez ICEMAN with an 8-string neck. First of all, can something from the seventies be considered “vintage?” Second, OMG WTF how have I missed this guitar? …
