Bill,
Where do you gig out? What kind of music do you play?
Scratch: I'm strictly a covers guy. I cover songs everyone knows from the 50/60/70's. Solo gigs for me are all private party. However, I play at the weekly Open Mic on Route 1 in Half Moon Bay, CA (Cameron's Pub & Inn) every Thursday evening if I'm around.
Cameron's:
That last picture shows the O/M Host Kevy Nova (left) and our friend (and jazz virtuoso) Harold on the right. Kevy is a phenomenal guitar player. In fact, he's as good as anyone I've ever seen in my life!
The deal is 3 songs or 15 minutes, whichever comes first. The O/M runs from 8PM (at which time the five big screen TV's are turned off) until everyone has finished playing. Signup starts around 6PM. We typically get from 10 to 15 players each week.
The first five slots go to the first five who come in and sign up. Numbers 6 thru 12 go to the folks who sign up with Kevy Nova on the phone at noon on the day of the O/M. The remaining slots go to those who are left. No favorites are played and no exceptions are made. In other words, it's a very well run Open Mic! Hope you can make it one day and other Guild Forum members as well!
Bill