Open Mike Night

Hey, it is definitely not karaoke... not that there's anything WRONG with that. But it's a lot more work and you are put under a microscope... takes a lot more nerve, methinks. You get up there with just yourself and probably a guitar... maybe some other instrument, but let's not go overboard with details... then you play. And there are no backup singers or other musicians there to cover up for your suck-ass. Yep. You screw up and EVERYONE knows it.

Karaoke - half the time, people get sent up there just for the fact that they WILL screw up and sound like a laughing hyena's fart... cause it doesn't matter - it's all in good, generally drunk, fun. Open Mike... a beast of a different breed.

Of course, a paying gig would be a lot more fun.....

One more benefit of the open mike thing - you really are being a musician up there, and that certainly scores you more points than singing "Eye of the Tiger" to some cheezy sounding copy of a rendition of that old Survivor hit.

Damn, did I just give away my age or what?
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