went to an open mic in SF to support Chris’ featured set
was a different experience than the milk tea shop open mics and it made me really run through my mind
there was a way older crowd, def thanks to the fact that it was set in a bar
interesting tidbit i noticed early on was that everyone was engaged with the performance. people were cheering, sometimes getting up to get drinks, but majority of the people were entranced in whatever performance was occurring, even if it sucked.
and if it was good, people applauded and cheered and danced. I literally did not see one person recording on their phone besides me. It made me put my phone down to enjoy the music (which I now regret because there’s a song I want to replay but cant due to lack of footage).
There were a good amount of people that were objectively terrible. They went on stage with such a huge amount of flair and confidence and presence, but were damn terrible.
That really made me think about how critical I am of myself. I was jamming with Obi the other day, and he said “dude! why do you keep resetting your loops! These are fire, you should be recording these!” and I gave him this response that I wasnt satisfied or that I dont know if its something id listen to on the 50th loop.
I think I need to get out of that mind set and just kind of finish something through to the end and then revamp it instead of trying to have this one small bit be perfect and then move on to the next project cus im so done with it already.
Chris’ set was amazing. Made me really miss playing with a full band, especially with a drummer. His freestyles were on point, but the thing that hit me were his open super-vulnerable raps that he was doing to this older crowd, and they were feeling it! There was this white dude who looked like he was in his 40s/50s who was just hella dancing to Chris rapping, and other guys who were at the bar and they came down to the basement and watched from the back, their smiles growing as Chris spit some melancholic bars about anxiety and stress.
The open mic resumed after his feature, and the basement cleared, leaving a handful of older people there, the few remnants of the young crowd departing after supporting Songco. Some people did stand up, there was a John Denver cover by a guy from the mid-west who made me uncomfortable (like yknow that inkling where you get a feeling that someone is just a bad person? I got that feeling from him), an accordion player/opera singer who was dope and her friend who was really good at the guitar as well (they were also like 60/70 years old!! super cool).
Chris signed me up to do Tapioca Baby. We didnt practice it since he wrote it in January, so I figured ok just gonna go up there and do our thing
could not hear my voice on the monitor
could barely hear the guitar
my mind overclocked with keeping on time w/ my chords while over-analyzing reactions in the crowd
but Chris’ drunken self still killed it and garnered lots of laughs from the crowd.
Idk. I think I have a lot of unpacking to do, but at the end of the night, this made me really want to get back in to my own music again. Maybe step away from this lo-fi stuff Ive been working on
or am I doing the perfectionist thing where im moving on to another project?!
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