Posted in Uncategorized on 03/24/2010 10:48 pm by admin
As of tonight, I have a new band! We’re all friends, and we’ve been playing at open mics together for years, but tonight we had our first official practice. Here’s the lineup:
I’m incredibly excited – this is essentially my dream team of musicians, and I always wanted to play with these guys but never thought we could make it happen. As soon as we have some shows booked, I’ll definitely post about it here. Wheeeeee!!
There’s a lot of back-story to the Teavolve Open Mic that once was and soon shall be again. Let me sum-up:
Last summer, some friends of mine got the opportunity to host a weekly open mic at my favorite Baltimore hang-out, Teavolve Cafe and Lounge. Due to a series of unanticipated cancelations and promotion difficulties, the open mic had a hard time getting and sustaining any attendance. Let me be perfectly clear – I am not blaming the venue, the hosts, the promotion process, or the customers for this open’s mic’s demise. I’m saying a bunch of unfortunate things happened that led to a slow fizzle of a really wonderful open mic at a really wonderful place.
Now, I love this place, and I want to hang out there. I want my friends to hang out there. I want hear my friends play music there. When I heard the open mic was being canceled for good, I approached the owner and opened the lines of communication to see if I might be able to take it over and move it to a different night, so as not to compete with a popular open mic hosted by my friends in the band ilyAIMY. A couple of months passed, and we ended up agreeing that we could make Monday nights happen every single week.
So: starting Monday, March 15, 2010, I will be hosting Teavolve’s new open mic. Sign up starts at 6:30, music will commence at 7:00, and we’ll finish out the night around 10:00. I know this blog entry will be stale in a couple of weeks, but the information here remains the same. Come play some music at Teavolve every Monday night – I would love to see you!
Posted in Uncategorized on 09/03/2009 03:46 pm by admin
On July 30th, 2009, a super swank place in Baltimore called Teavolve started hosting an open mic on Thursday nights. The unfortunate part is that it takes place during the same time as the open mic my friends from ilyAIMY host at Java Mammas in Reisterstown. Granted, that’s pretty unfortunate, because their open mic is always swinging and it makes me sad to miss them.
However! Baltimore – specifically Fells Point – is pretty darn convenient, in terms of location, and the Teavolve itself has lovely, high ceilings (hello, acoustics!) a cool, open floorplan, a delicious and affordable menu, and a staff that is never less than exceptionally wonderful. Now, I can’t possibly commit to making it every single week, but I have the best of intentions to make it whenever possible.
So! If you’re interested in seeing a nice variety of local artists, or are interested in performing at a new open mic, I highly recommend coming to Teavolve on Thursday nights. Sign-up is at 7:30ish, the music starts at 8, and it goes until midnight. I hope to see you there!
Since I’m looking for interesting content to post, here’s a song I wrote in March of 2008, called “Fortune Cookie.” For other videos, you can check me out on YouTube at www.youtube.com/acaciasears.
