RE: HIVE OPEN MIC #161 (ENG/ESP): My Original Song - "Factory Town" by @jasperdick (Original)
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Hi! It's tough to be a professional musician in Cape Town but @clairemobey and I do a gig every couple of months or so...
Our paid ones are at the Cottage Club and the Alma Cafe, which are lovely intimate venues with great sound - perfect for the acoustic folky stuff we do to an audience of 30-50 people... Usually family, friends and their friends in turn!
There are some nice open mics and open stages as well... Our favourite is the Barleycorn Music Club, which has been promoting local original music since 1976... I used to be on the organising committee when I was a student...
Beyond that, we are still actually trying to work out where else to play ourselves if I'm honest!
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Yeah totally, I think I’ve actually made moneys on @Hive than I have any paid gig or event I’m my whole music career 😂 which is fkn amazing!
It’s place we can be professional in our own way and still get paid for it without having to trundle equipment around expecting a music career hehe,
That sounds really cool man! Lovely, Sounds similar to here in some places, but recently a lot of the music scene where I live is fading fast, and I’ve done all the pubs, bars etc and having a good break just teaching guitar at the moment and blogging :) but maybe the scene is missing me?
Visit Scotland! Bring your sunny good vibes over here!!! 🙏 😎🤟🏼
Yeah, I've played cover gigs at venues for a bit of money... But if music is just a bonus and people are more interested in the food, drink, view, chatting, it can be a real chore where you land up wondering why you aren't back home playing to yourself... I don't need the money THAT bad, and that kind of thing is better suited to specialist cover artists who bring in backing tracks and the like...
So, yeah, long story short - I only have time for the odd gig, so I try to make it a nice worthwhile one where the sound is good, and music is the focus... We're lucky to have a few of those places left, where we can slowly improve and hone our craft...
It reminds me of the meme about one of the best concert violinists in the world going busking in a busy subway and making minimal tips because he was in the wrong place and the average person doesn't actually have time and mental capacity to focus on and judge music...
Aw yeah for sure man i feel ya, I’d rather be at home just now doin ma thang’ 🤟🏼 Haha. Gigs and open mics can be very tedious at times, still fun none the less!
Yeah that’s it man, as well it’s hard to come by a good venue and set up regular-goes well-pays well… any gig and open mic is a practice ground to me, haha, been stagnant recently like I said, I like small crowds for now.
Yeah I’ve seen a few videos based on that idea of celebs etc disguising and show talents and they are bypassed, just goes to show it’s all in the media, image, and money making ability, much like the popular blogging site we use right now ;) haha