What to expect
1) Please fill in the form above to reserve a time slot along with a comment of how many other musicians will be accompanying you, include your genre.
2) Expect to perform three songs or more and if the night is ridiculously busy with walkin's, than your set may be reduced to two songs to allow everyone to play. If you miss your time slot, Joe will try and squeeze you in if time allows.
3) In the rare instance that their are so many musical acts that only one song can be played for each act. Please select your best song. Some musical acts may get two songs based on the distance they traveled to get to the open mic, to make it worth their while. Joe will do his best to accommodate everyone, to make the night run smoothly. Please understand the time constraints and please be patient.
4) The time slots are a rough estimate of your performance time and this may vary depending on the time constraints of the evening. Some acts take a moment to setup and break down their equipment. Any questions, let Joe know.
5) Joe is a very busy man and if you would like to contact him about the possibility of recording at his studio, “Hit Song Studio's” please fill in the information within the form. If you would like to hear Joe Vasaturo's originals, they can be heard at https://joevasaturo.com/all-access use password, "fun" all lower case to enter page.
We're all looking forward seeing and to hearing you at the open mic!
artist etiquette
Mic etiquette: Sing close to the mic. The sure Sm58 is a dynamic microphone where the best sound is achieved at a very close distance. When you sing further away your vocal will sound small and the chances of the microphone picking up speaker sound is high, the result feed back.
Microphone Direction: Never point the microphone at the speaker!
Feedback: When the speaker picks up the microphone. If you ever experience feedback, direct the microphone away from the direction of the speaker.
- Feedback Types: High end feedback mostly happens when a vocalist is to far away from the microphone and the microphone picks up the speaker
- Low end feedback mostly happens on acoustic instruments. So to compensate for this. guitarists roll off your low end.
- If you have a wireless ¼" for your guitar that you hand to the host let him know to back off the gain on the channel and reduce the lows.
Speaker Placement: Usually the main speakers facing the audience are in front of the microphone and the performer and the stage monitor is facing the performer. This limits the chances of feedback exponentially.
Loudness/Volume: Of course we all want the volume loud, because we're all rockstars, right?
-If the volume is to high patrons in the front rows will usually leave due to ear fatigue/ear pain.
The proper volume should be comfortable for both you and the listener.
-If you're in the audience and the volume isn't as high as you'd like, please move forward towards the stage area. If the volume is to loud, please inform the owner Mel or staff and they will let Joe, the mixing engineer know and he will make the proper volume adjustments for you.
