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Microsoft Open Mic Night

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My fledgling group the Dissonance opened for the first Microsoft Open Mic Night last night. We played three songs opening with Night Train, then Blue Bossa, and closing with Jersey Bounce. The soloists were hot that night and the band sounded good. Over all we were very happy with the performance and are ready to start thinking about an hour long gig.

The cafeteria was about a third full of listeners and the colors in the place were nice. Although we had to run to our next practice, a three hour marathon with the Woodinville Jazz Ensemble, it would have been interesting to hear the other acts which included a comedian, a couple rock bands, acoustical guitar players, and a bagpipe. (I kid you not. :o)

 

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                       Jim & Gary                                   Suzy & Brad

              Tim                                                               Rob

What a most excellent venue and setup there was. The organizer, thanks Jon, setup up a back line so that there was a set of drums, PA, and amps that everyone could use rather than schlepping multiples of these in with each group. The ceiling was about 20 feet high with acoustical tile and with the windows the sound reverberated in a very nice way. On tenor sax I kinda felt like John Klemmer.

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