Open House Jams

10/11/2024

Morning all, there will be no open mic today, and we'll be back next week instead.

03/09/2024

Ahhh yes, Sunday Funday. Looking forward to seeing you all there 😁

This coming Sunday !

Musicians assemble.. let's ride this musical train.

Obvs a hypothetical train despite our close proximity to the station.

Now listen up... It may start at 2pm, it may not.. It really depends how many of you show up at 2pm.. But it normally goes on until around 8pm, so you have plenty of time to play, sing or just chill the heck out and enjoy an easy going Sunday on the deck!

Fabulous - see you on Sunday !

with Open House Jams

15/08/2024

Good morning all. Those of you who have attended multiple OHJ events know that start times are more of a guideline than anything. Just in case anyone doesn't know, please allow me to explain why this happens.

The Glass House show used to have a start time of 8pm. At 8pm, sometimes we'd only have 2 performers and barely enough people to consider an audience. Then, from about 8.30/9pm, more people start would arrive (both performers and audience members).
I wouldn't like to put people up to play to no or minimal people, it's not a particularly great feeling as a musician. This also runs the risk of 2 artists playing all of their songs to barely anyone, and everyone else arriving slightly later gets a good crowd.
If only 2 people arrive on the dot, I could give them both a longer set time, playing to not many people. Then the others who arrive later may get less stage time but a bigger audience. Neither of these are fair.
If both of those people have played and still nobody turns up, a 5/6 hour show might look finished after an hour, causing audience members and pub goers to leave.
I have since changed the start time at the glass house to 7pm and although people have started to arrive earlier than they did, we don't start dead on 7pm, for the above reasons. Not unless the place is already packed.

The same (start time not being bang on) was always the case for the musical huddle at the made inn. We never started bang on the start time unless we had a pub full of performers and people to watch them.

We treat the coachworks shows in the same way. Once there are enough people to perform and appreciate each other, that's the best time to start.

I have tried running it by pre booking half hour slots back at Quinn's, but this doesn't work of more than one person doesn't show up.

As an organiser/provider of all equipment plus all set up/performer/host/soundtech, I find the best way to run the show is to have a rough idea of how many people you have for the whole show so that you can give them equal amounts of time, and to make sure there are enough people there to support them.

This town has built up a really lovely music community. Most people will arrive, talk to people and get comfortable, and stay for the rest of the show so that they can support each other. Some more shy performers may keep to themselves a bit more, which is not an issue. To those of you that do, thank you so much for showing support to the wonderful artists. Some people might have trains to catch or other gigs to play, which is totally fair enough.

I hope that I have explained things thoroughly. If you feel you have any unanswered questions, however, please send me a message.

Stay sexy 😜✌️x

11/08/2024

Lovely day for it ☀️😎🍻🎸🥁🎹🎙️

See you shortly...

31/05/2024

Massive thanks to Alastair Bendall for stepping in last night and doing a fantastic job! 👏👏👏

01/03/2024

Last night was just wonderful! Thanks to everyone who took part. Pictures will be posted soon...

26/02/2024

Back at the this week for another fine open mic and jam night. Looking forward to seeing you there 😊

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13/02/2024

Wow, what a fantastic first show for the all new Open Platform! What a collective! It really felt like we were all together on Sunday and such a supportive, lovely bunch of people. Spread the word! Well done to everyone who took part. You were amazing x

31/12/2023

Wow, just wow! What a wonderful year it has been for music. So many people have made the Open Mic scene absolutely amazing this year! We've had a few brand new bands play their first shows. We've had an 11 year old prospect, who absolutely stunned silenced a whole room. 🤫 We've had the next slot decided by connect 4.🟡🔴 We've formed some great bonds. 🤞We've had some amazingly dedicated regulars, week in week out. 🙏 We've lost a dear friend 😔

Thank you soooooo much to everyone who has helped out with the sound, helped to set up and shift the gear, to the venues for your continued support, to the audience members who have been fully behind the artists, to the artists themselves for getting up there and performing (it's really is no easy feat), to the dedicated regulars who show up week in, week out.

Special mention to my backing band Matt Verrell and Ritchie Swann. Without you guys, there's a lot I wouldn't be able to have done and a whole lot of people who wouldn't have had the band experience without you guys!

I've been doing this for nearly 10 years now, and I'm so proud of what we as a town and community have achieved. Long may it continue.

Thank you to everyone. You have been absolutely outstanding, amazing, patient, talented, supportive and just a joy to be around 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Happy new year folks 🥳😁😘🥹🤗🍻🎙️

28/12/2023

TONIGHT at we have our wonderful Open Mic and Jam night, full to the brim with amazing talent and festive cheer. Come down to the Glass House at 7pm and have a great time with us 🍻🎁🎙️😁✌️

19/12/2023

Last show before Christmas is coming this Thursday 😊🍻🧑‍🎄🎄

11/12/2023

Thanks hugely to everyone that came along last night. What an atmosphere and what a show! What a community ;)

PS, if you have any pictures or vids, please send them this way :)