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What I do at open mic: Play guitar, sing mostly originals with a smattering of covers, host at Coffee Talk
My favorite open mics: Coffee Talk, Coffee Cabana
My influences: Neil Young, Pink Floyd, Steven Curtis Chapman, Jim Croce, Dire Straits
How I would describe my style: Acoustic folk/rock with a humorous edge
Am I available for gigs? yep
Email: chris@azopenmic.com
Name:
Larry Davidson
What I do at open mic: Fingerstyle Solo Guitar (no singing)
My favorite open mic venues: Coffee Cabana
My musical influences: Alex de Grassi, Doug Smith
How I describe my style: fingerstyle
Am I available for gigs?: yes
My email: larry.davidson@domail.maricopa.edu
Name: Smith
Graham
What I do at open mic: Play acoustic guitar and sing covers
My favorite open mic venues: Coffee Cabana
My musical influences: Greenday, Coldplay, Weezer and many others
How I describe my style: rock
Am I available for gigs?: yes
My email: guitarfreak589@aol.com
Name: Jeff
Carter
What I do at open mic: Play guitar and sing; covers and songs I
write
My favorite open mic venues: Coffee Grounds, Coffee Cabana
My musical influences: slide: Robert Johnson, Keith Richards, Leo
Kottke; standard: Paul Simon, James Taylor
How I describe my style: slide: mostly blues standard: folk/pop, I
often try to write witty lyrics
Am I available for gigs?: sure, but I don't have a PA system
My email: jrcarter commerical@acm.org
Name:
Jennifer Spector
What I do at open mic: Host it! ...and play originals
My favorite open mic venues: Coffee Grounds (of course) and Coffee
Cabana
My musical influences: J. Mitchell, F. Apple, D. Wilcox, A.
DiFranco
How I describe my style: not-too-folky, all original,
quirky yet meaty, Folk Music
Am I available for gigs?: Yes, if not already booked
My email: jenniferspector@cox.net
Contact Url: www.jenniferspector.com
Name: CrazyCoverKeith
Skirvin
What I do at open mic: Host/guitar/sing
My favorite open mic venues: Joes Grotto, Hollywood Alley, Yucca
Tap Room
My musical influences:Stevie Ray Vaughan/Allman Bros/Warren Zevon
How I describe my style: Blues/Funk/Rock
Am I available for gigs?: YES!
My email: dethkitn@usa.com
Contact_URL: www.kstar420.tripod.com
Name: Gregg
What I do at open mic: sweat mostly ;-)
My favorite open mic venues: my shower where everything sounds so
good
My musical influences: Everybody I've heard
How I describe my style: contemp., folk and Jazz
Am I available for gigs?: sure.
My email: gmyers7@cox.net
Contact URL: http://www.greggmyers.com
Name: Jake
Grieder
What I do at open mic: I host at Essenza and play originals at a
few others in town
My favorite open mic venues: The Dubliner, Coffee Grounds, Mill's
End
My musical influences: Jeff Buckley, Led Zeppelin, Dave Matthews,
Radiohead, Talking Heads
How I describe my style: I try not to
Am I available for gigs?: yes'm
My email: greiderjake@yahoo.com
Contact URL: Benjaminjacob.blogspot.com
Name: Tara
Glazier
What I do at open mic: sing mostly original songs, some covers
while playing my keyboard
My favorite open mic venues: Coffee Cabana
My musical influences: Gwen Stefani, Jessica Simpson, Shakira,
Faith Hill
How I describe my style: pop
Am I available for gigs?: yes
My email: dglazier@qwest.net
Contact URL: I'll have one soon...
Name: Marconias
What I do at open mic: I now host the Open Mic at the new Long
Wongs in Tempe every Thursday
My favorite open mic venues: Besides mine, I love the Goathead
Saloon on Tuesdays
My musical influences: City sounds, prairies of flowers, purring
cats, playing card in the spokes of bicycles.
How I describe my style: Acoustic folk, polished with a
Zen style.
Am I available for gigs?: All the time
My email: marconias@q.com
Contact URL: http://www.marconias.com
Name: Cory
Kaseman
What I do at open mic: Originals, jazz standards
My favorite open mic venues: Coffee Talk
My musical influences: Too many to list but they range from Philip
Glass to Prester John
How I describe my style:Modern classical with a touch of
jazz and blues... in other words; weird.
Am I available for gigs?: Yeah, if anyone actually wants
to hire me...
My email: jingomcharrison@hotmail.com
Contact URL: not enough room to type it
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Name: Anamieke
Carrozza
What I do at open mic: Play acoustic guitar and sing originals
My favorite open mic venues: new to town; liked Higher Ground when
it existed years ago.
My musical influences: Beatles, Sheryl Crow, Zepplin, motown,
hip-hop
How I describe my style: Eclectic funky female folk rock
Am I available for gigs?: yes
My email: anamieke@yahoo.com
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Name: Jack
Wells
What I do at open mic: ragtime piano
My favorite open mic venues: Xtreme Bean Coffee Co.
My musical influences: Big Tiny Little
How I describe my style: raggedy
Am I available for gigs?: maybe
My email: pwells4349@aol.com
Name:
Tom Tuerff
What I do at open mic: I play my original songs; I host the
Fiddlers' Dream open stage, too.
My favorite open mics: Fiddler's Dream, and the new one at Mamma
Java's on Tuesdays
My influences: Dylan, Beatles, Zappa, Spike Jones, Steve Goodman,
John Prine
How I would describe my style:Abhorrent, but people laugh.
Am I available for gigs? Oh, you betcha!
Email: ttuerff@qwest.net
Contact URL: www.cdbaby.com/tuerff
Name:
Bob Villa
What I do at open mic: Play guitar, sing covers and originals
My favorite open mics: Coffee Cabana, Fiddler's Dream
My influences: James Taylor, Beatles, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Eric
Clapton, B.B. King, Adrian Vandenburg, et. al.
How I would describe my style: eclectic: fingerpicking, strumming,
flatpicking etc.
Am I available for gigs? definitely if not already booked
Email: bobvilla@musician.net
Name:
Sandy Hathaway
What I do at open mic: Play guitar and sing
My favorite open mics: Coffee Cabana
My influences: Dar Williams, Joan Baez
How I would describe my style: Dar meets Indigo Girls
Am I available for gigs? available 1-2 month advance booking
Email: hathaway_music@yahoo.com
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Name: DOLLFUN
Amber, Kim, Wendy
What I do at open mic: guitar, keys, harmonies
My favorite open mics: Coffee Cabana
My influences: Eddie Murphy
How I would describe my style: funnysexy
Am I available for gigs? yes
Email: dollfunx3@msn.com
Contact_URL
Name:
Jason Robey
What I do at open mic: Sing and play acoustic guitar, mostly
originals
My favorite open mics: so far the only arizona one I've been to is
Coffee Cabana
My influences: Pearl Jam, Phish, STP, Grateful Dead, just about
everything else
How I would describe my style: post grunge alternative
Am I available for gigs? always
Email: yitbos@jmrband.org
Contact URL: http://www.jmrband.org
Name:
Steve Richards
What I do at open mic: Host
My favorite open mics: Falcon's Roost is the first that I've been
involved with
My influences: The Moody Blues, Eric Johnson, Keith Urban, Allman
Brothers, Skynyrd, Marshall Tucker etc. etc.
How I would describe my style: Ya'll-ternative music \ Rhythm
guitar
Am I available for gigs? Yes
Email steve@steverichards.net
Contact URL: www.steverichards.net
Name:
Jason Cunningham; Nowhere Fast
What I do at open mic: Host and play and work and sweat and MC did
I mention work is play andandand
My favorite open mics: The Vine in Ahwatukee
My influences: All with integ-rity
How I would describe my style: Earthy rock with lots of melody and
harms
Am I available for gigs? woh ya
Email: jamjammerjam@msn.com
Name:
Brecken Celis
What I do at open mic: sing/play guitar-originals
My favorite open mics: brand new to the scene, hope to have a few
soon
My influences: Sheryl Crow, Lisa Loeb, Alanis Morissette, Maroon 5,
John Mayer
How I would describe my style: Honest, Soulful, Heartbroken love
songs
Am I available for gigs? Sure am
Email: breckenlee@hotmail.com
Name: Michael Treatch
What I do at open mic: Acoustic originals and acoustic renditions
of classic songs.
My favorite open mics: Rula Bula (I love the Irish Pub atmosphere)
and Chasers Nightclub (a large stage for bands or plenty of room for solo
performers, plus they allow long open mic sets)
My influences: Jimmy Page (guitar) Robert Plant and Steve Perry
(vocals)
How I would describe my style: A unique melodic vocalist with an
innovative acoustic guitar style. Michael Treatch offers a wide variety of
styles and sounds for the acoustic music enthusiast. With heart felt
lyrics and soothing strong vocal
Am I available for gigs? Yes
Email: michael@michaeltreatch.com
Contact_URL: www.michaeltreatch.com
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Name:
James Grady
What I do at open mic: Dyanamic acoustic guitar singer/songwriter
My favorite open mics: The Blue Agave
My influences: Garland Carr, Adam Gerow, Dave Matthews, Jason Mraz,
John Mayer
How I would describe my style: like a night at the bar after a
relaxing day at the beach
Am I available for gigs? yes
Email: JamesGrady@earthlink.net
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Name:
Adam Oryszczak
What I do at open mic: music (acoustic guitar)
My favorite open mics:
My influences: Wilco & Elliott Smith
How I would describe my style: roots rock
Am I available for gigs? yes
Email: adam_017@hotmail.com
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Name:
David Hernandez
What I do at open mic: Sing with background tracks
My favorite open mics: I like Undici Undici Art Gallery
My influences: Brian McKnight
How I would describe my style: R&B
Am I available for gigs? yes
Email: gq_wildcat@hotmail.com
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Name:
Jason Hixx
What I do at open mic: sing and play guitar
My favorite open mics: The Vine (in Ahwatukee)
My influences: Zep, Hendrix, 80's hair
How I would describe my style: Hard rock that you can understand
the words to
Am I available for gigs? yes
Email: yesyoubad@yahoo.com
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Name:
Jerome
What I do at open mic: Perform
My favorite open mics: ?
My influences: Wu Tang, Guru, Nas, KRS 1
How I would describe my style: ?
Am I available for gigs? yes
Email: jerome@phunkthouse.com
Contact_URL: www.phunkthouse.com
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Name:
RV
What I do at open mic: give people good music
My favorite open mics: ?
My influences: lots of hip hop influences
How I would describe my style: original
Am I available for gigs? yes
Email: phunkthouse@msn.com
Contact_URL: www.phunkthouse.com
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Name: Stump
What I do at open mic: Entertain the masses
My favorite open mics: jitter's in tempe was nice, willow house had
a different feel, i liked it
My influences: Beatles, Doors, Notorious BIG,
Sublime,JKasp,2Pac,Blind Melon,Zep,Floyd,ScottLaRock,The Used,NonPoint,
and The Gaither Vocal Band
How I would describe my style: hip flop honkie tonkin' folk
Am I available for gigs? yessir'
Email: Stump@phunkthouse.com
or Mootyke1@aol.com
Contact_URL:
Name: Jordon
Taylor
What do you do at open mic?: Solo acoustic singer/songwriter
What are your favorite open mic venues? Rula Bula, Undici Undici
Who are your musical influences? Oasis, Weezer, Howie Day
How would you describe your style? Modern Folk Rock
Are you available for gigs? yes
E-mail: shrumpjordon@yahoo.com
URL: www.jordontaylor.com
Name: Bryce Francis
What do you do at open mic?:keys, some guitar, and i shake (my
booty, that is...)
What are your favorite open mic venues? Just been playing
MamaJava's and Coffee Cabana
Who are your musical influences? Jon Brion, Aimee Mann, Ani D., Ben
Folds, Candy Butchers, Patrick Park
How would you describe your style? Seemingly innocent, until you
think about it. Focus on interesting chord changes, and always on a great
melody.
Are you available for gigs? Yes, but not without my partner in
crime, Sami
E-mail: bryce@forrentmusic.com
URL: www.forrentmusic.com
Name: Sarah
Chapman
What do you do at open mic?: play guitar and sing originals and a
few covers
What are your favorite open mic venues? Mama Java's, The Zoom Room,
Coffee Cabana and too many more to list
Who are your musical influences? Ani Difranco, Jewel, the Beatles,
and again too many more to list
How would you describe your style? Acoustic, Folk/Rock
Are you available for gigs? Yes, :)
E-mail: Sarah@SarahChapman.net
URL: www.SarahChapman.net
Name:
Bill Bailey
What do you do at open mic?: guitar
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Coffee Cabana
What are your musical influences?: Smashing Pumpkins
How would you describe your style?: alternative
Are you available for gigs?: sure
Contact Email: bill@billbaileymusic.com
Contact URL: www.billbaileymusic.com
Name: D.L
Harrison
What do you do at open mic?: vocal rhythm guitar
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Zoom Room, Balboa Cafe,
Rula Bula, Coppers, Yucca
Who are your musical influences? To say all of my influences would
take up way too much time.
How would you describe your style? rootsy and urban
Are you available for gigs? all day every day
Email: downlowharrison@yahoo,com
Name: Dan
Wiebe
What do you do at open mic?: Sing, play guitar, host, have a good
time
What are your favorite open mic venues? It's a Grind Coffeehouse
Who are your musical influences?
Pop music from the 60's, 70's and everything else
How would you describe your style? Popular Pop, Rock tunes
Are you available for gigs? Always
E-mail: danthemusicman@cox.net
URL: www.danthemusicman.net
Name:
Steve Decker
What do you do at open mic?: Cover your favorite tunes so you will
want to listen to my originals!
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Fiddlers Dream, The Mighty
Cup and Spoon, Fatso's Pizza, Mama Javas, and the 2nd Sunday Consortium.
Who are your musical influences?: The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Paul
Simon, Chuck Pyle, Paul McCartney, Bruce Cockburn.
How would you describe your style? Guitar, fingers, and a prayer.
Are you available for gigs? Will play anywhere, any time, for any
reason (within reason). I really enjoy playing for older folks at assisted
living facilities.
Email: sund0g@qwest.net
URL: www.2ndSundayConsortium.com
Name:Timothy
Hurd
What do you do at open mic?: Mostly originals...some covers
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Hmmm
What are your musical influences?: Switchfoot, Coldplay, Incubus
How would you describe your style?: Fresh Acoustic Alternitave
Are you available for gigs?: Of course
Contact Email: caspian27@rocketmail.com
Name: Adam Nierenberg
from the band Spelunking Tongue
What do you do at open mic?: Classic Rock
What are your favorite open mic venues? Fatso's on Thursdays,
1800 saloon on Sundays, band jam night
Who are your musical influences? Beatles, KISS, King's X
How would you describe your style? From the heart
Are you available for gigs? Yes, and the band is too.
Contact Email: Accuratesignings@aol.com
URL:
http://www.myspace.com/spelunkingtongue
Name:
Erich Sielaff
What do you do at open mic?: Sing, Play Guitar, Covers and
Originals, Watch talented musicians...
What are your favorite open mic venues? So far ...Coffee Cabana,
Sonoran Coffee, new to this world...
Who are your musical influences? Tom Rush, John Stewart, Lightfoot,
Leo Kottke
How would you describe your style? Country-Folk...Aging Rapidly
Are you available for gigs? Yes
E-mail: esielaff@cox.net
URL: www.es4real.com
Name: Dorinda
What do you do at open mic? Sing and play piano
What are your favorite open mic venues? Sweet Daddy's Christian
Coffee House
What are your musical influences? Beth Nielson Chapman, Annie
Lennox, Twila Paris
How would you describe your style? Multi- styles, easy listening
Are you available for gigs? yes
Contact email: dorindasings@yahoo.com
Contact URL: www.dorindasings.com
Name:
Tara Kiefer
What do you do at open mic? sing !!
What are your favorite open mic venues? hmm....
What are your musical influences? Sheryl Crow, Mary j. blige
How would you describe your style? jazz/r&b and alittle counrty
in there somewhere
Are you available for gigs? usually...
Contact email: tara@myhooptie.com
Name: Bobby Joe Smith
What do you do at open mic? acoustic country blues
What are your favorite open mic venues? new in town...just starting
to get around a bit
What are your musical influences? son house, lightnin' hopkins, taj
mahal, jj cale
How would you describe your style? blues
Are you available for gigs? yes
Contact email: bobbyjoesmith@msn.com
Contact URL: www.bobbyjoesmith.com
Name: DJ Avalon
What do you do at open mic?Sing, Keys, XII String acoustic,
Turntables
What are your favorite open mic venues? Desert Ridge, Rula Bula,
Stateside (Only III So far)
What do you do at open mic? I'm a soul singer
What are your musical influences? '70s & '80s pop, Dj Z-Trip
How would you describe your style? I call it "Anglorhythm"
or "American Beats" Yes, you can dance to it!
Are you available for gigs? Soon, We're just getting started
Contact email: djavalon@cox.net
Contact URL: We're working on it
Name:
Oneal
What do you do at open mic? I'm a soul singer baby
What are your favorite open mic venues? Desert Ridge, Rula Bula,
Stateside (Only III So far)
What are your musical influences? `70's & `80's RnB / Soul,
Marvin Gaye, Journey, Fleetwood Mac
How would you describe your style? It'll put a smile on y' face
& a nod to y' head
Are you available for gigs? Hell yeah!
Contact email: avalonentertainment@cox.net
Name:
Smokey Lonesome
What do you do at open mic: play guitar and sing
What are your favorite open mic venues: Fiddler's Dream
What are your musical influences: Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, JJ
Cale
How would you describe your style: Americana, country-rock
Are you available for gigs: Yes
Contact Email: smokey.lonesome@gmail.com
Name: Dale Haviland
What do you do at open mic: Play bass and supply harmony backup
vocals
What are your favorite open mic_venues: HardtailZ, Warsaw Again,
Rhythm Room
What are your musical influences: Jack Bruce, Duck Dunn, Pauly Mac
How would you describe your style: Blues/rock with Jazz influences
Are you available for gigs: Must check calendar! YES
Contact_Email: bassman118@cox.net
Name: Reign Down
What do you do at open mic? guitar/percussion/2 female lead
vocalists
What are your favorite open mic venues? Mama Java's
What are your musical influences? Nichole Nordeman, U2, Jennifer
Knapp, Rebecca St. James
How would you describe your style? acoustic pop/alt
Are you available for gigs? Oh Yeah!
Contact email: JSteeleiii@earthlink.net
Name: Ryan Angus
What do you do at open mic? Play guitar, harmonica, originals
What are your favorite open mic venues? Coffee Talk, Essenza
What are your musical influences? Dylan, Simple Kid, Elliot
Smith...
How would you describe your style? hmm...I dunno. acoustic rock?
Are you available for gigs? sure
Contact email: angus6818@hotmail.com
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Name:
Charlie Ward
What do you do at open mic? Play acoustic guitar and sing folk
music
What are your favorite open mic venues? Fatso's, Mama Java,
Stateside, Dubliner
What are your musical influences? Donovan, Tom Paxson, Leonard
Cohen, Peter, Paul and Mary etc.
How would you describe your style? Mellow; I play alot of originals
Are you available for gigs? yes
Contact email: wardcr49@hotmail.com
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Name: Unspoken Truth; Josh
and Trevor
What do you do at open mic? We play acoustic songs, mostly original
with good harmonies and honest heartfelt lyrics combined with amazing
guitar solos and echoing verses. We also do covers of some of our favorite
bands, Matchbook Romance, Taking Back Sunday, Alexisonfire, Goo Goo Dolls,
etc.
What are your favorite open mic venues? anywhere with people to
listen
What are your musical influences? Alexisonfire, Eric Clapton, Phil
Collins, Emery, Thursday, Anberlin, Hawthorne Heights, anything that
doesn't include rap basically.
How would you describe your style? Acoustic emo songs
mostly--sometimes a political song here and there
Are you available for gigs? always
Contact email: unspokentruth20@yahoo.com
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Name: Owen Kerr
What do you do at open mic: Storytelling, Poetry, Staged Reading,
Singing
What are your favorite open mic_venues: Currently Bookman's, but
I'm new...
What are your musical influences: Al Stewart, Oingo Boingo, Sting,
Dylan Thomas
How would you describe your style: Eclectic
Are you available for gigs: Heh. Sure...!
Contact_Email: ochre24@yahoo.com
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Name: Kayla
What do you do at open mic? sing and play guitar
What are your favorite open mic venues? coffee cabana, coffee
plantation anywhere im listened to
What are your musical influences? Eric Clapton, The Who, Weezer,
Dashboard Coff. Taking Back Sunday, Incubus, Finch, Jewel, so many more
How would you describe your style? emo/classic rock (its a
udescribale genre...?)
Are you available for gigs? sure
Contact email: kaylacoolgal@yahoo.com
Name: Scott Worstell
What do you do at open mic?: Sing/ Play Guitar
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Rula-Bula / Coffee Cabana
/ Coffee Talk
What are your musical influences?: Sting, Harry Connick Jr., John
Mayer
How would you describe your style?: Sexy
Are you available for gigs: Yep!
Contact Email: scionblue2@yahoo.com
Name: Jon Oosterink "Jonny
OO"
What do you do at open mic?: Play guitar and sing
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Johnny's Uptown, In the
Raw, Chaser's Night Club
What are your musical influences?: Jerry Cantrell, Sammy Hagar,
Layne Staley, ELVIS, Tool, Grateful Dead, Nirvana
How would you describe your style?: alternative folk, Rock and Roll
Are you available for gigs: yes, April 19-25, call 269-760-2562
Contact Email: kurtisjon@msn.com
Contact url: http://www.jonnyoo.com
Name: Josh Ray
What do you do at open mic?: vocals and guitar
What are your favorite open mic venues?:
What are your musical influences?: Merle Haggard, Stevie Ray Vaughn
How would you describe your style?: country
Are you available for gigs: yes
Contact Email: jrguitarpickr21@yahoo.com
Name:
Falling From Trees
What do you do at open mic?: entertain the masses
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Coffee Talk, Coffee
Cabana, Into the Bean
What are your musical influences?: Smashing Pumpkins, Gwar, Spinal
Tap
How would you describe your style?: alternative
Are you available for gigs: fashizzle
Contact Email: bill@billbaileymusic.com
Contact url: www.billbaileymusic.com
Name: Bill Dutcher
What do you do at open mic?: acoustic instrumentalist/singer
What are your favorite open mic venues?: new to the area, still
checking them out
What are your musical influences?: Zepplin, Michael Hedges,
Beatles, Hendrix
How would you describe your style?: modern acoustic
Are you available for gigs: yes!!
Contact Email: wsdiii@cox.net
Contact Email: www.billdutcher.com
Name: Krystofer James
hat do you do at open mic?: watch, tune
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Coffee Cricket, run by the
illustrious Bill Bailey
What are your musical influences?: Crowder, Corgan, Clarke
How would you describe your style?: alt-folk
Are you available for gigs: not really
Contact Email: him@krysandmelissa.com
Name: Matt
Lefevers
What do you do at open mic?: try my best to strip my original songs
down to solo guitar, or enlist the help of others
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Maui Mountain; and I miss
the now-defunct Coffee Rush, Undici Undici and the Coffee Society ones
What are your musical influences?: Bright Eyes, I Can Make A Mess
Like Nobody's Business, Straylight Run, Jimmy Eat World, Dashboard
Confessional
How would you describe your style?: Symphonic Acoustic Rock
Are you available for gigs: absolutely
Contact Email: caffienesamurai@msn.com
Contact URL: www.myspace.com/mattlefevers
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Name: Bob
Eager
What do you do at open mic?: spoken word and stand up comedey
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Club Central, Mama Java's
What are your musical influences?: Frank Zappa
How would you describe your style?: experimental
Are you available for gigs: yes
Contact Email: edgarcrider@yahoo.com
Name:
Ashley Norton (Soulfish)
What do you do at open mic?: Host, sing, play guitar
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Four Kings on Central!
What are your musical influences?: Jewel, Dispatch
How would you describe your style?: Laid back
Are you available for gigs: with notice
Contact Email: ashleysart@gmail.com
Name: Jim Pipkin
What do you do at open mic?: original Americana songs
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Mama Java's, Wild Bills
BBQ
What are your musical influences?: John Prine, Jim Croce and my
Granpa Cliff
How would you describe your style?: sour mash for the soul
Are you available for gigs: Oh, yes
Contact Email: jim_pipkin@yahoo.com
Contact URL: http://www.jimpipkin.com
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Name: Debra
Crowe
What do you do at open mic?: Vocalist
What are your favorite open mic venues?
What are your musical influences?: Standards, Ballads,
Smooth jazz, R & B
How would you describe your style?: Contemporary/Smooth Jazz/Pop/R
& B & acoustic contemporary
Are you available for gigs: YES
Contact Email: debra.crowe@msn.com
Name: Mary Hoffman
What do you do at open mic?: sing, play guitar, host
What are your favorite open mic venues?: I still haven't decided. I
have to mention Caffe Rio, though! :)
What are your musical influences?: Jewel, Alison Krauss, Sara
Evans, Faith Hill
How would you describe your style?: rock/country/folk
Are you available for gigs: you bet!
Contact Email: mary1440@hotmail.com
Contact URL: www.maryhoffman.net
Name: Richie
Hall
What do you do at open mic?: fingerstyle guitar
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Blue Agave and The Four
Kings
What are your musical influences?: Mauro Giuliani, Andre Segovia,
any 16th-18th century composers, The Romeros
How would you describe your style?: magical
Are you available for gigs: when I'm not working...a little notice
would be nice
Contact Email: rj1912@aol.com
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Name: Autumn
Bretzing
What do you do at open mic?: watching, will be playing guitar and
singing soon
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Coffee Cabana
What are your musical influences?: Slightly Stoopid, Pink Floyd,
Jack Johnson, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Norah Jones, Bob Marley
How would you describe your style?: jazzy, reggae
Are you available for gigs: eventually
Contact Email: AutumnBretzing@hotmail.com
Name: Adam
Melia
What do you do at open mic?: play the guitar and sing mostly
original songs with an obscure cover here and there
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Caffe Rio
What are your musical influences?: Beatles (especially John
Lennon), Fountains of Wayne, Buddy Holly, Brian Wilson, Elvis, Paul Kelly
How would you describe your style?: Mersey Side/Liverpublian to
Power Pop/Rock; It's pretty different than the stuff out there right now
Are you available for gigs: yes
Contact Email: johnnylenn101@yahoo.com
Contact URL: www.myspace.com/adam1964
Name: Peter
MacIntyre
What do you do at open mic?: play the guitar and sing
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Coffee Talk, Coffee
Cabana, Joe's Grotto
What are your musical influences?: Beatles, James Taylor
How would you describe your style?: Folk rock
Are you available for gigs: yes
Contact Email: info@petermacintyre.com
Contact URL: www.petermacintyre.com
Name: Ryan
Stanley
What do you do at open mic?: acoustic guitar and vocals
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Just moved here; haven't
played enough to know yet
What are your musical influences?: Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Phish,
Yonder Mountain String Band, String Cheese Incident, Tom Waits, Keller
Williams, Pink Floyd, etc.
How would you describe your style?: acoustic/folk rock/ jam
Are you available for gigs: Yes indeed
Contact Email: DRStanley5446@msn.com
Contact URL: http://www.myspace.com/ryanstanley5446
Name: The
Plastic Flappybats
What do you do at open mic?:elec guitars, acoustics, bass, drums,
washboards, kazoos, harmonicas, resonators, mandolins, banjos
What are your favorite open mic venues?: We are the Polk Street
Music Scene in Downtown Phoenix
What are your musical influences?: replacements, any song we can
tabs for
How would you describe your style?: chaotic mess but sometimes we
actually get it right
Are you available for gigs: U wouldn't want us
Contact Email: gregula@cox.net
Contact URL: http://members.cox.net/gregula/
Name: Greg
Davis
What do you do at open mic?: play my own guitars and sing
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Maui Mountain Coffee
Company
What are your musical influences?: Brian Setzer, Carl Perkins,
Eddie Cochran
How would you describe your style?: Rockabilly/Rock
Are you available for gigs: maybe
Contact Email: sparkplug3d@yahoo.com
Name: Brent
Benson
What do you do at open mic?: Play Electric Guitar, Bounce, Rock and
Move, kinda.
What are your favorite open mic venues?: I've only played at one so
far I would have to say Uncle Bears.
What are your musical influences?: 311, Rage Against The Machine,
Incubus, Dave Matthews Band, and many more.
How would you describe your style?: Funky Fun, Rad, Cool, Sweet,
Different I guess
Are you available for gigs: Yezzity Yes!
Contact Email: BensonsFender@yahoo.com
Name: Paulina
What do you do at open mic?: i sing, i play guitar, mostly
originals, occasionally a cover
What are your favorite open mic venues?: market street coffee, have
played much but have seen some coffee talk, coffee crickett, and the muse
What are your musical influences?: oh every musician under the sun
How would you describe your style?: coffee-shoppish, a little goo
goo dolls, emo, acoustic, with a jazzy soul voice
Are you available for gigs? most definitely
Contact Email: justshin0dal0ve@yahoo.com
Contact URL: www.paulina-ds.2ya.com
Name: Craig-O Ringland
What do you do at open mic?: Have fun trying out new material and
lifting the crowd with hit tunes that have caught my attention over the
years.
What are your favorite open mic venues?:Currently the Monastery in
Mesa - but I plan on checking out additional venues.
What are your musical influences?: John Hiatt, Delbert McClinton,
Robert Earl Keen, Ronnie Glover, James Taylor and The Stones.
How would you describe your style?: I try to balance originals with
some classic material from popular artists.
Are you available for gigs: Yes - contact me through email or my
website.
Contact Email: Craig-O@cox.net
Contact URL: www.Craig-O.com
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Name: Maxie
Ray Mills
What do you do at open mic?: host, jam, official encouragement
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Mary Hoffman, Chuck E
Baby, oh heck I like them all...
What are your musical influences?: Hank to Hendrix, Zep to ZZ
How would you describe your style?: I try not to...
Are you available for gigs: OK if you insist!
Contact Email: maxieraymills@cox.net
Contact URL: http://www.myspace.com/ma
Name: Mike
Breen
What do you do at open mic?: Play guitar instrumentals and sing
original songs
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Mama Java's
What are your musical influences?: Richard Thompson, Jackson Browne
How would you describe your style?: singer-songwriter/guitarist
Are you available for gigs: yes
Contact Email: mikebreen@mikebreen.net
Contact URL: www.mikebreen.net
Name: Jordan
Lewis
What do you do at open mic?: I read/scream non-traditional
poetry/rants
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Coffee Talk, Coffee
Cabana, The Willow House
What are your musical influences?: the story tellers
How would you describe your style?: my style is like punk rock with
a good show
Are you available for gigs: Yes
Contact Email: jordan21784@hotmail.com
Name: Mage
What do you do at open mic?: sing and play guitar
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Coffee Talk, Undici Undici
What are your musical influences?: 20th Century American Pop
culture
How would you describe your style?: folkrock
Are you available for gigs: Yes always
Contact Email: mage0528@hotmail.com
Name: Steve
Martin
What do you do at open mic?: ...sing and play original music
What are your favorite open mic venues?: ...casual, where people
are themselves
What are your musical influences?: (...my sister) and James Taylor
How would you describe your style?: folk
Are you available for gigs: if expenses are paid
Contact Email: smartin@tularosa.net
Contact URL: www.sonicbids.com/zozakidd/
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Name: Harmony
Shumway
What do you do at open mic?: Sing and play guitar or read poetry
What are your favorite open mic venues?:
What are your musical influences?: Nirvana, John Mayer etc.
How would you describe your style?: acoustic alternative
Are you available for gigs: Yes!
Contact Email: sk_amylee@cox.net
Name: Duane
Lamont
What do you do at open mic?: Singer Songwriter Guitar Player
What are your favorite open mic venues?: I love them all
What are your musical influences?: So many to say but here are a
select few: Tom Petty, Waren Haynes, David Gilmour, Johnny Cash, Glen
Campbell and Willie Nelson
How would you describe your style?: Good songs presented in a
Soulful Cowboy Rock N Roll and R & B style
Are you available for gigs: Yes
Contact Email: duane@coppercitymusic.com
Contact URL: www.coppercitymusic.com
Name: Kevin
Redlich
What do you do at open mic?: Play!
What are your favorite open mic venues?: The Monastery, Coffee
Cabana, Rula Bula
What are your musical influences?: Dave Matthews, O.A.R. Guster,
Howie Day
How would you describe your style?: Acoustic Rock
Are you available for gigs: always
Contact Email: kevinredlich@hotmail.com
Contact URL: www.myspace.com/kevinredlich
Name: Crystal
Hollenbeck
What do you do at open mic?:
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Coffee Talk
What are your musical influences?: too many to count
How would you describe your style?: "the not-so-typcial chick
who like to stick it to her ex's" some dude told me that so I guess
it works.
Are you available for gigs: all I have is me and a guitar... so if
that's okay then, yeah
Contact Email: crystalmeth88@yahoo.com
Contact URL: www.myspace.com/le munch
Name: Paper Match Rockets
What do you do at open mic?: acoustic guitar, vocals
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Dubliner, Monastery,
Desert Ridge
What are your musical influences?: Pearl Jam, Hayden, Lifehouse, Stag,
Chindo Squad
How would you describe your style?: Acoustic Rock
Are you available for gigs: not until May 2006 (one of us is out of
town)
Contact Email: brian303_88@yahoo.com
Contact URL: www.papermatchrockets.com
Name: Panama Pete
What do you do at open mic?: sing, play guitar (acoustic and
electric)
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Rula Bula
What are your musical influences?: Neil Young, Dylan, Stones, The
Clash, Phil Ochs, Talking Heads
How would you describe your style?: Socialist Acoustic Folk, and
Punk Rock
Are you available for gigs: yes
Contact Email: pshickey@msn.com
Name: Steve Hobbs
What do you do at open mic?: Sing and play
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Coffee Talk, too numerous
to mention
What are your musical influences?: Eagles, Skynrd, Waylon and
Willie, Johnny Cash
How would you describe your style?: Hodgepodge
Are you available for gigs: Yes
Contact Email: steveandshirleyhobbs@yahoo.com
Name: Bill
and the Boys
What do you do at open mic?: acoustic versions of
alternative/classic rock tunes
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Coffee Talk in Mesa
What are your musical influences?: Classic rock artists of the 60's
through Alternative Rock of today
How would you describe your style?: a bit rough at times...lol
Are you available for gigs:
Contact Email:
Contact URL: www.myspace.com/billandtheboys
Name: Brodie
Foster Hubbard
What do you do at open mic?: play, guest host
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Willow House
What are your musical influences?: Frank Black, Buddy Holly,
Morrissey
How would you describe your style?: heartbroken melodies and murder
ballads
Are you available for gigs: yes
Contact Email: brodie@brodiehubbard.com
Contact URL: www.brodiehubbard.com
Name: Scott
Walter
What do you do at open mic?: guitar and vocals, host
What are your favorite open mic venues? Inza Coffee House
What are your musical influences?: Matchbox Twenty, Refreshments,
Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Dave Matthews
How would you describe your style?: folk/country rock
Are you available for gigs: absolutely
Contact Email: MusicManEP@cox.net
Contact URL: www.scottwaltermusic.net
Name:
Jamye Aki Chapman
What do you do at open mic?: Sing and play guitar
What are your favorite open mic venues?: www.number1band.com/fortunate_fool
What are your musical influences?: DMB, Damien Rice, Jack Johnson,
David Gray, Incubus, Mos Def, Donovan Frankenreiter, Amos Lee, Chili
Peppers, Bob Marley, OAR, Maroon 5, Jason Mraz, Weezer, Third Eye Blind,
Howie Day, James Blunt
How would you describe your style?: Life directed... Some happy,
some sad, some angry, some glad
Are you available for gigs: yes
Contact Email: dmb23ray@yahoo.com
Contact URL: www.myspace.com/jamyechapman
Name: Patricia
Silverberg
What do you do at open mic?: folk-rock, originals and covers
What are your favorite open mic venues? Essenza
What are your musical influences?: Natalie Merchant, Lisa Loeb
How would you describe your style?: folk/rock
Are you available for gigs: Yes--paying only or for non-profits
Contact Email: patsilverberg@netscape.net
Contact URL: www.sonicbids.com/patriciasilverberg
Name: Adam
Burriel
What do you do at open mic?: sing and play guitar
What are your favorite open mic venues? Coffee Talk!
What are your musical influences?: Five for Fighting, Elvis, and a
bunch of other stuff!
How would you describe your style?: pop-rock
Are you available for gigs: maybe...
Contact Email: luv2sing2192@yahoo.com
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Name: Colin
Barley
What do you do at open mic?: try to play songs that no one else
does
What are your favorite open mic venues? Haven't been to any yet,
though Coffee Talk looks interesting
What are your musical influences?: Pink Floyd, Beatles, Crowded
House, Led Zep, Nick Drake, Fleetwood Mac
How would you describe your style?: Psychadelic, Folky,
Pop-Rock
Are you available for gigs: possibly...
Contact Email: colinbarley@cox.net
Contact URL: http://bandmix.com/profil
Name: Kevin Casenhiser
What do you do at open mic?: sing and play guitar
What are your favorite open mic venues? Coffee Cabana
What are your musical influences?: Stevie Ray Vaughn, Eric Clapton,
BB King, Robert Johnson
How would you describe your style?: blues, blues and mo blues
Are you available for gigs: only if I'm getting good grades ;)
Contact Email: casjammers@cox.net
Contact URL: www.kcbluesband.com
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Name:
Dan DeMichele
What do you do at open mic?: play guitar and sing
What are your favorite open mic venues? Mama Java's (only one I've
been to)
What are your musical influences?: Jimmy eat world, , Bright eyes,
The refreshments, the format, James taylor, billy joel, Red hot chili
peppers, Jack Johnson
How would you describe your style?: simple, acoustic,pop
Are you available for gigs: yes
Contact Email: daniel.demichele@asu.edu
Name: Jacque
Reynolds
What do you do at open mic?: guitar and vocals
What are your favorite open mic venues? Rula Bula
What are your musical influences?: Jennifer Knapp, Sheryl Crow,
Miranda Lambert, Lisa Loeb
How would you describe your style?: acoustic folk rock with a
slight twang of modern country
Are you available for gigs: yes
Contact Email: info@jacquereynolds.com
Contact URL: myspace\jacquereynolds
Name: Kaity
Bayne
What do you do at open mic?: sing
What are your favorite open mic venues? Tucson,
Bookman's Used Books and Music, Bentley's House of Coffee and Tea,
Javalinas
What are your musical influences?: Idina Menzel,
Dixie Chicks, Etta James
How would you describe your style?: eclectic --
Country ballads, Broadway rock tunes, and sultry jazz
Are you available for gigs: yes
Contact URL: http://kaity.bayne.com
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Name: Logan Eval
What do you do at open mic?: all over
What are your favorite open mic venues? Big Fish Pub
What are your musical influences?: Dax Riggs, G'N'R, Rob Zombie,
Zakk Wylde, Stevie Ray Vaughn, ZZTop
How would you describe your style?: Blues Base Rock with a mix of
Zombie Style metal
Are you available for gigs: yes
Contact Email: Dragoncell@hotmail.com
Contact URL: myspace.com/dragoncell
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Name: Trent Newell
What do you do at open mic?: perform classical music
What are your favorite open mic venues? Coffee Talk
What are your musical influences?: LAGQ, Segovia, Dave Matthews
Band
How would you describe your style?: classical, acoustic
Are you available for gigs: Sure
Contact Email: ntnewelljr@hotmail.com
Contact URL: myspace/normantrentspace
Name: Frank
(Frankobear) Villarreal
What do you do at open mic?: a few originals, covers,I also forget
lyrics, hit wrong chords after flawless rehearsals, you can tell because I
smile, and hope you dont catch em
What are your favorite open mic venues? Mama Java's, Fiddler's
Dream
What are your musical influences?: I'm a fanatical DEADHEAD,
Beatles, Stones, The Doors, Neil Young, Elvis, Dylan, Johnny Cash, Jerry
Garcia, Bob Weir
How would you describe your style?: Vocalist accompanied by
guitar...Mix of stuff... A little bit country...A little bit rocknroll,
Folk, Blues, Polkas, anything else I can get away with.
Are you available for gigs: yes
Contact Email: fvdemorenci@aol.com
Name: Beggars
Clothes
What do you do at open mic?: sing, play
What are your favorite open mic venues? hard to say, each one is so
interesting
What are your musical influences?: Steve Howe, Andre Segovia, Ian
Anderson, Chris Squire, Mark Knopfler, Jonny Cash, Phil Collins, Mike
Rutherford, Tony Banks, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, Keith Emerson, Greg
Lake, Carl Palmer, Al Di Meola, The Gypsy Kings
How would you describe your style?: indie, bit jazzy
Are you available for gigs: yes
Contact Email: beggars_clothes@yahoo.com
Contact URL: www.beggarsclothes.com
Name: Casey Lee Smith
What do you do at open mic?: play guitar and sing
What are your favorite open mic venues? The Long Branch Saloon and
the Satisfied Frog
What are your musical influences?: Brad Pasley, Brooks and Dunn,
Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Johnny Cash and lots more
How would you describe your style?: country/rock/pop
Are you available for gigs: yes
Contact Email: rontamsmith@qwest.net
Name: Desiree
What do you do at open mic?: lead singer
What are your favorite open mic venues? soft and classic rock
What are your musical influences?: Stevie Nicks, Joni Mitchell
How would you describe your style?: soft and classic rock covers
and originals
Are you available for gigs: yes
Contact Email: dhausler@cox.net
Contact URL: www.insessionblues.com
Name: Derrick
Mendonca
What do you do at open mic?: Acoustic guitar performance of
original songs and covers, mostly by the Beatles
What are your favorite open mic venues? Desert Ridge District
Stage, Chasers, The Live and Let Live Cafe
What are your musical influences?: The Beatles, Megadeth, ELO and
whatever else I'm listening to at any given time
How would you describe your style?: Acoustic/soft rock/folk rock
Are you available for gigs: any evening of the week, absolutely
Contact Email: Guitar_in_Black@yahoo.com
Name: Ian Suchman
What do you do at open mic?: mostly covers of the 80's and 90's
with the occasional original tune. I live to try daring covers too;
changing the feel of a song or playing a cover that no one else does.
What are your favorite open mic venues? haven't done any in AZ yet
though I did plenty of open mic playing and solo gigs on Long Island.
Currently I'm appearing every other Friday evening at Sluggo's east Mesa
location.
What are your musical influences?: All over the map. From Zepplin
to Dave Matthews to Alice in Chains to Bela Fleck. I have wide tastes
How would you describe your style?: mostly strum playing. I like to
have a good time on stage and entertain.
Are you available for gigs: absolutely!
Contact Email: hihoslva@cox.net
Contact URL: http://www.myspace.com/hihoslva
Name: Paul Raia
What do you do at open mic?: host and play
What are your favorite open mic venues? Coffee Talk, Coffee Cabana,
Essenza, Paisley Violin
What are your musical influences?: Jerry Garcia, Bob Marley, Keller
Williams, Ani Defranco
How would you describe your style?: laid back granola rock
Are you available for gigs: yes
Contact Email: paulstaz@yahoo.com
Name: Micah
Beverly
What do you do at open mic?: host StudioOpenMic.com and
guitar/vocal
What are your favorite open mic venues? Into the Bean, Coffee Shark
What are your musical influences?: Eric Clapton, SRV, Hendrix,
Satriani, Old Blues Artists, John Mayer, Howie Day, Toad the Wet Sprocketz
How would you describe your style?: acoustic/electric folk rock
Are you available for gigs: yes
Contact Email: micah@micahbeverly.com
Contact URL: www.michabeverly.com
Name: Katrina DeLaFonte
What do you do at open mic?: Sing R&B, Jazz and Blues
What are your favorite open mic venues? have yet to find one
What are your musical influences?: Billy Holiday, Stevie
Wonder,Andia Irie, Raheem Dauvaghn, Ray Charles, Joss Stone
How would you describe your style?: R&B
Are you available for gigs: yes, after April 1st
Contact Email: delafonte@juno.com
Name: Antwan Baer
What do you do at open mic?: sing and play mostly originals
What are your favorite open mic venues? I guess Inside the Bungalow
even though I liked it better as Coffee Talk
What are your musical influences?: I really don't know
How would you describe your style?: alternative (I know that really
doesn't mean anything so I guess that's the point)
Are you available for gigs: yes, and I do recordings so call me.
Contact Email: grizzly540@msn.com
Name: Abraham
Friend
What do you do at open mic?: Rock
What are your favorite open mic venues? the places that let us rock
What are your musical influences?: Rockin' bands
How would you describe your style?: Rock
Are you available for gigs: indeed
Contact Email: burns311@yahoo.com
Contact URL: http://www.myspace/abrahamfriend
Name: Gina
Reynolds
What do you do at open mic?: sing and play guitar
What are your favorite open mic venues? any I can get to
What are your musical influences?: Neil Young and host of others
How would you describe your style?: non-traditional folk
Are you available for gigs: yes
Contact Email: motomusic@hotmail.com
What do you do at open mic?: Sing, play guitar, host some
What are your favorite open mic venues? Cup O'Karma, Final Round, It's A Grind
What are your musical influences?: Phil Vassar, Brad Paisley, Dolly Parton, Alison Krauss
How would you describe your style?: Country, folk and a little old time rock and roll
Are you available for gigs: yes
Contact Email: ChavaCannon@aol.com
URL: http://www.ChavaCannon.com
http://www.youtube.com/chavacannon
What do you do at open mic?: Originals
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Any and all where the audience listens
Who are your musical influences?: Gordon Lightfoot, Harry Chapin
How would you describe your style?: Folk Rock, Americana, Country
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: AlBerry54@yahoo.com
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What do you do at open mic?: Play originals, a few covers
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Open mic's with a wide variety of musical acts/spoken word
Who are your musical influences?: Too many to name. Currently Rufus Wainwright, Chopin, Regina Spektor
How would you describe your style?: Santana meets Elliott Smith
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: sfemino@gmail.com
URL: www.myspace.com/thekoshaboxtimes
What do you do at open mic?: Drums, percussion, vocals
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Smokies, Joe's Grotto
Who are your musical influences?: Allman Bros, Led Zeppelin, Little Feat, Nirvana, Marshall Tucker, Foo Fighers, etc. (pretty much everything)
How would you describe your style?: Groove, in the pocket, but can also rock hard with the best of them.
Are you available for gigs?: Playing with 74th Street but available for fill-in, recording, etc.
Contact Email: matt@74thstband.com
URL: http://www.74thstband.com
What do you do at open mic?: Singer songwriter with acoustic guitar
Who are your musical influences?: Led Zeppelin, Steven Curtis Chapman, The Beatles, Michael W Smith, The Rolling Stones, Chris Tomlin and Amy Grant
How would you describe your style?: A/C Folk, Pop
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: njiuma@yahoo.com
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What are your favorite open mic venues?: Fibber McGees, the Monastery
How would you describe your style?: Classic and Contemporary Rock
Are you available for gigs: yes 3 piece band seeking paid perfomances in the East Valley
Contact Email: info@garagebanned.net
URL: http://www.garagebanned.net
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What do you do at open mic?: Vocal and Guitar
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Fiddler's Dream
Who are your musical influences?: 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's. 90's
How would you describe your style?: Country, folk, rock
Are you available for gigs?: Maybe
Contact Email: ricksabral@msn.com
What do you do at open mic?: Celebrating new CD releases
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Aunt Chiladas
Who are your musical influences?: From my own imagination
How would you describe your style?: It is dark poetry to gothic melodies which is Psychedelic Goth featuring drums
Are you available for gigs?: Yes - Email me
Contact Email: thehallowone@hallowone.com
URL: www.hallowone.com
www.myspace.com/hallowoneband
What do you do at open mic?: Perform acoustic original compostitions. 9 cd releases
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Jo's Grotto
Who are your musical influences?: Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Train
How would you describe your style?: U have to see it to believe it
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: tsthomas128@yahoo.com
URL: www.myspace.com/tsthomas
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What are your favorite open mic venues?: Pizza Heaven
Who are your musical influences?: Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Johnny Cash, and what ever I hear.
How would you describe your style?: Folk jam covers and originals
Are you available for gigs?: Very much so
Contact Email: manonoin@aol.com
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What are your favorite open mic venues?: Any place that will let me play.
Who are your musical influences?: Hank Williams Sr., Miles Davis, Pink Floyd, Beck, Run DMC, Johnny Cash
How would you describe your style?: Folk, rock, blues, jazz, experimental
Are you available for gigs?: Definitely
Contact Email: sensound@cox.net
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What do you do at open mic: Jazz Trumpet
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Still searching
Who are your musical influences?: Jazz, hip-hop, latin
How would you describe your style?: Rick Braun, Arturo Sandoval
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: latinjazzman@musician.net
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What do you do at open mic: Play guitar, sing and sometimes pound on the bass
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Rockett 88's host the best Blues jams
Who are your musical influences?: Howling Wolf, Blue Oyster Cult, Grand Funk, Mom
How would you describe your style?: Bluesy with a rock edge
Are you available for gigs?: Yes with my band Hardlanding
Contact Email: gitardave@hotmail.com
URL: www.hardlanding.net
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What do you do at open mic: Host and play
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Authors, Sonoran
Who are your musical influences?: 60's rock, funk, old country
How would you describe your style?: americana
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: jfeula@netzero.com
URL: www.bucketofwitches.com
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What do you do at open mic: Drop Jaws
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Fiddlers Dream
Who are your musical influences?: My mommala, high-school band teacher, multitalented and or multi instrumental pepolys, when I hear myself I'm inspired.
How would you describe your style?: Inspiring interesting and good
Are you available for gigs?: Maybe
Contact Email: sevasingh108@yahoo.com
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What do you do at open mic: Play bongos, professionally video tape gigs
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Coffee Cabana
Who are your musical influences?: Everything
How would you describe your style?: Fun
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: we-got-it@cox.net
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What do you do at open mic: We play music
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Coffee Talk, Apache Jct. Court Building
Who are your musical influences?: A little bit of everything
How would you describe your style?: A bit of indie with everything tossed in.
Are you available for gigs?: 24/7 Yes
Contact Email: schoolfortheblindtheband@yahoo.com
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What do you do at open mic: Play acoustic guitar and sing
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Not sure
Who are your musical influences?: Steely Dan, Beatles, Paul Simon, Classics Four and just about everyone from the sixties to now.
How would you describe your style?: My own combination of fingerpick/strumming etc.
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: rick@asu.edu
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What do you do at open mic: Sing and play guitar
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Coffee Talk - nice little family
Who are your musical influences?: Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, Tom Wiats, Peter Himmelman
How would you describe your style?: Adult Contemporary
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: mail@jwbarnhart.com
URL: www.jwbarnhart.com
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What do you do at open mic: I am a loop artist. I do complex loops while playing along and singing
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Rula Bula, Last Exit, Cocoma Joes, Bar 74, and I love to go in and play with a band at Cookin' Jacks.
Who are your musical influences?: Howie Day, Jack Johnson
How would you describe your style?: Acoustic Alt
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: dtd671@yahoo.com
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What do you do at open mic: Classic rock and originals
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Apache Junction Court Building
Who are your musical influences?: Creed, Zeplin, Hendrix
How would you describe your style?: A little bit of everything
Are you available for gigs?: 24/7
Contact Email: tdlego@yahoo.com
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What do you do at open mic: Acoustic duo/vocals
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Yucca Tap Room, Coffee Talk, Willow House
Who are your musical influences?: Stevie Nicks, Fiona Apple, Jewel, Tori Amos, Sheryl Crow
How would you describe your style?: Acoustic singer/songwriter, folky
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: contact@grassrootsae.com
URL: www.craziblue.com
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What do you do at open mic: Play drums, sing, laugh at the performers
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Roosters, Rock Springs, Stardust
Who are your musical influences?: Ventures, Mavericks, Ted Nugent, Waylon, Beatles, Rush
How would you describe your style?: Groovy with tasty fills when called for
Are you available for gigs?: Maybe
Contact Email: grinners@qwest.net
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What do you do at open mic: I play mostly originals...usually just my guitar and me
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Coffee Talk, Uncle Bear's
Who are your musical influences?: Long, long list
How would you describe your style?: Acoustic blues Poppy Graham Brown Music
Are you available for gigs?: But of course
Contact Email: grahambrown_music@yahoo.com
URL: www.grahambrown.net
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What do you do at open mic: Sing with my guitarist
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Unknown
Who are your musical influences?: Classic and good modern rock (Ozzy, Pink Floyd, Killswitch, Ayreon, Symphoney X, etc.)
How would you describe your style?: Soul, Metal, Progressive, Rock
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: trojansoul_demba@hotmail.com
URL: www.trojansoul.com
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What do you do at open mic: Piano Vocals
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Aunt Chiladas
Who are your musical influences?: Ben Folds, Tori Amos, Jamiroquai, Imogen Heap
How would you describe your style?: Mellow piano music and singing
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: ginariggio@gmail.com
URL: www.ginariggio.com
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What do you do at open mic: Sing and play guitar, bass guitar, jimbe and some piano
What are your favorite open mic venues?: I haven't seen too many but I like the Rula Bula
Who are your musical influences?: OAR, Dave Matthews, State Radio, Dispatch, Citizen Cope, Bob Marley
How would you describe your style?: Folk Rock, acoustic, electric progressive jamband
Are you available for gigs?: Firdays and some Saturdays
Contact Email: gmanturner@cox.net
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What do you do at open mic: Rap
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Any where
Who are your musical influences?: Big L/Jay Z
How would you describe your style?: Flamboyant
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: behind_bars_records3000@yahoo.com
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What do you do at open mic: Totally get my audience feelin' the music; acoustics, harmonica, electric, vocals
What are your favorite open mic venues?: C Talk, C Cabana, Famous Sams, Essenza C H, Into the Bean, Ariz Jones, Cooper Canyon
Who are your musical influences?: Chuck-E-Baby, Kerry Jackson, Jim Croce, James Taylor, Led Zepplin, Loggins and Messina, Animals. Danzig, Bill Withers
How would you describe your style?: Country, blues, contemporary, rockin' rollin' rappin', knee-slappin fun with soul
Are you available for gigs?: Oh my, my, hell ya!
Contact Email: NU_VU_4_U@msn.com
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What do you do at open mic: Comedy
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Haven't found the right one yet
How would you describe your style?: My ridiculous life and observations
Are you available for gigs?: Sure
Contact Email: kubasio@gmail.com
URL: www.myspace.com/kubasiak
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What do you do at open mic: Sing and play guitar
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Coffee houses
Who are your musical influences?: Great variety
How would you describe your style?: Articulate
Are you available for gigs?: Sometimes
Contact Email: Reyzdimas@yahoo.com
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What do you do at open mic: I have a few songs I have written that I like to jam
Who are your musical influences?: Jack Johnson, Todd Snider and Ben Harper are big ones.
How would you describe your style?: Slightly alternative, melodic, acoustic soul-spittin, jammin
Are you available for gigs?: Yeah
Contact Email: chad.b.kohl@asu.edu
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What do you do at open mic: Originals
What are your favorite open mic venues?: All of them, I know that's a cop out, oh well.
Who are your musical influences?: James Taylor, David Wilcox, John Gorka
How would you describe your style?: Fingerstyle folk jazz
Are you available for gigs?: Absolutely
Contact Email: itsjustjoel@hotmail.com
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What do you do at open mic: Sing, play guitar, play harmonica
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Inside the Bungalow
Who are your musical influences?: Springsteen, U2
How would you describe your style?: Pop Rock
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: vish@vishhaal.com
URL: www.vishhaal.com
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What do you do at open mic: Play guitar and sing original stuff
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Fiddlers Dream, Inza Coffee
Who are your musical influences?: Guy Clark, John Prine, Kris Kristofferson
How would you describe your style?: Americana - but real depressing!
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: blindsidemusic@cox.net
URL: www.blindsidemusic.net
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What do you do at open mic: Guitar over vocal telemetry
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Acoustic
Who are your musical influences?: CSN, Young, 60's 70's
How would you describe your style?: Old guy wanna be cool
Are you available for gigs?: Mostly
Contact Email: vocaltelemetry@cox.net
URL: www.vocaltelemetry.com
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What do you do at open mic: Create sonic sculpture using bass, mandolin, percussion and other instruments - incorporating many effects and LIVE looping
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Coffee Buzz
Who are your musical influences?: Coltrane, Pastorius, Mingus, Bach
How would you describe your style?: Futuristic Traditional
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: stringtheory36@yahoo.com
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What do you do at open mic: Sing and play guitar
What are your favorite open mic venues?: I don't have any
Who are your musical influences?: The Beatles, The Who, The Smashing Pumpkins, Elliott Smith, Red Hot Chili Peppers
How would you describe your style?: Alternative Folk
Are you available for gigs?: With my band
Contact Email: mark@theluckyband.com
URL: www.theluckyband.com
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What do you do at open mic: Sing, play guitar
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Mama Java's, Inza Coffeehouse
Who are your musical influences?: Everyone
How would you describe your style?: Fantastic
Are you available for gigs?: Sure
Contact Email: jason31385@yahoo.com
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What do you do at open mic: Acoustic performer
Who are your musical influences?: Eric Clapton, Garth Brooks, Jon Bon Jovi, Edwin McCain
How would you describe your style?: Modern Acoustic
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: b_man19662000@yahoo.com
URL: www.myspace.com/younggunsphx
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What do you do at open mic?: Sing, play guitar, harmonica...
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Mama Javas, Fiddlers
Who are your musical influences?: Dylan, Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot, Peter Paul and Mary, Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker
How would you describe your style?: Folk Blues
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: kennyvoita@yahoo.com
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What do you do at open mic?: Originals and covers, sing, guitar, harmonica
What are your favorite open mic venues?: New to Phoenix
Who are your musical influences?: Tweedy, Dylan, Young
How would you describe your style?: Unique alt country rock
Are you available for gigs?: Sure
Contact Email: bastardhead@gmail.com
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What do you do at open mic?: Sing and play guitar
What are your favorite open mic venues?: That Satisfied Frog
Who are your musical influences?: Miranda Lambert, Alison Krauss, Faith Hill, Heart, Little Big Town and much more.
How would you describe your style?: Alternative Country
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: malloryaz@aol.com
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What do you do at open mic?: Host and perform
What are your favorite open mic venues?: A shout of Java
Who are your musical influences?: Barnaked Ladies, Counting Crows, Dave Matthews Band, Astrud Gilberto
How would you describe your style?: Acoustic Rock
Are you available for gigs?: Yep!
Contact Email: contact@kateball.com
URL: www.kateball.com
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What do you do at open mic?: Play original songs primarily
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Fiddlers Dream, Music Corner
Who are your musical influences?: Neil Young, Bob Dylan
How would you describe your style?: Folk rock
Are you available for gigs?: Yes - Selectively
Contact Email: whitlock5@mindspring.com
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What do you do at open mic?: Sing with a back up cd
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Ones that like me
Who are your musical influences?: Erasure, Depeche Mode
How would you describe your style?: Electronic, new wave pop
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: jet@jetkanashi.com
URL: www.jetkanashi.com
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What do you do at open mic?: Mandolin Fantasy
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Inza
Who are your musical influences?: Greg Brown, Peter Ostoushko, Andrea Boccelli
How would you describe your style?: Rural rock with a midwestern ozark lonliness
Are you available for gigs?: Yes - Will backup anyone on the mandolin, unless you play bluegrass. Also have accumulated 35 years of guitar playing experience. East valley preferred.
Contact Email: breeden88@gmail.com
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What do you do at open mic?: Solo country
Who are your musical influences?: Kenny Chesney
How would you describe your style?: Modern Country
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
URL: www.myspace.com/kennydustincountry
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Lindsay Lombard and Anthony Ciarleglio
What do you do at open mic?: Guitar, vocals and violin
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Big Fish Pub, Fatso's Pizza, Final Round Tempe, Monestary
Who are your musical influences?: Dido, Sarah Mclachlan, Tori Amos, Garbage, Cranberries, Metallica, Guns and Roses, Iron Maiden, Opeth, Audioslave, STP, Velvet Revolver, Queensryche
How would you describe your style?: Acoustic Rock, Folk, with passion and power.
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: StarUnknown@cox.net
URL: www.myspace.com/projectstarunknown
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What do you do at open mic?: The Big Fish Pub
What are your favorite open mic venues?: The Big Fish Pub
Who are your musical influences?: Sublime, Nirvana, Jack Johnson
How would you describe your style?: All over the place
Are you available for gigs?: Yep
Contact Email: raykmusic@mac.com
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What do you do at open mic?: Rock, what else would I do?
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Inside the Bungalow (formerly Coffee Talk)
Who are your musical influences?: Thin Lizzy, Steve Perry, Iron Maiden and Dave Mustaine
How would you describe your style?: Rock and Roll, any and all
Are you available for gigs?: Yeppers
Contact Email: kvdgg@hotmail.com
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What do you do at open mic?: I play my flute. Some of my favorite songs to play are Broadway tunes, "Yesterday" by the Beatles, and "My Immortal" by Evanessence. Plus, I've done one of my own originals too.
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Inside the Bungalow, It's a Grind, The Final Round
Who are your musical influences?: James Glaway, Byron Hester, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, James Moody, Hubert Laws, Fred Forney, Armand Boatman, etc...
How would you describe your style?: I am primarily a classically trained musician. I'll play anything ranging from classical to pop to rock, Broadway and even jazz.
Are you available for gigs?: Yes, and if the pay and timing is right, I have an excellent, versatile pro guitarist who can play with me too! We do a mixture of classical jazz, etc...
Contact Email: flvtist@aol.com
URL: www.flvtist.com
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What do you do at open mic?: Original songs
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Any with a friendly crowd
Who are your musical influences?: Social Distortion, Johnny Cash, Jason DeVore
How would you describe your style?: Energetic and laid back
Are you available for gigs?: Yezzir!
Contact Email: funderscore@yahoo.com
URL: www.purevolume.com/mimicphx
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What do you do at open mic?: Sing along with my breedlove.. sometimes pull out the harmonica.. hope to get a fiddle playin with me soon! let me know if you know any!
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Haven't found a favorite around here yet...get back to you on that
Who are your musical influences?: Robert Earl Keen, Eli Young, Cory Morrow, Willie Nelson, Roger Creager, Pat Green, tons more but you get the idea
How would you describe your style?: Texan
Are you available for gigs?: For sure...
Contact Email: rcantini@comcast.net
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What do you do at open mic?: Guitar and vocals originals and covers
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Fatso's pizza, Blue Agave, Joe's Grotto, Hardtails Open Jam
Who are your musical influences?: Tori Amos, Alanis Morrissette, Bob Dylan, Dispatch, Ani DiFranco
How would you describe your style?: Acoustic rock, folk
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: cutnchains@hotmail.com
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What do you do at open mic?: Stand Up Comedy
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Any place where I can get an audience
Who are your musical influences?: Even though I'm a comic, I love 90's alternative rock, Alice In Chains, Nirvana, etc..
How would you describe your style?: As a comic, I am sort of like a Seinfeld/Dane Cook---I love talking about my life and experiences....funny stuff just seems to find me!
Are you available for gigs?: Yes, that is my night job
Contact Email: sndevil99@gmail.com
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What do you do at open mic?: Perform songs I write
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Just moved to Phoenix so in Miami, Churchills
Who are your musical influences?: From Ella to Christina
How would you describe your style?: From the soul
Are you available for gigs?: Yes yes yes
Contact Email: rachalsolomon@yahoo.com
URL: www.myspace.com/iamxanthe
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What do you do at open mic?: Sad attempts at stand-up comedy
What are your favorite open mic venues?: I just moved here from Oklahoma City, so I'm in dire need of suggestions
Who are your musical influences?: I'm going to pretend that this form says comedic influences so my answer will actually make sense. Patton Oswalt, Paul F Tompkins, Maria Bamford, David Cross, Sarah Silverman, Todd Barry, Eugene Mirman, Jimmy Pardo
How would you describe your style?: Ladylike filth
Are you available for gigs?: Only for children's parties
Contact Email: metrowoman@hotmail.com
URL: www.myspace.com/genevieverice
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What do you do at open mic?: Hip hop, poetry, spoken word
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Livingston's Shut down
Who are your musical influences?: Good music, various
How would you describe your style?: Influential
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: shamonmallory@yahoo.com
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What do you do at open mic?: Host and perform
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Cave Creek Coffee Company and Joe's Grotto
Who are your musical influences?: Tom Waitts and Dylan
How would you describe your style?: Acoustic folk blues
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: madjoe@amug.org
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What do you do at open mic?: Originals ONLY!
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Any place where people appreciate the art of original music
Who are your musical influences?: Shaw Mullins, CSNY
How would you describe your style?: Folk rock I guess?? Mostly relationship songs, good or bad
Are you available for gigs?: Sure
Contact Email: billyjoblew@live.com
URL: www.myspace.com/billy_jo_Bleu
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What do you do at open mic?: Pay guitar and host
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Anyone I play in
Who are your musical influences?: Robert Johnson, Dylan, Jerry Garcia, Albert King
How would you describe your style?: Blues
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: tgrills@cox.net
URL: www.myspace.com/tommygrills
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What do you do at open mic?: Sing, guitar, original songs
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Fiddlers Dream, Shot O Java
Who are your musical influences?: Classic rock, classical, 70's folk
How would you describe your style?: Laid back folk, country
Are you available for gigs?: Yes - email for availability
Contact Email: pteermusic@cox.net
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What do you do at open mic?: Sing and play guitar
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Busy ones
Who are your musical influences?: Beatles and James Taylor
How would you describe your style?: Folk, country, rock, jazz
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: musicmanjt@hotmail.com
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Name: Rain-ie
What do you do at open mic?: Sing
What are your favorite
open mic venues?: Never been
Who are your musical influences?: Patty Labelle, Mahalia Jackson
How would you describe your style?: Soulful, R&B, and a whole lot of
gospel background
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: rainie@emailaccount.com
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Name: Brieanah Huett
What do you do at open mic?: Sing cover songs
What are your favorite
open mic venues?: This would be my first one
Who are your musical influences?: Cyndi Lauper, Christina Aguilera,
Mariah Carey
How would you describe your style?: Pop, Easy Listening
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: bjhuett87@yahoo.com
URL: www.myspace.com/brieaz
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Name:
The Tombstone Brothers
What do you do at open mic?: 2 guitars and vocals
What are your
favorite open mic venues?: Final Round, Mama Javas, Into the
Bean
Who are your musical influences?: All the visionaries
How would you describe your style?: Cowboy beatnik blues
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: tombstonebrothers@live.com
URL: www.myspace.com/thetombstoneb
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Name:
Carl Bielan, aka Short In D Saddle
What do you do at open mic?: Mainly acoustic country and Jimmy Buffet
type songs
What are your
favorite open mic venues?: A Shot of Java, Mama Java's, Flights
of Fancy
Who are your musical influences?: Jimmy Buffet, Tobey Keith
How would you describe your style?: Acoustic country and beach
music
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: bronzek@msn.com
kbielan@hotmail.com
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Name: Topher Blair
What do you do at open mic?: Sing, play guitar, harmonica. I do all original
songs
What are your favorite
open mic venues?: Fiddlers Dream is my favorite, and tons others.
Fiddlers is where you'll always be able to find me every Thursday
Who are your musical influences?: Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Creedance
Clearwater Revival
How would you describe your style?: Folk, folk rock, Indie
Are you available for gigs?: Oh yes!
Contact Email: topher@ambulancegames.com
URL: www.myspace.com/topherblair
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Name: Nathan VanderVoort
What do you do at open mic?: Host, perform
Who are your musical
influences?: Goo Goo Dolls, Jack Johnson, John Mayer
How would you describe your style?: Acousta-bluesy-rock
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: thevanderproject@yahoo.com
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Name: Joe Clark
What do you do at open mic?: Originals
What are your favorite
open mic venues?: Folk, folk rock
Who are your musical influences?: All folk, folk rock
How would you describe your style?: Folk, folk rock
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: jeclark1954@hotmail.com
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What do you do at open mic?: Host, play guitar
What are your favorite open mic venues?: The Roc in Tempe
Who are your musical influences?: Clapton, Dylan, Stevie Ray Vaughn
How would you describe your style?: Blues classic rock
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: shawnpdaily@yahoo.com
URL: www.myspace.com/tempeopenmic
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What do you do at open mic?: I perform acoustic guitar music. Original and covers.
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Coffee Talk. It was the greatest. I like several others
Who are your musical influences?: Neil, Alice in Chains, Merle, Led...
How would you describe your style?: Unique, yet very familiar
Are you available for gigs?: Certainly
Contact Email: soloproject6@yahoo.com
What do you do at open mic?: Sing, play harmonica and guitar
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Fiddlers Dream
Who are your musical influences?: Woody Guthrie, Sonny Boy Williamson
How would you describe your style?: Folk Blues
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: fredwbuck@aol.com
URL: www.youtube.com/fredbuck
What do you do at open mic?: Original Music
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Fiddlers Dream
Who are your musical influences?: Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Patty Griffin, Gilliam Welch, etc.
How would you describe your style?: Acoustic Americana
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: kmaymusic@gmail.com
URL: www.myspace.com/kathymabry
Name: Sean
Markey
What do you do at open mic?: Sing, play anything within reach and
general mayhem
What are your favorite
open mic venues?: Private parties are the best!
Who are your musical influences?: Van Morrison, Lyle Lovett, Phil
Lynott
How would you describe your style?: Alternative folk
Are you available for gigs?: Yes, please contact for scheduling
Contact Email: seanjmarkey@cox.net
What do you do at open mic?: Host, sing, play, guitar, drums
What are your favorite open mic venues?: The Big Fish Pub!!!
Who are your musical influences?: Nirvana, The Smiths, Alkaline Trio
How would you describe your style?: Catchy rock
Are you available for gigs?: Yes!!! Acoustic or full band
Contact Email: skn_kmusic@yahoo.com
URL: http://www.myspace.com/milestonowhere
Name: Sydney
Taylor
What do you do at open mic?: Sing and Play Guitar
What are your favorite
open mic venues?: Cave Creek Coffee Company
Who are your musical influences?: Sheryl Crow
How would you describe your style?: Acoustic Pop
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: Sydneytaylormusic@gmail.com
URL: http://www.sydneytaylormusic.com
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Laurie Cairns Pratt
What do you do at open mic?: I sing
Who are your musical influences?: Carol King, Ann Wilson, Annie
Lennox
How would you describe your style?: Pop with a rock edge
Are you available for gigs?: Soon...
Contact Email: msblis@qwest.net
URL:
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Name: Str8
From Skratch
What do you do at open mic?: Play originals or covers, mostly whatever
we feel like playing.
What are your favorite
open mic venues?: We don't know yet...
Who are your musical influences?: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Subline,
Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, Blink 182
How would you describe your style?: Funky - Reggae - Ska - Punk -
Rock
Are you available for gigs?: Yes!...We will also play at your parties.
Contact Email: str8fromskratch@yahoo.com
URL: http://www.myspace.com/str8fromskratch
Name: Surf
Guitar Villains
What do you do at open mic?: Play guitar, bass, sing and try to make it
fun
What are your favorite
open mic venues?: Blackbird, Smokeys
Who are your musical influences?: Dylan, Rynson, White, P.Adams, N,
Young
How would you describe your style?: Eclectic retro garage surf folk
punk rock
Are you available for gigs?: Yep
Contact Email: billiamx33@yahoo.com
URL: http://www.myspace.com/thesurfvillains
Name: Janique
What do you do at open mic?: Play guitar and sing
What are your favorite
open mic venues?: The Yucca Tap Room, The Last Exit, Rula Bula
Who are your musical influences?: Music...too many to list
How would you describe your style?: ...acoustic, minimalist
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: jsuaz4@gmail.com
URL: http://www,myspace.com/jasuaz
Name: Patrice
Higgins
What do you do at open mic?: Play piano, sing; originals and covers
What are your favorite
open mic venues?: Final Round
Who are your musical influences?: Stevie Wonder, Harry Connick Jr,
Aaron Sprinkle, Switchfoot, Dido
How would you describe your style?: Sometimes quiet and pretty;
other times kind of raw and funky
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: patrice@psalm333music.com
URL: http://www.soundclick.com/patricehiggins
ahttp://www.youtube.com/nedivaavia
http://myspace.com/psalm333music
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Name: Money
Game
What do you do at open mic?: Perform different varieties of hip hop
What are your favorite
open mic venues?: I have performed in Manhattan in NY where I
used to live.
Who are your musical influences?: Big Pun, the first latino artist
to ever go platinum. Another would have to be my cousin Joshua aka Lazy, he
taught me the rules of rapping and how never to give up until I'm the next
latino to go platinum.
How would you describe your style?: Very east coast, very original,
but also very entertaining.
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: josemelendez67@yahoo.com
URL:
Name: Kevin
Sheely
What do you do at open mic?: Originals and some covers
What are your favorite
open mic venues?: Wherever, when ever
Who are your musical influences?: Rock and Blues mostly....David
Bowie, Aerosmith, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Godsmack
How would you describe your style?: Modern Bluesy Hard Rock
Are you available for gigs?: As soon as I find a band
Contact Email: ksheely87@live.com
URL: http://www.myspace.com/kevinsheely
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Name: Russ
Howe
What do you do at open mic?: Sing, play guitar and bass guitar
Who are your musical influences?: Hank Jr., Waylon Jennings, Johnny
Cash, Pink Floyd, Yes, Marshall Tucker Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd
How would you describe your style?: Country, Country Rock,
Progressive Rock
Are you available for gigs?: Possibly
Contact Email: russ.howe@cox.net
Name: Mark
F Minisce
What do you do at open mic?: Perform original music
How would you describe your style?: Singer/Songwriter
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: mminisce@q.com
URL: http://www.myspace.com/markfminisce
What do you do at open mic?: Sing and play drums
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Any
Who are your musical influences?: Don Henley, Michael McDonald, Steele Dan, Jack DeJohnette, Gary Hobbs, Ginger Baker, Jamie Cullum, Boz Scaggs, Buddy Rich, Blood , Sweat and Tears
How would you describe your style?: Jazz/Rock drummer and vocalist whos style is patterned after my music with my own flavor
Are you available for gigs?: Yes. I am skilled at playing with solo artists as a "finess" drummer and harmony singer, and also in every type of band setting from 3 piece Power Trio , 3 Piece Jazz Trio, Rock Cover Bands, or Big Bands
Contact Email: sunrealsounds@yahoo.com
URL: http://www.facebook.com gary kiggins
What do you do at open mic?: Original songs
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Joes Grotto, Fiddler's Dream
Who are your musical influences?: Phil Ochs
How would you describe your style?: Singer songwriter
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: fredpinch@aol.com
URL: http://www.fredpinch.com
What do you do at open mic?: Original tunes
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Wherever I am
Who are your musical influences?: Harry Chapin, John McCutchen, whoever sings tells stories from the heart
How would you describe your style?: Fingerstyle guitar, lots of goofy, some pretty serious
Are you available for gigs?: Yah! You Betcha - - I'm half Norwegian
Contact Email: rmfogelson@msn.com
URL: http://www.rmarkmusic.com
What do you do at open mic?: Play guitar, piano and sing
What are your favorite open mic venues?: New to AZ open mic
Who are your musical influences?: Dwele, John Legend, Amos Lee, Mint Condition, Raul Midon
How would you describe your style?: Soul, Jazz, R&B
Are you available for gigs?: Now come on....I'm a musician
Contact Email: wil@wil-key.com
URL: http://www.wil-key.net
What do you do at open mic?: Sing with strangers and friends
What are your favorite open mic venues?: The Final Round
Who are your musical influences?: Karen, Linda, Bonnie, Shirley, Judy, Ella, Janis
How would you describe your style?: Not sure......adaptable
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: piprdwn@yahoo.com
URL: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/The-Blues-Dinosaurs/92980384594?sid=9568f62a7a09424c7a5da14f01649ef0&ref=search
What do you do at open mic?: Perform originals — Vocals, guitar, and piano. (Where sound systems permit: Supplemented by a "band emulator" with backing tracks of more guitars, bass, keyboards, background vocals, and -- sometimes -- sound effects.)
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Mama Java's, Fiddler's Dream, The Final Round.
Who are your musical influences?: The Beatles; XTC; C,S,N, and Neil Young; Jethro Tull; Ruth Wulpi Meenan; and J.S. Bach.
How would you describe your style?: Anything I can wrap my strange brain and small hands around: Alternative, rock, folk, ballads, punk, bluegrass, and categorical confusion.
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: e.china.c@gmail.com
URL: http://www.myspace.com/echinac
What do you do at open mic?: Play acoustic guitar and sing songs I've written
What are your favorite open mic venues?: I liked Bar74 but haven't been since it turned into DirtyPretty.
Who are your musical influences?: Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Conor Oberst.
How would you describe your style?: Music for the campfire.
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: kristoffer.nelson@gmail.com
URL: http://www.myspace.com/krisnelsonrock
What do you do at open mic?: Play some originals and covers on guitar and I sing
What are your favorite open mic venues?: It's a Grind, Final Round.
Who are your musical influences?: John Mayer, Jason MRaz, Hall and Oates, Stevie Wonder, Seals and Croft, Jimi Hendrix, much more.
How would you describe your style?: Pop acoustic with a bit of blues and jazz thrown in.
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: Rmwrestler123@aol.com
URL: http://www.myspace.com/robgalvan
What do you do at open mic?: Sing, play guitar
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Fiddler's Dream.
Who are your musical influences?: Taylor Swift, Beatles, Avril Lavigne, Amy Studt.
How would you describe your style?: 8 year old budding songwriter.
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: Amirabeck@yahoo.com
URL: http://www.amirabeck.com
What do you do at open mic?: Perform originals with harmonica and guitar
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Codfather's
Who are your musical influences?: Buffy Sainte Marie, Tom Rush, Leon Redbone, Moody Blues
How would you describe your style?: Folk with an attitude
Are you available for gigs?: Available
Contact Email: eric.laubach@yahoo.com
URL: http://www.myspace.com/ericlaubachmusic
What do you do at open mic?: Play guitar and sing a lot of 70's pop rock and originals
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Greenway Village Cocktails
Who are your musical influences?: Billy Joel, Elton John, Bruce Springstein, U2
How would you describe your style?: High Energy
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: ehdecker@peoplepc.com
What do you do at open mic?: Sing and play guitar
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Not sure yet :)
Who are your musical influences?: A variety of original artists inspired by Vintage Rock and Roll, High-Energy Blues, Country Rock, Jazz and Folk
How would you describe your style?: An up-beat blend of my musical influences
Are you available for gigs?: Yes!
Contact Email: joedraper@joedraper.com
URL: http://www.joedraper.com
What do you do at open mic?: Originals and play guitar
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Legends in Anthem, I live in NW Phoenix so it's closer.
Who are your musical influences?: Shania Twain, Amy Grant, Sarah Buxton, Miranda Lambert, Wynonna, Jewel
How would you describe your style?: Country, acoustic, Christian with a touch of rock and soul
Are you available for gigs?: Yes!
Contact Email: Nquinnpeters@msn.com
URL: http://www.myspace.com/destineequinnmusic
What do you do at open mic?: Original material (songs about pursuing life, love and failure)
Who are your musical influences?: Bob Dylan, Lucinda Williams, Tom Petty, etc.
How would you describe your style?: Acoustic and moody
Are you available for gigs?: Definetly
Contact Email: sva96@yahoo.com
URL: http://www.myspace.com/96svt
What do you do at open mic?: Host
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Greenway Village, Marcels, Playa Bar
Who are your musical influences?: Too many to list
How would you describe your style?: Very original style
Are you available for gigs?: Always
Contact Email: blackmariah01@msn.com
URL: http://www.myspace.com/jackblackmariah
What do you do at open mic?: We play guitar and sing and occasionally I play a synthesizer
What are your favorite open mic venues?: It's A Grind Coffeehouse
Who are your musical influences?: Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Grateful Dead, and Eric Clapton
How would you describe your style?: Very original style
Are you available for gigs?: Always
Contact Email: thedeadreturn@gmail.com
URL: http://www.myspace.com/bobbymcgeeband
What do you do at open mic?: Perform original songs
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Not sure
Who are your musical influences?: James Taylor, Carly Simon, Fernando Ortega
How would you describe your style?: Acoustic folk rock jazz
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: 777cjhyde@gmail.com
URL: http://www.myspace.com/cjhyde
What do you do at open mic?: Song and Dance
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Ones that will have me
Who are your musical influences?: The Beatles, The Who, Rush, Pearl Jam, Mark Knopfler, The Kinks, Oasis, Travis, Live, John Mayer, Tom Petty, David Gray
How would you describe your style?: In words
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: yoursdhruly@hotmail.com
URL: http://www.youtube.com/yoursdhruly
What do you do at open mic?: Perform originals
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Margaritabille
Who are your musical influences?: Jimmy Buffett, Elton John, The Beatles
How would you describe your style?: Rock and love ballads
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: info@tedsanborn.net
URL: http://www.tedsanborn.net
What do you do at open mic?: Sing and play music
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Open to all
Who are your musical influences?: Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Waylon Jennings
How would you describe your style?: Country, rock, spiritual, blues
Are you available for gigs?: Maybe
Contact Email: scottybentertainment.com
URL: http://www.scottybentertainment.com
What do you do at open mic?: Play guitar and sing original work
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Fatsos pizza, The Playa, Marcells, The Bloozers
Who are your musical influences?: Artists from the 60's and 70's
How would you describe your style?: A little rock a little country a little blues
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: sirront55@yahoo.com
What do you do at open mic?: About 1/2 originals, and 1/2 bastardized versions of the most obscure stuff I can find
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Smokies, Yucca....only ones I've done so far.
Who are your musical influences?: Tom Waits, Nick Lowe, Ry Cooder
How would you describe your style?: Blues Noire
Are you available for gigs?: Oh yeah...
Contact Email: lewis@lewisray.com
URL: http://www.myspace.com/lewisraycamarata and http://www.lewisray.com
What do you do at open mic?: Sing
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Unknown
Who are your musical influences?: Michael Jackson
How would you describe your style?: Old flavor R&B with a twist of today.
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: djsuniquesound@aol.com
URL: http://www.DJsUniqueSound.com
What do you do at open mic?: Originals plus
What are your favorite open mic venues?: New to area
Who are your musical influences?: There's a little bit of everything, mostly me
How would you describe your style?: Country?????
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: samsong@insightbb.com
URL:
What do you do at open mic?: Sing and play guitar
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Chuckie's Sunday Night Menagerie
Who are your musical influences?: Alice Cooper and John Denver
How would you describe your style?: Fun for everyone
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: rick@rickkauffman,com
URL: http://www.halebopprecords.com/god.html
What do you do at open mic?: Engage my audience, even if just for a minute
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Cup O'Karma Coffeehouse
Who are your musical influences?: Bruce Springsteen, Texas country
How would you describe your style?: Woody Guthrie, after he had his a__ kicked by Johnny Cash
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: eric@ericdouglasmusic.com
URL: http://www.ericdouglasmusic.com
What do you do at open mic?: Acoustic guitar/vocals
What are your favorite open mic venues?: Cave Creek Coffee Company and Long Wong's
Who are your musical influences?: Mississippi John Hurt, Chris Smiter, John Gorka, Guy Clark, Dougie Maclean
How would you describe your style?: Acoustic fingerstyle
Are you available for gigs?: Yes
Contact Email: phastrone@cox.net