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fishdreams
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I use open mics sometime to try out an idea in public. I do not dress for it, because I do not want people to think that what they see/hear in an open mic is representative of a full show. If you want to get gigs I'd put on a showcase, which gives people a much better impression of what you can do. (and film that for better footage)
Mukluks, a ski mask, and a sock (for modesty) should leave an impression................
Seriously....you need to ask others how to dress?
Seriously....you need to ask others how to dress?
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Like this!
ROFLMAO! That looks really good on you. I think you might have found your look! 
Just give me ANY excuse to dress up!!! An Open Mic will do. I can't wait for Xmas - I'll have tinsel everywhere! And battery-powered fairy lights on my bass if I can work out how to stick them on 
As a band we agreed to always dress on stage, even at Open Mics, in primarily black and red. As individuals, we dress on stage from scruffy to smart through whacky and I like the idea of having some sort of tactic to unify the band visually, as part of the performance. It means that, as a band, we are never hopelessly "under-dressed" or "over-dressed", because at least one of us will hit the mark and make the band look the right fit for a particular Open Mic.
You have already had a lot of sensible advice, although I do like the funny answers! I would add to the sensible advice by saying that it is a good idea to dress in a way that you feel comfortable and confident. For those reasons, I would advise you not to wear "heels" at an Open Mic - too many cables lying around to trip over or stand on
Avoid sleeves or scarves that are so long or dangly that they interfere with your playing or land on your strings, also jackets or shirts that are so tight or so badly cut that they restrict your arm movement. On your bottom half, avoid trousers that display a mooning "builder's bum" when you bend over and check your flies are shut before you go on stage!
As for dressing "appropriately" for the audience, I confess that I have had one complaint about how I was dressed on stage, at a "Folk" Event where I was doing a solo ukulele slot.
I guessed that the stage and floor would look like there had been an explosion in an Army Surplus changing room. So I decided to dress totally inappropriately, wearing a feathered Venetian mask and a lilac satin tunic covered in sequinned stars and a huge embroidered, sequinned butterfly. To increase the element of surprise, I went onstage unmasked, wearing a long black coat, told them all to shut their eyes and, while I described the scene in Rick's Bar from Casablanca, I took off the coat, put on the mask, started playing and singing "Casablanca Moon" (Slapp Happy cover) and told them they could open their eyes
Bizarrely, when I came off stage some grumpy beardy pointed at my heavily studded black ankle boots and snarled, "You're not at a bloody punk gig!!"
It seems that you can't please everyone all of the time . . .
Good luck with your Open Mic - enjoy it and the audience are more likely to enjoy it too.
Liz
As a band we agreed to always dress on stage, even at Open Mics, in primarily black and red. As individuals, we dress on stage from scruffy to smart through whacky and I like the idea of having some sort of tactic to unify the band visually, as part of the performance. It means that, as a band, we are never hopelessly "under-dressed" or "over-dressed", because at least one of us will hit the mark and make the band look the right fit for a particular Open Mic.
You have already had a lot of sensible advice, although I do like the funny answers! I would add to the sensible advice by saying that it is a good idea to dress in a way that you feel comfortable and confident. For those reasons, I would advise you not to wear "heels" at an Open Mic - too many cables lying around to trip over or stand on
Avoid sleeves or scarves that are so long or dangly that they interfere with your playing or land on your strings, also jackets or shirts that are so tight or so badly cut that they restrict your arm movement. On your bottom half, avoid trousers that display a mooning "builder's bum" when you bend over and check your flies are shut before you go on stage!
As for dressing "appropriately" for the audience, I confess that I have had one complaint about how I was dressed on stage, at a "Folk" Event where I was doing a solo ukulele slot.
I guessed that the stage and floor would look like there had been an explosion in an Army Surplus changing room. So I decided to dress totally inappropriately, wearing a feathered Venetian mask and a lilac satin tunic covered in sequinned stars and a huge embroidered, sequinned butterfly. To increase the element of surprise, I went onstage unmasked, wearing a long black coat, told them all to shut their eyes and, while I described the scene in Rick's Bar from Casablanca, I took off the coat, put on the mask, started playing and singing "Casablanca Moon" (Slapp Happy cover) and told them they could open their eyes
Bizarrely, when I came off stage some grumpy beardy pointed at my heavily studded black ankle boots and snarled, "You're not at a bloody punk gig!!"
It seems that you can't please everyone all of the time . . .
Good luck with your Open Mic - enjoy it and the audience are more likely to enjoy it too.
Liz
Flea style hahahaha
Just be sure the gig is after 9pm
As a grand finally you can yank the sock off and throw to the fat chick in the Crowd bahahaha
Just be sure the gig is after 9pm
As a grand finally you can yank the sock off and throw to the fat chick in the Crowd bahahaha
I don't think my girlfriend would like that....
...she doesn't like when I throw things at her