Name: Your First Open Mic
Uploaded: 2023-01-05T21:23:18.000Z
Duration: 12 min 13 s
Description: Thinking about performing an open mic? Congrats! They're super fun. This video will help you prepare. I've been attending open mics several times a week for about 10 years. Here I share the advice I wish someone had give me before I did my first one.

Thinking about performing an open mic? Congrats! They're super fun. This video will help you prepare.

I've been attending open mics several times a week for about 10 years. Here I share the advice I wish someone had give me before I did my first one.

Guitar

William plays an eclectic mix of Americana ranging from blues, swing, folk, and jazz. Early in his music career, he focused on blues artists from the ‘50s and ‘60s such as Nina Simone and B.B. King. He transitioned to playing folk/rock such as James Taylor and The Band. The result is a guitar player and vocalist with an eclectic style of off-beat swing with engaging musical progressions.

Your First Open Mic

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Broadcast Music Inc. was founded in 1939 by forward-thinkers who wanted to represent songwriters in emerging genres, like jazz, blues and country, and protect the public performances of their music. Operating on a non-profit-making basis, BMI is now the largest music rights organization in the U.S. and is still nurturing new talent and new music.

A labor union representing professional musicians in the United States and Canada. Founding in 1896 as the successor to the "National League of Musicians," the AFM is the largest organization in the world representing the interests of professional musicians. 

MSCD

Microsoft Certified Applications Developer

MCAD

Musician

I run a small tracking studio in Austin, TX.

Studio Engineer

I teach guitar, ukulele, drums, and group classes.

Music Instructor

I focus on teaching proper techniques to give you a lifetime of enjoyment playing the songs you love. Beginning students learn posture, how their guitar works, fundamental picking, and strumming skills. Intermediate students get lessons on chord progressions, applying scales over chord progressions, and repertoire building.

At the end of each class, students will have work to focus on during the week to prepare to demonstrate the following week. Knowing what you need to practice is a key part of my lessons!

I am an actively performing musician. I'm happy to help if you have aspirations to perform in front of others!

Very knowledgeable and a very good
Communicator.

William is very patient and understanding. I got a lot out of it I plan to take additional classes

He was a good teacher and that is no small thing! Helpful, Kind, straightforward and personable. I would recommend him to anyone. Thanks for the Handouts.

William's a great, nice, knowledgeable teacher.  I had a cool guitar class with him where he taught some helpful music theory and tips to take my guitar playing to the next level to make it more musical. He explains concepts very well and I look forward to taking more classes with him!

William is a great instructor.  He explains the material in a way that I can grasp and retain it.  I am a beginner and he explained each component of the guitar and how each part functions.  I've learned how to properly hold the pick and how to follow-through when strumming.  I am also learning drills to develop finger strength and control.  I'm looking forward to future lessons with him.

Barrett is a great teacher. He is very detail oriented and gives excellent feedback on all aspects of technique and theory.

William S. clearly has alot of experience building software and software teams. I have many of the same problems he had. Learning how he solved them through good programming practices (Code Smells, Refactoring, Unit Tests, Agile) made it much easier for me to make changes in my team.

Barrett is clear and concise. You learn alot of fun and interesting music performance facts while learning songs.

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Guitar Drill #20. In this drill, we continue building our bi-directional picking skills using the intro to I'm Just A Girl by No Doubt.

A usual, go slow and be patient with yourself!

Guitar Drill #20

Guitar Drill #19. This is a longer drill that will really develop finger independence and bi-directional picking. Take your time and go slow! Accuracy is much more important than speed.

Guitar Drill #19

Guitar Drill #18. This is a bi-directional picking drill to build speed and accuracy! Use a metronome. They're super helpful for developing consistent picking.

Guitar Drill #18

This is Guitar Drill #17. Please do #15 and #16 if you haven't done them yet. This drill uses hammer-ons and pull-offs which were covered in those drills.

In this drill, we're using both hammer-ons and pull-offs! Take your time and go slow. Try to make things as clean and as even as possible.

Guitar Drill #17

This is Guitar Drill #16. This one introduces pull-offs. This is similar to Guitar Drill #15. So, if you haven't seen that one yet, please take a look at it! Please go slow on this one. We're looking for accuracy. Try to make all the notes sound the same.

Guitar Drill #16

In Guitar Drill #15 we are introducing the hammer-on technique. This lets up play multiple notes with one pick stroke. Take your time and go slow. It will take time to develop this cleanly!

Guitar Drill #15

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Guitar Drill #14. This drill focuses on string skipping using the minor pentatonic scale. Go slow and pay attention to your picking!

Guitar Drill #14

This is Guitar Drill #12. This is the last in a six part series on finger-picking. Please checkout #7-#11 if you find this difficult.

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