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Gulu-Gulu Café
| Upcoming Dates | |
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| Wednesday, May 30 | |
| Wednesday, Jun 06 | |
| Wednesday, Jun 13 | |
| Wednesday, Jun 20 | |
| Wednesday, Jun 27 | |
- I have been back in Vail, Colorado since december. Miss you guys… Gulu was my home away from home last fall. We have two great open mics in Vail. Just played last night and will play again tonight. Don't forget to look up openmics.org where-ever you and leave feedback. Also post any new ones you find. I was in Salt lake City recently and could not find any near me. No doubt because open micers have not bothered to update it. You guys are slacking! No notes since me last fall?
dave (3/2012)
- Another great time had at Gulu-Gulu on Nov 2. Got lucky with my draw and played after the featured act about 10th. There is a great spirit at this place. It starts with the generosity of the awesome hosts and there is a trickle down effect. The hosts did not even play tonight and that got more customers up there on stage. I witnessed even more rapid fire transitions between acts. The generosity is a nice change from other open mics. Some people that got picked early shared their time slot with less fortunate draws. This added a lot to the experience. The more acts the better in my book. The idea of a featured act makes me wonder why?… with 25 acts raring to go. At least they only do it every 4th week. The other unique feature is that there are two hosts which is nice because there is always someone at the reins. They keep this thing moving at warp speed. Damn the torpedos
- We had a great time last outing, incredible turnout. The hosts are super cool. The way it works is unique… show up by 730PM and put your name in a hat. Then the names are drawn and you can sign up for any slot you want. I got drawn number 27 out of 28 and felt there was little chance of playing, yet, I got last song of the night because several people left. The show goes from 8 to midnight. No liquor available but best beer selection around. Food is inexpensive and good. The last show had some rapid fire transition between acts, sometimes less than a minute. Other open mic hosts could learn a lot from this show, especially the super fast transitions and some acts that played for five minutes and then let someone else play. At one point, I think three different acts played in a 15 minute span. Also, the hosts play less time than any customer. It keeps it really interesting. I have been to open mics that struggle to play 10 acts a night. I once spent three hours waiting to play after just 5 other players at another open mics, and still did not get to play. Gulu-Gulu uses one the fairest ways to do it… no one can get ahead of you by calling in and not being there. It's luck of the draw. If you stay all evening and don't get to play, the hosts will guarantee a good spot next week. Kudos to the hosts for making everyone that shows up feel equally important.
- Good open mic scene. I was number 22 on the list. A few people didn't wait so I played about 18th. It was actually better playing late since the crowd quieted down. Earlier acts strained to be heard over all the chatter. I would say that was the major drawback of this venue. Nobody just shut up and listened to the music. That said there was plenty of talent. You get three songs. I think it could be improved if only 2 songs were allowed and there was a little more speed on transition between acts. Other than that, it's quite a good scene.
- 20 acts in one evening. Lots of ambient chatter to play over top of. Level of talent is good. Get three songs. It's better to play near end of night when the chatter quiets a bit.
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