What to play at an open mic?

The Big Ben · Post by **The Big Ben** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 10:08 am

MartyNeilan wrote:
ZNC Dandy wrote:"Yakkety Sax" is hard to beat for a crowd pleaser.
Ditto.
If you don't want to transcribe it off an old Benny Hill episode, there are plenty of MIDI files on the web with it as well, in case you forget how the whole thing goes.

My HS band director was a sax player and used to love playing YS. Sometimes as a goof at the end of a long, hard practice session, we would see how fast we/he could play it. Sometimes it was pretty close to double time. Percy could blow!

tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 12:39 pm

I you showed up in your underwear and looked as good as this lady does, you could fake playing tuba like she does and few would care.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5KXFbVs ... ed&search=
I recommend Leon Redbone's arrangement of "Seduced".

Blastissimo con Forte · Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:25 pm

One more for Fnugg. I actually did that at an open mic night. Guitars, poetry, singing. Then I got up and played fnugg and blew them all away. They loved it.

lgb&dtuba · Post by **lgb&dtuba** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:40 pm

Freebird.

TubaRay · Post by **TubaRay** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:01 pm

DP wrote:
Bob1062 wrote:Oystein is a GOD!! I would take a bullet for him (maybe he'd give me an Eb then! )!

No kidding!!!

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:16 pm

Bob1062 wrote:What to play at an open mic?

Show Me The Money!

Ricko · Post by **Ricko** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:41 pm

Purple Haze

Steve Inman · Post by **Steve Inman** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:47 pm

DP wrote:
Bob1062 wrote:Oystein is a GOD!! I would take a bullet for him (maybe he'd give me an Eb then! )!

Thanks, Dale.

Just for the record, Oystein is not a god, is not God, never was, and never will be. He is one mighty fine tuba player, however. And, you're welcome to take a bullet for him should you choose -- however in this case the Eb would be moot (and mute!).

I now return you to your regularly scheduled TubeNet . . . .

Regards,

Steve Inman · Post by **Steve Inman** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:52 pm

lgb&dtuba wrote:Freebird.

If you show up with a tuba, you know SOMEBODY in the crowd is gonna shout out this suggestion. Have the first 16 bars of it memorized, and ready to go!

Then seque into a few bars of "Smoke on the water", Frankenstein, then into whatever you really plan to do ....

8^D

Seriously -- if you have a mic and a "looper", you can pull off almost anything, I suspect!

Have fun ...

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:56 pm

Steve Inman wrote:
lgb&dtuba wrote:Freebird.
If you show up with a tuba, you know SOMEBODY in the crowd is gonna shout out this suggestion. Have the first 16 bars of it memorized, and ready to go!

First, you have to grab the mic and yell, "What song is it you want to hear!?"

THEN proceed as suggested...