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Corvallis Nightlife Opportunity The wildly popular Talent Search night at Fireworks Restaurant & Bar features Oregon's best local acoustic performers. Cash prize purse awarded to the top three acts. First place winners are eligible to compete in the Acoustic Showdown playoff. $5 Entry Fee required for the Contest Round. Sold out crowds are a testament to the growing community of musicians and artists in Southtown. Sign-up happens shortly before 9pm.
Long time folk & blues artist from Summit and Open Mic favorite. Karl Smiley plays his finger-pickin' eclectic mix of Americana folk classics and originals.
The Crescendo Show are a young group of local songwriters. They produce an eclectic blend of acoustic electric music accompanied by male/female vocal harmonies. With their high energy yet calming musical expression they invite you to come sing along and join their growing family. The band consisted of Nathan Porter (Guitar, Vocals, Acordion), Ricky Carlson (Guitar, Vocals), Kailyn Kubiak (Tambourine Vocals) and Matt Kellam (Bass, Vocals)
What has happened to America's original musical art form jazz? It seems it has become an antiquated museum piece securely placed under a glass case, ever-guarded by the Jazz Police, transformed from a vibrant, expressive art form into an object to be observed and dissected in universities ("Jazz Studies"), and barely acknowledged by a distracted American listening public. The be-bop championed by Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and then developed by all the great musicians sonically immortalized on those 50s and 60s Blue Note, Verve, Impulse Prestige, etc. records surely deserves our continual respect, admiration and listening. However, consistently regurgitating the musical past is a form of artistic suicide. What to do? The Van Myers Jazz Duo wishes to abandon the past and invite the listener and viewer into a musical world where artistic communication and the thrilling risk of blazing new musical ground is a never ending goal. Is it "jazz proper"? And where is the bass player? Does it really matter? Just dig the journey. . . http://web.me.com/vmjazzodd/Site/home.html
The Acoustic Showdown is a quarterly playoff of weekly 1st place winners, who compete for the grand prize: a 5 hour recording session with Cameron Denning at Chameleon Creations studio. Our wildly popular Talent Search night features Oregon's best local acoustic performers. Cash prize purse awarded to the top three acts. First place winners are eligible to compete in the Acoustic Showdown playoff. Sold out crowds are a testament to the growing community of musicians and artists in Southtown. Sign-up happens shortly before 9pm. Performance Groundrules: All Open Mic performers agree to share time equally, limit volume to acoustic levels, refrain from the use of profanity and keep content "family friendly" i.e. no lewd, graffic or offensive content.For more info contact Ocean Liff-Anderson, FireWorks Proprietor & Open Mic Host.
Join FireWorks as we celebrate Thanksgiving with a traditional four course prix-fixe dinner and live classical guitar. The menu features oven baked Free Range Turkey with all the fixings, plus pork roast, seafood and veggie entree options. Full menu will be posted soon! The prix fixe cost is $35, half off for children under 12. Reservations are required, call 541-754-6958.
Jesse Meade is a singer-songwriter now living in Eugene, Oregon. He accompanies himself with his own finger-style, acoustic guitar playing. His influences include musicians like: Ray Charles, Hank Williams, Elizabeth Cotten, John Hurt, Sam Cooke, Patsy Cline, Fats Domino, and Aretha Franklin. www.jessemeade.com
Americanistan is dedicated to bringing you the very best of acoustic world music. If we can't all be transported to a time centuries ago, where we sang, played and danced around the fire after a hard day's travel thrugh the desert, at least we can do our best to recreate that experience in a way that is spiritually true to us all.
Cloud Mountain Ramblers plays the finest Old Time Mountain Music, with musical roots in the Ozarks, Ireland and Africa. The band features John Meade on banjo and Joe Huff on fiddle. myspace.com/cloudmountainramblers
FREE ADMISSION with $2 minimum purchase. Our wildly popular Talent Search night features Oregon's best local acoustic performers. Cash prize purse awarded to the top three acts. First place winners are eligible to compete in the Acoustic Showdown playoff. $5 Entry Fee required for the Contest Round. Sold out crowds are a testament to the growing community of musicians and artists in Southtown. Sign-up happens shortly before 9pm.
Performance Groundrules: All Open Mic performers agree to share time equally, limit volume to acoustic levels, refrain from the use of profanity and keep content "family friendly" i.e. no lewd, graffic or offensive content. For more info contact Ocean Liff-Anderson, FireWorks Proprietor & Open Mic Host.
Long time friends Amish Rage and Judy Parker join together with a sound that is compelling and inspiring. www.myspace.com/inchicoremusic
Corvallis singer-songwriter Erika Gabonay's inspiration reflects everyday observations and personal experiences. Accompanied by percussive guitar, her honest lyrics are delivered with an evocative voice, creating an alternative folk sound that is unique and compelling. www.myspace.com/goodnplentyragtimeband
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away (translation: six years ago in a smoke-filled room), Future Roots was born. A succession of Corvallis-area musicians and a fusion of genres later, long-time Future Roots singers Robin and Meredith are joined by Firefly on lead guitar, Justin on Bass and Danny on drums. Together they continue an ongoing attempt to feel out the groove and stumble upon the divine harmony in Jam.
River Rocks is a four-person ensemble, consisting of Laurie Childers, Mina Carson, Bill Veley, and Shelley Willis. RiverRocks plays multi-genre lyrical originals and covers on a variety of instruments. River Rocks sends their musical messages straight to your heart. Their songs will make you laugh or cry but probably both. www.lauriechilders.com
Taking the hook of indie-pop, adding a dose of lyrical twist, and driving it all home with a beat that won't allow you to sit still... Master Cylinder will draw you in and keep you there. The thump of the backbeat in songs like "Complementarity", "Radar", and "Blue" is the siren that beckons you. You will be humming along and tapping your feet to the clever lines, the velvety bass, and unforgettable guitar melodies. Alaskan born artist Marty Baggen "is not famous, and may never be but he damn well should be!" writes Stephanie Guinn of the Indie Reviewer. "Pure pop that rivals The Goo Goo Dolls in their finest hour" writes Greg Mandel of the Oregonian.
The genre-defying music of Gabriel Surley must not be missed. Intricate fingerstyle guitar, symphonic composition, driving rhythm and epic lyrical poetry are fused to bring forth mesmerizing soundscapes and evocative storytellling. Gabriel is joined tonight by Kevin Kovalchik on drums and Zach Konowalchuk on Violin. Kailyn Kubiak will be painting a live work during the performance, to be auctioned off at the end of the night. www.reverbnation.com/gabrielsurley
An evening of music, song and story featuring select artists from Southtown Talent Search. Gabriel Surley Hosts. This month features:
Sid Rosen is a local guitarist whose music has been heavily influenced by that of India. He will be accompanied by Peruvian drum maetre, Otto Gyagax. and Corvallis musical renaissance man George Beekman.
A Corvallis native, Melanie's sweet and soulful voice expresses her unique musical style, woven from a wide variety of influences, experiences and travels. Her songs may take the listener on a journey they won't soon forget! Melanie is often joined on the stage by musical friends familiar to the Southtown Open Mic. Visit Melanie online atwww.myspace.com/melaniekreid
My dad taught me to play guitar when I was in the fourth grade. I've been playing off and on ever since (mostly on). During the college years I lived in Missoula, Montana and played with a great musician and friend, Geoff Peddicord under the name "Trout Farm." (we were both fly-fishing guides at the time). After college I moved back to Oregon where I have been an elementary school teacher for the last 16 years and currently teach. On the weekends and during the summer, I love getting to share my music. http://www.reverbnation.com/danielreynolds
Formerly Hines is an eclectic mix if music flavors. Rock, jazz, country, folk, classical and big band. This is a band with few illusions about how music must be torn apart and rediscovered at every junction on a page of words and notes. All, but a very few, of the songs and tunes heard by this band are original. They tend to stretch the thoughts when laying down a track or writing a word for the right phrasing to make a song fly.
Hailing from Corvallis, Matthew Rosenberg, builds upon his own distinct genre of music. With folk roots and a love for the Reggae style of syncopation, and occasional melodies of traditional Nigun, Rosenberg keeps audiences listening to his every word. Rosenberg has made crowds of more than 200 people enthusiastically cheer with his own versions of Beatles songs, Mason Jennings and Bob Marley. His own musical creations will stay with any listener for their deep lyrical philosophies as well as their catchy vocal melodies. In between songs, Rosenberg has a knack for making the audience laugh and continuously smile.
Intimate easy listening standards & contemporary songs, from Big Band era favorites to torchy tunes from the 6os, 7os and beyond, with the occasional quirky, obscure surprise. Paul & Suz have been performing together for 12 years, most notably in the 4-part harmony music team for Unity of Corvallis, and in the Suzannah Doyle trio, with Stuart Curtis on woodwinds, at various venues throughout the valley. Their music has been described as powerful, moving and intricate, yet accessible.
With roots dating back several years, this band, while still young, has grown into something marvelous. Born from humble beginnings, the founders of Roaring River Big Band began jamming together after meeting in a collegiate music class. Their passion for music, and love for great Jazz, Blues, Bop, Swing, and more, has grown into a professional career. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Roaring-River-Big-Band/223103571052121
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