Arts and Cultural Event: Open Mic Night

For my event i went to see an open mic night at East halls. Its pretty low key, its just held in Roxy's on a thursday night. I was pretty surprised to see the amount of people that were there. Many people were there to perform and to listen as well. Most people did the same thing, got up with an acoustic guitar and sang a song. It honestly did get a little repetitive. Some people, how ever, did mix it up. One person got up there and did an entire rap about greek mythology and related everything to a girl. It was hard to take in everything he said because he was speaking so fast but basically he related the different attribute of a girl he was rapping about to the different gods or creatures in Greek mythology (i.e. being strong like Zeus). He did it in a way that was really cool and interesting. Another person got up and did a song that was more of a joke. He played Lil' Johns "Get Low" which is normally not a song you would expect on an acoustic guitar. He made it sort of theatrical and the song was really funny to watch and listen to.

Another girl who took it a little more serious, got up and did her version of Adel's "rolling in the deep." She changed it to the point where it was almost not recognizable, but it was still really good. It was nice to hear someone do the song differently. I was pretty surprised by how good everyone was and enjoyed the whole experience. I definitely think that I'll be back for another open mic night soon.