Free Dallas Music ! Songwriters Open Mic

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OUR LAST SHOW WAS NOVEMBER 20, 2008.
Free Dallas Music! Songwriter's Open Mic is a finished work. We met at at Half Price Books (In the Community Room) on Northwest Highway Dallas, TX every First and Third Thursdays from 7 to 9 PM. for almost 3 years. That was almost 70 shows and over 600 performances. It was a great run!
Half Price Books is no longer allowing groups to reserve the Community Room so Free Dallas Music! Songwriter's Open Mic is finished.THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED! Tom & JenniOur former mission statement:

The Free Dallas Music! Songwriter's Open Mic is a community service intended to allow local songwriters the opportunity to perform and perfect their material and allow listeners to hear something new.

* Two-channel amplifier provided
* Bring your own instrument
* Sign up and play. Length of set depends on number of participants
* Questions? Show up and find out

FREE DALLAS MUSIC! SONGWRITER'S OPEN MIC is all about the SONGS. If you have some great songs you love to perform, it doesn't matter who wrote 'em! We honor the singers as well as songwriters because they keep those great songs alive.
Free Dallas Music! Songwriter's Open Mic started in February 2006.
*** Featured Performers at Free Dallas Music! Songwriter's Open Mic ***
Free Dallas Music! Songwriterâ€™s Open Mic is held every First and Third Thursday at Half Price Books in Dallas TX. Participants sign up to play a three song set in turn with the other players. Once a month on the First Thursday, we feature a (typically) local songwriter selected to showcase their talent for the listening community. The Featured Performer plays an extended set of around 6 songs. As always, it is still an open mic for those players who show up and sign up that night. The selection of Featured Performers is made by the producers based on performance factors. If you would like to be considered for a featured performer slot at an upcoming show, please let us know. We feature players we have seen perform in person. If we haven't yet caught your act, signing up and playing at FDM!SOM is a way for us to see you - we're nearly always part of the audience.
Message us here on MySpace or send an Eemail to Free Dallas Music! Songwriter's Open Mic: freedallas(at)jennifermansfieldpeal.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 03/10/2006
Band Website: www.myspace.com/freedallasmusic
Band Members: Video File: Free Dallas Music! Songwriter's Open Mic @ HPB in Dallas TX First Half of 2008 Photos by Tom Peal Music by The Electric Mountain Rotten Apple Gang Hosted by Tom and Jenni Peal
Influences: Great Songwriters Everywhere
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Say it: Free Dallas Music!Did you say that the Dallas music here is free, come and get it, or did you sound a cry for the liberation of Dallasâ€™ indigenous musicians?And if you said that the music here is free, do you mean produced at no cost to the public, the listeners, with no obligation on the players, with no allegiance to any external arbiter of taste? Could you be referring to songs played by free - thinking musicians unencumbered by media definitions and store-bought self-importance? Perhaps also an artistic atmosphere in which originality weighs heavier than clever uses of old formulae. Where deviation is more interesting than derivation.Music thatâ€™s part of the journey of song, born in a soul, urged on by a fearless heart and blown forward by our collective desire for new ideas and sounds. Itâ€™s the opportunity to travel again with a new map and a stage that allows that to happen.
Thatâ€™s all we ask.
Free Dallas Music. www.myspace.com/freedallasmusic
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Record Label: Unknown Indie
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The Last Free Dallas Music! Songwriters Open Mic was 11-20-08

Latest Free Dallas Music! Songwriters Open Mic

Last week was great with featured performer Kevin Sullivan and many other fine players.
Posted by on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:41:00 GMT

Free Dallas Music! Songwriters Open Mic 9-4-08

Another historic Free Dallas Music! Songwriter's Open Mic. Thanks to Chuck Bond, our September Featured Performer and everyone else who signed up and played! What a great show!
Posted by on Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:17:00 GMT

Free Dallas Music! Photos 8-7-08

Posted by on Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:22:00 GMT

7-17-08 Free Dallas Music! Photos

Come to the Community Room at Half Price Books. Members and friends of the songwriter community got together last Thursday night in a unique one of a kind performance that can only happen at an open ...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:48:00 GMT

FDM July 3, 2008

Great night at FDM last week with lots of great talent including featured performer Michael Knox. See you Thursday July 17th at the next FDM!SOM.Tom & Jenni
Posted by on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:42:00 GMT

Free Dallas Music! Songwriter’s Open Mic @ HPB in DallasTX January to June 2008

Here is a link to a video created from photos taken at Free Dallas Music this year. http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/tompeal/?action=view¤t =FDM_6-08.flv Photos by Tom Peal. ...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:43:00 GMT

November 1,2007 FDM!SOM

We enjoyed a great show Thursday night, full of excellence and variety. Jenni Mansfield Peal opened with a new swing tune, "I Only Love My Baby," followed by featured performer David Byb...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:10:00 GMT

Free Dallas Music Jan 3, 2008

Posted by on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:05:00 GMT

Re: Reflecting Pool special feature FDM!SOM Thursday

Hello Dear Listeners and Players of Free Dallas Music! Songwriter's Open Mic It was a great night last night at FDM!SOM with players old and new, 8 in all. You shoul...
Posted by on Fri, 16 May 2008 12:59:00 GMT