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July 23, 2009
Songwriters’ Night One-Year Anniversary
Tonight Sheryl and I will be going to Nolan’s Irish Pub in Cocoa Beach for one of our favorite musical activities: Songwriters’ Night.
Every Thursday evening (except Thanksgiving, of course!) Nolan’s graciously opens its doors to the songwriters of Central Florida, and so far over 103 songwriters have performed. Some writers come in and play every week, others have come in once or twice, and some have come in on their way through town.
Sheryl uses the Songwriters’ Night as motivation to write a new song every week. She doesn’t always make it, but she’s written nearly an album’s worth of new material, and was able to perform these new songs very soon after writing them (sometimes finishing a song a few hours before we left for the pub…) and receive immediate audience feedback.
Tonight, July 23rd marks the one-year anniversary of this weekly event. Sam Tritico, owner of Island Music and the owners of Nolan’s started Songwriters’ Night a year ago today.
Their first thought was, “It would be great if we could find a dozen or so songwriters to support this.” Little did they know!
Songwriters’ Night is NOT an open mic. Interested musicians must sign up with Sam via email well ahead of time.
For tonight’s celebration, there will be 18 of Central Florida’s top songwriters performing a few songs each, along with a special surprise guest (don’t ask, only Sam knows!).
Of course, there is also beer. Now I don’t drink beer, but I understand that Irish beer is pretty good. In fact, my good friend Spike once told me, “If it ain’t Guinness, it ain’t beer.”
Posted by leonolguin at July 23, 2009 10:14 AM