understood that, we’d all be so much better off, because they get it.”
Monday night is open mic night at The Bluebird, and hopefuls often travel miles for the chance to be heard.
A group of Toledo, Ohio, natives traveled eight hours for a shot at being the next new star.
“It’s a litany of people. You can see 12-year-old girls who want to be Taylor Swift,” Wolman Nichols said.
Another group of girls came all the way from Pennsylvania, which is Taylor Swift territory.
When asked if she was trying to be the next Taylor, one girl said, “Of course! Isn’t everybody?”
“And you can see grandmothers come in here to try out songs,” Wollam Nichols said.
And while not all the dreams are the same, everybody wants to be heard.
“I’d like to see a publisher out in the audience like my stuff and sign me to a publishing deal. I’m too old, fat, and ugly for the singing end of it,” said one songwriter.
Any kind of music goes at The Bluebird, as long as it’s original, family friendly, and 진해출장마사지 most important, Brown said, heartfelt.
“When you are raising three kids by yourself there’s not a lot you can do as far as touring, so I don’t expect to be a superstar,” admits one man in line with his son. “But if I could have someone out there — that would be great — to see my songs.”
For most, the dream will go no further than this one moment on this little stage. But that is enough to connect them to history.
“There’s permanent vibrations in these walls where everybody who has performed here has come through, and it is a home for songwriters,” added Wollam Nichols. “It is an awesome responsibility in the true sense of the word awesome to uphold this place for the people who have been here and the people who are going to come here.”
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