{"id":19441,"date":"2013-11-19T13:56:45","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T13:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=19441"},"modified":"2013-11-19T13:56:45","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T13:56:45","slug":"open-mic-hotspot-hits-the-web","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2013\/11\/19\/open-mic-hotspot-hits-the-web\/","title":{"rendered":"Open mic hotspot hits the web"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Face 11 Webpage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.face11.co.uk\/the-venue\/4577674247\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Face 11<\/a> is competing to become Cardiff&#8217;s best live music venue for budding acoustic artists by recording their performers and featuring them online.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19501\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/11\/Faceeleven12.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19501\" title=\"Face 11 Open Mic Stage\" alt=\"Face 11 Open Mic Stage\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/11\/Faceeleven12.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/11\/Faceeleven12.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/11\/Faceeleven12-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/11\/Faceeleven12-200x125.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19501\" title=\"Face 11 Open Mic Stage\" alt=\"Face 11 Open Mic Stage\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/11\/Faceeleven12.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/11\/Faceeleven12.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/11\/Faceeleven12-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/11\/Faceeleven12-200x125.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Mat and Paul opened Face 11 at the end of September, initially as a bar that also delivered great pizza. [All photos courtesy of Face 11.]<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The recently opened restaurant and bar runs an open mic night on Thursday evenings but, unlike other venues, the singers are recorded and featured on the venue\u2019s <a title=\"Face 11 Youtube Channel\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCRw_wUYK1XJS1mpDufMzvmw?feature=watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Youtube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The open mic sessions are only on their third week but the event is so far proving popular.<\/p>\n<p>Co-owner Mat Hinton says, \u201cWe always intended on having live music and we also wanted to give the performers a platform as many are not aware of how powerful Youtube is socially.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The next open mic at Face 11 will be this Thursday at 7.30pm. E-mail Jessica at jessica@face11.co.uk to flaunt your talents on the stage and online.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, check out local musician James Evans at last week&#8217;s session:<\/p>\n<p>[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VmayBqWQsdM[\/youtube]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acoustic amateurs find online support at new bar&#8217;s open mic night<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":19492,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[960,158,1364,3123,3361,80,609,3360],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-19441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-acoustic","tag-bar","tag-cathays","tag-cathays-terrace","tag-face-11","tag-open-mic","tag-restaurant","tag-youtube"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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