The Grand Finals of the CV Open Mic Competition Fall edition was an absolute blast! 6 grand finalists gave it their all for their performances in front of local celebrity judges and cheering fans. Each musician performed 2 songs in fierce competition. In the end it was The BrosQuitos who took home the amazing Grand Prizes!!! They won an MTV Quality Music Video Production from Desert C.A.M. Studios/Winmill Films and award winning Director Chip Miller, plus a $500 trip to Las Vegas from Crater Lake Spirits, as well as an Artist Development Session from Grammy nominated Producer Ronnie King, and a Promotional Photo Shoot from Visions Photography.
Huge THANK YOU to ALL our talented Semi Finalists including a very close second place, The Hive Minds. Also thanks to Marco Thoma, The Classy Mother Fu?kers, Jude Baker, & Courtney Chambers. Another huge THANK YOU to all of our judges this week: Chip Miller of Desert CAM Studios, Brad Mercer of Q102.3 and Brad Mercer’s Bands N Fans, Brett McLaughlin of Caxton, Josh Ballard of Hollace, Rudy Mendez of Remnants of Man, Rod Van Buren of Visions Photography, and Mark Smith of Foxy Cleopatra. THANKS SO MUCH to our fantastic DJ Alex Updike for keeping everyone grooving in between performances. To Schmidy’s Tavern who keeps local music alive week after week- YOU ARE WONDERFUL! And I can’t give enough THANKS to Johnny Carmona, our amazing sound technician, who takes the time to make every one of our performers sound their best! SPECIAL THANKS to all of our sponsors: Desert C.A.M. Studios/Winmill Films & Chip Miller, Ronnie King Music, JEM Productions, Crater Lake Spirits, Visions Photography, KAM Studios, CV Weekly, Canyon Copy & Print, and the Mary Pickford Theatre.
Be sure to “LIKE” Facebook.com/CVOpenMicCompetition for updates! STAY TUNED on when we will be back for another round!!! For questions or information about sign-up, please see Facebook.com/CVOpenMicCompetition or contact creator and host, Morgan James at MorganAliseJames@gmail.com or (714) 651-1911.
