Semi Finals #2 of the CV Open Mic Competition Fall edition was a rush! Rocking bands and entertaining solo artists had the audience cheering. Each musician performed 2 songs each putting all they had into their act. Our local celebrity guest judges had a tough call this week. In the end they advanced the top 3 of 6 into our upcoming Grand Finals which will be held Tuesday December 1st. Popular band The BrosQuitos, the ever talented Marco Thoma, and future rock gods The Classy Mother F-ers won that honor and will now compete in the Grand Finals for 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 Adrian Duro, Nuclear Cowboys, and Brightener. Another huge THANK YOU to all of our judges this week: Brett McLaughlin of Caxton, Josh Ballard of Hollace, Rudy Mendez of Remnants of Man, and Nicco Ysiano of Long Duk Dong. 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 sounding their best! I hope to see you all Tuesday December 1st at SCHMIDY’S TAVERN in Palm Desert for the Grand Finals where 6 will perform and the winner will take it all!!! 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.
December 1st will be our GRAND FINALS competition. Please come out and support these up and coming local musicians. Please note that this will not be open to anyone not already entered into the semi finals. The show will run 8pm – 10pm. For updates, questions or information about sign-up, please visit and “LIKE” Facebook.com/CVOpenMicCompetition or contact creator and host, Morgan James at MorganAliseJames@gmail.com or (714) 651-1911.
