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"Contemplating my inability to keep a beat and may go with "Unsafe at Any Speed">(…" Alan Hergert replied Apr 27, 2016 to Stage Name	9	Apr 27, 2016 Reply by Alan Hergert
"Fat Dog Rivers. Not bad." Alan Hergert replied Mar 2, 2016 to Stage Name	9	Apr 27, 2016 Reply by Alan Hergert
"It's popular to add "Homeless"Homeless Mad Al..." Alan Hergert replied Mar 2, 2016 to Stage Name	9	Apr 27, 2016 Reply by Alan Hergert
"Thanks, Murdoc.I like the chugging beat so TrainWreck might be good. If I were Ital…" Alan Hergert replied Mar 2, 2016 to Stage Name	9	Apr 27, 2016 Reply by Alan Hergert
"Nice. Working on Eric Clapton's "Cocaine". Will change it to "Caffeine". Open Mic…" Alan Hergert replied Jan 16, 2016 to The house P.A. (and other scarry monsters)	7	Jan 16, 2016 Reply by Alan Hergert
"Yeah. Hopefully you have a good used music shop that has a variety. The RP100 work…" Alan Hergert replied Jan 16, 2016 to The house P.A. (and other scarry monsters)	7	Jan 16, 2016 Reply by Alan Hergert
"I see.I do have a DigiTech RP100 effects pedal I found used for $40 or so that I use…" Alan Hergert replied Jan 16, 2016 to The house P.A. (and other scarry monsters)	7	Jan 16, 2016 Reply by Alan Hergert
"TA -- Thank you for stepping up to the mic! That is AWESOME! I usually place the pi…" Alan Hergert replied Jan 16, 2016 to The house P.A. (and other scarry monsters)	7	Jan 16, 2016 Reply by Alan Hergert

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Stage Name

Started by Alan Hergert. Last reply by Alan Hergert Apr 27, 2016. 9 Replies 0 Likes

The house P.A. (and other scarry monsters)

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first open mic w/ the 2 nites

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Open mic-The dark side.

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Confession

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Everyone starts somewhere...

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It occurs to me that,,,,,,,

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