Nigel Brown
I run the Bookbinders Open Mic, as well as being involved in other musical things, and it's a fabulous supportive venue for first-timers and more seasoned performers.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
I tend to play open mic sessions rather than full gigs, I like the variety of that kind of event, and Oxford has heaps of venues to play in.
Your musical influences
influences include Tom Waits, Van the Man, Dylan, beautiful, clever, moving lyrics in general.
What equipment do you use?
Usually an Ibanez acoustic electric, but I should acknowledge my trusty Fender which went round the world with me, in which John the guitarist in our band at the time drilled a hole to install a plug-in pick-up in Colombia in around 1995. For recordings I used Line 6 Backtrack, that's what I've used to record all of the artists at the Bookbinders Open Mic.
