Open Mic Night | Rocklin Coffee Shop

February 18th 2012 7-10pm we are holding the mic open for you to come out an share your talent with us. Do you have a spoken word, poem, or fresh song that you want to share with a new audience? Origin Coffee & Tea is just the place for introducing your new material to the world. Come out and hear some great talent as well as helping us in our fight against Human Trafficking. Origin Coffee is a non profit coffee shop committed to ending Human Trafficking through getting our entire community involved in the fight. Choosing Origin Coffee and Tea as your coffee house of choice brings freedom to girls in bondage. Join us this month as we bring two incredible artist to Origin Coffee in Rocklin.

Grayson Kessenich

Bio

California solo artist GRAYSON KESSENICH blends melodic songwriting, personal lyrics, and uniquely intimate arrangements to create music that is fresh, memorable, and full of life. Upon moving to California from Vancouver Washington at a young age, Grayson began to delve into and fall in love with music and songwriting. Eventually, working with several bands, including Ives, Grayson began to refine his craft and gained much experience recording and extensive touring throughout the US. Playing hundreds of shows over the past few years. In the summer of 2008, Grayson released his solo debut EP, “Where Your Heart Is”. And in November of 2009 followed it with his highly anticipated full length record, “From the Treehouse.” Including songs like “Under the Moonlight,” “All Things New” and “Lights and Lampstands.” Grayson’s music has since been heard on shows like “One Tree Hill” and “The Lying Game.” Recently, he has spent much time touring and writing, finally releasing his powerful third studio record, “Imaginary World,” in March of 2011. With expectations for a new full length record to be released in 2012.

The Music Room

My sister and I started playing music together about three years ago. We had a room in our house called “the music room,” so we racked our brains for hours and decided that we’d call our band that as well. Genius, I know. I had been writing songs for a few years, but never showed them to anybody, not even Aimee (my sister, and lead singer in the band). I had written a song called “Cost of Believing,” thought it was cool, sang it for my mom, who thought it was cool because she’s my mom, and then never planned on playing it again. Little did I know that this song would be played and heard a lot more in the years to come. The Music Room is now a toddler of a band, just three-years-old. We are about to record our next album titled “Wolves Without Teeth” and are going to donate all of its sales directly to Courage to Be You so that they can build more homes for rescued girls. In a sneaky way, we’re trying to be more like Christ by losing our profits before we ever see them. We found that if we forfeit our right to claim anything up-front then it’s easier to allow it to be surrendered once the money starts coming in. I’m trying to apply that same mentality to life in general.