I've been using the eBlogger website Badslava to locate open mics in New York City and found some folks are angry about paying for a cover and drink at an open mic. To them I say, STFU you cheap bastard!
Sure at first it might seem ironic to PAY for stage time when the ultimate goal is to GET PAID as a performer, but at a deeper look, the practice is in line with other forms of expression where beginners pay to learn how to perform in instructional classes. With comedy, there is no workshop that will graduate you with a funny diploma (if you do have a funny diploma, I suggest you use it for rolling papers instead). In essence, the few measly dollars spent to keep the show going is worth the experience on stage. If you you paid to go up, you will go up.
Free open mics don't have that extra filter that keeps a certain, miserable-class of people away. I don't want to say that the scum of the earth will surface at free open mics, but I will anyways. THE SCUM OF THE EARTH WILL SURFACE AT FREE OPEN MICS. There are always exceptions to this observation, of course since: lowlifes can save up some change to get on the list; great comics can drop-in at freebies for whatever reason.
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