Alumni · Pass The Aux → Open Mic
Lekan
Lekan came to a Something Dope Pass The Aux with around 300 monthly listeners. He shut the room down. We invited him to the Open Mic. He did it again. Now an international touring artist playing rooms with thousands of fans.
- Monthly listeners, day one
- ~300
- Where it started
- Pass The Aux
- Touring artist
- International
- Where he plays now
- Bigger rooms
The Story
Before the tour, before the thousand-cap rooms, Lekan walked into a Something Dope Pass The Aux session with around 300 monthly listeners. No machine behind him. Just the work.
He shut the room down. The kind of set where everyone in the studio knew, in real time, they were watching something early. We invited him to the Open Mic on the spot.
He stepped on the Open Mic stage and did it again. From those two rooms, Lekan kept building. The monthly listener count climbed. The rooms got bigger. He grew into an international touring artist, playing crowds in the thousands.
Same artist. Same voice. Pass The Aux was where we heard it first. The Open Mic was where the rest of the room caught on.
Now
Bigger rooms. Same voice.
From an Open Mic stage to rooms with crowds in the thousands.
Came to Pass The Aux with 300 monthly listeners. Shut it down. Got invited to the Open Mic. Did it again. Now an international touring artist.
Want to be in the room
The Open Mic is still running.
Same format, same crowd of peers and industry watching for the next one. If you are an artist, submit your music and get in the room.