The Karaoke Forum

All of my gigs (6 a week) are within 20 miles of each other so its not uncommon to see the same singers at each venue one time or another. My nights are usually made or broken by the volume of people that show up and spend money. The nights are definitely better for me if certain singers show up tha...

We just recently secured a two night gig at the bowling alley (3 weeks ago) and have been leaving our equipment (minus laptop and hard drives) on the stage with everything kinda tucked away in the back. It has worked out well thus far and I dont think I would've considered it if they didnt have came...

All my books have slips and pencils in the front in a pouch pretty much like you have. I also include a container (plastic) with extra slips, pencils, eye glasses, magnifying glass, business cards, etc. It usually helps the ones who dont notice the slips and pencils in the books

While Elvis, Deano, and Frank were classic singers there morality was definitely in question. From drug overdoses, alcoholism, womanizing, infidelity, mob ties, etc. they were not role models. Even some of there lyrics are questionable in nature and could be considered offensive. Why not these guys ...

Bigdog you abuse the hell out of these message boards to propagate your rigid and archaic approach to karaoke. What works for you in your "secret" part of the world doesn't necessarily work in ours. I am not justifying how I run my shows. I don't have to. I run 5 very successful shows a we...

OK... last word from me on this. I personally do not edit the "questionable lyric songs" in my song book. It's kind of tough for me to grasp the concept of editing my songbook for the sole purpose of taking out any offensive or distasteful lyrics or suggestive statements etc. I mean, where...

You can only do so much, Bigdog. You bring em' in and provide the entertainment and its the bartender, waitress, owner's job to get their money. Are these bartenders, etc. upselling their alcohol? Is the wait staff pushing appetizers, etc.? Has the owner produced any drink or food specials to help c...

Most of the time contests are useless. Like Sabrina said, they're popularity contests and usually piss somebody off warranted or not. The bowling alley I recently started doing gigs at had a 6 week compettion that involved all 6 of their venues. The event was so unsuccessful that within 2 weeks afte...

I sing ugly kid joe's version of "everything about you" and I think there's only one swear word in the whole song. As a matter of fact, it's the part where he talks real real fast so its hard to make out. I left it out anyways. At my Applebees show the manager doesnt allow swearing over th...

Unfortunately it usually is the water drinkers that whine the most at my shows. They spend little and expect preferential treatment. There the ones that ask you if they can sing two in a row because they have to go home. They ask you to start earlier and stay later while leaving your tipjar empty. T...

I think ordering two pitchers of beer and mixed drinks is totally acceptable behavior in a bar and if you decide to order water to sober up for the drive home, which is very responsible, then you have to pay for it as well. Whether it be in a pitcher or bottle. What are you suggesting that if you sp...

If by "customers" you mean bar owners then the answer is yes. It's funny you mention it because my Thursday night (most busy) manager was inquiring about a contest and I quickly extinguished the idea. I have never liked karaoke contests even before I started hosting. Even if their done pro...

You know, I was thinking about this today and realize that on most nights I do karaoke I don't sing. Either it's too busy or my wife starts us out and I get lost doing sound, etc. I think I just wanted to sing a little last night and also check my competition (not that I have any...lol that was 4 u ...

what kind of business>>????

I was doing 4 gigs a week and recently acquired another night. So that basically means I have only one day off minus Sunday to do something. Here it is Wednesday night(my night off) and I just got home from a karaoke show near my house. Am I like in a karaoke tail-spin? I'm starting to feel really w...