Other than my own Karaoke kit, I look after a couple who ran a disc based Karaoke system in my local on a Saturday night.
The Pub was taken over about 6 weeks ago and Karen & Derek (the KJ's) were asked to shift their night to Friday.
No problem there as their usual singers followed them to the Friday show.
However, within a couple of weeks the new manager had notices put up about a live band coming into the Pub on the Saturday in the KJ's old spot.
In general terms, also no problem but for the fact the new manager also took down the notices on the walls about the Friday Karaoke
I doubt if the inference is rocket science to anyone on this BBs.
As expected, Karen & Derek were given their marching orders, with the usual explanation of "not enough money coming in, etc", so packed up their gear and left.
I should point out that I have no idea how much they were getting paid but I assume it to be around the £75 - £80 pound mark ($100 - $105).
Anyway, I went down to the Pub last Friday night (2 weeks after Karen & Derek left) and found the place very quiet, about a dozen people in.
The Pub started emptying around 10 o'clock and I left at 11:45p.m., the last man in. The Pub closes at Midnight, by the way.
It seems the Pub has pretty much "killed" it's Friday night trade.
However, Ioverheard one of the Barmaids (sorry, I'm not in any way PC. I don't talk Bar"persons") saying there was to be Karaoke on the following Saturday night with a KJ I've never heard off.
So, I texted Karen to give her the info and got a reply to the effect "yep, I know her and she's rubbish. You pay peanuts, you get Monkeys!"
I'll go down next Sat. to have a look/listen and report further.
Sandy
