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I've been around the block and there isn't much in the way of karaoke hosting and life in general that i haven't experienced.

And just how do other women communicate that i can't? Do i need a trucker mouth or something? More attitude? More in your face? More "beechy?" More bratty? More feminine?

I know women that will fight any man alive. I'm not quite that bad. But don't mess with me. I'm not 4'11" and 95 pounds. I have some well placed meat on my bones.

You are not comprehending my meaning.

This is the most important thing. Is the majority of your crowd singers or non singers? In 99 out of 100 cases the nonsingers rule. They are the majority.

Their ears will determine if they stay and spend money. Not the singers.

If the bad singing chases the majority of the spending crowd away, what is left? Just a bunch of bad singers having FUN. Can you keep working with just a room full of bad singers and nobody else there to spend money?

Most singers that suck don't know it or will never admit it. Do you seriously think they care about what others think? Do you think they really care about your karaoke business? Or it's reputation?

If they don't care who does that leave to care about your business? YOU. It's about the business reputation you create.

I don't want the reputation for a room full of bad singers. I'm trying to build the collective reputation of karaoke in general.

Do you like to hear people leave the bar before the show saying we gotta go the karaoke is going to start? Why do you suppose they think that? Because in most shows that's exactly what happens.

The collective reputation of all karaoke shows sucks. People are poisoned into thinking they all sound bad. Most shows are not that good with nothing but bad singers and drunks singing. There are some that are different. How many i would guess the percentage is small.

It makes my blood boil at five minutes before show time that people run for the door because they think the torture is about to begin. That very same thing should make any KJ that runs an excellent show feel the same way. How do we change the publics perception of karaoke being nothing but bad singers and drunks?

That is what i try to do with my shows. I get people that come in to be entertained from the talent and they stay and spend money. They are the majority of the crowd. How is that wrong? That's my target market. Works for me.

Jerry12x, YOU are MY hero.

I say the singer first and then all of the above!! I never leave post when a singer starts singing. I adjust until they sound great. I make sure that everyone claps for everyone and they feel good when they leave the stage. I work the room to make sure everyone is getting what they want. I have a notepad for suggestions, requested songs for next time, etc. I have a projector all my "in between" music have videos. I play videos from Johnny Cash to Lady GaGa so everyone is happy. I do "mini contests" for blow up snakes and guitars to get singers up on stage. The bottom line is make people happy so they will spend money at the bar. Keep them there all night to keep the bar owner happy!

I meant it as a compliment to your good humor.

Oh bugger... My soap box just broke.

Don't care as long as they are having fun.

Which is the ENTIRE point! If the singers (good OR bad) are having fun and want to return, then it's a good show.

That is important... it's the main thing, but if you have a series of REALLY BAD singers it can clear a bar. I WILL actively intervene in the order to separate poor singers with good ones if it's bad... i mean really bad. Normally, I will leave it go, but I feel a responsibility to the folks in the audience who aren't singers to give them a good show as well.