Lonman @ Fri Oct 03, 2008 12:09 pm wrote: I don't allow multiple songs simply because I am not going to guarantee anything under the top song to be YOUR song for the night - then getting the ultimate whine - hey I already had that song up! YEAH in your stack of 10, if you wanted it first, you should have put it first.
Even with the 4 song per slip, what do you tell people, well no so & so has that song already, even though they MIGHT not be able to sing it as it's later on the list. Or repeats of songs no big in your club. Once a song is done, it won't be heard again in a night for me.
I prefer slips over the sheet personally.
I prefer when people give me more than one song request. If more than one person picks the same song I just let them know. That can happen when they give you one slip at a time also. I actually don't mind the same song sung twice a night as long as they are spanned a few hours apart. Some of my shows are 6 hours long. If someone sings the song in the beginning of the night and another person wants to sing it 5 hours later I don't think it is disturbing. Most people when told that the song has already been sung don't want to sing it anyway.
The way my rotation is set up it is much easier to take multiple slips than to be bother with one at a time, but I can see how it would be bothersome to others. Many many KJs will only take one slip at a time. I find that with newbies coming in. They are conditioned to do it this way and are surprised that I don't mind. One way isn't better than another. It is just what you are setup to do in your particular venue.
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