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so I actually had the chance to attend someones show tonight other than mine. It was disappointing to say the least. Now I am aware not everyone wants nor can afford top notch equipment so when I saw his set up, I didn't squak....some old Beringer speakers, a beat up mixing board, a laptop and an external hard drive. But when 95% of all his music was SC, and of course not the Gem series I was pretty sure what that hard drive was. But again, w/e, his problem not mine I suppose. BUT, I signed up (no books or tablets, just had to tell him and hope he had it) them I had to watch as his regulars came up over and over and I kept getting pushed back and back on the list. the last straw was when a guy came into the bar, walked up & told him what he wanted to sing and then sang it....all the while as I sat there.
wont be going back

Some shows just suck. There will always be KJs that take bribes to bump people up in the rotation and who will take care of their friends before people that they don't know well.

the down side of that is that he had enough people all night. somehow that seems to happen with the crap KJ's

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Paradigm Karaoke, The New Standard.......Shift Happens

If I'd known it was you......I would have given you a discount on my move up price...... .......speak up next time....

That’s when you walked out the door you’re pis*ed & then you feel good about yourself knowing the fact that deep down you’ve set your standards high that not even this kj can actually meet them. Or at least that’s how I feel when I look back.

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To be fortunate enough to derive an income from a source as fulfilling as karaoke music has got to be as close to heaven as we can get here on earth!

HAHA Johnny!

Exactly Brian, it's no way to treat people if you expect to have a successful show. Did I mention this guy was tossing our random sound effects during peoples performances? and setting back there laughing? What a tool

Just before I was leaving, I would have made sure I let management know why I was leaving.

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KingBing Entertainment C'mon Up! I have a song for you!!! [font=MS Sans Serif][/font]

How did you get the night off??? ...

Rikki, we DJ on the weekends and I do not schedule every weekend. My ol lady would kill me
My KJ shows are during the week. Weddings, DJ & private parties are for weekends. So I was able to go out and have fun (just not here)

Simpmech - I only do Karaoke 3 or 4 times a week, but have only gone to someone elses show a couple of times this year... The Cat's Meow in New Orleans, which I wanted to attend and see if they had changed anything since I had been there 10 years prior during a bowling tournament and almost missed our flight because of the 3 for 1 happy-hour and a couple of ladies that sung and had a couple of videos shot while they flashed the audience... but that's another story! Some of my friends that are regulars at my shows always seem to think that I need to attend some other shows that they have "discovered" while we are out on the town, away from our little burg, where I don't have a lot of competition yet... but the writing's on the wall, if the "Cloud" becomes known to the few venues that I have gig's at get wind of a New, Cheaper, way to satisfy the Karaoke crowd, It will force me to expand, and probably drive a little further than my 20 mi radius that I now enjoy... but so far, for the most part, we were treated fairly at the other shows, and most were not mobile, for the most part, so not withstanding the huge speaker system, and a turn-key operation, the host was the deciding factor, if I were to critique the three or four I've seen this year, probably 1 were so-so, 1 was similar to my approach, and the other I envy, with the built in audience that Bourbon Street affords!

Just can't get away from my own gigs often enough to find a show that would teach me some new tricks, or a host that has been heads above the rest for our area of the country... But I'll let you know when I do! Keep 'em Singing!!!

Rick

...Rick, what kind of bowling tournament in New Orleans, scratch, handicap or P.B.A.? I've been there a few times myself over the years...and sometimes a little west of New Orleans. Have some ole friends from there and the surrounding area.

MadMusicOne,

U.S.B.C Nationals in Baton Rouge this year, flew in & out of New Orleans... I'm a 200 avg so I've bowled scratch division since I was a kid... This was my 33rd nationals, so I've been around the country with the tournament in the last 40 yrs...

...Cool! I started when I was 4 and continued until I was 46. Bowled a few ABC/USBC Nationals (from 82-85 and then in 2006 or 07...Corpus Christi, Tx.?). Wasn't eligible for 17 years (had that nasty Poor Bowlers Association Card)... ...Haven't bowled in two years now and I seem to be a much happier person or at least I think I am...

...Plus, it's how I got started hosting Karaoke Shows, so not all has been a loss, I guess? It's just money, right? Nice to meet ya, now let me go water that dead money tree!!!

ok so who is singing "grab your balls (we're going bowling) ?

Not me, I have small hands.

Actually, I really don’t know how to respond to that. I don’t know if that’s an invite or a quote from Arrogant Worms’ song “Let’s go bowling”.

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To be fortunate enough to derive an income from a source as fulfilling as karaoke music has got to be as close to heaven as we can get here on earth!

Well, I've been married for over 38 years, so I'd have to ask my wife's pemission to take them down first......their hanging on the wall.....

WOW!

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KingBing Entertainment C'mon Up! I have a song for you!!! [font=MS Sans Serif][/font]

Hmmm, me thinks it's hanging on the wall because you misbehave or it’s there temporarily to relieve an uncomfortable pain as the effects of gravity pulls it down more & more (too heavy to carry).

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To be fortunate enough to derive an income from a source as fulfilling as karaoke music has got to be as close to heaven as we can get here on earth!

Actually don't use them anymore, and they're light as a feather, being not much bigger than the standard thumb tack that secures them to the bedroom wall....
how did we get here from.....went to a show tonight?