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Unfortunately, his style or quality of karaoke seems to be the norm. Many so called KJs don't now any better or just don't care. In their mind they are just great.

Taking your own discs might not be a good idea. If he doesn't take care of your discs. I have seen KJs that have ruined other peoples discs either accidentally or on purpose.

I cannot imagine a KJ breaking a disc on purpose!! There are really KJs out there that do that???

I would suggest taking your own disc, as Karen mentioned, but if you are worried about them being sabotaged, ask the KJ if you can hand them to him when you are called and collect them as soon as you are finished singing.

If you haven't seen KJs in the other catagories, you need to get around more and check out what's really out there. I know my competion very well. Singers are never complaining about the good KJs.

If you haven't seen KJs in the other catagories, you need to get around more and check out what's really out there. I know my competion very well. Singers are never complaining about the good KJs.

The majority of the karaoke shows out there are fair to poor.

If you don't know your competition they will bury you. Every good business man should know the caliber of his competition. You don't think Coke knows Pepsi? They know more about Pepsi than Pepsi knows about itself.

I know all of my competition. I know the cheap equipment they use. I know their song library is crap or illegal. I know how they favor their friends. I know how they insult people. I know how they run their shows. Working steady is no excuse. I work steady too.

Many of my singers volunteer information. I will sometimes pump them for information. They keep me on my toes. But believe me i know more about them than they would ever imagine. I know when they have good nights and bad nights. I know why the lost their last 10 jobs. I know what bar owners think about them. I'm very well informed about my competition. That's how i keep working steady.

Wow!
I would never dream of pumping my singers for information. They come to my show to have fun, not to be a spy and inform me of what the other guy is up to.
If I had half the time on my hands as you apparently do, I would certainly choose to fill it in a different way.
I concentrate on providing a good show and generally don't give two diddly hoots about what my competition is up to. I'm far too busy to have time for that.
My show stands on its own merit and the competition can't touch me.
Maybe if you spent half as much time worrying about your competition and more time thinking of ways to provide the best show that you possibly can, then you wouldn't NEED to know what time they had breakfast and when they went to the loo.

The majority of the karaoke shows out there are fair to poor.

If you don't know your competition they will bury you. Every good business man should know the caliber of his competition. You don't think Coke knows Pepsi? They know more about Pepsi than Pepsi knows about itself.

I know all of my competition. I know the cheap equipment they use. I know their song library is crap or illegal. I know how they favor their friends. I know how they insult people. I know how they run their shows. Working steady is no excuse. I work steady too.

Many of my singers volunteer information. I will sometimes pump them for information. They keep me on my toes. But believe me i know more about them than they would ever imagine. I know when they have good nights and bad nights. I know why the lost their last 10 jobs. I know what bar owners think about them. I'm very well informed about my competition. That's how i keep working steady.

I am not computerized. I run off of CDGs too. I have no problem getting my songs queued up for the singer before they get to the stage. I usually have my discs lined up for the next 9 singers (3 in the machine trays, and 6 on top and ready to replace a tray as soon as it is emptied).

Running with discs went out with the Edsel. I would guess that you have many discs that are now out of print with no way to replace them. How will you replace them when they are no longer useable. You would gradually lose your entire library due to wear over time.



Seems to be the norm???? Where are you from???? In my area, what you describe is the exception, not the rule!

Not all areas are created equal. Or you live in an area with a small number of KJs.



You left out a category or two (or three or four...)


I've seen KJs that are totally illegal (as far as their music is concerned) and they have Kick-A$$ sound and equipment.

I've seen KJs that have many thousands of dollars invested in their music and equipment, but they haven't got a clue (maybe that falls into your last category).

I've seen KJs that have small investments in their music and equipment, but they are always packed with people waiting to sing, and they run a top notch show.

But you prove my point. There are many that are not good to excellent. They are fair to poor.




Why would "your singers" come up to you out of the blue and tell you that this KJ runs an illegal system? Most Karaoke singers don't know diddly about whether a KJ is operating with a pirated system or burnt discs, and could care less. As for you "pumping" "your singers" for information, I would be more turned off by you pumping me for information about someone else, than anything else. When I go out, I'm going out to have a good time, not to be interrogated by the KJ about how bad some other KJ is/was. Those are the types of conversations that FELLOW KJS have with each other when they visit each other's shows from time to time, and they go out to someoneone's show.

Since the karaoke singers go to different shows during the week, they see much more about the other KJs than I do. I can put together all of this information to get real good profiles of the competition. After hearing the same stories over and over about the same KJs from many different people it isn't hard to know who's bad and why. I can use this information to out fox them. This can get me the job. Is it worth it to get a job?

I have KJ friends. I also have KJ enemies. KJs that are jealous of my success. KJs that want to do things to make me lose jobs or keep from getting jobs. Not everything is all peaches and cream in the karaoke world. Many poor quality KJs can't work steady. So they are constantly trying to get my jobs by offering cheaper prices. Sometimes the bar owners fall for this ploy. Anything to save a dollar.

I have KJ friends that recommend jobs and i recommend them. There are many i would never recommend to anyone for any reason.

I consider it an asset to know my competition. If you can't see any value in that ...oh well. Knowing one's strenghts and weaknesses is an advantage. Especially in business when it means the difference between making or losing money.

Singers don't necessarily tell me about illegal hard drive KJs but i do hear and know about them and who they are. My questioning of singers isn't under bright lights with big guys swinging rubber hoses. They are simple questions in casual conversation. I have been considering water boarding them.

KJs come in different catagories.

Ones that have many thousands of dollars invested in music and equipment.

Ones that are totally illegal as far as their music and they usually have cheap equipment.

Ones that have small investments in music and equipment. But think they are top notch.

Some that just barely have a clue.

The statistics for each of those catagories is debateable. But the minority fall into the first description. Everyone else falls into the others. If you haven't seen KJs in the other catagories, you need to get around more and check out what's really out there. I know my competion very well. Singers are never complaining about the good KJs.

You left out a category or two (or three or four...)


I've seen KJs that are totally illegal (as far as their music is concerned) and they have Kick-A$$ sound and equipment.

I've seen KJs that have many thousands of dollars invested in their music and equipment, but they haven't got a clue (maybe that falls into your last category).

I've seen KJs that have small investments in their music and equipment, but they are always packed with people waiting to sing, and they run a top notch show.

My goal, first and foremost is to run a great show, I don't worry about the "competition." In most cases the "competition" are my friends! If I want to take a night off or take a private gig I can count on them to "cover" my night at my regular gig.

Good deals on music, equipment, etc is all shared by us. We go to each others shows on nights off for fun and support each other. I find this a far more satisfying and enriching business and personal experience that "spying" on them. If I can't take a gig, or they can't due to conflicts I give them a call. That's how I ended up with my new Sunday night... a conflict from another KJ, and he felt I would do well there.

Isn't that better? If someone complains I listen, and give the complaint the weight I feel it deserves. Like Lonman, if someone new comes in I'm always interested in how they found out about the show, etc.

This way, its also more fun!