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Natural friendliness is a BIG key.

I offer to buy any tracks they want (which will easily outfox an illegal system for a while, whilst the owner waits for it to come availiable on a download site, assuming they can even be bothered).

I also make an extra special effort for birthdays, and always have cards and in some cases presents. For the last regular it was a bottle of champane (but then it was his 50th and he has been an absolute star this year in helping me out), the one before received http://www.gettingpersonal.co.uk/personalised-pictures/personalised-world-tour-print.htm and others have been given little personalised chocolates or (shhh) a cd of them singing.

Where possible I try and make their special events or join them on a night out. I also check that they are okay if they haven't been around for a while.

For new customers I do cheat a little, I write down their name and song on a card so I can remember them, but then if they come to my show three times and i'll know who are anyway.

I also take photo's of everyone (with permission) and stick them on facebook x

Exactly.

When i start a new bar i don't expect anyone to follow me. Seen it happen too many times. I just count on building a new crowd at every new job. People don't like change. That's why it's usually so hard to get new nights going in the first place. It's why everyone sits in the same spot week after week. They are sitting in the same seat from the first time they came to that bar. It's their comfort zone.

Just tonight i had an awesome crowd. Many new people. I told one girl why it was taking so long to sing. I had 25-30 singers. She said there were people from an old bar 5 miles away that i no longer work. She said it sucks. I thought she was going to say something bad about the new KJ. She said no the KJ was fantastic. But the bartender runs everyone out at 1 o'clock. The karaoke is 9-1. She wants everyone gone at 1. So people are getting mad about it.

The point of that story is not one person followed me to the new job 6 months ago. Think about that.

For too many years i have been hearing the old "how big is your following?" I tell them don't expect a bus load of people to walk in behind me because it doesn't work that way. Never did and never will. We do it the old fashioned way. One new person at a time. It's the same for every other KJ too. The price doesn't matter. The number of songs doesn't matter. The drink prices don't matter. The atmosphere doesn't matter. The sound system doesn't matter. Doesn't matter how much you kissed their butts. Or how many parties you had for them or how many Emails you sent. If they want to come they will. If they don't they usually won't.

Smoking or non smoking matters. That's about it. Take it to the bank.

That also proves you not only to be a braggart but a liar as well.

Truth is not bragging.