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I got to talking to a local KJ that I met online at the Karaokescene website and he invited me to his show. I had never been to that bar before. My wife and I got there around 10:30 and I introduced myself. I put in a request, got a pitcher and settled in. The sound was pretty decent, a bit on the loud side, but this is a big place with lots of people and a young crowd so it was appropriate.
I noticed that he was DJing with filler music inbetween singers and sometimes he played the whole song. I looked around at the crowd and they were having a great time and loving the music. He played some great hip hop and my wife and I were loving it too.
We stayed until 1:30 and I left with a new philosophy and a different understanding of running a Karaoke show. I came there with the philosophy that a Karaoke show should be just Karaoke and you shouldn't DJ in between songs, EVER. This young guy played such fantastic, up beat, high energy music in between singers that it created a high energy, fun environment. He told me he had been there 5 years and I could see that he was very, very good at KJing, the best I've seen.
Now this way of doing things won't work everywhere, but it worked REALLY well at that bar. I can see people who are serious about Karaoke going to a different show without as much filler music and that's fine. That show rated very high on entertainment value and the people there had a fantastic time-to me that is the bottom line. Live and learn . . .
I noticed that he was DJing with filler music inbetween singers and sometimes he played the whole song. I looked around at the crowd and they were having a great time and loving the music. He played some great hip hop and my wife and I were loving it too.
We stayed until 1:30 and I left with a new philosophy and a different understanding of running a Karaoke show. I came there with the philosophy that a Karaoke show should be just Karaoke and you shouldn't DJ in between songs, EVER. This young guy played such fantastic, up beat, high energy music in between singers that it created a high energy, fun environment. He told me he had been there 5 years and I could see that he was very, very good at KJing, the best I've seen.
Now this way of doing things won't work everywhere, but it worked REALLY well at that bar. I can see people who are serious about Karaoke going to a different show without as much filler music and that's fine. That show rated very high on entertainment value and the people there had a fantastic time-to me that is the bottom line. Live and learn . . .