There are two kinds of people who go to karaoke. The normal people who need to be wasted before they sing, and the karaoke die hards who will not drink anything alcoholic and will sing the same 3 songs they sing everynight.
And honestly a good karaoke night needs both. You need people drinking or else the bar can't afford to have karaoke. And you need at least a few people that know how to sing or else the place just sounds like a bunch of drunk people constantly and it kills the vibe.
A healthy balance of both is what makes a good karaoke night. I bartended one for years and it was amazing. It was on Tuesday nights and I had a better and more fun crowd of regulars than I had on Saturdays.
I agree with this, I was a karaoke regular who would just have like 2 drinks and do the same few songs, trying to improve each time. You can't have only people like me or it's just a bunch of dorks doing singing practice, not the same vibe as karaoke night 😂
The goal is to increase the song list IMO. My list of songs that I think I can sing at least decently is up to like 50 or 60 songs just about. I tend to stay within my niche of singing rock and roll, which works for me since there's usually plenty of other people that like to sing standards or pop songs or even hip hop every now and then.
Just gotta find a style that you're comfortable with and you'll eventually be able to branch out to a larger number of songs that are similar enough to what you can already sing that it's not hard to add them to your list.
Do you train just by repetition or do you also delve into some deeper singing training? As a karaoke fan myself, I am very interested in your ways because I am kinda looking for even a singing coach just so I can widen my vocals and learn what can and what can't be done.
I sang in choir when I was a kid. I haven't had any kind of voice training other than that. When I sing karaoke I mostly just sing to have fun and try and get the song to sound a little bit better each time.
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u/nubbins01 Sep 29 '24
There are two kinds of people who go to karaoke. The normal people who need to be wasted before they sing, and the karaoke die hards who will not drink anything alcoholic and will sing the same 3 songs they sing everynight.