OK. Here's the scenario:

You are a singer. You take it seriously. Great sound and sounding great is very important to you.

Karaoke bar "A" has every song ever made BUT the KJ is not very good. He's got the personality of a flea, lacks people skills, has no clue how to run a fair rotation and has terrible sound. BUT, most likely he will have any song you'd like to sing.

Karaoke bar "B" has a limited number of songs but the ones he does have are the best versions. He has a great personality, treats everyone fairly and has the best sound around.

So, which one would you choose to go to.

C) A or B depending on Crowd size

Doesn't matter how many songs the KJ has if you don't get the chance to sing any of them.

The quality and atmosphere of the venue are a huge part of it for me.

My favorite venue in my town, as a singer, is an OK host, maybe a B-/C+, above average equipment, pays almost no attention, just hits play and leaves the stage to go socialize, not really concerned with the vocal/music balance unless the vocal is way to loud or way too soft, and he has the same reverb and saturation of that reverb on every song, no tweaking.

So, just a suitable host. Nothing special. He is, however, ALWAYS FAIR in the rotation. Doesn't play favorites. That's his biggest strength to me.

HOWEVER, what really makes it my favorite are:

1) The crowd is VERY hospitable to karaoke. Most everyone pays attention, most everyone claps.

2) The karaoke is always busy enough that there is energy in the crowd, but never too busy that the rotation gets crazy. On any given night, I'll sing once every 30-60 minutes. Much more than that, and I'm personally just not going to wait.

3) $2.00 pints of Yuengling, $2.00 well drinks. I can bring a $20 bill and usually have $3-5 leftover to tip the KJ!

If you have to big a crowd and the singer has to wait an hour or more to sing they start to lose interest.

So, just a suitable host. Nothing special. He is, however, ALWAYS FAIR in the rotation. Doesn't play favorites. That's his biggest strength to me.

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See, I would *love* that show. That means it's a good, invested crowd, with lots of singers, which means approximately twenty people who you know share at least one interest with you.

Doesn't necessarily mean it's 'good', other factors may apply like drink prices, location and other things. I've seen badly hosted shows packed because it was just a place to get drunk cheap or the only show around (rare these days though).

Doesn't necessarily mean it's 'good', other factors may apply like drink prices, location and other things. I've seen badly hosted shows packed because it was just a place to get drunk cheap or the only show around (rare these days though).