Bobby,

You just ran into one of the reasons we don't play burns. BTW you handled it the same way we would have. See the singer did not have a problem with not using a burn and the show went on. Also try not to let yourself get paranoid....often a new singer is just that a new singer (or here in Florida) a tourist......

Blessings
Athena

I understand and was not trying to say you were doing anything wrong Bobby, I just know what it is like and don't want to see you start to GET paranoid.....sometimes spending a lot of time on the boards can make things seem weird. Glad you got to run a show tonight...I know you enjoy it.

Blessings
Athena

It's very common around here for a singer to ask for specific manus, I wouldn't have thought twice about it.

It's completely foreign for anyone to ask for brands around here. Completely out of place. And the fact that the next thing the guy did was give me a burned disc made it even more fishy. Then he produced the real disc, which made it even MORE fishy. I just found the whole thing funny.

For what it's worth, I think you made a good catch, Bobby. I get a lot of brand specific singers,here as well, but your description of this guy's actions leds me to believe your instincts were right.

First of all, SC man or not, he better have the original cdg. If he's the SC man, then without even keeping a log, you know who he is. Not to mention, it would be a form of intrapment.
No way, no how, was that "The Man". You're new here, "most" members on here have move passed that particular paranoia.

I've done karaoke in different states & if I don't see indication of which track is what in the songbook (or if a songbook exists at all) I will ask for specific versions or manus.
As far as burns, with people on the forums claiming they will not play burns but only originals (although I have yet to find a place that won't play burns, I usually bring in compilation discs) so someone out of town looking for karaoke may bring in their burn first because some kj's don't treat customer discs very nice - which is partly why they backup their discs. KJ don't play burns - then you get the original.
I would just chalk it up to a guy from out of town looking for karaoke and wanting to sing what he was used to. Just because it's foreign to you doesn't mean it doesn't happen. I know a guy from Missouri that brings in his binder of over 50 discs when he comes out to visit his family - with originals & backups. That is not common but does happen.

If I was busy, maybe I couldn't tell an original from a conterfeit.......guess I better stop playing originals too... ok, you got me......I don't think I could spot a conterfeit if I had all the time in the world. Either way, guess playing a counterfeit would be just as bad as playing a burn from someone not owning the original. Again, counterfeit original, or burn without owning the original.......how would I know...... or burn, owning what you thought was the original, but it's a counterfeit......

Whether it was "the man" or just a tourist, I found it to be weird. We just don't get that kind of people at our show.