
Righto people, let's be honest, how many of you have a secret desire to be the next Madonna, Serge Gainsbourg, or Buddy Holly? And how many of you have been to a Karaoke bar, had a few drinks, gurgled your guts out to Tammy Wynette, and then told everyone the next day you didn't enjoy it and won't go back, but secretly you didn't mind and probably will go back?
Yeah I thought so, I'm the same,
karaoke generates a love/hate feeling inside me, I love the idea of pretending to be a superstar, on the other hand I hate the way people sound who can't sing.
In my past working life I was a motivator and sales trainer, these days I do some English teaching, but I'm wanting to get back to motivational training and karaoke is a fantastic way to break the ice between people, especially if some idiot like me takes the first shot at the microphone.
Where I live karaoke CD's aren't generally available, and on top of that, a lot of people here aren't really familiar with the sorts of songs that I grew up with, many of them are big fans of Spanish flamenco singers who are unknown outside of Spain.
Some downloadable software that automatically removes lead vocals from a stereo mp3 is just what is needed, and in my little classes it goes down a treat, I remove the Spanish vocals, give my students the English lyrics, and let them sing to their heart's content. Of course I only do this for social evenings but it's a really cheap way to entertain people and takes virtually no time to prepare.
Mike said,
Thursday, October 23. 2008 at 09:43 (Reply)
mit husdyr said,
Thursday, October 23. 2008 at 14:39 (Reply)
Diving in Tenerife said,
Thursday, October 23. 2008 at 23:37 (Reply)
Great blog by the way.
AmeriGlide said,
Friday, October 24. 2008 at 15:40 (Reply)
This seems like something every karaoke bar should do though. Pay a couple of people to go out there and make complete fools out of themselves first, so everyone else feels more at ease. You should consider marketing this idea to the local karaoke bars...
Warenwirtschaft said,
Friday, October 24. 2008 at 21:37 (Reply)
Friends of me had a video-game with microphones where you can make a contest, trying to sing correctly.
Of course i was the best in my opinion, but the software deciding the winner always thought otherwise :-)