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Matt
You Said:
"I hit a local bar with karoake every Thursday and am considering starting this business. So I know just enough about business and Karaoke to make me dangerous"
I think your intentions are quite honorable with regard to thoughts about what would make a good KJ and great show. I think that you need to experience what it actually is like to run a Karaoke Show and do it for 6months to a 1 year before you can comfortably take a stand on issues you have posted in this forum.
Yes! there are KJ's out there that do not have a clue what makes a good show, and usually they do not last very long. Those types are a dime a dozen. But there are alot of really great KJ's that have an excellent following and are very entertaining. They have learned by trial and error over a long period time what works for them in their market and their venue. Perhaps you should not only look for what is wrong in a show, but look for what they are doing right as well. We all have different strengths and weaknesses. Learn from both and apply them in "your own show"
My advise is for you to get some actual experience running a karaoke show as a KJ. Then you may have a completely different perspective on what does and does not work. Make it an experiment if you will... It will be an "eye opener" for sure. A low cost way to do this is to become a fill in KJ for one of the local shows a couple of nights a month.
Right now your ideas are working in a vaccum, where all conditions are ideal. It is only when you subject them to real conditions and events coupled with your own strengths and weaknesses that you will begin to see how they actually work. I have had many thoughts similar to yours prior to becoming a KJ and now reflecting back, some have been useful and many have not.
I challenge you to learn this business first hand, If you really like karaoke and working with people it can be very rewarding
Good Luck
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