Host-Inflicted Rotation Blues

[verynewbie]

I have been to many karaoke shows in major Canadian cities, and hosted by various KJs.

Here is a l-o-u-s-y one in Montreal (in an area called Laval - which is north of the city).

There is KJ (female) who puts herself on a rotation singing TWICE as many songs as the guests; mind you, there were no lack of good singers in a rotation of 5 to 6 guests already. To top it off, she would find every opportunity to do duets with her 'friends'.

When she is doing solo, she would also sing a quarter of a song, and then adjust the key and start the song all over again, a few times with the same song.

In every show, she would manipulate the rotation to be the first one to sing and the last one to sing. (Because she controls the shows , it becomes pointless and tasteless to challenge her).

For those singers who would allow her to join in as duets, they would get higher priority (or she would change the rotation to suit her purpose).

To top it off, she does not like rock, or hip-hop, or raps. She likes slow French ballads (her French Karaoke songs are in MIDI - [or should I call them 'sh*tty'] - if you do not get tortured by her already).

Whenever she sees a hip-hop or rap in the rotation, the singer would be definitely penalized by her : she ends the song so abruptly in mid-way (she blames her discs)! That is how she keeps those singers away from the place. She dares not do that to rock in English (because 8 out of 10 singers in there are of that category).

People go there because their drinks are cheap (fancy 2 for the price of one on Saturdays. And they charge only $1.75 (that's Canadian Dollar) for a bottle of water, for the 'water gangs'.

Any comments ? And any suggestion on how to deal with this woman other than not going there anymore (She is the manager of the place on Saturdays, so no use complaining).

Verynewbie** (but not in the karaoke scene)
** in devocalization & custom-building CDGs only

[quaizywabbit]

If she's not the owner of the club, or of the karaoke system....

You'd have to do some checking on this. Talking to the right person may help.

Otherwise, STOP PAYING THEM!!!!!!

Go somewhere else. She won't sing to an empty room for long.

[swany]

Bring in a lot of friends, let them know of the situation sit near her and talk loud and laugh loud as possible whenever she is singing. When she complains to you complain back loud enough for the whole bar to hear it. Have your list of complaints memorized. That people come in there to sing, not listen to the host sing all the time. Just tell her your in there to have fun, and spend money if she don't like that, you can spend your money elsewhere. When you leave with 10 - 15 people that gets attention. Early in the night I'll sing a lot when the rotation is small when it gets to 12 people, I drop out of the rotation and just host, of course on the occasion I get asked to do a duet, that is the only song I sing in that rotation. I do get requests also, which I will do but tell the people that it is their turn when the rotation is large.