KJ's Place in the rotation

[mindonstrike]

Originally Posted by bryant

Same here, sometimes start with three (w/o me).

Then again, once in a while I'll get one or two ppl that want to sing over and over till the crowd comes in.

I dread those nights because Murphy's law usually kicks in and that one singer will be...um...not noted for carrying a tune...to put it politely, but they love to belt it out! Rain or shine the bar pays me to start at nine so start I do. Running some funny video clips or racey foreign commercials in between songs helps cut down on the agony.

Sam

[wildnights1]

I sing the first song to soundcheck, and remain in the rotation until there are 10 or more singers, and fill in for duets if requested.
There are times when the management will ask me to remain in the rotation if the songs are all the same, either all sappy stuff or all metal, to break things up. I work for them and do as they ask.
The crowd I have at my regular places also request me to sing sometimes and have even had some of the regulars give up their spot for me to sing the song they requested.(when this happens is when I usually go a little overtime to get another few singers up).

There have also been the nights when the first hour or so is really slow for whatever reason, and I use these nights to try out new songs,and tell the ones who are there to get their songs up now, cause you don't want to hear me kill any more of their favorite tunes.

I don't do "free" time, as the owners of the venue I do are there 90% of the time and we worked out a deal that if they want me to keep going after the usual close time, I get paid more.
Good people to work for.

[bryant]

Originally Posted by mindonstrike

I dread those nights because Murphy's law usually kicks in and that one singer will be...um...not noted for carrying a tune...to put it politely, but they love to belt it out! Rain or shine the bar pays me to start at nine so start I do. Running some funny video clips or racey foreign commercials in between songs helps cut down on the agony.

Sam

Sam, yup.

[madjim- with the Lord]

I'll sing to get the party started but I won't sing if I have a decent sized rotation. If I get folks on the playlist before I start the show, I won't sing all night.

The way I see it I provide two services for two different groups of people. To the club owner I'm a liquor salesman, to my singers I provide a platform for them to sing and sound as good as possible. As a musician I have gigs where I play guitar and sing to get my "fix", my singers don't so I give them as much stage time as possible.

Very seldomly do I have to run a non-karaoke track during a show. I'm sure this is not the case for eveybody, (we all have to adapt to our audience), but it works for me.

Jim

[bryant]

Originally Posted by madjim

I'll sing to get the party started but I won't sing if I have a decent sized rotation. If I get folks on the playlist before I start the show, I won't sing all night.

The way I see it I provide two services for two different groups of people. To the club owner I'm a liquor salesman, to my singers I provide a platform for them to sing and sound as good as possible. As a musician I have gigs where I play guitar and sing to get my "fix", my singers don't so I give them as much stage time as possible.

Very seldomly do I have to run a non-karaoke track during a show. I'm sure this is not the case for eveybody, (we all have to adapt to our audience), but it works for me.

Jim

Ditto on all points here.