How Are Economic Changes Effecting Your Karaoke Business At The Start Of 2009?

[billyo]

i got a call from the owner of the rest./bar where i used to play and i had a talk with the owner, he suggested that if i could charge a dollar for every cust. that wanted to sing,( just like they do in asia ) they will just pay me the diff. i thought about it for a minute and since doing karaoke is not my main source of income , i decided not to take the offer, i have friends that come in every fridays ( i only play 1 night a week ) and spent a lot of money on beer , food and wine and i can't see myself charging them..and if i do word will go around that i charge people to sing and thats's not cool..i am now thinking of just throwing in the towel, give up playing in bars, i'll just do private paries, ( i wont do weddings though )