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

[madjim- with the Lord]

Originally Posted by bryant

reporting back with some good news!!

That's great to hear Bryant!

I was offered a gig on Wednesday nights at a new club but I didn't like the way their so called "stage/dance floor" area was laid out. Also being a new club that had just been sold I had my reservations about investing the time. The last two places I invested in on Wednesday night didn't work out plus I like having a date with my wife every Wednesday night.

In Florida "the season" is back in and everything is back to normal for me. I'm also getting alot of class reuniouns, parties and weddings. Life is good!

Jim

[bryant]

Originally Posted by madjim

That's great to hear Bryant!

I was offered a gig on Wednesday nights at a new club but I didn't like the way their so called "stage/dance floor" area was laid out. Also being a new club that had just been sold I had my reservations about investing the time. The last two places I invested in on Wednesday night didn't work out plus I like having a date with my wife every Wednesday night.

In Florida "the season" is back in and everything is back to normal for me. I'm also getting alot of class reuniouns, parties and weddings. Life is good!

Jim

Good for you, Jim. I'm working on getting more weddings this summer.

[billyo]

i dont do weddings anymore, it's an easy gig and more money, it's just i dont like parties with programs, and i dont like the fact that the people involved will give you a list of tunes they wanted to hear and changed it a day before the wedding..

[bryant]

Originally Posted by billyo

i dont like parties with programs, and i dont like the fact that the people involved will give you a list of tunes they wanted to hear and changed it a day before the wedding..

Can't agree with you more.

[RIKKI TIKKI]

Originally Posted by billyo

i dont do weddings anymore, it's an easy gig and more money, it's just i dont like parties with programs, and i dont like the fact that the people involved will give you a list of tunes they wanted to hear and changed it a day before the wedding..

No different than the Client at your show that wants to change their song when they get to the stage, and you have it cued....

At least with Hoster, you are just a few mouse clicks away, and if you are good... no one knows except you and the Client!

I never turn down a good Wedding! Love the extra pressure, that comes along with the extra money....

Rick
Rikki Tikki Karaoke

[billyo]

Originally Posted by RIKKI TIKKI

No different than the Client at your show that wants to change their song when they get to the stage, and you have it cued....

At least with Hoster, you are just a few mouse clicks away, and if you are good... no one knows except you and the Client!

I never turn down a good Wedding! Love the extra pressure, that comes along with the extra money....

Rick
Rikki Tikki Karaoke

in my opinion, doing wedding is a lot diff. from doing karaoke shows, karaoke is easier ,since you can just do a search and click and add the
song, people dont mind waiting for a few sec..but in a wedding, when you already have your playlist ready, and at the very last hour people will asked you to change or add songs,and if youre already at the reception where will you get the songs they wanted if you dont have it?, specially if its the brides fav...when i used to do weddings i always , always make sure that i have the songs they wanted..

[RIKKI TIKKI]

Bride OR Groom requests are stated in advance, so you can be sure to accommodate the Special Couple at the reception... My wedding contract states what everyones responsibility is in requesting special songs in advance of the Big Day. My repertoire is not the biggest, but I haven't had the complaint, of not being able to satisfy last minute dance requests, just switch them over to another song you have in the same genre, with about the same bpm, and sentiment! Don't let them see you sweat! Sorry, I don't have that selection... how about this one?

Same as Karaoke show, it you don't have the clients request... tell them you will try and find it for them by the next time they come in, ( Then do go out and try to find it. If and when you do, let them know that you have their requested song now, or that you are still looking for the song that they requested, and you have a steady customer!), but you already do that... Right?

Rick
Rikki Tikki Karaoke

[bryant]

Originally Posted by RIKKI TIKKI

Same as Karaoke show, it you don't have the clients request... tell them you will try and find it for them by the next time they come in, ( Then do go out and try to find it. If and when you do, let them know that you have their requested song now, or that you are still looking for the song that they requested, and you have a steady customer!), but you already do that... Right?
Rick
Rikki Tikki Karaoke

I have always done that for every request of every customer since I started karaoke four years ago. I now have 15,000 songs without any duplicates that are mostly by request and are all good singable songs. Not much junk at all. It was expensive at first, but I claim to to have the most extensive collection of singable songs in the area. In fact I often announce to the patrons to peruse the songbook and look for a song I don't have and guarantee it for them within two weeks. Always.