@hchavers I agree 100% with this. I did karaoke while on vacation with my family. I’m a terrible singer. Like famously bad. But I got moves. The audience loved me.
I ran karaoke shows in bars for a number of years. I did this for pocket money between “real” DJ gigs.
I am still unable to rationalize why it was always the worst singers who requested Paradise by the Dashboard Lights. Eight and a half minutes of hell on earth.
Also, if I ever have to sit through one more drunken rendition of Summer Nights I might just gouge out my own eardrums.
It depends on who you’re with. And what songs they have. And whether the system is good. Nothing worse than lyrics that aren’t right or are off timing.
@katbyter Or key. Several of the inexpensive karaoke music publishers do their music in wonky keys. Sure, I can adjust the pitch, but it really throws off even the better singers.
When my wife and I visit Japan we normally do karaoke with her friend. Her friend has an absolutely horrible voice (one of the worst I’ve ever heard), but man she sings with her heart.
I have done karaoke like 6-7 times. Each time I somehow became the one everyone couldn’t stop talking about. I’m neither a good singer nor comically bad, I just fully commit to it. That’s the key to karaoke: go all in and have fun, then it’s fun for everyone.
two friends of mine are big into karaoke and they’re really good, along with their group of friends. i enjoy watching it when they post clips on instagram, it looks like so much fun.
however for me personally, that’s as close as i can get. actually going to a karaoke bar whether to participate or spectate is nightmare fuel for me. cringe city.
@jerk_nugget Hmm, interesting - I had never heard of HSP, but I just took an online test and it indicates that I could be on the spectrum. I will do some more research.
@macromeh yeah, i only realized it was an actual “thing” about five years ago and it was helpful to know, after a lifetime of being told to get over it, have fun, suck it up, grow a thicker skin, etc. not that there’s anything wrong with being a “regular” sensitive person either, but my reactions to certain things were extreme and also often physical, and it really affected me. i can opt out of certain things and no longer feel i should force myself to do or see certain stuff.
Karaoke gets more fun in inverse proportion to how much you care about your own performance. I’m a pretty good singer, and for years I avoided singing karaoke because I was afraid the songs I wanted to sing wouldn’t be right for my voice. Once I got over that, I embraced the suckage and learned to enjoy myself.
I have only done it once and it was fun. This machine they are selling now doesn’t have the words to use, which is a must for me. It will certainly make it more difficult! Do these places now expect you to know the words?
Karaoke is …
… For drunk people.
Karaoke is: Rock Band when you decide the extra instruments take up too much space.
Karaoke is …
meh.
Japanese for “empty orchestra”
It really depends on talent of the singer; good is boring, bad is comedic gold.
@hchavers I agree 100% with this. I did karaoke while on vacation with my family. I’m a terrible singer. Like famously bad. But I got moves. The audience loved me.
I ran karaoke shows in bars for a number of years. I did this for pocket money between “real” DJ gigs.
I am still unable to rationalize why it was always the worst singers who requested Paradise by the Dashboard Lights. Eight and a half minutes of hell on earth.
Also, if I ever have to sit through one more drunken rendition of Summer Nights I might just gouge out my own eardrums.
@ruouttaurmind so what you’re saying is, for eight and a half minutes, you’re praying for the end of time to hurry up and arrive?
@nolrak Ha! Fair one!
It depends on who you’re with. And what songs they have. And whether the system is good. Nothing worse than lyrics that aren’t right or are off timing.
@katbyter Or key. Several of the inexpensive karaoke music publishers do their music in wonky keys. Sure, I can adjust the pitch, but it really throws off even the better singers.
The last thing I want to do is sit around hearing other people’s bad singing.
When my wife and I visit Japan we normally do karaoke with her friend. Her friend has an absolutely horrible voice (one of the worst I’ve ever heard), but man she sings with her heart.
Hopefully a dead fad.
I have done karaoke like 6-7 times. Each time I somehow became the one everyone couldn’t stop talking about. I’m neither a good singer nor comically bad, I just fully commit to it. That’s the key to karaoke: go all in and have fun, then it’s fun for everyone.
two friends of mine are big into karaoke and they’re really good, along with their group of friends. i enjoy watching it when they post clips on instagram, it looks like so much fun.
however for me personally, that’s as close as i can get. actually going to a karaoke bar whether to participate or spectate is nightmare fuel for me. cringe city.
@jerk_nugget Agreed. My empathic embarrassment is too painful, even if the performers don’t care how lame they are.
@macromeh yes, exactly this! i’m an HSP and those kind of things just feel horrible to me.
@jerk_nugget Hmm, interesting - I had never heard of HSP, but I just took an online test and it indicates that I could be on the spectrum. I will do some more research.
@macromeh yeah, i only realized it was an actual “thing” about five years ago and it was helpful to know, after a lifetime of being told to get over it, have fun, suck it up, grow a thicker skin, etc. not that there’s anything wrong with being a “regular” sensitive person either, but my reactions to certain things were extreme and also often physical, and it really affected me. i can opt out of certain things and no longer feel i should force myself to do or see certain stuff.
Karaoke gets more fun in inverse proportion to how much you care about your own performance. I’m a pretty good singer, and for years I avoided singing karaoke because I was afraid the songs I wanted to sing wouldn’t be right for my voice. Once I got over that, I embraced the suckage and learned to enjoy myself.
Something that will run me out of a bar.
I have only done it once and it was fun. This machine they are selling now doesn’t have the words to use, which is a must for me. It will certainly make it more difficult! Do these places now expect you to know the words?