| "Karaoke...that's a game for praters and drunks. I'm | | | | of them cater to a heavy drinking crowd, most of |
| serious about my singing, and would never perform | | | | whom can't sing, or are there with their buddies just |
| at a karaoke club." Would it surprise you to know | | | | to have a party time. In these clubs its almost |
| that many recognized professionals use karaoke as a | | | | impossible to find a crowd that actually listens to you |
| way to keep their performing chops up when they | | | | and reacts with applause and compliments. |
| are off the road. Professional singers also use | | | | But things have changed since karaoke has evolved. |
| karaoke to test audience reaction to new material | | | | Now, most areas have karaoke clubs which cater to |
| and arrangements. | | | | more serious singers in all genres of music. It's now |
| Let's face it. Where else to you get a chance to sing | | | | possible to find a club where the clientele comes to |
| in front of an audience (other than family and | | | | hear rock Many of these actually use a live band |
| friends), work with a mic and speakers and receive | | | | (which doesn't fit with the theme of "karaoke", but |
| honest feedback from all sorts of people? | | | | fills a need for rock singers to sing with a mic, have |
| It's one thing to take singing lessons and practice at | | | | good accompaniments and experience a live audience |
| home, and quite another to experience singing before | | | | that caters to rock. The same goes for pop, country |
| a live audience. If all you are doing is studying and | | | | and jazz. |
| singing in the shower you are like the golfer who's | | | | You really should be singing karaoke if you are |
| experience is limited to hitting balls at the driving | | | | serious about perfecting your craft. Spend some |
| range. Eventually they must being playing the actual | | | | serious time locating the right club(s) and you will |
| game, and eventually you must perform before live | | | | expand your enjoyment of singing and become much |
| audiences. | | | | better at it. The pros do. |
| An obvious problem with karaoke clubs is that many | | | | |