Last night was my first time going sing Karaoke. I was a little nervous. The wife convinced me to go. I gotta say, it was the most fun that we had in a LONG time. Actually knowing how to sing really helps. LOL! People were complimenting Amber and me all night. Amber did a note for note (and attitude for attitude) version of Alanis Morisett's You Outta Know. The whole place was cheering after! They even asked us to join in with them a few times. I like to cheer for the people that sounded bad too though because it does take guts to get up there and sing. I think we are actually going to get into some karaoke contest and try to win. I encourage you all to get out there and start singing in front of people. It has done wonders for my confidence.

That's really awesome
I remember I used to always sing at church when I sucked really bad, but people loved it and always wanted me to sing. I just saw someone recently at the grocery store who hasn't been to my church in awhile and they told me they missed hearing me sing.

I'm working on getting some songs learned well enough so I can get back to it

That sounds like a blast Ben. It's very cool that you were so supportive to the terrible ones. Singing is mostly mental and the support you give might encourage someone to get better. I've been in several bands where the singer was terrible going in but got pretty good as we went along.

I've had very little experience with Karaoke but there was a guy at the beach who set up a recording studio where people could go in and sing a song or two and basically record a tape (Yes before cd's). The cool thing is that they piped a video stream right out on the main sidewalk for everyone to see. One guy did very good on "Dust in the wind" by Kansas. That's a very hard song I think, and from my understanding, still quite popular in Karaoke.

It really was so much fun! Some of those guys didn't sing too bad, they had good, but untrained voices. I told one guy to lower the key of the song he was singing, he did, and totally rocked some Frank Sinatra. I was the terrible singer of a band that got better, so I know what you mean. LOL! I used to strain a lot and sing way higher than I really should have been doing. Dust in the Wind is only hard to sing if you are trying to sing it in the original key and aren't a tenor. LOL! I sing it like an octave down and it sounds great with my voice. My wife does the upper harmonies. Dust in the Wind is a great song to learn to get your fingerpicking together on guitar. It is awesome to have a mate that shares your passion for music.

I think we are going to try going back once a month and singing karaoke. People may think it is cheesy, but it is a lot of fun, and if you can actually sing, people will be impressed. Good training.

I love karaoke! Need to do it once a week or I start to crave it really bad!

James, I've done it once so far, and I'm hooked too! hahah! We made a whole bunch of friends while we were at it.

Hey Melanie, I used to sing at church a lot too, but at our new church, they have a LOT more singers than my old one. They don't need the extra help. I actually used to lead worship service with my bass and voice from time to time. You probably didn't such nearly as badly as you think you do. From what I can tell, people generally sing a lot better than they think they do........unless they are drunk karaoke singers. LOL! Then it is the opposite. Good luck getting those songs up to par and performing them. Are you singing old southern gospel type stuff? It is very cool that people missed hearing you!