There are some rules  to follow so that

 everyone can have  a great time at karaoke.

- Never get up and interfere with someone singing a song.
 
 - Never start singing with someone singing a song.
   Many people want to sing their song alone and don'   want 
   your help.
 
 - Never yell in a microphone.
 
 - Always sing directly into the microphone. If you hold the 
   mike too far away from you the KJ will turn up your mike 
   and then you'll get feedback. Always sing with the 
   microphone aiming directly at your mouth and back 
   away about 2 inches.
 
 - Never slap the microphone to see if it is on.
    That just blows out the speakers.   
    Most folks just say "test"
 
 - Always be polite and clap no matter how bad they might 
   have been. The object is the have fun and sometimes it 
   takes lots of courage to get up and sing a song in front 
   of people. Show them a good time.
 
 - Don'   talk to the KJ while he is setting up people for 
   the next song. Wait till the person is setup and singing 
   before asking for special favors.

-  Don'   keep asking the KJ; When am I up? Did you miss me?
   I need to leave soon so get me up?  WAIT FOR YOUR TURN!

 - Don'   ask the KJ to burn you a copy of a song. He paid 
   money for his/her discs and doesn'  have an interest in 
   making discs for you. Also, it's illegal to make copies of 
   karaoke songs, there are copyrights.


Side story - here in Tampa Bay we had folks from
Sound Choice in the area busting people that were using
pirated copies of Sound Choice music. The law suits were
$20,000 for each defendant. They eventually settled for
$6,000.00 each! It is a lot cheaper to just buy your CDs.

Rick Mercier