I agree with you.
I find a lot of books unreadable considering the environment.
OK. Here's my gig.
Books
All type is 18pt. for listings.
Mixed case for readability.
every page is in a page protector (expensive!)
Front page of each section tells
• Artist or Title
• "The" and "A" are not alphabetised
• contact info, web site, yahoo group
Each page is double sided, numbered and has the letters on the outside of the page in 72 point type indicating which letters are on that page.
Presently, I have a new stuff section which will migrate into the book when I do my next printing.
Presently, I provide 5 full catalogs with all the repeats and duplicates.
I also provide 15 catalogs titled "The Sh*tlist" which have no repeats, no dups and just includes the stuff I think people will gravitate to.
ie less overwhelming that the full catalogue.
I renumber all my disks to my own less complex system.
All of the above are available for download in both .txt or .pdf version from my website. A lot of my singers use this and print their own edited catalogs.
Rules
There are 2 different versions on the back of my request forms.
Version One (enforced on busy nights)
You fill in a request form with:
The Singers Name.
The Artist’s Name
The Song Title.
The Disk and Track Number.
Only 1 song per form.
I will call for 10 requests.
I will take no requests, until I call for them.
The first 10 requests I receive will be played in the order that I call them out in.
If there is no response when I call out a singer's name,
I will move onto the next request.
That singer is eliminated for the night.
If the request form is filled out wrong,
that request gets eliminated.
As the host, I reserve the right to jump a V.I.P.
(Very Important Person) into the queue.
As the host, I reserve the right to kill a "lame #ss" song.
If I nix a "lame #ss" song, I will offer the singer a chance to retain their place in the queue, but with a different request, preferably a "Kick#ss" song.
Version Two (Rules a' la Fight Club)
The first rule of Karaoke is
You don’t talk about Karaoke
The second rule of Karaoke is
You don’t talk about Karaoke
The third rule of Karaoke is
Only one request in the queue at a time
The fourth rule of Karaoke is
If you leave the room before your request is called,
you cancel the request.
The fifth rule of Karaoke is
No Shirts, No shoes.
The sixth rule of Karaoke is
If this is your first time at Kickass Karaoke,
you have to sing.
This, obviously, is a little tongue in cheek
but fun...
Malibujesus
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