It's called running a business. Did you think it would be as easy as being a singer? I'll say again, the really good DJs/KJs make it look easy and folks think they can just jump into the business and everything will be rainbows. Not so easy when you do it the right way, but it looks like it is to the customers.

Agree. I tell that to some singer at least once a week when I get the comment from them - "oh this would be such a 'fun' job, you get to sing & party all the time". Yeah, no that isn't how it works, it's actually a 'job' with LOTS of behind the scenes crap that they as a singer have no clue. The singer only sees one facet and if we are doing our job, then it will look easy to them.

I bet you log back on to at least read.

This will be my one and only RANT as a member.

And have a scheduled VOLUNTARY SC Audit for Thursday 7-24-14 with Brian Plyler.
I do not like having to do it, because my time is valuable (worth at least $35 per hour)
and I will not be getting paid for it. THANK YOU PIRATES FOR THIS. Our Society was not ready
for computer based technologies and forums like this one proves it by all of the unnecessary arguments
that go on. The Devil is in the MATRIX. I will be doing the Audit as an attempt toward avoiding expending energies
in the future of which there really is no guarantee.

I ECSTATICALLY invested heavily in karaoke upon retirement from the Corporate world because I so enjoyed Karaoke as a patron. Since that time my new involvement with it has soured me with this industry as a whole. (venues, hosts, manus, legalities, BMI, ASCAP, SESAC, musicians). It is all turning into one long ugly stumbling ungraceful dance with many hiding behind masks never revealing their face and others having two faces. It seems
much is done in secret and noone trusts anyone. I am thankful for the 24 hr radio broadcast comedy station here in Denver because the music industry SUCKS. This will be my one and only RANT as a member.

Agree. I tell that to some singer at least once a week when I get the comment from them - "oh this would be such a 'fun' job, you get to sing & party all the time". Yeah, no that isn't how it works, it's actually a 'job' with LOTS of behind the scenes crap that they as a singer have no clue. The singer only sees one facet and if we are doing our job, then it will look easy to them.

So why aren't you charging $35 an hour for the audit? Do you normally give your product away for free- especially for someone else's benifit?

Stone cold, fellas! At least a couple of times a night I have people say to me "Dude, you have the easiest job in the world! Plus you get PAID for having fun!" To which I reply: "If my job looks easy, it's because of many years experience AND by me busting my arse to make it appear so! It's more work than what you singers ever actually see."