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Along with the presong dedication over the mic that seems to take forever.

Let me break it down for you. Your crowd consists of a bar hag, who's barely able to hold on to her beer, much less a microphone, 5 biker dudes that are pissed off at you that you won't keep playing Metallica every song, and a couple of rednecks who are loud, drunk, and obnoxious, and primarily want to get on the microphone to do shoutouts to their buddies and cuss.

Now.... you go right ahead and 'put your foot down.'

Let me break it down for you. Your crowd consists of a bar hag, who's barely able to hold on to her beer, much less a microphone, 5 biker dudes that are pissed off at you that you won't keep playing Metallica every song, and a couple of rednecks who are loud, drunk, and obnoxious, and primarily want to get on the microphone to do shoutouts to their buddies and cuss.

Now.... you go right ahead and 'put your foot down.'

The Metallica songs wouldn't be an issue, if they want to sing em, I got em.
However, if that was the only clientele I could draw, then I'm not doing my job & would step down! It's when I can draw a regular crowd to where those handful are a minority is when I'm doing my job.

Are they drinking, and making money for the bar?? Yes? Mission accomplished. I would take a HUGE bar FULL of alcohol purchasing Metal Heads over a bar full of alcohol purchasing Hip hop fans, any day. Not that I discourage hip hop, just talking about my personal preference. That being said, I wouldn't want to sing Metallica all night, cause I would lose the ability to talk after a few songs. That raspy thing bothers my throat after a while.

i respect you a lot. but i still don't get it. and folks will just have to shrug and give up on me

i say to the crowd once in awhile "i'm partying with or without you" and i mean it. i don't even need the whole crowd, i'll get a few followers to tag along and we'll party. the crowd can catch up to us when they're ready is my motto.

i can't grasp how a KJ can only do so much. i'll do unorthodox things to get things moving. i don't care if i have to go out of pocket. i don't care if it doesn't make sense. i don't pause just because nobody's done it. i don't ever feel any night is a hopeless cause. i'm a sheer optimist when it comes to KJaying.

ok. so i was recommended to a spot to be their weekly karaoke guy. monday nights. rough. did it for about 2 months and they dropped us. maybe we had a total of a dozen singers during my 2 month run. place was always 85% empty. they needed a boost, don't know if karaoke is the answer. those were hopeless nights--bad location, i'm not the right KJ for it, blah, blah.

but it's on me. i didn't, but i could pull some unorthodox things to turn it around. may have to dig in my pockets. think outside of the box. it's never hopeless, to me. if the crowd isn't there, make a crowd. nobody says i have to use their crowd or please their crowd. i can bring in my own. i can pay my own to be there, who cares, i'll make the money back. and crowds run dry. things change. people move. but the KJ is the only constant. i can't see sharing success with the crowd or with anything.

The Metallica songs wouldn't be an issue, if they want to sing em, I got em.
However, if that was the only clientele I could draw, then I'm not doing my job & would step down! It's when I can draw a regular crowd to where those handful are a minority is when I'm doing my job.

And you can only pay your crowd to be there so long before it's not profitable.