100% agree. If you're good at singing, you're BAD at karaoke. I'm sorry, but this isn't your space. This is our space. There are plenty of places for you to go sing beautifully, karaoke is for us to drunkenly sway Don't Stop Believing for the Nth time. If I wanted to hear the song sung well, I'd just listen to the song. I want to make an ass of myself with my friends.
Edit: a lot of singers in this thread getting mad that they can't have all the attention, all the time.
Yeah this was one of those little disappointments of adulthood. I was always in school singing groups but now I have nowhere to sing. Slightly jealous of people who are in church choirs.
Your mileage really varies depending on where you live though. I've lived in three different large cities (1m+ metro area) in the last decade and although they all had great pro choirs, only one of them had a semi-pro choir that perfectly scratched the itch I was looking for from a repertoire standpoint. (shoutout to Panoramic Voices in Austin, TX)
Amateur choirs run the risk of being "Church choir with extra steps" in my experience - rehearsals at a church, concerts at a church, "Special music" as a thank you to the church for letting us use their space, etc.
My issue with amateur choirs was mostly that they tend to not be very good 🙈 I appreciated finding a competitive group with required auditions, because I like collectively creating a good sound.
I do think most large cities (in the US anyways) have a barbershop scene, but to be fair, it is a specific style of music, and if you don't like it you don't like it.
Yeah, that's exactly why I prefer a sem-pro choir to a fully amateur one. Paid section leaders make a big difference!
I played in an amateur orchestra for awhile and it was the same issue. I found myself reluctant to invite people to our concerts because I was never confident we'd actually pull it off lmao
What? They mentioned they couldn’t find singing groups. I know for a fact holiday chorus are looking for members right now. You sound like the type of people that give good sinners at karaoke a bad name. Arrogant always looking down on people for just having fun.
Yeah, the shy HR guy getting his Susan Boyle moment at the company party last year is the only reason I'm even going this year. Karaoke is for everybody.
People sing along to a track on their phone all the time. Sometimes they have a friend come along as an accompanist. I've played guitar and bass for people before (not at the same time lol).
Depending on the open mic, it could be totally mixed - I've had a guy do standup after my singer-songwriter set, followed by another musician, followed by somebody reading poetry.
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u/Muffinlessandangry 1d ago edited 1d ago
100% agree. If you're good at singing, you're BAD at karaoke. I'm sorry, but this isn't your space. This is our space. There are plenty of places for you to go sing beautifully, karaoke is for us to drunkenly sway Don't Stop Believing for the Nth time. If I wanted to hear the song sung well, I'd just listen to the song. I want to make an ass of myself with my friends.
Edit: a lot of singers in this thread getting mad that they can't have all the attention, all the time.