Rockstar Update

So yeah… it’s been a while. I haven’t been hitting the karaoke scene in some time for a thousand reasons I won’t bother going into here. But the outfit I work for had a couple of nice updates recently, and thought I’d share.

First off, James decided to go all digital. Dell laptop, karaoke software, the whole nine yards. I got a glimpse of it the other day, and I’ll have to drop that software title later (rotten memory). It has just about everything you’d expect, but the best feature is the ’search’ function. At least two (if not, a hundred)  times a night, I get someone walking up to me asking “Do you have the song _____ ?”

Which means I spend a portion of time digging through the book, trying to remember how to spell names, and inevitably checking both the artist section and the song section. But with this new search feature, I can just pop in a few letters and BAM!.. instant tracks.

In addition to the ‘all digital’ setup, he also dropped the cash for a TON of new music. The new song list reaches more than 17,000. A far cry from the 3,000 we had before. Recent editions include The Eagles (had NONE before), a truck load of Elvis, and a lot of rock… good rock. There are several Metallica, a few Manson tracks, some Nine Inch Nails, a little Megadeth, and believe it or not….. Slayer. Seasons in the Abyss to be precise.

In other news, another local pub picked us up for some shows. In fact, tonight is one of ‘em, at Blarney’s in Mitchell. Whats weird is, they booked us for another one in April, and they haven’t even heard us yet. Either word is spreading, or they sent out the scouts.

So that’ll be a nice change of pace, fresh music, new scenery… maybe we can snag another show here or there in the future.