KJPaul Recordings getting better and better!

I am starting to get the recording thing down and the quality of the recordings have been improving quite a bit over time. For example, check out the recordings for Sunday nights karaoke at Dalva or Monday at the Lookout. There is a lot of timing and juggling of priorities involved and there are a lot of subtleties. Here are some of them:

  • how much reverb to add
  • keeping the volumes from creeping into the clipping zone
  • vocal levels vs music levels for each singer/mic
  • mute/unmute unused mics to minimize/add noise
  • how much compression to add to each mic in use to either
    • fill out the voice
    • or compliment the singers dynamic range
  • add or reduce the singers mid-range
  • keep the volumes in the room as well as for the singers in check
  • separate EQ-ing and levels for the recordings vs the room
  • label each recording for the website
  • mark which recordings go on the site and which don’t
  • keep track of who is waiting and who has left for the night
  • MC the event
  • Keep the crowd going, dance and have fun
  • figure out who is next based on
    • how long have they waited
    • have they had a chance to sing yet
    • is their group happy with how often they have been called
    • how many people are in the queue and will everyone even get to sing
    • personalities
    • special needs like is it their birthday, need to catch BART etc.
    • have they sung in a group sing

I could go on…there is a lot to keep track of… and then to do all that while people are talking to me, I am drinking booze, and then there is the most important part of my job
flirting with the girls!
:)

I will be adding the ability to log into kjpaul.com so you can manage which songs are available and in what order they play etc.. You will be able to rate songs and although you won’t be able to see how a song is rated, it will effect which songs make it to the best of pages etc. that I will be adding… It will be a couple of months…so be patient. Even more big improvements are coming!

Amazing singing at Rocketfish

Everything just seems to come together at the Rocketfish Lounge on the Thursday karaoke nights. Here are just some of the amazing songs:

Escalante: Let’s Stay Together in the style of Al Green
Baker: Rich Girl in the style of Hall & Oates
Gabe: When Doves Cry in the style of Prince
Thomas: Danny’s Song in the style of Kenny Loggins
Dana: Rock And Roll (loaded Album Version) in the style of The Velvet Underground

Here is the complete list of song sung of 01/05/2012 at the Rocketfish Lounge

Help bring the DDP to San Francisco

Tom and Gary, perpetrators of the Decentralized Dance Party

These guys ROCK! and I have decided to back them! Let’s bring the Decentralized Dance Party to San Francisco!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theddp/decentralized-dance-party-san-francisco-edition

This is a project that is dear to my heart, since I run a party called Car-E-Oke that also works via an FM transmitter. Here was my feeble attempt to promote my Car-E-Oke parties back in 2005 http://beyondkaraoke.us/car/.

Also check out the DDP Manifesto…Its cool!

Probably no karaoke at Dalva 1/1/12

I am getting on Chicken’s bus at 2:30 am and won’t get back until about 9pm. Since I am not sure exactly when the bus will really get back I have cancelled the Karaoke KJPaul night at Dalva on January 1st, 2012! It was a tough call… since my motto is that I never stop the party. An outcry could make it happen, but it would start a bit late and I will be on a 36 hour day at that point.

Shirts came off at Rocketfish Karaoke!

Last week a group came in to Rocketfish for the first time on a karaoke night. They were there when I started at 8pm and stayed until close. They were having a great time. At the end of the night I said, as I often do, “and you can hear the entire night again tomorrow on KJPaul.com!” They were super excited about it and I even played a little sample clip for them on the spot before they left.

The next day I saw a spike in traffic on KJPaul.com because they were all listening to it and they passed the URL around their office and to their friends. When I got to Rocketfish last night (12/22/2011) there was a large group of them there waiting to sing. It got a little crazy! Here are some photos and the recordings!

El Rio Closed 12/21 & 12/28

El Rio is close for two weeks every year around Christmas and New Years, so there will be no karaoke at El Rio of Dec. 21, 2011 or on Dec 28, 2011. All my other nights are as the usually are, so will be at Rocketfish on the 22nd and the 29th.