Karaoke  Steps To Take To Prevent Yourself From Being The Laughing Stock Act Of The Evening

So its the office night out and your on for a Karaoke Night at a Japanese-styled bar, you believe you have a fairly decent voice but the stress is mounting from your colleagues to give a performance worthy of Leona Lewis! Always be wary that there is a possibility of having a total calamity with the new 19 year old from HR pinching your trademark song and her cleavage stealing the whole evening as that whiskey and cigar chaser you just finished off, helped you sound more like Louie Armstrong than beloved Mariah!

So be sensible, take time the day before to pick up to 5 of your favourite songs, just in case someone steals your song, make them all songs you know the words to fairly well and preparation makes perfect. Spend 3-4 hours on singing the songs the week before, ask a brother to take note to prevent your nerves and get some good feedback.

Although let someone pick a music track too it maybe their way of helping you avoid over stretching your vocal talents, try to pass up songs that stretch your voice beyond its natural range especially with some of the more technical ballads. Your performance will be greater if you choose a tune that you really like, so try to do this.

Stay hydrated by drinking lots during the course of the day, a good value singing performance requires that your oesophagus to be hydrated and vocal chords relaxed and if you smoke try and balance the nerves through deep breathing rather than several cigarettes as that too can warp and corrupt your vocal talents. A good tip is to start up your vocal chords by singing along to a few tracks during the course of the night, but dont strain or sing to songs that are not in your vocal range or it will put paid to your performance.

A good hint to stay clear of being a laughing stock on arena is not to shout the song and to stay cool and not strain when trying to converse to your mates if you are in a loud bar. In fact, ignore pointless conversation that over stretches your vocal chords as this can be to the detriment of your song piece.Spending an hour before you get on to Karaoke boards, chain smoking and necking strong Vodka and shouting at your other half about how evil that girl from accounts appears, then by the time you get on the mic your all ready pre disposed to give a poor act.

Felicity is a part-time columnist, writing intermittent columns in the UK for SingToTheWorld.com, who offer karaoke CDGs and specialise in karaoke streaming online.