Get your song on

What fun we had at the Bamboo Lounge at the Clarion hotel! It was great and the KJ's have a fantastic selection. I believe it is the largest amount of available songs we've seen to date. Plus the sound system was awesome - almost as good as the one that they used to have at Blinky's. Our members gave this venue 5 stars. http://karaoke.meetup.com/264/calendar/12449845/

After that we headed to Acapulco Lounge on Saturday 2/20/10 where our member Ben was the KJ. http://karaoke.meetup.com/264/calendar/12539240/ He tried to start 30 minutes early just for our group. Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties we actually didn't start until about 7:45. Our members can be a bit impatient when we have to wait for karaoke. But eventually everything fell into place and people were happy. The Acapulco was packed as it usually is, but I still managed to sing about 3 songs. Not bad for a busy Saturday night.

On Tuesday 2/23/10, we headed to the San Jose Bar & Grill in downtown San Jose. I think this is one of those sleeper places that has the potential to be awesome. Parking was a bit tricky, even with the late start time (10:00 p.m.) Which brings me to another point: What's up with the late start time on weeknights. Seriously, are the bars thinking that it will drive more people in the door at 10:00 p.m. on a work night? I just don't get it. And yet, I find myself constantly amazed at how popular karaoke is every night of the week. They had a rotation of about 15-20 singers on a Tuesday night, no less! I think it was due to the fact that the bar is one of the nicer ones in downtown San Jose. They have a huge seating area, and karaoke is displayed on every screen at the joint. Sound system and selections were fantastic. I definitely plan to return.

Finally, on Friday we headed to El Torito for our Member's Choice karaoke event. We took a poll and our members voted El Torito as the #1 Friday spot. It was packed AS ALWAYS, but at least they did not waste precious karaoke time with extended dance numbers. I was very happy to get in about 3 songs. KJ Karen does a fantastic job under difficult circumstances. El Toritos starts karaoke at 7:30 and ends at 10:30 p.m. That's way too early for me to call it a night. So, a few of us headed over to Da Silva's Broncos Lounge which was practically empty. I've decided to have a meetup there sometime in the next few months because I think this is another one of the sleeper joints that has huge potential. Stay tuned for more on that.

Guess you could say I've gotten my song these past two weeks. It's been great - the PERFECT way to relieve stress and celebrate life. Hope you'll join us one of these days.