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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr
There are many entertainers on the squares that are nothing more than professional karaoke singers. With a few exceptions, if I don't see a drum set, I keep driving. It all comes down to money as usual. In stead of paying four or five or six talented musicians the entertainment department can get away with paying one singer/computer operator. Sometimes they don't even have a singer, they sometimes just have a DJ. Why do they need a DJ when they could just send a feed of WVLG through the PA systems at the squares?
But, like I said, if they can get away with paying one person instead of four or five or six they can save a lot of money. The line dancers don't seem to care either way. They dance to anything. But if the rec dept is paying attention, they might notice when there is a good band at a square there are a lot of people there spending money at the bars and stores.
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Among those "karaoke singers" are truly skilled, educated and dynamic vocalists whose singing is so good it wouldn't matter if they were singing with a full band or with no accompaniment whatsoever.
Several that come to mind are Clark Barrios and Cathy Merkel, Suzi Casta, and Petrina, but there are many other vocalists here who were born to sing on stage for an audience, with or without live instrumentals.
However. The singer last night needs to keep his day job as a hairdresser. We stopped in and quickly left. Drama/Flash is no substitute for singing performance skill and musicianship.