Last night I experienced how kareoke in Edmonton is a lot different than in Toronto.
Here's the Toronto scene: you pay $X for a few hours in a booked room, which can seat 2-10+, and consists of you plus your friends. If it's happy hour, you could end up getting one or two drinks included (typically bubbletea or some Asian drinks), extra for alcohol. You choose songs you like from the kareoke machine, pick up the mic and sing as loudly and proudly as you can whether or not you have the voice. Your friends are all sitting around the couch around the television.
Here in Alberta... you choose your song (in this case, a kareoke company/lady that goes from bar to bar prepared two binders, "By Song" and "By Artist"), write down the info on a sheet of paper and wait til you're called up, and you sing infront of whoever shows up that night. I guess it's a good way to get exposure or get discovered...or something. But WOW, totally different. Also, I'm not sure if it was the crowd, but the songs were 99% country and decade(s) old...
I was never actually into "k" much when I was in Toronto, but now I suddenly miss it and want to go for happy hour. :) Something about enjoying my own bad singing... :D
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