Karaoke vs Being in a Band
Recently I had cause to ponder the question: "What's the difference between being in a band and singing karaoke?"
This weekend I went to hear a local band called Band of Gold. Turns out they are three middle-aged men who don't play instuments, but sing along to a karaoke set-up (including a monitor with the lyrics!). Although to be perfectly fair, they do play some percussion instruments. For example, in the photo below you can see the guy in the middle is playing an egg shaker, and the guy on the right is playing the tambourine.
So what makes a band a band? Is it the equipment? The name? The matching outfits? If I bought my own karaoke equipment could I bill myself as a jazz singer and get booked to sing in bars around town? Probably. But there's something really disturbing about that fact.
posted by Nancy Drew @ 9:44 AM
2 Comments:
I think you get more credit as a performer if you aren't reading the lyrics off a screen.
Or singing along to recorded music.
Or wearing matching outfits.
Having said that, I want to join the Band of Gold fanclub.
Well, if you ever come back to visit again, we'll definitely track them down and go see them! They loooove their fans! And they even let us sit in and sing with them on a couple numbers.
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