Karaoke Rules

Last night I organized a karaoke night for coworkers. While I had a great time (we were singing for 6 hours), there were some slight annoyances. So I thought I'd put together some general 'guidelines' for karaoke novices:

1. Don't come if you're not going to sing. If I was hosting karaoke at home, that's one thing. Come and be sociable if you like (just have a way home if you want to cut out early). But at a proper karaoke establishment, you're paying by the hour to sit there and suffer.
2. Don't hog the mike. Most people who say they won't sing usually do if the show up. Once they get a hold of the mike tho, it's hard to let go. I know the feeling. Still, other people want to sing too and if you queue up too many of your songs in a row, it's considered rude. To be polite, you should put in one song, and let some other people put in a song or two before you put another one. If you're going to put in more than one, at least have songs that are good sing-along ones.
3. Don't steal other people's song. If someone else puts in a song you want to sing to, that's too bad. They got to it first. Singing along is always good, but if your loud voice drowns out everyone else, try being a little more quiet at times. No one wants to hear the same person's voice song after song after song after song....
4. Stick to lively songs. Some songs are downers. Stay away from them. Unless you have an awesome voice and can do it really well. Then it's ok.

Repeat offenders will not get invited to future karaoke parties I organize.