Karaoke Personality

Folks are asking how the karaoke course went. In true coaching style, I’m going to reinterpret the course in terms of what it taught me about myself and other people … here goes.

1. I have a whole lot more personality than I’m letting on. When I saw people really rock out to karaoke, I suddenly understood how stifled and repressed we must be in the day-to-day. We have so much more creativity, expression, energy, and humour that we could be expressing. Why does it only come out after a few drinks, late at night, in a bar where no one knows your name? Why doesn’t it come out in your everyday life? When people see that part of you, they fall in love. Here’s to my karaoke rock star spending a little more time with me everyday.

2. It’s not about me. I had this romantic picture of myself crooning away in front of a crowd of admirers… but it turns out that karaoke isn’t about singing well for an audience (as well as the many other things in that sentence that didn’t pan out). Karaoke is about putting on a show and interacting with your audience. It’s all about them.

3. Singing is good for the soul. Along with painting, poetry, dancing, and a million other things that my parents charmingly labelled ” basket-weaving” (i.e. non-essentials), singing is one of those things that could make us all feel a little bit better if only we’d give it a chance. When you spend two hours grooving to music and remembering fantastic songs you had forgotten, it’s pretty hard not to leave feeling better than when you arrived.

Watch here for your chance to get in on the karaoke fun and blow your creative personality out of its shell!

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