1)The ?Banquet Song?



Your choice of song will work best within the range of your vocals and amount of training. Pushing your voice through your chosen Mariah Carey track is a really bad idea, don't expect so much from yourself! Any song that you personally enjoy will sound better because your instinctive enjoyment of the track will shine through. Try and discover your ?Banquet Song,? known as a Juhachiban in Japan, this is the track that will always delight the audience and help you light up the room.

2)Practice Makes Perfect

You have little or no experience of Karaoke then a little bedroom mirror time with the hair brush will always help build your confidence. If you have the facilities to then record a bit of your singing and see if you really sound good and even a second opinion would be an idea.

3)Warming Up Your Voice

When your at the venue make sure your voice is well rested and when your turn has arrived then warm up your voice by humming along to whatever song is on before you giving a miss to any notes that you can't hit.

4)Drink Plenty Of Water

Your vocal will be improved by a drink of water to allow your throat to be well hydrated, if you're a smoker stay off the cigarettes too, smoking won't improve your vocal talents and unless you're doing a Louie Armstrong song. The means to benefitting your vocal performance is drinking lots of water this will give your voice the best chance on the day.

5)Sing Like No-one Is Watching

The most important thing is to be calm and have a positive style, if you're too nervous it will be reflected in the first big note you hit. So concentrate on breathing deeply and staying relaxed and calm, let your song start and then go for it, just focus on giving the performance.