I was out with my friend the other night and was approached by three different people throughout the night that wanted to say nice things to me and connect with me online after I sang a few songs.
My friend asked me this question after I was finished with the last interaction: "Does that ever get old?"
My answer is in the way I explained the scenario:
I was out with my friend the other night and was approached by three different people throughout the night that wanted to say nice things to me and connect with me online after I sang a few songs.
I perceive the scenario in a positive light. If I told you the story like this: "some stranger's creeping on me and harassing me while I'm trying to hang out with my friends..." that changes the narrative entirely.
So, does it get old? The short answer is: "No." however, there is a "BUT..."
Karaoke joints are fun! Every time that somebody wants to pull me aside and talk to me in this kind of setting is flattering. The only time that it gets old is when it's clear that the people pulling me away from my friends is wildly intoxicated or trying to pull me into a comparison conversation (many times it has little to do with me, but they consider me to be a safe person to sum up the people in the bar and talk about how good so-and-so is as a singer and how not great so-and-so is...) The joke's on them, because I'm not generally impressed by singers in the first place -and this tells me that whoever is driving this conversation thinks a bit too highly of themselves. It makes them look silly and makes me want to leave the conversation. I'm also not fond of unsolicited "constructive" feedback. I'm careful about who I accept feedback from -and I assure you that anything a stranger says to me in a bar isn't going to stick (#ProTip).
Until next time; keep singing, and keep having fun!
-T.