I ask because I've been getting this a lot lately at one of my regular shows, folks who want me to perform songs for them. Usually I'm the type of KJ who only puts myself in the rotation if it needs an extra singer. I don't care for the idea of my guests having to wait on me to sing. So when I get requests I'll do them if the rotation allows but I'm reluctant to if it's a heavy rotation with people waiting a long time to sing their songs.
The problem I'm seeing is it's a catch 22. I have to imagine that folks get annoyed when the KJ keeps singing every rotation while they're waiting to get to their next song (maybe I'm wrong and it's just expected the KJ will sing every rotation?). On the other hand, those asking me to sing for them don't take it too well if I'm won't sing their song for them.
Now one plus I've found is that this is a great way to introduce additional singers to the rotation who otherwise wouldn't have sung. Last night for instance I had two young ladies who kept asking me to sing songs. So after the first two, I told them I wouldn't do another one until they signed up to sing. At first it was the usual "no way we can't sing". Then I convinced them to do one and as we all know that's all it takes. They ended up singing 5 songs and promising they'd be back for future shows
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So anyway, I'm just curious of the prevailing thoughts on this.