The ability to put up stills (in rotation) between singers (drink specials, upcoming shows, etc.)

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Re: The ability to put up stills (in rotation) between singers (drink specials, upcoming shows, etc.)

by Mango Mike » Wed Aug 03, 2022 8:48 am

Any update on the status of this? It's been over 2 years.

Re: The ability to put up stills (in rotation) between singers (drink specials, upcoming shows, etc.)

by Ghandi » Tue Jul 21, 2020 12:40 am

Piotr, thank you for your response.

I will wait.

Re: The ability to put up stills (in rotation) between singers (drink specials, upcoming shows, etc.)

by hornet59 » Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:24 pm

That's great Piotr, I'm sure the tutorials and videos will help out so many of your users! Can't wait to see what you have in store for all of us!

Re: The ability to put up stills (in rotation) between singers (drink specials, upcoming shows, etc.)

by Piotr » Sun Jul 19, 2020 1:14 pm

Yes, we will update the documentation/tutorials with the new features. And probably make videos showing how to get things done.

Re: The ability to put up stills (in rotation) between singers (drink specials, upcoming shows, etc.)

by Paradigm Karaoke » Sat Jul 18, 2020 3:41 am

i'm excited to see what you have in the pipe for us.
we have all added a lot of requests so i know it will be great

Re: The ability to put up stills (in rotation) between singers (drink specials, upcoming shows, etc.)

by hornet59 » Fri Jul 17, 2020 9:13 pm

Piotr wrote: Fri Jul 17, 2020 2:08 pm I have to admit that we have been behind with new releases lately. But this will change, a major overhaul of remote interface is on its way. Also we have a list of requests from you that we are working on, they will come, please be patient for about a month.
This is great news Piotr! Is it possible to come out with a tutorial about all your new features? Something like this will help a lot of people learn what you have added to SKP!

Re: The ability to put up stills (in rotation) between singers (drink specials, upcoming shows, etc.)

by Piotr » Fri Jul 17, 2020 2:08 pm

I have to admit that we have been behind with new releases lately. But this will change, a major overhaul of remote interface is on its way. Also we have a list of requests from you that we are working on, they will come, please be patient for about a month.

Re: The ability to put up stills (in rotation) between singers (drink specials, upcoming shows, etc.)

by Ghandi » Wed Jul 15, 2020 11:33 pm

Well, I certainly appreciate your approach. It's quite ingenious.

My singers come up to me throughout the night, typically saying "hey, not trying to bother you, but how many away am I?" Right now they can see.

Manually adding a placeholder "person" every so many/so often gets very complicated when we have, say 30+ singers, and singers are being added, others have to be removed because somebody left, etc.

As the night progresses, it becomes endless f'withery to do what you've described, when it could be a simple rotating list.

Due to the age of the original post (almost a year) , and *zero* response from the dev/s, I just feel it might be time to invest in another software product. He/She/They are obviously not listening.

There are other options. I'm saying this after sticking with this software (and gladly paying for the updates and all) for 8+ years.

Re: The ability to put up stills (in rotation) between singers (drink specials, upcoming shows, etc.)

by Paradigm Karaoke » Wed Jul 15, 2020 4:33 am

i actually use the method shown above. i have a singer named "drink special" and for the custom announcement screen i put the slide i want to show.
i have another named "request dir" which shows a slide showing how to request songs
and another named "soc media" showing our facebok, twitter, etc.
this way i can put them every 4th singer for instance.
after each singer the next singer shows, then after the 4th (or another number depending on how busy the night is) it will show the announcement.
simply select the next singer and click star.
this gives us actually more control of the announcements as we can put them to show where and when we want them instead of a default slide show order after every singer.

at least that's my take on it.

Re: The ability to put up stills (in rotation) between singers (drink specials, upcoming shows, etc.)

by Ghandi » Tue Jul 14, 2020 9:26 am

So, is this topic dead?

No response from the developers.

I know MTU has this feature.

I've been buying the updates here yearly for the last 8 years.

Maybe it's time for a switch.

Re: The ability to put up stills (in rotation) between singers (drink specials, upcoming shows, etc.)

by Paradigm Karaoke » Mon Nov 04, 2019 2:48 am

would you be willing to share more on how you "drive the night"? TV and radio absolutely gives a different view on entertainment, perhaps you could share a bit of how you incorporate that into karaoke. we can all learn something no matter how long we have been doing it.

Re: The ability to put up stills (in rotation) between singers (drink specials, upcoming shows, etc.)

by el dingo » Sun Nov 03, 2019 5:26 pm

I think you're both right! (I certainly *meant* no disrespect, and I apologize for how I presented it). All shows are different, and no one way is "the best"!

My show is highly-programmed, highly *structured* - leaning from my days in live radio and television. I *drive* the night, and it's an intense show (that matches the intensity of the talent that graces it's presence). 1/3 are new(ish), 1/3 are casual/fun, and 1/3 are *serious*.

I only do the live reads every other singer (at most). I don't want it to be too heavy-handed.

Paradigm, I know I should just bite the bullet and adopt your approach (hopefully temporarily).

I appreciate your input and opinions.

(Pardon the multiple logins. I finally got a password reset working).

Re: The ability to put up stills (in rotation) between singers (drink specials, upcoming shows, etc.)

by DannyGsKaraoke » Sun Nov 03, 2019 1:30 pm

Paradigm Karaoke wrote: Sat Nov 02, 2019 4:37 am wow....
he said he had his singers trained to be ready.
he is in control of his show.
training then is the opposite of kissing their a$$.
he said this wasn't necessary for him because he does not have enough time between his singers (of which he has too many for the night and has them trained to be ready) to be able to show these in between.
that said...
it is a good idea for those that DO have time between singers to show specials etc.
a method i use that works well for announcements of any kind is creating a singer.
i have one named "requests" showing how to use the kiosk
"facebook" showing our page and website info
"drink special 1,2,3,4", etc showing whatever specials
"event" showing a special or upcoming event.
they use the custom announce screens and i use my flyer or whatever as the background
shrink all the text boxes to 1 point font and down in the corner out of view.
i can place these in my rotation as i like, in my case i do after every 5th singer for 30 seconds.
then after the 5th singer is done, it will automatically show regardless of my memory.
until this idea comes to be, this option could give you the same effect.
Yes my singers follow my scroller, which is good for announcements as well. But it doesn't mean that it's a bad suggestion for an option for those who want to make use of it. Wasn't poo pooing the suggestion at all.

Re: The ability to put up stills (in rotation) between singers (drink specials, upcoming shows, etc.)

by Paradigm Karaoke » Sat Nov 02, 2019 4:37 am

wow....
he said he had his singers trained to be ready.
he is in control of his show.
training then is the opposite of kissing their a$$.
he said this wasn't necessary for him because he does not have enough time between his singers (of which he has too many for the night and has them trained to be ready) to be able to show these in between.
that said...
it is a good idea for those that DO have time between singers to show specials etc.
a method i use that works well for announcements of any kind is creating a singer.
i have one named "requests" showing how to use the kiosk
"facebook" showing our page and website info
"drink special 1,2,3,4", etc showing whatever specials
"event" showing a special or upcoming event.
they use the custom announce screens and i use my flyer or whatever as the background
shrink all the text boxes to 1 point font and down in the corner out of view.
i can place these in my rotation as i like, in my case i do after every 5th singer for 30 seconds.
then after the 5th singer is done, it will automatically show regardless of my memory.
until this idea comes to be, this option could give you the same effect.

Re: The ability to put up stills (in rotation) between singers (drink specials, upcoming shows, etc.)

by SKP-User-Since-2011 » Fri Nov 01, 2019 4:06 pm

Well...my singers don't run my show, *I* run my show. I control the energy in the room, and direct the flow. It's always high energy, but first and foremost it's *my energy*.

I can get away with that attitude (oh, and I *know* it's an attitude) because over the last 5 1/2 years I've built my main show to a 40-60 singer nightly rotation (with typically 25-30 being one-ups/first-timers), and our sales gross averages $1,200-$1,500 (with peaks of $2k), and a record (2 weeks ago) of $3k. This is in a city of 30k people, 250k in a 50 mile radius. I negotiated to be paid straight percentage, so some nights I take home $600+.

Do the testosterone-pumped and estrogen-dominated drunks *try* to push boundaries? Yeah, but I verbalize basic ground rules at the beginning of the night. It not only keeps most bullsh*t in check, but I have found it has also established the show's identity.

My style is more of an emcee and circus ringleader, and less of a passive host. That's compatible with my personality type.

Kissing the customer's @ss only causes them to lose respect, and makes the female singers more likely to ask for "put me in next!". I shut that down quick.

We have 30-40 regulars who pretty much never miss the show. I treat them like gold and as a result they are very loyal (they're there 80-85% of all Fridays). We have a secret Facebook group where I bounce new ideas off them, and solicit their suggestions.

But I digress.

Can we have this feature at least considered, ops?

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