Melody Music

I've done had me some Karaoke experiences and Melody Music does it right! DJ Rob hosted Karaoke at the Waterwheel during my birthday and has been hosting for quite some time. I appreciate the ethics exercised in that as a host, they practice professionalism and fairness in the roster of people to sing. They have an enourmous collection of songs to choose from, including but not limited to THE LION KING! Yeah, it's your lucky day!!

The system they have is pretty dang exceptional as well. Once you've sang solo, the system automatically keeps you in its log so that come the next time you are feeling like belting out some tunage your name will be memorized already and will also be automatically added to that nights singing rotation. Fabulous.

I can't speak for the other DJ's but Rob certainly has a knack for getting everyone excited about embarrassing themselves on the mic. I'd never sang before and somehow, with Rob and a few fellow foe's enthusiasm....I found myself in the spot light singing some Simon and Garfunkle. Oh geezer!!

For good times and great fun, use Melody Music as the host for your party, bar and/or whatever. Ask for Rob. He is rad!!

DJ Rob is an amazing karaoke host!

To start, his music catalog does indeed have, as Wil so eloquently explained, a *shitload* of music. I can't believe the wide variety, especially when you compare his to other 'popular' karaoke spots catalogs.

He also happens to love his job, and it shows. He's a great singer himself, works the crowd up, keeps 'em going,

His system is awesome too. It remembers you and songs you've sung before, so just putting your name in there consistently and you can always have songs at the ready...or he'll even make recommendations if you can't think of one.

And I'm still cracking up that last night at D's party, he remembered "his buddy Don L" from all our other "Yelp converges upon water wheel karaoke" events.

And bonus points for moving me and Carly and another singer up a few slots last night, my reason was compelling enough to get him not only to laugh, but to do it. ;-)

Stu made a great decision bringing Rob to the waterwheel!

I live down in South Seattle. To get to Ballard takes me about 45 minutes with traffic. A cab ride home can cost around $30 when I drink too much. But do I care? No. Why?

Because I fricken love singing Karaoke with Melody Music's DJ Rob at the Waterwheel on Sunday and Wednesday nights, starting around 9:30pm. It's worth the drive, worth the cab fare, worth the hassle of getting back out there to get my car if I drink too much.

Rob is a killer Karaoke DJ. He consistently has remembered my name, though I've become a bit of a regular so no shock there. He's got a computer system where he enters in your name and the songs you request, and can bring them back up when you see him again if you tend to sing the same songs, which I do.

And his music library...
"Would you say I have a plethora of [songs]?"
"Si El Guapo."
"Do you know what Plethora means?"
"No El Guapo."

Plethora means shitload. And he's got a shitload of songs. He's got so many songs they can't print them all up in their book full of songs to choose from, so if you are looking for something to sing and don't see it, make sure to ask.

And thanks to his fancy computer set-up, you don't have to write down all the code numbers. You just write down the artist, song name, and your name, and he'll do the rest.

Rob is real great at cycling through the singers, mixing audio, and making sure the spare mike gets volumed up if someone else jumps in to duet mid-song. He's got a small monitor to read lyrics from, or you can read off the huge monitor at the Waterwheel.

Definitely worth coming out to experience the Karaoke joy with these guys.