Call Me Ozz-Monthly Karaoke Newsletter

Call Me Ozz-Monthly Karaoke Newsletter

NM State Fair Discounted Passes!

by Ozz on 08/23/18

Hey everyone, do you plan on going to the Fair this year to support your family and friends singing? Here's a deal for you!----PLEASE SHARE!

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Current & Upcoming Events! And More!

by Ozz on 08/13/18


SING N WIN FOR VACATIONS AND PRIZES:

Join us this Tuesday LAST CHANCE for you chance to win vacations and prizes at The Library Bar & Grill Downtown! Starting at 9pm, sing a song in its entirety to be entered to win! This week’s prize will be a vacation for three days and two nights in Las Vegas, Nevada! This is a progressive sing n win, so the more times you sing, the more times you visit, the more chances to win!

 

DINNER and a MAGIC SHOW!

This event has been rescheduled for October 19, 2018. More information to come!

 

SING N WIN FOR CASH:

The Sandbar Brewery & Grill is bringing back the Sing n Win for cash.

One night only, Wednesday, August 15th, starting at 8:00pm, drawing between 11 & 11:30pm.

First name drawn wins $50, second name drawn wins $150, and the last name drawn wins $200.

Limited to the first 45 singers to sign up and sing. This is not a competition.

The Sandbar is located at: 4100 San Mateo Blvd NE

 

CANCER BENEFIT FOR TRUJILLO FAMILY:

Help support our fellow KJ Famous Amos, as both of his parents have been diagnosed with cancer. His father has already undergone surgery, and we all know it’s a long road to recovery. They could really use some help paying the medical bills. 

Plan to attend the fundraiser on Friday, August 17th from 7:00-9:00pm. Duke City Event Center. 2822 2nd Street NW. 

For more information visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/472270659906844/

 

DINNER AND A CONCERT:

Call Me Ozz is giving away two tickets to the concert on September 30th and Dinner ($50 gift certificate)

Register at any of the NMSF Karaoke Showcase Auditions.

You may register as often as you can.

The drawing will be held Saturday, August 25th at Camino Rael Winery & Taproom in Los Lunas.

You do not have to be present to win the concert tickets, however, you do have to be present to win the dinner portion.

 

CALL ME OZZ COMEDY SHOWCASE @ THE 2018 NM STATE FAIR:

Call Me Ozz will be bringing family friendly laughter to the Main Pavilion stage on Thursday, September 13th from 6-8pm.

Produced by Left Field Productions featuring:

 Keith Breckenridge

Davyd Roseman

Buck D

Eddie Stevens

Julian Moton

 

2018 NM STATE FAIR KARAOKE SHOWCASE:

The 2018 Karaoke Season continues as we qualify more adults to the 2018 NMSF Karaoke Showcase! You can still qualify at the following locations:

The Library Bar & Grill-Tuesday, August 14th-8:00pm-FULL WALK IN ONLY 8:30-8:45

Camino Rael Winery & Taproom-Saturday, August 25th-7:00pm

 

KARAOKE AT THE 2018 NEW MEXICO STATE FAIR:

All events take place at the Main Pavilion.

Open Karaoke every night; September 6-15 from 5:00-5:45pm. On line registration will open September 1, 2018.

Adult Showcase Nights: September 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 at 8:00pm.

New Mexico State Fair Parade: Saturday, September 8-9:00am

Adult Semi Final Night: September 14th at 8:00pm

Adult Finals and Champion Night: September 15th 8:00pm

Minors Finals and Champion Day: September 16th 2:45pm

Special Recognition and Awards: September 16th (Approximately) 3:45pm

Celebration Cake Cutting: Immediately following the crowning of the Minor Champions.

Become a sponsor! https://www.callmeozz.net/NMSF-2018-Sponsorships.html

 

FAMILY KARAOKE KARNIVAL:

Mark your calendar now, as we put this awesome family event together! Karaoke, fun jumps for all ages, bean bag toss, ring, toss, dunkin for apples, face painting, hamburgers, hot dogs and grilled chicken. Saturday, September 29th from 4:00-8:00pm. Free entry! Duke City Event Center. 

No alcohol permitted.

 

KARAOKE AT THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL BALLOON FIESTA:

We will be managing two karaoke shows at the 2018 International Balloon Fiesta, KJ by Mclain from Kamikaze Karaoke.

Wednesday October 10th from 10:30am-1:00pm and Thursday, October 11th from 5:00-7:30pm.

The 24 adult contestants from the 2018 NMSF Karaoke Showcase will automatically be registered to sing at this event. There will be room for 12-15 additional singers to sing as well. First come first sing!


 CALL ME OZZ BIRTHDAY BASH:

With Call Me Ozz coming out of retirement, it would only be right to bring back the Birthday Bash!

We are currently putting this Talent Show Event together right now. It will be in November and be hosted at a local family friendly venue. Entertainment will include: Karaoke, Live Music, Comedy, Dancer, Magic, and much, much more! Stay Tuned!


 TWINKLE LIGHT PARADE:

We will be back in the freezing cold nights of December singing our way down Central Avenue as we once again participate in the 2018 Twinkle Light Parade. We will release more information as it becomes available.

 

RED VELVET UNDERGROUND:

Hosts entertainment and great food seven nights a week! Karaoke, Comedy, Live Music. Visit: http://www.redvelvetundergroundcafe.com/ for the latest schedule!

 

CALL ME OZZ and KARAFUN:

Call Me Ozz has partnered up with Karafun to bring you 100% legal karaoke options.

Whether you are a professional and would like to be completely legal at your commercial shows, or if you’re an induvial who wants to practice at home. Karafun has everything you need. 

For more information: https://www.karafun.com/?aff=77


CALL ME OZZ LIVE:

Join us every Wednesday at 6pm on Facebook: Billy Ozz Beare page as Ozz comes on live and brings you up to date on everything going on in the wonderful world of Call Me Ozz! Thank you https://doublelmedia.xyz/ for making this happen every week!


NEW MEXICO DREAM CENTER:

Call Me Ozz has partnered with the NM Dream Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping homeless teens find hope, home and love. A representative will be at most auditions to give you more information about what they do and how you can help. You can visit their website right here: https://www.nmdreamcenter.org/

 

WE NEED A SALESPERSON!

We are looking for an outside salesperson to sell advertising to businesses. We are looking for someone with a couple of years of outside, face to face, business to business sales experience, that has a reliable vehicle, a cell phone, a computer, is proficient in MS Office, and has internet. For more information:

http://www.callmeozz.net/Sales-Application.html

 

WHAT CALL ME OZZ DOES:

Do you have an event you need help promoting? We do that.

Would you like to put together an event? We produce and manage events.

Do you have a business you want people to know about? We offer advertising services.

Do you need a KJ, a DJ, a Band, a Comedian, Video-ographer, Etc? Our network is the largest in the state.

Do you need a website built and managed? We do that too.

Would you like the benefits of social media marketing without lifting a finger? Yup, we do that too.

 

WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST STAFF:

Kenny Johnson-Video Clipper-Hands On-Assistant Coach

Tiago Marti-Advertising Sales

Renee Burreson-Admin Assistant/Social Media Marketing

 

VISIT OUR NEWEST PAGES:

Call Me Ozz Current Events: http://www.callmeozz.net/Featured-Events.html

Open Mic Nights: http://www.callmeozz.net/Open-Mic.html

Brew Houses: http://www.callmeozz.net/Brew-Houses.html

 

We are SPECTACULAR! At the 2018 New Mexico State Fair!

by Ozz on 08/10/18

Back in 2014 the events director at the NMSF came to me and asked me to put together a karaoke show for the Fair…..so I did. The rest of the staff at the Fair was not so sure about his idea but was “OK” with it. Little did we know it’d turn in to what it has become.

In 2014, we flew under the radar, and when they saw the support for this event and they were blown away. They were expecting a bunch of drunk fools to get on stage and embarrass the Fair…..YOU GUYS blew them away!

They asked us back in 2015, and once again, they were blown away…..and then came 2016. They year that made the mark. It was also the year that I (Ozz) decided to retire. They always say retire at your peak, which I did.

In 2017, they had a radio station take care of the karaoke competition, and I think the radio station realized doing karaoke at the Fair, was much harder than they imagined. They also asked us to come back, just to do a 90-minute karaoke show of champions of the past. So, I pulled together Call Me Ozz Karaoke Showcase of Champions with the help of Coach Milli and we blew them away! (Again). Seeing the love, this brought me out of retirement.

Now, in 2018, we are now listed as a SPECTACULAR, which is a very high honor at the NMSF. This is a very prestigious spot to obtain. Only here do the special acts get listed…and yes, our amazing karaoke community…we are SPECTACULAR! You can find us on the NMSF Spectacular page: https://statefair.exponm.com/p/things-to-do/283

I would like to thank everyone that makes this possible, let’s blow them away again, so we can really blow them away in 2019……Call Me Ozz is a Local Promotion Company, here to promote Local Businesses and Local Entertainers…like you!

Love is in the Fair 2018!

Business owner physically threatning CMO/CEO

by Ozz on 08/07/18

It’s no secret that since Phoenix Entertainment Partners (PEP) bought out Soundchoice and Chartbusters, that they have reignited their quest for suing KJs and Venues for using their product without permission from PEP.

 

About three months ago they began their attack upon Albuquerque. One day I received a text message from one of our affiliated KJs letting me know PEP had contacted them and told them, get with the program or get sued.

 

Since then many other affiliated KJs and Venues had been contacted by PEP. Call Me Ozz (CMO) at that time decided to become an affiliate of Karafun to help KJs and Venues have an option to the PEP bullying tactics.

 

Today, CMO was notified by another KJ that their venue had been contacted by PEP and told to get with the program or get sued. They told PEP they would be switching to Karafun and no longer use Soundchoice or Chartbusters.

 

Apparently one of our competitors (we will be nice and not mention their name), was contacted by PEP as well. We immediately received physical threats against the CEO of CMO accusing CMO of reporting him.  It absolutely astounds me that anyone would do business with this company.

The screenshot of the entire Facebook conversation is in the process of being uploaded to the CMO chatroom.



It's about relationships

by Ozz on 07/26/18

* Willie B Said it best: The NMSF Karaoke Showcase Season is more than a competition, it’s about relationships.

                As I went home last Thursday night after Fiestas:              

 I am blown away every time that we do one of these auditions when I hear the singers that sing. I am not only talking about the contestants but also the regular singers. 

 

And then we have people there that have already qualified for the fair that are here to support everyone and build up those attempting to qualify because that’s what this is all about. The NMSF Karaoke Season is all about creating relationships and  lasting friendships. It’s about bringing everybody together that has the same hobby and we have fun doing it.

 

 So I would like to say to all the ones that qualified that night your job is to support those that don’t make it that night. For those of you that have already qualified it’s your job to help the ones that just made it get on board and it's also your job to build up the ones that didn’t make it yet. To those of you that have participated and shown your support, all I can say is that this is an amazing group of people and it is wonderful that we can bring this many people together who enjoy to sing and can sing with their whole hearts. That being said, come on out tomorrow night and show your support!

Call Me Ozz Live 7-18-18: How big is the NM State Fair Karaoke Showcase?

by Ozz on 07/23/18

HOW BIG IS THE NM STATE FAIR KARAOKE SHOWCASE/COMPETITION?

                *It’s big! Third largest in the US. The largest in NM.

                *13 venues-2 minors-13 auditions total plus 5 preliminaries

                *Can’t even imagine all the staff for that

                *Up to 311 songs sung in the auditions (Up to 311 contestants, usually about 250)

                *Up to 9 different KJs

                *Up to 12 different judges

                *Two coaches with each having an assistant-Milli, Angie, Trent, Tom

                *Video Clipper-Charles, Kenny, Trent

                *Video-ographer-Double L Media-Larry

                *Photographer/Stage Man-Michael

                *In the parade-two floats with live karaoke-Michelle and Dave

                *Executive Assistant and Lead Judge: Jeanette

                *CMO Admin: Brandon to process all your requests

                *Fill in: Kenny Johnson and Jessie

                *Ozz

                *20 special guests

                *96 adults to sing at the Fair showcase nights

                *12 minors to sing at the Minors

                *Cake professionals to bake and serve two sheet cakes

                *174 bandannas

                *6 trophies

                *36 medals

                *2 crowns

                *108 certificates

                *495 gate passes

                *24 hours of stage time

                *NMSF Stage Manager

                *NMSF Lighting Director

                *NMSF Sound Engineer

                *$14,000-$23,000-Estimated $100,000 in sales generated

                *1,625 estimated spectators at venues

                *7,500 estimated spectators at the Fair

CALL ME OZZ and KARAFUN team up to keep you legal!

by Ozz on 07/07/18

*Karafun affiliate

                *Support CMO by subscribing from the link on the website

                *2 day party pass $5.99

                *Personal unlimited use $9.99 per month

                *Professional version 7 days pass $49.00

                *Professional version subscription $129.00 per month per room

                *New! Complete 29,000 offline sync

7-3 Funny Story!

by Ozz on 07/07/18

*Funny story:

*In El Paso a couple of weeks ago, I was releasing my accounts.

*One client, very promenade; big wig--huge concrete and asphalt company.

*The client always gives me crap about my long hair.

*I told him to call my hairdresser and tell her to cut it short.

*We got her on the phone-she told him too bad!


If you like us, tell others. If you don't tell us.

by Ozz on 07/07/18

*Bad service at venues

*I learned not to publicly announce it/Sidelines example

*I always remember a slogan from a seafood company: If you like us, tell others, if you don’t tell us

*My rule of thumb is to let the manager know. If the manager doesn’t fix it, then maybe it's time to go public.

*Venues-you should watch your staff-I would say most of the venues have mediocre service which hurts your sales and your repeat customers. Sometimes I must chase down a server to get food or a drink.

*Corporate is killing small local businesses because they realize this, and they spend a lot of time and money toward training their staff.

6/27/18-WHO’S RESPONSIBLE FOR SALES AT A VENUE?

by Ozz on 06/28/18

                *I hear a lot of venue managers and owner complain about the lack of sales of drinks or food when they provide entertainment, comedy, live music or karaoke

                *Then they blame the KJ, Band or Comedians.

                *The more I thought about this I had to really think about this in the terms of a salesperson

                *Are they your entertainers to keep people there? Or do you think they are your salespeople?

                *Your staff is your sales people

                *Sure the can mention specials and encourage to spend money, but ultimately it is your staff

                *Are they providing proper service? Some venues I must chase down the server

                *Are the suggestive selling?

                *As the manager or the owner, do you observe your staff?

                *If someone is enjoying the entertainment without purchase, you have the right to refuse any service to them

                *I’d love to hear your thoughts and suggestions on how to help venues increase revenue while entertainment is there.

 

6/27/18-DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIVE MUSIC AND KARAOKE:

by Ozz on 06/28/18

                *Difference between live music & karaoke

                *Live bands cost more than a night of karaoke

                *Think about that in terms of reality

                *5, 6, 7, 8 hundred for a band for the night, brings a full house-however, if that same bands plays every week, the attendance drops

                *Karaoke is the opposite. 50, 100, 150, 200 a night. Starts with a few and builds over time.

                *The right KJ, in the right venue will build to a steady busy karaoke night every week

                *Do you agree or disagree? And why?

6/27/18-SOUNDCHOICE POLICE HAVE HIT ALBUQUERQUE!

by Ozz on 06/28/18

               *One of our Albuquerque KJs was attacked by the Sound Choice police

                *They asked me what they should do

                *I am not a lawyer

                *After research found they have lost lawsuits when you stand up to them

                *They only own the rights to 25 songs

                *They try to suit for CW infringement, making people think SC is the KJ company

                *Lost law suits

                *If you can afford it fight them

                *If not, drop SC and use only Karafun professional version

                *You can get hooked up with Karafun on the Call Me Ozz website

                *What are your thoughts?

6/20/18-Giving it all up for Call Me Ozz

by Ozz on 06/21/18

*New admin-Alyssa Gates is back

                *Need a salesperson-Vehicle, Phone, Computer, Internet, Printer, MS Office, B2B experience

                *Today I am in El Paso training the sales rep to take over my southern territory.

                *The main reason I retired in 2016 was because my chemical company offered me the southern territory.

                *I actually started it in April of 2016.

                *It became overwhelming and had to choose one or the other.

                *Because of finances, CMO was not making enough money, so I did what I had to do.

                *I never started CMO to ever become this…it just did.

                *After being gone for a year, and seeing what I saw, and being asked to come back by the NMSF, Venues, KJs and fellow singers I chose to give up that southern territory which was half of my sales.

                *I noticed the karaoke community scattered and fell apart. This karaoke family has become my passion, and now that we are bringing in more comedy, theater and live music, it’s now more the CMO community.

                *In three weeks I will be giving up Farmington and the rest by the end of the year, and then CMO will be 100% of my livelihood.

                *We are local promotion company here for local entertainers, and local venues to help local people find things to do.

                *You can help us grow by visiting the site everyday and seeing what’s new, or post in the chat room, or comment on the forums.

                *Or help our search engines by googling “karaoke in Albuquerque”, then clicking on CMO.

                *Also by attending as many of the CMO events as possible. 

I thank you for supporting CMO, and look forward to many more years with you. How can you help?       

6/13/18-Our Karaoke Community

by Ozz on 06/14/18

*The karaoke community

                *Is a bunch of pockets of singers of each venue

                *All together make up one big community

                *CMO prides itself on creating new singers, and helping people who are new to Abq find a place to sing, or newly single people find a place to sing

                *Not to move singers from one venue to the next

                *You will lose singers by change of circumstances: Get married, get a BF or GF, start school, New job, move away, in the last 18 years I have seen so many singers come and go.

                *Don’t get comfortable and stop promoting just because you are always busy. It takes time to get new singers, therefore you should be promoting the most when you are the busiest.

                *Waiting until you get slow is too late.

                *CMO has affordable advertising packages, and promotion packages to make sure you always have new singers coming in your doors.

                *KJs that promote CMO get discounted rates and free listings in the KJ Showcase, and the courtesy listings.

                *Beginning July 15th, CMO will only list venues that support CMO. Courtesy listing is available at .57 cents per week per night, until July 15th, then the rate will go to $1.15 per week.

What are your thoughts?


6/6/18-CMO Partnering with NMDC

by Ozz on 06/06/18

*Every year we partner with a community organization to help them get their message out.

                *In 2016 we partnered with Yellow Ribbon, for suicide awareness among teens.

* (NMDC Logo)This year, because of the heinous abuse against children, we wanted to find an organization

                that Is helping children in crises. Little do most people know that there are 5,000 homeless

                children in NM.

                *There are no beds for those children, and because they are underage they cannot receive

                Any services like food stamps, or even check into a homeless shelter without their parents.

                *Many of these children get kicked out of their homes, or most of them are running away from

                Abusive parents.

                *Because there are no services for them, most of them end up meeting a guy, who “helps” them

                And become wrapped up in child prostitution. And even the ones that don’t have a pimp, trade

                Sex for services.

                *We wanted to find a non-profit, non-government agency that is doing something to help these

                Children find hope and help.

                *With the help of Gaenor Thompson, one of our judges since day one, and her show,

                “Enchanting Points of View”, we came across New Mexico Dream Center, and ironically

                Enough, the Director, Shelley Repp was my oldest children youth pastor at Eastgate Church!

                *What a small world!

                *They will have a representative at each of the auditions to answer questions, and show you

                How you can help. Except at Lucky 66 Bowl on Friday, June 1st because they have been blessed

                By a building to set up a drop in center.

                *A drop in center is where homeless children can go check in for the night and be safe. They

                Can shower, get fresh clothes, get some food, get some rest, and get some love and hope.

                *The City of Abq helped with the building, now they people that can help with remolding of it.

                They need furniture, furnishings, towels, shampoo, soap, money, stuff like that.

                *I’m going to play the video of their website, to show you more about them.

* If you would like to help, visit their website at https://www.nmdreamcenter.org/ or talk to their rep at the auditions.

Closing-Is your karaoke legal-How I choose my topics:

by Ozz on 05/29/18

SCRIPT:

On last week’s show, I spoke about illegal karaoke. There was one error that I made concerning Karafun. I said if you’re using the $5.99 subscription it was illegal for public use, which it is, what I meant to say was: $5.99 for the two day party pass and the $10 per month subscription are only for personal use, not public use. You must use the $129 per month, per venue, professional subscription to be legal with Karafun.  (You must purchase a subscription for each venue)

 

The way I choose my topics is very simple. In a week’s time, I have hundreds of conversations with fellow singers, KJs, venue owners and bar managers. My topics are what they are talking about. This subject has been brought up a lot lately, especially by the owners of establishments because they get the calls from ASCAP, BMI, You Tube and Karafun. It’s them that pay the price. So they wanted to know the facts.

 

I did not choose this topic to target any one KJ or venue; it’s the community as a whole. CMO chooses not support venues that don’t follow copy write laws because we too could be held liable in this sue happy country. Also, if we promote a venue or KJ that is broadcasting karaoke illegally and they get popped, it will come back on CMO, ….trust me it will. 

 

I have nothing against Karafun, in fact, I think the professional version is an awesome way to go as the professional version has mastered tracks with rights from the artists to legally broadcast them commercially. As long as you have reliable internet, you can put on a very awesome karaoke show and control your operating costs. As much as I’d love karaoke to be free, it’s just not realistic as long as venues have to pay utilities, rent, taxes, fees, and all kinds of other overhead. The only free karaoke is to stay home and do it, unless we lived in a socialist society which I’m glad we don’t. And BTW I will point out that Karaoke Joe has informed me that he is using the professional version of Karafun at Red Velvet Underground, which I am most glad because I love singing there.

Is your karaoke legal? Live Feed 5/16/18

by Ozz on 05/29/18

Script:

 Karafun-Not actual originals

                                Extended Catalog must obtain permission from the original artist, ascap, bmi, sesac etc

                                One subscription per room (Venue)

                                Can only DL 1,000 songs for a playlist

                                Otherwise must have solid internet

                                Three subscriptions: $10 Per month-Personal/$5.99 two day party pass/$129.99 Professional per month per venue

 

                You Tube-Absolutely not allowed broadcasting commercially

                                T&C Section 4d: You must obtain YT permission in order to broadcast their logo, TM,

                                                Name or ads contained within.

                                T&C Section 5b: You shall not broadcast without YT & the video owners consent.

 

                ASCAP-Responsibility of the venue owner to cover all copy written music including TV (Because

                                                A CW song may appear on the TV). The KJ, DJ, Bands, Etc do not have to have

                                                ASCAP coverage, as you are a contractor under the umbrella of the venue.

 

                BMI & SESCA are the same as ASCAP, they cover different artists, so a venue must have all three.

 

                SOUND CHOICE: After suing many of their customers for many years and millions of dollars after

                                They went out of business; they finally began losing lawsuits for copy write infringement

                                So they then resorted to suing KJs on the grounds of Trademark infringement because

                                They claimed their logo at the end of a song brought confusion to the public that they

                                Were the KJ Company, they finally lost a suit in Florida, and so far has caused them to

                                Cease and desist.

 

                CMO can only support venues that are legal. Venues that do not legally run karaoke cannot be

                Listed on CMO.


What do you think about this?

by Ozz on 05/28/15

Venues that cancel or delay karaoke without notice to the KJ or the customer (please do not name any venue), do you continue to go to the venues only to support the kj? What are your thoughts?

Open discussion on the NMSF Karaoke Comeptions

by Ozz on 04/14/15

It has started! The qualification competitions for a spot at the NM State Fair are going on! We want your input and experiences of the competition nights!

NM STATE FAIR KARAOKE COMEPTITION.....

by Ozz on 06/30/14

The NM State Fair Karaoke Competition Pre-Qualifying began at Lucky 66 Bowl on Saturday, June 28th. It will get real heavy in August...what are your thoughts?

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NO GRAVITY NIGHT CLUB
So unfortunately the Gravity Night Club didn't work. There were some issues concerning the liquor license and a just wasn't up to snuff. We don't know if it will ever happen, but if it does, we will let you know! 
LIVE MIC MAKING MAJOR CHANGES!
Teles Edwell has been a KJ in Albuquerque as long as I can remember. I first met him at Sneakerz, he KJ'd for Boop for many many years between Sneakerz and Spectators. After a falling out with Boop he began his own business with a partner. First at Spectators, then Geckos, then Post 99 and 49 and his latest, Ned's. His crew included Felicia aka Live Mic 2 and Zero who was at Geckos and is no longer. His scheduled has changed a bit so here it is: Teles: Spectators on Friday's. Post 99 every other Wednesday. Ned's every Wednesday. He is need of another KJ for every other Wednesday, if you are interested contact him through Call Me Ozz.   Felicia, aka LIVE MIC 2 can be found at Post 49 on Wednesdays, Geckos on Tuesday's and Spectators on Saturday's. 
Ed's is no more!
​We have always known Ed's to be at Leisure Bowl. Well no more. Leisure Bowl was purchased by Holiday Bowl last year and they have been making a lot of changes over there. They have already installed new score machines, now they are working on the bar. It is now called Mr Z's @ Skidz Entertainment Center. They have upgraded their song selection and their sound system. You can find karaoke there 7 nights a week and comedy every other Sunday.
ED SOL HEADS TO ISLETA!!!!
If you don't know who Ed Sol is, you should really find out! Ed was the WORLD KARAOKE CHAMPION in 2010 and holds more local wins than any other singer I know. Not to mention the lead singer of BLUE SOL. He is also the KJ at Silva Lanes on some week nights. On Thursday, February 6th he will be launching solo at Isleta Casino. Say hello to him from 7:30-11:30pm.   
ANOTHER NEW ONE AT SILVA LANES
OK Silva Lanes, you're driving us all nuts! So I went into Silva Lanes last Friday night, expecting to see the new girl Stephanie, but she is gone and now it's Corey, aka DJ Sexykinda. He is there on Friday and Saturday's. Silva Lanes has karaoke every night of the week.
SNEAKERZ-BANDS EVERY OTHER SATURDAY
​You may remember Sneakerz as Senior Buckets. It was the place to go for live bands. Boop Karaoke has held Sneakerz on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday as long as I can remember, in fact Ozz was birthed there in 2008 with Becca Calloway. There used to be a huge karaoke crowd on Saturday nights, until they started doing UFC fights on Saturday nights. I watched the Saturday crowd die out. They couldn't understand why the karaoke community wouldn't come to the fight and then sing, or just wait till the fight was over! They have really struggled to regain Saturday nights with no avail, with the Saturday night competition, it would be hard, if not impossible. Beginning in February, they will be alternating karaoke on Saturday nights with live bands. Call before you go.
GALACTIC KARAOKE AT HOLIDAY BOWL
​Did you know about this? I just found out! Holiday Bowl has Galactic Bowling and Karaoke on Thursday nights! They start when galactic bowling starts, about 9 or 10 and the go till they close! You sing from the lane you are bowing on! I gotta check this out, karaoke and bowling are my favorite things to do! 
Almost everything I do on this site is because it is what singers ask for. It all started with the BARLEY ROOM KARAOKE CONTEST two and a half years ago. I started it as a place to post the results of the contest. I had met a lot of people during that time. After the contest I was gonna kill the site, but I was getting a lot of texts and calls from people wanting to know where to go sing. So I decided to put together a list of all the venues in the city that did karaoke on what night. I would also get things like, what songs do you sing? So I created my SONG LIST AND SET PAGE. I would get asked how I got into this, that’s when the WHO IS OZZ PAGE came along. Then I thought it would be cool to have a MEMBER’S CORNER. From there it just kept growing to what it is today.

I would always get asked. How is karaoke at so n so? Or what do you think of this place, or that place? What is your favorite place? So I began writing reviews after ever night that I went out. But that did not send the point across, so I began the report card. This was a black and white number system grading every KJ and Venue on the quality of sound, crowd, service and the KJ themselves. Everyone I would talk to about the results agreed with my observation 100%. Every time a KJ or Venue got a great score and review they loved me to death, but if they didn’t they would complain and feel that I was being biased or just didn’t like them. It is imperative for me to have the singers, the KJ’s and the venues all on my side in order for this to be effective.

I stopped doing the reviews once I built the VENUES PROFILE page. Here anyone can go to the venue profile and post their own comments. I personally read through them and if I ever see a comment that I feel is bogus or just trash talking I will remove it. The report card was removed and discontinued after a few KJ’s lost their jobs. I will continue to place my FAVORITE-EIGHTS in the newsletter, this has nothing to do with score or anything, it was simply my favorite stops last month, and it’s for me to know why. 

I encourage all of you to put your comments in the venue profile page. I ask that even if it’s bad, keep it positive, but do be honest. Happy singing! See You Soon!

REVIEWS AND REPORTS CARDS ARE GONE!
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If you are my friend on Facebook and followed Call Me Ozz as it has grown over the years, it’s no surprise to know that I am ready to take it to the next level and beyond. I did not start this website to ever become my livelihood but it is headed that way and in fact already supplements my income. There have been huge changes since it first began and I am sure there will be many more. My passion will always be karaoke make no mistake. All of the other sites here already and yet to come are things that I have always enjoyed but not nearly as much as karaoke.

Over the last couple of weeks I have been working very diligently on setting up the site for sponsorships, and that project is now complete. I am now actively looking for an investor or a silent partner so that I can hire an administrative assistant and an account rep. It takes about 20-30 per week just keep this thing accurate with information, my time is getting squeezed and having an admin assistant would help free that up as well as an account rep to handle and manage the clients. This would give the time I need to find the directors to expand the rest of the sites which are temporary pages at this time. It feels so awesome to think that by the end of this year, Call Me Ozz could realistically employ 18 people. The goal for 2015 would then be to go nationwide. 

If you, or if you know someone who might be interested in becoming my silent partner or an investor, please feel free to CONTACT ME. I look forward to a very prosperous 2014 with you all!
READY TO EXPLODE!
DAD'S DINER IS NO MORE :(
​Dad's Diner in Moriarty is closing it's doors. This is a very sad one to see go. This was a family owned and operated local restaurant that really catered to the families. They had family karaoke on Thursday nights and adult karaoke on Friday nights. This was on the Call Me Ozz Van run. Very sad to see it go.
GRAHAM IS 18-21 ON THURSDAYS!
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Bring you the best karaoke on the westside every Thursday and Saturday night from 9pm-1am
5300 Sequoia Road N.W./Albuquerque 87120
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Mr Z's
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The Hollywood Casino shows have been cancelled at this time. Check back often to find out when they resume.
3 CLUBS IN-3 NIGHTS OF KARAOKE
​Leo's NIghtclub in the North Valley, on the corner of Candelaria and 12th Street has 3 clubs in and has karaoke in each club a different night of the week. You can find Allan Estrada (used to be at Lucky Lanes) in Leo's on Monday's, in the Speakeasy Lounge on Thursday's and in the $2 Bar n Friday's. 
​Graham Central Station is now 18-21 on Thursday nights. There is a $6 cover for them and the Country Bar and the Karaoke Bar are open. This is an idea I had thought of some time ago. Glad to see Graham is doing this.
DJ GLO TO DEBUT AT POST 69 ON FRIDAY
DJ Glo is to debut her night at the Post 69 on 4th on Friday from 7-11pm. DJ Glo is better known in the karaoke world as Gloria Chavez. She gets out to sing on a pretty regular basis. She has hosted gigs in Santa Fe, this will be her DJ Glo is to deb in Albuquerque.

LIVE MIC OPENS UP THE MAIN EVENT
Goodbye Knuckleheads, hello Main Event. The old Knuckleheads on Coors is re-opening as The Main Event and Live Mic will be hosting karaoke there on Wednesday nights. Stop by and tell Teles hello.

Who is your favorite KJ?Allan Estrada-Leo's
Ben-Jammin_Slate Street
Byron-Sandia
Charles-Sunset
Danielle-Mr Z's
Daryle & Steven-Broken Bottle
Draztik-Lucky lanes
Ed Sol-Silva Lanes
Famous Amos-Effingbar
Fito-Malarkys
Gina-Silva Lanes
Jack-Ten Pins
Kammo-SOCH/Maloneys
Koz-(Lenore) Louies/Sidelines
Larryoke-Lazy Lizard
Live Mic 1-(Teles) Spectators
Live Mic 2-(Felicia) Spectators
Mary-Boop
Matty-Fiesta's
NaeNae-Graham
Randy-Fat Sats
Robert-Moose Lodge-Rio
Sexy Bald Guy-Sneakerz
Stew Dizzle-Louies/Blackbird
Taxicab Joe
Tommy Hurrikane-Desert Green
Twig-Retro

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