Karaoke & Sing-along around Campfires

SpeakEasy wrote:
I always travel with my guitar. I'm always trying to improve my playing, which means I have to "practice" every day. When camping, I generally bring the guitar outside.

Years ago, I was playing next to a campfire at Yellowstone, in the Norris Basin campground. At a minute past 8:00PM the host came over and told me to knock it off, because it was now "quiet hours." Sheesh.

Last spring, at a campsite in Fort DeSoto Park Campground near St. Petersburg FL, the neighbor's dog howled (inside their RV) every time I was playing. Again - sheesh.

I'm a pretty good guitarist, although the evidence in these two stories would suggest otherwise.

I'm always happy when someone stops by and enjoys the music or joins in.

-Speak

I'd join in too but I can't carry a tune. but I'd stop by with a couple of cold beers as I am a good listener! :C

Mike

winniman wrote:

B.O. Plenty wrote:
We were at a campground parked next to the Rec building. On Friday nights they had Karoke. Some of the worst singers I ever heard. I couldn't wait til it was over. There are enough bad singers that are professionals, this bunch was just awful. One of those things I will never understand.
B.O.

Posted By: Gulfcoast on 01/31/20 07:10pm
I like quiet camping.... people like different things.
* This post was edited 01/31/20 07:33pm by Gulfcoast *


I have played guitar for close to 40 years, and my ex was a professional country singer. If we were boondock camping we would jam it up. Too many people like the posts above at campgrounds to make any kind of noise, so we seldom ever did.

I hope you'll do it too in regular campgrounds. As long as you don't spill into quiet time, those who likes quiet camping has no right to complain.

B.O. Plenty wrote:
We were at a campground parked next to the Rec building. On Friday nights they had Karoke. Some of the worst singers I ever heard. I couldn't wait til it was over. There are enough bad singers that are professionals, this bunch was just awful. One of those things I will never understand.
B.O.

Posted By: Gulfcoast on 01/31/20 07:10pm
I like quiet camping.... people like different things.
* This post was edited 01/31/20 07:33pm by Gulfcoast *


I have played guitar for close to 40 years, and my ex was a professional country singer. If we were boondock camping we would jam it up. Too many people like the posts above at campgrounds to make any kind of noise, so we seldom ever did.

BobsYourUncle wrote:

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:

BobsYourUncle wrote:
Dogs are the worst critics....
:B

Mine would how on my Don McLean, bark on John Denver and cover his ears on Simon & Garfunkle.

Some day I'll hit the right note -- or singer.

Don't try Metallica....
:B

He'll probably go completely nuts -- or suicidal. :E

On one hand, he might think it's just my wife screaming on me to take out the garbage for the nth time.

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:

BobsYourUncle wrote:
Dogs are the worst critics....
:B

Mine would how on my Don McLean, bark on John Denver and cover his ears on Simon & Garfunkle.

Some day I'll hit the right note -- or singer.

Don't try Metallica....
:B

BobsYourUncle wrote:
Dogs are the worst critics....
:B

Mine would how on my Don McLean, bark on John Denver and cover his ears on Simon & Garfunkle.

Some day I'll hit the right note -- or singer.

SpeakEasy wrote:
I always travel with my guitar. I'm always trying to improve my playing, which means I have to "practice" every day. When camping, I generally bring the guitar outside.

Years ago, I was playing next to a campfire at Yellowstone, in the Norris Basin campground. At a minute past 8:00PM the host came over and told me to knock it off, because it was now "quiet hours." Sheesh.

Last spring, at a campsite in Fort DeSoto Park Campground near St. Petersburg FL, the neighbor's dog howled (inside their RV) every time I was playing. Again - sheesh.

I'm a pretty good guitarist, although the evidence in these two stories would suggest otherwise.

I'm always happy when someone stops by and enjoys the music or joins in.

-Speak

I will stop around if I see you playing. Promise, I won't bark or howl. I'll just hum along if you don't mind.

Dogs are the worst critics....
:B

I always travel with my guitar. I'm always trying to improve my playing, which means I have to "practice" every day. When camping, I generally bring the guitar outside.

Years ago, I was playing next to a campfire at Yellowstone, in the Norris Basin campground. At a minute past 8:00PM the host came over and told me to knock it off, because it was now "quiet hours." Sheesh.

Last spring, at a campsite in Fort DeSoto Park Campground near St. Petersburg FL, the neighbor's dog howled (inside their RV) every time I was playing. Again - sheesh.

I'm a pretty good guitarist, although the evidence in these two stories would suggest otherwise.

I'm always happy when someone stops by and enjoys the music or joins in.

-Speak

I don't feel like anything is lost from the experience just because this isn't a common thing anymore. There are still those who practice it and others who don't, it's normal, it's not necessarily a matter of being comfier inside, but rather for some it seems not that safe to just sit with complete strangers. And they're not to blame for this mentality, honestly.