Open karaoke is not so common in most parts of the world, to the best of my knowledge. In most parts and especially Asia, karaoke means getting a few friends and/or colleagues together and you all squeeze into a small room with a big tv, karaoke machine, massive song book and two microphones. And so you sit in this small room where only your friends can hear you butcher classic after classic, ordering beers and snacks for approximately two hours. I am not a big karaoke guy but I have some very strong memories from those karaoke places, mostly in Korea and Japan. Good times. I’ve also done open karaoke but that is a lot less fun and arguably downright unpleasant especially if your singing voice is terrible, like mine.