In the few weeks that the karaoke spot has been open, there have been some surprising bookings: A group of librarians, a book club and a toddler who took over. (“I don’t know how anyone who has a business doesn’t live there,” she said.) They found the perfect spot in a former masonic hall at 790 Haddon Ave., spent a year renovating the space and now live above the business. What if we did this?’ ” Ronnie Schmeltzer said. They walked around their Collingswood neighborhood and suddenly started to see open spaces as opportunities. When they returned from their Japan adventure, they realized they couldn’t find anything like the karaoke experience they had overseas.
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Their family includes daughter Leah, 10 and sons Matt, 20 and Justin, 25 (who was working and couldn’t join in the karaoke trip to Japan). The Schmeltzers, married for 11 years, met in the travel business. “He really got going - he sang more songs that anyone in the room,” Michael said, adding the comfort level comes because “they’re in front of their group.”
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Michael Schmeltzer described one recent customer, a dad on the quiet side who figured he might sing a song or two at his kid’s karaoke party. Each room comes with a tambourine, microphones, a volume-control remote and an iPad that lets partygoers program their playlist.Īnd much like Schmeltzer did in Japan, guests seem to loosen up in the private environment. The rooms at Songbird Karaoke, which the Schmeltzers opened in August, are modeled on the “karaoke box” they enjoyed so much in Japan. “You don’t have to get drunk and sing in a bar,” Ronnie Schmeltzer said of Japan’s private suites for karaoke.