So, it turns out that if you ever embark on any kind of Karaoke madness, you should try to stay in tune as if your life depended on it.

This from the Philippines:

Man slain for singing off-key in videoke bar

By NON ALQUITRAN
The Philippine Star

For singing out of tune, a jobless man was shot dead by a security guard of a videoke bar at the height of an argument in San Mateo, Rizal Tuesday night…

Prior to the incident, Ortega approached the table of Baligula’s group and shook hands with each of them, apparently in a show of friendship.

When Baligula started to sing, Ortega even danced to the tune. But when the song progressed, the suspect reportedly commented that the victim was out of tune, triggering a verbal tussle.

At the height of the argument, Ortega pulled out his service firearm and opened fire at Baligula before fleeing.

Okay, I’ll admit that there are times when, wailing a little Jim Croce or a smidgen of Night Ranger or a pinch of Journey, I might occasionally go out of tune. Now, in my case, I consider this artistic license. Like many of my forefathers, I was always one to consider myself a performance artist rather than a pure vocalist. Sure, I had Italian opera training. Sure, I was all Northwest regional division lead counter baritone, and, I will admit that I lured Simone Cowell to bed one evening with a Barry White medley that is my sirens call, but my lawyers have not yet allowed me to corroborate that a certain drunken “attractive opposite” (wink wink) “straight up and told me” (wink wink) that she wanted to join Simon and I after getting caught in the crossfire of the oh-so-low-and-sexy-medley. Shit… I forgot what I was saying. Oh, yes… Just because I am basically, like, an amazing singer does not mean that I don’t like to tweak the tunage, on occasion. Especially when those occasions include booze. Okay, mostly when those occasions include booze, which is mostly when I sing and… ahhh, fuck it.

The point here is- try not to sing your karaoke out of tune when there are angry Philippine doormen present.

The more you know…