An Ongoing Interview With A Singsnap Member

[Chance]

This thread is my ongoing conversation with a Singsnap member who I will be referring to as "Jane".
She has asked that her real name and any of her user names not be revealed and I have agreed. Check back here to follow Jane's story and her experiences. Incorrect spelling and other typos have been corrected to make it easier for the general audience to read.

If you would like to be part of an interview and share your online karaoke experiences email me at [e-mail]

Portions of our emails will be posted as they continue to come in and any portions not relevant to this topic will be omitted. All identifying information of any party is not nor will ever be included on a public forum and all parties have agreed to allow certain parts of conversations shared on this message board.

In our early emails, I asked Jane about how she first started using online karaoke sites and why.

Chance: "Jane, I am trying to get a better understanding of online karaoke sites and was hoping you could share with me a little of your experiences and help be better understand how this all works ok"?

Jane: "Hi Chance. Sure. I would like to ask that you not use my name at all though. I haven't done anything wrong, but wouldn't want to upset any of my friends or cause any problems".

Chance: "I figured you would say that. Lol No problem. I am not for or against any of these sites. I would though, like to get both positive and negative views on your overall experience if that's ok and I appreciate you helping me out.
Go ahead and tell me how it first started for you".

Jane: Ok. Well, about two years ago someone told me about Singsnap. He told me I could record there for free and then put the songs in public and have other people listen to them and then they could comment also. I registered but for a long time, couldn't figure out how to get my laptop to work with their program.
I tried several things including looking for help on their message boards and from other members but none of that really helped.
Then one day, I met this guy who was very nice and he explained things to me where it kinda of all finally made sense.
I recorded about 10 songs in the first 3 days because I was so excited about having it finally work after such a long time.
The guy that helped me sent my song to a few friends of his and all of the sudden I had a few comments and after that I was hooked".

A couple of months after that the guy that helped me? He started sending me more and more personal messages and we became very close in a short period of time. I was married, but my husband is in the military and hardly ever home. The attention was nice. thinking back on it now, I wish I had never gotten online and started this whole thing".

Chance: Not to jump to conclusions or anything, are you saying you got into an online relationship with this guy"?

[Chance]

Jane: "Not at first no. We kept talking back and forth for a while and did a few duets. Every morning when I woke up the first thing I would do is check my messages. Every time there was a message from him, I was excited. It was what made my day.

About a month later, things at home were getting bad. They already were, but it was worse because of a lot of financial problems we had. We were always fighting.

Next thing I know, I signed up with Yahoo instant messenger and while I was alone in the house, I would get online with him and we would talk. A week later, we got on cam.
I spent a lot of time trying to look nice before those visits and couldn't wait until the next time we could talk. He lived about 600 miles away but he was in the same country".

[Chance]

Email sent back to Jane. Waiting for her reply and will post soon.

Chance: Were you worried that your husband would find out? Do you share that computer or is it for your use only?

Was he married also?

Note: Since this last post, I have sent an additional email to Jane asking her if she wouldnt mind posting personal messages between the two parties.

[Chance]

"Jane" received an email from someone on Singsnap telling her that they "know" its her and in the last day and half is been moderately harassed because of it.
She has not replied to that person but thinks that with more time, it will just continue and so as to not make things stressful for herself has made the decision to not continue giving out anymore information regarding the relationship she had while using the site

[pamplemus]

well, it is unfortunate that this person cannot speak plainly and tell their story. singsnap has a reportedly long and sordid history of ferreting out current and former members who try to relay any of the seamier side of the singsnap family, and this is simply another instance of it. the alledgedly machiavellian nature of the leadership style of trevor mcguire and his jugular throttling grasp on the image and voice of his site is well known, and though he is not likely directly responsible for this particular intrusion, i would not be surprised to find that one of his dragoons had instituted it, endorsed it, or encouraged it. i hope that you find other interviewees, but frankly i was surprised you found one that was willing to tell this much of their story.

[Chance]

I already have another member, so I will be posting their story as soon as I can.
This one is honestly a bit more compelling so I was glad to actually hear they were will to talk about it.

[Chance]

"L": I not so sure I would even go back there. That bitch was supposed to be a good friend of mine and threw me and prolly a 100 more jus to get her way.

Chance: Ok. Can you back up a bit and tell me what happened. You don't have to use her name if you don't want to. I didn't use anyone else's name on my last post's either, so don't worry about that.