Everyone’s a closet singer these days, and with apps like Smule and Starmaker, they are all coming out of the closet! I came across the Smule app around four years ago when one of my Facebook friends posted a video of it. I shared it with my uncle, who fell in love with the app and has made a gazillion videos on it. He has sung numerous Hindi and English numbers on Smule and shared them with family, friends and colleagues. Recently, he started a YouTube channel featuring his songs. You can check it out here . He has lately taken to using vidtrim and uploading cool videos to go with the songs. I’ve been to a karaoke bar only once as far as can remember. It was to ‘Connie’s’ in Bangalore with my friends. I sang (or brayed) ‘La Isla Bonita’ and one other Madonna number( I think it was ‘True Blue’). It was quite an exhilarating experience. I had to summon my courage to go sing in public since singing is not my forte, and the people who frequent karaoke bars sing like...