We used to sing in our kithcen on Friday nights. My father would bring home some of his friends from the bar and they would sit in the kitchen singing Irish songs until the wee hours. When I'm learning a new song I practice it in my kitchen just before I take it out in the new world. With no rugs and plenty of tile I get a little natural reverb and a sense of how it will sound out in the real world. Merry Christmas to all.