"2) Yup, with 35,000 songs one should also be able to find a version of a song they like.
The problem in this case is that the KJ didn't show the versions in his book (of which there was only one, BTW). This means that a singer is going up kamakaze, since there is no way of knowing what will come out of the speakers."
1) Just out of curiosity, just how many people that attend karaoke shows actually know the products and manufacturers? or for that matter care.
2) And out of the hundred or so karaoke shows I have seen around the country, almost without exception, it was just the person singing without effects. Most of the time at the audiences expense.
The only truly high quality show I have ever seen was at the Salty Pelican in Hawaii. And that I believe was mainly accredited to the quality of the singers.
So I guess what I am wondering is, all the extra equipment as nice as it may be, is it the exception or the rule.
When I hear " I do this and that because I Don't want to do this or that", ( i.e. less weight or something is just "too difficult") I must reply as follows:
We are in a business. This is our WORK. Our success does not depend on how EASY we make life for US, but on the WORK and extra lengths we will go for our customers.
Joe, I hate to tell you this....but all keychangers are digital!
And people who have a preference (at least what I find around here) ask for either SC, PHM, or THM, and some even still ask if I have the Pioneer versions, while I don't have an over abundance of THM most who sing from the PHM find them more than satisfactory or even come to prefer them over the THM brand!
What I find with singers that bring their own disc to my shows is they end up actually looking in one of my 30 to 40 books (which when i was playing their disc they never did) and picking a song and then getting their version of it anyway (even if it was NT, BS or SGB just for the asking), because I bought all of the cheap sets just to fulfill the desires of the vast majority who brought their own disc!
James,
I keep a Rolls mini mixer (just a little larger than a pack of cigarettes) in the door of each vehicle for backup. While certainly not the best it will allow me to get through a night without a problem!
Also, I wasn't knocking ANY brands. What I was trying to say ( and what I have also said in many "library" posts) is that the "best" brands are the ones made most popular by our customers. Just because we may carry the top brands doesn't mean that the singer won't prefer his K-mart version...
ANYWAY, this isn't about types of gear, or the best library, or our favorite brands. It's about a ( hopefully) low priced KJ with absolutely no pride not providing a good service. If he were, he would have singers, and appreciative crowd, and a venue owner who will think of karaoke with fondness...
I also found that the vast majority of singer produced disc were too nasty to use in my players when i was using players!
Even at the expense of losing one or two die hards who want to use their own disc, I find that I am perfectly willing to lose all of these people just to keep the other 40 to 50 singers and their friends coming to my shows on a regular basis!
And hence, one of the many reasons I don't do Karaoke. I don't know how and I don't want to spend all that money again.
I would consider doing Karaoke, if I had some training to do it, but there just seem to be so many KJ's out there now. Plus not sure I have the tolerance to put up with a lot of drunks. lol
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