What Is Karaoke?

Karaoke is singing along with a pre-existing song, where you replace the lead singer. Karaoke songs are reproduced to sound as much as possible like the original song, but without the lead vocals. The lyrics of the song are presented to the singer on a video screen, highlighting the words to be sung so the singer can follow along without memorizing the song lyrics. Karaoke songs are never produced by the original artist or recording studio. They are recreated by independent karaoke manufacturers. Most of these manufacturers use professional musicians and singers to produce the likeness of the original song. If the original song contains any backing vocals (eg. chorus, harmonies, etc.), the karaoke version will usually contain them as well.

 
The History of Karaoke

Karaoke is believed to have originated in a small bar in Japan. The in-house band recorded their music onto tape, and if they were not there, the singer would just sing along to the tape. The word Karaoke was written on the tape, Kara meaning "missing" and Oke meaning "band" or "Orchestra


The Fun Of Karaoke

Karaoke is all about making anyone the singing star they've always aspired to become. In Karaoke, you have the same music playing in the background from your favourite professional group, whilst you sing the lyrics. Don't know the words? No problem. Karaoke sound tracks allow the lyrics to scroll acrross the screen of a TV. Now, anyone can be the star!