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The track that has been requested is "Shut Your Eyes" by Snow Patrol.

The only place I can find it lists it as on disc BBHMVA4 track 9 (icroons). I believe this is UK based karaoke producer.

Does anyone know who this manufacturer is? I have searched ebay and there seems to be some relation to 100 hits karaoke packs that have 5 or more discs. I can't find which one has that track.

Anyone have any more info?

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I found an instrumental karaoke track for this song at amazon.com and there is one on youtube as well. Now all you have to do is memorize the lyrics or create your own CD+G file for the song.

Bruce, I find your fanaticism for the use of your home-made cdg's to be over the top...... BUT you really do help a lot of people find songs they probably would have given up on. I applaud you and keep on keepin on.

I'm the type of person who gets tired of singing the same songs over and over but I do love to sing. I'm not like the typical karaoke singer who is perfectly happy singing the same 10 songs, night after night, for eternity. That being said, I've made hundreds of karaoke tracks for myself and friends that we would not have been able to sing otherwise. I think that there are many other karaoke singers out there that have songs that they would like to sing but they are not available on a karaoke disc. If it only costs me a dollar or two and a llittle bit of my time; why does that make me some sort of fanatic? I can put together a karaoke track while watching TV and by the time I'm finished getting it right, I can usually do a pretty decent job of singing it in public. Karaoke is not a job for me. It is strictly a fun time out of the house with friends who enjoy the same joy of singing. When I hear a new song that I like the sound of, I look forward to singing it. If that song doesn't come out on a commercially available disc, I start looking for an instrumental track of that song so I can make a karaoke track for myself. Some people collect coins and some people collect stamps in their free time. I create karaoke files for myself so I can sing songs that I like and that I might be able to introduce others to. Learnig to sing a new song is like solving a crossword puzzle. You start out with something that sounds pretty bad and after a little bit of time, it starts to come together into something that people can appreciate. I've come across quite a few people who make their own karaoke tracks. Some of them are better than others, of course, but they are all made by people who want to sing something new and different or old and different. Could I always find a song in the KJs book to sing? Of course I could but I have hundreds of songs that no KJ has in their library and I like providing a little variety to a show instead of being just one more guy who makes karaoke night feel like the movie "GROUNDHOG DAY".

So many people (@$%&#!) and moan every month over the bad song selections that are available on the pop hits monthly discs. Obviously, they wish that there were some different titles available to sing. I feel the same way so I make some of the titles that I wish the big manufacturers would make. Sorry if that bothers you. I really don't know why you would even give it a second thought.

Isn't there even ONE song that you wish were available on karaoke that isn't? I used to have hundreds of them; but I don't any longer.

Bruce, ever thought of making it commercially available? Seriously, have your own website, make songs not mp3g available & by request only. How cool is that? Not available from others? Not a problem. Let me know when it happens, I have a few requests.

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Yes, there are plenty of songs I wished that they (not many "theys" left) would make, but there are thousands I haven't even tried to sing yet.

Your passion is not annoying in the sense that you think, it is annoying from a KJ perspective who tries extremely hard to please his singers by having a huge "legal" library (I have 4700 unique CD's) , and you can't find something to sing. I realize you can't have everything and that is why I play customer CD's. I prefer to play from my laptop because I am very, very, very organized in the way I run my shows. A customer provided CD is another thing to handle and think about, and I am all about efficiency.

There was a sincere compliment in my prior post.

Then he would have to start contacting the artists and publishers, and pay to get the legal permissions. As BFFL said, he's not in this as a profession. He's in it for fun.

There are already web sites online where people can have custom karaoke tracks and or backing tracks made. Since I am at the mercy of what other companies produce, as far as backing tracks are concerned, I couldn't promise people any song that they were interested in. I could only sell my ability to create a CDG file from an available backing track. The moment that I started doing it for money there would be a myriad of people and or agencies looking for their piece of the action. I would love to be able to just have the tracks that I have already produced pressed onto discs and sold by various karaoke web sites like Backstage and All Hits and so many other karaoke brands got away with in the past but I don't want to get dragged into court and get the pants sued off of me. Most of the songs that I have created are songs that I personally wanted to sing and they might not interest the casual karaoke enthusiast. That could possibly be why they weren't produced in th efirst place. If you had the backing tracks for a particular song, and not some vocal removal tracks, I might do you a favor and make a song or two for you as long as the backing track was very similar to the original track. I like helping others get to sing songs that they would otherwise not be able to enjoy singing on karaoke night.

I live in an area of the country where country music is not very popular. Back in the day, before everyone had 100,000 songs, very few karaoke shows around here had any country music in their song books. I never expected a KJ to go out and buy discs that only I wanted to sing from so I would buy them for myself. No one ever seemed to have a problem with me bringing my own discs. I don't see any difference between bringing a disc that would not be cost efficient for a KJ to go out and buy and bringing a disc with a bunch of songs that he can't go out and buy; whether it's country music or rock music.

You seem to have some sort of an inferiority complex if you don't have every song that your customers want to sing and you feel like someone is showing you up by bringing a song that you don't have. I'm sure I could find dozens of songs in your song book that I COULD sing but I would like to sing the songs that I WANT to sing. For some odd reason, that seems to get under your skin, as if I'm saying your song selection isn't good enough for me. That is not the case at all. I've probably already sung most of the songs in your song book that I like and that is why I started making my own. I look through the lists of songs on web sites like karaokeversion.com the same way I look through a song book when I'm at a karaoke show. When I come across a song that I like and that I've never sung before, I click the little button and buy it. Then I spend an hour or so putting the CD+G file together for the song. Then I eventually take it to a karaoke show and share it with the people there. Sometimes they like it and sometimes they don't....BUT I ALWAYS DO.

Why that would bother a KJ, I will never understand. Will someone ask you for the song the following week and you will have to explain that the customer made it for himself and you don't have it? I've had plenty of people ask to use one of my discs to sing a song that they have heard me sing and I always let them sing from my discs. I don't make copies of them for people because I like having some control over my hard work. I like going into a bar with a disc of songs that I know no one will be singing that night. I have been in that situation where there are numerous people trying to sing a new popular song before anyone else sings it that night. That doesn't happen when you make one-of-a-kind songs for yourself. You hand the KJ a disc with a song slip with a number on it and you order some food and a drink and wait for your turn to sing. I really don't see the big inconvenience for the KJ in doing that.

HECK!!! I've even had some KJ's ask me to make songs for them that they wanted to sing. I guess they're not as sensitive as you are.

Let's just be glad that we don't live close enough to run into each other. I wouldn't want to upset you by singing a song that wasn't in your book. What a terrible thing to do that would be.

Efficiency is a wonderful thing but customer satisfaction is much more valuable asset to have.

If you just bought a new disc with the latest hit karaoke song on it; wouldn't you want to sing that song if you went to someone else's show with a bunch of your buddies? I always look forward to singing something new. That's why I still enjoy going to karaoke bars and restaurants.

I realize that you paid me a compliment and that is not what I addressed in my response to you. I get tired of hearing the same people sing the same songs week after week. If I can get them to sing something new and different, then I try to help them out. If that means making a song for them, I do it. I woul dthink that you, being a KJ, would also be very tired of hearing the same people sing the same songs week after week. It's not an insult to you or your selection when someone likes a song that you don't have. It would be a hassle to you if someone was constantly bugging you for a song that you didn't have that was commercially available...but then what would you do? Would you buy every song that someone wanted to sing or would you tell someone that they could buy it for themself and you would be happy to play it for them at your show? You would catch more flies with honey than vinegar.

I had a guy tell me that he would NOT play one of my discs because it might have a virus on it. Not a problem. I won't go to that bar. I spend my money somewhere else where they don't think that I'm some sort of karaoke saboteur that has nothing better to do than bring viruses to crash some karaoke guys laptop.

and... so....

How about my original question?

Does anyone know or have more information about the track that I am looking for?

BBHMVA4-09 - Snow Patrol - Shut your eyes

This HAS been produced and offered on a CD+G.

I'd really like to find it.

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Well without the brand listed in i-croons, it's going to be hard to find. Most likely was a fly by night - create/sell/hide operation. Nothing i've ever heard of as far as brand or label. Because they do list some of the e-bay only discs like Honky Cat (pure midi crap) discs as well.

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I found some info about it. It is a homemade track that must have found it's way onto i-croons. I believe it was made by a guy that goes by the name of Beastie Bhoy...hence the BBHMV which more than likely stands for Beastie Bhoy Home Made Version.

Thanks for the info... guess I'll just go to KV, then vote, then wait... and wait...

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