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I have very mixed crowds. I buy PLENTY of new songs and I supplement the older stuff I have. I STILL have very little need of SC, since what is coming out now is pretty damn good quality. I have SBI as my go to for country, Zoom is my go to for anything pop, cause they are making the best sounding popular stuff, got my DK for the old old stuff, and my SC takes care of my 80's Metal. Then I have Karaoke Version fall all kinds of other stuff. I get by fine like that. I can satisfy just about every request I get, except for no-flies, which I am starting to see some of those coming back.

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I am the ONLY SANE 1 HERE

i think i can shed a little light on this, at least in the Phoenix area...
they see anyone with certs or touting legality as being "in" with SC. When i touted my certs to venues i got stopped immediately and escorted out (if i was lucky to not have a can cruncher or worse pulled on me) because they saw me as the enemy. benefits of hiring legal and risks of hiring pirate is seen as the old Chicago mob, "it would be a shame if something happened to this beautiful building without OUR insurance...". so suddenly I became the one who was calling SC on the venues being sued, I became the one shouting about the pirates, I became the one causing the microscope to be turned to this area. it seems their idea is to do what was SC tried to do, instead of taking away the pirates income forcing them to close up shop and go away, they decided to do the same to certified hosts and the risk to them according to what has happened here and what can be gleaned on-line is minimal at best.

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Sounds to me like the Phoenix area venues and possibly some KJ's are the ones who are the mob and they are trying to protect their shady business practices from scrutiny.

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-Chris

Well of COURSE it would, to you. Unfortunately, the problem - while it includes anti-SC sentiment - is not limited to it. It has expanded to anti- KARAOKE sentiment in some areas for no other reason than to avoid waves. While I have been able to educate a very few venues (PROPERLY, I might add) , most don't care enough to learn. Hence, the damage.

However, before this thread completely denigrates, please keep in mind the OP. The point was that we Karaoke Hosts will lose out no matter who wins the case in question.

There is no single target on which to pee here....

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