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At least a thousand karaoke songs, that no kj will have in his library............I find that.....impressive.... please forgive anything bad I've said about you....it was all in jest....have a good day, my good friend.......

Even if you don't advertise it, there are people like me, a person that likes to vacation in other states and try to find a Karaoke show for 1 or 2 nights. Yes, it may only be a 1-time visit, or even a once-a-year visit, but I'm not looking for an advertisement that specifically says, "I can play the customer's personal tracks." (or something close to that effect). I don't recall ever seeing any advertisement for a Karaoke show, where it indicated any such thing (let alone what format the KJ operates in). And forget calling up a venue to ask that sort of question... you might be lucky to reach a person that knows what you mean by CDG or HD (let alone whether they even know what night/s and time/s the show/s is/are on (some don't even know the name of the KJ or his/her company name)).

I've had it on my website for a couple years now. Just made a blurb pic for my facebook page as well. Am going to start updating all my web ads to reflect this as well. Again, I get people bringing discs because they know I can.

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Being disc based, of course I can and do play customer discs, and quite often. At least some every night. Being able to do so ( AND mix them- some PC hosts can play but can't mix or use effects with them. Still haven't figured that one out) has brought singers from other shows. Keeping 'em happy is what it's all about.

However, it all has to do with customer demand. I happen to have singers at just about every show that bring some of their own discs. Sometimes it's just what they are comfortable with, sometimes they simply weren't sure if I had a particular version or not. Sometimes it's just a matter of habit.

However, that's discs. I'm not going to bring out my LD player for one customer. I do have a small cassette deck that I can run through my system with me, though I've rarely had to use it except for some original music written my some singers.

In regard to these two mediums, chances are that I have the track on disc anyway- or at least that's the way it usually works out. Therefore I wouldn't be leaving a customer unhappy.

Although I use a disc player, and although it has USP and card ports, I won't use them. Won't take chances with what is on the media. The exception-if I ever happen to see them come out- would be a manufacturer's card or drive.

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I went to a VFW last night and the host had quite an elaborate set-up with lights, props, projector & screen, huge 18" floor monitor, AND every song imaginable. He used 2 laptops, 1 for karaoke, 1 for filler. His main draw was probably that he played "customer CD's"......lots of them, and he did it very effeciently. There was an ocassional pause in the singing to wait for a cd to load, but considering the number of singers with their own cd's, it was very acceptable. I don't think he played any ones thumb drives, but I bet if asked he would give a try.

The place was packed with 41 singers and he got all through in 2 hrs 25 min. A lot of people left after singing their first song because they knew there was no chance of singing a second. This was an older crowd, and drinks were real cheap ($1.75 for pint of beer, $2.50 for a good mixed drink, $1.50 bottle of water). He told me his pay was $150 for 3 hours and he did get some tips, and the more tips he recieved the later he stayed.

All apperared good but his mixing skills lacked. Regardless of all the other attributes he had, that was a killer for me. His 18" floor monitor could not be heard and the mics were mud for everyone all night.

PS. Do I think he owns his 100K songs......without a doubt he does not.......did anyone in the room care.....absolutely not, except for me. Is he my "unfair competition", YES, but does he affect me, NO. I do all of things he does (including thumb drives), and I own over 60,000 songs on cd's (90,000 including dupe cd's).