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Building up your own singing ability for karaoke is not hard, the key is to practice. And the best way to practice is of course have the same song at home so you can learn and sing each and every day. That is why choosing to purchase your own karaoke CDs is the perfect option for any singing enthusiasts, but where should you start? What is the best way to start up your own karaoke CD library?

Build a list of your favourite songs

The best way to start is to make a list of your favourite songs that you hope to learn to sing. By making a list a pattern or theme should appear making it easier to pick the right karaoke CD or DVD that suits your particular genre or style. The list is of course not what you should limit your karaoke CD choices to, but rather be the perfect stepping stone to see where you should start.

Suit Your Library to your own tastes

Unless you are considering becoming a karaoke host for other people there is no need to have a wide range in your own personal library, just the ones that will suit you. Think about purchasing karaoke CDs like you would any other CD, if you do not like that particular artist or genre you wouldn’t spend money on it, so why would you do the same on the tracks that you sing along to?

Know the type and quality of CDs you want

While many systems are compatible in handling karaoke CDs and DVDs, it is best to double-check what your set-up can handle before purchasing.
By going the extra mile, you can make sure that your system will be able to handle your new purchases, and that the new CDs that you have just bought will not have been all in vain.

Discover the magic of shopping online

It’s true that you can find almost everything you need at your average department store when it comes to building your karaoke CD library, but it is easier, and definitely cheaper, to start building online. Doing a quick search online will give you an unbelievable range of karaoke CD’s available, and while your local store might have a good selection, there is no arguing about the competitive prices that you can find literally everywhere on the net.

Shop around for the best bargains

Online shopping is also perfect for purchasing karaoke CDs because it is easier to find the bargain that suits your needs. By looking through the wide selection of sites selling karaoke CDs, you can find the tracks that you want at the best possible price, and all from the comfort of your own home.

There has been lots of talk about the CAVS Karaoke Players so we thought we’d take the time to test one of the more popular models. The DVD-203G USB has all the usual features like 2 mic inputs with echo, programmable song ordering, numeric keypad to access any number song, parental control, digital Key control and Voice cancelling on multiplex discs but here we’ll cover pros and cons on important points of interest.

CONS

Professionals will not use the supplied microphone. To my ear, as a professional I like to use high quality mics so the singers always sound their best. That being said, the average “consumer ear” may find that the supplied CAVS microphone sounds just fine.

There are no fancy video graphics like you see with the 12″ laser discs. What you get is backup tracks of CD quality music with the song’s lyrics on your monitor or TV

There are several ala carte extras to consider before buying a CAVS DVD-203G USB as follows:
The unit has two mic inputs but only comes with one microphone as was mentioned above. You might want a second for all those duets. Most packages include 1 disc (up to 1250 songs) so if you want more discs they can cost between $70 – $200 The USB port is for an external hard drive which is NOT included so that will cost $100+ depending on the size but you could fit up to 100,000 songs or more on the bigger ones. An Audio/Video cable is included but any additional cables for example; SVideo, Coaxial or Optical cables will have to be purchased separately. In order to make your own SCDGs you need additional software for around $49 or a deluxe version for $69 from the manufacturer.
PROS

The CAVS DVD-203G USB is an average sized components which fits nicely into a home entertainment system or pro rack. It can replace an AC3 Dolby Digital DVD Player and/or 500 CD Carousel. It easily hooked up to my TIVO via the front side AV inputs (White-Red-Yellow RCA plugs) but those without TIVO should look for the same jacks on their VCR or right on the TV. You can also use an S Video connection or the RCA A/V jacks on your home stereo and TV combo. The professionals use the mixer and video directly to a video monitor or video patch bay to sync multiple TVs. Plays every format: DVD/VCD/SCDG/CD+G/CD/CD-R/CD-RW/MP3/JPEG/Kodak Photo CD Excellent sound and arrangement Quality – We tested the Sweet Georgia Brown Magic Tracks with 1208 songs and the quality of the sound and the musical arrangements were excellent. SuperCDGs can be played on your computer. Each retail disc comes with a self contained PC program which loads and plays the hundreds and thousands of songs allowing you to do a karaoke show with just your (DVD equipped) PC or Laptop. It’s possible to Make your own SuperCDGs from your old CD+G library or from your MP3 collection of non-Karaoke songs with the optional software. With the CAVS DVD-203G USB Player you can also hook up to an optional CAVS 60, 160 or 250 Gigabyte hard drive for a whopping storage capacity of 100,000 songs.

For the Professional:
Save Money from buying so many discs Save Time from changing discs between singers Save Pain from carrying hundreds of discs in cases Save the headache from dealing with scratched discs when you swap them out since the need to swap discs it virtually eliminated. Mix-Down allows you to make studio type output of your performance to an external recorder or computer
In Conclusion

The trade-offs do not outweigh the values. There were a few added costs for a hard drive and some additional SCDG discs but we now have an expandable system which plays SCDGs. With this unit, the only thing that sets the pros apart from the amateurs is the ’7 Rules to Hosting a CAVS Karoke Party

If you are considering running your own Karaoke business then you must consider yourself a professional. Perhaps you have got all your equipment, now its just a matter of getting your karaoke music.

Your first inclination will be to run out and buy all your favorites. I mean they are your favorites so everyone must love them as well right? Well not really. You are going to have to broaden your thinking when it comes to choosing your karaoke music. You can take some of the guess work out of this if you have some type of business marketing plan.

You need to determine what is your target market is going to be. In other words who is going to use your services. What type of functions do you want to cater to. If you are in this to make money ,then you are probably thinking that you will cater to whoever wants you. That’s fine, just be prepared in your choice of karaoke music so you don’t end up bombing out at an event. Remember you may be hired for a karaoke party at a seniors club, and not do so well. Then there you find out someone was there that was thinking of having a karaoke night, for their bowling banquet. You will probably not be their choice because of the way this event is going. However, on the other hand if you had had the right choice of music, it would have gone much smoother. Word of mouth is going to be your best advertisement, in more ways than one.

You may not have a budget that is going to let you go out and fully stock up on every category of karaoke music there is, in the beginning. So start listing what are the most likely events that will use your services first. Only you will know this for sure but here are some possibilities.

-Karaoke bars
-Karaoke Parties
-Birthday parties
-Wedding showers
-Family get togethers
-Club events
-Weddings
-Seniors clubs
-Children’s birthday parties

No doubt you will add to the list. Also there are several on the list that you most likely will do only on a rare occasion. So start organizing the list, from more probably down to least likely.
Now figure out what your music budget is going to be. Take