History of Karaoke

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-47423994-1', 'fortunecity.ws'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script> <center> <br> <div> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://ad.broadcaststation.net/ads/show_ad.php?width=728&height=90"></script> </div> </center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=145 BGCOLOR="#3366CC" TEXT="#080000" background="127ff483.gif"> <div> <B>MIDI = "Wooly Bully"</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>THE MUSIC YOU ARE LISTENING TO IS MIDI MUSIC AND NOT MUSIC FROM THE KARAOKE CDS</B></div> <div> <B>PUT ON THIS SITE FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT ONLY</B></div> <div>  <img src="HTMLobj-543/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="63" height="151">  </div> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-542/WoolyBully.mid" autostart="true" loop="true" hidden="true">  </div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="128ff483.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#6666FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>KARAOKE ONE STOP - LAS VEGAS</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#663399" FACE="Times New Roman" >    </FONT> |    <B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="KARAOKE ONE STOP LAS VEGAS"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id100.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Introduction"><U>Introduction</U></A>   |   <B>History of Karaoke</B>   |   <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Karaoke Locations In Las Vegas"><U>Karaoke Locations In Las Vegas</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id101.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Stores Selling Karaoke CDs"><U>Stores Selling Karaoke CDs</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="What Is A Karaoke CD or Karaoke Video CD"><U>What Is A Karaoke CD or Karaoke Video CD</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Product Information"><U>Product Information</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Price Listing"><U>Price Listing</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ordering Information"><U>Ordering Information</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U>Contact Me</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id191.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Advantages of Becoming An Affiliate Mem"><U>Advantages of Becoming  An Affiliate Member</U></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="129f0050.gif" border=0 width="496" height="5" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> History of Karaoke</div> <bR> <div> The Japanese word "karaoke" has become common throughout the world and is now published in English dictionaries.   Karaoke is a typical form of entertainment for Japanese business people; they drop into a bar with colleagues after work, have a drink, and enjoy singing popular songs to the accompaniment of karaoke. Karaoke has been entertaining people ever since its invention 20 years ago, and has become firmly established in Japanese, American societies and many other countries throughout the world, </div> <bR> <div> "Kara" comes from "karappo" meaning empty, and "oke" is the abbreviation of "okesutura," or orchestra. </div> <bR> <div> CDs or tapes in with only the instrumental version of a popular song are called "karaoke."</div> <bR> <div> Karaoke started in Kobe City, Japan.  Rumor has it that a strolling guitarist could not come to perform at the bar due to illness.  The bar owner used instrumental tape recordings for use by his customers to sing to.  From that time forward, karaoke grew and has become popular all around the world.   </div> <bR> <div> Any party is livened up when someone sings.  Whether they have a good voice or can hardly keep tune, everyone enjoys.  The person having a hard time keeping tune may end up being the hit of the party as the comedian of the night.  Karaoke has become widely accepted because everyone feels at ease while singing in public.  Why listen to someone else sing when you can be the one doing the singing.  The feeling one gets when they get a "big hand" after singing in public does wonders to one's esteem.</div> <bR> <div> Originally in the form of an instrumental tape of a popular song's, karaoke evolved to the compact disk, which can locate the beginning of a song immediately. This development also made possible the enhancement of video scenes to create an atmosphere suitable to each song, displayed on a TV monitor along with the words. </div> <bR> <div> Using technological innovations such as the video disk, laser disk, and CD graphics, karaoke has grown to be a major entertainment industry. Family-use karaoke sets have also become popular, making the amusement formerly limited to night spots possible in the home. </div> <bR> <div> A "Karaoke Box" is a closed door insulated room used for singing karaoke.  The first karaoke box was built in the Kansai area of Japan.  A meeting place for office workers, student, high schools student and married people; the karaoke box has become widely popular.</div> <bR> <div> Karaoke displays the words and scenes of a song on a monitor.  The words are synchronized to set the pace for the singer and the video background sets the mood by displaying pictures associated with the song.</div> <bR> <div> Karaoke has made a  great contribution to the history of musical entertainment. </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>