Only because you have a distaste for the word or idea of "Karaoke"?

It is a well accepted and profitable form of entertainment just as much as comedy, and in fact can be considered comedy at times.

What I enjoy about it, it the Avg Joe Plumber who never had a chance to share what perhaps may be a great talent gets him time in to bask in the warmth of the spotlight,

Thats a GOOD thing! The bad thing is it does put OMBS and DUOS out of work. But OMBS put four piece bands out of work and they put 14 piece bands out of work,

Keyboards and computers put whole string sections and orchestras out of work in Hollywood scoring facilities. Lets not even talk about the lack of live musicians in Las Vegas Mega shows.

Arranger players who use more than the instrument they can play at one time put musicians out of work as well ya
know.........even if they don't sing.

It's all relative and based on personal definitions and bias which mean nothing to many in the long run.


The extent to which people "define" is governed exclusively by their own self-interest. I have seen precious little evidence to dispute that


[This message has been edited by Kingfrog (edited 10-19-2008).]