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But believe it or not, there are still a few "Harper Valley PTA" singers still around who like these old disc..go figure....
Ooh! You're stompin' on my heart now! Karaoke does not live by Meatloaf alone! I figure that half my crowd hasn't or doesn't want to know what "Sublime" music they are missing! As most of us know, there are a lot of clientele that sing Karaoke to play to the audience, and not because they can do Elvis impersonations but because AC/DC just wouldn't please the hearing aides at the bar stools! Yeah there is always a time and a place to see if the I-95 song will get the ovation, while B-Flat The Cat goes over well at most 5 Yr Olds B-Day parties, and I get paid the same!!!
Old disks? or Old Music? If you are a newbie that hasn't built a cdg collection over the past two decades, or had to carry around the discs that matched the songlists ( before scdgs ), and can remember fast forwarding or rewinding the cassettes to the correct selection, because you couldn't afford the laser discs... well yeah, they are old discs and most were not handled with care, and ain't it nice that Hoster is forgiving when it comes to duplicating the music and not the scratches?
Old music? Some of my Mexican clientele are singing songs written 75 to 100 years ago, because it's part of their heritage, being of a proud race ( La Raza ), and most don't need the lyrics because they memorized them from hearing their grandparents & parents sing the same songs as they were growing up!
So don't paint yourself into a corner, be very diversified, and enjoy making money in a pleasurable business, that puts a smile on the faces of the masses, that we are allowed to perform for, and be entertained by!!!
That's how I figure it...
Rick
Rikki Tikki Karaoke