KJ claims to have 75,000 songs?

[swany]

I have over 12,000 cdg titles which I edited my book and culled the also ran duplicates in my library came up with a little over 8,000 without duplicates. When I run a show most often people tell me I have a lot of music that they like. My books are two sided copy single col and with 3 inch binders I need artist and title books. Can't imagine what it would be like with all the duplicates. I do have repeats (different artists) and am adding music as I go along. Can't imagine what a book with 20,000 would be like much less 75,000. WOW hand out the laptop books.

[TERRY STALEY]

I Have About 8000 Songs That Are Common Picks. Our Books Are Artist/title Based On One Book Per Flip Book That Has 200 Discs In It. These Are Also Sorted By Mfg. We Work 5/7 Nights Per Week And Have For Over 13 Years. Its Not Hard To Collect A Large Disc Base In That Amount Of Time.

Terry Staley

[gduns - with the Lord]

I just passed the 20,000 mark, and No, I don't show duplicate titles. If I am asked if I have ......... then I look it up and usually say yep, and use it.

I tried a book with all the listings back when I had 18,000, and every other singer would bring the book to me and ask which version should I sing. So to eliminate the hassle, I took out all the duplicates in the book.

[Karaoke John]

Hi All
I hope to some day have as many songs as everyone else has mentioned.
As of now I have about 5000 songs with maybe a thousand being repeats due to different brands and artists multiplex etc.
I believe I have a good crosssection of music that includes oldies, Rock and Roll, broadway, country, pop and some rap. I hate Rap and don't usually buy very much of that genre.
People will ask me the ? whats the difference in the song. which is okay because I will put up the best version of it. Unless all they give me on the request slip is a number then I play the exact version they ask for.
With 5000 songs it still gives people a lot to choose from. The advantage to having duplicates and Multiplexed to choose from especially if you are still using disks is if one track gets messed up you still have a playable back up. Also some people who have never sang Karaoke before I call em Karaoke virgins get real shy up on stage and having the guide vocals helps them sing. Most of the time I usually play the non guide vocal version unless they specifically ask for it.
Anyway Hoster makes KJ'ing so much easier, I bet it was a nightmare having to carry 20,000 + songs before Hoster We're talking How many disks? and I sure would have hated that. I used to carry 300 disks and now I only carry about 7 disks total just the DVD's and a couple of chartbuster that wouldn't import.
Have a great day
John

[mindonstrike]

If the guy has been around a long time and his library has slowly but surely gotten bigger all that time I'd think he was probably legit (although a poor businessman when it comes to getting a decent return on his investment).
However if he just popped up out of nowhere with a library that size or went from 5000 to 75000 overnight (I've got a few of those in my area), then he's probably a pirate.

About all you can do is hope the manufacturers and/or the legislature will get their acts together and address this problem before the legitamate operators are either forced out of business or forced to cross over to the dark side.

Sam