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Internet, downloading, and karaoke
Has anyone heard of being able to download karaoke songs to the pc? I has a few customers tell me that a KJ was doing this. I try to be as legal as possible and I was not aware you could do this. Yes being legal gets me less money and time than the guy who rips him music off the net(regualr DJ music) Just curious if this was possible.
If anyone is intersted to know I have only been doing this for about 6 months and am up to 5 shows a week and I might have to buy another set of equiptment to keep up with demand!
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hi Lake Station
Hi Lake Station,we live close to each other, I may be the DJ they are talking about. The music is being downloaded into my pc from my hard disc collection of fifteen years. The customers keep asking me to download this and that song. I've explained to them it takes time to get them all in a computer and I'm not downloading from the internet. Kinda new to this area and not trying to cause any waves.I just love karaoke and wanna work once or twice a week.
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Re: Internet, downloading, and karaoke
I've heard of people doing it, but know of no legal means of it.
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Re: Internet, downloading, and karaoke
Have you heard of CAVS. You can pay 1.99 per song and down load any song you want
Last edited by admin; February 10th, 2005 at 02:15 PM. |
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Re: Internet, downloading, and karaoke
CAVS.com is the site for the Cleveland Caveliers ....
And why pay 1.99 for a song, if an entire CD+G disk with 15-18 songs can be bought for $18-$20, why pay $29 - $35 for the same amount of songs... |
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However we have many private users who are more focused on obtaining songs they want. In that case spending even $5.00 per track ( that's what Priddis was charging for custom CDG's) can be much cheaper. The average commercial CDG may have 2 songs you really want, and 13 you could care less about. That's quite intentional on the part of the manufacturer for obvious reasons. At that rate you'd have to buy at least 7 discs to get 14 songs you really want. That works out to $126 to $140, using your numbers. At $5.00 per pop through a company like Priddis, 14 tracks comes to $70, and and all 14 tracks are songs you want, no dead filler, and you have an original CDG. I haven't checked Priddis in awile, they may have come down somewhat, dunno. I haven't looked into Internet download tracks, most aren't legal anyway. It's my understanding that Cavs tracks will only play on Cavs machines. That's the way it was a few months ago, and if it's changed, I'll stand corrected on that point.. Take care, George Last edited by George; January 4th, 2005 at 07:40 AM. |
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Re: Internet, downloading, and karaoke
Another Software I was using.......sells MP3+G's
[snip] Hoster is much better in my opinion |
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Maybe I'm confused, but isn't there something in the posting rules about recommending someone elses products?
ADMIN: Yep. The errant post is deleted.
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It's also just plain bad manners. Sam
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If this is the case, in the best interests of KJ's everywhere, these producers should be named. It also raises the question of whether or not these producers have the right to refuse permission to anyone that wishes to rip these discs to hard drives. |
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It has never been tested in court, but research done indicates that the legal owner of a disc can "format shift" the contents by importing to a hard drive. However, rest assured that copyright law doesn't change by the whim of a producer. Most of the discs you own now probably have an incredible statment like "not for public performance". If producer's statments like these are legal, then why hasn't someone been sued for hosting a show in public? |
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Quote: "Not for public performance unless played at full volume" Someone with a sense of humor poking fun at themselves and the industry, I guess. George |
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i believe that is true.. and it's still not legal to use their songs (Because they didn't pay for thier liecencing)
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well if there are, I completely apologize. I was only making a suggestion, and thank you for your concern.
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Downloading?
I first just want to say that I for one really like MTU's Software. I am sorry that KaraokeAngel took things so personally. If she is happy with her other brand of Software then why switch to any other? I also really like the forum! Being the newbie to computer karaoke that I am I have gotten some really valuable information.
I dont know a dang thing about downloading music off the net and am scared to even try. It would be my luck to have a virus invade and wipe out everything I have worked on. Lots of hours spent importing disks. As far as other software I looked before I made a decision to go with MTU, the updates and support and incorporating our Ideas into the software made MTU the best choice. I really think that Hoster is fairly straight forward and easy to use. We can complicate it but the more things added the more to go wrong. The only thing that will make it absoulutely unbeatable in my book will be when I can import DVD titles so I don't have to use another player for that . Well sorry there is another thing too. but I'll put it into the request features section. Have a great day John |
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