The Karaoke Forum

Karafun has a 2 day party pass option for the streaming service, so you can pay as you need to use it. I pay for the monthly option because my girlfriend is an avid karaoke singer, and likes to practice songs at home before going out to the bars. Also, we host a game night/karaoke singing party in o...

You may also want to consider Karafun and its streaming service. You'll have access to 21,000+ songs, and the Karafun player is easy to use and supports playing most digital formats. (I'm not sure though if it can play discs via the disc drive.) Also, the Karafun player is free. The configuration yo...

The bar business is not what it used to be but it will never disappear unless it is made illegal. Prohibition showed us that even if alcohol (and by extension, bar business) is made illegal, that the bars just go underground. Prohibition is unlikely to ever happen again, but if it somehow does happ...

I would argue that karaoke is perhaps more popular now than ever before judging by the availability of karaoke apps for smartphones and tablets, the availability of free apps with streaming services at reasonable subscription rates (like Karafun and Red Karaoke), home karaoke solutions like the Kara...

I don't know if I would call it the "next hottest thing", but I would not be surprised if in the next several years that the next steps in the evolution of karaoke are subscription based all-in-one packages (like KaraoQ) and a push towards completely digital and wireless technologies. We a...

... and people wonder why 85% of all bars fail within the first five years. Bar owners are their own worst enemies, but they will blame it on anything and everything else.

Sadly, because most bar owners have the mentality of, "if you build it, they will come." They don't think that they need to do anything else to be a successful bar. Also, most bar owners usually do not know anything about running a successful bar prior to opening a bar. A surprising amount...