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The Difference in Karaoke Music Formats

Filed Under: Music
Mar.14, 2010

The current market for karaoke music is in three different formats: CDG, DVD and VCD. Each format is distinctly different in terms of quality, background videos, and music selection.

CDG, or otherwise known as CD+G or CD+Graphics, is in my opinion the better format for karaoke music. You have a larger selection of music to choose from and you also have better manufacturers producing quality content. Some of the better manufacturers are Sound Choice, Musie Maestro, Chartbusters, and Top Hits Monthly. One thing that throws people off about this format is that you cannot play this on any regular CD player for the full features. You can play this on regular CD players to listen to the music but you will not be able to see the lyrics on the TV screen. You will need a player that can play CDG (CD+G, CD+Graphics) format if you want to see the lyrics appear on the TV screen. The other thing to note is that you won’t see actual music videos in the background, you will only get a solid color background.

DVD and VCD formats are similar and any DVD player can play both of these formats. With these formats, you get a smaller selection of music but one of the advantages is that you do get videos in the background. Mind you, they are not the actual music videos that you see on MTV for example. They are usually just background videos of nice sceneries and such. Music quality can vary with DVD and VCD format but in my opinion, CDG music quality is on average better than these two formats if you go with the name brands of course. Another thing to note with DVD and VCD Karaoke Music is that they are all multi-plexed, meaning that all the songs will have vocals that can easily be removed with a press of a button on your DVD player’s remote. Many people do not know this so when they started to play the Karaoke DVD and the vocals were there, they complained to the store that it’s not karaoke. So with these formats, you have to remember that you can remove the primary vocals by pressing either the MPX or Audio button on your DVD player’s remote. Actual button may be different depending on your machine.

Another thing to note about Karaoke Music is that it isn’t completely vocaless. It’s a misconception that Karaoke Music has no, and I mean no vocals. It sounds odd but that’s true. Karaoke Music isn’t the same as instrumental music. Instrumental music is completely vocaless. In Karaoke Music, you will always get the background vocals. Why? Karaoke music is meant for a person to sing as the primary vocalist while the background vocals in the music provide back-up, that’s why all karaoke music, no matter what format, will always include the background vocals.

George Yang is a web content developer and marketer. GCY Articles

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The Difference Between Karaoke Music and Instrumental Music

Filed Under: Music
Mar.10, 2010

Karaoke Music is music that allows a person or persons to sing in place of the main singer. This allows the person to perform that song and sing in front of their friends, family, or talent show. With this being said, it’s safe to assume that the main vocals are not present in the song itself. However, those are not the only vocals in music. In almost all music songs, you have the main vocals and then you have the backup, background, vocals. Basically, the backup vocals are the backup singers or background singers to complement the main singer.

Therefore, in Karaoke music, the main vocals are taken out but the backup singers vocals are still left in since the person doing Karaoke is only singing the main vocals. So, this is why karaoke music is not pure instrumental music. Usually in karaoke music, you only have one singer, unless of course it is a duet, but you never have people sing as the background singers so that is why those vocals are not taken out.

I used to run an online karaoke retail store and we would get many complaints about karaoke music not being completely instrumental when they received it. From my previous explanation above, you can now understand why karaoke music is not pure instrumental music.

So, where can you get pure instrumental music? The answer is in Midi music. Midi music is pure instrumental because it consists only of instruments. No vocals can be recorded with midi music. There are plenty of resources online where you can download midi music for free or for a fee. However, the only issue is trying to find a good midi version of the song you want and have it sound like the original.

Most midi songs, even karaoke songs, don’t sound like the original because they have to change instrument keys to go around the copyright issue. If they sounded exactly like the original song, the maker would have to pay royalties to the music industry. But, there are certain brands in karaoke music where they do pay royalties and so they do sound very close to the original song.

If you are not picky about having background vocals, go for karaoke versions since, I believe, they do sound better than Midi songs. However, for those looking for pure instrumental music, your best bet is in midi songs, unless of course the original song had no background singers.

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Karaoke Music versus Instrumental Music

Filed Under: Music
Feb.23, 2010

Karaoke Music is music that allows a person or persons to sing in place of the main singer. This allows the person to perform that song and sing in front of their friends, family, or talent show. With this being said, it’s safe to assume that the main vocals are not present in the song itself. However, those are not the only vocals in music. In almost all music songs, you have the main vocals and then you have the backup, background, vocals. Basically, the backup vocals are the backup singers or background singers to complement the main singer.


Therefore, in Karaoke music, the main vocals are taken out but the backup singers vocals are still left in since the person doing Karaoke is only singing the main vocals. So, this is why karaoke music is not pure instrumental music. Usually in karaoke music, you only have one singer, unless of course it is a duet, but you never have people sing as the background singers so that is why those vocals are not taken out.


I used to run an online karaoke retail store and we would get many complaints about karaoke music not being completely instrumental when they received it. From my previous explanation above, you can now understand why karaoke music is not pure instrumental music.


So, where can you get pure instrumental music? The answer is in Midi music. Midi music is pure instrumental because it consists only of instruments. No vocals can be recorded with midi music. There are plenty of resources online where you can download midi music for free or for a fee. However, the only issue is trying to find a good midi version of the song you want and have it sound like the original.


Most midi songs, even karaoke songs, don’t sound like the original because they have to change instrument keys to go around the copyright issue. If they sounded exactly like the original song, the maker would have to pay royalties to the music industry. But, there are certain brands in karaoke music where they do pay royalties and so they do sound very close to the original song.


If you do not mind having background vocals, go for the karaoke version because you do get better and more quality music than you in midi songs. But of course, for those looking for pure instrumental music, your only real choice is in midi music. However, if the original song has no background singers and chorals, than you can get away with using the karaoke version of that song as a pure instrumental song.

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Learn About Bollywood Karaoke Music

Filed Under: Music
Feb.22, 2010

Be the next Bollywood karaoke music star by learning how to get the best Bollywood karaoke songs. It doesn’t matter if you’re an amateur singer or a home performer. The important thing is to imbibe the spirit of Bollywood Karaoke music and belt the melodious notes of Indian mainstream music.

Bollywood is India’s Hollywood. The term is actually a contraction of Hollywood and the city of Bombay which is the seat and capital of Indian film and cinema. Bollywood is the biggest cinema industry in the world in terms of production releases and ticket sales.

One unique characteristic of Bollywood cinema is the elaborate and big reliance on dance and song numbers. Thus the Bollywood karaoke music and the Bollywood karaoke songs were born. These musical extravaganzas in cinemas has been reproduced in CDs and DVDs and categorized as Bollywood karaoke music.

So, you can pretend that you’re the leading star in Bollywood and sing to your heart’s content through Bollywood karaoke music. Some of the iconic film productions in Bollywood has been converted and reengineered as Bollywood karaoke songs. So you can play these CDs at your own home, plug the microphone, and start singing like a Bollywood karaoke music champion.

Bollywood karaoke songs come in different languages because the Bollywood productions are also multilingual. Hindi, Urdu, Bhangra, Tamil, Hindustani, and Ghazal songs are available in Bollywood karaoke music CDs. Language would not be problem though because of the different subtitles that can be programmed in the Bollywood karaoke songs compilations.

Bollywood Karaoke Music Invading the Online World

Bollywood karaoke music is not only limited in the Indian subcontinent. Bollywood karaoke songs are now being widely marketed on the Internet. In effect, the Bollywood karaoke music has become global.

The online presence of Bollywood karaoke music contributed significantly to the popularization and internationalization of Bollywood productions. As Bollywood karaoke songs depict certain segments of the source movie, more and more people are getting interested in the exotic musical beauty of Bollywood karaoke music.

How to Find the Best Online Provider of Bollywood Karaoke Songs

There are literally hundreds of Bollywood karaoke music providers online. Finding the best one could be quite difficult. A mark of a good Bollywood karaoke music provider is the amount of Bollywood songs available in its collection.

Thousands of musical films are being produced yearly in Bollywood. So the Bollywood karaoke music provider should also approximate this number in order to give you wider choices of Bollywood karaoke songs.

The Bollywood karaoke music provider should also provide CDs and DVDs as well as streaming Bollywood karaoke songs. The music provider should have Bollywood karaoke songs in different languages. These multi-lingual collections will give you enough selections of music sang in your particular language. Singing Bollywood karaoke music therefore would be truly enjoyable.

Bollywood karaoke songs and music are here to stay. The industry will grow by leaps and bounds in the years ahead. Be sure to find the best Bollywood karaoke music provider now. Start enjoying Bollywood music while it is still a growing industry.

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Learn About Hindi Karaoke Music

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Feb.21, 2010

You may not know it, but Hindi karaoke music is very popular nowadays. This Indian karaoke music is not just enjoyed by the Indians themselves, but people from around the world. As such, you should definitely learn as much as you can about Hindi karaoke music.

Indian karaoke music is also known as Indian pop. The short term for Hindi karaoke music is actually ‘indi pop’, and it is very popular among the one billion members of the Indian population. Because Hindi is the main language of Hindi karaoke music, these have wide mass appeal. To trace the legacy of Indian karaoke music, we will need to go back to the decade of the 80s. This was the birth of Hindi karaoke music, beginning with Nazia Hassan.

This person is a Pakistani singer dedicated to flourishing the Indian karaoke music scene. Nazia Hassan is also the person who introduced the popular Hindi karaoke music áap jaisa koi meri zindagi mein aaye’ along with the musical scoring of the popular Biddu. Together, they were able to rock the country and created a demand for Hindi karaoke music in a nation that has long been embracing classical music. The younger Indian generation fully accepted it immediately, as the adults gave it a hand as well.

Pretty soon, their songs were part of the mainstream Indian music scene blasted from all Indian karaoke music makes across the nation. Indian karaoke music became a staple in the Indian culture, thanks also the influences of pop and disco singers such as Mithun Chakravorthy and Rishi Kapoor. Not only was their songs part of music, but they were also quite danceable tunes as well. It was also common to see many an Indian household to sing Hindu karaoke music as well as dancing around the room to songs such as “sara zamana hasino ka diwana, paise ye paisa”.

Indian karaoke music also became very popular with many Indians who were based in other countries as well. The music of the Hindi ended up penetrating even the farthest of members all over the world. During the decade of the nineties, many karaoke music makers embraced the arrival of pop superstars such as Usha Utup, Peenaz Masani and Sharon Prabhakar. Other noteable names in the realm of Indian karaoke music include: Alisha Chenai, Baba Sehgal, Lucky Ali, Shaan, and the dynamic duo of Leslie Lewis and Hariharan who are also known as the Colonial Cousins.

After the nineties, the music of the Hindi still continued to flourish but this time bringing with it names such as Sunidhi Chauhan, Juggy D and also the Bombay Kings. Some influences of Indian music may also be seen in international acts especially the musical Moulin Rouge. This movie had the song of Alka Yagnik entitled Chamma Chamma. Renowned rapper Jay Z also mixes some Punjabi sounds with his songs as well, and some of the songs of Britney Spears were arranged by Rishi Rich, a man of Indian origin. In England, the duo called the Bombay Rockers sing both English and Hindi at the same time and have sold a great number of albums as well.

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