What is Karaoke?

In this series of free videos you'll learn exactly what you'll need to start your own karaoke business, from choosing the right karaoke equipment to how to market and advertise your show. Expert Richard Buccola starts with a little background on the origins of Karaoke, and continues by showing all the equipment you'll need to start putting on a karaoke show, including mixing boards, microphones, monitors, speakers, hardware, and software. Rich also offers advice on promoting your karaoke show through advertising, social networking websites, and merchandising. He also gives tips on introducing your show and the performers as they take the stage, as well as how to add that extra pizazz that will set you apart from the competition.

"Hi, my name is Richard Buccola of Starlite Karaoke here in New York City and on behalf of Expert Village. Today we're going to show you how to start and run a successful karaoke business. I'm going to show you the equipment that I use. Particularly I'm going to go over each detail of each piece that I use. I'm also going to show you how to market and advertise your business and then I will tell you how to maintain your equipment which is very important so you can get many years of good use. Then I'm also going to show you how to have a unique business and add flare to your show. But besides that I just want to talk right now a little bit about karaoke in case you haven't been on the planet for the last 20 years. Karaoke is great way to have parties, to have fun and it involves people singing like rock stars, it gets their chance to be in the line light and while they sing to the music of their favorite song the words will actually come up on a monitor something like this. Karaoke was actually invented by the Japanese, but I really think it goes back further than that so when the 30s and 40s in the movie theaters they use to have the sing along in between movies where you would see the bouncing ball go over each word and you would sing to it. So when I get back we'll talk more about karaoke."