Fun Fact of the Day....Karaoke... The word Japanese word, karaoke, is literally translated as "empty orchestra". It is a form of interactive entertainment or video game in which amateur singers sing along with recorded music using a microphone and public address system. There are various disputes about who first invented the name karaoke. One claim is that the karaoke styled machine was invented by Japanese musician Daisuke Inoue in Kobe, Japan, in 1971. After becoming popular in Japan, karaoke spread to East and Southeast Asia during the 1980s and subsequently to other parts of the world. Although the audio company Clarion was the first commercial producer of the machine they may have also invented the machine, but there is no existence of the patent. Violent reactions to karaoke singing have made headlines in Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines, with reports of killings by listeners disturbed by the singing. In the Philippines, at least a half dozen killings of people singing "My Way" caused newspapers there to label the phenomenon "My Way killings"; some bars refuse to allow the song. At the Copa...Copacabanna.....
Posted on: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 00:48:14 +0000