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February, 2009:

How to Successfully Have Fun doing Karaoke

I found this very amusing how-to from ehow. I enjoy ehow! They give easy-to-follow tips including the instructions, difficulty, and materials which are simple and fun. Since this is all about Karaoke singing, let me share what I’ve read.

Karaoke is where non singers can feel confident about getting in front of people to sing their hearts out. The following are suggestions on the best way to have the best time.

Difficulty:  Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:  Voice, energy, courage and a friend.

Instructions:
Step1. Be familiar with the song selection the karaoke joint has. Try to stay away from places that don’t update their song selection often, this means they may have faulty discs. Though, lately karaoke jockeys are switching to computerized methods. Also, stay away from crowded places because you’ll be waiting forever and only sing one song.
Step2. Also try to sing songs with in your vocal range. To find your range, sing the shower and try to hear yourself.
Step3. Find songs you tend to sing along with in the car or at a concert. This helps with putting on a show, people like to see you move around and interact with the audience.
Step4. When you have carefully looked to the selection and chosen your song go up to the karaoke jockey to submit you song and then sit and enjoy the singers before you. The your turn shows up and song along with the words on the screen in front of you and rock out!

Tips & Warnings
* Unless the karaoke jockey allows it, submit one song at a time. Some don’t mind getting multiple songs at once, they can form a rotation.
* Bribery with money can help to get better placement sometimes.
* Once you feel comfortable with familiar songs, then jump out of your comfort zone. Many regular singers love seeing people trying new songs.
* Don’t continue to bug the karaoke jockey about when you’re up, they may put you later on their rotation.

Are you ready for some karaoke joint-ing? Hope this helps!

Hello Valentines

First of all, happy hearts day! Since it is Valentines, I did some research about this much-celebrated event.

Here’s what Wikipedia says:

Valentine’s Day or Saint Valentine’s Day is a holiday celebrated on February 14 by many people throughout the world. In the West, it is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other by sending Valentine’s cards, presenting flowers, or offering confectionery. The day was originally a pagan festival that was renamed after two Early Christian martyrs named Valentine. The day became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.

The day is most closely associated with the mutual exchange of love notes in the form of “valentines.” Modern Valentine symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten notes have largely given way to mass-produced greeting cards. The sending of Valentines was a fashion in nineteenth-century Great Britain, and, in 1847, Esther Howland developed a successful business in her Worcester, Massachusetts home with hand-made Valentine cards based on British models. The popularity of Valentine cards in 19th-century America was a harbinger of the future commercialization of holidays in the United States.

The U.S. Greeting Card Association estimates that approximately one billion valentines are sent each year worldwide, making the day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year, behind Christmas. The association estimates that, in the US, men spend in average twice as much money as women. (hmmm, really now?)

And what do we karaoke lovers do? Sing love songs of course! I wasn’t able to find many songs with Valentines in the title, so here’s a list instead of songs with LOVE in the title (which actually came from an ultimate love song mash-up). I tell you, you will be needing this list tonight!

Outkast – The Love Below
Tupac – California Love
Beyonce – Crazy in Love
The Game – Hate It or Love It
Maroon 5 – This Love
Talib Kweli – Never Been In Love
Wilco – I’m the Man Who Loves You
Crookers – Love to Edit
Keyshia Cole – Love
Air – Highschool Lover
Stevie Wonder – I Was Made to Love Her
MSTRKRFT – Easy Love
Huey Lewis and the News – Power of Love
The Emotions – Best of My Love
Alicia Keys – Teenage Love Affair
Brian Holland – Standing in the Shadows of Love
Death Cab for Cutie – Someday You Will Be Loved
Bon Iver – Skinny Love
Jay-Z – Heart of the City (Ain’t No Love)
Marvin Gaye – God Is Love
Masqueraders – Can’t Nobody Love Me Like You Do
Bloc Party – This Modern Love
The Delfonics – La La Means I Love You
Kanye West – Love Lockdown
Herold Melvin – The Love I lost
Daft Punk – Digital Love
Justin Timberlake – Like I Love You
John Legend – Used to Love U
Bright Eyes – Lover I Don’t Have to Love
Jose Gonzalez – Killing for Love
LCD Soundsystem – New York I Love You
Whitney Houston – I Will Always Love You
Arcade Fire – Crown of Love

New Products and Specials for the Love Month

This February, Webbyshop offers its latest products:

Enter Tech Magic Sing ET-9000 Hindi

The latest Hindi microphone in Enter Tech’s popular range of magic microphones has finally arrived. The ET9K Hindi is a multiplex microphone with improved sound quality. It comes with 2,088 Hindi songs (Hindi 700 + Tamil 100 + Malayam 100 + Telgu 18 + Bengali 100 + Punjabi 70 + EMI 1000 English) that you can enjoy all year long. You can store your favorite songs using the My Mic feature and play games with the Name That Tune game.

The ET9K comes with a 1 year U.S. manufacturer warranty.

Enter Tech Magic Sing ET-9000 Spanish

Magic Sing ET-9000 Spanish (ET9K) Multiplex Karaoke Microphone 2009 Edition comes with 1,573 Spanish songs that you can enjoy all year long. The ET9K comes with a 1 year U.S. manufacturer warranty.

Enter Tech Magic Sing ET-18000 Hindi

Magic Sing ET-18000 Hindi (ET18K) Multiplex Karaoke Microphone 2009 Edition includes great new features such as 2,088 Hindi songs (Hindi 700 + Tamil 100 + Malayam 100 + Telgu 18 + Bengali 100 + Punjabi 70 + EMI 1000 English) songs await the magic sing fanatics. Gather your favorite crowd and start turning your living room into a real concert hall like you’ve never done before.

And some of its song chip specials:

Enter Tech Magic Sing Indian Song Chip

Magic Sing Indian song chip with 200 popular Indian songs. Visit the Magic Sing Indian Song List page to view the songs.

Enter Tech Magic Sing French 1 Song Chip

Magic Sing French 1 song chip with 150 popular French songs. Visit the Magic Sing French 1 song list page to view the songs.

Enter Tech Magic Sing Pop 800 Song Chip

Magic Sing Pop 800 song chip with 800 popular English songs. Visit the Magic Sing Pop 800 song list page to view the songs. Older microphone models have these 800 songs built-in.

Visit Webbyshop now and see for yourself. :)