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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. :)

I Can Live

This weekend, I found myself reconnecting with the child in me and it was through this wonderful song that I empowered myself and liberated myself from beliefs that curtailed me from reaching my full potentials.

Singing this song, I realized that nothing is impossible–see if you break down the word impossible, it would say I M POSSIBLE.

Singing is more than entertainment and a showcase of your prowess as a singer, it is an expression, a language that tells you who you can be and what you can be.  (So can just imagine what power you hold when you have that Magic Mic in your hand!?)  You definitely can perform MAGIC with your Magic Mic, friends, literally, metaphorically.

Here it goes…

I can love
I can reach the
Heavens above
I can write what is wrong
I can sing just any song

I can dance
I can fly
And touch the rainbow in the sky
I can be your good friend
I can love you
Until the end

What took you so long to make me feel
I can give love a love so real
What took you so long to make me know…

What took you so long to make me cry
So I will know the reason why
What took you so long to let me know…

So if by any chance you can look for this song in your Magic Mic chips, feel free to sing it with all your heart!  Sing the song with all gusto, feel it, breathe it, and live it and see how it makes a difference knowing that you believe in yourself that you can!

Music to Your Ears

I’m always fascinated with World music, since it features the different sounds of all corners of the globe. It’s the various musical instruments used in the songs that I find very entertaining. There’s a distinct sound for each group; play them side by side and it’s all musical bliss.

I love the brass instruments of North America Western Europe, even the synthesizers which is very much employed in the mainstream music as well. No strings, tubes or hammers, just electric current. Total ear candy! I also enjoy listening to mariachi of Mexico, with their non-electric guitars and accordions, you know, those keyboard instruments that you squeeze to make sounds. Even the panpipes and marimbas of Ecuador sounds good, their historical Inca musicians played them. Moving towards  the Asian region, the Chinese plays a lot of bells, drums, gongs, flutes and stringed instruments call the quin and pipa. Same as the Chinese, the Japanese plays a lot of bells, drums, gongs and flutes too, including their own kinds of ancient stringed instruments. But my most favorite of all is the gamelan orchestra of Indonesia, where they play main instruments by striking them. In college I used to sit at the university garden and enjoy the music every time the Gamelan Ensemble play and practice their sets outdoors. Beautiful!

But well, there could not be an instrument more amazing than our own voice, which is the universal musical instrument and available in all places in the world.  The human voice, so flexible, is the only instrument that can give goosebumps. Just by watching really great singers sing on stage, or even on TV makes my hair stand up! I absolutely don’t have a gift like theirs, but oh well, it doesn’t hurt to sing once in a while especially with the karaoke mic and loud speakers turned on. Besides, karaoke microphones, like our very own Magic Sing, were not invented for those with great voices only. It was invented for everybody who loves singing!

So just let the music reach your ears, and always enjoy!

Latest Song Chips Available

Here are the newest song chips available for your much-loved Magic Sing.

Enter Tech Magic Sing Korean 9 Song Chip

Magic Sing Korean 9 song chip with 300 songs. Visit the Magic Sing Korean 9 song list page to view the songs. Only compatible with the ET series of microphones.

Enter Tech Magic Sing Korean 8 Song Chip

Magic Sing Korean 8 song chip with 300 songs. Visit the Magic Sing Korean 8 song list page to view the songs. Only compatible with the ET series of microphones.

Enter Tech Magic Sing Korean 7 Song Chip

Magic Sing Korean 7 song chip with 300 songs. Visit the Magic Sing Korean 7 song list page to view the songs. Only compatible with the ET series of microphones.

Enter Tech Magic Sing Korean Trot Song Chip

Magic Sing Korean Trot song chip with 300 songs. Visit the Magic Sing Korean Trot song list page to view the songs. Only compatible with the ET series of microphones.

Enter Tech Magic Sing Tagalog 9 Song Chip

Magic Sing Tagalog 9 song chip with 300 popular Tagalog and English songs. Visit the Magic Sing Tagalog 9 Song List page to view the songs. It includes popular artists like Amy Winehouse, Britney Spears, Chris Daughtry, Coldplay, Fall Out Boy, Gwen Stefani, Justin Timberlake, Maroon 5, Michael Buble, My Chemical Romance, Plain White T’s, Pussycat Dolls, Rihanna, Switchfoot and many more. It also includes popular Filipino artists like River Maya, Eraserheads, Gary Valenciano, Jaya, Journey, Piolo Pascual, Rachel Alejandro, Regine Velasquez, Sarah Balabagan, Sarah Geronimo, and more.

New Year Songs

A site especially created for the celebration of New Year listed some popular new year songs which are very familiar to us, like Auld Lang Syne, or the Barry Manilow classic.

Auld Lang Syne is like the national anthem of New Year. The song is sung at the strike of midnight on 31st of December in almost every English speaking country round the world. Auld Lang Syne is said to have been at least partially written by Robert Burns in the 1700′s.  It was first published in 1796 after Burns’ death. It is believed that the early variations of the song were sung prior to 1700 and inspired Burns to produce the modern rendition. An old Scotch tune, “Auld Lang Syne” literally means ‘old long ago’, or ‘time remembered with fondness’ or simply, ‘the good old days.’

The Song
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and days of Auld Lang Syne.

For Auld Lang Syne, my dear,
for Auld Lang Syne,
we’ll take a cup of kindness yet
for Auld Lang Syne.

Here’s more New Year songs:

What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve
(A classic song written by Frank Loesser and sung by Ella Fitzgerald in 1960.)
When the bells all ring and the horns all blow
And the couples we know are fondly kissing.
Will I be with you or will I be among the missing?

Maybe it’s much too early in the game
Ooh, but I thought I’d ask you just the same
What are you doing New Year’s
New Year’s eve?

Wonder whose arms will hold you good and tight
When it’s exactly twelve o’clock that night
Welcoming in the New Year
New Year’s eve

Maybe I’m crazy to suppose
I’d ever be the one you chose
Out of a thousand invitations
You received

Ooh, but in case I stand one little chance
Here comes the jackpot question in advance:
What are you doing New Year’s
New Year’s Eve?

It’s Just Another New Year’s Eve
(This song was written by Marty Panzer and performed by Barry Manilow)
Don’t look so sad,
It’s not so bad you know.
It’s just another night,
That’s all it is.
It’s not the first,
It’s not the worst you know,
We’ve come through all the rest,
We’ll get through this.
We’ve made mistakes,
But we’ve made good friends too.
Remember all the nights we spent with them?
And all our plans,
Who says they can’t come true?
Tonight’s another chance to start again.
It’s just another New Year’s Eve,
Another night like all the rest.
It’s just another New Year’s Eve,
Let’s make it the best.
It’s just another New Year’s Eve,
It’s just another Auld Lang Syne,
But when we’re through this New Year
You’ll see, will be
Just fine.
We’re not alone, we’ve got the world you know.
And it won’t let us down, just wait and see.
And we’ll grow old, but think how wise we’ll grow.
There’s more you know, it’s only New Year’s Eve.
It’s just another New Year’s Eve,
Another night like all the rest.
It’s just another New Year’s Eve,
Let’s make it the best.
It’s just another New Year’s Eve,
It’s just another Auld Lang Syne,
But when we’re through this New Year, you’ll see, will be
Just fine.

It’s always fun to sing sing sing during holiday celebrations, isn’t it? :) Good thing your Magic Sing is always handy and ready!

What Makes You A Diva?


I would think that we have had so much lessons on how to sing, i.e. how to sing professionally, how to fake it (hehehe), what is tone deafness and other related topics that teaches you how to sing, however, I firmly believe that we are all bestowed with the gift of music, tone deaf or in-tune, every able being who has vocal chords who can come up with a rhythm can sing, whether it is out of tune, in tune, rapping or in monotone, it is not really in our ability to follow melody and to be in perfect pitch that makes us good singers, but in how we sing it.

Now let us talk about attitude.

According to the Wikipedia, a Diva is a celebrated female singer. The Italian term is used to describe a woman of rare, outstanding talent in the world of opera and by extension in theatre and popular music. The meaning of ‘diva’ is closely related to that of “prima donna.”  By far, my favorite definition is, the basic sense of the term is goddess, the feminine of the Latin word “divus” meaning god.

So there, simply put, a diva is a goddess.

When one is asked who he or she might consider a diva, the names of Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston and Celine Dion comes to mind. Locally, we have Jaya, Regine Velasquez and Zsa Zsa Padilla (okay, okay, fine, these are but my favorite divas) but yes, have you ever noticed what makes them effective singers, err, divas?

Nope, it is not those glittery gowns they don nor the sparkling jewelry they have on, it is neither their eye make-up nor their oh-my-God high-heels that make them effective singers, it is the manner in which they sing the songs that makes us watch them with wide eyes open (with mouth wide open, with matching shrugging of the shoulders as if it was you singing, and the little pinky extended) as they hit those high notes and belt out to their hearts delight to our entertainment.

But did you ever really watch how they sing? They have this certain attitude that sets them apart from these other so-called singers, who can hit those high notes too, but are less celebrated than them, right?  And even when they are not singing, say in interviews (talk about our local divas, as they talk on The Buzz or Showbiz Central), they command a certain kind of respect from the people who interview or talk to them. I guess, they have that what they call the “IT Factor or the X Factor!”

Yup! It is all in the attitude!

Singing is an art, and like all art, an artwork is more valuable if it is unique, unaltered or stands out as simply what it is, beauty, in this case, beautiful singing is in the eyes (or ears) of the beholder.

Okay, okay, I know I am making this whole thing more confusing than it actually being helpful.

My point you guys is that, it is not whether you have the voice that is of perfect pitch or you not being tone deaf that makes you a good singer, it is not those vocal lessons that will make you a good singer because as long as you have vocal chords and you can hum, you can memorize lyrics, sing from the heart and have your own very unique attitude to sing or rap or belt out or… okay, okay, I have to stop being melodramatic otherwise I will explode! What I want to say is that, as long as you have the passion to sing, the confidence to deliver the song in whatever way you want to, as long as you can feel it and move the people who are listening to you, it is the attitude or the manner in which you sing it that will count a lot!

Cut to the chase, guys, remember audience impact? That is enough to make you the star for all season, the one and only superstar, the megastar… your own shining star; you are the diva that you want yourself to become.

Hold on one minute, says my husband, if women are divas, what are men who are passionate singers called? Divus? Hehehe. Well, at least in Latin, it means that.

Until next time!

December’s Latest!

For this holiday month, Webbyshop offer its new products for you to enjoy!

New Enter Tech Magic Sing Products for December include:

Magic Sing ET-13000 (ET13K)
This Multiplex Karaoke Microphone 2009 Edition is the newest addition in Enter Tech’s wide range of magic microphones with new features such as Easy-to-follow songs using the new Multiplex Function, Improved Sound Quality, My Mic wherein you can create and save song’s settings up to 100 songs, Musical Notes, Score Board Function, Name That Tune Game, Picture Background Themes, Silent Mode, Lyric Bar and Lyric Hide.

Magic Sing ET-12000
This Multiplex Karaoke Microphone 2009 Edition includes Easy-to-follow songs using the new Multiplex Function, My Mic where you can create and save song’s settings up to 100 songs, Picture Background Themes, Improved Sound Quality, Name That Tune Game, Musical Notes, Jump Feature (Prelude/Interlude), Score Board Function, Real Time Song Search by Title or Artist, Silent Mode , Lyric Bar, Lyric Hide, and Guided Vocal Function. It can also transmit & convert the recorded songs to your PC as wave files.

Enter Tech Magic Sing Korean 8 Song Chip
This Magic Sing Korean 8 song chip has 300 songs. This is only compatible with the ET series of microphones.

Enter Tech Magic Sing French 1 Song Chip
This Magic Sing French 1 song chip includes 150 popular French songs.

Enter Tech Magic Sing Korean Trot Song Chip
The Magic Sing Korean Trot song chip has 300 songs. This is only compatible with the ET series of microphones.

And there’s many more! Visit Webbyshop and find out!

Christmas SALE

It’s eight days to go before Christmas, and there’s no better chance of getting your loved ones Magic Sing products for the holidays than getting them at Webbyshop! Since at Webbyshop, there is a holiday sale which offers 10% off on everything this online store has to offer!

You can choose from Magic Sing microphones such as Magic Sing ET-18000 Multiplex Karaoke Microphone 2009 Edition with great new features such as 2,070 (1596 + 474) English songs, the new RSM (Real Sound Multiplex) Function, My Mic, customizable background images, picture background themes and improved sound quality. There’s also Magic Sing Sub Microphones for the duet/backup singer with crystal clear sound by using a noise reduction circuit, great reception range of up to 20 ft. and speed, pitch, music volume and vocal volume control.

You can also purchase Magic Sing song chips (English, Foreign and Tagalog) like the bestsellers Enter Tech Magic Sing Tagalog 3 Song Chip, Enter Tech Magic Sing Tagalog 4 Song Chip, Enter Tech Magic Sing Spanish Song Chip, Enter Tech Magic Sing Pop 17 New Release Song Chip and Enter Tech Magic Sing Tagalog 6 Song Chip.

Of course, you can make your singing sprees more enjoyable with Magic Sing accessories including the Enter Tech Magic Sing Recording Pack which allows you to record your own songs and upload to your PC. Also, there’s the Enter Tech Magic Sing Song Book, Enter Tech Magic Sing RCA Cable, Enter Tech Magic Sing Adaptor and  Enter Tech Magic Sing Stand.

So, enjoy your Magic Sing shopping at Webbyshop! Just use Coupon 10Holiday on checkout. There’s even free shipping over $99. Happy holidays!