Comments on: How Big Is Online Karaoke? http://gigaom.com/2006/07/30/singshot/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:47:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Regina Michelle http://gigaom.com/2006/07/30/singshot/#comment-958238 Regina Michelle Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:02:54 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/30/singshot/#comment-958238 <p>One of the most annoying thing about the online karaoke sites is that they make you pay to have voice enhancements such as reverb (don't know anyone who sounds good without it) and that makes the contests and such out of reach for those not willing to pay to sing online.</p> One of the most annoying thing about the online karaoke sites is that they make you pay to have voice enhancements such as reverb (don’t know anyone who sounds good without it) and that makes the contests and such out of reach for those not willing to pay to sing online.

]]> By: Singer's Spotlight http://gigaom.com/2006/07/30/singshot/#comment-949913 Singer's Spotlight Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:40:38 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/30/singshot/#comment-949913 <p>I think there are a lot of American Idol wanna be sites out there and companies that want to try and feed off the success AI but I think the factors for success for such karaoke companies is selection and cost.</p> I think there are a lot of American Idol wanna be sites out there and companies that want to try and feed off the success AI but I think the factors for success for such karaoke companies is selection and cost.

]]> By: Tasty Blog Snack - ksolo MySpace karaoke hates Mac http://gigaom.com/2006/07/30/singshot/#comment-922095 Tasty Blog Snack - ksolo MySpace karaoke hates Mac Sat, 17 Jan 2009 02:07:52 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/30/singshot/#comment-922095 <p>[...] found a post on gigaom that dates back to July 2006 where there is a mention of ksolo. A commenter said they weren’t [...]</p> [...] found a post on gigaom that dates back to July 2006 where there is a mention of ksolo. A commenter said they weren’t [...]

]]> By: Andy http://gigaom.com/2006/07/30/singshot/#comment-889727 Andy Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:08:37 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/30/singshot/#comment-889727 <p>I like KantStop Karaoke because it is a free karaoke community and it is a great and newly updated!</p> I like KantStop Karaoke because it is a free karaoke community and it is a great and newly updated!

]]> By: ConnieG http://gigaom.com/2006/07/30/singshot/#comment-858361 ConnieG Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:59:39 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/30/singshot/#comment-858361 <p>http://www.singsnap.com</p> <p>You create your own videos whilst singing .. you can harmonise and duet with others all over the world. It has a message board. It runs official and non official fun contests too.</p> http://www.singsnap.com

You create your own videos whilst singing .. you can harmonise and duet with others all over the world. It has a message board. It runs official and non official fun contests too.

]]> By: jongkeun http://gigaom.com/2006/07/30/singshot/#comment-824196 jongkeun Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:33:18 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/30/singshot/#comment-824196 <p>The address is http://jongkeun.wordpress.com/2007/09/05/free-online-karaoke/.</p> The address is http://jongkeun.wordpress.com/2007/09/05/free-online-karaoke/.

]]> By: jongkeun http://gigaom.com/2006/07/30/singshot/#comment-824194 jongkeun Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:32:18 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/30/singshot/#comment-824194 <p>Take a look at my blog for more online karaoke sites.</p> Take a look at my blog for more online karaoke sites.

]]> By: True Karaoke Singer http://gigaom.com/2006/07/30/singshot/#comment-252247 True Karaoke Singer Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:36:44 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/30/singshot/#comment-252247 <p>"See above? This is what turns me off to so many of the Karaoke sites online. The constant BEGGING for votes and listeners ! I feel like I’m at a used car lot on there. Many enjoy singing and of course, most want folks to listen to them, but they’ve become more of a popularity contest rather than a showcase for singing talent. They bring all their MySpace.com and Yahoo buddies over and they vote and become ‘fans’ even if the singer is one of those you have to go outside to keep from laughing at them. Once they find a cure for that type of format, it may have something creditable. As of now, it’s simply a marketing tool until those ‘fans’ and Yahoo buddies get bored."</p> <p>I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH DAN!! There's this one female on kSolo and KSuperstar who can't sing a note out of a bucket, but they keep voting for her because she has her pic up and she's a skinny blonde chick. LOL She actually won a kSuperstar contest once. I'm listening to this girl and thinking to myslf, HOW THE HELL DID SHE WIN??</p> <p>Actually, the whole rating system on sites like kSolo is unfair and it is indeed a popularity contest. Some of the real singers often get overlooked. It's rare that a true talented singer gets lots of votes, and if they do, then great! Even if you are a great singer and sign up to sing on one of the sites, if you don't have a pic up or aren't a "model" type or showing much skin on your pics as a female, more than likely, you won't get many votes. LOL</p> “See above? This is what turns me off to so many of the Karaoke sites online. The constant BEGGING for votes and listeners ! I feel like I’m at a used car lot on there. Many enjoy singing and of course, most want folks to listen to them, but they’ve become more of a popularity contest rather than a showcase for singing talent. They bring all their MySpace.com and Yahoo buddies over and they vote and become ‘fans’ even if the singer is one of those you have to go outside to keep from laughing at them. Once they find a cure for that type of format, it may have something creditable. As of now, it’s simply a marketing tool until those ‘fans’ and Yahoo buddies get bored.”

I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH DAN!! There’s this one female on kSolo and KSuperstar who can’t sing a note out of a bucket, but they keep voting for her because she has her pic up and she’s a skinny blonde chick. LOL She actually won a kSuperstar contest once. I’m listening to this girl and thinking to myslf, HOW THE HELL DID SHE WIN??

Actually, the whole rating system on sites like kSolo is unfair and it is indeed a popularity contest. Some of the real singers often get overlooked. It’s rare that a true talented singer gets lots of votes, and if they do, then great! Even if you are a great singer and sign up to sing on one of the sites, if you don’t have a pic up or aren’t a “model” type or showing much skin on your pics as a female, more than likely, you won’t get many votes. LOL

]]> By: Amy W. http://gigaom.com/2006/07/30/singshot/#comment-59071 Amy W. Thu, 15 Mar 2007 19:23:21 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/30/singshot/#comment-59071 <p>I'm using SingShot right now, looking for other sites too. I tried to sign up for KSolo, but they don't support the Mac, so that cuts a lot of us out of the picture.</p> I’m using SingShot right now, looking for other sites too. I tried to sign up for KSolo, but they don’t support the Mac, so that cuts a lot of us out of the picture.

]]> By: Steve http://gigaom.com/2006/07/30/singshot/#comment-59070 Steve Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:00:46 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/30/singshot/#comment-59070 <p>www.Karaoke2u.com is a FREE platform to promote yourself singing Karaoke. The site is powered by YouTube and uses live Video.</p> <p>Cheers Steve</p> http://www.Karaoke2u.com is a FREE platform to promote yourself singing Karaoke. The site is powered by YouTube and uses live Video.

Cheers Steve

]]> By: dd Ross http://gigaom.com/2006/07/30/singshot/#comment-59069 dd Ross Mon, 29 Jan 2007 02:18:08 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/30/singshot/#comment-59069 <p>Sorry, the website is www.kara24h.com</p> Sorry, the website is http://www.kara24h.com

]]> By: dd Ross http://gigaom.com/2006/07/30/singshot/#comment-59068 dd Ross Mon, 29 Jan 2007 02:17:10 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/30/singshot/#comment-59068 <p>Another online karaoke website is hosting a singing competition. Cash prizes and winners can publish own singles. Great idea to become famous and a singing star. I posted my songs. Inviting competitors :)</p> Another online karaoke website is hosting a singing competition. Cash prizes and winners can publish own singles. Great idea to become famous and a singing star. I posted my songs. Inviting competitors :)

]]> By: Foxe http://gigaom.com/2006/07/30/singshot/#comment-59067 Foxe Fri, 22 Dec 2006 01:20:45 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/30/singshot/#comment-59067 <p>Another FREE online Karaoke AND original singers community is the Music Chat Cafe -- they are even holding a contest starting Jan. 14th with a CA$H grand prize.. it's a 100% free site.. with fun, games, songs, and jokes, and even lyrics and poetry… This was a pretty cool article.. gonna check out some of the other links as well.. thanks!</p> Another FREE online Karaoke AND original singers community is the Music Chat Cafe — they are even holding a contest starting Jan. 14th with a CA$H grand prize.. it’s a 100% free site.. with fun, games, songs, and jokes, and even lyrics and poetry… This was a pretty cool article.. gonna check out some of the other links as well.. thanks!

]]> By: g http://gigaom.com/2006/07/30/singshot/#comment-59066 g Sun, 03 Dec 2006 20:41:27 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/30/singshot/#comment-59066 <p>i just read karaoke nation by steve fishman…i urge everyone to read this book</p> <p>http://www.amazon.com/Karaoke-Nation-Glamour-Fulfillment-Million/dp/0743229029</p> <p>During the height of the "Internet gold rush," journalist Fishman received $3,000 in seed money from New York magazine, to see if he could create an Internet start-up with the goal of making $1 million within a year. His idea, which he admits started out as a joke, was to create an online hip-hop karaoke site, where users could log in and sing along to their favorite hip-hop tunes, joining others to create a "karaoke community." Although he went into it as a writing assignment, he approached it with total sincerity, and "in a terrible and unanticipated development," he caught the bug himself. The story follows the project from germination through presentations to venture capitalists (the numbers revealed a huge untapped karaoke market) to the eventual sale of this half-baked business. In an insightful narrative on the changing times, Fishman notes how drastically the approach to work shifted in the 1990s, when entrepreneurship replaced leisure as a source of adventure, and the formerly stodgy field of business became the ultra-hip place to be. David Siegfried Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved…</p> i just read karaoke nation by steve fishman…i urge everyone to read this book

http://www.amazon.com/Karaoke-Nation-Glamour-Fulfillment-Million/dp/0743229029

During the height of the “Internet gold rush,” journalist Fishman received $3,000 in seed money from New York magazine, to see if he could create an Internet start-up with the goal of making $1 million within a year. His idea, which he admits started out as a joke, was to create an online hip-hop karaoke site, where users could log in and sing along to their favorite hip-hop tunes, joining others to create a “karaoke community.” Although he went into it as a writing assignment, he approached it with total sincerity, and “in a terrible and unanticipated development,” he caught the bug himself. The story follows the project from germination through presentations to venture capitalists (the numbers revealed a huge untapped karaoke market) to the eventual sale of this half-baked business. In an insightful narrative on the changing times, Fishman notes how drastically the approach to work shifted in the 1990s, when entrepreneurship replaced leisure as a source of adventure, and the formerly stodgy field of business became the ultra-hip place to be. David Siegfried Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved…

]]> By: Dan http://gigaom.com/2006/07/30/singshot/#comment-59065 Dan Thu, 02 Nov 2006 02:05:06 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/30/singshot/#comment-59065 <p>See above? This is what turns me off to so many of the Karaoke sites online. The constant BEGGING for votes and listeners ! I feel like I'm at a used car lot on there. Many enjoy singing and of course, most want folks to listen to them, but they've become more of a popularity contest rather than a showcase for singing talent. They bring all their MySpace.com and Yahoo buddies over and they vote and become 'fans' even if the singer is one of those you have to go outside to keep from laughing at them. Once they find a cure for that type of format, it may have something creditable. As of now, it's simply a marketing tool until those 'fans' and Yahoo buddies get bored.</p> See above? This is what turns me off to so many of the Karaoke sites online. The constant BEGGING for votes and listeners ! I feel like I’m at a used car lot on there. Many enjoy singing and of course, most want folks to listen to them, but they’ve become more of a popularity contest rather than a showcase for singing talent. They bring all their MySpace.com and Yahoo buddies over and they vote and become ‘fans’ even if the singer is one of those you have to go outside to keep from laughing at them. Once they find a cure for that type of format, it may have something creditable. As of now, it’s simply a marketing tool until those ‘fans’ and Yahoo buddies get bored.

]]> By: Brian Wilhelm http://gigaom.com/2006/07/30/singshot/#comment-59064 Brian Wilhelm Fri, 22 Sep 2006 04:13:43 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/30/singshot/#comment-59064 <p>I'm actually a contestant on Bix…check out some of my entries:</p> <p>http://www.bix.com/entry/3475 http://www.bix.com/entry/1740</p> I’m actually a contestant on Bix…check out some of my entries:

http://www.bix.com/entry/3475 http://www.bix.com/entry/1740

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