The Magic of Karaoke

When it comes to entertainment, karaoke machines have been there for a long time now. Originally came from Japan, this type of entertainment machines have even reached western countries such as in the northern part of America and in the European countries. But mostly, karaoke machines are most popular in Asia where it was first introduced and invented.

The first karaoke machine was invented by Japanese musician Daisuke Inoue in Kobe, Japan, in the early 1970s. After becoming popular in Japan, karaoke spread to East and Southeast Asia during the 1980s and subsequently to other parts of the world.

Karaoke machines were initially placed in restaurants and hotel rooms; soon, businesses called karaoke boxes, with compartmented rooms, became popular.

Karaoke soon spread to the rest of Asia and then to the United States in the 1990s, as well as to Canada and other Western countries.

As more music became available for karaoke machines, more people within the industry saw karaoke as a profitable form of lounge and nightclub entertainment. It is not uncommon for some bars to have karaoke performances seven nights a week, commonly with much more high-end sound equipment than the small, stand-alone consumer versions.

In the Philippines, Karaoke machines became so popular that Filipinos have developed a new type of karaoke machine that they call the "Magic Mics" or popularly know for a lot of Filipinos as the extreme magic sing.

Magic mics or the extreme magic sing microphones are a portable karaoke machine capable of delivering the same amount of entertainment that a normal karaoke can have.

A basic karaoke machine consists of a music player, microphone inputs, a means of altering the pitch of the played music, and an audio output. But instead of a bulky piece of machinery, the extreme magic sing microphones consists of only a microphone in which hundreds of songs are embedded within it.

Also, instead of using CD's or DVD's, extreme magic sing microphones use computer chips that usually have hundreds upon hundreds of songs in it so people could just easily plug and then play their favorite songs.

Christine Layug writes articles for Philippine Online Shopping Site, Express Regalo.

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