The karaoke machine was invented in 1971 by a 31-year-old former drummer named Daisuke Inoue, who plugged an eight track tape player into an amplifier. Good Websites and Sources: Japan Visitor How to Sing Karaoke History of Karaoke Time magazine Profile on Karaoke Inventor Karaoke Etiquette and Tips /nightlife Inventor of Karaoke Zhou Xun and Francesca Tarocco travel the globe using this method to the study karaoke. It s not unusual for an individual to go to a karaoke by himself or herself.īook: “Karaoke: The Global Phenomenon” by Zhou Xun and Francesca Tarocco (Reaktion Books, 2007) is a sociological study using the Mass-Observation research method in which minutiae of people's daily life is observed in great detail to gauge popular opinion of the day. One survey found 83 percent of teenage girls and 63 percent of teenage boys sing karaoke. The tension of business negotiations is often relieved by a visit to a karaoke club, after which everyone feels better and the deal is made. Japanese often ask people they meet: What’s your “ohaku”? “Ohaku” means your “one best song.” Karaokes are found in every town and on almost every city block popular television shows often feature actors and sumo wrestlers singing karaoke-style enka hits and parties are often a succession of guests coming to a microphone and singing songs. Like other Asians, the Japanese enjoy singing. In any case, even horrible singers are generally applauded by the Japanese for their effort. This "score" is usually based more on loudness than singing ability. The singer's voice is often distorted with a vibrato warble and sometimes a number appears on the video screen after the song is over. Karaoke singers sings into a microphone as the lyrics flash across a video screen, often while swimming squids or naked women are flashed in the background. Urban legend has it that karaoke means “tone-deaf.” Particularly popular in Asia and Asian neighborhoods all over the world, karaoke bars allow patrons to sing their favorite songs along with a synthesized instrumental version of the song with no voice track. The word is a combination of the Japanese words for "empty" (“kara”) and "orchestra" (“oke”). Shinto shrine girls at a karaoke Kaoroke is a Japanese invention.
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