I am thinking of going to Karaoke this weekend.
Hey, I was just at a karaoke bar last night! With the absence of the lead vocalist that differentiates it from a sing along.
How are karaoke tracks made?
Sometimes recording engineers make an instrumental version of a recording to use for karaoke.
Oh I see. Was this a popular practice?
Creating studio recordings with no lead vocal has been done for quite some time!
When would a karaoke track be used?
Typically in situations where a full band isn't practical, and this allows amateurs to perform
That actually makes a lot of sense.
In several Asian countries such as China, Cambodia or the Philippines, a karaoke box is called a KTV. The global karaoke market has been estimated to be worth nearly $10 billion.
History.
History 1960s: Development of audio-visual-recording devices.
From 1961–1966, the American TV network NBC carried a karaoke-like series, "Sing Along with Mitch", featuring host Mitch Miller and a chorus, which superimposed the lyrics to their songs near the bottom of the TV screen for home audience participation
. The primary difference between Karaoke and sing-along songs is the absence of the lead vocalist.
Sing-alongs (present since the beginning of singing) fundamentally changed with the introduction of new technology. In the late 1960s and into the 1970s, stored audible materials began to dominate the music recording industry and revolutionized the portability and ease of use of band and instrumental music by musicians and entertainers as the demand for entertainers increased globally. This may have been attributable to the introduction of music cassette tapes, technology that arose