TABLE CONTENT
*What is KARAOKE?
- History
-KARAOKE Culture
-Actuality of KARAOKE
*Representation
*Contest
*KARAOKE
> HISTORY
WHAT DOES KARAOKE MEAN?
Karaoke is a word formed from putting two Japanese words together. "Kara" that comes from Karappo and means empty and "Oke", shortened from Okesutura meaning "orchestra". So Karaoke means "empty orchestra"
This incredible popular entertainment has been found out about 30 years ago in the city of Kobe, one of the three biggest cities in Kansai(Japan).
However other opinions say it was already known far before, between 1950 and 1960, and that it began with an American TV-show, according to that version TV-spectors sang following a ball jumping above the songtext on their TV-screen.
Appearently it was after that period that the Japanese made the Karaoke entertainment and for the first 20 years it only was there in Japan, later it came all over the world.
> KARAOKE Culture
A WAY TO RELAX
Karaoke is a typical way to relax used by the Japanese businessmen, they use it to take away their stress after work. They go to a bar with some colleages to have a drink and enjoy themselves singing to get relaxed.WHY DO WE LIKE SINGING?
Let's first admit that we all like to sing. We often sing in the car, having a shower and so on, but the sensation that you are singing in a public place, knowing that everybody is watching you is quite different. Karaoke is always an "outcome" in bars, restaurants, hotels and houses. Singing takes your troubles away and is relaxing, that's why so many people get addicted to it.A karaoke bar, restaurant, club or lounge is a bar or restaurant that provides karaoke equipment so that people can sing publicly, sometimes on a small stage. Most of these establishments allow patrons to sing for free, with the expectation that sufficient revenue will be made selling food and drink to the singers. Less commonly, the patron wishing to sing must pay a small fee for each song they sing. Both are financially beneficial for the establishment by not having to pay a professional singer or a cabaret tax which is usually applied to any entertainment of more than 1 person.
Many establishments offer karaoke on a weekly schedule, while some have shows every night. Such establishments commonly invest more in both equipment and song discs, and are often extremely popular, with an hour or more wait between a singer's opportunities to take the stage (called the rotation).
