Dodges karaoke & disco roadshow.

  Dodges-Karaoke.com

Tel (+34) 96 579 6456   Mob. (+34) 609 385 444

We are based in Based in Javea (Xabia), Costa Blanca.

We provide professional Entertainment for all Party Occasions: Weddings, Anniversaries, Birthdays, Corporate Events, Etc., in fact any Party Occasion that's to go down 'with a swing'!

We have been operating in the South West of England for a number of years, and moved out to Javea in 2002 where we have a Family Base.

The equipment we use is 'Top of the Range'. Without being in anyway technical, no venue is too large or small. We have...
. DVD's with video accompaniment.
. Over 10,500 Popular Karaoke Songs listed by song title and by artist with a selection of Spanish Songs.

. Complete Party Disco Music so we don't have to have Karaoke all night - or at all!!!
. Spotlights on the 'Performers'
. Presented from DJ Booth with illuminated 'Starcloth'
. Radio Mics.

Music from the 50's to the noughties, Disco as you know it, Video Disco, Karaoke Disco.

. Disco & Quizzes can be incorporated.
. Computerised Slideshow

. PA Hire

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Please don't get us confused with the 'little machine in the corner of the Bar' although we can be!

WE REGULARLY COVER THE MARINA ALTA AREA OF THE COSTA BLANCA, (Denia Javea Xabia Calpe) BUT WE CAN  TRAVEL TO THESE AREAS.... GANDIA - OLIVA - PEDREGUER -   MORAIRA -  JALON - ALCALALI - ALTEA - ALFAZ - BENIDORM - VILLAJOYOSA -  ALICANTE -TORREVIEJA - etc

Venues we've played at include...

WE PROVIDE A GREAT SHOW for Private & Corporate Parties!!!

 Please E Mail me, (Dodge) if you have been here...THANKS

Karaoke Ebonics

ROTATION: The order in which customers of karaoke establishments will sing, usually determined by the order in which customers make requests to sing and altered by additions of customers arriving later at the establishment than others. If used correctly and ethically, time on stage will be allocated fairly to all people who wish to sing.

SUICIDE: When a singer performs a song he or she has never performed before.

HOMICIDE: When a singer performs a song he or she has never performed before (see suicide), and knows from the very start that the performance will be quite bad.

VIRGIN: A person performing on a karaoke stage for the first time ever in his or her life.

FAKE VIRGIN: A person performing on a karaoke stage for the first time in his or her life, but has sung in front of audiences before (i.e., was in a band, in choir, in opera, etc.)

BATHROOM BREAK (also known as "SMOKE BREAK"): A song, whenever performed, no matter how well performed, induces a customer or customers to head to the bathroom, outside, or anywhere else from the karaoke singing space.

LIQUID COURAGE: Any alcoholic beverage that facilitates a singer coming up on stage.

THE DARK SIDE OF KARAOKE: People who take karaoke TOO SERIOUSLY and cleave to it to fill deep emotional voids...if it were not for karaoke, they would be on the rooftop with an AK-47

DARKSIDER: People who come by the karaoke Gig hours before the show starts.

DANCE RE-MIX: A disc that always skips during a performance.

MILLI VANILLI: A singer that goes up with another person then won't take the microphone, and just stands there and mouths the words the whole time.

PROJECTION IMPAIRED: When a singer sings so quietly that a KJ has to turn the mic up to the point of feedback.

WANNAROADIE: People who insist on trying to help break down equipment, over the objections of the host.

KARAOKE ALZHEIMER'S: A singer turns in a song, then 5 minutes later has to come up and ask the host what they put in.

GHOST SINGER: A person who puts in a song, promptly disappears until after they are called, then mysteriously re-appears.

DEDICATION: Any ballad sung in the hopes of gaining female companionship for the evening.

KROAKIE: A singer who did Mariah Carey at the show the night before, and is now limited to Joe Cocker and Kim Carnes tunes.

KARAOKEPHOBIA: When someone is so scared of karaoke, that they push the book away from them as if it were an odious thing that will metaphysically transport them on stage if they open it.

KARAOKE TERRORISM: Drafting another person to sing without their knowledge. (Also known as Kamikaze Karaoke.)

OVERMODULATOR: A singer who constantly screams into a microphone. Everything they sing sounds like it's being performed by Megadeth...even "The Rose."

DRAFT CARD: A request slip with someone's name on it that has not volunteered to sing.

AUDIOPHOOL: Someone who knows nothing about audio, but always tries to tell the KJ how to run the sound..."hey, can I get some reverb, maaaaan?"

KARAOKE STUTTERER: Someone who tries to sing along to a skipping disc.

CAVE DWELLER: Someone who wraps their hand around the mic, thinking it looks cool, completely unaware that it makes their voice sound as if they are singing "Wondering Star."

The History of Karaoke  

Karaoke is making anyone the singing star they've always wanted to become. In Karaoke, you can have the same music playing in the background from your favorite professional group, while you sing the lyrics. Don't know the words? No problem. Karaoke software allows the lyrics to scroll across the screen of a standard TV. Now, anyone can be the star!

Karaoke is a Japanese abbreviated compound word: "kara" comes from "karappo" meaning empty, and "oke" is the abbreviation of "okesutura," or orchestra. Usually, a music disk consists of vocals and accompaniment; however, Music disks in which only the accompaniment is recorded are called "Karaoke CD's or Karaoke Disks."

Karaoke started in Japan and has become very popular in the United States and around the world and is now available in almost every language. The first format for Karaoke was actually on audio cassette tape, but that format was limited because it did not have any lyrics available for the singer except on printed sheet music.

In the early 90's the Pioneer Corporation created 12" Karaoke Disks in Laser format similar to the Laser Video disks for popular movies. The Laser format was very popular since the lyrics to the accompaniment music could be displayed on a TV screen in time with the music. This made it very easy for a Karaoke singer to "sing-along". In addition, the Laser format had the added feature of a background video and in many cases displayed images that complemented the style and mood of the song. All Laser Disk players would play the Karaoke disks, but not all Laser Disk players had microphone inputs for mixing the singer and the accompaniment so Pioneer introduced special Laser Disk Karaoke players. But the small production runs of Laser Disk Karaoke players and Laser Karaoke disks made the Laser Disk format too expensive. Laser disks and the laser format no longer predominates the Karaoke industry. Another competing Karaoke format was introduced at about the same time: CD plus Graphics or CDG or CD+G.

The 5" CDG format is very similar to the Audio CD format in size and technology, except for one difference. CDG Karaoke disks contain an additional track which display the song lyrics in graphics on a TV and they are smaller and less expensive than Laser disks. CDG Karaoke disks, however, have no moving picture video in the background. The words comprising the lyrics are typically displayed on a blue background and are highlighted in a contrasting color to signal when the words should be sung (the modern version of "following the bouncing ball"). The CDG format is the Karaoke standard today for most of the world's Karaoke. A CDG Karaoke disk will also play in any standard CD Player, except that there will be no display of the song lyrics since a CD player cannot read the graphics track and it is not typically connected to your TV.

As with the Laser disks, the CDG Karaoke disks require a special Karaoke player called a Karaoke CDG Player. The Karaoke CDG player is similar to a regular CD audio player except that it has a "G" chip for reading the graphics track. In addition, a CDG Karaoke Player also has microphone inputs and a key controller to adjust for the singer's key and an echo control to enhance the singer's voice. To use a CDG Karaoke player, you take it out of the box, connect the yellow cord from your CDG Karaoke player to the TV to display the song lyrics and you are ready to sing.

Recently, another Karaoke disk format has emerged called Video CD. This 5" disk format is not like CD Audio or CDG disks, except in size. Video CD is the MPEG 1.0 format that is the forerunner of what is known as DVD, which is MPEG 2.0 format. Both of these formats are designed for motion picture displays but have been adapted for Karaoke. Video CD is most popular in Southeast Asia and in the United Kingdom, but it is gaining on the CDG format in the United States. Like Laser Karaoke Disks, Video CD Karaoke Disks provide not only the lyrics in time with the accompaniment, but also a video background display that complements the song. This format is very inexpensive with disks about half the price of CDG disks. However, to play Video CD disks you need either a CDG Karaoke player which has Video CD capabilities or a DVD player since all DVD players can play Video CD format. Many CDG Karaoke players are combination Video CD and CDG formats and operate the same way as a regular CDG Karaoke player. There are also now available Video CD Movies which can play in your Video CD Karaoke player and there are many current titles.

DVD Karaoke Disks were introduced in 1998. Most of the DVD Karaoke disks are replications of the Video CD Karaoke disks or the older Laser Karaoke Disks. The video background on a DVD Karaoke Disk is much higher than a Video CD disk or Laser Disk, but to date there is no added music or sound quality or special DVD features. The DVD Karaoke disks tend to be higher priced and there is less of a selection of songs. A special DVD Karaoke Player is needed to mix the vocals and the accompaniment, but otherwise a normal DVD player without the Karaoke features will play both the DVD and Video CD Karaoke disks.

And now only the best karaoke jockeys are using the PC for their library of songs.

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