SONIC LIZARD KARAOKE Chicago, Illinois  630-886-6883

Offering the very best of old and new:
Rock, Pop, Soul, Folk, R&B, Disco
& Country Music


Online Karaoke Communities/Message Boards
SINGSNAP
(online singing, recording, forums, and chat)
Sound Choice Sound Board
JOLT Forum
(JOLT is the oldest karaoke forum on the web, hosted by
KARAOKE.COM, but presently offline awaiting a new server)
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Genuine Live Band Karaoke in Chicago (the real deal)
The
LIVE BAND KARAOKE
collective is The Hootenanners, Karaoke Dokies,
Liquid Courage, & Kopy Kats - accept no substitutes!!!
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Where To Buy Karaoke Discs (CDG's) Online *
Karaoke.Com
Doo Wop Shop
Express Karaoke
         Sing To The World (UK)
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Where To Order Custom CDG's Online *
        Sound Choice (AU)
        Sing To The World (UK)
        Select A Track (UK)
         SBI Karaoke (UK)
 Express Karaoke
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Where To Buy Individual Songs as Legal Downloads (MP3+G's)**
Select A Track (UK) - instant downloads
      SBI Karaoke (UK) - downloads via e-mail
TriceraSoft Karaoke Dowloads - instant downloads
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Current Karaoke Manufacturers (the people who make the tracks)
Sound Choice (all genres - best US manufacturer)
Chartbuster (all genres, but best for it's country music)
Pocket Songs (the best for Broadway & standards)
Zoom Entertainment (UK)
Sing To The World (UK)
SBI Karaoke (UK)
Note that there were many, many U.S. and Canadian manufactures up until recently, but illegal pirating of karaoke discs, illegal downloading of ripped tracks, as well as U.S. licensing laws have forced most of them out of business, and the ones that remain have seriously reduced production.  As of 2008, the majority of new karaoke tracks are now coming from Great Britain.
  * BEFORE YOU BUY KARAOKE DISCS:
You may bring your own karaoke discs to a Sonic Lizard Karaoke show, and we'll be happy to let you sing from them (on your turn, of course!)  We will always play a customer's disc at any show.  PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR DISC ISN'T SCRATCHED.  Worn out discs may well skip, freeze up, or refuse to play, leaving you stranded on stage without music, lyrics, or both.  We hate when that happens, and you will too!
Your discs need to be in the CDG (aka CD+G) format.

Use extra caution when buying Pocket Songs and Just Tracks brand discs - some of them look like CDG's but are just instrumental music CD's - we can play them, but they have no lyrics to display on the tv screen for you!

Do not bring in Chartbuster brand custom made CDG's.  Regular Chartbuster discs are fine, but the custom made ones won't play in computer-based systems or most modern dvd/cdg players or drives.

When purchasing a CDG you intend to use for performing out, do not purchase a "Multi-plex" CDG unless it already comes with the regular karaoke versions of the songs as well.  "Multi-plex" means the track already has a lead vocal, and while good for practicing at home it's not what you want for performing out.  If you bring us a disc that contains both the "Multi-plex" and regular versions of the songs, please be careful that you give us the correct track number for the regular version when you put in your song request!  Thank you!

We at Sonic Lizard Karaoke take great care in handling our customers' discs, but keep in mind that CDG's are fragile, and even the best equipment can malfunction.  We are not responsible for loss or damage of your CDG's.  We recommend you keep your originals at home, and only bring out copies to sing from.  Copies however only work if you used the correct software and cdr drive to make them, and should not be made anywhere prohibited by law.

** BEFORE YOU BUY & DOWNLOAD KARAOKE SONG FILES:
You may bring your own (legally) downloaded karaoke songs to a Sonic Lizard Karaoke show, and we'll be happy to let you sing from them (on your turn, of course!)

But the files MUST be in the MP3+G format, and already UN-ZIPPED.  If the songs are in the proper format, you will see two files per song when you browse them, one file (the music) will have an extension of ".mp3", and the other file (the graphics of the lyrics) will have and extension of ".cdg".  Such file pairs are what is termed the MP3+G or MP3G format.  Sometimes the file pairs come together in a single ".zip" file - with our present system the file pair must already be extracted (or "un-zipped") for us to be able to play them.

You may bring in your MP3+G files on a CDR or CDRW disc, on an SD memory card, or on a USB thumb drive.    If you are purchasing legal downloads of karaoke songs at home, be sure to backup the drive you are storing them on - do not bring us your only copy!

When purchasing legal downloads of karaoke songs you intend to sing out at an actual show, do not buy the "Multi-plex" versions.  Versions labeled "Multi-plex" already have a lead vocal in the recording, and while good for practicing at home are not what you want for performing out.


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