I'll preface this by saying... I've never hosted karaoke. It's not something I've ever aspired to offer, and the thought of hosting it regularly is not a way I'd like to make money. But... one of my June weddings is concerned about DC's "no dancing" rules that are currently in effect for events, and wants to add it.
So if this was a new lead, I would probably have declined the gig. But I'm already booked, and now I'm going to do my best to make the planner and client happy without making an ass out of myself. I basically want to lay out what my current plan is, and if you guys have any feedback on how I can do this smoother - I'm all for it.
Since I don't have a karaoke library right now, I'm looking at Karafun for the content. The venue has wifi and has agreed that we can use it for this event.
My understanding is I basically need 2 screens operating for this. 1 so the singer can read lyrics, and a second so the audience can participate as well.
I'm thinking I will set up my backup laptop on a high-top table. This machine will serve as the karaoke engine and the screen that singers can use to read lyrics. I am buying a TV mount and will have a truss totem with a TV mounted facing the audience which they will use to read along.
I think I can just run a 1/8 inch output from that machine back to my console to get the audio from Karafun into my PA. And an HDMI cord to the secondary TV to present to the audience.
Since that secondary laptop won't be super close, I will have an assistant helping me cue up the next song for the karaoke singers while I announce them up and play some interlude music between each singer.
Does this sound like it will work? It's probably not the way real karaoke pros would do it, but I think it'll get the job done.
So if this was a new lead, I would probably have declined the gig. But I'm already booked, and now I'm going to do my best to make the planner and client happy without making an ass out of myself. I basically want to lay out what my current plan is, and if you guys have any feedback on how I can do this smoother - I'm all for it.
Since I don't have a karaoke library right now, I'm looking at Karafun for the content. The venue has wifi and has agreed that we can use it for this event.
My understanding is I basically need 2 screens operating for this. 1 so the singer can read lyrics, and a second so the audience can participate as well.
I'm thinking I will set up my backup laptop on a high-top table. This machine will serve as the karaoke engine and the screen that singers can use to read lyrics. I am buying a TV mount and will have a truss totem with a TV mounted facing the audience which they will use to read along.
I think I can just run a 1/8 inch output from that machine back to my console to get the audio from Karafun into my PA. And an HDMI cord to the secondary TV to present to the audience.
Since that secondary laptop won't be super close, I will have an assistant helping me cue up the next song for the karaoke singers while I announce them up and play some interlude music between each singer.
Does this sound like it will work? It's probably not the way real karaoke pros would do it, but I think it'll get the job done.