KIETZER'S KARAOKE SUPPLIES

Back in 1997, we sold our farm and purchased a store in Mankato where we specialize in selling CD+G Karaoke discs. These are CDs which have the song lyric graphics encoded in them. The lead singer vocals are not on the disc but are supplied by the singer. When you play them on a CD+G player (a CD player that has a graphics reader with video out on it) you connect it to your television set and as the music plays the words will appear on your television screen and are individually highlighted as you sing them into the microphone.

For the last fifteen or twenty years, these players have been used mainly in bars where patrons take turns singing their favorite songs. It has become one of the most popular forms of entertainment in this area - and many other parts of the country as well I am told.

While most of the singers are much younger and sing current hit songs, I've found that when I try my hand at karaoke singing my old western favorites - they are generally well accepted by the audience. Some people may not be comfortable singing before and audience in a bar, but I want to assure everyone that you don't have to sound like a professional singer and there is no penalty for making a mistake from time to time. No matter how bad a you may think you did a song - your can rest assured that you will not be the worst singer there that night. I would advise that you try singing songs you love and are familiar with - the same ones you sing in the shower or along with the radio as you are going down the road.

Also, now that home karaoke CD players are available starting at around $50.00, there has been a real increase in home karaoke. About half or our karaoke sales are now to people who host karaoke in bars, and the other half to people who have their own home karaoke players.

There are over a dozen companies that make CD+G karaoke discs. Many of the same songs are available on several different labels. I (and most people I know who are familiar with karaoke) have found that in most cases the best version of a song on karaoke is on the discs manufactured by Sound Choice®.

Not every karaoke host has every karaoke disc in his library, so I have found that it is a good idea to bring along some of your own CD+G discs when you attend an event where you are not familiar with what the karaoke host has. I've yet to have a karaoke host turn me down when I ask him if he will play one of my own discs for me to sing to.

Here is our latest price list for karaoke discs:

Patty and Norman Kietzer
This Area's Authorized Sound Choice Dealers
Stop in at our store at
527 South Front Street
Mankato, Minnesota 56001 Telephone: 507-344-8913
E-mail: kietzer@hickorytech.net
Find Patty's Karaoke Kalendar Listing Karaoke Events in our area inside our store or on the internet at www.hickorytech.net/~kietzer/patty.html

OUR DISCOUNTED NET PRICES GIVEN TO THOSE WHO ALLOW US TO PLACE OUR ADVERTISEMENT IN THEIR SONG BOOKS. We buy advertising in your book by reducing the net price (including tax and delivery) of Sound Choice individual discs below the minimum retail price. The following prices are your net cost after the cost of our advertisement in your book is deducted.:

$17.00 – Sound Choice Spotlight CD+G 15 song discs

$15.00 – Sound Choice Power Power Picks CD+G 8 song discs

$15.00 – Sound Choice Star Series CD+G 8 song discs

$8.00 – Sound Choice Reminiscing Series CD+G 8 song discs

$8.00 – Sound Choice B-Flat the Cat Children's Discs

CD+G PACKAGES – SPECIAL PRICES

$300.00 - Sound Choice Thirty Disc Foundation Packages with 450 songs
$90.00 – Sound Choice Brick packages with 120 songs
$150.00 – Sound Choice Headbanger Hits 10 Disc Pack with 150 songs
$40.00 – Sound Choice Holiday Hits 5 Sisc Pack with 40 songs.
OR YOU CAN PICK YOUR OWN PACKAGE OF TWELVE 15 SONG SPOTLIGHT CD+G DISCS $180.00 – Sound Choice The Mortar packages with 180 songs

CHARTBUSTER CD+G DISCS

$15.00 – CHARTBUSTER (8-12-15 Song discs)
$10.00 – CHARBUSTER (6 song discs)
$300.00 – CHARTBUSTER ESSENIAL 450 PACKS (#1 through #10 with 450 songs in each 30 disc set
$45.00 -- CHARTBUSTER 3-DISC SETS
$75.00 – CHARBUSTER 6 DISC SETS

TAYLOR SWIFT CDG DISCS
$17.00 -- Taylor Swift has issued her own Karaoke CDG Multiplex disc with the following songs: Fearless, Fifteen, Love Story, Hey Stephen, White Horse, You Belong with Me, Breathe, Tell Me Why, You're Not Sorry, The Way I Loved You, Forever and Always, The Best Day, and Change

She recently issued another karaoke disc: Speak Now Karaoke - by Swift, Taylor - $17.00 - ISBN: 9786313845965 - UPC: 00843930003990 Publish Date: 2010/11/22 – Publisher: Big Machine/Universal Taylor Swift continues to support CDG Karaoke with a karaoke version of her third album, Speak Now. The record sold over 1 million copies in its first week (no small feat in the iPod age) and debuted at #1. The first single, "Mine," hit radio in August of 2010 and rocketed to #2 in the charts. "Back To December" and "Dear John" will soon be fixtures of Top 40 radio as well. Sing these and other fantastic tracks from the album with this wonderful karaoke release. This is a CD-G/DVD combo featuring the original recorded music from the album! (Taylor Swift's lead vocals are not included.) She is one of the few major artists who supports karaoke by issuing her own CDG karaoke versions of her albums with the original recorded music so that you can sing to the exact same music she sang to when she recorded the album. Track List: Mine , Sparks Fly, Back To December , Speak Now, Dear John, Mean , The Story of Us, Never Grow Up, Enchanted, Better Than Revenge , Innocent' Haunted, * Last Kiss, Long Live

WALT DISNEY CDG DISCS

$10.00 EACH is our price for the sing karaoke discs issued by Walt Disney.

WE ACCEPT VISA, MASTERCARD, AND DISCOVER CARD credit cards in our store.

We also have several hundred used CD+G karaoke discs in our store for $10.00 each or twelve for $100.00

OTHER DISCS: We can obtain discs from other firms for you -- send us your want list of discs and we will give you our price for them -- or send us your want list of songs and we will do a search and let you know what is available from us.

Patty and Norman Kietzer
This Area's Authorized Sound Choice and Chartbuster Dealers
Stop in at our store at
527 South Front Street
Mankato, Minnesota 56001

Telephone: 507-344-8913

E-mail: kietzer@hickorytech.net

Find Patty's Karaoke Kalendar Listing Karaoke Events in our area inside our store or on the internet at www.hickorytech.net/~kietzer/patty.html

We can also get some players and equipment for you. We run a low overhead operation – we order discs and equipment for our customers after we receive payment by check or credit card. We prefer a want list of items you want in advance and we will give you a quote good for thirty days.

Because prices and what is available (new discs come out and others are discontinued) are subject to change we prefer to use the want list method. Once an order is placed it usually takes around a week to get the order to you – quicker if you want to pay for next day air type service. On regular orders of $25 or more shipping is FREE. Applicable Tax is included in our prices.

Patty and Norman Kietzer
This Area's Authorized Sound Choice Dealers
Stop in at our store at
527 South Front Street
Mankato, Minnesota 56001 Telephone: 507-344-8913
E-mail: kietzer@hickorytech.net
Find Patty's Karaoke Klaendar Listing Karaoke Events in our area inside our store or on the internet at www.hickorytech.net/~kietzer/patty.html