Congrats to Star Sounds, our first-ever KJ of the Month! If you are interested in being featured as an upcoming KJ of the Month, please send us an email and tell us a little about yourself: contact@thekaraokebeat.com. Check out Star Sounds in the write up he's provided us below:

My name is Randy Highsmith, I am 41 years old, and have two daughters 13 and 17. I own Star Sounds Karaoke and Mobile Recording Studio. I have been married to my wife Kelley for 19 years. We are a team, she is the singer, and helps get the crowd started, and I do the KJ'ing. We are Sound Choice and Chartbuster dealers. We have over 7,500 song titles in our library and we are constantly adding to our library. We find our singers like that about us as we have songs most KJ's don't. Currently we have 2 weekly gigs. You are more than welcome to check out the several slide shows we have on our blog. They will show you the fun our singers have. Also back in March we had our first annual "Karaoke for the Cure," an effort I spearheaded and coordinated. We raised over $500 for the American Cancer Society and raised over 7K in prizes. Contributors were such big names as Sound Choice Karaoke and Chartbuster Karaoke. In addition to Karaoke we do DJ'ing for parties and weddings etc. Here are some things our singers have said about us (These are actual quotes):

"You are probably the best KJ out there, and completely surpass the KJ that is normally @ ****"

"You make having fun with karaoke so easy!"

"2 words FUN and FAIR!!"

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KJ of the Month:August 2007

DJ George Niemoeller is our featured August KJ of the Month. DJ George
breaks it down for us here...

I have been DJing for over 3 years with Russell Sound Lab, based in
North Canton, Ohio. A little over a year ago I took over Karaoke at
Thursday’s Lounge in Akron, Ohio. My training in Management and
Customer Service from previous jobs, along with my DJing experience,
made me ideally suited for KJing at Thursday’s Lounge. I quickly
found myself accept and well liked at a bar known for it’s
extremely loyal regulars and unique staff. As one of the longest
running club/bars in Akron at 25 years, it was a high honor to get to
work with them. Once I combined both my karaoke collection and the
bar’s karaoke collection, we had over 35,000 unique songs
(75,000 total), one of the largest (all digital) collections in the
Akron area. About 6 months ago, the head DJ, Mario Nemr, and myself
started work on our Suicide Karaoke Tournaments. This tournaments
gives the singer a random song for the current weeks theme, with
themes such as Dark Wave, 90’s one hit wonders, 80’s
Female Rockers, and Dead Man’s Party (all bands who have had
members die). Everyone who sings gets a prize, which can be anything
from CDs, to gag prizes, to Concert Tickets (Such as Rush on August
30th to be given out sometime in the next few weeks). Our regulars
have come to love this weekly tournament, as it gives the singer a
chance to test their singing skill on songs that they would have never
thought of, and even if they don’t know the song, knowing that
they are not the only ones and so everyone has a good time.

Our Karaoke Night:

Thursday’s Lounge
306 East Exchange St.
Akron, OH
330-253-2651
http://www.thursdayslounge.com
http://www.myspace.com/blackhawkvs

Wednesday Nights:
Normal Karaoke 9-11:30
Suicide Karaoke 11:30

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September 2007


David Moon (AKA “The Moon Man") from Troy, Michigan is this month's featured KJ of the Month! David has been one of our most active members on TheKaraokeBeat.com’s official Forum and has provided us with a ton of feedback and help since we started working on TheKaraokeBeat.com. Here is a little more about the Moon Man in his own words:

Hello, my name is David Moon (The Moon Man). I am part owner of MoonGlow Entertainment. My partner Trish and I are located in Troy, Michigan. I have been in the bizz for over 10 years now while she has been entertaining for over 15 years. We have over 37,000 karaoke songs and use "Hoster" on computer to manage them all. We also have over 26,000 songs for our regular DJ gigs, and we use "PCDJ" for that part of the show. We have several gigs a week starting with Wednesday night at Mr. Macs in Eastpointe, Michigan, Thursday and Friday nights at Triple C's in Warren, Michigan, and Saturday nights at the Stonewood Lounge in Roseville, Michigan. Trish has a successful Jazz band that plays all over the place. We also have a professional wedding singer working for us, and also a string quartet for all our wedding gigs.

We are listed under www.Freedjamarica.com
Top Wedding Vendors where we are listed as one of the top ten KJ/DJ's.

I also run a website that sells karaoke/DJ related designs on t-shirts, as well as music, sports, and other fun types of themes. Check us out at www.moonglowgear.com

I also have a site called MoonMan's Corner, where I have been sucessfully selling CDG's and karaoke players, as well as other karaoke-related items for 3 years now. www.karaokelinks.com/home.asp.
We are a “TopHits Monthly” karaoke distributor.

Also check out our www.myspace.com/moonglowentertainment page and let us know what you think. If you have a MySpace profile of your own, please add us and leave lots of comments. We like to do the same!

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