The “Empty Orchestra” – Origins of Karaoke And The Home Singing Machine
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By Christine Wu
Have you ever wondered whose bright idea it was to get up in front of a room full of strangers and sing along to bad canned music?
Karaoke is a Japanese word that’s the combination of ‘Kara’ which means empty and ‘okie’ which means orchestra. The ‘empty orchestra’ is the karaoke music tract and the vocals are sung live by you.
Legend has it that karaoke was first performed in the 1970s in a bar in Kobe, Japan. Apparently the performer for that evening pulled a no show and the patrons were getting restless.
However, it has long been a custom in Japan to provide musical entertainment at dinner parties. It was in the 1970s that a smart guy called Daisuke Inoue invented the first coin operated karaoke machine. He rented his karaoke machines out to restaurants and bars. The modern karaoke system was born from this machine.
Karaoke soon spread throughout the rest of Asia in the 1980s and 1990s. Private room karaoke bars are common in Japan, Hong Kong, and Korea. Home karaoke machines also became common place in Asia. Sadly, this trend never really took off in the United States and Canada.
While karaoke in Asia is mostly performed in private boxes with a group of friends or at home karaoke parties, karaoke in the west took a different route.
Most people in the United States are familiar with karaoke nights at bars where you sing in front of a bunch of drunken strangers. For many people, the thought of the public humiliation and threat of getting hit by bar peanuts puts them off from ever trying to sing karaoke. In fact, I’m sure you would rather jump off a cliff than get up on stage and sing Barry Manilow at a karaoke bar.
But with your own Home Karaoke Machine, you can have fun and practice in the privacy of your own home. Sing by yourself or invite your friends for a karaoke party. You may be spared from public humiliation but you may still get pelted by popcorn if you can’t carry a tune.
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