First, the development history of karaoke. Karaoke originally means "a cappella band" in Japanese. In 1960s, Mr Inoue was the drummer of a salon band in Nishimiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, and invented the spare audio track and portable microphone. In less than three years, karaoke became popular, and big companies stole Inoue's ideas and launched their own models. By the time someone suggested that he apply for a patent, it was too late. Inoue admitted: "I never thought about applying for a patent." This concept existed as early as 197 1 years ago when Inoue invented 8-Juke (eight-track jukebox). 8-Juke is a red and white wooden box equipped with a microphone, a loudspeaker and an eight-track cassette player. The dashboard is marked in English and looks "fashionable". Inoue used this prototype karaoke as the drum accompaniment of a singer-less band, which was played when customers who wanted to sing in the salon wanted songs. Later, he thought that machines could be used to realize the function of accompaniment. Inoue said, "I am the worst in the band. I don't have any musical skills, so they made me the band manager. I thought, "why not use machines instead of what we do?" "At his instigation, six band members formed a company called Crescent, produced 1 18 Juke accompaniment machines, and rented them to local bars, so that people who want to sing can play accompaniment at the price of 100 yen (US$ 0.83) through a record player the size of a TV. At that time, the price was quite high, but consumers who had fun were willing to spend the money. Inoue said, "Without karaoke, it is almost impossible for professional singers to sing with a complete background band. In the past, it was a dream. "Thirty years later, karaoke has become a worldwide family language." Crescent Company and large enterprises have been fighting until 1987, constantly introducing newer and better karaoke accompaniment machines. However, after the birth of CD technology, he finally gave up. Jing Daole Inoue was once selected as the most influential figure in Asia by Time magazine, with the same name as Gandhi and Kazuo. He said that he didn't regret losing the patent right. Even if the patent right made him make a fortune in the1980s, he would probably over-expand to other investments, leaving him a large debt after Japan's economic recession. Inoue said: "I have never bought land, stocks, golf club membership cards, nothing." Besides attending the funeral, I also wear a suit and tie. " Secondly, karaoke dance halls appeared at the dances in the 1960s, and traditional bands danced for people. During this period, there appeared a form in which singers danced for people with their songs. This is the first time to separate accompaniment music and singing into two parts. In the late 1960s, after the advent of cassette recorders, left (L) and right (R) stereo tapes can record two kinds of sound sources, one is accompaniment music, and the other is vocal singing. People can learn to sing pop songs with this tape. When people learn to sing this song, they will turn off the vocal channel and sing this song by themselves through the microphone. This kind of entertainment was first popular in Japan, and the Japanese called it karaoke entertainment game. KARA means "empty" in Japanese, and OKE is the abbreviation of English symphony. So karaoke was invented by the Japanese. This karaoke game quickly became popular in Japan, which caused great commotion in the society. In some bars, cafes and dance halls, the boss quit his original band and adopted a set of audio equipment. In this way, a large number of electro-acoustic bands are dissatisfied and put forward * * * requirements to the entertainment circle and karaoke manufacturers. But in Japan, which acts according to economic laws, these are of no help. These bands have to turn to advertising and TV production. In the early 1970s, after the emergence of video recorders, images and pictures were used to explain the artistic conception of songs, forming a comprehensive artistic system with both auditory and visual effects, and with subtitles (by using the method of edge banding and color change of lyrics). In the late 1970s, after the advent of the laser disc player, this kind of equipment was all digital circuits, so its audio and video signals were much better than those of tape recorders and video recorders. DVD and DVD are characterized by wide frequency response, low noise and low distortion, which make audio and video reach professional level. Another explanation is that Karaok is a Japanese-English hybrid name, Kara means "empty" in Japanese, and ok is the abbreviation of "A cappella band" in English. China people take this product as a confirmation and turn it into "Karaok", which means that everything will be fine forever. Good is always good. It is a form of entertainment that first appeared in Japan in 1980s. You know, when China people come home from work, their wives are still waiting with a whip, while Japanese and Korean wives are driving men out with a whip. So coming home so early shows that this man has no communication skills and no entertainment, which shows that he is incapable and unable to earn money to support his family. For example, working men in Japan and South Korea go to pubs in droves after work, and always change to another one after drinking two glasses in this one and stay up until after midnight. Kick the door when you get home and let the neighbors know how busy he is outside. It's already 2 o'clock or 3 o'clock in the morning when I get home, and I have to go to work in the morning, so I mainly sleep on the road. Don't meet a beautiful woman, otherwise I will pretend to fall asleep and lean on her. In order to improve the quality of nightlife, extend the time of nightlife and increase the content of nightlife, karaoke quietly came into being. Japanese manufacturers, such as Pioneer, produce LD disc players on demand, and record companies produce LD films with self-entertainment function. Through some special business places, there are wines and beautiful women, and everything starts to be OK. This fashion trend has gradually spread to South Korea, China, Taiwan Province Province of China, China, Hongkong and Chinese mainland. The cultural life in Chinese mainland used to be monotonous, but with these systems, people have a civilized, elegant and open place to meet, make friends and so on. It's definitely not a red light district, but it can only be yellow and pink. Now the two sides of the strait are more and more peaceful, with yellow skin, black hair and black eyes. They are all from China, while China and Taiwan Province provinces are more civilized, so the discount wind arises spontaneously. Starting from Shanghai, there are 500,000-600,000 people in Taiwan Province Province, China. These scattered ions came to the mainland. What are they doing at night? No matter what you do in Taiwan Province province of China, you can do it on the mainland. Therefore, the discount is to serve them first. Third, the style of karaoke in various countries Japan: Karaoke originated in Japan. Karaoke is very popular in Japan, and men, women and children like this game. Taiwan Province Province, China: Taiwan Province Province, China is one of the earliest places to introduce karaoke. Since 1980s, karaoke has appeared in bars, all over the large, medium and small cities in Taiwan Province Province, China. China and Hongkong: Diversification. At present, there are more than 800 karaoke dance halls in China and Hongkong. Some big dance halls have small stages and dance floors for rock bands to perform, such as black swan nightclubs and snack centers. At the same time, these dance halls can also show large-screen musical films, and entertainers often hire movie stars to perform on the same stage, forming a diversified dance hall pattern. Thailand: Feminization. In Thailand, restaurants meet bars, and karaoke dance halls come one after another, which is a unique scenery of Thailand's tourist attractions. There are smiling Thai women's services everywhere in the store. Philippines: Japanization. In recent years, the number of karaoke bars in the Philippines has surged, and waiters entertain guests in Japanese, showing an authentic Japanese flavor. Singapore: Familialization. Singaporeans don't want to sing in public, so family karaoke is booming. They can use karaoke equipment to sing at home. Indonesia: Localization. Generally, the karaoke bars are Indonesian songs, the screens are Indonesian, and even the dancers are traditional Indian dances. Malaysia: Popularization. In Malaysia, karaoke is popular not only in restaurants and bars, but also in beauty salons, hair salons and shops, and karaoke entertainment can be seen everywhere. South Korea: nationalization. In South Korea, because some karaoke bars also engage in pornography, Koreans are resistant to karaoke. South Korea once restricted the import of karaoke equipment, and the customs also prohibited the import of Japanese songs and tapes. Most of the songs sung by Koreans are native Korean songs. China: There are more than 1000 song and dance halls and karaoke halls in the provincial capital cities, and they are developing to small and medium-sized towns, and their scale constitutes the largest karaoke market in the world. Karaoke is a relatively new form of entertainment. Many people like it and it is quite popular. At the sight of the words "karaoke" or "OK entertainment" on the hotel ballroom, everyone understood what it meant. Obviously, "karaoke" in Chinese comes from the English word karaoke. But where does this English word come from? This word is relatively new, and only a few dictionaries include it. According to the dictionary Webster's University Dictionary: Tenth Edition (published in 1993), the word karaoke appeared frequently in American newspapers and periodicals from 1982. Its explanation is: a device that plays musical instrument accompaniment for songs selected by users, users can sing along with it, and it can also record the music that users sing. A device that plays some songs accompanied by musical instruments so that users can sing along and record singing and music at the same time. Random House unbound dictionary (1993) is interpreted as the act of singing along with music videos.

Esp。 A record in which the original sound has been electronically erased. The activity of singing along with music videos, especially those in which the original voice has been electronically eliminated. ) The explanations in the two dictionaries are similar, but in different ways. The former starts with karaoke equipment, while the latter focuses on singing. According to the dictionary, Kara comes from Kara (empty) +Oke (orchestration) in Japanese. The first half of this statement is true, and the second half is not entirely true. The reason is that our neighbors in the east are more active in word-making; When creating karaoke, the first half uses the pseudonym kara with the word "empty", and the second half reduces the foreign word "o-ke-su-to-ra" in orchestra to only the first two pseudonyms oke. It is no wonder that people who are familiar with Japanese but don't know the origin of karaoke will think that these four syllables represent the word "empty bucket" not long after the word was created.

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