Karaoke is a Japanese word made from two words kara and oke. Kara means empty and oke means orchestra. I don't think any of you consider yourselves to be "empty orchestras". I found this further explination from the Cambridge Dictionary Online. Karaoke: a form of public entertainment, originally from Japan, in which recordings of the music of popular songs are played, and people sing the words, sometimes reading them from a TV screen. From the posts I've read since joining this forum it seems clear the vast majority of musicians here pride themselves on not only being entertainers but skillful entertainers and leaders of the show. We're a group of musicians who work very hard mastering our intruments so the crowd we are entertaining can get a "real" show played live from the heart instead of someone just playing tunes from a pre-recorded source and projecting lyrics on a screen. My wk8 can display lyrics on a TV screen and that may be cool to some degree but I don't want to ever rely on that feature to carry my songs. So I am in agreement with Uncle Dave. Leave the Karaoke to the Karaoke bars. Just my 2 cents worth.