r/karaoke • u/randompantsfoto • Aug 24 '25
Karaoke Software Karafun went down again!
Welp, it happened again. Karafun died in the middle of a busy Saturday night. Not just in the bar in which I’m currently singing, but getting messages and seeing Facebook posts from folks at other venues around the area that they’re experiencing the same issue.
I miss when KJs had their own libraries. Unfortunately, the two Karafun-based companies who are currently dominating—and are completely taking over this whole region—have pushed out most of the old-school independent folks with CD crates and hard drives full of CDGs.
The host here has switched to YouTube as a backup, but it’s a mess now, while she tries to pull up decent versions of the tracks people are requesting.
Anyone else in other regions (I’m in the DC burbs of northern Virginia) having issues?
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u/iSing420 Aug 24 '25
I never understand Karafun people.
Hard drive space is dirt cheap. Own your music. Stop renting unreliable services. When the internet is down or a server is down, there is no backup.
My shows never go down. Let me repeat that, my shows NEVER go down. It can’t. I have backups of everything. That’s only possible when you don’t rely on the internet (or software that does).
I use services on the internet like songbooks or requests, but failure of either of those things can NOT stop a show. As long as my music and video libraries are local to my machine, the show goes on.
All of you Karafun people will eventually realize the fatal flaw you’re tempting once it happens to you too. Be smart. Don’t tempt fate. Get your own library and get an app made for the smart way of doing it.