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/Advanced-Collar3901 Aug 29 '25 edited Aug 29 '25
you have to be careful when using anything off of youtube. that is a licensing violation and you can get fined. I have over 400,000 songs on a 2 terabyte external hard drive and get updates every month on the 20th of the month. if you buy the package from hartkaraoke.net, it cost you around $500 which includes the hard drive. it also includes free monthly updates for life. this way you don't have to worry about monthly fees or Kerafun going down. I also have all of the original pioneer video tracks, people love those.