Does anyone have to sing?

No. The band plays a full set of 80s and 90s hits on its own, sung out front, and the night works as a party band night if nobody ever takes the mic. The host keeps the invitation open all night, and nobody is ever put on the spot.

What if nobody volunteers at first?

That’s the usual start, and it’s why the band opens with its own set rather than an empty stage. The host works the floor, the first singers are almost always a pair or a group, and the band covers the harmony and the high notes for whoever is up there. Once two or three songs have gone well, the list fills on its own.

How does a guest get on the list?

The songbook is printed for the tables. A guest picks a song, gives the host their name and the title, and the host keeps the list and calls each singer up. There’s no app and nothing to download.

How is this different from a karaoke DJ?

With a backing track the guest is on their own. With a band, the tempo follows the singer, the band vamps if somebody loses the verse, a second voice comes in on the chorus, and the song ends when it should rather than when the file does. The words are on a screen either way. What changes is who’s standing behind the singer.

How many people get a turn?

About six to ten guest songs fit in an hour. At a party of two hundred that means most people sing along from the floor rather than from the stage, which is how the night is meant to work. A long list is a reason to book the karaoke chapter longer, and there is no overtime rate if it runs on.

Can a group go up together?

Yes, and the first singers of the night nearly always do. Two or three colleagues on one song is the easiest way onto the list, and the band carries the harmony and the high notes for whoever is up there.

Who decides what is appropriate?

The person booking. Say when you book whether the songs run clean or as recorded, and the host keeps to it on the night.

How much space and power does the act need?

The four-piece plays in 14 by 10 feet on two dedicated 20-amp circuits with a 90-minute load-in, plus a lyric screen facing the stage and one facing the crowd. Sound support that’s the right size for the venue is included, and an announcement microphone is ready for the remarks and a raffle.

Can the karaoke follow a dinner set?

Yes. The same band plays dinner at conversation volume, 65 to 72 dBA at the nearest table, and turns up when the program ends. One contract, one load-in, one sound system, and the karaoke set is planned with your run of show.

Live band karaoke

The band plays the hits. Your people take the mic when they’re ready.

Colleagues who don’t want to sing don’t have to. The band plays the hits on its own, Journey to Outkast, sung out front, and hands the microphone over the moment somebody gets brave. The words are on a screen so nobody needs to know them, a host works the floor, and a real band is behind whoever is up there.

This is the company party act for the crowd that’s done the casino night and the photo booth and wants something people talk about on Monday. It’s great for a holiday party, a sales kickoff evening, a team offsite or the after-party after a conference dinner, and you can book it on its own or as the late set of a longer night, on one contract with the sound already in the building.

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The songbook

The songs an office of every age already knows.

The book runs from the 80s and 90s onward, because those are the songs a twenty-six-year-old and a fifty-eight-year-old can both sing without looking at the screen: Journey, Bon Jovi, Whitney Houston, Prince, Madonna, Queen, Oasis, No Doubt, Alanis Morissette, TLC, the Backstreet Boys, Outkast, the Killers.

When nobody is on the mic the band plays the same book as a party band, sung out front, and the floor doesn’t know the difference. The songbook is printed for the tables and on the screen. A song for a specific person, the CEO’s one karaoke song or the retiring colleague’s, is a request we take the week before if it is already in the book, and a learned song with four weeks’ notice if it is not.

The band’s own covers list, the songs it plays when the night is a straight party set, is searchable on the repertoire page.

Getting to the mic

A name on the host’s list, and the band counts you in.

There’s no app and nothing to download, just a printed songbook and a host with a sign-up list.

Pick a song: The songbook is printed for the tables and up on the screen. Flip to the song you have sung in the car a hundred times, or the one the table dares you into.
Give the host your name: The host keeps the sign-up list and works the floor with it, so nobody has to walk up to the stage to volunteer. Come up as a pair or a group if going alone is the problem. The first singers of the night usually do.
Take the mic: The host calls your name, the band counts you in, and the words scroll on the screen facing you. The band follows your tempo, covers the harmony and the high notes, and ends the song when it should.

Configurations

A four-piece with a host, or a bigger band with a horn.

The four-piece: Voice and guitar, keys, bass and drums, with one of the musicians hosting from the stage. The usual size for a company party of eighty to two hundred: 14 by 10 feet, two dedicated 20-amp circuits, a 90-minute load-in, and two lyric screens, one facing the singer and one facing the crowd.
Five to six piece: The four-piece plus a dedicated host on the floor and a horn or a second voice. For a ballroom, a conference after-party or a crowd past two hundred, where the host’s job of getting the first singers up is a full-time one and the band wants the extra weight on the choruses.

Either configuration can play dinner at conversation volume, 65 to 72 dBA at the nearest table, before the night turns up. An announcement microphone is ready for the remarks, the raffle and the thank-yous.

Footprints and power by size are on the technical page. When the same night wants a DJ after the band, the DJ runs through the same sound system on the same contract.

Where it works

Events that book live band karaoke.

Live band karaoke is the answer when you want something interactive and the crowd has done the casino tables. Each occasion links to the page that covers the whole night around it.

Office holiday parties: The party where the accounting team turns out to have a Bon Jovi problem. The holiday party page covers the season and the January party, and office holiday party ideas in Denver puts this act beside the other ways a party can go.
Sales kickoffs and team offsites: The evening after a day of sessions, when a group that spent eight hours in a ballroom wants to make noise together. The corporate page covers how we work around a program, and the retreats page covers the mountain version.
After-parties: The hour after a conference dinner or a gala program, on the sound system that’s already up. The after-party page covers how that hour is booked and what the hotel needs to know.
Weddings: The last hour of a reception, or the welcome party the night before, for a couple whose friends will fight over the Whitney Houston. The weddings page covers the ceremony and the cocktail hour, and the same band plays dinner at conversation volume before the floor turns.
Milestone birthdays and private parties: The fortieth or the fiftieth with a crowd that grew up on this songbook. Private parties carries the shapes and the venues for a night at home, at a club or in a rented space.

Booking it

Book it on its own, or as the late set of a longer night.

Book the whole evening, or just the part of the night that follows dinner and the remarks. Either way it’s one contract with the sound already handled.

What comes with the booking

The band and the host
Sound support that’s the right size for the venue, with the band’s own monitors so the singer can hear themselves
Two lyric screens, one facing the singer and one facing the crowd
The printed songbook for the tables
An announcement microphone for the remarks and the raffle
Load-in, sound check and load-out, with the certificate of insurance and W-9

What the venue provides

A 14 by 10 foot performance area for the four-piece; the bigger band’s footprint is on the technical page
Two dedicated 20-amp circuits
90 minutes of load-in before the first set
A venue contact for load-in and sound check

If the list is still long when the booked time ends, you can add another half hour on the night, and it costs what the earlier ones did.

Tell us the venue, the headcount and whether there are speeches, and we’ll recommend the configuration and come back with a price. What live music costs in this market is on the pricing page.

Live band karaoke questions

The operational questions, from substitutions to decibel caps, are on the full question list.

Does anyone have to sing?: No. The band plays a full set of 80s and 90s hits on its own, sung out front, and the night works as a party band night if nobody ever takes the mic. The host keeps the invitation open all night, and nobody is ever put on the spot.
What if nobody volunteers at first?: That’s the usual start, and it’s why the band opens with its own set rather than an empty stage. The host works the floor, the first singers are almost always a pair or a group, and the band covers the harmony and the high notes for whoever is up there. Once two or three songs have gone well, the list fills on its own.
How does a guest get on the list?: The songbook is printed for the tables. A guest picks a song, gives the host their name and the title, and the host keeps the list and calls each singer up. There’s no app and nothing to download.
How is this different from a karaoke DJ?: With a backing track the guest is on their own. With a band, the tempo follows the singer, the band vamps if somebody loses the verse, a second voice comes in on the chorus, and the song ends when it should rather than when the file does. The words are on a screen either way. What changes is who’s standing behind the singer.
How many people get a turn?: About six to ten guest songs fit in an hour. At a party of two hundred that means most people sing along from the floor rather than from the stage, which is how the night is meant to work. A long list is a reason to book the karaoke chapter longer, and there is no overtime rate if it runs on.
Can a group go up together?: Yes, and the first singers of the night nearly always do. Two or three colleagues on one song is the easiest way onto the list, and the band carries the harmony and the high notes for whoever is up there.
Who decides what is appropriate?: The person booking. Say when you book whether the songs run clean or as recorded, and the host keeps to it on the night.
Which songs can people sing?: The songbook runs from the 80s and 90s onward, the songs an office of mixed ages all know: Journey, Bon Jovi, Whitney Houston, Prince, Madonna, Queen, Oasis, No Doubt, Alanis Morissette, TLC, the Backstreet Boys, Outkast, the Killers. It is printed and on the screen, and a specific song for a specific person is a request we take before the night.
How much space and power does the act need?: The four-piece plays in 14 by 10 feet on two dedicated 20-amp circuits with a 90-minute load-in, plus a lyric screen facing the stage and one facing the crowd. Sound support that’s the right size for the venue is included, and an announcement microphone is ready for the remarks and a raffle.
Can the karaoke follow a dinner set?: Yes. The same band plays dinner at conversation volume, 65 to 72 dBA at the nearest table, and turns up when the program ends. One contract, one load-in, one sound system, and the karaoke set is planned with your run of show.

Tell us the date and the headcount, and we'll bring the band and the songbook.

Live music for your event, from a solo musician to a full band, with sound support that’s the right size for the venue and a personal contact for the night.

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Send us the date and the venue, and we’ll come back with a recommendation and a price for your night. What live music costs in this market is on the pricing page.