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I am all for back catalog tracks... new stuff doesn't go well with my older crowd...

Don't neglect the new stuff, but I agree with Cueball that older stuff might be just what the doctor ordered.

As for the FUD stuff.. I dunno if that was directed at me, but let me state how I feel about SC:

I like them. I have a lot of their product those tracks get used often. I'm sorry they left and stopped producing music 6 years ago, it was a hard blow for me. I want new material from them, but the game has changed and they need to catch up. I can't/won't blindly hand over my money and hope for the best. I am not crazy about what they have become, but a company getting ripped off by so many pirates makes them a little bitter about things. I am NOT crazy about all the lawsuits, but understand them. and hopefully they don't hurt the little guys they sue. I DO NOT LIKE the CB move.

And again, I wish them all the best in their return, and hope they succeed, we desperately need new tracks worthy of our shows. But they have a lot to prove to me before being my go to line again and giving them my hard earned money. It's simply business, the loyalty has to be earned again as it's been awhile. I wont hold back on what I say, that's why they are here on the forum... and if I'm wrong, I'll concede to it and move on, or ask for clarification. (edited)

I don't believe that they will ever be able to release the "back catalog" since they sold that to Stingray Digital in 2007...

If you were Stingray and you just paid a few million for it, wouldn't you want to make sure that they wouldn't be able to compete with you.. with the same item you just paid for?

In this case, I'm not talking about re-do of the old catalog... but other tracks from artists they haven't done yet (ex: Pearl Jam's Yellow Ledbetter)

Gotcha! (my mistake)

I guess "the market has spoken...." with their wallets.

Except even Yellow Ledbetter was done decently enough by Radio Starz. That disc (all Pearl Jam) is getting harder to find, but it's been out and available since around 2004 - I see it pop up on e-bay every once in a while and never overly priced. That song while once overdone, isn't even a hot item anymore (at least at my show).

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See what I mean?

I own the Radio Starz Pearl Jam CD as well... it's pretty good, though 'Hunger Strike' on the CD kinda sucks.

Strangely enough, I've never had a single person sing "Hunger Strike."

I sing it, on occasion.

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Just goes to show how different every karaoke gig is.... I'd probably kill for a 1:1 of Temple Of The Dog CD in karaoke. I'd personally Sing 'Wooden Jesus' until the track wears out!

Another great karaoke CD at the time was the Top Tunes Evenesence CD. I think we did every track on that disc in one night when it first came out.

I just checked and the Tropical Zone web site is closed and they were taken down from Tricerasoft as well. Where did you order from? eBay?

You have ruined many things with your meddling.

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Same here. I do "Hunger Strike" with a few different regulars at my shows.

We get a fair number of requests for Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, and Nirvana. (even hear "Stardog Champion" by Mother Love Bone now and then). They are Seattle area grunge bands so of course they get requested more often in my area.

I am sure there are lots of other regional differences. Just like there is more country performed in some areas than others. I see that even in in this area. More country performed north of Seattle than in Seattle proper.

I wonder if the east coast gets any requests for Crack The Sky. I would love to have "Techni Generation" as karaoke.

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It's because it's a duet . Its done quite a bit here.

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Tropical Zone was bought by the parent company of Party Tyme which is why. They will be a part of karaoke.net now.

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Have to say, I've never heard that song at all... but I like it!

A good friend and I do it quite often. We switch up on the parts. Almost everyone in the bar stops what they are doing when that song starts the intro. Great song..

I lived in Edgewood, MD from 79-82. Crack The Sky was (is) an east coast band and was pretty popular during that time. "Techni Generation" was the most popular song I heard from them. Pre-cursor to the New Wave - Alt Rock scene.

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