aussieboyinscotland, here's my story.
A long, long time ago when kids were still seen and never heard, I started playing in a 3 piece school band. Two guitars and a drummer. The sound was horrible but we were the only local act, so by default the hottest band in town!
I started growing up and not too late, I joined a real band, being the guitarist and occasional vocalist (depending on the song). Playing 3 nights a week, and sharing the little money we received, I decided it's not for me. You know, the drummer is always late for practice, the bassist is fooling around with the keyboard players wife, blah, blah, blah...............(the normal band stuff)
One night, after a hard night's gig, I dropped in at the local watering hole, to where I found this one man band playing and entertaining the people. Way cool I though! He makes the same money a band makes, takes less space and doesn't cost the owner as much in free food and drinks! I can do that.
I started with my guitar and a Roland drum machine, upgraded with midi bass pedals, and one day ran across some karaoke disks
That was an eye opener!!!!!!!
I traded in my midi bass pedals, midi files and songbooks, bought a laptop and started with Karaoke tracks. Now I was really the hottest act in my one horse town. Very good backing, playing my dear old '69 Stratocaster or Ovation, mediocre voice, it all worked out fantastic!!!!
Moral of this boring story, YOU CAN'T GO WRONG!!!!!!!!!
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and if so if they have a brand preference in the music?
Beggars can't be choosers, aussieboyinscotland. Nobody in the USA supplies CDG's with Smokie or Cliff Richard to name a few European populars, so SunFly and Zoom are in my eyes the only disks for European type music.