Songbook Generator by Latshaw...

Reads your file-names and creates the book file... can be set to remove duplicates (title, artist). It cuts down my book from 70,000 titles to 25,719.

You would have to manually enter your SC CDG's because you don't have them digitized


I've been considered creating 1 master list that would list every version along with Mfr ID and track number... may Joe will vacation in the mountains someday... that can be his book. I'll get a handcart for him to move it to his table.

I have one book with all dups and disc IDs, and nine books without dups. When I made the "master" book, I thought it would be used when singers or I needed to reference a particular version of a song. However, in the 2+ years I've had that master book, it has only been used when the other nine books were already gone!

My books are falling apart the last few weeks, so I need to redo books as well. I'm thinking about just grabbing a cheap laptop and doing a kiosk. I buy alot of 5-10 song All-Star download updates these days, so physical books get cluttered very quickly. Also, laptops capable of a kiosk setup can be bought cheaper than 10 books can be made these days!

Why pay a printer for what I can do at home?

Because my time is worth about $100/hour

-Chris

YOu are a Microsoft tech. I'm not. I'm a stay at home dad, who babysits three kids by day, and is an aspiring KJ by night. Between the two, I make enough to do pretty well, along with my GF's wages. So, while all the kids are playing in my son's room, I can make my own books. As for master books, I have my book files on all my computers. I need to look something up, BAM, I pull it up.

I list and retain all versions in my books...

For those who do not understand that there is variance between versions and ask "What's the difference?"- I am happy to educate them about it, or to answer any other questions in regard to karaoke.

I use Song List Generator by Latshaw for song books. It filters out dupes to help keep books small. I keep all dupes on the drive for the same reason most of you do - sometimes people want a specific version. This last weekend someone requested a Springsteen track I had never heard at karaoke before. I only have All-Hits, Sweet Georgia Brown, and Ultra Sonic versions of the track. I had no clue which version was best so I chose Ultra Sonic just because I don't think I have ever listened to a US track. The singer didn't like it and asked for the All Hits version which I was able to use the "Now Playing" panel in Karma to find al versions of the same song and immediately change it for them
-Chris

Also, laptops capable of a kiosk setup can be bought cheaper than 10 books can be made these days!

For those who do not understand that there is variance between versions and ask "What's the difference?"- I am happy to educate them about it, or to answer any other questions in regard to karaoke. They seem to appreciate it and use the knowledge at later shows.

We out grew Excel and moved to Lotus