Sound Choice
Company joins efforts of US Karaoke Alliance

By Eric Godfrey

Sound Choice has long claimed the lead in today's Karaoke disc market. The majority of Karaoke enthusiasts prefer using Sound Choice versions when they are available. Kurt Slep, co-owner and co-founder (with his brother, Derek), has joined the U.S. Karaoke Alliance and will be in their booth at the Mobile Beat Convention in Las Vegas.

USKA President Eric Godfrey will be the moderator for the Karaoke forum at the show and Slep will join him at that event to field questions from Karaoke companies and Karaoke enthusiasts.

Sound Choice has led the efforts to fix the problems in the Karaoke world for years now. In years past, they have contributed prizes and a great deal of money in sponsoring national Karaoke contests. In recent years, as sales have plummeted due to piracy, they are no longer in a position to give back to the community, but they are working to do all they can to improve the climate. They have helped to start an organization called KIAA, designed to combine efforts of all of the different parts of the Karaoke community.

KIAA has been somewhat dormant and not moved forward, so Sound Choice is now joining forces with the U.S. Karaoke Alliance and is taking steps to help Karaoke jockeys and Karaoke manufacturers and is allowing all disc manufacturers free membership in its group.

Currently, the U.S. Karaoke Alliance sponsors Karaoke2Night.com, FindKaraokeBars.com and WeSingKaraoke.com WeSingKaraoke.com as sites to help KJs to advertise their services and their venues. USKA Members get discounted rates on premier listings on these pages; however, any company wanting to advertise is eligible for a free listing.

Sound Choice will sell disc packs that include free USKA Memberships; and give away a new Karaoke DVD-CDG player that can connect to a USB hard drive and play and store digital files.