| From the Where2sing.com forum: Fronting a band is very much harder than karaoke. For one thing, you usually have to look at a printed lyrice sheet rather than a screen or, gasp, memorize it - which, to me, takes out any spontaneity. Most importantly, though, is the tendency to bias toward males. Rock & roll standards tend to have been male and it might be harder for a female to find a suitable tune. I speak from our experience of this. I had no trouble finding tunes (Hell, I can play them myself on guitar no need for a backing band) but Marg had trouble finding material. Maybe the bands that specialize in this have rectified this problem. I don't agree that nothing compares to a live band. Karaoke gives us scope to do 'wall of sound' songs & other things nearly impossible with a band. For me, that's one of its main attractions.
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