history: I love to karaoke!  I can't sing well, but it sure is fun!
knowledge: The term ''karaoke'' is also used by recording engineers to refer to  an instrumental version of a recording (i.e., to a version of a recording with no vocal track).
response: Do you mean the instrumental recording without a vocal track that recording engineers refer to?
history: I love to karaoke!  I can't sing well, but it sure is fun!
Do you mean the instrumental recording without a vocal track that recording engineers refer to?
I believe so, who thought up of the idea of not having the vocals anyway so others can sing along for fun?
knowledge: The concept of creating studio recordings that lack the lead vocal has been around for nearly as long as recording itself.
response: The concept of karaoke has been around as long as recordings but I'm not aware it started in Japan.
history: I love to karaoke!  I can't sing well, but it sure is fun!
Do you mean the instrumental recording without a vocal track that recording engineers refer to?
I believe so, who thought up of the idea of not having the vocals anyway so others can sing along for fun?
The concept of karaoke has been around as long as recordings but I'm not aware it started in Japan.
So, karaoke is over 100 years old?
knowledge: The primary difference between Karaoke and sing-along songs is the absence of the lead vocalist.
response: I'm honestly not aware of that info though the main difference between a sing-along song and a karaoke would be a lack of the lead vocalist.
history: I love to karaoke!  I can't sing well, but it sure is fun!
Do you mean the instrumental recording without a vocal track that recording engineers refer to?
I believe so, who thought up of the idea of not having the vocals anyway so others can sing along for fun?
The concept of karaoke has been around as long as recordings but I'm not aware it started in Japan.
So, karaoke is over 100 years old?
I'm honestly not aware of that info though the main difference between a sing-along song and a karaoke would be a lack of the lead vocalist.
Oh, I didn't know that!  Do people participate in this all over the world?
knowledge: (This is not to be confused with ''lip synching,'' in which a performer mimes to a previously produced studio recording with the lead vocal intact.)
response: Not sure, but another thing is lip synching, which a performer is miming a studio recording that still has the lead vocals.