Meet at Philz on 24th and Folsum at 10:30 am, Sunday May 30, 2010.

The Jaminator is a late 80’s version of Guitar Hero a little before its time. It is the ultimate Air Guitar. It lets you play lead guitar riffs on top of well-known songs. There are cartridges that store songs and riffs in ROM; each cartridge contains five songs, a few digitized instruments, and dozens of riffs. The riffs are selected by holding down a fret button with your left hand and tapping one of the string buttons with your right hand. It will then play a lead guitar riff that is harmonious with the selected song. There are also drum pads and a small keyboard if you want to spread your talents around.

It makes an amazingly beautiful air guitar. It feels amazing in your hands and is just down right fun to play.

Patrick Malony holding the Ultimate Air Guitar, the Jaminator at a Dalva Karaoke Bar night!

You can see more photos of the Jaminator in action in the KJPaul jaming on the Jaminator blog post on the SF KJ Paul Karaoke blog.

I had a sneaky suspicion that there was some link between Atari games and the Jaminator. One of the many clues was the phone jack sync. Low and behold, one Google search later and the proof was found! Worlds of Wonder or WoW, the creator of the Jamintor was a founded by former Atari employees!

Jaminator Atari Game phone jack sync clue

The Jaminator also make the ultimate air saxophone and the girls will go crazy when you play it!

Results of playing the Jaminator as a karaoke air saxophone!

And if you decide that you absolutely need a Jaminator of your very own, you can buy one online for a mere £120- at Jaminator.com.

John Coté did a really nice piece for the San Francisco Chronicle and Brooke is the primary face in the pictures!

KJ Paul used his Car-E-Oke power system for 4 solid uninterrupted hours of off the grid karaoke! The Sidewalk karaoke was a huge success and there is more to come!

Sample Car-E-Oke car magnet

Car-E-Oke is a mobile party that is run from on vehicle that runs the karaoke an broadcasts it using an FM broadcaster so any vehicle with a car stereo in range can tune in.

Car-E-Oke can be further enhance by displaying the karaoke text in the control vehicle using a monitor or a projector and allowing people in other vehicle to sing using wireless mics. I have tried it using a cellphone call in, but the feedback loop causes some technical complexities. Any FM radio within range can, however, tune in and listen which can make getting stuck in traffic a lot of fun.

A Car-E-Oke party can also end up at a location where the vehicle(s) park, open the doors and use the combined output of the car stereos as the sound system for the karaoke bar.

The Biggest, Baddest Karaoke stage in the west is happening at Club 6 – 60 Sixth Street between Market and Mission in San Francisco half a block from the Powell St. BART.

This will be a SF Karaoke Mafia event featuring KJPaul, Roger Niner (Epic Karaoke), Eileen (PunkRock’N'Schlock) and the Godfather of the SF Karaoke Mafia himself, Mr. Glenny Kravitz.

Club 6 All Star SF Karaoke Mafia Mondays 7-Midnight

KJ Paul Club 6 karaoke page

I run 4 karaoke nights a week, so my mics get at least 24 hours a week of active stage time every week. The singers range from amazing to…well, it’s karaoke and some people know how to use a mic, but many mumble or sing with the mic too far from their mouth. I try to do the best I can for them and this mic makes a HUGE difference.

Like the e835, the e935 is much more sensitive than the SM58, yet offers amazing feedback resistance. It allows me to turn the gain up or down to meet the singers level way better than the SM58 does, which is huge for karaoke where the mic handling is not always optimal. Then it goes from a rumbling low to falsetto like butter and makes even the e835 sound flat. The sound is more rich than hot and it just sounds good.

Yes it is a lot more expensive, but I am never going back!