Getting Your Karaoke On With Midomi & SonicLiving.
September 9, 2009 :: Kenneth YeungHave you ever caught yourself singing in the shower? How about belting out loud while driving to a song on the radio? Are you one who loves to showcase your vocal talent while being accompanied by the actual song? That’s exactly what services like Midomi and SonicLiving aim to provide with their new iPhone app.
Perhaps currently the most successful iPhone paid music app on the market, Midomi specializes in helping people find out what song is being sung and also offer them back up as tunes to perform against during karaoke. The trick here with Midomi is two-fold. If you happen to be listening to the radio or hear a song being played and want to know the artist & name of the song, simply use the Midomi app and the data will be delivered to your handset. But you can also hum or sing a verse of the song into your phone and it will provide you with the artist and song as well – in addition to any covers by other bands. What’s perhaps more ingenious is that you can listen to the first person who had sung or hummed the tune into Midomi to recall that same song – almost like the early rounds of American Idol!
But if you’re not wanting to search for song titles, then you might just want a good tune to sing along to, right? Then never fear because Midomi has come up with a solution for that as well. Just by accessing the iPhone app, you can select a song you want to belt out the tune for and then sing along with it. It’s as simple as that! Nothing too complicated and it’s a mobile karaoke machine right at your fingertips.
So where exactly does SonicLiving come into play?
Simple. First you find the song you want to listen to and then leave it to SonicLiving to add some conversion to the process. Imagine if you hear a song that you recognize but don’t know who sings the tune. You hum a verse and it winds up being “Margaritaville” by Jimmy Buffett. Now, after listening to it via Midomi, you decide to belt it out in turn as karaoke (also through Midomi). But that’s not all…if you’re taking advantage of SonicLiving, you’re going to be notified in case Jimmy Buffett is nearby and there are concert tickets available. So you can sing along with him live in more ways than one. How can you not top that?
It’s interesting how these startups are finding great partnerships with one another to create a truly unique and awesome product. If you’re a fan of karaoke and are an avid concert-goer, then you might want to check out Midomi and SonicLiving. Come on…entertain yourself!
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