Karaoke Tunes - English - CD+G or MP3+G

[-Jim- 27]

Hi Gents,

My Misses and her friends are again poking me about getting a decent (?) setup going for Karaoke. Her best Friend is having her Birthday party soon, and we will celebrate with a special Dinner. Then after a few bottles of wine, they want to do Karaoke.

My intent is to use a Laptop system and a portable Hard Drive for the Tunes. I’ll figure out the hardware, but the wireless Mics could be a few $$ if they are decent. (I'm checking eBay.)

Of course I don't really have a clue where to grab Karaoke Files. I understand the correct format these days is CD+G or MP3+G with the latter often Zipped together. The days of doing it on CDs has passed...

So the question is, do you know where to find these files? If it's a newsgroup, I can probably convince a Buddy to grab anything there if it's simple. Or I can start to cobble it together via Rapidgator if needed.

Do you have any connections? I’d even pay a reasonable amount for a big (1 TB?) collection or access to a decent FTP Site. There used to be a guy on Craigslist that sold them locally, but he’s not listing anymore.

Any assistance would be welcomed. Thanks.