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THIS JUST IN: KWC 2011 in Ireland!

KWC Organization — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:06:39 +0000

The Karaoke World Championships is confirmed to take place in Killarney, Co.Kerry, Ireland 8th-10th September 2011.

Heidi Moijanen, Director of Foreign Affairs,KWC Organization flew in to Kerry from Helsinki to sign the contract with Patrick O’Donoghue, Managing Director of the INEC (Ireland National Events Centre) which is the host venue.

The INEC along with Karaoke Ireland, The Kerry Convention Bureau, Failte Ireland have all supported Killarney’s bid to host the championships. Ann Marie Campell and Liz Cosgrove official Irish partners of the Karaoke World championships, choose to put Killarney forward as the host destination due to its suitability for the event, “after traveling to many Karaoke World Championships I wanted to use this opportunity to show Ireland off at its best. Killarney’s world renowned natural beauty coupled with its history of welcoming visitors for over 250 years meant that I know my many Global Karaoke friends will receive the best of Irish welcomes in Killarney” said Campbell.

“The INEC is an ideal venue for this event as its it has 485 bedrooms on site split between the Gleneagle Hotel and River Apartments, as well as the luxurious Brehon Hotel where allthe finalist and their families will be staying. The fact that so many people can stay on site, in the official event accommodation was a major factor taken into consideration when choosing the INEC venue.” said Cosgrove.

Local organisers are working with Kerry Convention Bureau and Failte Ireland on a festival programme for the event so that those who travel to the small town of Killarney, located in the south west of Ireland feels like their own little corner of Ireland, even its it’s only for 3 days! For more information visit www.karaokeireland.net

www.inecconventions.ie

www.kwc.fi

In Finland, even the Parliament sings karaoke!

KWC Organization — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:45:26 +0000

The annual Parliament Karaoke Championships were held last Wednesday at Karaoke Bar Satumaa just next to the Parliament building in Helsinki. The contest was organized by a Finnish radio station, Järviradio and hosted by the Parliament’s Karaoke Club that has been active since 2003!

The competition was open for members of the parliament and the staff of the parliament. The event was broadcasted live through Radio Järviradio and the listeners had the chance to vote for the best singer. The victory was a tie between Johanna Hellgren and Sanna-Helena Rantala.

Roland Europe and KWC Organization to announce partnership

KWC Organization — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:02:45 +0000

Roland Europe and KWC Organization have entered into worldwide partnership! KWC Organization flew to the picturesque town of San Benedetto Del Tronto (Italy) to meet the good people of Roland Europe and to discuss the details of the cooperation. The three day visit included familiarizing with the Italian culture and the Roland Europe campus (including Roland Europe factory and Roland DG factory). From every aspect, the trip was a success and both parties want to disclose that a fruitful partnership is on its way. The details will be announced later.

Roland Europe has recently launched their all new All-In-One singing entertainment machine, Vima JM-8.

Meanwhile, here is few pictures from our trip to Italy, enjoy:

Roland Europe & KWC Organization

Roland Factory

Roland DG

San Benedetto Del Tronto

Night out on the town, Karaoke Club Fellini with KWC pennant at the bar

KWC Organization in Moscow with KWC Russia

KWC Organization — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:33:51 +0000

KWC Organization visited Moscow and KWC Russia to go through the inital plans of KWC 2010, which will be held in Russia on 22nd to 25th of September! The weekend trip included lots of good discussions and magnificent plans for 2010. KWC Organization is happy to announce, that these will be the best Karaoke World Championships ever!

Here are few pictures to illustrate our trip:

We had an excellent time at Karaoke Club Duets, which will be the base for all the international guest during their stay in Moscow.

On Saturday we had a look at the planned venue, Golden Palace. It is an ex-casino that has been renovated to an entertainment center. It has a big main hall and three smaller clubs. View from the stage.

Golden Palace, view from the hall.

Golden Palace, stage.

Golden Palace, view from the stage.

Golden Palace, view from the second floor balcony.

Golden Palace, one of the three additional clubs.

Golden Palace, they’ve got penguins too.

At Karaoke Club Duets.

Kari is testing the soundsystem, it is ready for you guys!

Karaoke Club Duets has its own recording studio.

Posing at the Red Square.

Marriott Renaissance Moscow Hotel. Where all of the international guests will be staying.

Posing in front of the Kremlin walls.

Pro tip; when travelling, catch Z’s whenever you can.

Karaoke World Championships 2010 in Russia!

KWC Organization — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:00:58 +0000

Happy new year from KWC Organization!

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2010?

KWC Organization — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:56:54 +0000

Can you guess where KWC is heading next?

RE-CAP: What happened before KWC 2009 started?

KWC Organization — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:46:34 +0000

A small re-cap of the days before KWC 2009 actually started, in pictures:

The first ones to arrive to Finland were Michael Bates, male champion from 2008 and Loveless Johnson III, the producer of the live broadcast from this year’s event.

After that we headed towards Helsinki to Sonic Pump Studios, where Erkka Korhonen (the producer of the album) and some of the guys from band were recording instrumentals for Michael’s upcoming album:

The party officially started when KWC Ireland arrived with the rest of the Irish supporters. Along with the Irish, everyone from the international KWC family headed towards Heinola (the town where the first Karaoke World Championships took place back in 2003) to Cronin’s Cafe & Guesthouse for some karaoke!:

Karaoke World Championships 2009 was scheduled to start on Friday in Lahti Hall, but the launch party was held in Hotel Alex Park on Thursday. Earlier on Thursday the whole KWC family was invited to Lahti Town Hall for a greet & meet cocktail event. The night continued at the hotel:

Michael Bates in studio, talking about the new album

KWC Organization — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:43:17 +0000

KWC Organization visited Michael Bates, who has been in Lohja, Finland (at IVK Music Finland studio) for the past week recording vocals for his upcoming album. Michael arrived to Finland 6th of September for the Karaoke World Championships. He spent his week (prior to the main event) meeting the musicians working on his album, doing KWC promo’s and rehearsing for his show pieces in KWC main event. After the event Michael headed straight to Lohja from Lahti and started working. Now, after a week in studio, Michael and Erkka Korhonen (Michael’s producer) share their views about the album and the whole process.

Michael Bates:

“This last week has been a new and exciting experience for me.

Every minute in the studio I have spent learning about the music industry and exploring my depths and limits as a recording artist. Having people around me that I can easily work with has been a huge advantage for me. Getting to know how my producer works in the studio and vice versa has been something that has been crucial to ensure that we keep a strong work ethic.

For the last few months we have had clear communication with the song writers involved to make sure that when we record these songs, my interpretation has stayed alligned with the songwriter’s visions. As the album has a running storyline through it, it’s also been very important that the right mood and vibe is created and varied both musically and vocally throughout this production.

With the vocal tracks down and most of the instrumental tracks completed the album is shaping up to be a huge sound that hopefully will appeal to listeners of all ages.

I’m really looking forward to the next vocal session. We’ll be recording in my home country of Australia. We have some great technicians, musicians and studios, as does Finland. This is going to be yet another new and exciting chapter of this story that is my debut album.”

Erkka Korhonen:

“I met Michael for the first time a year ago. Me and my friend Patrik Eriksson were asked to supply a song for the male winner of KWC 2008 and I was asked to produce it. I really had no expectations whatsoever but the experience of recording ”Tell Me” with him was fantastic. His professionalism shone through all that he did, concidering that he only had a few hours after his victory to learn the song (instead of partying) and he had to sing on a demo background.

Pretty soon after that we started to plan the actual album production. Several things led to one another and suddenly we had a multi-continental songwriting team together including a #1 hit songwriter from America…

The production has been awesome so far, and I don’t expect anything less from the rest of it. Michael has proved to be a very mature and multi-sided artist who can easily interpret our music and add his own personality all over it. I can’t go into too much detail about the album itself but I promise that it’ll be something special.

I’m really looking forward to doing the second half of the lead vocals in Michael’s hometown in Australia. I’ve never visited that country before, and I can’t wait to go there!”

After a week of hard work, it was time to celebrate the past week and Michael’s bright future!

PICTURES! From Saturday’s final

KWC Organization — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:28:51 +0000

First pictures from Saturday’s final are now ready and uploaded to KWC.fi. Stay tuned for Friday and some special galleries.

For the pictures, click here.

Ireland and Russia have won the 7th annual Karaoke World Championships

KWC Organization — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:04:14 +0000

Congratulations Ireland and Russia! More info and pictures coming right up!