Ever been to a Karaoke night and crooned hard until your friends and you couldn't handle your uncontrollable laughter; because no matter how hard you tried you didn't get any better than a croaking frog? Aw' common that's happened with all of us and that's the best thing about Karaoke nights. You don't have to be born with a Presley voice, you must just be hell bent on entertaining people. One way or the other. In fact, in recent times, there have been several reports of private Karaoke lounges coming up in several parts of the world, just to encourage another alternative form of an evening out with friends. And experts say, the concept has been selling like hot cakes. People are taking to enjoying a private Karaoke session in a room in a club where they can indulge in singing in front of just their friends without being worried to death about what a stranger might think of them for singing so badly. Researchers say that this helps to relieve pressure and feel at absolute ease, thereby making the outing with friends truly relaxing. Therefore, Karaoke, that was flagged off by the Japanese has been embraced with open arms by music lovers across the globe.

And Karaoke lovers have yet another reason to rejoice. Thanks to the watchful eyes of shrewd marketers, who have taken to Sing tones – the next stage of evolution for mobile phone ring tones. Sing tones are personalised ring tones in every sense of the word. Mobile phone users can record their own voice and with help of softwares available on the internet such as Singtone Studio, the recording can be enhanced for its voice quality, cued in along with the music, timed to perfection, and if desired special effects can also be added to improve the Karaoke performance. The finished composition is nothing less than a ring tone composition of any other sound track and can be transferred on to the mobile device through one of the usual methods of transfer: either through a cable or through wireless means such as Bluetooth, Infrared, WAP, et al. It is important to make sure the composition is converted into a digital audio format that is compatible with the handset before the transfer is initiated.

Sing tones softwares are also being used effectively to create personalised messages that can be shared with peers and colleagues. The entertainment industry has benefitted greatly from this new discovery, with rights being sold for just the sound tracks of hugely popular songs that people want to lend their personal voice to. The compositions from Bollywood, the largest film industry in the world, based in Mumbai, are already available on scores of websites for people to experiment with and enjoy. Most of the sing tone softwares are available free of cost for the moment.

It is not surprising with the way its popularity as a mobile phone ring tone is rising that these websites not only have a Top 10 Best Sing tones chart, but also a Top 10 Worst Sing tones chart. With sing tones being touted as the next best thing having happened to ring tones, it remains to be seen what is the next best thing to happen to sing tones.