Who is Payne Entertainment

Wendell and Pamela started hosting Karaoke in November 1994 at Oriley's Tavern in Brookville, Ohio. On February 14, 1995, Wendell and Pamela were married and Payne Entertainment was born. Wendell and Pamela have done shows every weekend since. The growth in business at each show we perform has been remarkable. Pamela and Wendell have many friends and are considered part of the community of Brookville. We offer Karaoke with a mix of dance tunes, so everyone is involved.

Growth

Calls kept coming and Payne Entertainment expanded to Weddings and other special events. Our karaoke selection continues to grow beyond 10,000 songs and music to over 8000 songs. The mix is across the board from big band to current hits, country to R&B, and more.
We have now expanded to 4 complete systems and we have 5 hosts. We have completely computerized all the music and karaoke giving us more capability to entertain with computer graphics, videos, and sounds. Advertise specials between singers!
We use the best quality equipment and are constantly complemented on the great sound.

Tips to a venue that a KJ or Karaoke company might have illegal content.

You are within your rights to discuss this issue with your KJ and to ask for their assurance that they are running a legal karaoke show. Below is a list of some things to look out for. Note that the presence of these factors does not necessarily mean a karaoke show is running pirated content, but these are fairly universal indications that should raise your awareness and cause you to question your host about the karaoke music they are using in their show.

• Running a karaoke show using a computer, CAVS machine, or other device with more than 20,000 karaoke tracks [the huge monetary investment necessary to put together a collection of karaoke tracks larger than this makes it likely that at least some of the library has been acquired illegally, unless the host has been in business many years.
  
• Running multiple simultaneous shows in different establishments on the same night. [this can indicate that the hard drives could have been copied between machines].
  
• Songs that have the introductory branded trademark screen removed [this shows an attempt to hide the manufacturer of the song which is an obvious willful infringement].
  
• Charging low prices for a show [while price competition between KJs is common, if a KJ has stolen content then their investment in their business is very low, so they usually charge less than an operator with a fully paid for library].