In the late 80s, when Karaoke started to spread around Ottawa, Virtronics Disc Jockey Service decided to get into the Karaoke business. Because Karaoke was relatively unknown, we named the business A-Sharp Singalong Karaoke with the "Singalong" included to give an idea of what Karaoke means. Since "Karaoke" is now so much better known, we have dropped the "Singalong" from the name.

When the City of Ottawa brought in the "anti-smoking bylaw" we sold a fair number of home Karaoke systems but our weekly bar shows dropped from 25 or 30 to about 5. And they said it wouldn't hurt business. The illegal downloading of Karaoke songs from the internet hasn't helped the business either.

The development of this site is aimed at compensating for the above problems.

Our years of experience enables us to give accurate advice as to what equipment is best for different applications and what equipment will last the longest. We aren't the biggest or necessarily the cheapest but we will give you honest, knowlegable information and will sell you the best quality for your application. We can also back up our products with technical service, if needed.  

1.  The Ottawa Karaoke Meetup Group is a group of local Karaoke enthusiasts with internet connections to similar groups all around the world. This group, with A-Sharp Karaoke, recently sponsored and organized an inter-bar Karaoke contest which raised over $500.00 for a charity named TROtt.     www.karaoke.meetup.com/16/

2.   The Ottawa Karaoke Meetup Group and A-Sharp Karaoke also worked together to develop a  web site that lists all the Karaoke show venues in the Ottawa / Gatineau area [that we are aware of]. If you know of others or corrections, please let us know.    www.ottawa-area-karaoke-venues.canadianwebs.com         virtronics@yahoo.ca