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Wouldn't this be so nice for a holiday chainlink party :)

http://alexrauch.com/

Show us your . . . bicycle karaoke machine 

email me at alex.rauch@hotmail.com for more info.
 

Alex Rauch did it. He attached a karaoke machine to a bike. Now you never have to stop singing.

Alex Rauch built a mobile karaoke club.
Alex Rauch built a mobile karaoke club.


On any given evening, Alex Rauch can be found belting out one of his go-to jams—Queen's "Somebody to Love" tops the list—but since he invented the bicycle karaoke machine, he's no longer restricted to bars and holes in the wall. Rauch's design made its debut in the fall of 2012, during his second year studying for a master's in art at the University of Illinois at Chicago. It now serves as mobile karaoke entertainment all over the city.
Most recently, the machine has been to the Hyde Park Art Center and a private garden party. "It's cool to bring the experience to people who don't do it as often but are excited about it, or have had enough drinks they would just try it," Rauch said.
With welding equipment and a few trips to Home Depot, Rauch created the karaoke machine and attached it to his bike. A portable power source keeps the computer within the podium full of songs, while the installed motorcycle speakers blare the hits. Flashing lights add some flair. Participants sing on the platform attached to the podium while being pulled behind the bicycle at around ten miles per hour.
The machine falls into what Rauch describes as "life art"—every work he creates is meant to be experiential. "I like to have that kind of social interaction and experimentation," he said. "I love people's reactions." For more on where bicycle karaoke might pop up next, visit alexrauch.com.

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Would be interesting to see how long it would be able to keep up with the ride.

This has already been done I think twice on CCM though, but not with human power.

What's your favorite Karaoke place, Chi-Lowe?

Chi Lowe (<12 parsecs) said:

Um.  This is awesome.  Karaoke is way underplayed in the US.  You gotta bring this thing to CCM with a stack of flyers/cards, and ride against on the curb side while people sing, so you can hand them out to the gawkers.  You should think about mounting a couple of tow mounts or a rack on it, so people on bikes can jump in without locking up.

We did something similar once on Todd's trailer on a north side  critical mass in 2010.  It was pretty fun.


It may be the best reason and only reason to get on a bike while its below 0 with favorite libation in cart and helmet on!  This could become a real fun event...perhaps on nye, whilst peops are feeling very merry and cheery :)
Chi Lowe (<12 parsecs) said:

I don't have much knowledge of the Chicago Karaoke scene.  But I did travel abroad a ton in 2007/8, and I really took a liking to it as a social activity.  Regrettably, I didn't continue it here in the states.

It looks like Hannah Bass did a Chainlink Karaoke ride that landed at The Drum and Monkey in 2010.  

It has literally just occurred to me that this might be the best reason ever to get on a bicycle.  I wonder if there are enough brave souls to try this in Mid-December...

h' 1.0 said:

Would be interesting to see how long it would be able to keep up with the ride.

This has already been done I think twice on CCM though, but not with human power.

What's your favorite Karaoke place, Chi-Lowe?

Chi Lowe (<12 parsecs) said:

Um.  This is awesome.  Karaoke is way underplayed in the US.  You gotta bring this thing to CCM with a stack of flyers/cards, and ride against on the curb side while people sing, so you can hand them out to the gawkers.  You should think about mounting a couple of tow mounts or a rack on it, so people on bikes can jump in without locking up.

Thanks for the positive feedback.  I will be doing a show at the MCA on March 7th 2014 from 6-10 for 1st Friday.  I won't be biking around because it still a bit cold.  But definitely let me know if you guys ever want to do a party!

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