Rock and Roll Bingo

[welby]

Hi has anyone done a rock and roll bingo night?

I'm guessing that you have to print bingo cards with artists names on and play the song and when the customer recognises the song they win the bingo. Not sure of the cards are the same or randomised with a selection of say 100 songs and then play random songs until someone wins.

Over simplified, I know but if anyone has any ideas as to how it should be presented I would love to hear from you.

Also if there is any software out there for running the show and printing the tickets?

Many thanks,

Mark

[Paul The Party Dj]

This should help

http://www.rockandrollbingo.co.uk/

‪Rock and Roll Bingo Promo Video‬‏ - YouTube

Cheers

[welby]

This should help

http://www.rockandrollbingo.co.uk/

‪Rock and Roll Bingo Promo Video‬‏ - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osMKUw_WW_o)

Cheers

Thanks for the link - it seems that the cards are all printed differently and cards can be taken over into the following weeks - assuming you have the same set of songs.

Would be nice if you could have software that can automatically create cards and trim the tracks accordingly - sounds like I would need to create a bespoke programme to do this if one doesn't exist already.

[Dynamic Entertainment]

What a stupid name.... especially as its not all Rock N Roll...Music Bingo sould me a more apt name ;)

[welby]

What a stupid name.... especially as its not all Rock N Roll...Music Bingo sould me a more apt name ;)

I agree - I guess the names started in the states :daft:

Well I think I have a solution that I think I can work with - will keep you posted once tested.

Mark

[Dynamic Entertainment]

Im thinking of making my own up and trialing it at a quiz night...

[Jason]

Guys... whilst creating your own system may be easy, but it is breaking the terms of the use for the Music.

Simply put - you'll be breaching copyright.

The companies that sell pre-packed music quizzes will have cleared the copyright on those tracks. All the Mastermix (etc) pop quiz CDs are legal. If you create your own without clearance from the MCPS & PRS.. its not.
It may not be a big problem to do it legally, but not worth it unless you're selling the system to other DJs.

It looks like the Rock and Roll Bingo website lists venues that have it on, and I guess its got potential to be big in some pubs, so you may as well do it legally and make use of their branding.

[DJ Paulie]

Guys... whilst creating your own system may be easy, but it is breaking the terms of the use for the Music.

Simply put - you'll be breaching copyright.

The companies that sell pre-packed music quizzes will have cleared the copyright on those tracks. All the Mastermix (etc) pop quiz CDs are legal. If you create your own without clearance from the MCPS & PRS.. its not.
It may not be a big problem to do it legally, but not worth it unless you're selling the system to other DJs.


So how can we play music at our normal gigs then ? if we have ProDub/PRS cert etc, surely we are doing the same ? what about music quizzes ?

[Dynamic Entertainment]

Guys... whilst creating your own system may be easy, but it is breaking the terms of the use for the Music.

Simply put - you'll be breaching copyright.

The companies that sell pre-packed music quizzes will have cleared the copyright on those tracks. All the Mastermix (etc) pop quiz CDs are legal. If you create your own without clearance from the MCPS & PRS.. its not.
It may not be a big problem to do it legally, but not worth it unless you're selling the system to other DJs.

It looks like the Rock and Roll Bingo website lists venues that have it on, and I guess its got potential to be big in some pubs, so you may as well do it legally and make use of their branding.


So how can we play music at our normal gigs then ? if we have ProDub/PRS cert etc, surely we are doing the same ? what about music quizzes ?

My thoughts exactly paulie...I play a 10 second ish segment for my quiz backwards...using the reverse feature on the CD players...no breach of copyright there, and I wont be calling it Rock N Roll Bingo...gives the wrong impression as to music....

[Glenski]

Hi has anyone done a rock and roll bingo night?

I'm guessing that you have to print bingo cards with artists names on and play the song and when the customer recognises the song they win the bingo. Not sure of the cards are the same or randomised with a selection of say 100 songs and then play random songs until someone wins.

Over simplified, I know but if anyone has any ideas as to how it should be presented I would love to hear from you.

Also if there is any software out there for running the show and printing the tickets?

Many thanks,

Mark

Hello

I have been doing Rock and Roll Bingo for a few months now, and i must say it goes down a storm within my Quiz Nights and also as an added extra within my Disco and Karaoke as well as having a whole night of Rock and Roll Bingo :)

As the links was listed above, all the cards are made professionally ar random along with the music cd's that come with the package including flyers or posters and various sets.

I've been trialling it out in the South East and it is fun for all :)

Thank you

Glenn

[Dynamic Entertainment]

So...how much does it cost to buy then Glenn? Cant find a price on their website.

[Glenski]

So...how much does it cost to buy then Glenn? Cant find a price on their website.

That all depends on the subscription you take on what package...

My purchase was for a set of four games with 100 cards each inc the music cd's, some flyers and a PDF poster to print and use as well as the official logos etc for my sites...

The cost for me was around £120

I sell the bingo cards at £2 each for now (so work the math out).

The games can be re-used on rotation etc

Give Mark a call at Rock and Roll Bingo

Thank you

Glenn

[Dynamic Entertainment]

Well I can safely say that I will not be usiung Rock N Roll Bingo....not after they use this forum to guage my interest then cold call me...I explain that they are charging too much for it and none of my venues will buy it at that price...so they start on about "breach of copyright"...well having done a bit of digging...Bingo isnt copyrighted...and the music clips can be used in the same way i always do...so no breach of copyright thank you....Hello MusicBingo...far better name too ;)

[Glenski]

Well I can safely say that I will not be usiung Rock N Roll Bingo....not after they use this forum to guage my interest then cold call me...I explain that they are charging too much for it and none of my venues will buy it at that price...so they start on about "breach of copyright"...well having done a bit of digging...Bingo isnt copyrighted...and the music clips can be used in the same way i always do...so no breach of copyright thank you....Hello MusicBingo...far better name too ;)

Oh! my, that does not sound good... cold calling - they called me today to and left me a message (did not hear the phone) so i called them back, and they told me that they had read the forums and seen the Rock and Roll Bingo thread, and thanked me for the positive response i had :)

So 'Mark' if you are reading this, maybe you should look at better ways to contact people for enquiries (maybe join this forum, and then make a thread/post) cold calling is not the norm it seems...

I will say though that the games i have done already have more than paid for the service :) but i do agree that the price is a little to high, but i suppose that is down to the time and effort in production of the games etc as well as the music clearance for editing ?

It works for me :)

Thank you

Glenn

[Dynamic Entertainment]

I knew straight away that they had found me through this thread...and when he mentioned that the user was right about copyright I had my suspicions confirmed.

There is no breach of copyright playing a 10 second clip off its original cd...or even of my direct-to-device-non-produb-required MP3 ;). I have the facility to play upto 10 tracks using 2 cd players, 2 serato midi controlled players and a serato's midi controlled 6 bank sampler (loaded with full songs)...i know that im quick enough to be able to reload fresh clips before the player/sampler is needed again....

[Shaun]

How can there be breach of copyright playing segments from your legally purchased collection? As long as you don't use any trademarked name (I.e rock n roll bingo) there is no issue.

[Dynamic Entertainment]

How can there be breach of copyright playing segments from your legally purchased collection? As long as you don't use any trademarked name (I.e rock n roll bingo) there is no issue.

Exactly....and its a s:Censored: name anyway.... I've asked half a dozen people today if they heard Rock N Roll Bingo what would they think...and all of them have said; "bingo but using old music from the 50s n that"....

Incidentally...I wonder if Welby or Paulie has had a call today?

[DJ Paulie]

Lol no call for me, maybe too expensive to call an Irish mobile ! I am looking into this though. Just got to find a way to pitch it to the pubs. I have seen on YouTube that it's been done in Dublin, I'd call it pop bingo as well !

I also thought of recording segments of songs in VDJ into a single mp3

[Corabar Steve]

Exactly....and its a s:Censored: name anyway.... I've asked half a dozen people today if they heard Rock N Roll Bingo what would they think...and all of them have said; "bingo but using old music from the 50s n that
Like Rock & Roll Football on Virgin / Absolute Radio?

[Megamix]

A logical way to do this would be buy a set of bingo cards - make each number 1-90 represent a track - replace accordingly and voila!

[Glenski]

A logical way to do this would be buy a set of bingo cards - make each number 1-90 represent a track - replace accordingly and voila!

Not that simple as the Rock and Roll Bingo cards are generated randomly.

Thank you

Glenn

[ppentertainments]

A logical way to do this would be buy a set of bingo cards - make each number 1-90 represent a track - replace accordingly and voila!

Or if you want to do it properly there are many bingo card generators which allow you to replace the numbers with text or pictures ;)

[Silver]

A logical way to do this would be buy a set of bingo cards - make each number 1-90 represent a track - replace accordingly and voila!

You could but wouldn't it make things a tad messy, having to first check you have the song and then check a list of ninety songs for that track. Meanwhile the next one has started! :D