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Hosting a Young Adult Party

Posted on October 16, 2013 by voicebox-admin - Featured, How To Voicebox

Perfect for Teens, Kids and Families

Chaperones

If you’re hosting a party for kids 14 or older, an adult chaperone is not required. For younger kids, an adult must be present during the entire party.
We love hosting family parties and events for young adults. Minors are welcome any time before 9pm Sundays-Thursdays and any time before 7PM on Fridays & Saturdays, and as a family-friendly business we make sure you have the privacy and comfort you expect.
Regardless of age, we’ve found the following tips to be very helpful.

Food & Snacks

✔ Do bring cake, cupcakes, brownies, etc. “Finger friendly” sweets (cupcakes or cookies) work best at Voicebox, freeing up a hand to hold a microphone.
✔ Review our in-house menu in advance. It can be found here.
✖ No outside food is allowed in Voicebox, except for celebratory desserts. You may bring your own plates, forks, napkins or purchase a cake kit for $10.
✖ Don’t bring outside beverages of any kind, including soda, coffee and water. We supply every suite with pitchers of water, and offer sodas and juice for sale.

Decorating

✔ Balloons, banners, posters and streamers are great decorations for the suite, just don’t attach anything to the art work.
✖ Please don’t bring confetti, silly string, feather boas or glitter as they become a permanent part of the suite.
✖ Please don’t tape onto our murals or use anything other than painter’s masking tape to attach things to the wall. Also, please don’t cover the window on the door.

Song Selection

✔ Review our song selection with the guest of honor prior to the party. Our song lists can be found here: Songs & Playlists. It’s best to come prepared with up to 30 songs, as our songbooks can be pretty overwhelming for the kids.
✔ Be proactive in your child’s song selection process, as some songs might not be appropriate for certain age groups. We defer to you as the parent/chaperone to help choose the best songs for your party.

Other Tips

✔ Stay safe! Please make sure that everyone keeps their shoes on during the entire party.
✔ Do take a break in the lounge! Children are welcome in our lounge area. However, no children are allowed to sit at the bar.
✔ Feel free to enjoy an adult beverage out in the bar area. OLCC regulations state no alcoholic beverage can be taken into any of our suites if there are any minors (people under 21) in that suite.
✔ Get in touch with us before your party if you have any questions or concerns!

2012 Video Contest Official Rules

Posted on September 9, 2012 by voicebox-admin - News And Announcements

Announcing Voicebox’s 3rd Annual Anniversary Video Contest

Entry Requirements

To help celebrate our fourth anniversary, Voicebox invites you to help replace the boring old CDG of our top hundred songs by creating your own karaoke video. And you don’t have to be a professional video editor to participate. We’re looking for anything from animations to live action, from cue cards (a la Bob Dylan) to bouncing balls (mastered in this video), as long as the displayed lyrics are synchronized to the actual vocal syllable being sung—not just the word. No need to digitally superimpose, so be creative!

All entries must consist of a video file synchronized with the karaoke version of a song from Voicebox’s top song list (see list below and buy the best karaoke version of your song at TriceraSoft, Karaoke Version, or Karaoke Channel). The visual content of the video can be anything, so long as it is in good taste.

Videos must be the original work of the entrant. Entrants give Voicebox permission to 1) post video entries on its Facebook page, 2) use the video entires without restriction as part of Voicebox’s karaoke song library, 3) use the video entries for any other purpose, 4) publish the name(s) of entrant(s) in connection with this contest or in the karaoke song library.

Last Year’s Winning Video

A Video From Last Year’s Contest

Eligible, Legal Song Versions

Videos must be synchronized with legally obtained karaoke versions of one of Voicebox’s top 100 songs (see below for songs that are off the table and see our site for the top 100 list). Entrants must purchase the karaoke version of the song themselves. Due to copyright law, Voicebox cannot provide the karaoke version for entrants. Links to required karaoke versions are listed below, and none cost more than $2.99. Entrants may present their receipt for the song purchase as a coupon for food, beverages, or karaoke at Voicebox. Voicebox has NO financial interest or affiliation with TriceraSoft, Karaoke Version, or Karaoke Channel.

Song List

Choose any of our top 100 songs, viewable here, that does not already have a video.

Songs listed below already have incredible videos from previous years’ contest. They’re off the table this year. Sorry!

Search for and buy your favorite karaoke version on TriceraSoft, Karaoke Version, or Karaoke Channel.

Don’t Stop Believin’ video
Bohemian Rhapsody video
Sweet Caroline video
Poker Face video
I Will Survive video
Summer Nights video

Technical Requirements

To be considered valid entries:

Videos should have a title screen that lists the song title, song artist(s), video composers, etc.

Videos must be at least standard definition quality: 640×480 pixels. Higher resolution is preferred.

The karaoke version audio track should be embedded in the video file and encoded either as PCM or as MP3.

Video tracks should be compressed with a lossless codec — or with a lossy codec (H.264, MPEG-2, Xvid, DivX, Quicktime) set to very high quality settings. Entries that are unreadable by VLC media player or that are over-compressed may be rejected.

Videos files must be submitted in person or by mail on either USB flash drive or on DVD-ROM media. Do not submit fully authored DVDs, only DVD-ROMs with video files on them. Entry media may be returned to entrants by pick-up only after the video files have been copied and verified.

If you have questions or think these tips sound more complicated than they really are, please contact us.

Deadlines

September 15th: Video Contest begins
November 15th: All submissions must be received by mail or hand delivery
November 16th: Videos Posted on Facebook, fan voting begins
November 23rd: Video Contest winners announced and posted on Voicebox’s Facebook page. Winning videos will also be used every time a guest plays that song in their suite.

Prizes and Determination of Winners

First Prize, a check for $300. Voicebox staff will select the winner.

Second Prize, a check for $150. Voicebox staff will select the winner.

Third Prize, $150 Voicebox gift certificate. The winner is selected by Voicebox staff. The gift certificate is good any time with advance reservation, and can be used on food, drink, or room time.

Crowd Favorite, a gift certificate for a two-hour party in Box 5. The winner will be selected by popular Facebook vote: all video entries will be posted on Voicebox’s Facebook page, and the winner is the video that gets the most likes. Each video will only win one prize, so if the crowd favorite has been awarded any other prize, the next-highest liked video will win the crowd favorite prize.

Participation Prize, $20 gift certificate to Voicebox. All non-winning entrants who submit a qualifying video will receive a Participation Prize. Entrants will receive no more than one Participation Prize, no matter how many entries they submit.

Copyright Permissions

By submitting a video, entrants give Voicebox permission to screen their video entry in the course of its commercial operations. Entrants own their original work and may withdraw permission to use their video at any time.

Other Details

No purchase from Voicebox necessary to enter the contest.
Individuals may submit multiple entries, so long as each entry satisfies these conditions.
Voicebox reserves the right to reject any entry for any reason.
Entrants must be at least 13 years old.
Entrants must be residents of Oregon or Washington State.

Nodeconf 2012 Aftermath

Posted on July 12, 2012 by voicebox-admin - Events

Wow. What an amazing time. Thanks to everyone who made the night possible and to everyone who rocked out. This was a historic night for Voicebox and we’re so proud to share it with such an awesome community. Here’s some highlights:

API

In case you missed it, our API is published here:

http://voiceboxpdx.com/api

Use control code “HSCL” to test our API against a mock player.

Hacks of the Night

@substack wrapped our API in an npm-module!

Henry created a nodejitsu toy:

http://voicebox.nodejitsu.com/<room code>

will add a random song from our Top 100 to your queue.

Awesome!

Timeline of Plays

This timeline depicts the flow of plays at Voicebox throughout the event in each of the 6 karaoke suites (click for full size):

Salient points

The thin lines represent the queue depth at that time
The dots are a “song added event”
The dots are connected via a line to a box representing the starting time and duration of the song played
Red dots are songs that were never started
Red boxes are songs that were skipped soon after starting
Dark boxes are songs that are skipped near the end
Can you find the moment that @substack rickrolled us?

The Playlist

Here’s all the plays of the evening! These are songs that were actually sung to completion, it doesn’t include skipped songs. Noders really seem to like “Fresh Prince” !!

Total Plays: 360

Rank	Title	Artist	Code	Plays
1	Bohemian Rhapsody	Queen	68951	7
2	Never Gonna Give You Up	Astley, Rick	1399	6
3	Fresh Prince	TV Theme	7387	5
4	Sabotage	Beastie Boys, The	69454	4
5	Don’t Stop Believin’	Journey	67277	4
6	Wonderwall	Oasis	56784	4
7	Blister In The Sun	Violent Femmes	12043	4
8	Ice Ice Baby	Vanilla Ice	3625	4
9	Tainted Love	Soft Cell	1074	3
10	Tiny Dancer	John, Elton	868	3
11	Baby Got Back	Sir Mix-A-Lot	2490	3
12	Buddy Holly	Weezer	2079	3
13	Duality	Slipknot	67738	3
14	Santeria	Sublime	68033	3
15	I’m On A Boat	Lonely Island, The & T-Pain	57053	3
16	Whole New World, A	Bryson, Peabo & Regina Belle	63541	3
17	Part Of Your World	Little Mermaid, The	56865	2
18	Friday	Black, Rebecca	67737	2
19	Sweet Child O’ Mine	Guns N’ Roses	63208	2
20	Regulate	Warren G & Nate Dogg	2480	2
21	White And Nerdy	Yankovic, ‘Weird Al’	63376	2
22	Intergalactic	Beastie Boys, The	69703	2
23	Free Fallin’	Petty, Tom	1928	2
24	Semi-Charmed Life	Third Eye Blind	12093	2
25	Faith	Limp Bizkit	63371	2
26	Come As You Are	Nirvana	56897	2
27	Fight For Your Right To Party	Beastie Boys, The	67939	2
28	Forgot About Dre	Dr. Dre & Eminem	56581	2
29	I’ll Make Love To You	Boyz II Men	4109	2
30	Stay (I Missed You)	Loeb, Lisa & The Nine Stories	1719	2
31	Ironic	Morissette, Alanis	12078	2
32	F#ck You	Cee Lo Green	67287	2
33	Hey Jude	Beatles, The	3037	2
34	Mother	Danzig	69434	2
35	I Wanna Be Sedated	Ramones, The	66519	2
36	Sweet Home Alabama	Lynyrd Skynyrd	67886	2
37	You Oughta Know	Morissette, Alanis	6031	2
38	Enter Sandman	Metallica	63152	2
39	Under The Bridge	Red Hot Chili Peppers	67946	2
40	Bullet With Butterfly Wings	Smashing Pumpkins	2084	2
41	Loser	Beck	1665	2
42	I BELIEVE I CAN FLY	R. Kelly	48899	2
43	Short Skirt, Long Jacket	Cake	10739	2
44	White Wedding	Idol, Billy	56671	2
45	Bad Romance	Lady Gaga	66207	2
46	Back Door Man	Doors, The	68627	2
47	Stand By Me	King, Ben E.	268	2
48	Fire Water Burn	Bloodhound Gang, The	67044	2
49	I Want It That Way	Backstreet Boys, The	3670	2
50	These Boots Are Made For Walkin’	Sinatra, Nancy	471	2
51	Head Like A Hole	Nine Inch Nails	66280	1
52	Sex On Fire	Kings Of Leon	57032	1
53	Gucci Gucci	Kreayshawn	69428	1
54	Lookin’ Out My Back Door	Creedence Clearwater Revival	4668	1
55	Burning Down The House	Talking Heads, The	2156	1
56	Fly Me To The Moon	Sinatra, Frank	6246	1
57	Wanted Dead Or Alive	Bon Jovi	63425	1
58	Kiss Me	Sixpence None The Richer	12106	1
59	I Love This Bar	Keith, Toby	5061	1
60	I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)	Proclaimers, The	8081	1
61	Distance, The	Cake	63475	1
62	99 Problems	Jay-Z	11416	1
63	Rocket Man	John, Elton	67941	1
64	Hallelujah	Wainwright, Rufus	69149	1
65	New York, New York	Sinatra, Frank	3082	1
66	Criminal	Apple, Fiona	3687	1
67	Smells Like Teen Spirit	Nirvana	68470	1
68	We Can Work It Out	Beatles, The	67393	1
69	Don Giovanni	Rancid	66796	1
70	Ring Of Fire	Cash, Johnny	997	1
71	Complicated	Lavigne, Avril	4172	1
72	Just A Friend	Biz Markie	11381	1
73	Chop Suey	System Of A Down	11263	1
74	Wavin’ Flag (The Celebration Mix)	K’naan	69563	1
75	Summertime	Joplin, Janis	69326	1
76	Space Oddity	Bowie, David	69488	1
77	It’s Still Rock & Roll To Me	Joel, Billy	5658	1
78	Time After Time	Lauper, Cyndi	1365	1
79	Kiss From A Rose	Seal	1226	1
80	Inside Out	Eve 6	8742	1
81	HONESTY	Billy Joel	47860	1
82	Don’t Stop Me Now	Queen	56773	1
83	I Feel Fine	Beatles, The	1058	1
84	Business Time	Flight Of The Conchords	69185	1
85	Round & Round	Ratt	2215	1
86	Edge Of Seventeen	Nicks, Stevie	1542	1
87	Sulfur	Slipknot	63434	1
88	In Bloom	Nirvana	56882	1
89	Since U Been Gone	Clarkson, Kelly	12554	1
90	Under The Sea	Little Mermaid, The	67336	1
91	Tom Sawyer	Rush	66605	1
92	Rolling In The Deep	Adele	67494	1
93	My Funny Valentine	Sinatra, Frank	5292	1
94	Manah Manah	Muppets, The	69576	1
95	It Wasn’t Me	Shaggy & Ricardo “Rikrok” Ducent	1600	1
96	Safety Dance, The	Men Without Hats	68666	1
97	The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room)	Flight Of The Conchords	56915	1
98	Forever In Blue Jeans	Diamond, Neil	9124	1
99	America, F–k Yeah	Team America	66234	1
100	Sure Shot	Beastie Boys, The	69807	1
101	Billy’s Got His Beer Goggles On	McCoy, Neal	5235	1
102	Freak On A Leash	Korn	68328	1
103	Pony	Ginuwine	66188	1
104	Starlight	Muse	11947	1
105	House Of The Rising Sun, The	Animals, The	3112	1
106	Like A Virgin	Madonna	469	1
107	Show Must Go On, The	Queen	56765	1
108	I’m So Ronery	Team America	69183	1
109	One Week	Barenaked Ladies	706	1
110	Decade Under The Influence, A	Taking Back Sunday	68588	1
111	Hand In My Pocket	Morissette, Alanis	57140	1
112	Affair Of The Heart	Springfield, Rick	67236	1
113	Toxicity	System Of A Down	11279	1
114	Livin’ On A Prayer	Bon Jovi	5766	1
115	Jumper	Third Eye Blind	747	1
116	Alive	Pearl Jam	11876	1
117	That Old Black Magic	Sinatra, Frank	6248	1
118	Danger Zone	Loggins, Kenny	12545	1
119	Creep	Radiohead	69148	1
120	Come Together	Beatles, The	2430	1
121	Twist & Shout	Beatles, The	3055	1
122	Zombie	Cranberries, The	67576	1
123	Love Will Tear Us Apart	Joy Division	56900	1
124	Bye Bye Bye	N Sync	1857	1
125	Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds	Beatles, The	3970	1
126	Space Cowboy	Steve Miller Band, The	6121	1
127	Under Pressure	Bowie, David & Queen	67760	1
128	Poker Face	Lady Gaga	67278	1
129	Any Way You Want It	Journey	68711	1
130	One Way Or Another	Blondie	6706	1
131	Paint It Black	Rolling Stones, The	8343	1
132	Boys In The Hood	Dynamite Hack	6474	1
133	We Want Some P***Y!	2 Live Crew	67053	1
134	Here I Go Again	Whitesnake	1484	1
135	Mrs. Robinson	Simon & Garfunkel	65232	1
136	Final Countdown, The	Europe	68603	1
137	Call Me Maybe	Jepsen, Carly Rae	69669	1
138	Hotel California	Eagles, The	8634	1
139	Dancing Queen	ABBA	8884	1
140	Dirty Old Town	Pogues, The	66798	1
141	Gangsta’s Paradise	Coolio	4276	1
142	Wonderboy	Tenacious D	63392	1
143	So Whatcha Want	Beastie Boys, The	69806	1
144	Waterfalls	TLC	3720	1
145	Me And Bobby McGee	Joplin, Janis	477	1
146	We Didn’t Start The Fire	Joel, Billy	4699	1
147	Push It	Salt-N-Pepa	69818	1
148	Amish Paradise (Gangsta’s Paradise)	Yankovic, ‘Weird Al’	7767	1
149	Comfortably Numb	Pink Floyd	66198	1
150	Downeaster Alexa, The	Joel, Billy	67374	1
151	Fireflies	Owl City	63383	1
152	Peaches	Presidents Of USA	66335	1
153	Breakthru’	Queen	56777	1
154	I Will Survive	Gaynor, Gloria	68950	1
155	Phantom Limb	Shins, The	10679	1
156	Pretty Fly For A White Guy	Offspring, The	6340	1
157	Paper Planes	M.I.A.	56929	1
158	Rock The Casbah	Clash, The	2506	1
159	Tootsie Roll	69 Boys	66178	1
160	Moonage Daydream	Bowie, David	67135	1
161	Total Eclipse Of The Heart	Tyler, Bonnie	288	1
162	Eternal Flame	Bangles, The	6703	1
163	Lump	Presidents Of USA	2088	1
164	9 To 5	Parton, Dolly	317	1
165	Life On Mars?	Bowie, David	11799	1
166	Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)	Journey	68717	1
167	Say It Ain’t So	Weezer	56719	1
168	Karma Chameleon	Culture Club	68459	1
169	Bad Touch, The	Bloodhound Gang, The	6405	1
170	Lady Is A Tramp, The	Sinatra, Frank	4297	1
171	Strawberry Fields Forever	Beatles, The	67400	1
172	Boxer, The	Simon & Garfunkel	1986	1
173	I Ran (So Far Away)	Flock Of Seagulls	68387	1
174	This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race	Fall Out Boy	11021	1
175	Tribute	Tenacious D	63374	1
176	Don’t You Want Me	Human League, The	3610	1
177	All Along The Watchtower	Hendrix, Jimi	66397	1
178	Ziggy Stardust	Bowie, David	5919	1
179	One Of Us	Osborne, Joan	492	1
180	Move This	Technotronic	63514	1
181	We Found Love	Rihanna feat Calvin Harris	69574	1
182	Barbie Girl	Aqua	56922	1
183	Funhouse	Pink	63436	1
184	Man In The Mirror, The	Jackson, Michael	4256	1
185	Back In The U.S.S.R.	Beatles, The	5777	1
186	Hello Goodbye	Beatles, The	67413	1
187	Thunder Road	Springsteen, Bruce	2010	1
188	Anarchy In The UK	Sex Pistols	67379	1
189	Chasing Pavements	Adele	11193	1
190	Take On Me	A-Ha	5449	1
191	Next Girl	Black Keys, The	69666	1
192	Light My Fire	Doors, The	3480	1
193	F**** Her Gently	Tenacious D	66388	1
194	Wish You Were Here	Pink Floyd	5636	1
195	Maps	Yeah Yeah Yeahs	12574	1
196	Maxwell’s Silver Hammer	Beatles, The	9813	1
197	I’m Too Sexy	Right Said Fred	66883	1
198	Love Shack	B-52’s, The	244	1
199	You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling	Righteous Brothers, The	272	1
200	Desperado	Eagles, The	8191	1
201	Like A Prayer	Madonna	223	1
202	Raspberry Beret	Prince	66189	1
203	Hey Ya	Outkast	67944	1
204	Rooster	Alice In Chains	56911	1
205	Ignition Remix	Kelly, R.	67196	1
206	Landslide	Fleetwood Mac	2352	1
207	Turning Japanese	Vapors, The	56921	1
208	This Is How We Do It	Jordan, Montell	3684	1
209	It Was A Good Day	Ice Cube	63542	1
210	Just A Girl	No Doubt	68595	1
211	Lollipop	Chordettes, The	962	1
212	Sweet Caroline	Diamond, Neil	68948	1
213	Only The Good Die Young	Joel, Billy	6630	1
214	No Phone	Cake	70073	1
215	Danny Boy	Presley, Elvis	9380	1
216	Wannabe	Spice Girls	5488	1
217	No Surprises	Radiohead	66194	1
218	Where Is My Mind	Pixies, The	66297	1
219	Jailbreak	Thin Lizzy	67258	1
220	Respect	Franklin, Aretha	467	1
221	You Spin Me Round(Like A Record)	Dead Or Alive	66312	1
222	Hello Seattle	Owl City	66970	1
223	Angry Inch	Hedwig & The Angry Inch	68019	1
224	Common People	Shatner, William	69304	1
225	Almost Cut My Hair	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	63311	1
226	Origin Of Love, The	Hedwig & The Angry Inch	68023	1
227	Love Song	Cure, The	56892	1
228	Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)	Journey	11752	1
229	She Came In Through The Bathroom Window	Beatles, The	9824	1
230	Hip To Be Square	Lewis, Huey & The News	3621	1
231	Jessie’s Girl	Springfield, Rick	67947	1
232	Telephone	Lady Gaga And Beyonce	66347	1
233	Call Me	Blondie	68405	1
234	Hey Bulldog	Beatles, The	11357	1
235	Fly	Sugar Ray	707	1
236	Honky Tonk Badonkadonk	Adkins, Trace	12256	1
237	Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door	Dylan, Bob	69146	1
238	Don’t Stop	Fleetwood Mac	6235	1
239	Folsom Prison Blues	Cash, Johnny	3102	1
240	Ditty	Paperboy	67487	1
241	Aerials	System Of A Down	68176	1
242	Scientist, The	Coldplay	10160	1
243	You Make My Dreams	Hall & Oates	2333	1
244	Whip It	Devo	1083	1
245	Come On Eileen	Dexy’s Midnight Runners	12038	1
246	Lonely Boy	Black Keys, The	69668	1
247	Like A G6	Far East Movement feat. Cataracs & Dev	67209	1
248	Lightning Crashes	Live	2091	1
249	Hardest Button To Button, The	White Stripes, The	69677	1
250	Empire State Of Mind	Glee Cast	67632	1
251	Just A Gigolo	Roth, David Lee	11835	1
252	Major Tom (Coming Home)	Schilling, Peter	69528	1
253	Summer Of 69	Adams, Bryan	10270	1
254	Nuthin’ But A G Thang	Dr. Dre	63411	1
255	You Get What You Give	New Radicals	67779	1
256	Don’t Stop Believin’	Journey	11750	1
257	Smoke Two Joints	Sublime	68237	1
258	Changes	Bowie, David	6447	1
259	Torn	Imbruglia, Natalie	700	1
260	Friends In Low Places	Brooks, Garth	399	1
261	Brown Eyed Girl	Morrison, Van	95	1
262	99 Luftballons	Nena	67380	1
263	You Sexy Thing	Hot Chocolate	8809	1
264	What I Got	Sublime	63470	1
265	American Pie	McLean, Don	92	1
266	Dude (Looks Like A Lady)	Aerosmith	11961	1
267	Jeremy	Pearl Jam	11882	1
268	Bullet In The Head	Rage Against The Machine	57146	1
269	Empire State Of Mind	Jay-Z & Alicia Keys	63489	1
270	Friday I’m In Love	Cure, The	12549	1
271	Mrs. Robinson	Simon & Garfunkel	332	1
272	I Got You (I Feel Good)	Brown, James	330	1
273	Vanilla Twilight	Owl City	66104	1
274	Blue Monday	New Order	56908	1
275	Heaven	Adams, Bryan	8112	1
276	Hold On	Wilson Phillips	1712	1
277	People Are People	Depeche Mode	69912	1
278	Animal	Neon Trees	67020	1
279	Right Here Waiting	Marx, Richard	1476	1
280	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster The People	68763	1

Voicebox Turns Three!

Posted on November 1, 2011 by voicebox-admin - Events

Help us celebrate 1,095 best nights of the week

Voicebox opened the doors at NW 21st and Hoyt three years ago, and since that day we’ve been making friends, hosting incredible parties and growing in almost every way imaginable. For the month of November we’re thanking our fans with a calendar of events and specials:

Exciting new menu from chef Janis Martin of Tanuki Izakaya
Happy Hour food and drink all day, every Sunday in November
Mark Bosnian “Mega Lesson” on Wednesday, November 16th at 7:30pm
Our second annual Voicebox Video Contest
And ask about other fan appreciation specials throughout the month!

New Menu

To help us celebrate in style, we are rolling out an entirely new menu from local chef Janis Martin, whose Japanese Izakaya Tanuki was a favorite spot for many of our fans. We partnered with her to create a range of exciting new options, from noodle dishes to a variety of snacks that are perfect for sharing.

The new menu has also inspired new saké cocktail pairings, while our list of unique sakés constantly grows and improves. We look forward to making our kitchen another reason you’ll want to keep coming back.

Happy Hour Sundays

On Sundays in November, happy hour is more like happy day. Enjoy happy hour pricing on food and drink from open to close every Sunday of the month.

This is a perfect opportunity to try a new saké and sample treats from our new menu. Sunday has always been one of our favorite nights of the week, and for our anniversary month it’s an even better place to gather your crew for a great time.

Video Contest

For the second year in what we hope becomes a long-running annual tradition, the Voicebox Video Contest is a call for locally produced karaoke videos that will replace the boring, stock CDG videos for our top twenty songs of all time. yes, this means that every time your group plays Don’t Stop Believin’, you’ll be treated to this local video (by people you may even know), instead of some scrolling text.

We’re accepting video entries now, and we’ll be showing off the winners on our Facebook page and here at Voicebox in the month of November. If you or anyone you know is cut out of video immortality, let them know about the contest and let’s fill up our top twenty with amazing videos from our fans right here in Portland.

2011 Video Contest Official Rules

Posted on September 20, 2011 by voicebox-admin - News And Announcements

Entry Requirements

To help celebrate our third anniversary, Voicebox invites you to help replace the boring old CDG of our top twenty songs by creating your own karaoke video. And you don’t have to be a professional video editor to participate. We’re looking for anything from animations to live action, from cue cards (a la Bob Dylan) to bouncing balls (mastered in this video), as long as the displayed lyrics are synchronized to the actual vocal syllable being sung—not just the word. No need to digitally superimpose, so be creative!

All entries must consist of a video file synchronized with the karaoke version of a song from Voicebox’s top song list (see list below and buy the best karaoke version of your song at TriceraSoft). The visual content of the video can be anything, so long as it is in good taste.