Purchasing Music Through kJams Temp

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kJams offers 1-Click shopping at several karaoke websites. This option offers a huge advantage in that your account information (credit card #, etc.) is maintained by kJams, so you don’t have to re-enter the information each time you want to purchase a song.

In addition, two of the stores, Chartbuster and TriceraSoft, offer streaming music. For this option, you purchase streaming time (essentially a subscription), and then you can stream music whenever you want. Please note that you must purchase your streaming subscription ahead of time. For more information on setting up streaming accounts, refer to Chartbuster and TriceraSoft.

Take note:

  • iTunes does NOT sell karaoke music!
  • Karaoke Locker does not sell music for public performances. Therefore, this store is available only to kJams Lite users.

Purchasing Songs

  1. Click Music Stores to display a list of available stores OR click the disclosure triangle (twirly arrow) on the Music Store icon.
  2. Click on a store.
  3. Scroll through the song selections or use the search box at the top to look for a particular title or artist.
  4. To hear a sample, double click the song.
  5. Purchase songs by EITHER clicking on Buy Now or by dragging the song to your Library.
  6. Once a song is purchased, it is automatically downloaded into your library and an email confirming your order is sent to your email address.

If you order from Karaoke Locker, you receive two versions of each song: one is an m4wav for playing and the other is a CDG for burning to disc.

Buying multiple songs? When you click Buy Now, the transaction is completed without the option of adding more songs to your purchase. So if you want to buy 6 songs, you will end up with six separate transactions. By dragging your selections to the library, you can purchase multiple songs with one transaction.

Streaming Songs

  1. Simply click on the Stream button for that song. (There could be a bit of a wait while the song buffers.)
  2. Or you can drag the song to your Library and play it later. Note that streamed songs appear highlighted in green.

About purchasing

  • The first time you start with no music store, kJams must download and parse the store. Only AFTER that will the store appear in the list on the left. Watch the activity window to see when these tasks complete. Davequestion: what do you mean “start with no music store”?
  • Click on the little Music Stores shopping bag icon to get info about each store.
  • Each music store will ask you to update it once per month. If you decline to update it, it will wait another month to ask you. You can update a store at any time, however, by right clicking on its name and picking "Reload Music Store." text


Denied Credit Cards Your credit card company might accept the first few purchases and then start denying the transactions. In this case, you just need to call your credit card company and tell them to allow micro-purchases. For more information on this, click Credit Card Denied.


Problems with Your Orders If you have problems with your purchase... Davequestion: what would you like to say here?