Hi All,
This is my first blog post after getting selected in finalists. Before writing anything related to how I am going to implement Karaoke Project on Raspberry Pi, I wish to tell what different way of Karaoke machine I am wishing to implement.
In the Received Kit I got Raspberry Pi Model -B Rev 2 consists of broad features like 512MB RAM,ARM1176JZF-S (ARMv6k) 700 MHz, 2-USB Host, Ethernet, HDMI Ports.
Pi-Face Kit - Which can give Portable User interface capability for Raspberry Pi, where you can even work without having HDMI monitor which is very important for portable Embedded Devices. It uses simple User input switches, IR Sensor, joystick with Python Libs supported.
All information regarding setup and getting started guides you can get on following link
http://www.piface.org.uk/products/piface_control_and_display/
Wi-Pi Wifi USB dongle -This is to add on the Raspberry pi Capabilities which is my favorite one as we can do many things over wireless LAN. This will be major feature in my project implementation.
You can find more information on http://uk.farnell.com/element14/wipi/dongle-wifi-usb-for-raspberry-pi/dp/2133900#
Raspbery OutOfBox Software preloaded SD card - NOOBS is a way to make setting up a Raspberry Pi for the first time much, much easier. You won’t need network access, and you won’t need to download any special imaging software. Any newbie can start to play with Raspberry Pi with this.
You can refer following link to setup this http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/4100
Introducing the New Out Of Box Software (NOOBS) | Raspberry Pi
Now I will move how I want to make it in different way,
-Basically when first concept comes in mind about Karaoke machine is Big Monitor where you will see Lyrics, Microphone, and Speaker.
-Connecting monitor over HDMI and then using Karaoke machine is not bad idea but it seems dependency always to be which I can avoid using different implementation.
-My main attractive feature of project will be, it will be more portable which will be using less hardware (Hardware that are likely everyone is having) than we can think of and also which can work on less power.
-Currently I am almost done with the basic functionality of Karaoke machine with some awesome features. I will post all implementation together in my final blog post. I hope all you will like to see something different. 
Thank you,
Shrenik Shikhare.