ABOUT US

 IN 2011, AFTER THE  BP OIL SPILL OF 2010 ON GULF COAST, APRIL WILLIAMS AKA "HYSTERIA” WAS FORCED  TO  RETREAT  TO EAST TENNESSEE WHERE WORK COULD BE FOUND.  BEING KNOWN IN THE MUSIC SCENE, A FRIEND OFFERED HER A FULL KARAOKE KIT FOR CHEAP, AS THEY DECIDED IT WASN'T FOR THEM. LITTLE DID SHE KNOW THAT A $1,500 INVESTMENT WOULD CHANGE HER WHOLE LIFE. WITHIN A MONTH SHE HAD BECOME THE MOST SOUGHT OUT KARAOKE HOST IN THE AREA.  

A FEW YEARS LATER SHE MOVED BACK TO THE EMERALD COAST OF FLORIDA, WITH THE INTENTION OF PUTTING KARAOKE IN HER PAST AND EXPANDING LIVE WITHIN THE MUSIC SCENE, TO FORM A BAND.

 JOINING A MUSICIAN FROM OHIO, WHO ALSO HAD MOVED TO THE AREA WITH THE SAME INTENTION, THEY REFORMED "THE HOT CITY SYMPHONY”, BECOMING ONE OF THE LARGEST BANDS ON THE EMERALD COAST.  A 7 PIECE CLASSIC ROCK; CLASSIC PROG BAND. PERFORMING DIFFICULT CLASSICS SUCH AS, DAVID BOWIE'S “MOONAGE DAYDREAM”, BOSTON’S “FOREPLAY LONGTIME”, CHICAGO’S “25 OR 6 TO 4”.. AND MUCH, MUCH MORE. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS BAND WAS SHORT LIVED. 

THE BAND BROKE UP AT THE END OF  2019 AS BANDS SOMETIMES DO, THEN IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY THE 2020 CORONA PANDEMIC. SHE WAS DEVASTATED.

NOT WANTING TO GIVE UP ON HER DREAMS. SHE TOOK THE TIME AND EXTRA STIMULUS MONEY TO INVEST IN THE KARAOKE SHOW SHE HAD ALWAYS DREAMED OF BUT COULD NEVER AFFORD.

"TOTALLY HYSTERIA" WAS BORN! A CLASSIC ROCK THEMED KARAOKE SHOW WITH UNLIMITED TRACKS ALONG WITH SCRIPTED PERFORMANCES, LIGHTS, PROJECTOR SCREEN, AND DANCE REMIXES.  A KARAOKE SHOW LIKE NO ONE HAD EVER SEEN!

AS SOON AS THE SHUT DOWN WAS LIFTED ON THE EMERALD COAST, SHE WENT TO WORK TO SELL THE SHOW. BECOMING THE MOST WELL KNOW K-DJ HOST IN THE AREA .




 

Where we are today

TODAY HYSTERIA'S ENTERTAINMENT HAS BUILT A BRAND FOCOSED ON EXPANDING THE LOCAL MUSIC SCENE AND PROMOTEING THE HARD-WORKING MUSICIANS THAT STRIVE TO ENTERTAIN AND SHARE THE GIFT OF MUSIC WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, WHILE CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FUTURE OF THE EMERALD COAST MUSIC SCENE.