ED note: We were very impressed with this product's effectiveness. Most of
the million or so singers in the U.S. are in vocal groups that could sound much
better if they took their singing quality seriously enough to make time to improve
it ....or had an easy way to achieve this goal quickly. In most cases, the singers
don't really know what sounds to make, how to make them or have a way to monitor
their singing quality. Also, while performing, these singers hear mostly the
ensemble sound (and any accompaniment) and may not even hear their own voice
at all.... or may not even be listening.
Each singer
using this revolutionary new tool hears very clearly the real and total sound
of his own voice which he doesn't hear now just listening to the reflections
of his singing in the room. With HearFones, he hears what he really sounds like
--the same voice the audience hears! In addition, while using HearFones, he
hears himself much more predominantly over the rest of the ensemble, thus helping
him to improve the quality of his output. You can practice your part right there
while singing with the whole group! With simple instructions and a sincere effort
to sound better, the singers in the ensemble can soon improve their performance
dramatically.
All it
takes is HearFones... and the desire to get better... to reach the goal of beautiful
singing. The booklet "Singing Secrets" included with HearFones outlines simple
steps needed to produce better individual sound. Many singers feel that when
singing in a group their own efforts are not heard out front and thus sense
that any vocal inadequacy will go unnoticed. Not so!. You cannot take poor quality
singing, multiply it by 40 and get good singing. The chorus director cannot
monitor all the voices individually, but each singer can!
The inventors
of HearFones ...teachers and singers themselves... recognized these problems
and believed that good acoustic design could bring the benefits of this neat
concept to every singer. Imagine our surprise when testing early prototypes
on singers, we found that time after time every singer sang better just by putting
on HearFones! When we saw this happening, we knew we were onto something really
big.
In addition,
in the hands of a director, the singer can be shown the appropriate sound to
sing, then, with HearFones, the singer duplicates the director's sound, often
as necessary, to reproduce the instructor's example. After singing good sounds
using the HearFones, the singer knows how it feels to sing this way and, in
time, will be able to duplicate the sound without the "training wheels". It's
that simple. The director can use some of the better "students" to teach others
in the ensemble how to sound good and employ games and exercises to promote
the use of better singing techniques. No step in the use of HearFones violates
any recognized good singing practices. The beauty of it all is that it gets
right to the heart of the matter...good sounding singing...right off! This is
quality control in music and a great way to build confident singing.
It should
be emphasized that one of the most important contributions of this tool is that
HearFones focuses the singer's attention on his own voice, often for the first
time.
Ensembles
may use HearFones to produce better quality sound in recording sessions. Soloists
will find this tool most useful in their own vocal improvement in any singing
style. Speakers use HearFones to monitor their own diction, modulation and delivery.
HearFones also find many uses in the Speech and Hearing Therapy fields.
Not since
Guido d'Arezzo's music notation in 1030 has there been such a help for the singer.
Make beautiful
music; then go save the world anyway! DOES NOT FIT IN GLOBAL PRIORITY MAIL ENVELOPE!
