Wade's+Work

Nov 9 2010

Why do you sound better in the shower? 1) Volume boost. All the hard flat surfaces absorb little sound so your voices bounces and this makes you voice sound more powerful. 2) Reverberations. With these sounds waves bouncing all around your shower, some will reach your ears before others. This stretches out the sound and makes it sound fuller and richer. This blurring of the sound due to the multiple reflections of the sound also causes you to seem to hit notes that you really only got close to. A similar effect is built into Karaoke machines. 3) Bass Boost. Your shower, especially box-like stalls, act as a resonance booth. The average resonance of a shower stall is 100Hz, which is in the lower tones. This means that your certain bass notes will resonate and create a richer sound.

http://www.exploratorium.edu/music/questions/shower.html

Singing makes you healthier.  "When we sing instead of speak, we have intonation, melody line, and crescendo, which gives us a broader vocabulary to express ourselves," says Suzanne Hanser, chair of the music therapy department at Berklee College of Music "Because singing is visceral it can't help but effect change" Research has shown that singing can greatly reduce stress and pain, seniors have 30 fewer doctor visits, fewer eyesight problems, less incidence of depression, less need for medication and fewer falls and other injuries. It also reduced the progression of Alzheimers and also boosts the immune system and overall well being through things like improved lung capacity, high energy, relieved asthmaBetter posture, enhanced feelings of relaxation, mood and confidence.

http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/06/06/07/how_singing_improves_your_health_even_if_other_people_shouldnt_hear_you_singing.htm

If we can show that people actually sound better in the shower they are more likely to sing in the shower and this could improve their health.

The purpose of this wall is to show people the science of how singing in the shower makes them sound better but also to possibly increase the number of shower singers.