Singing has been part of the integrative wellness regimes of some cultures for thousands of years. From the healing ceremonies of native North American tribes to the daily chants of Buddhist monks, just about everyone has used music and singing to increase their energy, focus their mind and soothe their emotions.
SingFit harnesses mobile technology to make a spontaneous, immersive, fully engaged singing experience accessible to practically everyone at a low cost, including those with: • Alzheimer’s disease • Autism • Brain injuries • Impaired vision • And other special needs
Developed by a board certified music therapist, SingFit’s unique Lyric Coach system digitizes a music therapy tool, Lyric Cueing, so participants do not need to be able to read or even see to sing the words of a song perfectly. Experience how easy it is to sing with SingFit via our video demo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T46e9xTdF0M
For decades music therapists have been experiencing success utilizing music and singing as tools to achieve therapeutic goals with some of our most difficult to treat healthcare challenges including:
• Children with developmental delays • People dealing with acute conditions including cancer and Parkinson’s • Seniors with memory issues • People with traumatic brain injuries • People with disabilities, especially those who are non ambulatory
Now, cutting edge medical research is beginning to reveal the hard science behind the profound beneficial impacts singing has on our physical, emotional and cognitive fitness. This research out of respected institutions including Harvard Medical School, the National Institute of Health and McGill University confirms that singing in general is a holistic, non-invasive, non-pharmacologic activity that can:
• Reduce pain and stress by positively impacting levels of cortisol, endorphins, dopamine, oxytocin [i][ii] and other beneficial hormones and neuro chemicals • Provide many of the same benefits as physical exercise (even when sitting)[iii] • Boost immune system fortitude[iv] • Improve speech[v] • Ease symptoms of traumatic brain injury[vi] • Promote brain plasticity and activity[vii]
All songs in the SingFit catalog are chosen via a strict therapeutic protocol, which analyzes elements such as tempo, vocal range, and density and complexity of lyrical content for general ease of singing.
SingFit’s innovation is that it enables just about anyone to facilitate a fully expressive and successful singing experience without any musical training. SingFit allows everyone to be a better caregiver including:
• 1.7 million home health aids • 400,000 physical, speech and occupational therapists • 3.2 million doctors and nurses • 52 million non professionals responsible for an someone with a significant healthcare concern over twenty • More then thirty million parents at least 10% of whom are caring for a child with disabilities • The hundreds of millions of people looking to improve their own health and wellness
Singing with SingFit can take place as an individualized or group activity and is recommended for people 7 and up.
It’s FREE to download SingFit from the Apple App store for iPhone, iPad and iTouch hardware. The free SingFit app always comes with at least five fully orchestrated all time favorites including When the Saints Go Marching In, America the Beautiful, and Home on the Range to sing, record and SHARE!
A paid monthly subscription allows all-you-can-sing access to SingFit’s growing catalog of more than 90 titles. From the hits of Elvis Presley (Blue Christmas), Etta James (At Last), Bill Withers (Lean on Me) and Judy Garland (Over the Rainbow) to songs made famous by Bob Marley (Get Up Stand Up), Bonnie Raitt (Something to Talk About) and No Doubt (It’s My Life), SingFit delivers an exciting, engaging, healthful experience for music lovers of all stripes and abilities.
We’re not going to try and convince you that singing is about as full of fun as an activity can be for people of just about all functioning levels. We’d rather you experience SingFit for yourself. If you have iTouch, iPad and iPod hardware, we invite you to download SingFit for free right now. During this holiday season we’ve loaded up our Free and Sharable section with holiday songs in FOUR languages; English, German, Spanish and Hebrew.
SingFit provides just about all of us the opportunity to EASILY sing, record and share songs with powerfully orchestrated, professionally arranged background music.
SingFit: Winner of Most Innovative Presentation at the American Telemedicine Association 2011 Fall Forum
Download SingFit now for free and try it yourself: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/singfit/id442827581?ls=1&mt=8
If you don’t have the requisite hardware please sing along with these video simulations:
When the Saint’s Go Marching In http://www.musicalhealthtech.com/2011/have-yourself-a-singfit-when-the-saints-go-marching-in/
Noche De Paz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3DCjt8kBWQ
Citations: [i] http://cmv.customer.netspace.net.au/MusicResearch.html [ii] http://gerontologist.oxfordjournals.org/content/46/6/726.short [iii] http://www.heartresearch.org.uk/hearthealth/singinggood [iv] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11811096 [v]http://www.musicianbrain.com/papers/Wan_et_al_Autism_AMMT_SpeechOutput.pdf [vi] http://espace.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:74062 [vii]http://www.musicianbrain.com/papers/Wan_Rueber_Hohmann_Schlaug_Singing.pdf
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