You arrive home. It's been a long day; one you'd rather forget. You're beaten, battered, and not exactly smelling like roses.
You've been through days like this before, and you know there's only one solution to cleansing the stain of a day like this: a refreshing, hot shower. Stepping into the bathroom, eagerness washes over you. This is going to be amazing...
Lights. Luffa. Action.
You give another outstanding performance, and the troubles of the day have been rinsed away!
A great many of us sing in the shower. We do this for a lot of reasons. For one, it allows us to embrace our inner rock star with only a paltry chance of embarrassment. Two, singing can improve our mental and physical well-being. And three, we sound totally awesome!
Okay, maybe not that awesome, but we do sound a lot better in the shower than in most other environments. This is because a shower's design employs many of the same characteristics as a closed recording studio. Most showers are narrow, enclosed spaces, and they operate like a "low-tech sound mixer." Thus, it's no small wonder that Weird Al Yankovic recorded his first single, "My Bologna," in a small bathroom!
A shower's narrow enclosure, which is often coated with hard, sound-reflecting bathroom tile, means that sound waves don't die out easily. This serves to boost the intensity of your vocals, making it seem like you possess a booming, chamber voice. The reflecting sound waves also echo in the shower, creating reverberation - the persistence of sound after the original sound is removed. Reverberation is a feature commonly sought after in auditoriums for its ability to produce richer, fuller sound. Your singing is also aided by background noise from the jets of water that serves to drown out any (rarely) missed notes.
All things together, the gentle, soothing streams of water coupled with the mellifluous tones of your voice make singing in the shower a divine experience. But remember, the melodiousness of your shower vocals doesn't extend beyond the confines of the bathroom. So the housemate who can hear you from the living room may not be sharing in your bliss.
You've been through days like this before, and you know there's only one solution to cleansing the stain of a day like this: a refreshing, hot shower. Stepping into the bathroom, eagerness washes over you. This is going to be amazing...
Lights. Luffa. Action.
You give another outstanding performance, and the troubles of the day have been rinsed away!A great many of us sing in the shower. We do this for a lot of reasons. For one, it allows us to embrace our inner rock star with only a paltry chance of embarrassment. Two, singing can improve our mental and physical well-being. And three, we sound totally awesome!
Okay, maybe not that awesome, but we do sound a lot better in the shower than in most other environments. This is because a shower's design employs many of the same characteristics as a closed recording studio. Most showers are narrow, enclosed spaces, and they operate like a "low-tech sound mixer." Thus, it's no small wonder that Weird Al Yankovic recorded his first single, "My Bologna," in a small bathroom!
A shower's narrow enclosure, which is often coated with hard, sound-reflecting bathroom tile, means that sound waves don't die out easily. This serves to boost the intensity of your vocals, making it seem like you possess a booming, chamber voice. The reflecting sound waves also echo in the shower, creating reverberation - the persistence of sound after the original sound is removed. Reverberation is a feature commonly sought after in auditoriums for its ability to produce richer, fuller sound. Your singing is also aided by background noise from the jets of water that serves to drown out any (rarely) missed notes.
All things together, the gentle, soothing streams of water coupled with the mellifluous tones of your voice make singing in the shower a divine experience. But remember, the melodiousness of your shower vocals doesn't extend beyond the confines of the bathroom. So the housemate who can hear you from the living room may not be sharing in your bliss.
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