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The realization struck me: THIS IS PERFECT The University of Delaware hosts a performing PITCH! This is how Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart music festival each could mentally envispring, complete with sion their masterJoin musicians around the world judges and awards. To pieces—and know tones, chords, and who have already discovered the my horror, they scheduled me that year as keys—all by ear! to the grand finale. It was almost For 27 years, we’ve received letters The fated day childish—I felt sure from musicians in 120 countries: arrived. Linda gave her that anyone could G “Wow! It really worked. I feel like a new musician. I am usual sterling perforunlock their own very proud I could achieve something of this caliber.” J.M., mance. She would be Perfect Pitch with percussion G “Someone played a D major chord and I recogtough to match, let this simple secret of nized it straight away. S.C., bass G “Thanks I developed a full alone surpass. But my “Color Hearing.” Perfect Pitch in just two weeks! It just happened like a miracle.” turn finally came, and Bursting with B.B., guitar/piano G “It is wonderful. I can truly hear the differences in the color of the tones.” D.P., student G “I heard I went for it. excitement, I told my the differences on the initial playing, which did in fact surprise Slinking to the best friend, Ann me. It is a breakthrough.” J.H., student G “It’s so simple it’s stage, I sat down and (a flutist). ridiculous. M.P., guitar G “I’m able to play things I hear in my played my heart out She laughed at me. head. Before, I could barely do it.” J.W., keyboards G “I hear a with selections from “You have to be born song on the radio and I know what they’re doing. My improviBeethoven, Chopin, with Perfect Pitch,” sations have improved. I feel more in control.” I.B., bass guitar G “It feels like I’m singing and playing MY notes instead of and Ravel. 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J.S., Then I saw that confessed that she music educator G “I wish I could have had this 30 years ago!” I had scored an A+. too could hear the R.B., voice G “This is absolutely what I had been searching for.” Sweet victory was pitch colors. With D.F., piano G “Mr. Burge—you’ve changed my life!” T.B., music to my ears, mine this jump start, Ann student G “Learn it or be left behind.” P.S., student . . . at last! —D.L.B. soon realized she also had gained Perfect Pitch. We became instant celebrities. Classmates loved to Now it’s YOUR turn! call out tones for us to magically sing from thin air. or 27 years now, musicians around the globe have They played chords for us to name by ear. They quizzed proven the simple methods that David-Lucas Burge us on what key a song was in. stumbled upon as a teenager (plus research at two leadEveryone was fascinated with our “supernatural” ing universities—see www.PerfectPitch.com/research). powers, yet to Ann and me, it was just normal. 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EQ Magazine - July 2008 Contents Talk Box Sounding Board Louis XIV, Four TET and Steve Reid, Can Your Record Go Gold in the Digital Age Tool Box Death Cab For Cutie Guitar Trax Bass Management Key Issues Drum Heads Vocal Cords Mix Bus Cheat Sheet Propellerhead Reason 4 Sony Acid Pro 6 EDAX Audio Labs VTP-100 M-Audio Profire 2626 Tape Simulator Shootout Tape Simulators Sounds Room With a VU: Infrasonic Sound Recording Company, Los Angeles, CA.

EQ Magazine - July 2008

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