#soundbeam

Funded by the Arts Council England ‘Grants for the Arts,’ and using music technology and acoustic instruments with a team of expert musicians from Birmingham Conservatoire, a range of workshops have already taken place and further sessions are planned for this year.

Soundbeam can be played with a single finger or even the mouth to allow participants to tap into their sometimes previously unrecognised potential and it is having a massive impact in transforming the lives of disabled people living in Birmingham.

Birmingham Conservatoire academic and project director Liz Johnson explains: “Soundbeam is an innovative way of helping people living with disabilities to have positive experiences of music and arts. It has become clear that live music and arts activities and involvement can have a huge benefit to people’s lives, this unique creative and expressive medium is widely recognised as 'must-have' technology.

“We have already established links with Heartlands Hospital where we’ve worked with therapeutic staff to identify patients who are at risk of being isolated on their return from hospital. And the future potential for the project is endless. 

“We have already worked with people affected by muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, serious head injuries and other similarly limiting disabilities. We are also working with therapists at Moor Green Brain Rehabilitation Unit who have referred project participants recovering from strokes”.

  Inspired by three friends with severe disabilities who had the vision for the project and the positive impact it could have on those who find it difficult to access music-making, the 3DOM project continues to provide a creative outlet in which participants can work at the highest musical level.

  Mansoor Hussein is one of the regular users of Soundbeam.  He has composed several pieces which incorporate Soundbeam, iPads and the whole 3DOM ensemble, including ‘Crazy’. “Soundbeam has given me the opportunity to actually play instruments that I probably in reality wouldn’t ever get to play because of my physical impairments, so that’s the amazing aspect of it,” he said.

We want to thank each & every one of you who showed your support by downloading or even buying our applications! We ♥ you guys!

To celebrate our 1 year of existence and show you our appreciation, we made our apps free for this day only, so go get them now: Soundbeam, Anagramma Pro!

"So what's in store for 2013?" you might ask. Well, a lot. We are planning of releasing even more apps, in a tighter schedule as we will focus only with our studio (yep, we will do it for a living!) We have lots of ideas we would like to experiment with so we can't wait!

The app is still free for some hours so go grab it!

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