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SINGING COACH SOFTWARE RETAIL DISTRIBUTION GOES NATIONAL WITH LAUNCH IN COMPUSA AND MEDIA PLAY STORES Category-Creating ‘Learn-to-Sing’ Software from Carry-a-Tune Technologies Continues Rapid Growth and Acceptance Following Fourth Quarter 2004 Launch
TAMPA, Fla., March 15, 2005 – Singing CoachTM, the unique new ‘learn-to-sing’ software from Carry-a-Tune Technologies, is now available in CompUSA stores nationwide and Media Play’s retail stores in 18 states.
Singing Coach and Singing Coach UnlimitedTM, both launched in November 2004, use specialized, computer-aided pitch tracking, called Carry-a-TuneTM, to teach people, regardless if they can read music or not, how to sing in tune and on tempo. The products combine patent-pending technology with entertaining, animated, on-screen vocal coaching to instruct aspiring singers at all levels. The first-of-their-kind products take the fun of karaoke and add real-time visual feedback of the singer’s pitch and rhythm to enable adults and children alike to improve their singing.
Following a successful eight-week, retail pilot, Singing Coach Unlimited is now available at all 229 CompUSA stores. The product also is available at 65 Media Play stores and at the retailers’ Web sites, www.CompUSA.com and www.MediaPlay.com. “The development of Singing Coach has been a labor of love since childhood, when I knew I couldn’t sing on pitch and in tune,” said company Founder and President Carlo Franzblau, who developed the software. “We want to teach the world to sing with these products.”
In just a few months, Singing Coach has become a popular product at Fry’s Electronics stores and J&R Music, as well as at online sites such as Amazon.com and in various catalogues. The products work on PCs running Windows XP, ME and 2000 and include a high-fidelity headset with built-in microphone plus a selection of practice songs and free song downloads from the Carry-a-Tune Technologies online song library of 200 plus selections ranging from hits to standards. The suggested retail price for Singing Coach is $49.95; Singing Coach Unlimited’s suggested price is $99.95.
About CompUSA CompUSA, Inc. (www.CompUSA.com) is one of the nation's leading retailers and resellers of technology products and services. CompUSA offers its customers complete lifestyle solutions, blending expertise in technology and home entertainment for a one-stop shopping experience. CompUSA currently operates 229 CompUSA Superstores in over 90 major metropolitan markets across the United States and Puerto Rico that serve retail, small-to-medium businesses, corporate, government and education customers and includes technical service departments. Many of the stores include classroom-training facilities.
About Media Play Media Play is your source for family entertainment offering values in music, movies, video games, books and more. Media Play, a division of Musicland Group Inc., operates 65 stores in 18 states, and offers more choice and more play, everyday.
About Carry-A-Tune Technologies
Carry-a-Tune Technologies (www.carryatune.com), Tampa, Fla., is the developer and marketer of a unique new family of software products that use specialized computeraided pitch tracking to teach people how to sing in tune and on tempo. The company’s initial two consumer products are Singing CoachTM and Singing Coach UnlimitedTM. These products combine patent-pending technology with entertaining, animated onscreen vocal coaching to teach people at all levels to sing better, whether or not they can read music. These first-of-their-kind products take the fun of karaoke and add real-time visual feedback of the singer’s pitch and rhythm to enable adults and children alike to sing better and enjoy singing.
# # # Singing Coach, Singing Coach Unlimited, Carry-a-Tune software and Carry-a-Tune technology are trademarks of Carry-a-Tune Technologies. All other trade names are the property of their respective owners.
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