Improves Cognition:

Several studies have concluded that singers and musicians typically have higher IQs than non-musicians. Therapeutic Karaoke can improve your overall brain function and help you think a little clearer. New research involving hundreds of students in Chicago and Los Angeles public schools has found disadvantaged children who learn to sing, show not only improved neural function but also enhanced learning abilities over time. These disadvantage children share similar childhoods to many of those in the recovery community.

Increases Empathy:

Therapeutic Karaoke increases empathy and understanding between cultures. Singing can help us to feel connected to all of humanity, even across cultural divides. Singing songs that originated from other cultures can give us a new appreciation for those cultures and help us empathize with others. Furthermore, music has been shown to activate many areas of the brain, including the circuit that helps us to understand what others are thinking and feeling and to predict how they might behave—a social skill scientists call “theory of mind,” which is linked to empathy.

Gives an Oxytocin Boost:

Oxytocin is a neuropeptide affiliated with breastfeeding and is known to play an important role in increasing bonding and trust between people. Now researchers are discovering that singing may affect oxytocin levels in the body. In a study with humans, singing for 30 minutes was shown to significantly raise oxytocin levels in both amateur and professional singers, regardless of how happy or unhappy the experience made them. A similar boost in oxytocin was shown in participants who listened to music, which is beneficial to everyone participating in Therapeutic Karaoke.

​https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12814197

Increases Coordination and Cooperation with Others:

For much of human history, the only way to experience music was live—there were no recordings allowing us to share music outside of performance. Since music had to involve contact with others (e.g. coming together for a concert), it provided a net of physical and psychological safety that may have helped our early ancestors and may still help us to survive. Performing group karaoke involves coordinating our efforts, to produce a pleasing sound. According to researchers, when we try to synch with others musically (keeping the beat or harmonizing, for example) we tend to feel positive social feelings towards those with whom we’re synchronizing with, even if that person is not visible to us or not in the same room. Though it is unclear exactly why that happens, coordinating movement with another person is linked to the release of pleasure chemicals (endorphins) in the brain, which may explain why we get those positive, warm feelings when we make music together.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4179700/

Boosts Confidence:

Stage fright is a common feeling for new singers. However, performing well and receiving praise from your friends and family may be the key to eventually overcoming your fears and boosting your self-confidence. With time, you may even find it easier to present any type of material in front of a group with poise and good presentation skills.

Good for Your Heart:

Therapeutic Karaoke demands some specific patterns in your breathing. It is not entirely unlike yoga: You take bigger, slower breaths, and in the process, your heart rate typically begins to slow. Both yoga and singing are thought to help improve what is known as heart rate variability, a measure of the amount of time between heartbeats, according to a small 2013 study. The research, rather surprisingly, also found that as members of a choir sang together, their heart rates started to sync up too, perhaps further bolstering that social connection factor of group singing. This would apply to Therapeutic Karaoke as well.

http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00334/full

Improved Spiritual Contact:

Singing is a form of meditation. When singing in Therapeutic Karaoke, we shift focus and thinking away from our usual life happenings and concerns, towards something other-worldly. Singing allows us to bypass the ego and acknowledge our soul. Singing helps us to let go, just as in other forms of meditation.

Un[Box]ed Karaoke

Karaoke is the go-to ice breaker activity that gets guests out of their seat, in front of their friends, laughing and enjoying themselves. We provide an experience that creates an environment conducive to team building, bonding, and most importantly, fun!

Hire Un[Box]ed Karaoke  today to experience the sometimes thrilling, sometimes funny, and always enjoyable experience.

Equipment

• ► High Definition TV
• ► Cordless microphones
• ► Over 180,000 karaoke Songs and always increasing
• ► Upon request extra TV's can be added
• ► Karaoke Books
• ► Request songs from your smart phone

Credits: James at Chase Entertainment