Our friends at Full Compass have provided us with a new product for the Broadjam Blog Giveaway. Up for grabs is the Audio-Technica M3M Wireless In-Ear Monitor System (List Price: $1,099.00). In ear monitors are best for vocalists and drummers, but the whole band can benefit from this audio tool. It can really help you to focus in on your own performance, cut down some extraneous noise, and mix in the right amount of other performers’ music.
The Audio-Technica M3M includes EP3 Headphones (in-ear dynamic headphones), M3T stereo transmitter (wireless UHF transmitter), and the M3RM body-pack stereo receiver. Both the transmitter and receiver have LCD displays that allow the user to select the proper settings. The body pack receiver allows the performer to control two separate mixes. You can have a mix of the band in one ear and vocals in the other, which is very cool. This system supports an unlimited number of receivers, so the whole band can enjoy the benefits of in-ear monitors. To read more about the specs for the Audio-Technica M3M please check it out at Full Compass. Additional M3RM body-pack receivers can be easily ordered from Full Compass, so everyone in the band can benefit.
So here is what you need to do to win this product. Post a comment telling everyone why you should have the Audio-Technica M3M Wireless In-Ear Monitor System, what features stand out and how you would use it. For the next few weeks we will review the comments. And then one of you will walk away with the Audio-Technica M3M In-Ear Monitor System, courtesy of Full Compass.
Best of luck,
Roy
Posted by Broadjam on Oct 10, 2008 in Broadjam Blog
Blog Post Finalist 5
Posted by phil common: 7/29/2008
I’m the singer and songwriter for a band that gigs a lot and the range of stages we come across is dizzying. Over the last few months I’ve started to work with the players to collect gear that lets us stay on top of our sound. This includes on-stage rack compression and effects, as well as vocal effects.
Until now in-ear wireless has been a dream, but soooo expensive that we’ve had to deal with the problems that all of us have probably dealt with, like no monitors (“can’t you hear the house mix?!?”) or worse a boxed in stage where if the monitor mix is loud enough to hear the PA feeds-back like a monster, and we all know how rare it is to find multiple monitor mixes available or drum monitors except at the best venues.
These in-ears seem to solve all those problems. With multiple receivers each capable of being tuned to a personal mix, none of us would ever have to kick a wedge again! I’d be happy to take these on the road and let the sound geeks I know give them a try too!
Thanks for the opportunity!
Oct 10, 2008/12:25 pmBlog Post Finalist 4
Posted by JULIAN aKa Cookie Cutter Girl: 7/30/2008
Cookie Cutter Girl, Pop Superhero, at your service! *smile*
I lead a busy life of servitude & solitude in Boston, MA.
Being a Pop Supehero is an unpaid position … but I LOVE my job.
I’ve yet to show much profit. The IRS thinks it’s a hobby.
I can’t quit though, because this is what I was born to do…
I was injured in the line of duty for the first time in 2006,
when I slipped on a wire on stage, sustaining the following injuries:
2 holes in my ear canal & ear drum, 6 compression fractures in my neck
and back, broken front teeth… and constant ringing in my ears!
This Pop Superhero is self-employed, so I get no workman’s comp.
I’ve had to cancel my performances for 2 years, while I see doctors 4-5x each week & do physical therapy.
I could truly use the Audio-Technica M3M Wireless In-Ear Monitor System
to help this Pop Superhero reach out to people as a motivational speaker, until I’m healed & can perform again. The M3M in ear monitor would not only help me hear my voice & instruments over the constant ringing in my ears, the M3M wireless system would also help me deal with the “basophobia” (fear of tripping/falling) I’ve developed due to my disabling stage accident. While my back is healing, I can use the M3M system during rehearsals.
What’s my favorite feature of the M3M in-ear wireless monitor system? While up to 16 complete M3 systems may be used simultaneously, any number of M3R stereo receivers can operate on the same frequency with a single M3T stereo transmitter. On every small stage, less IS more!
M3M is generously offering this wonderful product “giveaway,”
and I trust sales come to them via word of mouth about the wonders of the M3M. If chosen, I would certainly be honored promote the M3M system via my high traffic websites, CookieCutterGirl.com & PowerofPink.com. I would run an International press release & post it to my list of 50+ PR sites.
I leave you with this lesson: Everyone can fly…
It’s the landings that take practice! *smile*
Strength Through Unity!
Oct 10, 2008/12:25 pmJulian aKa CCG Pop Superhero
Blog Post Finalist 3
Oct 10, 2008/12:25 pmPosted by Vanessa: 7/31/2008
So here I am, new to the game, just gearing up. I have had many years on the stage, always as the backup singer. I am now venturing out on my own. Got some pretty divine inspiration to pick up my guitar almost half a year ago and have been playing ever since. I have written many songs since then, having always been in music. The joy of being able to sing and play at the same time is the most gratifying experience of my life. In ear monitors would be pretty freakin awesome as I still perform with a band Subvocal that has a lot of ambient sound and watching my counterpart onstage wearing headphones big and bulky makes me wanna knock him out. He wears them to be sure the sound is perfect. None of us can afford in ears because, well we’re musicians…, that and we all have priorities, like kiddos. So I would love these so that my onstage counterpart could use them for our shows and so I could use them when I do my own stuff. Please don’t let me go through another show where I look super hot and sexy and he looks like Micky Mouse on drugs. The best feature of the in-ears is well, they are freakin in-ear. The clarity is astounding and you have the same sound that YOU want all over the stage. You gotta be able to match your pitch with the attitude your projecting. ~MammaNess
Blog Post Finalist 2
Posted by Margaret McClure & Seventhings: 9/19/2008
Hi Everyone,
Im the female lead singer/ percussionist/ guitarist for the band “Seventhings” and also the band “The Rockinvaders” and would LOVE to have this in ear monitor system.. Let me count the ways…….
1) we play in so many different venues and the sound is never the same. Sometimes we play out side with wind and crowd noise.. the stage monitors don’t work outside and they dont work if you decide to say…move around the stage..
We also have another lead vocalist who is a man .. when we switch the mix is not right and we are constantly adjusting things to get a good balance …
Oct 10, 2008/12:24 pm2) we trade places and instruments on stage alot in our band but i still have to sing at least back up no matter where I am and in some spots i can hear… in some i cant..
2) I am really sick of not being able to hear my vocal and tired of asking everyone “did i sound ok?” alot of time’s people say they cant hear my voice cut through the music and i cant tell on stage
3) i hate earplugs..
4) they look cool ! I’m all about that !
5) I would feel more confident and professional..
6) Our drummer would benefit hugely because he has his monitor up so loud it messes the rest of us up sometime but he really needs to hear the lead vocal.
7)sometimes the stage’s can be so small that we cant fit enough of those big clunky monitors so we actually have to share and if it comes to deciding between me or george (the drummer) ..well we have to give it to him..
9) I have several musician friends who have used the m3m wireless system and say it makes a huge difference and takes your performance to a new level.. they would never go back to the old way .
10) Oh and my pitch issues that i sometimes have would be improved (i dont like to admit that one)
11) If i had the audio technica m3m wireless system my days of sharing and straining to hear
myself would be over! This is an awesome product !! Our mix would be Righteous!!!!!
Blog Post Finalist 1
Posted by Kenny Graff: 9/30/2008
Thank you for this opportunity.
Last year, in our community, we saw several teenagers take their lives within a stone’s throw of our church. Suicide and depression are rampant among teens throughout the country, but these hit home for us as a faith community because we knew these kids. We know their parents. Our group committed ourselves to serving these teens by providing uplifting music, strong role models, and a place to go to find hope and strength to face the problems they face in their homes. Our Church has committed to providing a worship service every Sunday night for these teens and our music is contemporary Christian music aimed at providing a sense of hope to these young people so that they can become stronger and more dependent upon themselves to be better people and stop the cycle of damaging self perspective.
What we do, we do voluntarily with no expectations of anyone other than ourselves and our ability to connect with these teens. This monitoring system that you are giving away is the only way we can afford something like this and would improve our sound for sure. As we try to converge classic rock sound, with comtemporary themes along with ancient hymns, our range of music varies tremendously over the course of a couple hour’s time. This system would help us to create the dynamics needed to be quiet when one needs time to reflect and rock out when its time to celebrate.
Recently, a teen from our community said, “thank you, I feel good again”.
Please consider our request to win this package!
Thanks again.
Oct 10, 2008/12:24 pm