What Musicians and Teachers are Saying
about CELLO DRONES

“Cello Drones is required for all my students at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. The beauty of the sound creates a peaceful environment which makes practicing or improvising a true delight. I am seeing steady progress in intonation as my students and I work with the drones. Some days I press play and practice with the entire CD, it is both pleasurable and useful.”

~ Eugene Friesen

“...truly well done, fun and highly useful to sing or play with, starkly beautiful in their own right, you've made a core musical experience more available to more folks.”

~ Allaudin Mathieu - composer and author of The Listening Book and The Harmonic Experience

“I've used the drone technique a lot (with me, the tuner, or a student playing the drone) and appreciate the audible overtones in your recording. They make tuning down to the fundamental much simpler for groups of students who are new to the concept. My kids in the 7th grade orchestra are playing better in tune than ever before. Three days of practicing their scales with the drones has made a tremendous difference in their ability to discern pitch and adjust. (tricky keys, too - F, B-flat, E-flat Majors in 2 octaves) You have a great product. Thanks!”

~ Amy Fear-Bishop - Director, Prairie Star Middle School and Blue Valley High School Orchestras, KS

“...a fantastic tool to improve intonation - as a horn player I feel this is the best thing to come along since the invention of the wheel.”

~ Jan Bures - horn, Symphony Parnassus, San Francisco, California

“I had no idea what I was getting when I bought the Cello Drones. I'm really enjoying the CD. I love hearing the intervals so well, it's something I'd been wishing for for a long time. I do scales and hearing the intervals is FUN and good for me. I love working like that.”

~ Sue Goodman - cellist, Symphony of the Redwoods, Mendocino, California

“Just wanted to drop you a line and let you know how much your Cello Drones has improved intonation in my orchestra program. It's nice to be able to have the cellos and basses actively involved in intonation exercises rather than playing the drone. It's a simple idea that should've been done years ago. THANK YOU for making it a reality. This is something that I've needed in my teaching for years. Whenever I'm out as a guest composer or clinician, I'm taking Cello Drones with me.”

~ Jeffrey S. Bishop - Composer, Conductor, Clinician, Director of Orchestras, Shawnee Mission Northwest HS, Shawnee Mission, Kansas

“My daughter's violin instructor had ordered a cello drones CD and used it during her last lesson. I was amazed at how much and how quickly it helped with my daughter's pitch and intonation. My daughter broke out into a great big smile. Thank you.”

~ Karen Rhodes

“I'm really digging the drones! What a cool concept. They're helping me overcome 'fret-induced tonal atrophy.' I've been improvising over the drones and I'm feeling much more conscious of each note and the intervals with the tonic and 5th.”

~ Jonah Steinbuck, Palo Alto CA