These guys didn’t need Auto-Tune (Courtesy Harmonix) So how do you sound when you play Eran Egozy’s game “Rock Band”? Or for that matter, when you pour your soul into a Lady Gaga song in the shower? Or when you sing along with Coldplay during the long drive home from work?

Does your singing need a little help?

If so, you’ve got company.

Check out this Nova scienceNOW piece on the software, Auto-Tune. It’s used by many professional singers to make them sound like they actually know how to sing (and it could probably help you win at “Rock Band,” too).

Young Eran at the piano (Courtesy Eran Egozy) We generally start our “Secret Life” interviews by asking the scientists about their childhoods. And we almost always learn that their science is a variation on something they loved to do as a child. And so it is with Eran Egozy.

Many years before “Guitar Hero” and “Rock Band,” Eran’s parents bought him one of the early Apple II computers (yes, it was a long time ago – the Apple II was also used to invent the wheel and to start the first man-made fires). Eran, 15 years old and already a serious musician, wanted to use the Apple II to make music, but—

“Rock Band,” “Guitar Hero,” concert-level clarinetist…. Eran Egozy brings a lot to the table.

And now you’re invited to the table, too.

Ask Eran your questions in the comments section of this post. And he’ll do his best to answer them for you.

UPDATE: We are no longer accepting new questions for Eran. Many thanks to everyone who did send in questions. And for those who didn’t get to ask a question, check out the comments section for this post—Eran may have given an answer to something you wanted to ask.