In this blog, we are going to be discussing how to use a microphone correctly for the live singing situation. Now before you do this, you’re going to need to go and purchase some microphone. If you’re doing research online or if you’re going into your local music store, please make sure that you purchase a directional microphone for the live singing situation.
There are two types of microphones out there; a unidirectional microphone and a directional microphone.
Unidirectional microphones are usually used in a recording studio situation. They pick up all of the sound in the room. So, they’re not conducive to use live up on stage because that will make it an EQ nightmare for the person doing the sound because it will pick up all the other sounds in the room.
So, you want to make sure that you purchase a directional microphone. Directional microphone meaning – only the sound that goes into the microphone is going to be picked up. There are lots of different brands of microphones out there.
Please test out and sing into a few different microphones at a few different price ranges to see which one you like best and it sounds best for your voice. Please do not just go off the reference of the person that’s selling you the microphone; all microphones out there basically do the same thing. There are a little like cars, there are lots of different brands of cars but they all do the same thing. Now, the difference between a good microphone and a bad microphone is only about a hundred dollars. So, you’re better of spending a little bit of money and getting a good microphone.
Once you have got your microphone home, you would have practice with it as much as you possibly can. The first rule that I wanted to you to know about when using a microphone when you’re practicing at home or wherever it may be is:
Here are a couple of tips when you’re practicing at home:
Make sure that you can always hear yourself properly through the foldback or speaker and make sure that the foldback is facing yourself if it’s on the ground.
1. Hold the microphone horizontal and don’t cap the microphone or hold the microphone 
around the ball or top of the microphone – if you do cup the microphone and you are singing clean, this is going to muffle the sound so this is great for harder singers but NOT for the clean singers. Keep the lips close to the microphone, this will make you sound the best. If you are singing a loud phrase or note, use some microphone technique by slightly pulling the the microphone away from your mouth so that the sound comes out slightly quieter through your foldback. This is called microphone technique and needs to be practised.
2. When you’re practicing at home and when you’re moving around, make sure that the microphone follows your mouth. Do not take the microphone away from your mouth because you’ll soon find out that your sound will not be picked up by the microphone if it drifts away from your mouth .
So, that’s it for today!
Go away practice. Make sure that you’re have fun with your microphone and your singing.
Tune in for the next week’s blog guys!
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