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Topic: Use of vocal microphones and such.................... |
Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 8 Jul 2009 3:21 pm |
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When I was new in this game, we all played behind the vocalist, who sang thro' a single 8-ball mike, much like what the blue grass boys used to do on the REAL GRAND OLE OPRY.
The balance was ALWAYS GREAT! Everyone knew what they were doing and played with a professional attitude.
Watching so many of todays' vocalists, they litterally swollow the mike in the cavern of their oral cavity and all the words come out so garbled one can't tell what they saying/singing.
Is this a scene from the self-taught rock and roll crowd or WHAT? |
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Rick Campbell
From:
Sneedville, TN, USA
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Posted 8 Jul 2009 3:43 pm
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Charles Davidson
From:
Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 8 Jul 2009 3:58 pm
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Rick,I'm with you,Todays music has no lyrics,NO melody,so what does it matter ? DYK?BC.
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Mark MacKenzie
From:
Franklin, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 9 Jul 2009 5:53 am
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| Yeah, working the mic and blending vocals is a lost art. TimeJumpers do it good, though. Beautiful backup harmony and oohs and aahs. It takes talent and face it, talent is scarce. |
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Ellis Miller
From:
Cortez, Colorado, USA
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Posted 9 Jul 2009 7:31 am
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We might want to consider that many modern microphones have unidirectional patterns that restrict sound input to the mike from anywhere but right in front of it. Also, many are designed to exclude or diminish sounds from more than a foot or two away. This is done to mitigate feeback. Personally, after years of fighting the never ending feedback battle, I am happy to have unidirectional mics.
There are situations where mics are used with various omnidirectional patterns to accomplish various purposes as is possibly the case with the Time Jumpers back up vocal mics. Also for overheads on drums etc etc.
The objective is to sound good and be balanced. And, yes, professionalism certainly factors here.
I don't see as it matters much how that gets accomplished. To each his/her own.
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Larry Bressington
From:
Nebraska
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Posted 9 Jul 2009 3:19 pm
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Dident it used to be 1 car per family, now every family member has a car, same with microphones and every other gadget out there.
Good point though ray. 
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Dennis Lee
From:
Forest Grove, Oregon, USA
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Posted 10 Jul 2009 9:59 am Singing
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Hi Ray,
I like to think I can sing, and what I have learned from watching the professionals, and I'm talking about those whose voice is an instrument, say, Engelbert Humperdink, my all-time favorite. What you notice is they don't "eat" the mic, and as they power through a portion of the song, they learn to move the mic further away from their voice to keep the volume consistent with what they are accomplishing with their voice. So many singers who have actually made it big don't really have much of a voice, which is a topic Bobbe Seymour and I will agree on all day long! Recently I heard Rod Stewart trying to sing old standards. Not only was it horrible, but the song style doesn't begin to fit his voice. Oh well, I do ramble on. |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 10 Jul 2009 10:08 am Valid comments.................
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Dennis I appreciate your comments. Those really smooth professional vocalists will move that mic so effortlessly that it is barely noticeable and yet, it gives the audio sound that recording studio SOUND.
I agree with you 100%, but from some previous comments here, my appreciation for your views might not mean very much to the rest Forum. |
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