Instruments are a great way to release emotions that you didn’t even know you harbored. Drums are a great instrument to learn if you are known to harbor anger. By many musicians, it is also considered to be the foundation of making music. It is due to this piece of information that the drums are […]
We continue our look into the different types of microphones that live bands and other performers use with the strangely named Shotgun Microphone. These types of microphones can also be called Gradient and Line. They are actually designed to be even more directional than hyper cardioid mics, and there is an interference tube inside the […]
For those old enough to remember pop and rock concerts in the 1970s, you will recall the amount of wires on the stage. Every instrument had their own individual cable going back to an amplifier and that included the singers. Often roadies had to rush on stage to disentangle the spiders web so that the […]
Picking up from where we left of in the first installment of this two-part blog series, we aim to provide more sensible advice when it comes to choosing a new mic. You might think that it is the easiest thing in the world to do; however, as we have already learned, it isn’t quite as […]
The humble microphone has come a long way since its first inception as a mechanical device. So, what is the real purpose of a microphone? It is fairly obvious the modern-day mike is utilized so a voice / sound can be heard louder than its original form. The new technology wishes to take varying pressure […]
Cordless microphones have been around for a very long time, actually they were invented way back in 1957 by the boffins of San Jose State College. Although many artists performing on the stage and broadcasting agencies did not really take the cordless microphone seriously until around the mid-seventies. Sometimes known as a radio microphone, the […]
