Re: [Harp-L] RE: MIC HOLDING

["Abner Galdos" <cdgaldos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ok, Bill let me try and wrap this around my mind.
first thanks for the response.... it seems we are both in the same boat.
I understand cupping and getting a different tone. 
What I'm hoping to understand is that with practice I can get the same freedom 
with holding the mic as I do with out. unless I can get a stand for my mic and switch it around.
That would be nice.....so do they make stands for bullet style mic's... I'm going to have to ask Greg about this.

Thanks Bill
Let me know who things progress.....
I will try and do the same
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bill Kumpe 
  To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 11:17 AM
  Subject: [Harp-L] RE: MIC HOLDING



  RE: Mic Holding

  I have the same problem.  It is always a trade off. On the one hand, I can
  get a much fatter tone by cupping the mic close, etc.  But, on the other
  hand, I am clumsy holding the mic and worry about dropping the thing. When I
  play at our monthly jam, I use the PA mic which is on a stand and cup around
  it.  I don't get nearly as good a tone as I would with my JT-30 but I also
  don't have to worry about dropping the mic, etc. either.  I suspect that as
  I get more poise handling things, I will be able to use whatever mic I want.
  But, I hear guys sounding awful good just walking up to that cheap PA mic
  and cupping it in their hands on the stand.  Granted, they could probably
  sound good playing through a tin can and string but they prove it's not an
  insurmountable handicap to be playing this way.

  Bill Kumpe
  Tulsa, OK

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