Basic Microphone Usage
How to use microphones (pay special attention to (3) and (12)!!!! : NEVER NEVER NEVER point your microphone at a speaker. Not even accidentally. Don't drop your hands so the mic points at the on-stage speakers. Don't walk in front of a loudspeaker while holding a mic. The feedback will be piercing and can damage the system (as well as the audience's hearing)! If you are afraid of feedback, hold the mic closer to your face . The further away you hold it, the more the sound person has to raise the sensitivity of the mic (making feedback more likely). Don't cup the head of the mic. Cupping causes feedback, for technical reasons -- just don't do it. It is okay to hear yourself; it means others can hear you. That's what the mic is for. Let the sound engineer make any necessary volume adjustments. Now that you are hearing yourself, you can adjust your pitch and pronunciation to sound better through the sound system. If you're singing, you will hear your own pitc...