17 Jul
2011
17 Jul
'11
4:03 a.m.
On Sun, 17 Jul 2011 09:44:39 +0100, John Sweeney wrote:
I find hand-held mikes very strange. Why would you
lock yourself
into a fixed position, or tie one of your hands up when you can use
a wireless headset?
I much prefer a hand-held. I find that as soon as I put on a headset
I feel the need to cough, sniff, clear my throat, etc. Also with a
hand-held I can pull my head away from the microphone to call out to
the band "Another B" or "One more time" or "Slower", whereas
with a
headset I have to find the switch first, speak, then switch it back on
again. I've got quite good at transferring the mike from one hand to
the other when I'm dancing, and most people can cope with holding my
elbow rather than my hand if necessary.
Colin Hume
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