MICROPHONE CONTROL (A Tip For Singers).

Distance is your friend when it comes to microphone control. The distance from a singer’s mouth to the microphone can affect three things; Volume, Strength, and Accent. Singers who tend to get very close to the microphone can lose enunciation and make their voices sound warped. A well-trained singer doesn’t need to have her lips and teeth on the microphone in order to be heard. Learning how to project with the microphone just a few inches from the mouth can really help a singer learn to project and to help her sound engineer. Another technique that assists in maintaining tone is to move the microphone away when holding a note that is intended to fade out. Don’t attempt to lower the volume and intensity of the note at the same distance from the microphone. Hit the note strong. Hold the note strong, and move away. That ensures the same tonality of the note from start to finish. It will clash less with the supporting instruments, and require fewer takes when recording.