Don't Cuff the Microphone when Rapping

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PETTIDEE: What's up? This is Pettidee from Soldier Sound Records with Expert Village, and I'm going to give you tips on performing live. Now, let's talk about one of the most important things when performing live, cuffing the mic. It looks really cool, you see a lot of platinum recording artists doing like this and cuffing the mic, so you see artists that will say, "Hey, that looks really cool. I'm going to do it too." Well, they're passing on something that is very wrong and very unprofessional. This microphone has a diaphragm on the inside of it; that captures all of your vocals from the top, from the middle, and from the bottom. This is the shaft. You can hold the microphone anywhere from this length, from the top to the bottom, but never here. Why? Because when you cuff the mic, it sounds just like this, but just a thousand times louder. You know the audience won't be able to hear you, it will drive your soundman crazy, and a lot of times it will give you feedback. So, definitely do not cuff the mic. Just because you see your most famous artist doing it doesn't mean that it's right. That diaphragm will give you the most important and the most special vocals, audience will love you for it, and your soundman will too. No. Yes. Do not cuff the mic.

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