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Met this talented brother. He’s the real deal. Even gave me his contact.

2:52 I cried tears of joy that this was pointed out...treat us soundguys right and we'll treat your performance better.

Aspiring Vocalists! Listen to this man. This stuff he’s sharing with you is the real deal. I wish I had this video when i started singing live. I had to learn this by hard way, by making the mistakes he will help you avoid. These are pearls of wisdom dropping all thru this video. Thank you, Mr. Scott.

I started singing in church . This lesson was very helpful . Christ bless you !

I love the way you're not ashamed to admit to your very own mistakes that's the only way we're going to learn, grow & get better 😊 We live & we learn 💯 You are 1 of my favorite artists/singers 😍😍🥰❤❤

This is excellent! As a singer uncertain about what the heck to do on stage this has been invaluable!

Thank you Sweetwater, for bringing us this lesson in mic handling by one of the towering legends of R&B vocals.

One of the best Tutorials I've heard on Mic Technique that I have seen! Excellent Marcus!! Love your voice also! Great teacher!

He should also be a comedian because I was laughing the whole time. “ last time I check slapping the mic was not an instrument”.😂😂😂

This is so good!! Definitely sharing. One thing I thought of to add is that if you point the mic toward the speaker that creates the feedback. So whether the monitor is on the floor, or there is a speaker to the side of the stage (smaller gigs) avoid facing the cone of the mic towards the cone of the speaker.

Also phenomenal singing brother, nice to meet u

Really helpful for a gig with a microphone -- I rarely have to use them, but this tutorial will help alot!

This is great! Thank you so much!

What a pro. Thank you!

Even for the audiance your advice is good. thx to you

Thanks for the Mic.Techniques. Very helpful.

I so love the engineer part😊

This is so helpful! Thank you so much!

Great video! Very informative, cheers

Thanks this was very helpful 👍

What great clear tips. Thanks. You sound and look great to boot.❤

Thank you so much for these priceless tips and advice ice. Much appreciated.

Very helpful Thankyou ✨

Thank you for your advice. Valuble session

Excellent advice. Thank you!

Awesome, very informative!!

Very very helpful thank you

Beautifully explained 🙌 Thanks a lot for the inputs 🎤🎤🎤

This is really useful for me. Thank you ! ❤️🙏

I really enjoy learning from your streams. Thank you for this! I never thought I would ever be into singing and yet here we are. You never know what the Universe has in store for your life. Never give up on yourself!

Great stuff man! Thanks! 👍

2nd time performing tonight, previously performed at the local pub. Tonight performing on a big stage for a national open mic show with hundreds in the audience. Watching videos for tips. Thank you for this x

Thank you so much.... This is so educative and thorough

Thank you very much Marcus.

Awesome job !!

Very great tips!

This video is so helpful! I'm a music educator and I can't wait to share these tips with my students!

Great video! Thx!

Excellent video with very informative content !

I love this. Thank you!

excellent and articulate - the real deal

This is great, thanks!

i love this video. I'm a singing guitarist sometimes i having troubles singing sometimes.

I work for a live event production company as a foh and monitor engineer and I wish I could send this to everyone who walks onto our stages before hand some how lolll

Very professional. Great tips!

Thank you

Thank You

Thank you so much!

Looking for techniques for recording Pop songs and happened on this! Super cool! Awesome video Marcus Scott!

Wish I would have watched this mic video first. Lots of very conflicting information about this topic. This is so helpful to me! Thanks so much.

Thank you, Sir.

Great useful advice 👍

Great info

Sounds great

thnx

This is amazing Marc

I spent many years trying to hear myself and I finally got in-ear monitors. Now I just tell the sound engineer to cut the stage monitors, and I listen to my own mix. It takes some getting used to because you can feel a bit disconnected from the room mix, but I can still hear the crowd. Now my biggest challenge is to be more graceful and not get tangled up with the mic cable catching on other gear ( like the mic stand or keyboard stand) I could get a wireless mic, but it's one more thing to charge and connect 🤔 and I have seen singers run out of battery halfway through a song

Hey Marcus! Really great tips.

Well done!!!!

Perfect content👏👏👏

Awesome

AMAZING VIDEO

Thanks a lot

This is gold

Big Thank u sir 😌😌

3:40 keeping the fingers kinda on the mic to intentionally distort the sound is a valid technique

Awesome!🎵🎶🎷🥁🎸🎤

Good no nonsense information.

I came for belt tips with mic use I left with more info thanks. Not sure when it will all become useful but thanks non the less

Super professionalism and It shows all thorough the video. Thanks for sharing. I know a 'singer 'who would benefit from this vide, i.e me!

Ahaha, great sense of humor. Brilliantly explained!

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Wow great

Nice video

Thanks! Surprisingly the Senheisser manual says about 2” from mouth to mic. Could be different case for professional singers like him. Maybe different school of thought depending on singers. I’m a newbie sound guy mixing for foh, I advise my singers to keep close when engaged in singing for consistency with what has been gain staged during sound check. Our singers all have mic stand. If you have 4 singers imho it will be more difficult to fader ride all at same time when they keep moving away from mic.

U sound good!!

I got a microphone stand clip from piano and I really like to sing.

Cool

I need a masterclass on mic STAND performance. I need to learn how to use the stand like an instrument.

Thank you ! Very good video ! I laught allot too !

What are some tips using a mic while playing guitar?

LMAO the microphone slap ... need to get me one of them =P

i sang in concert a few weeks ago with a mic and they told me i had to sing closer to the mic in the louder sections of the song…. any idea as to why that is?

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Hi , I have a question in regards to gain levels for dynamic mics .. I use a sennheiser 835 and 935 .. I have a really hard time getting the gain levels correct .. if I use higher gain I’m able to pull away from the mic and sing lower but i feel like the mics are so sensitive you hear every single thing including every lip smack which sucks .. if I lower the gain and raise the volume it’s a bit better but I have to be right up on the mic .. I’m sure some of my problem is technique but can anyone recommend anything to help me ? I just do acoustic songs .. I’m just trying to dial this in bc I find I’m more worried about this and not sounding bad than actually playing .. thank you for the help!

I really wish sweetheart would do something like this for a choir.

Also cupping the mic up high defeats the microphones functionality

Don't point the back of the mic directly at the monitors if it's a hyper or super cardioid. They are sensitive directly behind the capsule.

Nice - Interesting - I got a lot done with one stereo mic and have over thirty videos showing the process if anyone is interested.

The microphone 🎤 🎙 slap 🤣🤣🤣

This brotha got the Sam Cooke Al Greene voice very gifted

Wonderful Tips.

good video, but starting to look dated for the one reason of the scene with the mask. We all lived through that and I am so glad it is behind us. If you get around to rerecording this without the mask I would like to know because I have need of a video like this I can share with as a resource for people learning microphone skills.

This is helpful information for vocalists. Unfortunately, your presentation is marred by plosives due to failure to use a pop filter with this implosive-sensitive mic. Another commenter referred to this problem as sibilance.

This guy says "best results" more often than I get feedback from the speakers.

I have a problem with pulling back too much, overestimating how loud I’m going to be 😂 I’m here just trying to find the answer

Great Video Never cup the mic Besides the bad sound it causes feedback big time

Remember guys you’re not making a duet with the mic stand !! 😅 ... been guilty of this in the past .

Which one is better between At2035 and AKG p420? Specifically for Female Alto vocals. Hoping to receive your valuable suggestion.