Talk:Microphone stand

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Brute force Freddie
I'm not so sure about that story of him "...with such force..." Round-base cast iron (more likely some sort of mystery metal) mic bases are notorious for stripping out. Ask any roadie. I recall doing sound at the now-defunct Syria Mosque in Pgh for James Brown. His sound guy asked what we had; as I started to explain the monitor and FOH console layout he said, "No, no... mic stands. I need a round base; you got duct tape?"

He then proceeded to take the only old style round base mic stand at the venue, checked to see if the base wasn't stripped out, then put Brown's mic (SM 58) and clip on it. He then, with a joint hanging from his mouth, proceeded to wrap layers and layers of duct tape around the cord and stand just under the mic clip. "Most important thing..." he mentioned. He then told me of how Brown would do the dance, spin around and kick/tip the stand at the audience, pulling it back with the cable. "If that lets go, front-rower's get a mic stand in the face...."

https://media.gq.com/photos/5582d4e009f0bee564401990/master/w_800/entertainment-2012-07-james-brown-archive-piece-james-brown-628.jpg

I guess of you were on acid back in the day, the shiny mic stand coming at your face with all the stage lights, and then being retracted would leave some interesting "trails"

Wamnet (talk) 11:55, 27 April 2018 (UTC)