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HMX On The Road Seattle

September 1, 2008 by John Drake

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Got to meet a bunch of you, which was amazing. We all took turns filling in for less than 4 person bands, leading to the following conclusion:

The right sized Mic Clip is important.

I enjoy rocking out while singing. I make a pretty significant ass of myself. This often involves waving the mic stand around etc etc. We have a straight stand out here in Seattle (which is my favorite kind when I'm not playing an instrument.) But, the rock band mic isn't a standard sized microphone. I find it's comparable to the larger barrelled Shure wireless mic, which has a less tapered body and a thicker overall composition than say, your industry standard SM58.

What does this mean? It means you can cram a Rock Band mic into a standard mic clip, but, like a dog in a sweater, it isn't going to be happy.

http://kotaku.com/5043971/tristan-rocks-pax-08

That link goes to a video of my performance with the most adorable rocker we had, Tristan Crecente, and his dad, Kotaku Editor Brian Crecente, at our PAX booth on "Hungry Like the Wolf". Why do I bring this up? Because, about 30 seconds in or so, you can see the microphone explode out of its clip and hit me in the face. Johnlok said that I "dropped it" etc, but I claim MIC CLIP EXPLOSION.

Just for the record. Thanks again to all the awesome guys at penny arcade for putting on the best event of 2008 (other than our who concert) and for all the forum goers who came to hang with us. I think Johnlok and henry and HMXaleX have some pretty great stories/photos that they'll be sharing soon. Until then, ROCK ON!

Yours,
HMXJD

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