MIC TECHNIQUE: PERFORMANCE
🎤 The mic is already part of your performance, whether you’re using it or letting it use you.
👀 Microphones aren’t invisible. The audience can see it, which means every choice you make with it is storytelling.
🤔 On the stand vs. off the stand isn’t a technical decision, it’s a narrative one. Same with height, grip, distance, and angle.
🖐️ One hand, two hands, hands nowhere near it… those are physical beats. Hold them longer than feels comfortable. Let them read.
🎸 Treat the mic like a rock guitarist treats their instrument. Lean in. Step away. Tilt the stand. That’s choreography, not decoration.
🚫 Nervous mic-switching and constant on/off-the-stand moves blur intention. Big shifts need big reasons.
⭐️ Everything tells a story: where your eyes go, how your body changes when you approach vs. retreat, what moment earns the physical escalation.
🧑🎤 The mic is a prop, a partner, and part of your physical vocabulary. Don’t ignore it. Let it support the arc, the emotion, the persona.
