Draven Grey

Bravo! This is exactly my intent from my words. @muffinhead, I see you working hard in TFPOS. I have no doubt you can do whatever you want with your voice as long as you stay determined to do so. Don't let "I wish I could..." or "If only..." ever stand in the way of knowing you'll reach your goals because you will stop at nothing to do so. I don't want to hijack this thread though. So to relate that back... I've had a lot of pleasure teaching an SLS student how to belt. They have amazing control of their voice. Sadly, I've yet to meet one that has the strength to sing in a full voice after a few notes above their bridge.

You will.

I've considered inventing something, but have been hoping that someone already did. I'll talk to some of my physicist friends about it.

I have a great Atlas rolled steel mic stand. It's the only one in the last 20 years that I haven't bent out of shape or broken (there have been a lot of stands). It's the only one that has been able to handle having a heavy Heil Fin mic on top while I drag it around the stage and swing it around like a performance cane. However, dragging it around it a sound guy's nightmare. The steel base dragging across wood is not a pleasant sound to have travel through the stand, through the mic, and out the PA. I tried a rubber base, but it was just as bad. I added a quick release on both ends of the stand, so I can remove the mic or mic stand base and run around to my heart's content. However, with the upcoming Rock Circus Masquerade touring show The Silent Still's been working on, leaving any part of the stand in the middle of the stage is quickly becoming a hazard. Sadly, I have to move to a headset mic for most of the show now, but there are still a few songs that are full on rock concert in performance. Any ideas on how to dampen the sound/friction so I can drag my stand around? I've even considered having my mic re-engineered to suspend the internal capsule. But I'm hoping I don't need to 're-invent the wheel.'