How to overcome mic shyness For the Mobile DJ

0:01 This particular video is about using your microphone

Alright guys, this particular video is about using your microphone. Now there are still a lot of mobile DJs out there that are very scared of something like this. There's no need to be because all it is, is a long thing with a speaker on the end, there's a bit of a long thin jiggly bit there and on the other end of it there's a plug-in thing that goes directly to the plug-in point on the plug-in mixer and when you're talking here, it gets very loud through the speakers. That's about it really. But how do you get over becoming a little bit too scared about using this in front of people? Right, there's many ways. One way is just to not use it at all. The other way is to practice and practice. But this is one way. Now you'll notice how I've got the camera set up and I'm recording me and this microphone and I'm looking at me in the mirror.

1:01 Get a camera, microphone

I need a shave actually. Excuse me. Right, very simple. Get a camera, microphone. I'm looking at, oh my god I'm ugly, actually not so bad. That's nice, not bad. That's pretty horrible. Now I'm using the microphone. I'm going to talk into the microphone while I'm looking at myself. Now that may seem really stupid. What you're doing is you're using the microphone, you're talking into the microphone. You're talking into it even though it's not plugged in and you're looking at yourself. Now you're actually acknowledging yourself in the mirror while you're using the microphone. Therefore, psychologically you're getting used to seeing you talking into this while you're filming yourself. That seems a little bit bizarre

But there is a lot of psychology behind this he says, I think I hope so What you need to do then, a lot of people don't like to hear that you're recording in the middle of your mic. It's better to go into the back of the camera a little bit further away from the microphone and be able to hear yourself in the back of the mic. themselves so it's good job there's not an echo in here otherwise i'd have to see them hear myself no right so what you want to do then is once you've recorded yourself play it back and watch yourself now also this thing here sounds very crazy but and believe me try and do this when no one's looking at you because they think you're rather stupid people think i'm stupid anyway i don't care walk around the house talking into the microphone maybe if you're having a phone call

Have the microphone there try and get used to holding it more importantly try and get used to talking down this guy in front of the mirror while you're filming yourself and then watch the film back this could be stage one because trust me the one thing stopping a lot of people from using the microphone is themselves think about that oh practice and enjoy thank you

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