Sound Equipment In Magic Shows: A Must If You Want To Be Seen
And Heard
So you have practiced your routine well. You know what to do,
what to say and what to wear. There is nothing else you need to
do or check prior to your on stage performance. Or is there?
Yes there is. Remember that you will be performing before a live
audience. An audience needs to, besides see the best part of
your act and your costume, hear what you have to say to
captivate their attention.
It is a requirement that every performer who go on stage must
not forget the essential three things in order to have a good if
not a positively unforgettable performance: an appropriate
costume, a case for where to put your props in, and - drum roll
please - sound.
These three things are the essential must haves, besides the
usual add-ons to up any show's theatrical value. But you are on
the safe side as long as these three basic requirements are
heeded and paid utmost attention to.
Even if you have a totally amazing, mind blowing performance
which you practiced day in and day out to make it perfect, if
the audience you are performing to cannot hear a word you are
saying and so cannot understand what it is that they are
supposed to, it would be very difficult - on their part - to
appreciate all the efforts you put in to have a good show.
Every performer who is to go in front of a live audience must
have a microphone. Duuuh! Do not forget, it should not be just a
microphone, it should be a microphone plus a working, if not
excellent, sound equipment.
There are magic act performers who prefer, and find it best, to
use a Shure clip on their microphones as well as an amazingly
powerful yet extremely simple Fendor Can Amp.
But over all, it really does not matter what type, what brand,
what kind of sound equipment you use. What does matter is that
your equipment must be able to provide a clear, crisp sound
throughout the venue and one that will make the audience hear
you as well as laugh at, applaud at, and be in awe at the
appropriate moment you would want them to.
However, there are those kinds of performers who cannot
wholeheartedly as well as logically appreciate the value of
having their own sound equipment. Most of the time, the audience
suffer from this kind of technical negligence.
Some performers think that as long they speak loudly - and carry
a big magic stick - everyone in the room would be able to hear
them.
Or sometimes, they assume - wrongly most of the time - that the
people who organized the event or the venue that they will be
working or performing in will be the ones to provide the sound
equipment they need.
The best way to go is to assume nothing and bring everything.
Your very own sound equipment will definitely work best for you.
You benefit more from being prepared and the audience will just
as enjoy your company, your act, your performance and probably
talk to you later on for other gigs. And all this will be
possible because of your sheer foresight.
Someone once said that persons with microphones cannot and
should not be trusted. This may be a correct and incorrect
statement. It all depends on who is holding the mic.
Microphones, more often than not, provide speakers with the
power to hold an audience captive. For anyone holding a
microphone, and whoever is holding that one and only microphone
in a crowded room - that person is definitely the only one whom
people will be hearing all throughout.
Absolute ownership of the mic gives anyone absolute power as
well as prestige. It also gives the impression that the one
holding the mic is worth hearing, seeing, and listening to.
Those are benefits that any performer could consider as -
definitely - priceless.
The same concept applies to any music that a performer will be
using for his or her act. If there is to be music on the show
that you will be staging, do not forget to use equipment that
looks professional as well as provide a service that is
professional, if not brilliant.