How to use the mic in a Radio enviroment , Mr DJ.

0:00 Video number one is all about using a microphone in a radio environmen

Alright folks, it's Jonathan here. I'm going to do two videos for you. This is video number one. In video number one we're going to be looking at these guys here, microphones, okay? Video number one is all about using a microphone in a radio environment. Video number two, hopefully the next one, we're going to be talking about using a microphone in a mobile, in a nightclub environment. Now then, they're similar because of one reason. You will use a microphone to make your voice louder so your voice can be heard over the music. That's it. That is exactly where it starts and finishes. The reason being is simply this. Now, I'm outside. I've got a blank screen behind me. Well, it's basically the wall of the house, OK? But that is almost... It's similar to radio because when you're in a nightclub environment, you've got flashy lights, people walking about everywhere, lots going on. Nine times out of ten in radio, it's you in a room, two speakers that you can hear your music from,

0:59 You've got a couple of turntables, CD players, DAT players, whatever,

You've got a couple of turntables, CD players, DAT players, whatever, jingle machine. That's it. 90% of the time when I did a radio show, I did one for quite a few years, it was just me. Occasionally I'd have guests, me mates, phone-ins, that sort of stuff, but it was always me most of the time. And I was talking into this. Now then, here's the difference, OK? Now, I'm now outside with no one else around, hopefully, because if there was they'd think I was a right nutter talking to myself. Thank goodness there's no one else around, OK? I'm talking to an inanimate object, which is the camera here. Now then, I'm talking to that camera personally. Hopefully, somewhere down the line there's going to be a lot of people watching this video. But I hope when you watch this video, I'll actually be talking to you personally. It's almost like two people having a conversation between each other. Not one person having a conversation next to one person, but then talking to 50 people around them. That is the concept.

1:58 You're having a thousand personal conversations

That's the whole idea of using the microphone on radio, you're talking to one person. Now hopefully when you're on radio you'll be talking to a thousand, ten thousand, a million, ten million people. But what you want is you want that thousand people to almost imagine you're talking to them personally. So you're having a thousand personal conversations. For example, something like this. You've just come home. I appreciate that. Do us a favour, stick your feet up, put the kettle on. I tell you what, make yourself a nice hot cup of tea because I'm going to play you a soul classic that will make you melt. Take it easy. Bang, tune comes in. Now you couldn't do that at all in a nightclub environment because they would think you were a nutter. But you could do that, you can do that on radio. That's all I'm going to say. Radio using the microphone is personal. If you can, have a nice...

Personal conversation with someone, then you can do radio. Right, I've got to go, my daughter's calling me. Thanks for watching, practice and enjoy. I'm coming! Hold on!

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