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Post by wisdom on Jan 4, 2021 18:36:04 GMT 2
Hello everybody!
first of all I would like to thank the webmaster for accepting my request and greet everyone since this is my first post.
Great site and forum... I spent the last couple of days checking and reading it and answering long time questions and curiosities.
There is one thing I coudn't find anything about and it's some info about Joey's white mic stand...I guess it's custom made, but I've always been wondering who did it, which material, if it's still the same since TFC time, if he has more then one, etc. This kind of things.
If anybody could help, really appreciated.
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Post by bobbydrake on Jan 5, 2021 1:34:47 GMT 2
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Post by endlessvoyageofdreams on Jan 5, 2021 2:18:48 GMT 2
There some interesting things about his mic stand in this interview ( www.rocktopia.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2113:fireworks-magazine-online-51-interview-with-joey-tempest-of-europe&catid=903:fireworksmagazine&Itemid=103): Another question Joey. What about your mic stand. How long have you had the current one and is it weighted to enable you to twirl it so well. You know, do you have engineers perhaps working on it?“One of them goes back to the 80’s. It’s my original. I have one original left, only, because I had a special firm to do those for me. I had a case for them and everything you know, but there’s only one left, and I’ve made a copy of it. That’s what I’m using mostly. It’s a bit heavier but it still works. We try to do work like that, one heavier and one original. The original’s a bit lighter, but it’s getting a bit, er, worn out. It still works though. But that’s the spare one, the original.” Cool. Well it’s nice that you’ve still got an original. Maybe you need to preserve it and look after it, you know, perhaps don’t use it live in case it gets broken or something.“Yeah exactly. Don’t take it on tour, maybe leave it at home. I don’t know. |
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Post by wisdom on Jan 5, 2021 19:03:04 GMT 2
That awkward feeling when there's nothing else to ask Well, you know, not really... Joey's mic stand and the way he moves it, is for sure one of his trademark.. I haven't seen anybody else doing the same and I have been attracted by it since I was a teenager. I am a musician and I've been singing in a band for long time, and I know that you can't do that with a standard mic stand and for sure every aspects have been studied in details (weight, material, mic holder, smaller stand base, etc,). But I agree with you, it's maybe a too much technical question and for the most could be a weird question.. |
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Post by wisdom on Jan 5, 2021 19:06:47 GMT 2
There some interesting things about his mic stand in this interview ( www.rocktopia.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2113:fireworks-magazine-online-51-interview-with-joey-tempest-of-europe&catid=903:fireworksmagazine&Itemid=103): Another question Joey. What about your mic stand. How long have you had the current one and is it weighted to enable you to twirl it so well. You know, do you have engineers perhaps working on it?“One of them goes back to the 80’s. It’s my original. I have one original left, only, because I had a special firm to do those for me. I had a case for them and everything you know, but there’s only one left, and I’ve made a copy of it. That’s what I’m using mostly. It’s a bit heavier but it still works. We try to do work like that, one heavier and one original. The original’s a bit lighter, but it’s getting a bit, er, worn out. It still works though. But that’s the spare one, the original.” Cool. Well it’s nice that you’ve still got an original. Maybe you need to preserve it and look after it, you know, perhaps don’t use it live in case it gets broken or something.“Yeah exactly. Don’t take it on tour, maybe leave it at home. I don’t know. Thanks a lot!! Very interesting indeed!! So, it's a copy of the original ones.. and there is only one left of the originals, which was done by a special firm under his specifications. Great info! Thanks! |
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