I currently use a Shure SM57 for my vocal mic (while playing the acoustic guitar). I find that I need to be right on top of the mic for good sound. I'd like to sing a few inches from the mic and have a little bit of freedom to move around while playing and singing. Plus when I use my ipad for lyrics/chords it's really hard to read the ipad while playing the guitar and need to be right on top of the mic. (Yes, I know, I should learn the songs better and ditch the ipad. That will happen eventually. But in the meantime....) If I have more gain (say, using a cloudlifter) will that let me back away a few inches from the mic? Or is it better just to get a different mic? And if the latter, what mic? I'd use this setup playing live and at home. Thanks!

Yo been a while since I've posted anything. A little recording (first verse and chorus) of Lucky Stars by Coheed and Cambria - one of their slower songs. I love Coheed's vocals in general, but these gentler songs have a massive impact isolated and especially when contrasted with the rest of their music catalogue. My vocals are weak here, but I figure if I never try and sing these higher notes I'll get strengthen them. Oh well, enjoy (maybe)

Let's get hyped for our Feedback Friday which is me giving feedback to our community's posts live on stream! Will be around an hour late starting cause I’m performing. TO GET FEEDBACK: - If you don’t have a video you can ask a question in your comment. - Post a link to your video in a comment on this thread - If you don't know to share a video CLICK THIS LINK (You upload your video as unlisted video on youtube and share the link) - In your comment please state what area of help you're after, the more specific the better. - Do not make your videos longer than 2 mins. - Do not explain in your video I'll skip it and go straight to the playing. - I will watch videos by levels starting from highest to lowest: All level 4 students first, all level 3, etc. - To gain levels engage in the community with posts and comments, every like on your comments/posts gets you a point and points get you levels, it's a video game. - Refrain from offering feedback to others, only show support and encouragement.

Sorry fam, I’ve burnt the candle at both ends and I’m catching pokemon and chilling with fam today while I recover. See y’all tomorrow!

Just a quick update, we're officially launching the paid community this week and I've removed members who joined but never posted/inactive to keep numbers down and clean. Students that will be entering our community will now be paid members at $199/month. We'll be introducing affiliate links as soon as the feature is available. When you refer a student with your code you will collect 30% of their monthly fee and will be able to make money from this community. Thank you all for the hard work you've put in to make this a product I'm super proud of and we'll continue to move forward with some fun new things coming soon ;)