[Dixielandjazz] Megaphones?

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Ahhh  but Ed:

Using it as a Mute would be defeating it's original purpose, it is to 
let Okom bands compete at a volume level with ROCKERS, IS IT NOT ?

CHEERS,

TOM  HUH ?? WHASATUSIAD?" WIGGINS

-----Original Message-----
From: boreda at sbcglobal.net
To: tcashwigg at aol.com; dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 4:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Megaphones?

    But Tom, how do they use the black stand and need big ears to hold 
the cone up.
  What kind of mute could be fashioned from the very top after it has 
been run over a hundred times?
  
 Just conjuring an image
  
 Rudy's megaphone  for musical content
  
 Slainte
  
 Ye Olde Mouldy Fygge
  
 Ed (neat, no back please)  Coltrin
  

tcashwigg at aol.com wrote:
 Hey Guys:

The California Transit Authority distributes them for Free all along
construction sites on California Highways, Nice Pretty Orange ones,
help yourself, they usually have ten or twenty of them strung along the
highway, I'm sure they won't mind them getting dual use. :))

They are also much more durable than the old cardboard models, heck you
can even run over them a few times with the equipment van and they
still bounce right back to their regular shape. :)) Place them on
stage with a couple of flashing emergency lights inside and you can
have your own visual show for your band as well. :)) Put more visual
excitement into OKOM, and if you have dunce in the band, or if the
whole band is made up of dunces they make lovely band hats. One color
Orange and size fits all:)) The go well with WITCHES OUTFITS ON
HALLOWEEN TOO:))


Cheers,

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: tubaman at tubatoast.com
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Megaphones?

I did a search a while back for one - our drummer is our main singer

and he thought it might work for non-amped gigs. I did not find much
on The Internets, just these plastic ones:
http://www.ramgraphics.com/cheer.poms.html and
http://www.teamsportswear.com/cheerleadinguniforms/sub/
cheerleadingmegaphones

We didn't get one so I have no idea how good they are.

You might have to search antique stores or eBay for a real old
fashion cardboard one. I actually have seen some over the years of
antique shopping but they seemed to be quite expensive for what they
are.

I have never seen a dedicated megaphone stand - a mic stand or cymbal
stand could be made to work.

Dave Richoux


On Nov 16, 2006, at 1:40 PM, Kent Murdick wrote:

> What's the deal with megaphones? Where can you get a good one? Are
> there megaphone stands avaiable or should I just modify a mike stand?
> BTW, our group does not like amps, sound men, music stands, music
> lights
> or music just to name a few things.
>
> Kent
>
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