There’s always room for more Miley on this blog.

(A singer is really good when there’s no reverb on the mic [often called a “karaoke mic” in the business] and if they sing really close in to the mic, which means that the voice isn’t deep in the mix and the singer is good enough to control her pitch and volume. Singers — good singers, anyway — get told to “eat the mic” because stage microphones like Miley is singing into here are passive, so the closer the source of the sound is to them, the better. But when you are a bad singer, it’s not to your advantage to eat the mic, because you’ll need to rely more on reverb, pre-recorded double-tracking, backup singers, and other techniques to make you sound better. Miley sounds great with no reverb and essentially a neutral mic and board. She has mega talent and perfect control.)