Loud vocal in mix

[Daniel Lanois]

I'm always searching for the best technique. I've had good recent experience with a U47 three feet back from me. It served well for the vocal but also the acoustic guitar that I was playing. The 47 had no shock mount and therefore picked the sound of my foot thumping thru the wood floor. That's as close as I've come to some of the old blues recordings that I've heard and liked.