i have always felt more comfortable holding a mic stand in my left hand and the mic in my right..i love using a stand cause im from the school of thought that the show should be as visual as audible..ive always loved triwling the stand around like a baton but you better be using a wireless when you do that..used to drape scarfs from it too..worst part is, is that steven tyler (aerosmith) never thanked me once for the idea