I do it so I can hold the lyric sheet just below the mic and be able to see it without the mic body in the way.
Gahhh! BBC eng' rule One. NEVER! let an artist have bits of paper!
Dave.
Especially if those bits of paper are considered legal tender.NEVER! let an artist have bits of paper!
What if it's written in crayon?
Don't forget to invert the polarity since the mic is inverted.
Mikes are upside mostly because it looks cool.
Well mostly. It used to be done to keep the heat from the tube effecting the capsule. I can't speak for modern mics, but it's the reason you see the U47 hung upside down.