Serj Tankian talks about his vocal change | Why his vocals changed (q and a 24/may/2020
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- He says that it is artistically redundant. Imo he should revert back to his non-nasal voice because he has done the nasal one for way longer than the other one.
Well he used his new "nasal" voice in the songs from soad sooo yeah.
I mean Serj always had a nasaly voice and thats what make his voice sound ao amazing. Nasaly doesn't mean bad.
his voice has always had a nasally timbre, he just took out the screaming and pushed it a little higher up
@@damesoumbi dude he didnt sound nasal in toxicity, maybe in the self titled a little bit.
@@JPX64Channel Really? Songs like "Jet Pilot" say otherwise.
@@nephisgolfdriver2473 Even that one, not really.
A lot of people don’t know this, but metal screaming is something that takes practice, there are proper ways to do it without damaging your voice. You can’t just force a scream out, it causes damaged to your vocal cords. I believe Serj never used proper metal screaming techniques. Age doesn’t matter, he’s not too old for ANYTHING. Go look up metal screaming training and you’ll see. I still love Serj and I will always be a fan of him plus System 💙 Forever a Metal Head!
He didn’t just do metal screaming , he every fucking technique in the book from a crazy vocal fry , baritone , frenetic screams without control ….age does matter …. I am telling you … vocal cords are heavily dependent on the strength and resting tone of your larynx… and this is proven in the field of laryngology … his singing was done properly but there were some parts that would have killed off his vocal cords .hence he doesn’t do his vocal fry in his high singing anymore ….
Same thing for corey taylor during slipknot iowa album
If Serj used proper screaming techniques the songs wouldn't sound as good
@@ziudra91 That is true in some way. But nowadays I would love to hear him actually knowing how to do screams and using these instead of his whiny singing for heavy parts.
It’s funny, the people that do it wrong always sound the best, cobain, James hetfieid before he fucked up his voice and had to take lessons, pretty shure the dude from slipknot was just straight up screaming in the early days
People fail to understand that what he did 15-20 years ago is not so easy to do now that he is 55...For serj now to do what he did back in like 2001-2002 is quite impossible
have you seen the attack live video from 2015? (th-cam.com/video/uUg73htNNI4/w-d-xo.html)
I think he probably does one of his best screams ever here. he definitely can still do it, but I believe he chooses not to because it is damaging to his voice
He is not 55 lol wtf dude.
He's 54 actually
Kinda agree with that but i would say (like he said) it was something without experience and now he's voice has evolved and become different, and all in to the context of artistic speaking and age but more importantly on a musical approach :)
I totally agree with you, but his current voice is certainly not an evolution, haha. Nevertheless, in his prime he was untouchable.
The thing is... The old style even for him, is really hard to do with his age, and the vocal damage is very risky for his performances while doing the screams so... He maybe evolving. I know one day he's going to do that style again.
nothing's risky if done properly. he said that agressive singing tires him a lot
@@linkinkrap462 exactly.
He STILL can do it, but this tires him a lot, and like I said: he is getting older and his vocal chords too. That's a type of decay.
@@linkinkrap462 even if he does it properly hes still damaging his voice, any scream damages the voice l, singing tho, is about his singing but if you sing wrong you can still damage your voice
@@deucearmy1593 screaming doesnt damage your voice -.-
@@linkinkrap462 it does wtf
Serj has one of the most unique voices out there
*Everyone has a unique voice.* 🙄
@@earlaweese lies 😂
@@earlaweesesomeone Is offended😂
Yeah his voice has evolved, changed, however you want to call it.. but I think it's still him. His voice is actually pretty unique and distinct in the metal scene, no one sings like serj tankian. It may not be as energetic as it used to when he was in his 20s, which is natural, but I appreciate his performances. He rocks dude.
I just simply love him. Such an artist and a human. He really help me to pass over tough times and not only me, but you all guys. Serj will be one of the best vocalist of modern music ever
I think Serj has become disenchanted with heavy and more abrasive forms of music, which is why he's arrived where he's at. To each their own, but I greatly prefer where he was before musically in the old SOAD days.
He actually still uses his old screaming voice. Especially for their song WAR during live shows. I noticed he uses it when necessary or when the screaming is needed otherwise he sings as he does on his solos now
He should at least do a little bit of his younger voice not all, but then again we have to respect his beliefs as we're not Serj and we don't know what he's thinking.
My opinion if we have to convince him to release the unreleased System songs when we've been doing that for over 10 years its no use "convincing" him to revert to his older voice.
In that same q and a he said that he will release songs that were meant for system, but obviously the system record didnt happen. They havent been able to come eye to eye artistically. But he is gonna release the songs that he wrote for system sometime this year.
@@lovethesystem5316 Earlier last year he also said we had to convince him to release the music
Daron Malakian's Fedora yeah but here he said that he will release it 🙃
@@lovethesystem5316did he release it? Or just that awful Godzilla cover?
Let me translate: “I can’t scream like that anymore.”
SOAD was perfect chaos and probably can never happen again. love it for what it was
More people need to see this, especially the ones who are upset about the way he sings and etc
Not being upset, just disappointed that he's not gonna return to his old style of singing, because the new one is inferior, at least for me.
@@Giofear imagine being 55, would you still want to scream full force every show every live performance literally damaging your vocal chords just to sound the same as you did literally 20 years ago? You already did it, he has several albums with that vocal style you enjoy, why not just listen to those and just be grateful they are still performing? I definitely understand that live the vocals are weird to people who don’t understand what he’s trying to achieve, he’s forsure trying to prolong his career so he can continue to make songs for his fans but he can’t do that if his vocal chords are ruptured from years of growling and yelling.
@@blazewwefan666 you are so right
His voice is awesome, the problem is that someone said that he sounds like Squidward and now I can’t get it outta my head
everyone keeps saying he might have damaged his vocals before but you gotta remember serj is not just another random metal or punk singer. he is very skilled and careful with how he sings and how he keeps his voice in such good condition. tbh I think he just got tired of the sound. he had a pretty similar voice through out most of soad's discography and as one of the most artistic people I can think of I think he really did justt want to do something different. if you do art for as long as he has even doing vocals in the same style can get tedious and boring. now I do think age also played a part as no one keeps the same sound or vocal range as they go from their late 20's to their elder years but I don't think that was the main reason for the change. with soad I don't really think it fits so much but with his solo stuff it's beautiful and I think that's probably another reason why he changed his style. he didn't want to do the same stuff he did in soad.
Grande Serj ❤
These guys have been playing for 10-20-30 years. Same thing happened to Maynard. His vocals have evolved a ton since the old days and people always get mad at him for not screaming the way he used to. I don’t expect for them to have the same vocal abilities they had when they were younger and think it’s reasonable for vocal styles to change.
Maynard still can scream, check out the new Opiate
@@josephbelford4163 Serj can still scream and growl also. Check out No Tomorrow from the game metal hellsinger. Serj goes old school and really shows off his range.
I just want to know if he *can* do the old voice. I don't care if he decides to sing differently. I'm just curious as to wether or not he has physically lost his ability to scream like in self titled and toxicity and steal this album
@Quartz Oh true. that would not be a good look if he admitted he can't
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Check the bridge, the TRUE powerful "scream" happens around 2:09. Not a growl, but actual shout with a rasp voice - sounded just like the old days. Also I'm sure he did the same thing on more performances of ADD in recent years. Check out and see.
So I guess he's old voice is still there in him, somewhere. But he doesn't want to use it and most likely he wouldn't be capable of doing it more.
Also bear in mind that sadly, his singing wasn't and isn't technically proficient. His singing technique isn't the best (altho he produced great vocals back in the day)
no, ur answer is wrong ... definetly serj can be scream like in suggestions song
He's talked about this before. He said he can still do it, but it takes a lot out of him.
It was never a matter of if Serj was able or not able to pull off the vocal performance he had in the past, he simply doesn't want to do it, and he has the artistic ability and liberty to choose what vocal style works best for what he wants to express.
I think a possibility for him in the future would be to dial some of the more aggressive vocals in a carefully selected matter, kind of like what he has done in live shows.
Why his vocals changed ? Seriously ?
1. He's been screaming for years
2. He's old
This is the equivalent of wondering as to why an athlete cannot run as fast at 55 compared to being 25 .
I know its simple to understand 😌 😊
Finaly the video i was looking for for a time 😅
Next i want a video of changes in daron personality 😅🥰
Español: básicamente le preguntan a Serj Tankian acerca de su voz actual. Él dice que su manera de cantar ha evolucionado a medida del tiempo, y que cantar como lo hacía antes (1998-2005) es artísticamente redundante.
Gracias amigo 😁
En teoría: se aburrió de gritar como antes jaja
Ae caralho aq é Brasil vamo dominar saporra
his speaking voice is so youthful
He’s definitely brought in the goat scream to his singing technique over the last 10years. Goat to human ratio is 40/60 atm
He never lost if but afaik he doesn't like to do it because he wasn't into it like the other members that's why in their later years their songs highlighted his voice more and the way he like to sing it. They were doomed from the start, he wasn't as passionate to their style compared to the other members but as they said it's not the fault of one member as they can always have a workaround and maybe change their overall style but that is risky and they chose to end it at their best and go down without a song hated by their fans.
He does make a point.
doing the best voice era of soad is redundant
You all can't create together because they're all full of themselves and have to much money. Follow the guitar player he is the one who brings the most hard sound
Robert Plant sang with reckless abandon in the first few years of Zeppelin, and toured extensively. He had no idea how to protect his voice. That caused damage, required surgeries, and he's never been the same. He's still great, but he had to really change his approach to singing because he lost a lot of his power and high end.
Robert Plant is the best example of of pissing away a gift. He didn’t know any better but the touring, drugs, and overall lifestyle cost him his voice. He was one of the best and recognizable voices on the planet in his prime and he blew it out before he was 30. As you said, his voice is still fine for what he does now. I’ve seen him live. But his might be the biggest cautionary tale there is.
He still stands as one of the greatest vocalists ever imo, it was a glorious sacrifice
I just listened to Zep’s 1/26/69 show this morning. My god his voice was a force back then.
Okay, so, he could sing brutally, he just does not want to. I have always known that...
Everybody has really
@@mikefobfan101 No, many people are bullshitting that it's just his aging and other blablas.
He should just admit that he cant do it anymore. He cant scream and be powerful, he has to protect his voice
100 million subscribers mentally
All seriousness aside, with my eyes closed, I thought I heard Will Ferrell talking.
When he was talking‘ All call him like that I swear to fuck I thought I was looking at Will Ferrell
corey taylor: "first time?"
Swallow your pride and do what made you a band compromise
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Summary “I don’t know”
"i dunno"
ok, cool
I don’t know if it’s me but I feel like people don’t always sound the same when they age peoples voices change look at Axl Rose he doesn’t sound the same. M shadows from Avenged Sevenfold doesn’t sound the same as from when they first started and they probably had one of the best voices for rock and metal imo.
He has the same voice of Will Ferrell
Serj fans are his worst haters
He was talking, but he didn't answer.
Chester Bennington of Linkin park voice changed the amount of tours the do and age they just cannot keep screaming like that end of its impossible
Och, just do stuff like you've done before in the past. It never hurt Motorhead or the Ramones. Fuck it.
it's not about him screaming more and all really I just don't like when he sings very nasally on the clean vocal parts
because he got old
Serj is a great vocalist, he just needs to stay in his range and control his breathing better. It seems like he gasses himself out a lot nowadays.
Can't blame him, but the vocals from his new EP "elasticity" are awfully annoying
I remember his saying something around the lines as it was supposed to sound similiar to Toxicity but with more chords and piano. But as what I see, well hear. Nothing is similar to Toxicity, the guitar riffs are just generic rock, its not bad but not Amernian enough to be considered like toxicity. Piano work isnt bad, but I find off how It can go from smooth and elegant to BOOM Random Rock Riff. Thats probaby the only thing I can relate it to Toxicity, but only the song, not the album. But even with that, When it comes down to the Toxicity song, the riffs, and the smooth parts are in a rhythem.
Smooth, Rock, Smooth, Rock, Smooth, Rock, Breakdown, Rock. Every song from Elascity so far just seems randomly thrown in. The only song where there seems to be some for of Pattern that makes is the Elasticity song. His voice which I dont mind that much, its not bad at all, but I dont think his younger voice would sound to different in this songs then how he sounds now. His voice doesnt sound too different when hes softly singing its when he gets loud is where you see he has no rasp and all nasal, The only song I can see benefiting from his old voice is Elasitcity however it would only change the song by like 2%
@@Mazettic I think the EP is kinda nice for me, made me miss SOAD more than Scars on Broadway's Dictator, but his high notes on the EP are too much "comic" sometimes, he seems like he's trying to mimic vocal antics from the SOAD days (little girl voice from "bounce" for example) and it seems unfocused to me, but yeah it has its moments
@@Mazettic one example I can think of easily, is when the russiangirl is checking Serj Tankian tattoo and he's singing something like "Far and away, where the sorcerers have seen the lore
Turning night into day" I really don't like his voice there
i kind of agree with you, not to critizice serj he is great but his vocals at the "Electric yerevan" chorus can't get worse, i mean these high and a low octave vocals doesnt sound good at all, it is better to just make some harmonies instead of plain octaves, i like the elasticity song, is quite good for me
Poor Zlatan :(
PS: I know it's joke
well i can sing like serj
Go sing like you and make money if you have that vocal range. Focus on dynamics in a mic. You don’t need all the volume, it amplifies your voice.
i need a person who can play guitar for me
@@sweetbananabeats1668 good luck :)
I sing worse...
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Lo pueden traducir al español
why does he talk with a foreign accent, he is from LA...
For some reason this video is not letting me like it
Damn. So SOAD band memebers really dont like each other i guess😐
Osama!?
so cool in denial
I've listened to a few of their songs and would like to like them but I find them unlistenable.
try vicinity of obscenity. that album is pretty melodic
@@joehiggons1993 worst song to introduce someone to soad
EGO
So I’ve pronouncing his name wrong for years? I’ve been saying it like “surge.” Also, I say SOAD like one one word, he goes S-O-A-D…
Your voice doesn't evolve as you get older it deteriorates
I've heard him speak about not seeing "eye to eye" with the band previously but honestly, somebody in that band needs to grow up and get over their ego for the sake of what they can offer the world and many they can help. They talk about liberal ideas and yet can't get over their own greed of credit and money. And that's exactly what it is, greed. I say "they" but we all know which members of the band are causing the problems.
Expecting a singer to perform at the same level at 55 that they did at 35 is like asking an athlete to do the same, it's just not possible, the body ages unfortunately.
laughs in mike patton
Sucked then, sucks now.
He reminds me of Osama Bin Laden