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No matter what I do, i can't get your mic/gear page to display. Turned off all anti-virus, ads, vpn...nothing's coming up. Don't worry about solving my problem though; I was just checking it because I was curious; I live in Portugal anyway. I'm just mentioning it because I know it's part of your income, and you didn't perhaps didn't notice it.
it is nice to see that there are videos with a complete explanation in contrast with these videos who promise to explain something and instead show how they sing and finally don't explain anything or point you to their overpriced lesson.. This is the best explanation I found so far. Thanks for providing us with these videos! Very to the point and very clear
Thanks very much! That's my goal, to provide tutorials that have good, practical tips that people can actually USE. It is disheartening to see tutorials with only singing and little to no information on HOW they are singing. One of the "red flags" of a vocal coach who might not be that fantastic is a lack of specific, practical information on HOW to execute or work on specific techniques. I'm going to be making a video on this soon, tips for finding a good vocal instructor. This is also why I began with tutorials and have only a few singing examples on the actual Voicehacks channel, because you can Google me if you want to see me sing with bands/scream etc. and it's time to give everyone some information and real useful stuff for a change. Thanks much and I've got more coming - things are going up to the next level in 2017! \m/
Thanks, subscribed! I'm a men who is also looking for a light rasp in the lower range. This is the mid-range and the higher range. Is this with the same technique? I can do it a bit with the trick of starting with a humming sound that goes over in a raspy humming that you can also convert in a scream. It sometimes works in a higher range, but the lower is with to much tension. Also my singing teacher says I have to much tension in my voice. ut it's much less the last year(s). Thank you very much once again.
Hmmm.. Do you really find "imagine noise in your mouth and it will come naturally" informative? Like.. I need to contract muscles to do it, mental image won't do it for me. If i didn't learn to engage false cords beforehand, i'd have had no idea how to do it
@@puckspirit2573 same i say hahaha i know this girl tried to be informative, but there's not much here, no exercises, nothing about the muscles involved, or at least something like "use vocal fry" or "dont use it". ill keep searching XD
I can sing well cleanly, but have been getting into heavier stuff and have been struggling to sing with grit without hurting myself. In the past month or so I've watched a bunch of videos, and by far this was the most helpful. Your explanation of visualizing singing up and over with the graph helped immediately and over the course of the day I got it and can now sing with high distortion without any pain! You're the best! Thanks!
Thank you so much for making this video! I'm so tired of singing "pretty". I immediately added these techniques to a song I've Been Working On and it's exactly what I've been looking for. thank you.
I honestly can't believe that this worked, holy macarony. For years I've been madly trying to get an alternative to my plain voice, which is nice for a lot of stuff but just kills the mood for a lot of songs still. This is sincerely an amazing revelation o.o I'm gonna practice the heck out of this now :D Thank you so much for making this video 4 years back!
I used to sing metal with a bad technique, but now I want to learn how to sing properly so I checked this video. Thanks a lot! I've learned a lot from this. You're a good teacher! You earned another subscriber :) More power.
I tried your technique and ended up growling or screaming, instead, and when I tried to imagine the noise from my mouth, it's all clean. I'm really struggling to get it right, guess I'm not very good with abstraction, can you give me a glimpse on how it feel when you sing with grit? Like how open your throat is... Please help!
5:04 I can’t even begin to describe how delicious that grit sounds (I could, but I’d just ramble on and on and on lol) Thank you so much for sharing this!!
The best video tutorials I have ever seen!!! Very understandable and clear! And of course the beauty of this lady makes it even better!!! Finally I found the right place to learn the vocal techniques!!! Thank you!
I've been singing with grit for about 3 years now. It's sorta a mix between Lemmy and Tom Waits. I never gave much thought on how I did it. I taught myself to growl and scream then worked backwards from there to teach myself that amazing, rich gritty texture I can now use in my voice. This is a great video in explaining how it works!
Wow. Easy to follow and instant effect. This is by far the most effective and teachable lesson I have ever seen. Along the tone placement one. Incredible. Thank you.
I've been watching youtube videos about singing teaching for years and years, but your channel is the best one literally. Very effective, clear, healthy way of teaching. Thank you, it helps me a lot.
THANK YOU! I've always sung with a rasp/grit but could never completely control where it came from, so extra fatigue and it took some of my power away. Then I listen to you for five minutes and boom, fixed. No tightness, great sound, full power. I wish I'd known about you 20 years ago!
THIS worked, instantly and perfectly! What a great tip. I've actually achieved this technique before, but didn't know how I was doing it. Now with the help of your mental imagery I can do it consistently thanks to you. I'll be checking out your other videos today :)
Oh my gosh....this is the most impactful video i've ever had on singing with grit. Thank you so much! Specifically, this helped my learn Dan Campbell's part of Strangers by Trash Boat! Thank you so much!
Wow so I’ve always struggled with adding grit. When you started explaining just imagining it I was sceptical but I’ve just done it and it worked! Just need to practice now!
This is the only time this has been explained to me in a way that helps me differentiate the throat muscles. Going to start practicing with it. Thank you so much!
Best tutorial ever!!! After trying out so many other and not managing to do it, I thought I was just incapable to do it but thanks to you I finally did it!!
Hey i'm watching tbis in 2018 and i want to say thank you so much for making this video to help me. Some other videos just don't help out at all and this is the only video that helped me sing with grit.
I sort of did some of these things instinctively on stage (your throat will die on tour if you don't learn a little something about not using it) but as I get older I'm getting hoarse so I started looking up more proper technique. This is great stuff that I'm sure will help me improve a lot. Thank you a ton for posting these!!
Thank you! And also use this breathing video to improve all of these techniques. AIR is the key here to making this work without hoarseness: th-cam.com/video/W5cd4C40SRE/w-d-xo.html
You're not alone! It doesn't just magically work for many people, and I think that learning from videos isn't super realistic for most people. Try one of the heavier sounds, I recommend "false Cord screams", I have videos on those and see if that can get the ball rolling then come back to this one.
Thank you so much for this well explained video. I have seen many videos of the same style but yours have something the others I have viewed don't. The technique of the sounds and how to approach them that you provide is extremely helpful. Thanks for your advice!
ive tried to to add the grit to my voice but it just doesnt go. it doesnt hurt, so i know i'm not straining anything, but i just cant seem to make it out.
nicolesio it's the same as belting technique, I find when I want grit that I have to sing very loud so that enough air passes through my throat; and then I just compress a little.
I have a singing voice. And I wanted to practice other singing techniques to use more for my covers! I still didn't start making covers yet. But I'm gonna start as soon and I can
Wait, I'm confused. Is this the same as the vocal fry technique? Are you adding a layer of fry into the belting, or is the grit from a completely different place?
this series of videos are so informative! I love the deep explanation of the abstract thoughts and where the sounds is coming from and going to. Thank you
I don't know if I'm too stupid or what, but this "imagine a ball of white noise" thing makes absolutely no sense to me. I have no idea how to physically apply this
You’re not alone! If people could easily learn these things from videos alone, I would not be a full-time teacher 😆 I recommend trying the slightly heavier but easier to access “false cord” sounds first and see if they can help you get familiar with distortion and get it going. Then, maybe return to these. th-cam.com/play/PL1oAdoH3iyFO5-BdNBgH4f8vKRQ_dzZmw.html&si=lnSkX5N6d7J4jeU3
Hi Mary, when I do this (correctly I think) I feel too itchy around my soft palate and this results in me coughing. Am I doing this too harsh? (I never feel anywhere down in my throat) Thanks!
Okay so yes this is my 3rd comment on these videos. But I just tried this. This is the thing I have been wanting to learn how to do for so long so long. And this just made 100% sense in the way its explained. I practiced a little then had a go at some Halestorm... Never thought I'd ever be saying that.
You didn't help me add grit to my voice - I struggled to understand what you mean but you did help me to Improve the way I'm singing with the whole singing over the joker line explanation which I liked so thank you!
These video tutorials are at least promo for a person's paid services. We get a feel for how a particular teacher works and can help us figure out which one will be able to help us at qhatever stage we are at or where we want to go with it. It just happens to be handy for those of us not wanting to vecome pros but just sound better in the shower or something. But if you want to be a whole ass vocalist, you will need a vocal coach, and they will absolutely need money, its a job.
I have a feeling Porcelain Black's song This is what Rock n Roll looks like is good for practicing these basics :) Thank you so much for explaining so well
EXACTLY WHY IM WATCHING THIS. lol I'm literally listening to Avenged Sevenfold and trying to sound like him. I thought I was doing it until I recorded myself 😑😑😑 I'm horrible. So I said. "Fuck it! I'm watching videos on this shit"😂😂
whoa-- I was singing in the mid range for years and have been goin back and forth between your video and a metal chica named Adrrienne and I think i made more progress tonight than in years... Ive always had that low to mid Cornell style voice but could never cut it in the higher spectrum. I do notice a little bit of strain but thats prob because i put in 3 hours today messin around. The head voice has really intimidated me because i always felt like i could do it but sounded too feminine. Ive been just imitating what you do via observation and it just clicked. I feel like a dunz, LOL-- Thanks! Totally subscribing!
So I'm trying to imagine a little ball of white noise or paper, but whem i go to sing it doesn't make that grit sound? Would you happen to know what would help achieve that?
This is awesome!! Thank you for the great videos as always. How come this technique becomes harder in higher registers? Any tips on singing with grit in higher notes?
Thank you for the vid, Mary! They're always super helpful. I've been wanting to ask you. Do you think that this is the technique Oli Sykes from BMTH uses on the album That's the Spirit? I've been trying to imitate his very raspy/grity singing style (Check out the chorus of the song Doomed by BMTH, there he uses the syle I'm reffering to) but I can't quite seem to nail it. I try mixing my fry scream with my mixed voice; adding rasp to my cleans; doing the false cord with singing; etc. but nothing ever seems to quite work. Do you think that there's a right way to do what he does (singing with extreme rasp)? Or does he just sing like that from permanent throat damage?
Rodrigo Fernández yes this technique is what you would use to achieve those raspy shouting and singing sounds. Do not try to directly combine fry or false cord with your voice. Think of it like distortion on top of belting, not mixed voice. Take it easy and if you ever become hoarse discontinue attempting this. Do not continue anything that causes hoarseness or pain. If it doesn't work from the videos just stop and email me about lessons! Voicehacks@gmail.com
Great video, great explanation, I've always tried to learn how to do that, watched and tried a lot of tutorials before, but it never really worked, but thanks to your video I just did it... amazing. Thanks! One question though, how can I sing with that, how can I put that and move it around in pitch? 'cause that's what I'm stuggling with now.
so i’m able to add the grit, but the grit feels like it hurts my throat. My vocal cords feel totally fine, but it’s feels like i have a sore throat in the space above my vocal folds. any reason why this is happening.
I have to concentrate harder to NOT have grit. It doesn't hurt, it just happens. I will say, if I try to get lower it gets harder, but when I'm singing Def Leppard, for example... It's extremely natural and easy. I've also been told I sound the best singing in Joe Elliott's range..... 80s Elliott.
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No matter what I do, i can't get your mic/gear page to display. Turned off all anti-virus, ads, vpn...nothing's coming up. Don't worry about solving my problem though; I was just checking it because I was curious; I live in Portugal anyway. I'm just mentioning it because I know it's part of your income, and you didn't perhaps didn't notice it.
@@dorcassnell Thanks very much! I know it’s not working at the moment I’m going to fix it shortly!
I’m sitting in shock bc I thought “I won’t sound good” I followed these and started singing and I’m like RRRRRNAYYYYYY
it is nice to see that there are videos with a complete explanation in contrast with these videos who promise to explain something and instead show how they sing and finally don't explain anything or point you to their overpriced lesson.. This is the best explanation I found so far. Thanks for providing us with these videos! Very to the point and very clear
Thanks very much! That's my goal, to provide tutorials that have good, practical tips that people can actually USE. It is disheartening to see tutorials with only singing and little to no information on HOW they are singing. One of the "red flags" of a vocal coach who might not be that fantastic is a lack of specific, practical information on HOW to execute or work on specific techniques. I'm going to be making a video on this soon, tips for finding a good vocal instructor. This is also why I began with tutorials and have only a few singing examples on the actual Voicehacks channel, because you can Google me if you want to see me sing with bands/scream etc. and it's time to give everyone some information and real useful stuff for a change. Thanks much and I've got more coming - things are going up to the next level in 2017! \m/
Thanks, subscribed! I'm a men who is also looking for a light rasp in the lower range. This is the mid-range and the higher range. Is this with the same technique? I can do it a bit with the trick of starting with a humming sound that goes over in a raspy humming that you can also convert in a scream. It sometimes works in a higher range, but the lower is with to much tension. Also my singing teacher says I have to much tension in my voice. ut it's much less the last year(s). Thank you very much once again.
I see you've went over to ken tamplins channel thus the addition "or point you to their overpriced lesson" haha
Hmmm.. Do you really find "imagine noise in your mouth and it will come naturally" informative? Like.. I need to contract muscles to do it, mental image won't do it for me. If i didn't learn to engage false cords beforehand, i'd have had no idea how to do it
@@puckspirit2573 same i say hahaha i know this girl tried to be informative, but there's not much here, no exercises, nothing about the muscles involved, or at least something like "use vocal fry" or "dont use it". ill keep searching XD
Instructions not clear. Sand paper is stuck in my throat
I can sing well cleanly, but have been getting into heavier stuff and have been struggling to sing with grit without hurting myself. In the past month or so I've watched a bunch of videos, and by far this was the most helpful. Your explanation of visualizing singing up and over with the graph helped immediately and over the course of the day I got it and can now sing with high distortion without any pain! You're the best! Thanks!
Whoa!! It freaking worked!! The imagery is SUCH a better route than thinking in terms of mechanics. Thanks, Mary!
woo hoo! 🙌🙌
Thank you so much for making this video! I'm so tired of singing "pretty". I immediately added these techniques to a song I've Been Working On and it's exactly what I've been looking for. thank you.
I honestly can't believe that this worked, holy macarony. For years I've been madly trying to get an alternative to my plain voice, which is nice for a lot of stuff but just kills the mood for a lot of songs still. This is sincerely an amazing revelation o.o I'm gonna practice the heck out of this now :D Thank you so much for making this video 4 years back!
Now I'm expecting some Metal let's plays from you!
Glad you enjoy, thank you!
My voice starts sounding more like Marilyn Manson but higher pitched with my grit 😂
That's good, though right? I love Manson's grit!
VoiceHacks definitely a good thing!!
Yay!
I defenetly do too, If i try to do any sort of other artist i still sound like manson, Well kind of like manson and taylor momsens spawn
Yeah, Marilyn Manson is amazing
I used to sing metal with a bad technique, but now I want to learn how to sing properly so I checked this video. Thanks a lot! I've learned a lot from this. You're a good teacher! You earned another subscriber :) More power.
The "white-noise-ball" analogy is perfect as I find you have to flatten your tongue into a dish-shape, or like the top of a golf ball tee.
DUDE! I was struggling a bit with her explanation but your comment really added the last piece to the puzzle, amazing! Thank you!
I tried your technique and ended up growling or screaming, instead, and when I tried to imagine the noise from my mouth, it's all clean. I'm really struggling to get it right, guess I'm not very good with abstraction, can you give me a glimpse on how it feel when you sing with grit? Like how open your throat is... Please help!
its not you. she's too abstract in her teaching, dont blame yourself for not being able to learn when the teacher's god awful.
this is crazy, that laser beam through the top of the lips really nailed it for me
You’re so right about using your mind to help create the sound!
5:04 I can’t even begin to describe how delicious that grit sounds (I could, but I’d just ramble on and on and on lol) Thank you so much for sharing this!!
I’ve watched so many videos and I still can’t get it 😭😭
The best video tutorials I have ever seen!!! Very understandable and clear! And of course the beauty of this lady makes it even better!!! Finally I found the right place to learn the vocal techniques!!! Thank you!
I've been singing with grit for about 3 years now. It's sorta a mix between Lemmy and Tom Waits. I never gave much thought on how I did it. I taught myself to growl and scream then worked backwards from there to teach myself that amazing, rich gritty texture I can now use in my voice. This is a great video in explaining how it works!
Wow. Easy to follow and instant effect. This is by far the most effective and teachable lesson I have ever seen. Along the tone placement one. Incredible. Thank you.
I've been watching youtube videos about singing teaching for years and years, but your channel is the best one literally. Very effective, clear, healthy way of teaching. Thank you, it helps me a lot.
Thank you SO much!
This is exactly what I was looking for. I’m hoping to start taking singing lessons sometime soon. Thanks dude.
i miss someone teaching me to sing this is so comforting to watch
THANK YOU! I've always sung with a rasp/grit but could never completely control where it came from, so extra fatigue and it took some of my power away.
Then I listen to you for five minutes and boom, fixed. No tightness, great sound, full power. I wish I'd known about you 20 years ago!
THIS worked, instantly and perfectly! What a great tip. I've actually achieved this technique before, but didn't know how I was doing it. Now with the help of your mental imagery I can do it consistently thanks to you. I'll be checking out your other videos today :)
Oh my gosh....this is the most impactful video i've ever had on singing with grit. Thank you so much! Specifically, this helped my learn Dan Campbell's part of Strangers by Trash Boat! Thank you so much!
1:40 Great my family are gonna think I wanna be a horse now 😂
Hahahahahah
Wow so I’ve always struggled with adding grit. When you started explaining just imagining it I was sceptical but I’ve just done it and it worked! Just need to practice now!
Holy shit I was able to hit an A4 with grit because of you I'll keep practicing now thank you
Really great stuff Mary, very helpful! Would you mind making a short video on how to sing an actual song phrase with this technique please?
This is the only time this has been explained to me in a way that helps me differentiate the throat muscles. Going to start practicing with it. Thank you so much!
Best tutorial ever!!! After trying out so many other and not managing to do it, I thought I was just incapable to do it but thanks to you I finally did it!!
Hey i'm watching tbis in 2018 and i want to say thank you so much for making this video to help me. Some other videos just don't help out at all and this is the only video that helped me sing with grit.
Bert Paulino so glad it worked for you!
I sort of did some of these things instinctively on stage (your throat will die on tour if you don't learn a little something about not using it) but as I get older I'm getting hoarse so I started looking up more proper technique. This is great stuff that I'm sure will help me improve a lot. Thank you a ton for posting these!!
Thank you! And also use this breathing video to improve all of these techniques. AIR is the key here to making this work without hoarseness: th-cam.com/video/W5cd4C40SRE/w-d-xo.html
I just want to sing violet by hole without sounding like a sheep and having a saw throat lmao
I can do the "nay" sound, and I do imagine the white noise in my mouth but I still can't add grit to my voice :( any advice?
Learn how to add grit eith other techniques and it gives you a general idea on how to use your mouth to make a distorted sound
Use a lot of compression and sing really loudly
Use dense sand paper.
Try speaking with grit or a gravely voice first, not just singing.
I’m literally the only person on here that this doesn’t work for I could cry I’ve been trying for 45 minutes. I’m so mad
You're not alone! It doesn't just magically work for many people, and I think that learning from videos isn't super realistic for most people. Try one of the heavier sounds, I recommend "false Cord screams", I have videos on those and see if that can get the ball rolling then come back to this one.
I like this. This technique reminds me of Adam Gontier from the old school Three Days Grace
Love this! Visualizing the path of the sound helps me a lot with my technique 😁 you are a great teacher 💖
I got the noise immediately after listening a few times and it was the biggest shock I've had in a while thank you
This is so helpful and hearing you instruct is very relaxing
You are awesome!
God Donut! I finally feel grit in my soft pallet instead of throat. Amazing explanation, thanks!
Thank you so much for this well explained video.
I have seen many videos of the same style but yours have something the others I have viewed don't.
The technique of the sounds and how to approach them that you provide is extremely helpful.
Thanks for your advice!
Never thought that x and y will help me to get raspy voice. Thank u
great explanation. Many thanks
ive tried to to add the grit to my voice but it just doesnt go. it doesnt hurt, so i know i'm not straining anything, but i just cant seem to make it out.
nicolesio it's the same as belting technique, I find when I want grit that I have to sing very loud so that enough air passes through my throat; and then I just compress a little.
You're awesome! Thanks for sharing -wishing you more success ❤❤❤
Honestly, this channel has helped my vocals more than the rest if the website. Still cant get it though, practice practice practice!
I have a singing voice. And I wanted to practice other singing techniques to use more for my covers! I still didn't start making covers yet. But I'm gonna start as soon and I can
Wait, I'm confused. Is this the same as the vocal fry technique? Are you adding a layer of fry into the belting, or is the grit from a completely different place?
Good question! I don't get the "imagine white noise" technique at all :/
It has nothing to do with fry
Fry comes from your vocal chords. It's another technique.
this series of videos are so informative! I love the deep explanation of the abstract thoughts and where the sounds is coming from and going to. Thank you
I don't know if I'm too stupid or what, but this "imagine a ball of white noise" thing makes absolutely no sense to me. I have no idea how to physically apply this
The same for me. Nothing appears from that ball of white noise.
You’re not alone! If people could easily learn these things from videos alone, I would not be a full-time teacher 😆 I recommend trying the slightly heavier but easier to access “false cord” sounds first and see if they can help you get familiar with distortion and get it going. Then, maybe return to these. th-cam.com/play/PL1oAdoH3iyFO5-BdNBgH4f8vKRQ_dzZmw.html&si=lnSkX5N6d7J4jeU3
Omg, thanks so much for this advice! I spent the past week watching videos on grit and your video summed it up perfectly! The visual helped a bunch!!
I dont get it... it literally sounds like she's using her throat... how do you make that grit without using anything else but air..
this is great for nirvana songs, thank you.
Hi Mary, when I do this (correctly I think) I feel too itchy around my soft palate and this results in me coughing. Am I doing this too harsh? (I never feel anywhere down in my throat)
Thanks!
Mary, I love you! The visualization technique is so useful!
This was really helpful! I wanted to try and sing like Adam Gontier..
Epic lesson. Explained so well.
Okay so yes this is my 3rd comment on these videos. But I just tried this.
This is the thing I have been wanting to learn how to do for so long so long. And this just made 100% sense in the way its explained.
I practiced a little then had a go at some Halestorm... Never thought I'd ever be saying that.
I happened To find this again and I’m glad I remember this visualization technique working
You're a very good teacher thanks!
your courses are to clear, complete, waooo O_O
So far...this is more clearer than I watched earlier...
You didn't help me add grit to my voice - I struggled to understand what you mean but you did help me to Improve the way I'm singing with the whole singing over the joker line explanation which I liked so thank you!
Hey, how do you know that when I do the example it's "good"?! Freaky.
“Now you give it a try”
“H.. erp!” 😐🤭😑
“Good”
😦😯🤔🙂
Holy crap! It works.
Yop Glo How long did it take? I have an audition for a band at the end of the month and they asked me to sing some Nirvana songs. -_-"
@@t0rschlusspan1k I'M SO SORRY! I never saw your comment. I'm actually still working on it, but it's getting better. It takes so much practice.
Nice demonstration.
Great video, very informative. Thank you!
Too many clowns want to charge you for vocal lessons. This is awesome
Whats wrong with charging for vocal lessons? nothing is free in life.
These video tutorials are at least promo for a person's paid services. We get a feel for how a particular teacher works and can help us figure out which one will be able to help us at qhatever stage we are at or where we want to go with it.
It just happens to be handy for those of us not wanting to vecome pros but just sound better in the shower or something. But if you want to be a whole ass vocalist, you will need a vocal coach, and they will absolutely need money, its a job.
super video, great teacher .thanks
Beautiful love these tips
this was extremely helpful
Every time I try adding grit to my vocals, I end up doing either a false chord scream or a fry scream. What leads to this, and how can I stop it?
somehow I unlocked false highs which I've been stuck trying to unlock for months. Thanks 😁😁👍
I have a feeling Porcelain Black's song This is what Rock n Roll looks like is good for practicing these basics :) Thank you so much for explaining so well
Love porcelain black!
You. Are. Awesome!!!!
Wow thanks for this vid❤️ i just discovered how to do it now thank u very muchhh😘
That was totally helpfull, thank you so much x
I wish I can sing rasp like M.Shadows 😂
Muhammad Alvien that's exactly why I watched this
Seth Hubbard me too
He's had some problems with his voice and even surgery though, so some of it could come from that when he's just pushing it a little.
EXACTLY WHY IM WATCHING THIS. lol I'm literally listening to Avenged Sevenfold and trying to sound like him. I thought I was doing it until I recorded myself 😑😑😑 I'm horrible. So I said. "Fuck it! I'm watching videos on this shit"😂😂
Muhammad Alvien He has damaged vocal cords tho, that’s how he gets that sound.
whoa-- I was singing in the mid range for years and have been goin back and forth between your video and a metal chica named Adrrienne and I think i made more progress tonight than in years... Ive always had that low to mid Cornell style voice but could never cut it in the higher spectrum. I do notice a little bit of strain but thats prob because i put in 3 hours today messin around. The head voice has really intimidated me because i always felt like i could do it but sounded too feminine. Ive been just imitating what you do via observation and it just clicked. I feel like a dunz, LOL-- Thanks! Totally subscribing!
The Metallica grit is what I'm going for; Justice era vocals. Hopefully this is what I need. I'll look your other videos up tomorrow.
Awesome thanks so much!
Holy shit that abstract thing actually works
Thank you.
Thank you so much!! It works
Nice one for the vid. Spot on!
OMGGGG I wish you could have seen my reaction when I tried this and it worked aaaaaah
YESSSS!!
THIS HELPED
Can you apply this exact technique in head voice too? Im trying to develope a bit of Grit or rasp to my high notes to not sound so thin and clean.
Holy shit, it works!
So I'm trying to imagine a little ball of white noise or paper, but whem i go to sing it doesn't make that grit sound? Would you happen to know what would help achieve that?
it works better for me when i go for mixed tone placement
This is awesome!! Thank you for the great videos as always. How come this technique becomes harder in higher registers? Any tips on singing with grit in higher notes?
Thank you for the vid, Mary! They're always super helpful.
I've been wanting to ask you. Do you think that this is the technique Oli Sykes from BMTH uses on the album That's the Spirit?
I've been trying to imitate his very raspy/grity singing style (Check out the chorus of the song Doomed by BMTH, there he uses the syle I'm reffering to) but I can't quite seem to nail it. I try mixing my fry scream with my mixed voice; adding rasp to my cleans; doing the false cord with singing; etc. but nothing ever seems to quite work.
Do you think that there's a right way to do what he does (singing with extreme rasp)? Or does he just sing like that from permanent throat damage?
Rodrigo Fernández yes this technique is what you would use to achieve those raspy shouting and singing sounds. Do not try to directly combine fry or false cord with your voice. Think of it like distortion on top of belting, not mixed voice. Take it easy and if you ever become hoarse discontinue attempting this. Do not continue anything that causes hoarseness or pain. If it doesn't work from the videos just stop and email me about lessons! Voicehacks@gmail.com
Thank you, Mary! That sheds a lot of light. Probably in the near future I'll take you on that lessons offer!
Thank you !..very Imformitive...
Great video, great explanation, I've always tried to learn how to do that, watched and tried a lot of tutorials before, but it never really worked, but thanks to your video I just did it... amazing. Thanks! One question though, how can I sing with that, how can I put that and move it around in pitch? 'cause that's what I'm stuggling with now.
so i’m able to add the grit, but the grit feels like it hurts my throat. My vocal cords feel totally fine, but it’s feels like i have a sore throat in the space above my vocal folds. any reason why this is happening.
I have to concentrate harder to NOT have grit. It doesn't hurt, it just happens. I will say, if I try to get lower it gets harder, but when I'm singing Def Leppard, for example... It's extremely natural and easy. I've also been told I sound the best singing in Joe Elliott's range..... 80s Elliott.