Does anybody else just wanna move out in the middle of the woods to practice singing and go back to civilization after you're good, so your neighbors won't think you're crazy? 🤣 (Or that every house had thick walls)
Ya, it's a problem! But if you make friends with your neighbors and tell them what you're doing, you'll make some new friends... that's happened to me over and over again!
I just LOVE that you demonstrate vocal experimentation and aren't afraid to sound unconventional. It's definitely boosted my confidence to try new sounds and techniques. You rock brother!
I can't thank you enough, Chris. You've actually made my greatest passion something I can do and sustain, and I can't thank you enough for that. I've found my voice through you, seriously. :)
Chris I’m super frustrated with my singing because while I’m by myself, I can sing very well with great placement and no strain through and above my vocal bridge, but as SOON as I step on stage, I begin to sing too throaty and I strain above a D4. How can I allow my voice to stay free and allow my resonance to gradually shift upwards as I ascend in pitch regardless of how nervous I am? Btw, I don’t get shakey or weak
You can't. The nerves are always going to win. You have to convince yourself that it doesn't matter. You're ultimately a slave to success, and that will cause failure... I'm only speaking from experience here haha cause I haven't heard you sing... BUT I know for me... This was THE KEY. I had to go out to gigs expecting to completely bomb and that it had to be ok... Then I was free to throw my voice around, and experiment just like I did by myself... and success came! Now, I can belt out D5s all day long in front of other people, because it doesn't matter if I mess them up. I know this isn't a "right" or "coach" type answer. But it is the only thing that is going to work. Exercises or drills at this point will only serve to accentuate the fear driven "am I prepared enough" mindset.
I personally wear sunglasses in social situations no matter the time of day because I am diagnosed with severe social anxiety its extremely debilitating at times even to the point where i have fallen in social situations because I am just that of a nervous wreck. But one night i had the opportunity of playing a live show with a guitarist and a drummer its night time. I'm wearing sunglasses on stage and everytime i go for a scream my right leg is shaking like a washing machine and people are staring at me. But i realized something that night no matter how broken i personally feel on stage if I can show people my authentic self even if its a broken person my message still gets across. Now lets discuss we did three songs together everyone was dancing and screaming excited. And when we thought we done the people screamed encore and the guitarist started playing something random and the drummer followed him they did it for a minute and i stood there akward looking at people in dim glasses and the guitarist screamed they want to hear you man sing it. I had no lyrics cause this was all on the spot and i came up with everything I sang the lyrics "You can't have me" "you'll never have a piece of me" and I was singing to my anxiety and my depression. People wanted more from us after the show but we had to get going. Moral of the story you got this. Be a nervous wreck and display all your emotion after awhile itll become easy to just let it out.
heyyyy!! this is why i can't for the life of me, do fry screams, i am so used to trying to have an open throat and push from my diaphram to project. my brain.. can't understand that we have to close and push at the same time. ugh. good song to practice though! thanks for this one
I don't run into this issue myself, but that's good to know. I've been consciously or even subconsciously reaching for a specific note in head when I release my closure. So I haven't been releasing properly as a result. Keep it moist.
Notes cause otherwise I don't retain any information lol - voice dries out with improper/incomplete cord closure (airiness, breathiness, unintentional rasp) - practice word "head" -- soft onset with the h, transition to pure cord closure (try with good and poor closure to feel the difference) - zombie chorus yodel thing: starts with good closure, breaks into head voice. Let the head voice be breathy. Break into head voice and feel a "deflate" - "head" practices going from incomplete to full closure - yodel practices going from full cord closure to incomplete closure
Another great video never realized so much to singing thank you for opening the door to my voice truly great musician and to help us all on top of that Ken tamplin ain't shit compared to you brother I've tried both free courses and you have taught me alot I can sing alot better than I could when I started watching about 6 months ago thank you again
you are like jeff cavaliere but for singers!keep up the good job.Even if i dont want to stydy vokals now you are still somehow know the topic that i will leson)
Thanks Chris, another helpful video. I'd heard that warm water with honey, lemon was good for the voice ... a myth dispelled. And the other thing that dries my mouth out is nerves and anxiety before a live performance especially. Nothing like the "you're live" moment to have me reaching for my water-bottle. Guess in time the nerves will become more positive to build energy and I'll overcome the more anxious nerves.
Hey Chris, thanks for this - This usually happens to me nearing the end of a set or practice session with my band - I’ve signed up for your Discover your voice course so can’t wait to get stuck in and start improving!!
I'm going to take this advice. I've been rather nervous because I couldn't access my lower register or my head voice lately. I was afraid maybe I had damaged my voice, but I'm still able to talk. However I've drank a lot of caffeine too, so starting today I'm gonna just stick with water.
I’d love to see you’re reaction to Landon Tewers (either his solo stuff or with The Plot In You). Especially the song Pillhead. Such an emotional song and so many different things he does in the song. Very underrated vocalist, he even does a lot of bluesy/jazzy solo stuff
Hey Chris! Wondering if you'd look at doing a video on Mark Tremonti's voice? I know you've done videos on Myles Kennedy too, but I think Mark plays the field well between being a frontman in his solo project and also being an incredible backing vocalist for Alter Bridge.
Hey Chris, any way you could cover the singing style in the music of ac/dc more specifically brian johnson? i think he has one of the most unique tones ever and such a wide distorted range.
I screwed up my voice singing way too much on a very humid week and now its dry out, I lost my falsetto and head voice and need to rest it, but I have seen videos from others regarding vibrators and using them to massage vocal cords - is this a real thing, would it help me recover, can i use it to warm up my voice everyday to avoid this happening again, and would you recommend trying this? I am not sure if it is a joke or if it will help and i'll try anything to get my voice back.
man i took a long while to understand how to connect diafragmatic support to closure with eficiency, initialy i thought i had it right but i wasnt feeling that much confort, the tight neck and hoarse voice would eventually creep in and i wasnt understanding why and getting frustrated, i mean this muscle flexed, that spine aligned, why you know... the problems occured especially in my chest register or using grit as i was messing around with mix i didnt had that problem so much, eventually i realized that when i mixed i tended to use that outwards pull of the solar plexus and that pressure would join my focal folds together, you know like when youre poing lol Right there it finally clicked for me how support works with your vocal folds, how it pressurizes your body, that cushion feel, power coming from below, leaning forward, all those expressions that i never really felt completely made sense, i had only half of the equasion, i mean i already understood a bit of mix and grit but didnt support that well lol I feel most aticles and videos focus too much on the diafragm movement and not at how it provides focal closure, people end up just flexing their belly muscles but not really creating pressure and airflow, at least this was my case, can really relate to this video
Hi Chris! Could you do a vocal analysis of Mark Foster’s voice (Foster the People)? I’ve been looking for it everywhere, but can’t seem to find anything!
Does chronic post nasal drip cause dryness? I have Lyme disease and mycotoxin illness, both of which can cause sinus issues. I've had post nasal most of my life (as probably bc had both of those issues most of my life). I find my voice gets what feels like a bit dry and a little... Inflamed... Not really pain. And I think I'm singing correctly.
the first reason “dehydrated” is quite accurate drinking water is not my thing and i'm a shy person maybe that's why my voice sounds so dry, i'm also scared because of voice crack LMAO i hate puberty i used to love singing 😭
Thank for this tip. I Was Wondering if it is normal to feel the closure of the cords while singing. I M feeling it and it I feel à little bit sore after singing. Is it normal?
What are your thoughts on larynx position? I hear a LOT of these high mark, pretentious vocal couches saying that your larynx can’t move at all, and that it has to stay in a “neutral” or “low” position.
That's a horrible way to think about it. If you try to keep your larynx still, you'll focus on that and tense up, then you won't be able to do anything. Let it do what it does. Just don't reach for notes or raise your larynx to try and hit notes. Make it a tonal preference thing. If your reaching for notes instead of learning to harness support, correct muscle positioning and compression to dial in a healthy mix, your messing up regardless of where your larynx is. So anyone who says don't move your larynx isn't doing a good job of coaching with the bigger issues in mind!
Hey have you been emailing me this whole time? It's my 19th birthday and I just found your messages on my email! I'm wondering if it's really you cuz I'm so happy
I always comment others on youtube to tale care of their dry voice. Everything a female or male talks in youtube they have that dry sound when they are done talking. So annoying.
Does anybody else just wanna move out in the middle of the woods to practice singing and go back to civilization after you're good, so your neighbors won't think you're crazy? 🤣 (Or that every house had thick walls)
Ya, it's a problem! But if you make friends with your neighbors and tell them what you're doing, you'll make some new friends... that's happened to me over and over again!
@@chrisliepe I made friends with my neighbors and will build a vocal booth.
Same . But it's my parents instead of my neighbours . 😐
this is me right now, i can't sing loud because yea my neighbors will hear my ugly voice lmao ☹️
I always practice in my mom’s car in the garage.
Everytime I have a problem, Chris just knows to make a video lol
Same! Was just thinking about this
5:05
"i promise im just watching how to sing video mom"
lol
🤣
I love these types of comments :) hehe
I just LOVE that you demonstrate vocal experimentation and aren't afraid to sound unconventional. It's definitely boosted my confidence to try new sounds and techniques. You rock brother!
I was worried that I severely damaged my voice but now I know that it's just dried out and I need to revive it through your technique thanks Chris
Awesome vid Chris. I do both metal and hip hop, and you've just shown me why rapping dries out my voice faster than death metal growling!
I can't thank you enough, Chris. You've actually made my greatest passion something I can do and sustain, and I can't thank you enough for that. I've found my voice through you, seriously. :)
Rock on! You're so very welcome Makyr!
Always on point! In winter i drink mild hot water during reharsals. It helps me a lot!
Chris I’m super frustrated with my singing because while I’m by myself, I can sing very well with great placement and no strain through and above my vocal bridge, but as SOON as I step on stage, I begin to sing too throaty and I strain above a D4. How can I allow my voice to stay free and allow my resonance to gradually shift upwards as I ascend in pitch regardless of how nervous I am? Btw, I don’t get shakey or weak
You can't. The nerves are always going to win. You have to convince yourself that it doesn't matter. You're ultimately a slave to success, and that will cause failure... I'm only speaking from experience here haha cause I haven't heard you sing... BUT I know for me... This was THE KEY. I had to go out to gigs expecting to completely bomb and that it had to be ok... Then I was free to throw my voice around, and experiment just like I did by myself... and success came! Now, I can belt out D5s all day long in front of other people, because it doesn't matter if I mess them up. I know this isn't a "right" or "coach" type answer. But it is the only thing that is going to work. Exercises or drills at this point will only serve to accentuate the fear driven "am I prepared enough" mindset.
I personally wear sunglasses in social situations no matter the time of day because I am diagnosed with severe social anxiety its extremely debilitating at times even to the point where i have fallen in social situations because I am just that of a nervous wreck. But one night i had the opportunity of playing a live show with a guitarist and a drummer its night time. I'm wearing sunglasses on stage and everytime i go for a scream my right leg is shaking like a washing machine and people are staring at me. But i realized something that night no matter how broken i personally feel on stage if I can show people my authentic self even if its a broken person my message still gets across. Now lets discuss we did three songs together everyone was dancing and screaming excited. And when we thought we done the people screamed encore and the guitarist started playing something random and the drummer followed him they did it for a minute and i stood there akward looking at people in dim glasses and the guitarist screamed they want to hear you man sing it. I had no lyrics cause this was all on the spot and i came up with everything I sang the lyrics
"You can't have me" "you'll never have a piece of me" and I was singing to my anxiety and my depression. People wanted more from us after the show but we had to get going. Moral of the story you got this. Be a nervous wreck and display all your emotion after awhile itll become easy to just let it out.
@@JamesSmith-xq4us thanks for sharing, man!
Doesn't it help, stress can help you push urself work with the nerves :)
I sing in a venue that always has dry air so thinking about these concepts will definitely help me. Thanks Chris, keep up the great work!
8:01 “heaad, heeeeaaaaaad, HEEEAD, HEEEEEEEEEAD”
Same man same 😔 down bad
Wow you are such a wonderful teacher! And you have an amazing voice! Now I know exactly what I have been doing wrong all this time. Thank you!!
heyyyy!! this is why i can't for the life of me, do fry screams, i am so used to trying to have an open throat and push from my diaphram to project. my brain.. can't understand that we have to close and push at the same time. ugh. good song to practice though! thanks for this one
I don't run into this issue myself, but that's good to know. I've been consciously or even subconsciously reaching for a specific note in head when I release my closure. So I haven't been releasing properly as a result.
Keep it moist.
hehe
This always happens. Thanks for this.
You're welcome!
Thank you Chris! Great video. Very helpful for any style of singer.
Notes cause otherwise I don't retain any information lol
- voice dries out with improper/incomplete cord closure (airiness, breathiness, unintentional rasp)
- practice word "head" -- soft onset with the h, transition to pure cord closure (try with good and poor closure to feel the difference)
- zombie chorus yodel thing: starts with good closure, breaks into head voice. Let the head voice be breathy. Break into head voice and feel a "deflate"
- "head" practices going from incomplete to full closure
- yodel practices going from full cord closure to incomplete closure
Also drink water
Thanks for this Chris! Hope your day is productive today!
Another great video never realized so much to singing thank you for opening the door to my voice truly great musician and to help us all on top of that Ken tamplin ain't shit compared to you brother I've tried both free courses and you have taught me alot I can sing alot better than I could when I started watching about 6 months ago thank you again
Reading my mind again, Chris!
you are like jeff cavaliere but for singers!keep up the good job.Even if i dont want to stydy vokals now you are still somehow know the topic that i will leson)
I follow Jeff.. So this means a lot! Thanks for watching my videos!
Thanks Chris, another helpful video. I'd heard that warm water with honey, lemon was good for the voice ... a myth dispelled.
And the other thing that dries my mouth out is nerves and anxiety before a live performance especially. Nothing like the "you're live" moment to have me reaching for my water-bottle. Guess in time the nerves will become more positive to build energy and I'll overcome the more anxious nerves.
Hey Chris, thanks for this - This usually happens to me nearing the end of a set or practice session with my band - I’ve signed up for your Discover your voice course so can’t wait to get stuck in and start improving!!
Welcome aboard! Looking forward to working with you more!
I'm going to take this advice. I've been rather nervous because I couldn't access my lower register or my head voice lately.
I was afraid maybe I had damaged my voice, but I'm still able to talk.
However I've drank a lot of caffeine too, so starting today I'm gonna just stick with water.
This is great, I have a tendency to use too much air on higher notes and definitely suffer from drying vocal cords
I’d love to see you’re reaction to Landon Tewers (either his solo stuff or with The Plot In You). Especially the song Pillhead. Such an emotional song and so many different things he does in the song. Very underrated vocalist, he even does a lot of bluesy/jazzy solo stuff
Thanks Chris another great video
Good stuff Chris!
Chris, make a video about beastie boys please! If you did video on anyone of beastie boys members voice technique it would be incredible! Pleease!
Great idea!
Amazing video as always😍 Thank you☺️
Hey Chris! Wondering if you'd look at doing a video on Mark Tremonti's voice? I know you've done videos on Myles Kennedy too, but I think Mark plays the field well between being a frontman in his solo project and also being an incredible backing vocalist for Alter Bridge.
Great suggestion!
What a Lifesaver
Hey Chris,
any way you could cover the singing style in the music of ac/dc more specifically brian johnson? i think he has one of the most unique tones ever and such a wide distorted range.
Good stuff, thank you for the tips
Didn't know I needed this video, thanks
I screwed up my voice singing way too much on a very humid week and now its dry out, I lost my falsetto and head voice and need to rest it, but I have seen videos from others regarding vibrators and using them to massage vocal cords - is this a real thing, would it help me recover, can i use it to warm up my voice everyday to avoid this happening again, and would you recommend trying this? I am not sure if it is a joke or if it will help and i'll try anything to get my voice back.
Massage is a great way to release tension!
man i took a long while to understand how to connect diafragmatic support to closure with eficiency, initialy i thought i had it right but i wasnt feeling that much confort, the tight neck and hoarse voice would eventually creep in and i wasnt understanding why and getting frustrated, i mean this muscle flexed, that spine aligned, why you know... the problems occured especially in my chest register or using grit as i was messing around with mix i didnt had that problem so much, eventually i realized that when i mixed i tended to use that outwards pull of the solar plexus and that pressure would join my focal folds together, you know like when youre poing lol Right there it finally clicked for me how support works with your vocal folds, how it pressurizes your body, that cushion feel, power coming from below, leaning forward, all those expressions that i never really felt completely made sense, i had only half of the equasion, i mean i already understood a bit of mix and grit but didnt support that well lol I feel most aticles and videos focus too much on the diafragm movement and not at how it provides focal closure, people end up just flexing their belly muscles but not really creating pressure and airflow, at least this was my case, can really relate to this video
Hi Chris! Could you do a vocal analysis of Mark Foster’s voice (Foster the People)? I’ve been looking for it everywhere, but can’t seem to find anything!
super ! Really interesting and clearly explained
8:52 “releasing hard ons”
Unghhhhh!
@@UnfamusOfficial I have that affect on people
Does chronic post nasal drip cause dryness? I have Lyme disease and mycotoxin illness, both of which can cause sinus issues. I've had post nasal most of my life (as probably bc had both of those issues most of my life). I find my voice gets what feels like a bit dry and a little... Inflamed... Not really pain. And I think I'm singing correctly.
Comment for da algorithm
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Much Love and appreciation :)
Thank you!
You're welcome!
Thank you so much
thanks for this video! :)
Oooh this is me.
Throat dried out when or breathe or cough get medicine or fixed vocal cords
Just explain to me why i ALWAYS FIND MY QUESTIONS ABOUT VOKALS ONLY ON YOUR CHANNEL))))how you know?i think this guy knows something)
hehe.. cause we ALL struggle with the same stuff!
What's in your head?
Voice e e e oh
the first reason “dehydrated” is quite accurate drinking water is not my thing and i'm a shy person maybe that's why my voice sounds so dry, i'm also scared because of voice crack LMAO i hate puberty i used to love singing 😭
i love singing so much but my voice is something else😢 im a fish who loves to fly 😢
Cool.
Hey Chris could u do something about Steve Hogarth from Marillion? (:
Thank for this tip. I Was Wondering if it is normal to feel the closure of the cords while singing. I M feeling it and it I feel à little bit sore after singing. Is it normal?
how do i close them tho? i can only get the breathy sound
I dig the intro
Thanks!
just hear for moist
Lol he said “hard on” 5:13
What are your thoughts on larynx position? I hear a LOT of these high mark, pretentious vocal couches saying that your larynx can’t move at all, and that it has to stay in a “neutral” or “low” position.
That's a horrible way to think about it. If you try to keep your larynx still, you'll focus on that and tense up, then you won't be able to do anything. Let it do what it does. Just don't reach for notes or raise your larynx to try and hit notes. Make it a tonal preference thing. If your reaching for notes instead of learning to harness support, correct muscle positioning and compression to dial in a healthy mix, your messing up regardless of where your larynx is. So anyone who says don't move your larynx isn't doing a good job of coaching with the bigger issues in mind!
@@chrisliepe got it!
Exercises don't work if you don't measure them in your head 🤣🤣
Anyway, comment for the algo
I was just gonna say, pun intended
Hey have you been emailing me this whole time? It's my 19th birthday and I just found your messages on my email! I'm wondering if it's really you cuz I'm so happy
Yeah, it's us, Happy Birthday!!!
Happy Birthday!!
@@chrisliepe thank you ♥️ much love 😘
Please tell me how to sing in English if English is not your first language with emotions and feeling...lovefrom india
😢😢😢
first! be fluent in english
what if the right way sounds bad with my voice? :/
Don't worry about that. It's about FEEL right now... If you lean in to the right FEEL, the right sounds will come with patience!
How do guys like John Mayer get away with the constantly breathy voice tho?
Daniel Johns from Silverchair does it like craaaazy sheehs
Gotta video coming on that too
@@chrisliepe well... I'm not surprised you do :)
Chris looks like Larry David in the thumbnail
breathy to closed, closed to breathy. damage if too breathy too high and too long
If I keep screaming head then start moaning in a high breathy tone my neighbors might get jealous.. or might call the cops.. guess we'll see...
0:19 That's what she said
I always comment others on youtube to tale care of their dry voice. Everything a female or male talks in youtube they have that dry sound when they are done talking. So annoying.
Before watching this video, is the obvious answer to drink water?
Of course... drink water... but that is FAR from the whole answer!
Man my dog hate your video's...
I'm gonna have to practice this when my parents aren't home, it's sounds wrong out of context