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- Learning how to #scream is awkward. Watch #ParkwayDrive singer #WinstonMcCall discuss his first time screaming, what his parents thought and why you should take screaming seriously if you're doing it yourself.
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Whatever he says. Listen. This is one of the best live screamers I’ve ever seen
going on 20 years and still great live too
...absolutely.
G R E A T metal screamer🏆👌🤘
Totaly agree with you...he sounds amazing live!!🤘🤘
100 percent. It's because of this band that pretty much taught me to scream. Just listening to them screaming along, making a shit ton of mistakes because I didn't pay attention to the techniques.
Winston: Technique is everything
Randy Blythe: I started doing it as a joke lol
Randy Blythe ended up getting a legit coach for screaming technique
Difference is Winston sounds epic whereas Randy has no talent whatsoever.
Randy Blythe already had his own technique, he got the coaching to preserve it🤘
More than 1 way to skin a cat 😎
@@warrenjensen4670 ur joking right?
These guys played at the diamond ballroom in oklahoma. After the concert I went to the bar with my friend and they were there. They bought us shots and partied with us til the bar closed. These guys are some of the coolest people I've met. Thank you PWD for the experience!
Talk shit aye, arent they all straight edge?
They aren't all straight edge, but Winston is.
Love the Diamond Ballroom!
@@Blake385 not even close!
No shit? They need to come back to Oklahoma
such a humble guy, gota love him!
This guy looks like a youth minister.
he kind of is, in a weird way.
He kind of is I geuss. Hmmmm
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Sinking!!!!
@@h2odrinker400 ALWAYS!!!
yes
Winstons screams are definitely my favorite in metal
Same here,
I learned to scream by doing it while running from my dad when he tried to whoop my ass for causing trouble.
So cool how his parents supported him from day one. These boys are finally getting all the recognition they deserve. Can't wait to see what's next for them.
he's looking healthy, he is such a nice bloke
Yeah he hasnt ruined his life with drugs or alcohol..decent guy👌
All the guys in Parkway Drive are pretty chill. :)
@Jimmi Vincent no he's not. He said in a new interview that he and his band are definately are not straight edge. I saw him having a beer at a festival
@Jimmi Vincent I think he was back in the old days but I know he drinks. I don't think he abuses drugs or alcohol though.
@Bryan Lacount hahaha. He may drink, but he's responsible.
Winston looks like Woody from Toy Story
Edit: Holy cheeze thanks for 1k+ likes! xD
I can't unsee it now
OMG !! Y ?! Now I cant unsee it
He looks more like buzz lightyear :P
@@Creepzza damn right!
He kinda looks like Woddy and Buzz at the same time. Probably because of the jaw
Please do tutorials Winston!!
Just follow what he said : put some loud music with screaming on and try to emulate it.
Then start to sing on a PA or better : record yourself.
Listen back, then adjust the way you sing, etc.
It will take time and practice though.
And also have a method and do warm-ups, breathing exercises (check out the Melissa Cross stuff for instance), stop when it's hurting, be patient, try to not overdo it, practice many styles of singing (clean, crunch, growl, medium scream, high pitch scream, rap, and try different ranges, etc).
@@djabthrash I'm afraid of damaging my voice, it doesn't really hurt when I do it but it feels kina unnatural und sometimes my voice just stops during the scream/growl and all the tutorials are really hard to understand (English is not my native language) and explaint it very different and complicated
@@metalgirlxd6012 then i strongly suggest you to get the Melissa Cross "zen of screaming vol.1 dvd" to get the right approach to scream in a safe way.
I think you're not using your diaphragm enough, which is supposed to protect you when you scream.
Babies can scream for hours without damage, so for adults it's just a matter of finding the right technique.
@@djabthrash Yeah you just suggested a good way for them to mess up their vocal cords. If you remember what Winston said, "that research from year ten would have helped tremendously in Year 1".
My suggestion, watch youtube videos. Understand what Singing from your Diaphragm is. Know that there is no tension/pain when we scream. If you feel something hurt, stop immediately and switch your tactic after your voice has rested. Also, own your voice, your voice won't sound like the man coming out of the speakers. You have your own range and if we try to push past our own range, it leads to more mess ups. Just like singing regularly.
@@miked4904 I told her "if it hurts, then stop" or something along these lines.
I told her about the diaphragm thing already.
And if you don't know how to pull off a scream, i'm pretty sure the best way to start is to blast some loud music and sing along, just like you would do in a concert. This is just to get you started if you have trouble getting started.
Also, yes you have your own voice fo course, BUT by trying to emulate other sounds, that's how you find what your voice is capable of.
If we just stuck to what we know our voice is capable of already, everybody would just stick to talking in their normal voice, and nobody would sing/scream/whatever.
Videos on TH-cam are fine, but just like mixing audio for instance, ou have to try it for yourself to get some real results.
And i've yet to find TH-cam videos that are better than the whole Melissa Cross DVD series that was released more than 10 years ago to be honest.
its actually pretty ironic that hatebreed is now supporting parkway drive on their next tour in europe
Martijn Stynen do you know the song they are preforming at 0:06?
@@removedacc8140 its destroyer
Martijn Stynen thx
Im so damn stoked to see'em live in april
@@siceastwood2714 me too, which show are you coming?
My favorite vocalist EVER! He inspires me to no end. I wish I could make the sounds he does. But, it's okay we all have our own unique voices.
Thank you so much Winston!
I want more screamers telling their stories
Shane Told from Silverstein has a podcast called Lead Singer Syndrome. Definitely give it a listen is you want to hear more stories like this.
*Retrace the steps*
*Retrace the steps*
*Retrace the steps*
*RETRACEEE THE STEPSSS*
**DUNDUNDUNDUNNN**
wqhat song is this
@@olliewhitham6084 unrest
One thing I truly love about Metal is how welcoming band members are when you ask questions or techniques, I've talked to quite a few vocalists and they've all been down to earth, an shit a few months ago I even did some Growl's in front of Brian Willie \m/
Never realized how sympathetic this guy actually is.
You never watched the "Home is for heartless" documentary?
He's an aussie.
Just do a Parkway Drive Fact or Fiction please
Maybe they already have.
if it hasn't happened yet, this is a pretty good sign that it is coming
Metaldeth and The Amity Affliction Fact or Fiction I’d love to see both
Metaldeth do you know the song they are preforming at 0:06?
@@removedacc8140 It's Destroyer
Man, I used to look up to this dude in high school. Legend. I stopped listening to anything after Ire but Winston has one of the best voices for the genre.
2:44 is some important advise. I always like to think I'm a pretty decent singer, and that I've been (slowly) getting better after all these years but I hardly ever listen to myself sing because the reality that I suck would just shatter my ego. But he's right; in order to improve you have to know your capabilities. Additionally, it's also important to know that you will probably never be able to sound like your favorite vocalists. They can influence your singing, but you have to have your own style with it.
Great bunch of blokes. Love a bit of PWD.
I turned my son into a metalhead from about the age of 13-14 (probably my proudest achievement LOL) and then it was him who got me into much more screaming stuff like PWD, Architects, LoG, Sylosis, Killswitch etc. Best father-son relationship ever :-D
Winston and all of PWD will always be the kingS of metalcore
Oh yeah
Well yeah...for their first 4 albums that WERE "metal core". But hopefully they get accepted into the metal based community after their last two albums (bar 2 or 3 songs that weren't that great). I don't think their metal core albums will be of any significance on a TH-cam channel like Loudwire's. The fact they've ditched that style and gone more of a melodic/heavy-ish metal sound is a good move in my opinion. Hopefully long time metal heads can give them a chance. But I wouldn't dare suggest that Parkway Drive reign supreme to the classic metal bands.
@@theparadiddlydoo2771 Maybe they are not that good technically, but I feelt that their songs have the most soul of all.
Kings of Dad-Metal
Nope.
As I Lay Dying
Hold my prison sentence
The man that got me to start learning how to scream 8 years ago, fucking legend🤘🏼
Winston: I’m sure there a lot of people’s parent like what is this, what are you listening to
My Parents: What is this devil you’re playing turn it off.
i remember my parents when they heard me listening to Iowa when it came out(i was 14 back then) and they thought i got into a satanist cult
i posted a live video from a parkway/thy art concert on my facebook page, and my grandpa on my moms side posted a comment saying, "brandon, you need jesus"
My family listens to nothing but country and that’s what I was raised on. I played along for a while but the thing about being raised on any kind of music is that you either love it or you absolutely despise it. I never thought I liked metal until I heard “the last stand” by Sabaton. I downloaded all their songs and started looking for more bands like them. This went on for a month or 2 and then I heard about slipknot, parkway drive, slayer, ect. When my family found; the look on their faces was the funniest thing I’ve ever seen. They don’t care that I like it but they don’t like hearing it at all.
I can relate. I'm 44 now. My kids inherited the metal ears from me. I still have my cassette tapes too.
@@the1ghrol Dude that was me as well. Grew up with parents into country AND christian music. Both of those are hot fuckin garbage to me. I got myself into rap/hip hop originally when I was getting away from the stuff my parents played. Then I slowly started getting into rock more (when i was into rap I actually despised rock/metal lol). And fairly recently, probly a year or so ago, I got very into metal. Now metal is the only genre I listen to really aside from maybe the occasional switch to some hard rock or punk rock.
I saw u guys live in Europe, Belgium on Gmm, a huge metal festival. You guys where my first edition of Gmm, I'll never forget the power in he's voice, for 1hour straight, he's a beast! ♥️
Zen of Screaming is honestly the best guide you can have to learning to scream. Melissa Cross is incredible
Winston oozes with coolness
Genuine dude Winston is. I’ve seen parkway drive 3 times live. All 3 killer shows! 🤟🏻
They’re such a massive band now. I remember when they came to Guatemala and the show was super small and I was still in high school and missed it :( I wish I could go back in time.
One of the best in the game. Dude rules!
Jake Angell do you know the song they are preforming at 0:06?
Anthony Cruz yeah it’s called Destroyer off of their album Ire. One helluva song 🤘
And now he is one of the top 5 best vocalist in metal today
I learned in my car listening to LoG. Took me about 2 years to discover how to do it without hurting myself.
Every time I practiced and my throat began to feel sore, I’d stop and try again the next day.
I need this ..
This is some great stuff! Love hearing about the journey's artists go on to become the musicians they are today. I'd love to see more of this!
It’s so cool to hear my favorite singer talk about this.
I didn’t try screaming but I did try growling at 19. And almost wrecked my voice. Also didn’t know the technique back then. It’s definately not just yelling like a lot of people think.
Your parents went to gigs? Mine won’t even listen to my music.....
Exactly, but my dad made it to one song at a packed gig and told me we sucked..
Winston brought his mother on stage once
winstons dad used to scream whilst watching him play football.
I took my mum to see meatloaf once, she loved it, she even saw black Sabbath when she was a kid.
CHIMAIRAFOREVER I think he’s talking about how Winston’s parents went to HIS gigs. But that’s awesome!
Parkway drive are a forever favorite and they sound the same live as the do on a album and that is one of the amazing things about them
I learned while doing dishes in a scullery while listening to korn.
The Aerohead Experience do you know the song they are preforming at 0:06?
@@removedacc8140 nah. Never really listened to this band like that. Just a handful of songs
Anthony Cruz It’s Destroyer :)
Learning to scream from KoRn?... color me fucking skeptical... there is literally no screaming, growling, roars, gutterals, frys, nothing in KoRn.... KoRn is like a step away from rap/hiphop...
@@removedacc8140 bro.. stop asking this on every single comment...
I love how supportive your parents were.
I learned to scream listening to Ed Sheeran
When I STEPPED ON A PIECE OF LEGO
I left a cd in my father's car with "Crushed". He was intrigued by the beggining but afterwards was like, "what are you listening to??"
Im learning to scream while moshing in concerts, the feeling you get while moving and jumping and screaming your lungs out is ecstatic
That was a very well worded and interesting break down of the process of learning his own voice and technique! This was great!
Thought he said HYBRID when he said Hatebreed lol
Yea , Australian accent
do you know the song they are preforming at 0:06?
@@removedacc8140 Its called destroyer
Balázs Kovács thx bro ❤️
That Straya accent.
Wish he mentioned more on the technique
One thing that I've learned as a vocalist and as time has progressed. The further the technique developes, the harder it gets to explain how's it done.
I remembered back in the day (like in 2010 or 2011) that I could instantly explain my technique from the beginning to end and talk for hours on every little detail on how I did it.
Nowdays I can only explain fragments of how I do it because the technique has changed over time due to experimentation and trial and error, and let's not forget that some information has been forgotten on the way.
I usually think that the growls and screams becomes personalized as time passes. All of us usually starts at the same point and then goes in different directions.
Like he mentioned, he did not have any information about it and only started researching 10 years later into his career. I think that the information on his basic fundamental of technique has been forgotten due to his vocals has advanced over the years.
tbh really hard to explain how to explain techniques like you just do it
If you want to learn about metal vocal technique in general I highly recommend the "Screamer Series" from VoiceHacks. That's what really got me started with doing metal vocals.
I’m pretty sure it’s false cord
There's actually a lot of interesting things here that other vocalists don't mention. It's also nice that he included rough time-frames, to put into perspective the time and dedication required to get to a certain point. So many people try and just give up or don't try to improve. Good advice Winston! I can't wait for more PWD.
for me, it was Killswitch Engage, Devildriver, and Bloodbath, and once i got it, i got it, and just kept practicing
Coal Chamber 🤘🏻
For me Sepultura, Suffocation, Sodom, and Strapping Young Lad
Nick Wick devin townsend has been a big influence me lately
@@ccomega929 Ahhh I see lyrically or instrumentally?
Nick Wick both
Winston please be my dad 😅
Carrion!
I can hear this comment
That song will never get old.
The very first song of theirs I heard. 🖤🖤🖤
Recreating his scream is how i was finally able to start doing mids and highs
My parents actually influenced me to play music when i was like 2-4 years old and still my dad is an inspiration for me to play drums then I have now decided I want to do screams but my parents made me a metal head since I was born 15 years now in the making going to be 16 this year
Thanks to this video I got into Parkway Drive. Never heard of them before somehow, and I already miss the old parkway
I’m really glad I’m not the only one who screamed through a bass amp 😂😂
Great video, Winston has a ton of power, love his vocals
Jessie Walker do you know the song they are preforming at 0:06?
It’s gonna take me a while to master not scrolling all the way down for the comments. But wise words!
Literally my story of learning to scream. First cassette, screaming to System of a down, then In Flames. Then tape recording with a camcorder in the basement of a friend, then sounding like shit and trying to learn the technique in the first band. Then trying to figure out how to use my own voice and after 16 years i'm still figuring out how to do things in metal vocals that others do seemingly effortlessly ... it's a long run ...
In Flames, very nice! I also got interested in screaming partly because of them and some other particular metal bands cause I wanted to sing along but couldn't without sounding thin and constricted or causing a hot, scratchy throat. About four years later and I'm just now getting to the point where I can record a whole songs worth of screams and even do it a bit live. Now I'm trying to figure out "noted screams" ala Gojira and others.
@@awake-am-i-music The only way is up, my friend! Keep on grinding.
I used to try to emulate Winston’s screams but instead I sounded like a dying goat... I never attempt to do vocals again lmao!
I'm pretty sure we all sounded like dying when we first try to do a scream for the first time, but try to focus on your belly and your throat, you should feel a painless vibration near your throat,if it hurts, you just stop.
Also, warm up are the most important thing ever, doing them will improve your range immediately during your session 😬
dying goat? black metal band
@@Janzer_ Exactly my thought.
TheLightBearer I felt that😂
I can emulate Winston's scream but I cant emulate Lucker's scream 😓
This is the guy i listened to to learn how to do gutturals, such a beast
Aww it’s cute how he talks about his parents
My favorite Parkway Drive track is ‘Absolute Power’. Love his voice.
nerissa k I’m obsessed with crushed
Winston would fit perfectly into an episode of Laymen Gaming.
I remember years ago I was 14 years being invected from my house and when I came home from school I went straight in to my closet where nobody could hear me and I felt more Comfortable practicing vocals. I was listening to I killed the prom queen and screaming when all of a sudden I hear a knock on my door and it’s the evection person checking up to see how things are going and he wanted to know what all the ruckus was....I died alittle inside from embarrassment that day hahaha
What a cool and humble guy
PARKWAY DRIVE = Beachcore. \m/😎
BBQore
I listen to your musici.. and Metal core..toghether with my 21 year old son..and i am 56☺️love it...we wont to go to your concert in Antwerp..but the Corona virus closed everything...so wating then for another date....😥☺️🥰😷
And i started off trying to emulate Winston while blasting Deliver Me in my room
I learned to scream with parkway drive in 2008 ❤️
Australiancore are unstoppable talents
Winston literally looks like he's kissing the microphone I'm the thumbnail lmao
So when he said he has exercises for 10 years until he sounded like a good voice in his opinion!?
dude in their first album his voice is amazing!
He was in a different band called “xChuck norrisx” for a few years before parkway was even a thing, he sounded different then.
My friends and me had a screaming session in the basement, when I was 15 or so. We laughed or asses off, because we sounded so bad. Couldn't talk for almost a week.
Technique is really everything. Its easy to pull of a good scream... Try holding it four hours of shows! That is really different ^^ Winston is really a scream god !
What a cool guy. Enjoyed this! Kick ass band
Kaddy'sManKave do you know the song they are preforming at 0:06?
I loveeeee this band 😫🔥
No mention of how long ago cassettes were used but when he mentions "before youtube came out" then he says "this is gna make me sound old" 🤣🤣🤣
Wow this guy sound so humble.
Such cool parents!
Bro its funny started listening to parkway drive a few years ago I started screaming in 2018 to there song wishing wells I've been practicing ever since
this interview makes me want to reconsider listening to them again
Legend
Winston McCall😍🥰
He aint lying, mine was always tryimg to do some fear factory vocals, mixed with hatebreed and then a dash of old keith barney throwdown vocals haha with hatebreed being kind of tha balance or the baseline
I would love to see how and what youtbers Winston McCall actually or any scream vocalist would actually recommend to listen to for the technique.
Awesome guy👍🏻
best voice in the bussiness
Dude you are a legend!
I tried to emulate heaven shall burn but when recorded it randomly sounds like winston, not gonna complain xD
Whoa! I was thinking he had long hair, dyed black, lblack finger nails, etc speaking rubbish and in circles - Fucking Metal! He looks like an accountant - and is articulate!!
Hatebreed inspired me when i 1st heard them at 14 yrs old. I 1st sang through a guitar amp too.
Winston is a handsome man
Matthew Tuck is hawtta
Literally the best in metal. My favourite of his is the “to its fucking knees” in leviathan I or the parts of the breakdown from Siren Song. Legendary
The first time I ever heard parkway drive was bottom feeder and the way he yells it is so fucking brutal I love it.
As a performer, the best you can do is be you, performing....
We want a new album Winston
Well. Anyone who does or doesn't know. I can scream but can also do guttural. But I'm never better than this cool bloke.
this is wild to hear because I learned by trying to imitate Winston singing along to their first albums
I love this band. And I love that his love has been with hatebreed. Makes it so much more beautiful
Our greatest musical export after AC/DC, You the fucking man winston
I started teaching myself how to scream about a year ago. When i first started, I gave up pretty quick. I thought it was impossible for me to make these sounds. Then i tried again and now, I'm very proud of myself, I like to think I've become a talented harsh vocalist. Biggest tip, you aren't going to sound like your favorite vocalist, just make your own sound and make sure it doesn't hurt. If you are hurting your voice every time you practice, start over. Try a new technique. Find your range.
Three favorite bands are Lamb of God, Hatebreed, and PWD. So cool one's biggest influence was another.
Ya like Gojira
I LOVE Winston
It's comforting to hear he did sound how he thought he did.