I always liked how Slipknot always used the breathing as part of the experience. Shawn just thinks differently when it comes to production. He just considers all the aspects that might contribute to the experience. He gets shit for being weird, but just about everyone that takes risks and breaks molds has.
Clown is a brilliant visionary. As strong as Joey was behind the band's identity, he was just as much to blame for all the oddities that make them great to listen to
Corey was literally yelling and shouting and screaming out of his lungs. He admits it and he literally says that. He damaged his vocal cords multiple times because of that. You sound great but it is NOT the same “technique”. Everyone who wants to do the same one, should understand it is going to ruin your vocal cords sooner or later (most likely sooner) and it may be irreversible
People forget that slipknot did alot of touring. Also corey was comfortably able to do his scream. You can find him doing vocals with this kids Band during these Times. Furthermore him saying he shouts his lungs out is kinda him going nuts on concerts. Seeing him with the kids is an eye opener regarding how comfortable He was doing these shouts.
His scream can be done SOMEWHAT safely, but the fact he did it night after night for an hour and a half + didn't help. Had he stuck with doing his super harsh vocals for studio albums but toned it back a little bit live, it would have gone a long way to saving his voice. His crazy alcohol consumption didn't help matters much either.
I feel like its the human equivalent of "clipping" your vocal cords. You're pushing dangerous amounts of air through your vocal folds and that's what is causing the distortion.
Corey’s a beast for his vocal style If you know anything about his vocal style it chokes you up because it’s all pure screaming, if you listen to earlier recordings and shows of slipknot you can hear Corey literally gagging himself from how intense his screams were The fact that he actually managed to combat it during the IOWA tour is insane
He didn´t manage. That extreme singing fucked up his vocal cords till Vol.3 recording. You can hear that he changed major things in his style since then.
Squeeze your throat. Forget anything you know about proper technique and come as close to ruining your voice as you can. Then go on raw emotion and hope you come out of it before the damage is permanent.
The thing about corey is that during the recording of Iowa, he was wildly erratic, uncaring for himself, drunk/high, furiously angry and depressed, and the music was therapeutic in nature. Every single scream he made for the album, he was probably thinking about how absolutely fucked his life was, and everybody that ever wronged him. You can hear it.
I would point you in the direction of Corey recording the song he did/produced with Slytheryn. There are a few seconds of clips of Corey doing sound check in the vocal booth and he belts out a couple of screams. This was 2001 I believe, judging by his hair length and colour. Or early 2002 at the most. I’m not disagreeing about mixing cleaning everything up and layering etc. But the Slytheryn tape is about as clear and “raw” as you can get from the Iowa era when talking about Corey’s scream.
In my opinion, Corey's death vocals in their self titled debut album are beyond phenomenal. He sounds like he's possessed!! His tone his tambre his delivery are all jaw dropping & awe inspiring.
He had some major range back then and even more when he actually sang. Bet he doesn’t have the same range now. Look up I can’t believe by stone sour, granted he was younger but kid has some incredible range
"He sounds like his voice is going horse" cause it was. Corey's said it himself. For the self titled and Iowa he was really just going in and letting loose with little technique. It was just mainly a lot of anger, pain, suffering, sadness, and chemicals.
well not just that pain, also physical. You gotta realize, he was fucked up on Alcohol 24/7 back then - he actually Mutilated himself for effect on some songs during their recording....
As a huge Slipknot fan, this is an absolute gem of a find! Thanks Chris! One of the best examples of his voice live (and without music) is at the end of 'No Life' at Dynamo 2000. At around the 3:00 minute mark he just asks the audience "Are you tired out there?" and the amount of grit in it is enough to fill a quarry. Wonder how much him starting smoking at the age of 12 effected that distortion.
Corey's voice is just an anomaly of the screaming world, let's accept that. I'd love to hear the isolated vocal analysis of "The Blister Exists", I've always felt like it was the masterpiece for Volume 3 ever since I first listened to it, and his screaming on that one is one of my favorite examples of his singing and screaming throughout his entire career. Thanks for all the dedication to helping us figure out our voices, cheers \m/
Seem I didn’t like the screaming it seemed sooooo like synthetic sounding to me. Wasn’t as raw as I prefer. That is why I don’t really like his screams anymore but to each their own. Vol 3 was arguably their career defining album
In tandem with your previous video about "you need a reason to summon this kind of emotion," this is a great way of walking through a balance of emotion, technique, and production. I always wished there was a more "full spectrum" view of harsh vocals, and through the last few months you've really nailed that. Layering, compression, emotion, and technique are all key, even in a live playthrough. You can really tell that his breath control just isn't there in this recording, he's just full breath and full projection all the time, and that's how he's getting some of the guttural and brutal yells as well as such a strained clean. Contrast that with a current Corey vocal track, and you can tell he's really holding breath back and focusing on good vocal AND mic/input compression to keep his voice healthy, while still sounding big and impressive.
So many new vocalists try and base their screams off of this album. Watching them stopping songs early in the set during shows, stopping practice to ‘save their voice’ you cant be 4 layers of vocals by yourself during a live set. Wish people would actually listen to the songs they’re trying to replicate.
@@5creamwithm329 Oh yeah for sure, totally agree with you... That's why I always seek to see singers perform live. You always kind of get better idea what is real and what is production magic.
Disasterpiece would be a great song to look at. But I think one of the reasons he might’ve chosen Left Behind is because there’s no swearing in it. The first line in Disasterpiece would get you 25 to life hahaha.
A thing I noticed that (I don't think) you mentioned is that when he's singing "slip away" he twists the back end of "away" to sound like a long vowel I sound. So, "We let it all slip AW-( I )". I really appreciate the emphasis on having the correct emotional state, because I don't think even a well trained vocalist could provide a similar performance without losing themselves into the emotions behind the song. It adds the style and everything that makes it remarkable and truly memorable.
I would love to see you break down Jens Kidman's voice from Meshuggah. He managed to develop an interesting "scream\growl\pitch" technique that allows him to perform consistently every night on tour. It's super aggressive and gritty but seems to be very controlled and hard to replicate the way he does it.
Oddly I wanted to scream like Phil Anselmo so badly and ended up developing a style very much like Jens and Randy Blythe. I absolutely adore those guys! Corey’s voice is nuts! soundcloud.com/josephparry/01-climbing-frame
i actually dont see it as 2 different versions he just adjust his voice to the type of music he makes with stone sour compared to slipknot. but i see your point but only because i heard their Hydrograd album, where it sounds like a much more smoother transition from clean to distorted than the previous albums
Jesus Christ…I already appreciated Corey’s talent but this breakdown was amazing. This video is fantastic. I’ll just be over here clicking subscribe now.
I always loved Corey's screaming. It's real anger and yelling , not that forced screaming voice alot of other metalbands do like they pretend to be the devil or something. Never liked that fake voice scream.
The little Brother of 'Sad' is 'Angry'. The song starts bursting out in pure anger and as it comes to the end rage turns into desparation. The cackling at the end sounds both desparate, yet also as if laughing in madness. He realized a profound sadness and can not but only laugh insanely. Man, this album got me through rough times. I even performed "The Heretic Anthem" at a talent show in school, barely any technique, but pure feeling, and made some jaws drop with my weirdness. Cool times.
it's fascinating how you analyze and understand what other singers do with their voices. Especially this day you took me back 20 years and you made me want to listen to this album again. For me they are very strong feelings because it reminds me of my wife who rests in peace. and it stirs up mixed feelings in me. but beyond that. thanks for making me enjoy your videos as much as those songs. I'm going to find some of your videos. Maybe you have some Kill Switch Engage analysis. thank you Chris. Andy
To say it in my language: Sau gut! Das Album/Sänger/Band meines Lebens so zuhören. DANKE für deine Hilfe, um mit den Videos meine Stimme so zu "quälen".
I'm glad you're teaching technique to express more like Corey rather than scream like Corey. The mix for Iowa hides a lot of what Corey is doing with his scream which isn't false chord). If you cover Iowa again I recommend Disasterpiece from the 2002 London live show. Also to get that compressed sound if you start from an aggressive whisper then slid into the scream you can get pretty close.
18:30 I used to do a lot of karaoke with a mate and we'd get plastered and just go for it. After a particularly stressful week I went hard as nails to Everything Ends. My voice leveled up that day. I have to be in that special place to get it right again otherwise it's pain.
This is great Chris! I didn’t expect this and you did more than really anybody when breaking this down. From what he’s doing with his vocals to the production of it.
I'm not this style of singer, but highly enjoyed this breakdown. What you said about getting into the emotion can be applied across all styles. Great stuff Chris!!
This is one of my favorite Slipknot songs of all time. I relate to it on a deep dark level so I've probably heard this song more times than almost any song. It speaks to me so deeply. One of the best things about this song, for me, is how easy it is to follow what the song is about even though he's screaming so much of it. Of any Slipknot song, I think this one in particular (maybe a few others- they actually got better about this over time) I could memorize this song correctly without seeing the lyrics. Just for example I remember when Wait and Bleed came out I thought I knew the lyrics after a while, but then you see what the lyrics are and it's not at all what I thought it was. But this song you know what he's saying and you more than likely got it right. This is such a great song. The music video is so perfect, too. This whole album, though, is in the stratosphere. There are people that say Slipknot is compositionally too simple- and maybe that's true I really don't anything about music- But they're so good at speaking to their audience, as well as speaking to a dark place anybody can relate to without alienating anyone, and I think that's why they're still around. That and they're not afraid to try new things without losing the soul of their music. The music may be simple to a musically critical professional, but it's talking about the real world in ways only amazing music does and so people hear that and connect with it. Thank you for this. I enjoy your videos. There's a few people who do production break downs like this, but for whatever reason I find your analysis on this particular level (as far as isolated vocals and the production side of things) the most interesting to listen to for whatever reason. Also, Fun Fact: This song is about when Corey was homeless and how homeless people disappear from the rest of society. I may be paraphrasing- it's something like that.
Ive seriously learned to scream and sing just from you Chris! I’m 16 and I’ve been practicing screaming and singing for a while and every time I listen to you, I understand it so much better! Thanks man!
hey, just be real careful. Try to learn how to sing as well, not even to be a good singer but to learn how your vocal chords feel and what’s best for them, because having healthy chords will ultimately allow you to be the best musician you can be :)
It's documented that he damaged his vocals significantly but learned to sing properly in his later records otherwise his career would be cut short but that bad technique is the reason it sounds so good and brutal
I would love to hear your take on Zillakami from City Morgue (extreme hip hop duo from NYC). He's got a unique voice that's just bursting with attitude, and unlike most screamers, his rasp just sounds so relaxed and effortless. I have no clue how to approach it. Not to mention his flow is sick. Songs you could check out include 33rd Blakk Glass, Arson, Draino, Yellow Piss, Nuka Cola, Nitro Cell
So cool that you're including production tips in your videos. I used to watch your singing only videos thinking your setup sounded amazing. Glad you're here teaching us all.
Its really crazy to see how Corey is still able to scream considering the wrecking of his voice for 2 albums straight (equating to like what 7 8 years?) Insane. Dude is just too pissed to let that stop him. Or he was anyways lol.
AWESOME analysis of one of my favorite eras of Corey's voice! Btw what software are you using on your iPad to control the cameras? Do you record all of these videos in real time? Will you ever do a video production run down?
@@Killerman551 I guess that's true aswell, but the third verse in the shape is nothing but pure hatred and disgust and oh my, it can be heard through those screams
if you really hear him in some of those live studio sessions. his screams and cleans are definitely layered in studio.. but the screams it'self. they are falsetto. he learned to falsetto and push it with distortion.
There was a good 3 year stretch when I would scream along with Slipknot, Death & Deicide on full blast. Although I had a very powerful and guttural voice it started to go out on me. I was still able to scream but my talking voice was just shot. Not only was I screaming along to my favorite metal songs but I was smoking cigarettes and drinking a ton. Since then I’ve stopped smokin cigarettes, don’t drink as much and quit screaming to let my voice heal and it’s taking a long time. My voice was very hoarse and I sounded like shit for years. Now it’s slowly coming back but I really have to focus on relaxing my vocal chords when I talk. I definitely damaged my chords and I hope it’s not too serious. It was fun while it lasted 🤘🏼
25:35 I interpret that laugh as maniacal. Like it's almost funny how fucked up I am right now, this is a joke right? A desperate attempt at making light of the situation but it fails almost instantly
I think it would be amazing if you were able to do a breakdown with Corey. To see your breakdown, while Corey tells what he went thru and the process of recording. 🔥🔥
Chris has really found his niche with these types of videos covering both performance and production. Hope he keeps it up, especially with the hard rock/metal genres!
Hey was literally screaming on that record. There's some live vids of him in studio. You hear his raw scream and it sounds like he's fully pushing and belting a scream. But it's controlled
Screaming like corey and basing it off of the albu. Iowa, you will loose range after a few months. Push it further, you will need too stop, allow your literal vocal cords too heal recondition, and hope you can get range back.
I guess the most important aspect of the production was still Ross Robinson. Without him the vocals would be never like we can hear on self titled and Iowa.
I heard that too... crazy... and he was getting glass bottles thrown at him by the producer or something like that too... you can hear that in the album!
To be fair. While you're at Corey Taylor you could as well do a song from each album of Slipkot of Stone Sour since his screaming voice changes a lot. These videos are very informative and you break everything down and explain it brilliantly. I'd especially would like what you've got to say about his higher pitched scream from Slipknot's vol.3 era. Thanks for the videos, they're amazing to watch.
Some of "Corey's vice" he's analyzing in some sections is actually Chris fynne voice singing back up. I'm not sure he realizes that..... Ps it's super noticeable with Chris's replacement, he's horrible!!! No like tortilla man! There you go, analyze the difference between them two..🤔 Starting about minute 8:38 He says listen to what he does with his voice here.... Chris and In this song I believe clown is also singing back up. Corey "I feel it all slipping away!" Chris and clown "I walk toward you" Corey "we all got left behind" Chris and clown "I ignore you"
@@xitoroman It may have been Corey on the recording (which can be done in a separate sample), but when the song is performed live they are done by custom percussionists. It's worth noting that there's overlap between backup and lead vocals. I want to hear tortilla man on record before jumping the gun.
@@chrisliepe oh yeah, I remember but I know nothing about him besides being on ur vids. How cool. But imagine Axl Rose, Anthony Kiedis or Corey Taylor found ur tutorials on them
Since it’s just a really high strong fry scream I’m not sure what you’d think about it, but I’d be interested to see what you think about the screamer in fear and loathing in Las Vegas
Corey's vocals on Iowa chill me to my bone. Absolutely nothing inauthentic anywhere on that album from any of the 9. Absolute pure hate. Its still gets me now all these years later and arguably one of my greatest musical influences moving forward from that point. Great video too mate. I've just discovered uou today. My wife is an incredible singer and I c a nt wait to show her your stuff.
Great video as always. It just occurred to me, if like this kind of stuff I highly recommend Limerent Death by The Dillinger Escape Plan just for the insanity at the end. Speaking of which, it would be cool to see you breakdown Greg Puciato, the guy is nuts.
this is not hate the oposite i love the video but lots of the screams that you analized were from cris fehn and not from corey to give an example in the minute 13:09 but even with that it was a great video
I know it's not about mimicking, but I like how you explained the scream at 10:30 . It's got the characteristics and is discernable, but it doesn't sound very close. This brings me what I want to add, because if you do want to mimic it from that base you very accurately explained, you can experiment with tongue placement, just bringing it back a bit, to lower the pitch. I've found that just bringing the back of your throat up just the slightest bit kind of amplifies that affect but doesn't lose the main characteristic you explained.
Absolutely love it. Due to my lack of vocalists in my mind, it is regretfully rare that I click on one of your videos because you're so talented and I really enjoy watching. The insight changes my view on certain aspects of vocals that I'm probably deaf to. Plus it's nice when light is brought to these separated tracks as I feel like not many know about them. These are the current (12th August 2021) Slipknot songs that exist with separated tracks if anyone is interested. Since the whole thing with Roadrunner Records, I'm doubtful we'll ever get more separated tracks. It all depends on how comfortable Warner are with licensing their songs to Harmonix: Wait and Bleed Eeyore Left Behind Duality Pulse of the Maggots Before I Forget Sulfur Psychosocial Dead Memories Devil in I Unsainted All songs there except Eeyore are from the Rockband games. Eeyore is from "Craig's Data Disc" and (fortunately for the sake of this channel) only has the vocals (whereas all the others have vocals, guitar, drums, bass and "extra" separated).
I always liked how Slipknot always used the breathing as part of the experience. Shawn just thinks differently when it comes to production. He just considers all the aspects that might contribute to the experience. He gets shit for being weird, but just about everyone that takes risks and breaks molds has.
The breaths really do add to the darkness of Corey vocal tone
Clown is a brilliant visionary. As strong as Joey was behind the band's identity, he was just as much to blame for all the oddities that make them great to listen to
I hope you realize that wasn’t clown. Joey was the one in the studio with Ross and mixed/produced the first two albums.
It was Ross and Joey that engineered and produced the album
@@Clark628 that’s what I said
Corey was literally yelling and shouting and screaming out of his lungs. He admits it and he literally says that.
He damaged his vocal cords multiple times because of that.
You sound great but it is NOT the same “technique”. Everyone who wants to do the same one, should understand it is going to ruin your vocal cords sooner or later (most likely sooner) and it may be irreversible
100 percent
People forget that slipknot did alot of touring.
Also corey was comfortably able to do his scream. You can find him doing vocals with this kids Band during these Times.
Furthermore him saying he shouts his lungs out is kinda him going nuts on concerts.
Seeing him with the kids is an eye opener regarding how comfortable He was doing these shouts.
His scream can be done SOMEWHAT safely, but the fact he did it night after night for an hour and a half + didn't help. Had he stuck with doing his super harsh vocals for studio albums but toned it back a little bit live, it would have gone a long way to saving his voice. His crazy alcohol consumption didn't help matters much either.
I feel like its the human equivalent of "clipping" your vocal cords. You're pushing dangerous amounts of air through your vocal folds and that's what is causing the distortion.
This is the irreversible damage done by screaming like Corey. I did this without my mic being plugged in.
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Corey’s a beast for his vocal style
If you know anything about his vocal style it chokes you up because it’s all pure screaming, if you listen to earlier recordings and shows of slipknot you can hear Corey literally gagging himself from how intense his screams were
The fact that he actually managed to combat it during the IOWA tour is insane
Yeah he'd even make himself throw up and shit. He's a beast, I agree
He didn´t manage. That extreme singing fucked up his vocal cords till Vol.3 recording. You can hear that he changed major things in his style since then.
Hey Chris! I'm a big fan of Mudvayne and it would be cool to see you breakdown Chad Grey's vocals in anything from L.D.50!
This ^ !!
Yes
Yes yes a thousand times yes Chad Grey would be Great to do a video on.
Squeeze your throat. Forget anything you know about proper technique and come as close to ruining your voice as you can. Then go on raw emotion and hope you come out of it before the damage is permanent.
Nothing to gein
The thing about corey is that during the recording of Iowa, he was wildly erratic, uncaring for himself, drunk/high, furiously angry and depressed, and the music was therapeutic in nature. Every single scream he made for the album, he was probably thinking about how absolutely fucked his life was, and everybody that ever wronged him. You can hear it.
Totally!
I always feel that the mixing aspect is neglected when talking about the ''iowa scream''. Loving the breakdowns.
Yeah but you watch live performances and your “mixing” theory is kinda debunked.
I would point you in the direction of Corey recording the song he did/produced with Slytheryn. There are a few seconds of clips of Corey doing sound check in the vocal booth and he belts out a couple of screams. This was 2001 I believe, judging by his hair length and colour. Or early 2002 at the most.
I’m not disagreeing about mixing cleaning everything up and layering etc. But the Slytheryn tape is about as clear and “raw” as you can get from the Iowa era when talking about Corey’s scream.
In my opinion, Corey's death vocals in their self titled debut album are beyond phenomenal. He sounds like he's possessed!! His tone his tambre his delivery are all jaw dropping & awe inspiring.
He had some major range back then and even more when he actually sang. Bet he doesn’t have the same range now. Look up I can’t believe by stone sour, granted he was younger but kid has some incredible range
"He sounds like his voice is going horse" cause it was. Corey's said it himself. For the self titled and Iowa he was really just going in and letting loose with little technique. It was just mainly a lot of anger, pain, suffering, sadness, and chemicals.
*hoarse
@@bigbastard_lol Stop. Correcting words.
25:20 its pain. He's so emotionally excited that he's crying out in pain.
Different interpretations my man
well not just that pain, also physical. You gotta realize, he was fucked up on Alcohol 24/7 back then - he actually Mutilated himself for effect on some songs during their recording....
@@xThemisJr On top of that he would scream improperly so his throats probably killing him too!
As a huge Slipknot fan, this is an absolute gem of a find! Thanks Chris!
One of the best examples of his voice live (and without music) is at the end of 'No Life' at Dynamo 2000.
At around the 3:00 minute mark he just asks the audience "Are you tired out there?" and the amount of grit in it is enough to fill a quarry.
Wonder how much him starting smoking at the age of 12 effected that distortion.
hey
Corey's voice is just an anomaly of the screaming world, let's accept that. I'd love to hear the isolated vocal analysis of "The Blister Exists", I've always felt like it was the masterpiece for Volume 3 ever since I first listened to it, and his screaming on that one is one of my favorite examples of his singing and screaming throughout his entire career. Thanks for all the dedication to helping us figure out our voices, cheers \m/
Seem I didn’t like the screaming it seemed sooooo like synthetic sounding to me. Wasn’t as raw as I prefer. That is why I don’t really like his screams anymore but to each their own. Vol 3 was arguably their career defining album
In tandem with your previous video about "you need a reason to summon this kind of emotion," this is a great way of walking through a balance of emotion, technique, and production. I always wished there was a more "full spectrum" view of harsh vocals, and through the last few months you've really nailed that. Layering, compression, emotion, and technique are all key, even in a live playthrough. You can really tell that his breath control just isn't there in this recording, he's just full breath and full projection all the time, and that's how he's getting some of the guttural and brutal yells as well as such a strained clean. Contrast that with a current Corey vocal track, and you can tell he's really holding breath back and focusing on good vocal AND mic/input compression to keep his voice healthy, while still sounding big and impressive.
Yep, totally!
So many new vocalists try and base their screams off of this album. Watching them stopping songs early in the set during shows, stopping practice to ‘save their voice’ you cant be 4 layers of vocals by yourself during a live set. Wish people would actually listen to the songs they’re trying to replicate.
Agreed!
Even tough you are right, Corey still sounded like a fucking bear when performing live during the Iowa cycle.
@@RudolfHorvath i agree completely, but i was talking more about inexperienced vocalists trying to imitate him.
@@5creamwithm329 Oh yeah for sure, totally agree with you... That's why I always seek to see singers perform live. You always kind of get better idea what is real and what is production magic.
I did it and paid the price lmao
Conclusion: You can't replicate the effect emotions have on human voice. You have to actually feel it to replicate exactly. Amazing video.
Do disasterpiece. Left behind is tame compared to disasterpiece.
Disasterpiece would be a great song to look at. But I think one of the reasons he might’ve chosen Left Behind is because there’s no swearing in it. The first line in Disasterpiece would get you 25 to life hahaha.
Could you please do this with the Heretic Anthem? His screams in that song are the most aggressive of his career. Great job, Chris!
Some day you need to scream during the word "more" when you finish a video by saying "We'll see you for MOOOOOORE!"
Totally will
Ross Robinson pushed Corey Taylor to the limit on this record.
A thing I noticed that (I don't think) you mentioned is that when he's singing "slip away" he twists the back end of "away" to sound like a long vowel I sound. So, "We let it all slip AW-( I )".
I really appreciate the emphasis on having the correct emotional state, because I don't think even a well trained vocalist could provide a similar performance without losing themselves into the emotions behind the song. It adds the style and everything that makes it remarkable and truly memorable.
Great observation!
This was amazing breakdown. I never knew I could even come close to doing this, but now I am!
I love that "teh gah bah pah pah" lol. Amazing video, dude!!!
I would love to see you break down Jens Kidman's voice from Meshuggah. He managed to develop an interesting "scream\growl\pitch" technique that allows him to perform consistently every night on tour. It's super aggressive and gritty but seems to be very controlled and hard to replicate the way he does it.
yes please! Idk how he gets his pitched screams
He does has very unique distorted vocal tone
Oddly I wanted to scream like Phil Anselmo so badly and ended up developing a style very much like Jens and Randy Blythe. I absolutely adore those guys! Corey’s voice is nuts! soundcloud.com/josephparry/01-climbing-frame
@@josephparry bro this is fucking killer man!
@@joshsweeney115 ah thanks bro! I’ve lost an arm and having to write with a mouse since then! Check it out @stronghandstudios!
Damn Isolating the vocals gives such a deeper appreciation into the art
Just sooooo good,...no words for that,...16:13
Hey Chris could you make a video comparing Corey on Sliknot to Corey on StoneSour please ?
But not the self title album. Even Corey admits he's still doing his Slipknot stuff there.
More specifically "Come What(ever) May". Corey himself didn't like how high his pitch was, but he was trying something new.
i actually dont see it as 2 different versions he just adjust his voice to the type of music he makes with stone sour compared to slipknot.
but i see your point but only because i heard their Hydrograd album, where it sounds like a much more smoother transition from clean to distorted than the previous albums
Jesus Christ…I already appreciated Corey’s talent but this breakdown was amazing. This video is fantastic. I’ll just be over here clicking subscribe now.
Thanks for the sub!
I accidentally skipped to 15:34 and I didn't regret it lmao.
I always loved Corey's screaming. It's real anger and yelling , not that forced screaming voice alot of other metalbands do like they pretend to be the devil or something. Never liked that fake voice scream.
Whatever floats your boat, pal, but it's not "fake," where it means you're not fucking up your vocal chords as much.
The little Brother of 'Sad' is 'Angry'. The song starts bursting out in pure anger and as it comes to the end rage turns into desparation. The cackling at the end sounds both desparate, yet also as if laughing in madness. He realized a profound sadness and can not but only laugh insanely. Man, this album got me through rough times. I even performed "The Heretic Anthem" at a talent show in school, barely any technique, but pure feeling, and made some jaws drop with my weirdness. Cool times.
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it's fascinating how you analyze and understand what other singers do with their voices. Especially this day you took me back 20 years and you made me want to listen to this album again. For me they are very strong feelings because it reminds me of my wife who rests in peace. and it stirs up mixed feelings in me. but beyond that. thanks for making me enjoy your videos as much as those songs. I'm going to find some of your videos. Maybe you have some Kill Switch Engage analysis. thank you Chris. Andy
To say it in my language:
Sau gut! Das Album/Sänger/Band meines Lebens so zuhören. DANKE für deine Hilfe, um mit den Videos meine Stimme so zu "quälen".
I'm glad you're teaching technique to express more like Corey rather than scream like Corey. The mix for Iowa hides a lot of what Corey is doing with his scream which isn't false chord). If you cover Iowa again I recommend Disasterpiece from the 2002 London live show. Also to get that compressed sound if you start from an aggressive whisper then slid into the scream you can get pretty close.
18:30 I used to do a lot of karaoke with a mate and we'd get plastered and just go for it. After a particularly stressful week I went hard as nails to Everything Ends. My voice leveled up that day. I have to be in that special place to get it right again otherwise it's pain.
This is great Chris! I didn’t expect this and you did more than really anybody when breaking this down. From what he’s doing with his vocals to the production of it.
I'm not this style of singer, but highly enjoyed this breakdown. What you said about getting into the emotion can be applied across all styles. Great stuff Chris!!
This is one of my favorite Slipknot songs of all time. I relate to it on a deep dark level so I've probably heard this song more times than almost any song. It speaks to me so deeply.
One of the best things about this song, for me, is how easy it is to follow what the song is about even though he's screaming so much of it. Of any Slipknot song, I think this one in particular (maybe a few others- they actually got better about this over time) I could memorize this song correctly without seeing the lyrics.
Just for example I remember when Wait and Bleed came out I thought I knew the lyrics after a while, but then you see what the lyrics are and it's not at all what I thought it was. But this song you know what he's saying and you more than likely got it right.
This is such a great song. The music video is so perfect, too. This whole album, though, is in the stratosphere. There are people that say Slipknot is compositionally too simple- and maybe that's true I really don't anything about music- But they're so good at speaking to their audience, as well as speaking to a dark place anybody can relate to without alienating anyone, and I think that's why they're still around. That and they're not afraid to try new things without losing the soul of their music.
The music may be simple to a musically critical professional, but it's talking about the real world in ways only amazing music does and so people hear that and connect with it.
Thank you for this. I enjoy your videos. There's a few people who do production break downs like this, but for whatever reason I find your analysis on this particular level (as far as isolated vocals and the production side of things) the most interesting to listen to for whatever reason.
Also, Fun Fact: This song is about when Corey was homeless and how homeless people disappear from the rest of society. I may be paraphrasing- it's something like that.
Ive seriously learned to scream and sing just from you Chris! I’m 16 and I’ve been practicing screaming and singing for a while and every time I listen to you, I understand it so much better! Thanks man!
hey, just be real careful. Try to learn how to sing as well, not even to be a good singer but to learn how your vocal chords feel and what’s best for them, because having healthy chords will ultimately allow you to be the best musician you can be :)
You think he caused any damage to his voice from this?
I think he did yes, but recovered eventually.
It's documented that he damaged his vocals significantly but learned to sing properly in his later records otherwise his career would be cut short but that bad technique is the reason it sounds so good and brutal
I love your vocal progress though. Getting to know lower screams more and explaining them much thouroughly ( or however it's spelled)
'Cool stuff'
Great analyzation and episode Chris. Coreys raw aggression back in the day really was something so human that it went full circle to feeling inhuman.
I would love to hear your take on Zillakami from City Morgue (extreme hip hop duo from NYC). He's got a unique voice that's just bursting with attitude, and unlike most screamers, his rasp just sounds so relaxed and effortless. I have no clue how to approach it. Not to mention his flow is sick. Songs you could check out include 33rd Blakk Glass, Arson, Draino, Yellow Piss, Nuka Cola, Nitro Cell
Hey chris,.ur voice skills r fabulous,.ur voice is really a tool,..a device,.a gadget,.great job
Do Eminem pls like the early days (MMLP) and the sad ones like Relapse, Recovery albums
So cool that you're including production tips in your videos. I used to watch your singing only videos thinking your setup sounded amazing. Glad you're here teaching us all.
I'd like to see you compare a track from We Are Not Your Kind to IOWA to find a more, in my opinion, more technical, safer version of these screams.
Its really crazy to see how Corey is still able to scream considering the wrecking of his voice for 2 albums straight (equating to like what 7 8 years?) Insane. Dude is just too pissed to let that stop him. Or he was anyways lol.
@@Madchris8828 99-03ish of constant touring and a couple of albums. Brutal
AWESOME analysis of one of my favorite eras of Corey's voice! Btw what software are you using on your iPad to control the cameras? Do you record all of these videos in real time? Will you ever do a video production run down?
It’s called sling studio :) I should do a production rundown at some point !
21:21 ......Incredible,..how the voice ,.gets ...collecting the power,..i mean,.gathering strength,.the layers of WE LET IT ALL SLIP,....
"It's just yelling"
Have them listen to Chris describing how to get ONE Corey Taylor vocal sound and see if it doesn't change your mind.
Technically, his vocal technique(at least in past) is literally screaming his voice out. Cory admitted it himself
I want to scream like this.
Now you need to hear Gently also by Slipknot
I've tried to sing this song but after watching this video it's given me a totally different approach
Hey could you do Howard jones vocal analysis. I think u would enjoy it.
YES!!!!
Yes. I’ve been binging these videos lately and I would love to hear that.
16:14 ... "Twist ..... twist.. Twist. Johnathon Davis
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Streak count: 101
YEP! You've crossed over into another dimension
next mudvayne dig
I would LOOOOOOVE to see you do a breakdown and analysis of Devin Townsends vocals!
Not quite the same format, but I have this video: th-cam.com/video/rGrnCLPYYXw/w-d-xo.html
lmao some partfs of this video could be so funny if taken out of context
nice video tho
Corey's "most Iowa" screams are in the song called: The Shape
Very true. Couldn’t find iso vocals for that
I thought his most Iowa screams are in new abortion
@@Killerman551 I guess that's true aswell, but the third verse in the shape is nothing but pure hatred and disgust and oh my, it can be heard through those screams
16:20 classic Korn song
Saw your comment, didn’t see the time stamp but I knew when the moment was there when he started scatting haha.
Great video btw
if you really hear him in some of those live studio sessions. his screams and cleans are definitely layered in studio.. but the screams it'self. they are falsetto. he learned to falsetto and push it with distortion.
Backup vocals are done live for a reason. ^_~
Would love to see a video on Scott weiland from stone temple pilots
Yes!
There was a good 3 year stretch when I would scream along with Slipknot, Death & Deicide on full blast. Although I had a very powerful and guttural voice it started to go out on me. I was still able to scream but my talking voice was just shot. Not only was I screaming along to my favorite metal songs but I was smoking cigarettes and drinking a ton. Since then I’ve stopped smokin cigarettes, don’t drink as much and quit screaming to let my voice heal and it’s taking a long time. My voice was very hoarse and I sounded like shit for years. Now it’s slowly coming back but I really have to focus on relaxing my vocal chords when I talk. I definitely damaged my chords and I hope it’s not too serious. It was fun while it lasted 🤘🏼
Would love to hear you breakdown Dustin Kensrue's vocals.
The guy is IMO the best singer out there
25:35 I interpret that laugh as maniacal. Like it's almost funny how fucked up I am right now, this is a joke right? A desperate attempt at making light of the situation but it fails almost instantly
I think it would be amazing if you were able to do a breakdown with Corey. To see your breakdown, while Corey tells what he went thru and the process of recording. 🔥🔥
That would be amazing!
Chris has really found his niche with these types of videos covering both performance and production. Hope he keeps it up, especially with the hard rock/metal genres!
Can you do one video for Lamb of God’ Randy Blythe. Specifically the song “in your words” THANKS
Hey was literally screaming on that record. There's some live vids of him in studio. You hear his raw scream and it sounds like he's fully pushing and belting a scream. But it's controlled
Wow! This video almost makes me feel grateful for having had a shitty and traumatizing childhood and ever looming anxiety attacks.
Try this one on for size th-cam.com/video/jYwu2gA4DhY/w-d-xo.html
😁🤟🏼 Phil Anselmo - Floods
Screaming like corey and basing it off of the albu. Iowa, you will loose range after a few months. Push it further, you will need too stop, allow your literal vocal cords too heal recondition, and hope you can get range back.
16:13 Ah yes, french traffic, i know it well
I guess the most important aspect of the production was still Ross Robinson. Without him the vocals would be never like we can hear on self titled and Iowa.
Emotion is the key and you explained it very well!, you have to be really REALLY angry and use that anger to get close to the Iowa voice.
Left behind is what really got me into Slipknot. Such an exciting time music-wise for me.
If someone ever watched "One Punch Man" when see him you'll be remember Saitama's face😬
when the last slice of pizza is gone 18:49
man u gotta do Gently now on the Iowa album
I read he cut himself at the end of the songs in Iowa, this album was a one time only and we should appreciate it
I heard that too... crazy... and he was getting glass bottles thrown at him by the producer or something like that too... you can hear that in the album!
This is single handedly one of the coolest videos I have ever watched keep it up Chris you will get to 1 mil very soon!
This is amazing!!!, id love to see you analyze some gerard way WTTBP vocals ,best singing youtube channel out forsure!!
Best vocal coach on TH-cam. Your videos are the best I've seen regarding metal singing. Far better than Ken Tamplin and Melissa Cross.
This is one of the most unintentionally funny videos I have ever seen.
To be fair. While you're at Corey Taylor you could as well do a song from each album of Slipkot of Stone Sour since his screaming voice changes a lot. These videos are very informative and you break everything down and explain it brilliantly. I'd especially would like what you've got to say about his higher pitched scream from Slipknot's vol.3 era. Thanks for the videos, they're amazing to watch.
You would make a good voice actor
Some of "Corey's vice" he's analyzing in some sections is actually Chris fynne voice singing back up. I'm not sure he realizes that.....
Ps it's super noticeable with Chris's replacement, he's horrible!!! No like tortilla man!
There you go, analyze the difference between them two..🤔
Starting about minute 8:38
He says listen to what he does with his voice here....
Chris and In this song I believe clown is also singing back up.
Corey "I feel it all slipping away!"
Chris and clown "I walk toward you"
Corey "we all got left behind"
Chris and clown "I ignore you"
No man, it's just corey
@@xitoroman It may have been Corey on the recording (which can be done in a separate sample), but when the song is performed live they are done by custom percussionists. It's worth noting that there's overlap between backup and lead vocals.
I want to hear tortilla man on record before jumping the gun.
Imagine a rock singer actually finds one of your tutorials on them😂😂
One of them did! Spencer Sotelo… and then we ended up doing a whole course together!
@@chrisliepe oh yeah, I remember but I know nothing about him besides being on ur vids. How cool. But imagine Axl Rose, Anthony Kiedis or Corey Taylor found ur tutorials on them
Actually, the lyrics says "ALL MY... friends have pictures made to make you cry" 😅. Lovely analysis though!!!
Please,do this with the vocal change of serj tankian during his career(live performance)...love your videos,salute from 🇮🇹
Since it’s just a really high strong fry scream I’m not sure what you’d think about it, but I’d be interested to see what you think about the screamer in fear and loathing in Las Vegas
Hi what software were you using on editing your voice production? TIA
Corey's vocals on Iowa chill me to my bone. Absolutely nothing inauthentic anywhere on that album from any of the 9. Absolute pure hate. Its still gets me now all these years later and arguably one of my greatest musical influences moving forward from that point. Great video too mate. I've just discovered uou today. My wife is an incredible singer and I c a nt wait to show her your stuff.
So good, Slipknot after this was just over produced
Great video as always. It just occurred to me, if like this kind of stuff I highly recommend Limerent Death by The Dillinger Escape Plan just for the insanity at the end. Speaking of which, it would be cool to see you breakdown Greg Puciato, the guy is nuts.
Totally agreed. Jacob Bannon circa-Jane Doe would be interesting as well
this is not hate the oposite i love the video but lots of the screams that you analized were from cris fehn and not from corey to give an example in the minute 13:09 but even with that it was a great video
I was waiting so bad for this, Thank You Chris!
I know it's not about mimicking, but I like how you explained the scream at 10:30 . It's got the characteristics and is discernable, but it doesn't sound very close. This brings me what I want to add, because if you do want to mimic it from that base you very accurately explained, you can experiment with tongue placement, just bringing it back a bit, to lower the pitch. I've found that just bringing the back of your throat up just the slightest bit kind of amplifies that affect but doesn't lose the main characteristic you explained.
Damn you are the most Chad vocal teacher on TH-cam!
It dosen´t matter if its Thom Yorke or Corey Taylor, this dude got you covered everytime
his voice makes me remember Jimmy Sullivan from A7X
Absolutely love it. Due to my lack of vocalists in my mind, it is regretfully rare that I click on one of your videos because you're so talented and I really enjoy watching. The insight changes my view on certain aspects of vocals that I'm probably deaf to. Plus it's nice when light is brought to these separated tracks as I feel like not many know about them.
These are the current (12th August 2021) Slipknot songs that exist with separated tracks if anyone is interested. Since the whole thing with Roadrunner Records, I'm doubtful we'll ever get more separated tracks. It all depends on how comfortable Warner are with licensing their songs to Harmonix:
Wait and Bleed
Eeyore
Left Behind
Duality
Pulse of the Maggots
Before I Forget
Sulfur
Psychosocial
Dead Memories
Devil in I
Unsainted
All songs there except Eeyore are from the Rockband games. Eeyore is from "Craig's Data Disc" and (fortunately for the sake of this channel) only has the vocals (whereas all the others have vocals, guitar, drums, bass and "extra" separated).