At first I was getting drowned by the water, but then I understood how to deal with it and now my tone is soo clear!! Chris, many thanks for this trick!! It really improved my voice
I love these "unconventional and a little bit weird" videos of yours! The truth being told they are actually brilliant! Real practical solutions which anyone can employ to connect to what you're saying and test out if what they are doing is correct. You're the only channel doing this kind of thing with singing and I love it! 🙏
Holy! That was very interesting! Forward singing makes ALOT more sense now. The water exercise is simply genius - I never saw this anywhere before. Chris is always showing me new things and revealing new areas where my intuition, feel and consciousness can operate in. Fantastic
Discovered you a few weeks ago, I'm a huge fan and I'm already singing and screaming with less strain. I still have work to do, but you are the easiest to follow that I've found. Please keep going!
Wow this is amazing. Sometimes I have a problem with forward singing after a few days break, but wow. I just instantly put everything into a right place :) I'm going to use it a lot :D Thank You!
Its amazing how relevant and precise your advices are! you are THE only online teacher, which improved my voice!!! Plus, you have a very pleasent presence, which is awesome :D You ROCK!!!
Actually in classical singing, particularly the old Italian style, we have “singing in the masque,” which is just another way of saying forward singing.
Great stuff! I would not have tried the water thing! Never thought of myself as a great singer, kind of a character voice folk singer but always trying to improve even at my age! 66
Excellent. I just came across your videos today. You present in a way that easy for somebody who’s been pursuing singing by themselves to understand. Thanks for making these videos. The stuff that you’ve been teaching have been the missing puzzle pieces for me.
Thanks, Chris, this is a very cool trick! Would love to see similar content on singing without tensed tongue/jaws OR how pronunciation help with singing, cheers!
I learn so much from your videos!! I hope you continue with content like this! I don't get a lot of time to practice so lessons like this help out for when I do find time. Thank you!!
Hey Chris, been loving the videos. Could you please make a video about Sting’s voice? It’s always been a mystery to me how he sings so high with so little audible strain.
What a GREAT technique Chris for all the reasons you explain. The biggest bonus for me is that I now have an antidote to chronic mouth, jaw and tongue tension. Feeling the water vibrate was like a sonic bath for my mouth, though dribbling till I got the hang of it wasn't a good look :) Once I've switched on all the nerve receptors and pathways I reckon this will work for me as a virtual exercise as well. Biggest thankyou.
Thank you for sharing all these. Especially thank you cause of the limited movement lately you help us stimulate the vocal knowledge until we get back to our coaches. Thank you again!
haha thats fantastic stuff, ive never seen this water exercise before, ive also noticed that while the water is there the sound naturaly tends to resonate on the nasal cavities so important in forward placement, good to fight the nasality stigma too :) and open up to its possibilities
I have an idea for a lesson! Background vocals! I sing lead in one of my bands, and I sing background in an 80's band in which I play lead guitar. I have to sing higher than the lead vocalist like Michael Anthony does (did) in Van Halen. Some advice on techniques for singing like Michael Anthony or the Damn Yankees would be greatly appreciated! I'm sure a lot of musicians would benefit from it, as many background vocalists are not the "strong" singers like the lead vocalist, but often have to sing some challenging parts! Your lessons and demonstrations are great, thank you!
I don't know how you don't have more subscribers, but you're great! A lot of vocal coaches on TH-cam make things either too complicated or dumbed down to the point it's ineffective. You have a great way of explaining things in a way that's easily understandable. I subscribed, keep up the good content man!
On that 3rd exercise, I can feel the 'mask' of forward placement but don't understand the 'vibrating water' element. Is there any other type of feeling I should look for or am I doing it right if I can feel the mask?
👍 you gave me another method to improve my vocal. My eyes widely opened. I felt a different sound when I held liquid in my mouth. Especially it’s good for i vowel. Thank 🙏
Hey Chris, love your videos, finding them super helpful. It would be interesting to see you talk about Mikael Akerfeldt, the singer of Opeth. He does these vicious growls but also does some silky smooth clean vocals. Check out their earlier stuff if you're interested, for example the songs "The Leper Affinity," or "Bleak". Keep it up! (Edit) "Ghosts of Perdition" is another great Opeth song for showing off varying vocal styles.
Hi.Chris. First of all thanks for the material you put out. A big grey area,would be twang and breathy.or aspirate singing. I wish you can.cover these as they are ever so confusing....Thank.you.
Awww, this is so hard for me. I keep spitting out all the water. 😅 Not sure what I’m doing wrong. How much water do I exactly need to take in? And where is my tongue supposed to go? The higher the note the more the water is splashing out of my mouth. 🤪
Hello Chris! First, let me apologize for posting this comment under a couple of your videos but it's veeery important to me and I've been looking for an answer to this question for years and am inhumanly frustrated so I really wanted your attention 😅 I know that you usually don't take requests but could you make a video about what I think is a really important topic?: Early vs Late briding and how to make your mixed voice beefier? (I know that you made videos on how to make your mix beefier but it's not exactly what I'm talking about - I also mean tone wise) A perfect example of this is a song sang by two different vocalists of Iced Earth(notice the very obvious difference in tone when they sing "the blood is the life" - Barlow sings it much closer to how Chris Cornell would sing it and Stu Block seems to be using more of a Halford/Falsetto approach) This is the beefy one(Barlow): th-cam.com/video/Z_B5EfshvO0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=XqBwnngp34ivQq7N And this is the weaker one(Block) th-cam.com/video/so99F-1DbOk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=hrjRH2CcWDXwapCw I don't think it solely comes down to their voice types as it is evident that Barlow puts in a lot more of his chest voice Almost like reaches down for it I also think that Cornell did it too hence his vocals had that "weight" that's very hard to replicate If you or anyone has any insight on how to do it please feel free to let me know Thank you
Beber un poco de agua ( lo suficiente para poder hablar aunque con ciertas dificultades) y cantar 4:45. Esto sirve para darte cuenta de lo que significa cantar "forward". Te previene de pegar la lengua a la parte inferior de la boca y a los dientes inferiores y por tanto de mantenerla tensa, hay que dejarla un poco elevada y no tensa. También hay que relajar la mandíbula porque si no se sale el agua. Cuando piensas en vibrar el agua, debajo de tu lengua, con tu voz estás cantando "forward" 6:03, ya que sitúas tu resonancia hacia adelante. La producción de vocales y su resonancia es forward, la de las consonantes no, porque el agua nos ayuda a centrarnos en las vocales, después de tragar el agua podemos recordar la sensación para producir una gran resonancia en las vocales así como en las consonantes (8:00). Hacer lo que hace en 9:10 y notar como vibra el agua en mi boca, si no vibra es que me estoy "tragando mis notas" y no cantando hacia adelante.
I would appreciate it highly if you did Anthony Green for your next “singing like” video. His voice is so unique and different, and Circa Survive is one of my favorite bands. I know you’d be able to explain everything about his technique in a way people could understand. Also, I’m currently taking your course and am already correcting bad singing habits and building a more solid foundation for my voice. Thanks for the help
Hey Chris, awesome lesson. I saw another comment below about Kurt Cobain. Could you please teach how to sing like him in a safe way. I know some of his singing methods were not safe, but would love to incorporate some of his techniques into my vocal vocabulary. Thanks brother.
Experiment is the best way to learn, that's why you're the best singing teacher on TH-cam. Thank you again, Chris !
agreed!!
Yeah he’s certainly the most genuine and authentic coach I’ve found on yt! Outrageously helpful thank you Chris
@@tomspriggs7130100%. He’s the reason I can scream now without going horse after a couple songs lol. His approach is very different and that’s great!
You've just taken the "let's make weird noises" to the next level
Oh just you wait :)
Deeny _ The morning exercise is coming soon he will have a hard time giving us a PG example.
At first I was getting drowned by the water, but then I understood how to deal with it and now my tone is soo clear!!
Chris, many thanks for this trick!! It really improved my voice
I love these "unconventional and a little bit weird" videos of yours!
The truth being told they are actually brilliant! Real practical solutions which anyone can employ to connect to what you're saying and test out if what they are doing is correct.
You're the only channel doing this kind of thing with singing and I love it! 🙏
I appreciate you, thank you 🙏
Holy! That was very interesting! Forward singing makes ALOT more sense now. The water exercise is simply genius - I never saw this anywhere before. Chris is always showing me new things and revealing new areas where my intuition, feel and consciousness can operate in. Fantastic
NICE :)
My GOSH! I tried your water trick, and it was the LOUDEST AND CLEAREST I’ve E-VER sang that song! OMG!!!!
Discovered you a few weeks ago, I'm a huge fan and I'm already singing and screaming with less strain. I still have work to do, but you are the easiest to follow that I've found. Please keep going!
that water trick is honestly really impressive. you know imma try it
Only way to describe you is a vocal genius with incredible energy to carry your message!!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
A unique test that I've never seen before, thanks Chris. I felt a bit more vibration in the right areas after giving this a few tries.
I am surprised that this video has so low view count. Such an excellent tutorial. Thanks Dhris.
Wow this is amazing. Sometimes I have a problem with forward singing after a few days break, but wow. I just instantly put everything into a right place :) I'm going to use it a lot :D Thank You!
I automatically like it!
Working on my voice this quarantine
Its amazing how relevant and precise your advices are! you are THE only online teacher, which improved my voice!!! Plus, you have a very pleasent presence, which is awesome :D You ROCK!!!
This is awesome and makes so much sense! Thank you!
Wow, the water trick is a new one for me! I think it might help with the root tongue tension I'm currently battling.
You just mentioned it! This could be one of the better tricks I've learned. Thank you!
Actually in classical singing, particularly the old Italian style, we have “singing in the masque,” which is just another way of saying forward singing.
Great stuff! I would not have tried the water thing! Never thought of myself as a great singer, kind of a character voice folk singer but always trying to improve even at my age! 66
This as all your videos provide amazing knowledge and demonstration. So helpful in so many ways.
Excellent. I just came across your videos today. You present in a way that easy for somebody who’s been pursuing singing by themselves to understand. Thanks for making these videos. The stuff that you’ve been teaching have been the missing puzzle pieces for me.
Dude your stuff is great, I'm a musician from the UK and you've helped me so much already so thank you so much buddy !
Thanks, Chris, this is a very cool trick! Would love to see similar content on singing without tensed tongue/jaws OR how pronunciation help with singing, cheers!
I LOVE YOU MAN
I am learning so much from you, you are amazing
I learn so much from your videos!! I hope you continue with content like this! I don't get a lot of time to practice so lessons like this help out for when I do find time. Thank you!!
Hey Chris, been loving the videos. Could you please make a video about Sting’s voice? It’s always been a mystery to me how he sings so high with so little audible strain.
What a GREAT technique Chris for all the reasons you explain. The biggest bonus for me is that I now have an antidote to chronic mouth, jaw and tongue tension. Feeling the water vibrate was like a sonic bath for my mouth, though dribbling till I got the hang of it wasn't a good look :) Once I've switched on all the nerve receptors and pathways I reckon this will work for me as a virtual exercise as well. Biggest thankyou.
Mad scientist of vocals
Thank you for sharing all these. Especially thank you cause of the limited movement lately you help us stimulate the vocal knowledge until we get back to our coaches. Thank you again!
Thanks a lot for this video. I’ve been struggling a little to place my sound forward and it’s a great idea
your video and explanation are really clear and helpful. So so helpful. Bravo!
It really works !!! Thank you for this idea!
Thanks so much for your awesome course!
You are so brilliant! Love you Chris ❤️
This is so helpful! I have a request: could you please make a video on how to sing with a mellow/airy tone like John Mayer? That would be awesome 🤘🏻
haha thats fantastic stuff, ive never seen this water exercise before, ive also noticed that while the water is there the sound naturaly tends to resonate on the nasal cavities so important in forward placement, good to fight the nasality stigma too :) and open up to its possibilities
YES YES! :)
Genius, simply genius 👌👏👏👏
Amazing, can’t wait to try this Chris. Making weird noises and experimenting is fun 😝
Great describtion of an issue Chris! Greetings from Poland!
4:00 and this folks is how you choke to death on water
Absolute legend.
I felt water vibrating :-) Thanks Chris!
JUST. THANK. YOU. CHRIS
Love the approach!!
Thank you so much Jerome!
Coach” YOU ARE FIRED”
Chris “You R awesome”
Thank you for everything👈
wow what a test! Thanks a ton, this is an amazing experiment i can't believe ive never thought of before.
I have an idea for a lesson! Background vocals! I sing lead in one of my bands, and I sing background in an 80's band in which I play lead guitar. I have to sing higher than the lead vocalist like Michael Anthony does (did) in Van Halen. Some advice on techniques for singing like Michael Anthony or the Damn Yankees would be greatly appreciated! I'm sure a lot of musicians would benefit from it, as many background vocalists are not the "strong" singers like the lead vocalist, but often have to sing some challenging parts! Your lessons and demonstrations are great, thank you!
I was really needing this lesson, thank you so much!
Love your videos sir. Can u do a video explaining the features and attributes of your own voice.
This deserves 10 million of subscribers ♥️😎👍
You're such a good teacher 🤘
I don't know how you don't have more subscribers, but you're great! A lot of vocal coaches on TH-cam make things either too complicated or dumbed down to the point it's ineffective. You have a great way of explaining things in a way that's easily understandable. I subscribed, keep up the good content man!
Lap is very wet now. Highly recommend this experiment.
WTH I didnt expect this to actually work holy cow
On that 3rd exercise, I can feel the 'mask' of forward placement but don't understand the 'vibrating water' element. Is there any other type of feeling I should look for or am I doing it right if I can feel the mask?
So good!!
Notification squad
YES PLEASE :)
Excellent example man. Perfectly explained 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻but it’s not a mind thing. It’s using the NOSE and using head voice with a neutral larynx
WOW! Thank you
Thanks Chris
👍 you gave me another method to improve my vocal. My eyes widely opened. I felt a different sound when I held liquid in my mouth. Especially it’s good for i vowel. Thank 🙏
Your passaggio is dope man
Thanks so much!
That gargle KILLED MEE
mmhh🤔 very interesting... curious about more. Thaaank You🍀🖖
Fantastic!!!!!
Best video yet!
This was amazing. Thank you
Brilliant, thank you!
Hey Chris, love your videos, finding them super helpful. It would be interesting to see you talk about Mikael Akerfeldt, the singer of Opeth. He does these vicious growls but also does some silky smooth clean vocals. Check out their earlier stuff if you're interested, for example the songs "The Leper Affinity," or "Bleak". Keep it up!
(Edit) "Ghosts of Perdition" is another great Opeth song for showing off varying vocal styles.
Chris, do a video with your version of Feel on Black Days of Soundgarden!!!
Oh I will :) Got another Soundgarden song (actually it's quite huge because I got to play with Chris Cornell's band) coming out this FRIDAY!!!
@@chrisliepe HYPED!
You did great impression of James Stewart when you started talking with water in your mouth
Hi.Chris. First of all thanks for the material you put out. A big grey area,would be twang and breathy.or aspirate singing. I wish you can.cover these as they are ever so confusing....Thank.you.
Ty....that was awesome singing tip...
Dam`. That water trick is something else. Great video. Thank you so much :D
Nobody's thumbed down this video cause they know this dude knows whats up
Interesting exercise.. i'm gonna try it but not in front of the computer to avoid a complete mess, thanks
Thank you so much! ❤
This actually blew my mind 😳😳😳 he can sing so well with water in his mouth...
Amazing tip.
Wow awesome video! I think I've only just realized you don't really use your tounge with vowels. Gonna try this in the morning
Awww, this is so hard for me. I keep spitting out all the water. 😅 Not sure what I’m doing wrong. How much water do I exactly need to take in? And where is my tongue supposed to go? The higher the note the more the water is splashing out of my mouth. 🤪
Chris, next video, you should do a How To Sing like Kurt Cobain, he had some serious control and breath support.
That would be killer 🔥🔥
@@Aryanof99 Yeah, people shit so much on Kurt as a singer, but hey, he's one of the best alternative rock singers, so haha.
I totally agree
(It's hard not to think about the Puddle of Mudd's cover of Nirvana's 'About A Girl')
@@GuillaumeLeMoalVideos Was that cover a joke? Puddle of Mudd has bangers from 2000 until now. I don't believe that cover is a real attempt.
Thank you!
Hello Chris!
First, let me apologize for posting this comment under a couple of your videos but it's veeery important to me and I've been looking for an answer to this question for years and am inhumanly frustrated so I really wanted your attention 😅
I know that you usually don't take requests but could you make a video about what I think is a really important topic?:
Early vs Late briding and how to make your mixed voice beefier? (I know that you made videos on how to make your mix beefier but it's not exactly what I'm talking about - I also mean tone wise)
A perfect example of this is a song sang by two different vocalists of Iced Earth(notice the very obvious difference in tone when they sing "the blood is the life" - Barlow sings it much closer to how Chris Cornell would sing it and Stu Block seems to be using more of a Halford/Falsetto approach)
This is the beefy one(Barlow):
th-cam.com/video/Z_B5EfshvO0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=XqBwnngp34ivQq7N
And this is the weaker one(Block)
th-cam.com/video/so99F-1DbOk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=hrjRH2CcWDXwapCw
I don't think it solely comes down to their voice types as it is evident that Barlow puts in a lot more of his chest voice
Almost like reaches down for it
I also think that Cornell did it too hence his vocals had that "weight" that's very hard to replicate
If you or anyone has any insight on how to do it please feel free to let me know
Thank you
Beber un poco de agua ( lo suficiente para poder hablar aunque con ciertas dificultades) y cantar 4:45. Esto sirve para darte cuenta de lo que significa cantar "forward". Te previene de pegar la lengua a la parte inferior de la boca y a los dientes inferiores y por tanto de mantenerla tensa, hay que dejarla un poco elevada y no tensa. También hay que relajar la mandíbula porque si no se sale el agua.
Cuando piensas en vibrar el agua, debajo de tu lengua, con tu voz estás cantando "forward" 6:03, ya que sitúas tu resonancia hacia adelante. La producción de vocales y su resonancia es forward, la de las consonantes no, porque el agua nos ayuda a centrarnos en las vocales, después de tragar el agua podemos recordar la sensación para producir una gran resonancia en las vocales así como en las consonantes (8:00).
Hacer lo que hace en 9:10 y notar como vibra el agua en mi boca, si no vibra es que me estoy "tragando mis notas" y no cantando hacia adelante.
outright genius
Your voice with water sounds very similar to Jeff Buckley... Cool!
I would appreciate it highly if you did Anthony Green for your next “singing like” video. His voice is so unique and different, and Circa Survive is one of my favorite bands. I know you’d be able to explain everything about his technique in a way people could understand. Also, I’m currently taking your course and am already correcting bad singing habits and building a more solid foundation for my voice. Thanks for the help
Using water is really interesting. How much water should we be using to achieve the effect?
Great stuff! Did you make this up yourself or you learned it from somewhere?
A combination of things I’ve learned over the years, and personal practice & experimentation!
Chris, you rock more than Chris Rock! Love your knowledge. Thanks
Hey Chris could you possibly give some insight into what's going on in the music of System of a Down.
Thanks you soo much
Most welcome
Chris i know that you are a guy who loves rock but can you once make a video on how to have a voice of rnb styles
Its works!
YESSS :)
Thank you so much Chris for this amazing content
But I have a question?
How do I apply this to real singing ?
th-cam.com/video/jdFF5JFKEjc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=8YhXfJARyBUXRr-g
Can you teach us how to have forward placement while singing low or softly? please and thank you
Great idea!
5:18
Hey Chris, awesome lesson. I saw another comment below about Kurt Cobain. Could you please teach how to sing like him in a safe way. I know some of his singing methods were not safe, but would love to incorporate some of his techniques into my vocal vocabulary. Thanks brother.
GOOD STUF KEEP THE POSITIVE INTENSITY 😎
How much water? i feel like i use too much :D
not very much :) Just a little swig!
Please a video about the Christina Aguilera different kinds of raspy/Growl voice
interesting request!