My biggest fear is spending hours doing something wrong. I really struggle to relate the descriptions teachers give to my own body. I never seem to feel the tension that I supposedly have. My teacher looks at my neck and can tell but I can never feel it. It's so frustrating.
RIGHT... Only YOU can know and declare what is right and wrong with your OWN BODY. The best thing you can do for your voice is ignore teachers and learn how to learn about your own body :)
I'm just about to start getting into singing but from weightlifting: There is a thing called Mind-Muscle-Connection: As you build your muscles you are able to fine tune your movements so you can do the simple excercises with better form and stability, and continue to more complex excercises that require greater coordination. And since singing is also all about fine tuned muscle control, you might be able to take concepts from weightlifting and apply them to singing. Learn how your body reacts to the simple excercises and get to know the "feel" of doing them correctly. I was a fucking spastic when I started lifting and martial arts and now I can pick up new movements and excercises pretty fast. Just 2 cents from someone just about to start lawl
My old vocal coach told me this: stand with your back and head against the wall and see if you can still sing. Yes you need to focus a lot harder on support but this’ll show you if you have to “fold” your body to hit notes. Sorry that this is being replied 2 years later lol
Hey man. Indian classical music has this technique called meend. It means switching from one note to another with a gliding curve. It can be done by anyone. I found this to help with singing without tension and easiness on the throat
Dude, you're literally priceless. These video's are worth real money. Especially since the only reason I only had 4 lessons, is because I can't afford how expensive the ones of your caliber are.
Nice intro! Also I just noticed after this video, I always introduce tension because I don't want to be loud(roomates.) But if I just let loose, not only can I sing tension free, but it sounds so much better. Thanks Chris!
Same here man! When I’m singing in my house it’s hard to be free because I fear bothering my siblings and parents. But when I’m in the car I can just be so much freer!
Chris. Your program and your content have been essential in my progress as a singer. I can’t thank you enough for what you do. I often go back to your warm up video when I feel overwhelmed with perfectionism and my ADD brain wants to mindlessly do every single exercise on the internet. thank you for your work! This has been an extremely challenging year for me, but singing and music are truly a guiding light for me every day.
I just love your way to point things out. Singing a song about "Why is everything so tight" and demonstrating it at the same time is just great. You're a really experienced and very conscious singer. I already profit from your videos. Thanks so much!!!
I figured this out one day in the car. I was singing a high note and just decided to flex my abs and everything sounded louder, warmer and my throat wasn’t tense
I took the vocal course. Chris Lipe your freaking amazing. I hit notes I thought I never could and the clarity was AMAZING it felt better to sing than it did to do a heelflip on a skateboard for the first time. I thought my voice was a lost cause. Thank you so much.
@@chrisliepe Check out the clip I did on my channel... ringtone 1... I did it on the fly last weekend in a practice session. I'm working on the full length song this weekend.
Came here straight from the email list!! Chris, you are the best vocal teacher on RUclips. You actually explain stuff in detail in a way that is hands on and easy to follow. I have seen so much progress because of you. I’m hitting notes that I’ve never been able to hit before in confidence. Keep up the great videos!
Interesting. In Karate there's a similar technique. You concentrate the focus of the punch in the lower abdomen, so you don't use more force than you need in the punch. Thanks for the tips. Subscribed.
Damn, Chris. The example backing track "why is everything so tight" is very pleasing to my ears. I'd so download an original song of yours like that! :)
I would love being in the studio with you and practicing, cause you definitely would match my energy. I get goofy and pumped when I'm in my singing mode, so it'd be nice to have a vocal coach who doesn't take themselves too seriously. I love it. Definitely starting the free course. Thank you for what you do!
Chris, I think you just saved me!! I've been spending a lot of time getting my technique right but one thing that's always been killing me is my throat tightening up, and my voice has gradually been more dull with time. But now I've realized all I needed was to get more "ring" or resonance at the back of my sinuses with that "ng" sound. Focusing on that has reduced my throat tension drastically, not to mention added so much of that richness back to my voice... it's made a night and day difference in literally 1 practice session! Who knows how much improvement I'll see in a month? Thank you for this video.
I have to tell you - Despite the fact that this video is like listening to fingers on a chalkboard, I kept turning it off and then coming back to it saying "maybe he's onto something here". I do voice-overs and also sing in my church praise team and over the years my throat has gotten worse and worse and worse and I have such a hard time doing my voice-overs and do every vocal exercise known to man, I've gone to vocal therapy and had scopes down my throat 3 times!!! NOTHING helps and since the "pros" haven't helped me, I've been trying on my own to figure things out - then this incredibly annoying video comes to my thread and as I said I kept turning it off, but then I think the Lord kept telling me - Go back to it - and do you know!!!! THIS is EXACTLY what I needed to know! Truly - I am getting through my voice-over work with so much less vocal stress and tightness today. My throat keeps wanting to revert back to my bad habit of tightening but this is only day one and only a couple hours in, so going to relearn how to speak and use my voice. I think the more I was trying to loosen my throat up the more I was focusing on my throat and the tighter it was getting!!!!! Anyway - I thank you from the bottom of my larynx for this video!!! This is helping me so much!!!! I am thinking of my face and nose instead of my throat and wow! Makes my voice sound sooo much better!!!! Thank you and God bless you!
This is great to hear! I hope you can engage with my free course linked in the video description. If this video helped you, the mindsets and techniques I teach there will be complete game changers for you!
Tightness...!.! Earth and Water. This is where deep-throating your microphone is helpful. Unless its an Aston Origin, in that case, abstain. . Joking - just follow what he says! He is great and so is his channel :)
Thank you thank you thank you!!!… I love how you break it down and make any and every kind of noise when you’re explaining things I am totally blind… Even though I’ve been singing all my life… I lost site ha ha of where to sing from I think because of my videos on Smule… I subconsciously think about everything I’m doing to look OK and lose concentration on what I’m doing with my voice… This video rocks!✊❤️
Haha yeah I posted a question about this on Reddit yesterday and today RUclips answers with this video recommendation. I guess I don't mind if Big Brother is watching me at this point because at least I get good content.
Great lesson! I think my issue is from embarrassment mostly. I've never really sung, but have always wanted to. I've NEVER understood how people in bands, etc....just start singing! It's beyond my reasoning, because my voice is kinda Ethel Merman-y rather than Ann Wilson-y, so I'm always nervous and my throat clenches up. I can hold a tune, but only when singing softly. And I live in an apt. so...singing loudly is not so appreciated by my neighbors. 🙄 I may need to start taking a little drive now and then to let my voice out!
My favorite lesson from Chris, is how to use the abs in singing. It has changed every song I've ever sung, and it's highlighted how I was doing it on my best songs even before I knew about it. Before I sing now I have a little talk with my core, and say "are we ready?" Thanks Chris.
This is just what I needed. Thank you. ❤ Ok, I just did a humming vocal exercise and just wanted to say that this tip really changed the way I use my voice already. It’s insane. I usually struggle to get the proper cord closure and resonance, but this just unlocked something instantly! I’m so excited! You’re the best! Seriously. The struggle was real lol
The way you access these technique for the first time may look absurd but actually, this helps a lot for the muscle memory of this right technique... Good Job Chris... 💪
Chris, I'm a huge fan of your channel and teaching methods, you make it all so much fun and you're a great person! I have two vocal analysis requests because you always do those videos so well: the impossibly demanding "Hiroshima Mon Amour" sung by the mighty Graham Bonnet (with Yngwie Malmsteen on guitar, this song ranks up there as one of the most ridiculously impressive rock performances I've heard) and something by Michael Bolton (I've never heard anyone replicate his unique power and tone, his voice is naturally amazing), for example "When I'm Back on My Feet Again" which has an incredible belted chorus (the live version is twice as good by the way)
So great! I already do an exercise for my every day mind/for overcoming trauma- SBR-NT, stop, breathe, relax, & new thoughts (to replace the negative old ones from the past/abuse) so I’m rewiring my neurons and this is ironically very similar to what I’m doing for other reasons! Kinda cool 😎 and thanks for posting. I sing lead vocals in a band in NYC and we perform at a venue-it’s been one year now. I’m in my 50s & it’s what i dreamt of doing when I was 13/anyway I’m always looking to improve my vocals. Do a lot of Patti Smith/PJ Harvey/Stevie Nicks-anyway, I’m glad i found this and starting on in right away 🎉
Oh hey that must be why i can sing so well at the end of long bike rides- cuz I’ve just been pedaling and engaging my lower abdominals for hours, so they’re tense and tight just like it feels while doing this exercise ✌️
Hey Chris! I want to thank you for everything you've done. I haven't done any serious singing in a couple years, but practicing some of your techniques from these videos let me be able to start doing things I didn't even dream of when I was still in my "prime". It doesn't sound pretty yet, but it'll get there. My range and belting capabilities are slowly coming back to me, and you've made it a much easier climb than if I were on my own. And I've also been able to start discovering my mixed voice as well as grit. Things I never thought I would ever be able to discover properly. Like I said though, it doesn't sound good yet. But the fact that I have been making some pretty nice progress thanks to your videos warrants a comment from me. So, thank you. I did go and sign up for your free course just now to have some of the basics in a reviewable format. Sometimes we just forget the basics when trying new things, so I hope that'll help.
Thanks so much for the great comment and for sharing a little bit! Let me know how the Free Course helps you further! You'll get my email address there... you can just reply directly to the emails I send you with the free course!
Very interesting, it's like you're 'bracketing' the trouble area physically and mentally to take the focus off the 'pink elephant' and strengthen the genuinely productive areas.
I'm so glad you keep coming back to the importance of support. I often get so taken by all the other stuff that I'm working on that I forget to support. You've been really helping me keep my attention on it and to build it into my automatic and unconscious functioning. thanks. I'll keep it up.
Chris, you're a Godsend. I've needed this exact video for so long. I'm involved in musical theatre, hoping to do it professionally- but my high range struggles a lot. This technique is going to help so much, I really appreciate it!!
I would add something more... There are also TMJ issues that creates great tensions in the throat (i am struggling with it but i keep training safely until one day i'll be ok) and another point that can triggers tension in the throat'muscles is the neck... A disalignment of the first vertebraes C1 and C2 (wich i am expieriencing too)...
this was the single advice that helped me the most to achieve higher notes more naturally, I'm impressed with how well it works, pretty fast too if you commit
@@chrisliepe no problem man also I really appreciate your videos. Singing is so hard for me. I been trying for at least a decade and while I have had progress I still sound trash
Chris is channeling Pete Murray’s sound in the intro demo. Love it! I’m grateful to watch your free to view tutorials as they really knock it out of the park. Thank you Chris!
Essentially pooping 💩 😂😂 thank you Chris for giving this guitar guy hope he can sing well. Your stuff is so relatable, encouraging, and helpful. Cheers!!
Those were some real "Freestyla" type of sounds haha! Other struggles I have and would love to see your take on this, is the oversqueeze syndrom. In a nutshell, this is not only a neck tension problem but an inner muscle problem where the vocal chords have to learn to make smoother motions. The vocal cords themself coordinate and they do what they should be doing (being connected), but their motion is like taking a hammer to a glass it is not refined which results in an oversqueeze type of sound the chords are basically grinding on each other. I find that to compensate for that, As I go higher in my mix I tend to focus the resonance in the phyrangal area more, which helps to reduce the oversqueeze but I want to learn to keep the resonance in the mouth while still be able to sing freely in mix voice. Love to hear your comments or a deeper video on that Chris ✌ Take care R.
You are a hero Chris! These videos you make are wonderful, so didactic and true. And you help and encourage people all around the world. Thank you for what you do, keep up!
Tight throat is a problem for me too. Yawning really wide helps me when my throat is tight. I also notice it's tight when I am dehydrated. Hydration is hard for me to keep up with.
I'm grateful to have found this while I was searching for: Why does my throat close up when I sing? Nodes? Bad breathing? I just enrolled in the course. . . and feel like I'm on the right track. Thanks, Chris.
I'll be eager to try this. For context, I'm learning trombone, and have heard from others describe that playing trombone is a lot like singing. To the point that it is common for trombone students to be assigned vocal parts as exercises. So while the syllables of focus are different for us (more of T-Ohm sound), this same concept applies in trying to minimize throat tension. Long story short, this is good stuff to think about as I try to break away from bad habits that create throat tension and inhibit my air flow/breath. Thank you for making this free.
Thanks for all of this. I have respiratory problems (asthma and allergic rhinitis) so my throat and nose are always full of phlegm and it always give me troubles when I'm trying to sing. Any advice to people with medical problems/conditions in any part of the respiratory system? Or should I give up?
You know, I see this all of the time and try to explain to people how to relax their throat. This seems like an excellent exercise to achieve it. Great work, Chris!
I am going to record vocals today so this lesson came just at the right time hehe Chris, your videos have been a blessing to my progress as a vocalist, thank you.
My girlfriend came in at this moment 8:40 as I had forgot what I was listening to hahaha absolutely brilliant Thanks for the video too! It's great stuff.
Thanks! That was so helpfull for me right now. I just interrupted a recording session after not having sung for over a month. I couldn't open up my vowls and felt tense all the time. This exercise made me reflect on that issue very well. I gonna dive intoe more of your exercises right now. :)
Chris, your channel, and your way of teaching is so honest and helpful. I want to say thank you for what you do. Just amazing. This is the some of the best teaching I have ever seen.
Such a helpful vid! One thing that would be a great video (not sure if you've covered it) is covering/helping a weird unconscious tension when just about to track/record a vox part. Ex: Hit record a measure or two early to ready myself in front of the mic (recording at home alone), sing a couple of wonderfully relaxed notes just prior to the moment the real singing begins, feeling/sounding great and take a nice full relaxed breath - and BAM, tension as soon as you open your mouth and ruin the whole take. Knowing how to fix that would help A LOT! I've tried every iteration with no success (don't do any relaxing sounds before the first note, sing the first note/word relaxed before the real note and just hold it until the beat starts and let it out, etc). BTW: anyone ever tell you that you sound a little like Ryan Seacrest? haha It just hit me with this video and now can't get it out of my head LOL
I really do look at as much as I can on RUclips for this. I swear I've seen nearly every video of yours and Ken (you know who I'm talking about ;) ) both of you offer equally important information in a different way. Although I will say I believe Ken has the experience and understanding on you, your content is sometimes easier to digest. Watching you both is such a good way to expand my singing ability. So thankful to have you both so readily available to learn from, even just hearing your words on the subject loosens my cords. Great stuff brother
I absolutely agree with his choice not to shy away from comparing things to pooping 💩 Oh & the eyebrow thing I totally get that 👌😂 I do want to say a lot of his content covers stuff I had been self teaching on and off for over a decade & that hit me hard, I really want to recommend to anyone stopping by to take this very seriously. It’s a weird vibe but you can see the importance of adjusting to that, but I digress. It’s crazy to hear terms for this stuff & relating to the vocal journey Wish I could put my money where my mouth is but I’m not a great producer & a mediocre instrumentalist at best. Music is a hobby to me I just wanted to say this is relatable content.
I sing on my worship team at church.. do you have a full vocal warmup video for Sunday morning?! What is the single best exercise to do if you don’t have a lot of time to warm up your voice?
Great stuff, Chris! This feels like a helpful exercise to get rid of throat tension. As for videos studying rock singers, would love to see some old school classic voices analyzed - John Lennon and Paul McCartney, for example, who could sing blistering rock when they chose to. Also, Brad Delp of Boston and Lou Graham of Foreigner, two guys who can can sing crazy high notes and make it sound effortless. What can us mere mortals learn from how these guys sing? Thanks, Chris!
Great video Chris! I've been following your channel for a long time and you've really helped me grow as a vocalist. I keep hoping that one day you'll make video on the style of Toshi from X Japan!
My biggest fear is spending hours doing something wrong. I really struggle to relate the descriptions teachers give to my own body. I never seem to feel the tension that I supposedly have. My teacher looks at my neck and can tell but I can never feel it. It's so frustrating.
Oh dude I'm going through that right now, this week my teacher try to explain me something and made me think I have been doing everything wrong...
RIGHT... Only YOU can know and declare what is right and wrong with your OWN BODY. The best thing you can do for your voice is ignore teachers and learn how to learn about your own body :)
You can't visibly see tension, only you can feel it. Your teacher might not be the best, I had a similar experience in highschool
I'm just about to start getting into singing but from weightlifting:
There is a thing called Mind-Muscle-Connection: As you build your muscles you are able to fine tune your movements so you can do the simple excercises with better form and stability, and continue to more complex excercises that require greater coordination. And since singing is also all about fine tuned muscle control, you might be able to take concepts from weightlifting and apply them to singing. Learn how your body reacts to the simple excercises and get to know the "feel" of doing them correctly.
I was a fucking spastic when I started lifting and martial arts and now I can pick up new movements and excercises pretty fast. Just 2 cents from someone just about to start lawl
My old vocal coach told me this: stand with your back and head against the wall and see if you can still sing. Yes you need to focus a lot harder on support but this’ll show you if you have to “fold” your body to hit notes. Sorry that this is being replied 2 years later lol
"essentially pooping" made all the difference for real 🙏
Basically the ultimate guide how to not poop yourself while singing. Or is it?
@vikewave 100%. Within a week of doing that I let out a bit of growl too, very exciting.
I wouldn't progress so much in singing without that channel, valuable stuff again!
I doubt i be singing at all if not for Chris
Same
Hey man. Indian classical music has this technique called meend. It means switching from one note to another with a gliding curve. It can be done by anyone. I found this to help with singing without tension and easiness on the throat
Interesting. Do you have any articles or videos that explains this technique? I would love to try it ;)
@@gunnarsgarageband6384 sure it’s in hindi but the concept is the same i hope you’ll get it. Here’s the link
ruclips.net/video/kFYmaUoTRQQ/видео.html
I'm not familiar so much with this but it sounds VERY interesting. Do you have any links?
@@chrisliepe
here’s the link : ruclips.net/video/M5V2_C_ut7I/видео.html
@@chrisliepe atif aslam is a pakistani singer who uses meend . He did playbacks in indian music too. Check out some of his coke studio sessions
literally just came back from a singing session in my car in which my throat was v tight to see this in my recommended well played
Dude, you're literally priceless. These video's are worth real money. Especially since the only reason I only had 4 lessons, is because I can't afford how expensive the ones of your caliber are.
Nice intro!
Also I just noticed after this video, I always introduce tension because I don't want to be loud(roomates.) But if I just let loose, not only can I sing tension free, but it sounds so much better. Thanks Chris!
You're so welcome!
Same here man! When I’m singing in my house it’s hard to be free because I fear bothering my siblings and parents. But when I’m in the car I can just be so much freer!
@@jonathanmusic003 i’m a car singer aswell, and when I am at an Open mic I can actually sing way better than at home!
Chris. Your program and your content have been essential in my progress as a singer. I can’t thank you enough for what you do. I often go back to your warm up video when I feel overwhelmed with perfectionism and my ADD brain wants to mindlessly do every single exercise on the internet. thank you for your work!
This has been an extremely challenging year for me, but singing and music are truly a guiding light for me every day.
Thank you for sharing!! Glad you’re along for the journey and that it brings life to you!
Take a shot every time he says "gone".
i did, just died from alcohol poisoning
Drunk now 🤤
HAHAHAHA... FANTASTIC game :)
Carefull with the dry chords lol
I just love your way to point things out. Singing a song about "Why is everything so tight" and demonstrating it at the same time is just great. You're a really experienced and very conscious singer. I already profit from your videos. Thanks so much!!!
Glad it was helpful!
3:07 We should all thank Chris and appreciate all the funny noises and faces he's making. Also, apologize to his neighbours :)
hehe
I figured this out one day in the car. I was singing a high note and just decided to flex my abs and everything sounded louder, warmer and my throat wasn’t tense
hey, i never ever comment on videos but i wanted to say your channel has helped me so much and i really really appreciate you
I took the vocal course. Chris Lipe your freaking amazing. I hit notes I thought I never could and the clarity was AMAZING it felt better to sing than it did to do a heelflip on a skateboard for the first time.
I thought my voice was a lost cause.
Thank you so much.
This is awesome to read!
@@chrisliepe Check out the clip I did on my channel... ringtone 1... I did it on the fly last weekend in a practice session. I'm working on the full length song this weekend.
Nice! Another tool to get this “feel” down!
YES
Came here straight from the email list!! Chris, you are the best vocal teacher on RUclips. You actually explain stuff in detail in a way that is hands on and easy to follow. I have seen so much progress because of you. I’m hitting notes that I’ve never been able to hit before in confidence. Keep up the great videos!
Interesting. In Karate there's a similar technique. You concentrate the focus of the punch in the lower abdomen, so you don't use more force than you need in the punch. Thanks for the tips. Subscribed.
Thanks for the sub!
Damn, Chris. The example backing track "why is everything so tight" is very pleasing to my ears. I'd so download an original song of yours like that! :)
Thanks!!
😅
I speak Spanish and I am learning English, the "a little slow" way you speak really helps me understand everything you say! Thanks!
nice, you're so welcome
ı cant stop my tears😢 thank you so much sharing this practise🙏🏻 ı wish you had more videos here
I would love being in the studio with you and practicing, cause you definitely would match my energy. I get goofy and pumped when I'm in my singing mode, so it'd be nice to have a vocal coach who doesn't take themselves too seriously. I love it. Definitely starting the free course. Thank you for what you do!
Chris, I think you just saved me!! I've been spending a lot of time getting my technique right but one thing that's always been killing me is my throat tightening up, and my voice has gradually been more dull with time. But now I've realized all I needed was to get more "ring" or resonance at the back of my sinuses with that "ng" sound. Focusing on that has reduced my throat tension drastically, not to mention added so much of that richness back to my voice... it's made a night and day difference in literally 1 practice session! Who knows how much improvement I'll see in a month? Thank you for this video.
You should take part in a band man! Your singing skills are _immaculate_
I have to tell you - Despite the fact that this video is like listening to fingers on a chalkboard, I kept turning it off and then coming back to it saying "maybe he's onto something here". I do voice-overs and also sing in my church praise team and over the years my throat has gotten worse and worse and worse and I have such a hard time doing my voice-overs and do every vocal exercise known to man, I've gone to vocal therapy and had scopes down my throat 3 times!!! NOTHING helps and since the "pros" haven't helped me, I've been trying on my own to figure things out - then this incredibly annoying video comes to my thread and as I said I kept turning it off, but then I think the Lord kept telling me - Go back to it - and do you know!!!! THIS is EXACTLY what I needed to know!
Truly - I am getting through my voice-over work with so much less vocal stress and tightness today. My throat keeps wanting to revert back to my bad habit of tightening but this is only day one and only a couple hours in, so going to relearn how to speak and use my voice. I think the more I was trying to loosen my throat up the more I was focusing on my throat and the tighter it was getting!!!!! Anyway - I thank you from the bottom of my larynx for this video!!! This is helping me so much!!!! I am thinking of my face and nose instead of my throat and wow! Makes my voice sound sooo much better!!!! Thank you and God bless you!
This is great to hear! I hope you can engage with my free course linked in the video description. If this video helped you, the mindsets and techniques I teach there will be complete game changers for you!
Best Vocal Coach out there, PERIOD.
Thanks!
Yes!
Tightness...!.! Earth and Water. This is where deep-throating your microphone is helpful.
Unless its an Aston Origin, in that case, abstain.
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Joking - just follow what he says! He is great and so is his channel :)
Thank you thank you thank you!!!… I love how you break it down and make any and every kind of noise when you’re explaining things
I am totally blind… Even though I’ve been singing all my life… I lost site ha ha of where to sing from
I think because of my videos on Smule… I subconsciously think about everything I’m doing to look OK and lose concentration on what I’m doing with my voice… This video rocks!✊❤️
This exercise WORKS! I struggle sometimes with tightness and tension. This video was amazingly helpful. THANK YOU!!! Caz x
I really think you are some sort of singing angel who came to teach us how to sing
How do you know exactly when I need this exact type of video? it's getting creepy at this point ahah
Same here :-)
hehe
@@chrisliepe if this is because of seeing your viewers on feedback Fridays, you are a genius!!!
I was thinking the exact same thing lol
Haha yeah I posted a question about this on Reddit yesterday and today RUclips answers with this video recommendation. I guess I don't mind if Big Brother is watching me at this point because at least I get good content.
Great lesson! I think my issue is from embarrassment mostly. I've never really sung, but have always wanted to. I've NEVER understood how people in bands, etc....just start singing! It's beyond my reasoning, because my voice is kinda Ethel Merman-y rather than Ann Wilson-y, so I'm always nervous and my throat clenches up. I can hold a tune, but only when singing softly. And I live in an apt. so...singing loudly is not so appreciated by my neighbors. 🙄 I may need to start taking a little drive now and then to let my voice out!
My favorite lesson from Chris, is how to use the abs in singing. It has changed every song I've ever sung, and it's highlighted how I was doing it on my best songs even before I knew about it. Before I sing now I have a little talk with my core, and say "are we ready?" Thanks Chris.
This is just what I needed. Thank you. ❤
Ok, I just did a humming vocal exercise and just wanted to say that this tip really changed the way I use my voice already. It’s insane.
I usually struggle to get the proper cord closure and resonance, but this just unlocked something instantly! I’m so excited! You’re the best! Seriously. The struggle was real lol
The way you access these technique for the first time may look absurd but actually, this helps a lot for the muscle memory of this right technique...
Good Job Chris... 💪
Chris, I'm a huge fan of your channel and teaching methods, you make it all so much fun and you're a great person!
I have two vocal analysis requests because you always do those videos so well: the impossibly demanding "Hiroshima Mon Amour" sung by the mighty Graham Bonnet (with Yngwie Malmsteen on guitar, this song ranks up there as one of the most ridiculously impressive rock performances I've heard) and something by Michael Bolton (I've never heard anyone replicate his unique power and tone, his voice is naturally amazing), for example "When I'm Back on My Feet Again" which has an incredible belted chorus (the live version is twice as good by the way)
currently my favorite singing teacher, super-practical and straightforward stuff; very very helpful
thank you :)
So great! I already do an exercise for my every day mind/for overcoming trauma-
SBR-NT, stop, breathe, relax, & new thoughts (to replace the negative old ones from the past/abuse) so I’m rewiring my neurons and this is ironically very similar to what I’m doing for other reasons! Kinda cool 😎 and thanks for posting. I sing lead vocals in a band in NYC and we perform at a venue-it’s been one year now. I’m in my 50s & it’s what i dreamt of doing when I was 13/anyway I’m always looking to improve my vocals. Do a lot of Patti Smith/PJ Harvey/Stevie Nicks-anyway, I’m glad i found this and starting on in right away 🎉
Friends, I seriously recommend his course.
exactly what i needed today, actually took pain away from my neck, thank you
You're so welcome!
Oh hey that must be why i can sing so well at the end of long bike rides- cuz I’ve just been pedaling and engaging my lower abdominals for hours, so they’re tense and tight just like it feels while doing this exercise ✌️
Hey Chris! I want to thank you for everything you've done. I haven't done any serious singing in a couple years, but practicing some of your techniques from these videos let me be able to start doing things I didn't even dream of when I was still in my "prime". It doesn't sound pretty yet, but it'll get there. My range and belting capabilities are slowly coming back to me, and you've made it a much easier climb than if I were on my own. And I've also been able to start discovering my mixed voice as well as grit. Things I never thought I would ever be able to discover properly. Like I said though, it doesn't sound good yet. But the fact that I have been making some pretty nice progress thanks to your videos warrants a comment from me. So, thank you. I did go and sign up for your free course just now to have some of the basics in a reviewable format. Sometimes we just forget the basics when trying new things, so I hope that'll help.
Thanks so much for the great comment and for sharing a little bit! Let me know how the Free Course helps you further! You'll get my email address there... you can just reply directly to the emails I send you with the free course!
Best channel for singing in RUclips. Period!
Wish i found you a long time ago
Very interesting, it's like you're 'bracketing' the trouble area physically and mentally to take the focus off the 'pink elephant' and strengthen the genuinely productive areas.
I'm so glad you keep coming back to the importance of support. I often get so taken by all the other stuff that I'm working on that I forget to support. You've been really helping me keep my attention on it and to build it into my automatic and unconscious functioning. thanks. I'll keep it up.
Chris, you're a Godsend. I've needed this exact video for so long. I'm involved in musical theatre, hoping to do it professionally- but my high range struggles a lot. This technique is going to help so much, I really appreciate it!!
I would add something more... There are also TMJ issues that creates great tensions in the throat (i am struggling with it but i keep training safely until one day i'll be ok) and another point that can triggers tension in the throat'muscles is the neck... A disalignment of the first vertebraes C1 and C2 (wich i am expieriencing too)...
Great drill and explanation Chris. Indeed, tension is the enemy of the vocalist. For many, the biggest of foes
this was the single advice that helped me the most to achieve higher notes more naturally, I'm impressed with how well it works, pretty fast too if you commit
Damn this guy can sing so good
Thanks!
@@chrisliepe no problem man also I really appreciate your videos. Singing is so hard for me. I been trying for at least a decade and while I have had progress I still sound trash
Chris is channeling Pete Murray’s sound in the intro demo. Love it! I’m grateful to watch your free to view tutorials as they really knock it out of the park. Thank you Chris!
0:10 Me trying on clothes that fit me before the rona.
haha
LOL
Amazing voice in the intro 😊😊😊
Essentially pooping 💩 😂😂 thank you Chris for giving this guitar guy hope he can sing well. Your stuff is so relatable, encouraging, and helpful. Cheers!!
Glad you're enjoying!
though you have a disclaimer in the end of the video. for me, it worked instantly. I can sing G4 consistently without breaking. thank you so much! :)
Those were some real "Freestyla" type of sounds haha! Other struggles I have and would love to see your take on this, is the oversqueeze syndrom.
In a nutshell, this is not only a neck tension problem but an inner muscle problem where the vocal chords have to learn to make smoother motions. The vocal cords themself coordinate and they do what they should be doing (being connected), but their motion is like taking a hammer to a glass it is not refined which results in an oversqueeze type of sound the chords are basically grinding on each other.
I find that to compensate for that, As I go higher in my mix I tend to focus the resonance in the phyrangal area more, which helps to reduce the oversqueeze but I want to learn to keep the resonance in the mouth while still be able to sing freely in mix voice.
Love to hear your comments or a deeper video on that Chris ✌
Take care
R.
This and Bohemian Vocal Studio's video on Vocal Fundamentals solved years of my vocal tension. Thank you Chris!
I’m going to try out for a band tommorrow, they already love my voice but I have this problem so much , thanks for this video brother
You are a hero Chris! These videos you make are wonderful, so didactic and true. And you help and encourage people all around the world. Thank you for what you do, keep up!
I had been struggling for a while with separating the feeling of my tongue and my throat, really good exercise for real.
Tight throat is a problem for me too. Yawning really wide helps me when my throat is tight. I also notice it's tight when I am dehydrated. Hydration is hard for me to keep up with.
this is 100% my stuttering pattern! This exercise helped a ton with it too!
Awesome brother! Thank you! I was singing today and noticed the tension coming in. I’ll try using this exercise - many thanks again!
Love your vocal tone.
I'm grateful to have found this while I was searching for: Why does my throat close up when I sing? Nodes? Bad breathing? I just enrolled in the course. . . and feel like I'm on the right track. Thanks, Chris.
The intro tune is so satisfying. If my brain could sing right now, that would be it.
I'll be eager to try this. For context, I'm learning trombone, and have heard from others describe that playing trombone is a lot like singing. To the point that it is common for trombone students to be assigned vocal parts as exercises. So while the syllables of focus are different for us (more of T-Ohm sound), this same concept applies in trying to minimize throat tension.
Long story short, this is good stuff to think about as I try to break away from bad habits that create throat tension and inhibit my air flow/breath. Thank you for making this free.
Thanks for all of this. I have respiratory problems (asthma and allergic rhinitis) so my throat and nose are always full of phlegm and it always give me troubles when I'm trying to sing. Any advice to people with medical problems/conditions in any part of the respiratory system? Or should I give up?
Do you have LPR or acid reflux?
You know, I see this all of the time and try to explain to people how to relax their throat. This seems like an excellent exercise to achieve it. Great work, Chris!
Just AMAZING! Helped so much right away!
I am going to record vocals today so this lesson came just at the right time hehe Chris, your videos have been a blessing to my progress as a vocalist, thank you.
Wonderful!
Found the unlisted ;) helpful video!
Glad it was helpful!
My girlfriend came in at this moment 8:40 as I had forgot what I was listening to hahaha absolutely brilliant
Thanks for the video too! It's great stuff.
Thanks! That was so helpfull for me right now. I just interrupted a recording session after not having sung for over a month. I couldn't open up my vowls and felt tense all the time. This exercise made me reflect on that issue very well. I gonna dive intoe more of your exercises right now. :)
Chris, your channel, and your way of teaching is so honest and helpful. I want to say thank you for what you do. Just amazing. This is the some of the best teaching I have ever seen.
Such a helpful vid!
One thing that would be a great video (not sure if you've covered it) is covering/helping a weird unconscious tension when just about to track/record a vox part. Ex: Hit record a measure or two early to ready myself in front of the mic (recording at home alone), sing a couple of wonderfully relaxed notes just prior to the moment the real singing begins, feeling/sounding great and take a nice full relaxed breath - and BAM, tension as soon as you open your mouth and ruin the whole take. Knowing how to fix that would help A LOT! I've tried every iteration with no success (don't do any relaxing sounds before the first note, sing the first note/word relaxed before the real note and just hold it until the beat starts and let it out, etc).
BTW: anyone ever tell you that you sound a little like Ryan Seacrest? haha It just hit me with this video and now can't get it out of my head LOL
Glad this was helpful! Haven’t heard the seacrest one yet... but he’s got a nice voice. :) I’ll take it!
I really do look at as much as I can on RUclips for this. I swear I've seen nearly every video of yours and Ken (you know who I'm talking about ;) ) both of you offer equally important information in a different way. Although I will say I believe Ken has the experience and understanding on you, your content is sometimes easier to digest. Watching you both is such a good way to expand my singing ability. So thankful to have you both so readily available to learn from, even just hearing your words on the subject loosens my cords. Great stuff brother
Youre the man Chris!
such a helpful video video and i LOVE the way you explain and show things, thank you so much chris !!!
sir!!!!
that demonstration was CRAZY! 😮👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Can't wait to try this. I can barely speak without my throat feeling tight lol.
I absolutely agree with his choice not to shy away from comparing things to pooping 💩
Oh & the eyebrow thing
I totally get that 👌😂
I do want to say a lot of his content covers stuff I had been self teaching on and off for over a decade & that hit me hard, I really want to recommend to anyone stopping by to take this very seriously. It’s a weird vibe but you can see the importance of adjusting to that, but I digress. It’s crazy to hear terms for this stuff & relating to the vocal journey
Wish I could put my money where my mouth is but I’m not a great producer & a mediocre instrumentalist at best. Music is a hobby to me
I just wanted to say this is relatable content.
Thanks for the great comment and advocacy for what's on the channel!
Chris , you are the best teacher ever . Thank you very much !!!
I sing on my worship team at church.. do you have a full vocal warmup video for Sunday morning?! What is the single best exercise to do if you don’t have a lot of time to warm up your voice?
Great stuff, Chris! This feels like a helpful exercise to get rid of throat tension. As for videos studying rock singers, would love to see some old school classic voices analyzed - John Lennon and Paul McCartney, for example, who could sing blistering rock when they chose to. Also, Brad Delp of Boston and Lou Graham of Foreigner, two guys who can can sing crazy high notes and make it sound effortless. What can us mere mortals learn from how these guys sing? Thanks, Chris!
the Psychologic from pink elephant is Gold💥💥💥💥thanks chris
Loved the intro music
Amazing, Chris! This is very useful thank you so much
Thank you so much! My non professional vocal level was g-g-g-gone🙂
You rock. Please help with this topic more! Allowing the overtones to reverberate opposed to clamping up
Incredibly helpful, thank you! Any tricks for mucus
oil diffusers. light on the dairy and sugar :) avoid nasal sprays.
Chris, I learnt so much from your videos. Thank you so much!!!!!
I can level up my vocal training through this technique thanks you are great ❤️❤️👍👍
You're always my go to for advice and vocal health. Thank you Chris!
I have been waiting for so long what an idea thank you so much Chris Lippe ❤️❤️
You could quite easily be certified insane if the wrong person sees this video!!🤣
Exactly what I needed 🙌🏼
Great video Chris! I've been following your channel for a long time and you've really helped me grow as a vocalist. I keep hoping that one day you'll make video on the style of Toshi from X Japan!
great tip
Bro I needed this video