Why Your Voice Is Boring (And How to Fix It)
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
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What makes your voice sound boring? I think most people, when they say their voice is boring, mean that is sounds flat or unexciting. There seems to be no interesting aspect of their voice to make it stand out. They gotst the notes and the words, but that's about it!
The real problem is not the person’s voice - it is that they are not exercising all the dynamics that are possible with their voice. As a singer, they are more focused on hitting the notes instead of really interacting with the song. I mean, if you’re covering a song by your favorite artist or band, you want to do it justice, right?
But then, notes, phrases and timing take over and there is no room left for the true expressive factors that you actually can exercise with your voice.
How can you fix that? I’m glad you asked!
Don’t mind me, just screaming “OW!” 100 different ways in the living room while my kids stare at me.
Your rewards will be great! haha
Hahaha! 👏 I am even forbidden to sing anything bcs I sound "like someone stepped on a cat's tail" 😁🤘
My dogs are looking at me weird.
Yes, I was outside at the barn screaming "OW" with my horses.
Probably not the best location for screaming "ow"
At least my dog checked on me.
🤣
So much fun!!!
Yup but he's speaking truth vocal diversity is key to finding a unique sound
Chris when I am feeling uninspired, you always manage to really inspire me. Thank you.
My pleasure!
I think this intro song is probably my new theme song.
Haha! Wait til it torments you in your sleep.
Really a gift to get this video on my feed today! Thank you 🙏
great vid as always, Chris
If nothing else, these lessons always get me smiling ❤😂
This helped me so much thank you
Another brilliant message 👊🏻I will use Wow!!!!!!
:)
Thanks, man. Nice
how you do It... The music reminds me a bit the song 'Another one bites the dust', same kind of feeling... I don't know...
Ya, you got it... that was totally my inspiration!
Thank you very much for you videos, i love all of then!
That song at the beginning lol
hehe
hey there! another great video and cool new thumbnail style!
I'd love to hear your take on Caleb Shomo (Beartooth).
EDIT: I absolutely need your improv as a .mp3 file for my daily life. that gave me soooo much serotonin haha.
3:57 you can hear the strings on the guitar vibrate after you scream
Good ears!
@@chrisliepe Thank you
I was practicing this exercise in my apartment with my girlfriend. Someone called 911. The police came and I was singing to another tune.
haha
Chris, I love how you make this all fun and playful. Thanks for the reminder that my voice doesn't have to be boring. OOOOOWWWWWW!!
You are a fucking inspiration, man. So glad I found your channel.
"ow."
i envy everyone with a nice voice ESPECIALLY if they have a nice singing voice as well
I have a "wonderful" Monotone voice -.-
Some of the ow’s sounded like Linda from Bob’s Burgers 😂
Your videos always make me laugh lol. Love it
Great explaintation, this is literally my biggest problem. have no problem at pitch or tempo, but just not sound interesting.
Your studio is so quiet i can hear your guitars ringing in the background when you shout haha
I’m 58 years old. My voice is boring. Is there still hope? 🥴
There is absolutely hope!! Have you joined my free course yet??
@@chrisliepe I appreciate the response. I signed up this morning and am excited for progress. Thank you!
Listen to this dude people. He's one of the guys that's gonna help bring some excitement back to music! Love it!
I was literally singing and wondering why my voice was so damn boring when I got the notification for this video
He knows. He just knows.
I have been working on an album for about the last year+ and just let my bro and a friend hear the first batch of songs last weekend. They both had the same feedback; music = good. Vocals = boring. I've been trying to figure out how to address that feedback, and then this video magically appears! Love that!
😂😂
Its that Chris Liepe voodoo magic
hmm, how convenient!
Great job on the new thumbnail style! Stands out more than the previous style! Also, content is gold as always
Came to say the same thing lol!
what is thumbnail style?
@@gumdr0p the way he styled the nails of his thumbs, super polished. Must have a great manicurist
How do I practice saying ow, in my apartment without having my neighbors call the cops on me?
Improvise. Try this:
Cows, make perfect pets
If you like eating cereal....
Ok maybe not THAT but yeah!
Lol
Chris, your tonal examples always crack me up. Great vid btw
Glad you like them!
Im Brazilian and my band became so much better thanks to your tips. The little ajustments that you teach in your videos bring another life to my voice. More control, more power and energy. Thank yoou VERY much
Can't watch now, so dropping in to help the algorithm with a like and a comment! Thanks Chris!
Much appreciated
@@chrisliepe I ended up watching it anyways lol
Chris, you are a national
Treasure lol. I wish I had your videos 10+ years ago. You make it silly and fun, and to be a great student of singing you have to let loose and not be afraid to be silly. I used to wait til the house was empty, along with both neighbors being gone before I’d allow myself to sing out of fear of sounding ridiculous. I didn’t realize this was the foundation of great learning! Thank you Chris 🙏🏼 I am so grateful
I have lost so many years of time while trying to learn to sing properly. Everything from other teachers were so vague and abstract and different words meant different things to each teacher. I used to toe myself in knots trying to expand ribcage, breathe through my nose, get cord contact and the oh so very cliche “sing from the diaphragm. After 20 years I learned from you what that REALLY means. Plus most vocal coaches I have dealt with didn’t know how to connect “proper singing technique” to rock music. I’m sure I have created undue damage and habits through all of the confusion. I could go on forever! But thanks again.
Wow, thank you!
This is why actors are sometimes good singers, (or interessting?) even if they don’t get the pitch perfectly. And... Mike Patton could teach us a few tricks in this domain. :0 :)
When he does the most the super vocal fry owww he sounds just like wierd Al yankovic
This is actually the best advice you've given so far, and listening to Chris Cornell's isolated vocal tracks, he's not always on perfect pitch. In the past, I didn't notice this and I was making my vocal lines more complex just to make them more interesting, and it created the opposite effect. Soundgarden, to me, is basic bluesy vocal lines but sang in a passionate way (with yells and shouts and a good high range), on top of weird chord voicings and weird guitar melodies and odd time signatures. I can always sing along their songs but I can't always predict the next signature change or guitar chord or solo. I'm a huge fan of them because they are fresh, I can say the same for Pixies from 80's and early 90's.
GREAT insights! This felt like I was reading an article out of a cool music magazine!
"I couldn't resist myself" could be big hit, you sound great 👏
I'm goin all "Oww", really following along and I look over at my left and my 🐺is starin at me like I've completely lost my mind.😐
How do I sing a song relaxed without sounding monotone or bored? It think that’s my issue, when I sing in a lower octave or a chill vibe song I sound a bit too monotone or like I don’t wanna be there.
The verve - sweet and sour what you’re going for?
Have you joined me free course in the video info yet? That'll help you get relaxed and expressive!
@@chrisliepe I have! Don't think I've made it to that part of the course yet, I'll check it out!
I'm gonna sing this song to troll my wife. She's always hurting herself
haha... I actually came up with it telling one of my kids to slow down and focus on what he was doing haha
Indeed, I struggled so much to cover Devin Townsend's Vampira, that has an exciting, fun vocal performance. That is a weird cover option we have. Our band's songs are melancholic progressive metal, so my voice being boring didn't strike me that much. But now I think both our originals and covers could have more life to it.
That's an amazing tune
I'm writing a new song right now. It's called "Ow!". I'll mention you in the writing credits.
Ha!
THIS WAS IT!!! This is what I've been looking for!! Oh my goodness this just unlocked an absolute GOLDMINE of ability I never knew I had in me!
Chris, I LOVE YOU MAN!!! Thank you for making this video it made singing fun again!!!
You are an incredible teacher
Thank you!
I'd like to add, in addition to listening to you and all the variance, personally hearing different singers and singing "like" them has kinda taught me different styles and textures without even knowing it. Like I'll be singing and paying attention to my voice and feel it doing different things to match what I'm hearing. So it's like learning techniques without knowing it at first.
Then one coukd take that, after kinda studying it in your head, and do that other exercise of yours, singing a random phrase, like a piece of mail. And applying the mux of things you've heard.
Off top of my head, Bono and Pete Loeffler are good ones to "study".
Also, I think once you get used to it, you can match these different techniques to an emotion. Bono does that well. Certain techniques match a certain emotion. Those types of songs, I think, really "get through" emotionally. Hearing desperation, heartbreak, hatred, etc. Where it becomes just natural. Singing how you feel
So creative and theatrical loved it. Definitely will get people out of their comfort zones. (Including myself) ouch 🤕 lol
When you went into your breakup high range OWs at 3:53 your guitars were resonating in the background. Truly added something special. Can't stop laughing
I always love your videos Chris. Always so fun to watch and sing along and just have fun exploring the voice. I’m throwing out a request and was wondering if you could do a reaction video and explain the technique sully erna uses. Keep rockin on man and making awsome content!
Once again another eye-opening lesson with super useful tips
I love how you try to enhance the actual art behind music/singing and bringing that to the people
Thank you :D
As always, it's not what you've got it's what you do with what you've got.
YES
This might be the best vocal advice ive ever heard, thank you!
Simply amazing! Have a strong urge to try it immediately. Hope the neighbours will not call the police 🤘😄
hehe... getting noise complaints is kind of a rite of passage for the practicing vocalist :)
You can say that again 🎤🤩
I love watching bald men singing
2:09 As I was listening on my headphones some of the sound leaked and my mother thought there were some cats having a stand-off.
haha
When you performing in NYC? I’m ready to purchase a ticket
Took me a few vídeos to realize that he is not saying “Hi, Grizzly Bear here” 😅. Great Videos Chris. I love your content!
I just thought you said, 'Hi! Grizzly Bae here' 🤣🤣🤣
Love this!!!! Would be great to see the same idea done with a softer style of song, ballad. I struggle to get that emotion when trying to sing softly or quietly great video as always
This dude sound exactly like breach from valorant
When I try to go high and my voice is very tired they break up even worse than that. Now i discover that can be the way I use air and have to work on a thin vocal closer without letting too much air escape as this affect my low support(as you explain on the new video 'dry body, dry mouth, dry air lol). I wish i used the break ups and flips as a stylish thing and not a shame that put me in a place of insecurity. Thanks for teaching us how to be in desesperation and not hurt us so much lol.
That’s one of the late GREATest Mr. Cornell’s best qualities as well. Every tiny sound he made was so full and rich!
My voice is just weirdly toned when I add expression it just sounds weird I can’t be saved I’m monotone forever 😢
I love how educative you are with all these crazy stuff! :D
Omg thank you I always pent so long trying to get the pitch in the notes exactly correct that I wasn’t adding any flavor to it and it just sounded meh and boring
Lifechanging
What a f....AM😳ZING tips! Genius
Thanks for the good tips man! This really adds a lot to my singing. Wish you well in all your endeavors.
Awesome demonstrations and information, as usual! And that song is catchy. Been singing along while I fold laundry \m/
Calm down Vitas @5:07. Haha. For real though, I'm a versatile singer. I get bored of doing one style of singing. Sometimes when I make an album, the first singing style doesn't sound like the next song singing style. Sometimes in the same song I change my styles. I like getting goofy sometimes with it. I feel like a lot of music isn't diverse and doesn't get fun with it. I think Mike Patton really helped break that boredom in the music scene and definitely helped a lot of us out. Thanks for more tips.
Ow I hurt myself when I sing bad.
hehe
Hi, Chris. I'm Chris. Your videos really helped me a lot. Thank you for this incredible lesson
That So fckin helpful👌🏽⚡
Matt from Muse is a great example of this type of control
You're good... You're very good! Thank
you.
What a great video! As you said, sometimes we focus so much on trying to hit the notes of the tune, we forget that - even if someone is just listening - it's a performance. Hitting the notes is just a tiny part of delivering a convincing performance. "ow, I hurt myself" sounded like a dumb, lame thing to say at first - by the end, it sounded like the best chorus to the best song I haven't heard yet!
haha! RIGHT!!
Found myself shouting aw at 2am
Meme content 😂🤌🏻 (nice video btw :D)
Now I know how Weird Al gets his sound with ow!
I love Michael Hutchinson’s way he sings “owww” in Mystify. Thank you Chris. I have subscribed!!!! 💙✨
Thanks for the sub!
This lesson is greatness!! Subscribed! Thank you, Chris!!👊
I appreciate the way you break it down while also explaining what you are doing. Very helpful!
When he starts screaming ow lmaoooo
that surprised face @9:06... 😄 man, you got that!
So I just wanted to say that even your voice has improved loads since the beginning of this channel. So do mine. Thank You Chris!
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuude yout voice is amaaaazing
I have 1,000 different ways to express the pain of a stubbed toe now
Woah that intro was killer!
This was a fantastic exercise! I will be doing this tomorrow….I’d do it now if it wasn’t already 1 am! 😂
That’s a great lesson
Amazing skills
Me the whole day Ow wa oa awwwww🤣
2:15 LOL this is so true
My brother just told me that I’m monotone and I’m hear to learn!
I think you might be surprised of what your voice is capable of doing! Check out my Free Your Voice course, it is designed for people JUST LIKE YOU who are just starting to find their voices!
ayo drop this drip ill pay you
Amazing 10 minutes
My wife just came in and asked what the F*&$ are you doing?? haha
Hehe. Yessss
Amazing advice. Seriously life changing for most of us but I do have a question.. My problem is that when I sing by myself... I sound so much better than when I sing for someone or if I know I'm being listened to. I can even feel tightness in my Voice as I sing for others And I just do not sound anything like I do when I am relaxed and by myself. Any advice on how to fix this? Or why this happens. Because it's even when I'm by myself but I know I'm recording....
Right! You are free to EXPERIENCE your voice when you're by yourself, but you become self conscious and start 'performing' when you are around others. They key is to make a mental shift to share your voice as an experience for the other person to partake with you instead of you performing to or at them :) I can help you with this in my courses!
One great method is to nail some six inch nails through the underside of your bathroom floorboards.
Hahaha
I fking love u!
Please do a "Sing Like Tyson Ritter" I'd definitely watch that and with songs like "It Ends Tonight" and "Gives You Hell" under his belt I think it'd be a popular video that people would watch
*How to become Incubus*
Bro I needed this lmaooo
yay :)
bro? why the hell is his voice so awesome?
I see now I get it