Howard Jones - The End Of Heartache - Isolated Vocal Analysis - Killswitch Engage - Sing, Production
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2021
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Join me for an in-depth, isolated vocal study of Killswitch Engage vocalist Howard Jones. His silky, powerful singing is subtly enhanced by production nuances. His screams are some of the most rangy and diverse of any singer/screamer out there!
Not a lot of vocalists are as well-rounded and highly-skilled as Howard Jones. The way he transitions between different types of aggressive sounds is quite remarkable.
By studying what he does and how his vocals are recorded, we can learn a great deal about how to expand our own tonal and dynamic possibilities!
Enjoy this vocal and production breakdown of "The End Of Heartache" and see if it inspires you as much as it has inspired me! 
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What Chris is doing for the culture of metal is phenomenal. Unlocking Pandora's box.
Thats a fact!
Howard Jones is why I wanted to do vocals in the first place. This was the first song I ever heard by them and I knew I would love him forever. I already know how to sing, but now I know what sort of approach he took because of you. I’m one step closer to covering one of my all time favorite songs.
Thank you so much for this. My favorite song finally analyzed professionally by my favorite singing teacher
Hope you enjoy! His screaming approach is so rangy and challenging... SO cool and inspiring too!
The tuned part at the end is actually Adam singing i believe. His "Backing" Vocals are always heaviliy tuned. Not that he cant sing, but its part of the Sound.
He definitely autotunes his studio vocal tracks, but I don't think it's too "heavy". His natural voice sounds a lot like he is autotuned. He hits pitches quickly with barely any flair in between. You can hear it a lot in his acoustic performances on youtube.
Very little to no autotune for Adam. He naturally can make his voice sound like it has autotune on it. Ive been listening to his voice for years.
Howard is easily one of my top 5 favorite metal vocalists of all time
he is a god
Agreed! And Chris is a legend for this breakdown!
Chris is probably the best vocal instructor on youtube. buyed a course from him and wasn't dissapointed.
Agreed. Bought his course with Spencer Sotelo, and I still revisit it now. Excellent tutor.
Mind if I ask what you bought and your thoughts?
I agree. I've learnt alot and my vocals has gone alot better. And I've met some great friends on here. Thanks Chris
Been waiting for some good money to come in but buying his vocal course after. And agreed best vocal coach on youtube.
I never knew I needed a video like this today. I was literally just listening to some Killswitch Engage up until a friend of mine sends me this video my way. Such great timing.
Howard’s got a unique voice within the metal genre. You could just listen to a song he’s featured in (that doesn’t have a music video) then you’ll be like yep, that’s Howard Jones. His vocals are very memorable and nostalgic to me at least.
You are famous.
And finally….my favourite metalcore song ever, from the best!!!HOWARD JONESSSSSS!!!!
This channel brought me to a hard conclusion that I have to relisten everything I've heard in my life in separate tracks.
I hope this channel grows significantly, this type of content deserves millions of views.
It would've been great to see such a video of Protest The Hero.
Since you reacted to this song, I highly recommend checking out "The Blade" by SION (Jared Dines and Howard Jones' project). Maybe you'd be able to score isolated vocals for that song as well, and be able to react to a more recent version of Howard's vocals. Dude's screams have just got more velvet over the years. And his cleans are still soothing as hell (also Jared is a really dope guitarist)
“I’ve been looking forward to this”.
Love Howard’s voice, he’s easily in my top 10. Hell, top 5 even. Love the vid man, keep up the amazing work 🤘🏼
Chris, you are a wizard!
Howard used the effects in a very nice way. Thank you for breaking this one down.
This is how screaming should be. Controlled and intelligible.😎
Howard has always been one of the greats.
*laughs in slam*
Dude, I've been on the cusp of being able to scream for the better part of a year by just exploring my voice on the drive to and from work. Never looked into a tutorial but the way you broke it down there it just kinda snapped into place...I can scream now and project it loudly. Thank you hahaha tomorrows drive is gonna be fun :D
Chris thank you for this series man! You’ve been the biggest factor in demystifying so many aspects of aggressive vocals that I’ve always wanted to know more about. You’ve quickly become one of my favorite people on RUclips
These analysis videos are just magic. So insightful and I learned so much from this one. The End Of Heartache has long been a favourite album of mine. Thank you very much for putting this content out there, you are a legend!
Man you’re good. Ive never heard a breakdown like that. Howard is amazing. Great job
Yes Chris. Amazing video as always. Been waiting for this.
Hope you enjoyed it!
Watching this video again... So cool, getting deeper into your material and courses step by step and I am really feeling(!) and hearing the difference in my voice and singing! It took me more time than I thought, but I had to unlearn lots of bad habits, and discipline myself with healthy ways of singing. I am now able to do the clean voice with the compression and the screaming without destroying my throat!
Thank you so much!!!!
Finally ❤️
Thank you Chris.
You are the best vocal instructor.
YESSSS! I’ve been waiting for this!
Idk why I was afraid he wouldn't sound as good acapella. When I paused to write this, I realized my heart was pounding. Chris, your ability to re create the electronic and the physical aspects of this so easily is astonishing. Stg I'ma get there someday
3:50
THANK YOU! I progressed so much after letting go of that notion.
But I did it as a "screw this" move, after landing on your channel and learning so much. It wasn't deliberate.
You're the best, Chris!
Chris, I say this from the bottom of my heart: thank you.
Another value packed and entertaining lesson. Your deep dives and demonstrations are excellent! Also, Howard and KSE are legendary \m/
Was blasting this video, specifically the scream break-down segment, as people walked by. Forgot the windows were down. 😂😂
Haha
howard is a huge influence, love these breakdowns. btw i bought the course with spencer: awesome, super insightful and a vocal production exposé. getting a lot out it even with a good amount of experience 10/10 would rec
Awesome! I've been listening to Killswitch greatest hits recently and nailed some of the songs in Rock Band 4 vocals. I think this was one of them.
i found you i think about a year ago wanting to get better and learn how to scream and I watched so many people trying to find what works out of everyone you were the best and I'm no where near perfect I wouldn't say I'm good yet but I can say I have gotten so much better in just a year and I will keep watching your videos every new one you put out and see whats in it and try things and find something new and every time I can I sing or scream or a mix of something chris liepe thank you so much you are the best please keep going don't stop and keep learning other things an show people like me and many others we love you
I know I'm a bit late to this party. You sir, are absolutely ridiculous 👏 Genius
Will be covering this song in the coming weeks at a live show with my band, thank you so much for this analysis, Chris!
Chris! You're a fantastic vocal instructor. Always learning a lot from your videos!
You are owesome Chris. Thank you
You gave us some awesome advice on fridays production session with my band and now this?! Dude!! 🔥🔥
Thanks for sharing this video... There is always something to learn...
Your videos are gold Chris!
Great video. Some excellent tonal placement resonance and compression demonstrated.
His vocals are amazing. I love this. I have to go find his music. Teacher sounds great to ❤
This is the best thing ever.
So much great information here about screaming that i was missing before 🤘
Best vocal lesson video! And its about the awesome Howard
Dude Chris that's bad ass man..I didnt think anyone could pull off the Howatd Growl..YESSIR!!!
My friend more than i watch the video more and more i love it! you know what you talk you know what you doing! im so impresed!
You ROCK total respect!!!!
Awesome breakdown
I've been singing this song for years all wrong, Thank you Chris for this
Nice job!! Howard is a beast
Gracias por este video🌟
Dude well Done!! Wish i saw this sooner.
Yeeess, finally covered Howard Jones. I love Killswitch Engage
Some of the chorus harmony is Adam d aswell, if you know his voice you can pick it too
I'd love an examination of Dustin Kensrue of Thrice singing. Anything from Beggars to Now.
Hurricane is always a good song to look at. :)
If you are able to get master stems for their newer songs, I would also love a video analysing their original (and now also current) singer Jesse. Would love to see their different approaches to both singing and screaming.
Awesome video! And the quality of the isolated vocal tracks is so good, you can actually tell the lower vocal harmonies were made with Adam D... I actually covered this song, would've loved to have seen this before..!
My favourite KSE song and vocalist.
This was an amazing analysis. It’s definitely helping me thank you !! Now we need some Matt heafy !!! And Jesse leach!
I learned a few little tricks from this; thanks!
Awesome song.
wow..what the best education we need to know about voice's explaination between studio production and real voive tone...nice job bro🔥👍👍👍👍
Many many thanks
I love your videos, and this might be my headset having limited audio channels, but I definitely preferred when the introduction was its own snippet between you talking.
The absolute Man!!!
JUST listened to ksw for the first time in years yesterday and thought it'd be awesome if you did something like this for Howard. Awesome!!
I guess it was so awesome I had to do awesome^2.
Awesome Video
Studio outakes in bonus disc of Alive Or Just Breathing reveal Howard Jones technic in scream performance.
More like Cookie Monster.
Great video brother keep em comin
Its jesse
Amazing content brother ✊
Great job!!! Sir Wayne Static voice was pretty interesting too I find.
nice. Love Killswitch Engage
That was so very intense! Have you heard the Legends of Tomorrow version of "Ever fall in love"? Look up "zari 6x03", it's much quieter and the tempo picks up a lot, and it's amazing that they use all the fluctuations of the original version, and still make it more epic and meaningful.
Really interesting content. To be honest, I find clean singing more challenging at the moment, but while I'll probably watch some of your past analysis I'd still like to see some future deathcore coverage. Bands such as Slaughter to Prevail, Black Tongue, Mental Cruelty, etc.
There are many reactions to them on RUclips, but none with isolated vocals (if it's even possible), so that'd be nice.
Love your channel man! Though I cant stop thinking Keegan Key whenever I watch you😂
Ooh another good one imo would be Shaun Morgan of Seether. Dude has killer rasp and incredible vocals even live! His screams and harsh vocals have great anger behind them.
Another one would be Jesse Leach also of Killswitch (currently) he has an incredible ability to scream but make it understandible, great articulation. I know people crapped on him in the past but after his surgery for his nodule, he has an incredible sound.
Holy shit you are good.
Im not that much of a singer, but played guitar / trumped for a long time. The demo you did when talking about the larynx, gudt damn x)
Great video as usual, Chris. I'm a follower. Producing my songs is a bit easier since I've known your work. Thanks a lot for everything!
By the way, I used to think that Killswitch Engage had two people singing the different parts (normal and screams) haha
Great to hear!
They didn't in the Howard era but with Jesse back, Adam D does a lot of screaming now as well
@@GTORT Adam did take part in the action during the Howard era, but most of the time it would be Howard using his cleans and screams throughout songs. He’s one of the most notable metal vocalist in the game who could do that flawlessly, especially during live performances.
@@heelgill right. The way I read OPs comment is that they though Killswitch had two people both singing and screaming. What I replied was meant to clear up the interpreted confusion. Adam and Howard both sing, Adam has been singing since AOJB. Adam didn't start screaming on records (afaik) until DTD. So everything on EOH and ADD, screamwise, is all Howard.
@@GTORT Okay, yeah I see what you mean with the Adam thing. Before DTD, most of the time, Adam brought extra vocals to the table, especially for choruses and such and such. "Reject Yourself" would be a good example of that. His backing vocals alone throughout ADD showcases that.
Amazing! Your vocal analysis are soooo good! Check band Normandie, and vocalist Philip Strand. It would be awesome if you could analyze him. Im sure there is a lot to talk about!
Again thank you, for another amazing content!
Oh it's goddamn Christmas
It's about time I did this one :)
It was really interesting to see that breakdown with the production. I've been told time and time again I have the Howard Jones sound and I didn't even realize I was incorporating some of the same techniques. But, they are my favorite band so it makes sense. Thanks for doing what you do man.
Always, please react to Rory Rodriguez from Dayseeker, thank you so much, Chris!!
terima kasih om
KSE is my all time favorite. It'd be cool to compare Howard and Jesse on a technical level.
Awesome!
I need to get better at all the scream things, but working on :)
Kills witch is awesome and I wlalways wanted to be instructed, how to get close to this sound ^^
Nice! Just throwing it out here: Sting could be a great subject for these!
This guy definitely knows what his talking about
Man you have a great voice holy shit
You need to check out Eskimo Callboy's song "We Got the Moves." And please react to it live. It's got such a variety of things: low speech, screams, head voice, mixed... It's got so much to break down, plus seeing you react to the over-the-top-video would be pretty fun.
Can hear the Mike patton influence in Howard Jones for sure.
Hey Chris, another amazing video thanks so much for doing this it's really great to have a breakdown of vocalists with a deeper baritone voice like this, I know there is some controversy with his lyrical content but I would love an analysis on Ivan Moody too I really enjoy some of the things he does with his voice and in the way of the fist hes got some pretty raw screams and the song Far From Home always gets me too. Also the low harmonies at the tail end of each chorus line with the autotune style effect on it sound like they are sung by the guitarist Adam there is a similar effect used in the song My Curse which is much easier to hear in the end of the song in the music video version where the line "There is love" is sung instead of screamed by Howard. I think Adam has used that effect live in the past as well. P.S. Are you using a mix to hit the higher note in "Seek Me"? I just can't get there in my chest.
thanks ...
You're welcome!
Would be cool if you could have Howard with you in a video!
YESSSSSSSS
Enjoy!
@@chrisliepe I enjoyed A LOT! Thanks Chris, great Lesson again! If you find more of Killswitch Engage, please make another vidoe and lesson of it ;-)
Hey, you should check out the acapella for "My Curse" by Killswitch Engage, same band.
immediate subscribe.... woooow :)
Thanks for the sub! Glad to have you here! :)
That's a great point, but he sounds just as good live.
I don't mean that as a negative against you, but he really sounds as good live and that's usually a good barometer for a truly good singer.
Tbh I'm super interested in this set up, is that a tablet with camera switching right in front?. Also great vocal teacher and breakdowns love this 👍
great video man!!! could you break down allele what I get
I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY
DID YOU READ MY MIND?
LOTS of people have been asking
Chris thank you so much for this video and your great explanation, you have an amazing technic and voice! But about those screams - i think Howard uses more fry type of the screaming then that yelling scream, fry much more easier to realise. Sorry my english
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@chrisliepe yes, it's the same for almost every your video, it's really "pro". I'm a bass and for me impossible to kick those G note that you sing there. But i saw your video about where you explain how to sing higher if you're baritone and it gives some hope that i can move higher than high F.
You should do a vocal breakdown for a Wage War song. The song Low would be awesome!
Hi Chris!
I have a question and a request hahah! Question is: do you plan to do Feedback Friday's again in the future?
As for the request: can you do a vocal analysis of the band Starset? I've just discovered them last month, I'm addicted!
Cheers!
Okay I'm just drunk dogsitting during midsummer +/- some days, and fell in a rabbit hole from another hole where I looked up metalband that has cover other metalbands, this is really interesting, I'm going to sub, but right now your channel is a huge fucking distraction and I got at least 30 more songs to go..
I'll be back, and revisit this gem of a channel.
I've always wondered if Howard was an opera singer. It's so weird hearing him in bhbs