Thanks for improving my ability to sing Mine in the shower. Would love to see you analyze Maynard James Keenan. The album Eat The Elephant has a lot of tasty vocal parts in there.
2 more beautiful voice crack examples are in Hypnosis (when he says "Just make me bleed") and in The Offering (last "Take a bite" before the final breakdown).
That jaw and tongue technique he uses, I know when he's doing it just by listening to the records. Like the first time he says "reason" in the line "I will travel far beyond the path of reason..." in Take Me Back to eden" or the chorus of "the way that you were". It's such a key component to his vocals and I don't think I've seen anyone do that before.
I really appreciate this breakdown of his vocal techniques, thanks for sharing! Perhaps you could dive more in-depth about other techniques and methods used on individual songs by Sleep Token? The mind-bending high screams (shrieks?) at the end of the song "Calcutta" are really interesting to me, as an example. Also would love to see some of your analysis on the styles and techniques of singers like Anthony Green, Tilian Pearson, Jesse Cash, Damon Albarn, and Elliot Coleman if you would be willing to provide them!
I don't know if your assessment of yourself being not a good lyricist is true or not but since I appreciate you sharing your knowledge, let me give back something to you on that subject which will hopefully be useful to you. English may not be your first language, and by no means am I suggesting that you should have to write songs explicitly in English, but one component in songwriting that's universal, no matter what language you are writing in is vocabulary and understanding of idioms. Idioms are like "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree" when you're really saying a son or daughter is similar to their parent. Or "the grass is always greener on the other side" to say that people always seem to think that happiness is a destination external to where they are. You don't even have to have a really advanced vocabulary if you study idioms in the language and by extension, the culture that you're writing in. There's literally thousands, and when it comes to writing lyrics, you can take those, play on words sometimes, and create simple, yet deep lyrics. The same is true of using concepts. I'll create an example here-so maybe my central subject matter is having been betrayed or jaded by a lover, but I want to express this using the concept and story of Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden, this is what I would write: "She's a snake in the garden Looking for her Eden Is Eve even worth deceiving if her apple's already been eaten? Miasma spills from knowledge trees Her Zion bruised, just like her knees Seven locked doors, six broken keys Five for her grail, three to one bleeds Her halo fits just like a noose Caged devils waiting to be loosed With broken ribs, carnal abuse The curse of Eve, to reproduce Her blood is the venom, but She can never get him Her weakness is the fall (She) wonders why she can't have it all And through this veil of broken dreams Her trauma spills through broken seams A victim of her own disease The seven sees, her venom." So, you can see idioms in referencing the apple, and various tropes. The snake, and various tropes, count down, references to chakras / eastern religion as a sort of antagonist to the "Christian" concept, etc etc. Take your subject matter an challenge yourself to describe it using a single concept or idioms that all share a common meaning, and voila! You can write deep, poetic lyrics. Second thing to note here is please forgive yourself for not being an expert in the beginning and don't give up just because you spent so much time working on something and it doesn't turn out as good as you wanted it to. You can do anything you put your mind to, and it doesn't take a genius or even a lot of painful harrowing experiences to be able to write meaningful or poetic lyrics. You're going to have a lot of perceived failures and that's just part of the process. It's harder failures, in my opinion, though because you can put a lot of soul into something and then it's trash that you aren't proud of after committing so much time, energy, etc into it. Lastly, find a rhyming dictionary online and if you get stuck, use it. While you're looking for a good rhyme, sharpen your vocabulary by looking up word meanings that sound good. With your knowledge you show here, incorporate that in trying to structure your stanzas having open airy vowel sounds where you need them, and truly think about what makes the most sense on the technical side when choosing a rhyme at a stuck point. I don't advise using a rhyming dictionary for every line because that's kind of like letting your training wheels get rusted onto your bike permanently lol and the result is typically LESS meaningful depth and higher likelihood of misusing words. You seem like someone who could be truly good at this if you gave it your best shot. Feel free to reply to this comment if you ever need any help. Best of luck, mate.
I remember watching a short clip of two dudes making fun of Vessel's voice. Something about having peanut butter stuck to the roof of their mouth. Anyhow you are very skilled and realizing that it was tongue and jaw positioning. I tried it and instantly I can tell a difference. I have a question do beginner singers know what they sound like? There's a study that explains you're speaking voice isn't the same sound other people hear because obviously you are in your own head.
How to sound like Vessel: be British first of all and that’s all you need
3:59 Bruh sick Kermit impression
Thanks for improving my ability to sing Mine in the shower. Would love to see you analyze Maynard James Keenan. The album Eat The Elephant has a lot of tasty vocal parts in there.
Great tutorial, thanks!! 🤘
Also... 2:08 - thanks, I yawned for real, anyone else?
it be like that sometimes
This is incredible. Thank you.
You are most welcome!
Oh this is such a great video, mainly for someone who's still starting out, thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
2 more beautiful voice crack examples are in Hypnosis (when he says "Just make me bleed") and in The Offering (last "Take a bite" before the final breakdown).
That jaw and tongue technique he uses, I know when he's doing it just by listening to the records. Like the first time he says "reason" in the line "I will travel far beyond the path of reason..." in Take Me Back to eden" or the chorus of "the way that you were". It's such a key component to his vocals and I don't think I've seen anyone do that before.
Damn, I've always wanted to sing like this man. Crazy useful stuff, especially step.2 and 1
Hope you find it useful in your singing endeavors :)
Great video! Step 5 the falsettos
i honestly thought this was a joke....but holy shit u know what your doing...u got anew sub
I love sleep token so much
Very good and informative video, subbed!
Appreciate the comment :)
I really appreciate this breakdown of his vocal techniques, thanks for sharing! Perhaps you could dive more in-depth about other techniques and methods used on individual songs by Sleep Token? The mind-bending high screams (shrieks?) at the end of the song "Calcutta" are really interesting to me, as an example. Also would love to see some of your analysis on the styles and techniques of singers like Anthony Green, Tilian Pearson, Jesse Cash, Damon Albarn, and Elliot Coleman if you would be willing to provide them!
Thank you for your support! I love tilian and elliot's singing so I might just have to take you up on that.
Great Video! Thank you!
Glad it helped!
I don't know if your assessment of yourself being not a good lyricist is true or not but since I appreciate you sharing your knowledge, let me give back something to you on that subject which will hopefully be useful to you.
English may not be your first language, and by no means am I suggesting that you should have to write songs explicitly in English, but one component in songwriting that's universal, no matter what language you are writing in is vocabulary and understanding of idioms. Idioms are like "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree" when you're really saying a son or daughter is similar to their parent. Or "the grass is always greener on the other side" to say that people always seem to think that happiness is a destination external to where they are. You don't even have to have a really advanced vocabulary if you study idioms in the language and by extension, the culture that you're writing in. There's literally thousands, and when it comes to writing lyrics, you can take those, play on words sometimes, and create simple, yet deep lyrics.
The same is true of using concepts. I'll create an example here-so maybe my central subject matter is having been betrayed or jaded by a lover, but I want to express this using the concept and story of Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden, this is what I would write:
"She's a snake in the garden
Looking for her Eden
Is Eve even worth deceiving if her apple's already been eaten?
Miasma spills from knowledge trees
Her Zion bruised, just like her knees
Seven locked doors, six broken keys
Five for her grail, three to one bleeds
Her halo fits just like a noose
Caged devils waiting to be loosed
With broken ribs, carnal abuse
The curse of Eve, to reproduce
Her blood is the venom, but
She can never get him
Her weakness is the fall
(She) wonders why she can't have it all
And through this veil of broken dreams
Her trauma spills through broken seams
A victim of her own disease
The seven sees, her venom."
So, you can see idioms in referencing the apple, and various tropes. The snake, and various tropes, count down, references to chakras / eastern religion as a sort of antagonist to the "Christian" concept, etc etc. Take your subject matter an challenge yourself to describe it using a single concept or idioms that all share a common meaning, and voila! You can write deep, poetic lyrics.
Second thing to note here is please forgive yourself for not being an expert in the beginning and don't give up just because you spent so much time working on something and it doesn't turn out as good as you wanted it to. You can do anything you put your mind to, and it doesn't take a genius or even a lot of painful harrowing experiences to be able to write meaningful or poetic lyrics. You're going to have a lot of perceived failures and that's just part of the process. It's harder failures, in my opinion, though because you can put a lot of soul into something and then it's trash that you aren't proud of after committing so much time, energy, etc into it.
Lastly, find a rhyming dictionary online and if you get stuck, use it. While you're looking for a good rhyme, sharpen your vocabulary by looking up word meanings that sound good. With your knowledge you show here, incorporate that in trying to structure your stanzas having open airy vowel sounds where you need them, and truly think about what makes the most sense on the technical side when choosing a rhyme at a stuck point. I don't advise using a rhyming dictionary for every line because that's kind of like letting your training wheels get rusted onto your bike permanently lol and the result is typically LESS meaningful depth and higher likelihood of misusing words. You seem like someone who could be truly good at this if you gave it your best shot. Feel free to reply to this comment if you ever need any help. Best of luck, mate.
Thanks for your kind words, the bit about me being a bad lyric writer was just a small self deprecating joke but I truly do appreciate your comment!
That was amazing, thank you,❤️
Great video!
A lot of the time, vocal training can sound or look goofy so we don't put much effort in it, but everything that's a work in progress is messy ❤
To clear up click bait
Ashley Green isn't the singer for sleep token
Cool ty eill try
step 2 & 3 are almost default with Vessel, because he has an underbite, so I think this is how he always sounds! :3
bro got kermit spot on
5:09
Huh... Ok
2&3 makes it sound like Creed when it's exaggerated hahaha
I remember watching a short clip of two dudes making fun of Vessel's voice. Something about having peanut butter stuck to the roof of their mouth. Anyhow you are very skilled and realizing that it was tongue and jaw positioning. I tried it and instantly I can tell a difference. I have a question do beginner singers know what they sound like? There's a study that explains you're speaking voice isn't the same sound other people hear because obviously you are in your own head.