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I'm a pro singer and over years and years of singing I have somehow "forgotten" how to sing I've found myself struggling with songs I never used to. Time to retrain myself!
Chris, after Ken's fuckup you're the only vocal coach out there I believe and trust. A couple of years ago I wrote a negative comment on how you were copying Ken's ideas. I'm so sorry about that, I was wrong. You truly are unique, humble and amazing.
Dang, the "more support!" mistake rings true for me. I've been getting better about it, but I remember talking to a voice teacher about that and hitting higher notes, and she just told me "you're using too much air", I tried focusing on letting the air come instead of pushing it, and the note happened.
Per usual, mind reader Chris knows exactly what im struggling with. My band has me performing eye of the tiger, and staying in that register for too long is brutal.
Ok limitation is the enemy, with enough work and technique you can produce anything.... blah blah blah. Let's not forget one thing. And not the least. NOT EVERYBODY CAN SING ANYTHING. Eye of the tiger in head voice with a bit of mixed voice here and there ? you will sound like an idiot 😅. OR your band rewrite the track to reduce the energy. Do not not ear me wrong chris is a gem for us singer. BUT... Voices are classified by range for a reason at some point. That is just fact. Thankfully we can transpose and adapt ok.... In the end of the day,You could have asked the performer of eye of the tiger to sing Rammstein , guest what, he would have sound like an idiot. Anyway.. 😊 thankfully we have people like chris to give us fantastic tips Cheers 😊
Between you and Andy, I can’t thank you guys enough for all I’ve already learned. I quit writing and performing music 20 years ago, and all these little free tutorials are extremely helpful for somebody on a pocket lint budget. I would still be struggling to hit any of the notes in the songs I’ve working on without them. I know either one of your vocal courses will be worth the money and I will definitely be taking them ASAP. Thanks again Chris for what you do! 🙏🏻
Even in opera the trick is practicing ‘letting go’, ‘opening up’ and even lightening as much as needed to access the high notes. I still ‘over support’ sometimes and it feels like you’re bringing a ceiling on your voice.
This video was helpful, I feel like it reminds me to have better connectivity as opposed to more support. Like every time I'm warming up, it's easy to know I've got the right connections in my body when my higher range is easy to access as opposed to questioning if I have enough air(most of the time I do and I'm expelling it inefficiently)
wow, it is wonderful aproach. I love the significance of the home! It is super idea to have home and enjoy it so much as the most powerful place in singing. Thanx a lot!
I needed a reminder JUST like this haha Been struggling with high notes recently (and they've been working) but as you said it's totally unsustainable. Thanks for the video!
I can't believe he's putting out so much about high notes lately. This is great I have a difficult spot in my upper falsetto before the whistles which have been coming so much easier lately
Really helpful video Chris. As someone focusing on improving my vocals and guitar playing I am definitely falling into the trap of pushing my voice too hard to "fit" with certain guitar tunings / chords voicings / keys of original recordings. Saying "I am only a semitone away" and pushing to get there. This gives me some good perspective on focusing more on where my voice can deliver, rather than striving for an arbitrary note or key
❤I don't think I've ever heard ANYONE analyze high notes and transitions this well! 🔥And what a voice you have, Chris!!! Can I like this a million times?!
Thank you for this. Just signed up for the training. I hope, after learning, I will be able to train our children's choir so they can sing better. Would be very helpful for their future!
this is the first "normal" voice tutorial i've watched, but it makes me realize how similar it is to learn "regular" singing and "screamo"!! Watched a few videos for this, there's 2(kind of 3) types of "screamos", voice fry and false chords(3rd is by combining both) one comes from the power of your stomach/chest , and the other is from what you call head voice!! never took courses, but used to practice singing a lot(kind of getting back into it), and had already been using both, just never really realized it until i watched this!! 😅I cannot practice the way i'd like where i live rn, because the insulation between me and my neighbor is paper thin, but it made me discover that i could "sing" pretty much quietly, i'm able to keep the volume down while still changing "notes"(that's head voice i guess?) and still make work most muscles i'd usually use except the "power" ones! It's not the same, but it still helps!!
Chris I've learned SO much from your RUclips videos and your "Discover your voice" course. I've no doubt that in the next few years we'll see some great singers that are great because of you!
Amazing video. I just recently figured out the "too much support" issue when recording. I wish I saw this video years ago hahaha. Thank You for the amazing tips and Instruction!
Your videos make me appreciate my own voice more... I sing at church and some events and parties but I've always hated my voice because I wanted to sound like other people instead of owning the voice that I have. But there were also people who kept telling me 'X' is what I do wrong thats making me sound like 'Y' instead of 'Z'. I had quit singing altogether, but because I found your videos I'm empowered to get back into it and am singing at a couple of upcoming events. Thank you for your content, you teach with compassion
chris i love your videos, i have no conditions to do vocal/screaming lessons and you just drop some videos that really help me through the process, just thank you.
Aye captain! This has been a blast, really appreciate your adventurous explorative attitude my dude! You killed it, and showed us how we can catch a fish for life 😉 we be in touch soon! Gona go through your free vocal training first and see what I can budget, but I'll definitely be hitting you up soon Chris! You a legend brah 😅🙏❤️
might have been a little abstract were it not for your very generous sharing of very concrete demonstrations of approaching the technique. Once again thank you Chris! PS your paid $99 course a couple years ago was the best vocal investment I've ever made for myself!
I find it very similar to playing guitar, just be as relaxed and focused as possible e.g. like Sam Carter. My singing has improved drastically after focusing on spending as little effort as possible for achieving the sound I want
I’m a vocalist of 30 years and sing songs by Journey, Shinedown, Aerosmith, Alter Bridge in a band and I can tell you this, RELAX your throat and vocal folds when singing high notes. You don’t force range. Your Michael Jackson imitation in falsetto was really good!
A great example of someone using great technique for high notes is Sam tompkins. I recommend listening to the live version of blind eyes- Sam tompkins and ren. A perfect example of using lower notes to complement the higher notes
Love this whole concept of taking little trips out and returning home to what’s comfortable!! It’s pretty much just a mental trick, but thinking of it this way makes so much sense.. I also love your demonstrations and that you didn’t edit out any error. It feels real, and is nice to know that even great singers like you don’t hit everything 100% perfect, 100% of the time (don’t take that wrong 😅) Overall great video!
This is a great tip. In church I'm playing guitar and singing lead on a song in E mixolydian and the highest note is G above C4, which I can only hit using my mix voice around the break if I'm completely warmed up and actually yelling! If I sing that one in head voice, I can go back into mix on the way back down in that particular phrase! Thanks Chris!
This video was exactly what I needed! I did the free course and the “speaking musically” video definitely helped break the mental block I had which made my singing sound forced/unnatural even when I was using support. Paired with this video, it gave me everything I needed to combine my horn line experience to start singing in the mix and do covers that don’t sound forced or unnatural
I am a professional guitarist..instrumentalist..but l sing for fun..mr coach ..ur materials are tremendously enlightening,rich in content and knowledge...so is ur command of English and voice..all the best mate..greetings from Havana.
Someone else who is VERY good at this is Florence Welch. She is extremely comfortable with exploring those notes that are away from her "home" and then returning "home" in unique and interesting ways. She rarely performs the same song twice in the same way, and it seems to come so naturally to her that it's genuinely hard to say whether she plans her vocal flourishes or just goes with what happens in the moment. She is so vocally dynamic and fluid across all her registers, her live performances are simply a delight to listen to. Edit: I've tried to explain this about her voice before but I didn't really have the right words. What I have said before was that she doesn't have to commit to a note. She's so fluid that she never sounds like she is stuck to a note, because she can change it with a flourish on seemingly a total whim. It's like her voice is always on its toes, ready to do something new even midway through what she was already doing. A lot of singers, when I listen to them it sounds like they have to almost brace themselves for the note and then once they're in it, they're in it. Not Florence. She has this grace and athleticism in her voice where she seems to just dance between notes capriciously and freely, never letting herself get pinned down in one place. I think this is the same concept as what you're talking about in this video, so thanks for a more formal explanation!
this is very important point, i would say one of the top things that needs to keep in mind before we start learning technical stuff for reaching hi-notes
@chrisliepe, speaking of high notes: I'd be really happy to see an episode with Zoli Teglas (formerly of Ignite) or Davey Havok of AFI to understand how they manage singing Punkrock songs that high. 🙏
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I'm a pro singer and over years and years of singing I have somehow "forgotten" how to sing I've found myself struggling with songs I never used to. Time to retrain myself!
Sing not by expanding range but controlling freedom or even fluidity. A groundbreaking concept for me 👍🏽
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Your imitation of myself pushing for a note is so accurate it's scary!!! Do we know each other ;) ? Thank you Chris, you're the best
Chris, after Ken's fuckup you're the only vocal coach out there I believe and trust. A couple of years ago I wrote a negative comment on how you were copying Ken's ideas. I'm so sorry about that, I was wrong. You truly are unique, humble and amazing.
Kens mess up?
Dang, the "more support!" mistake rings true for me. I've been getting better about it, but I remember talking to a voice teacher about that and hitting higher notes, and she just told me "you're using too much air", I tried focusing on letting the air come instead of pushing it, and the note happened.
Yesssss
I love how Chris' low notes are always well above my high notes lmao
Yess! Learning your tessitura changes everything in singing ::)
This is gonna help my music soo much i am actually becoming more in impressed with my natural voice! thank you!
i didnt even realize there were high notes i could hit in chest voice that i couldnt hit in head voice. helpful! ty
This is some of the best vocal teaching on youtube!
this actually is so helpful the more abstract the concept the more helpful they tend to be
Per usual, mind reader Chris knows exactly what im struggling with. My band has me performing eye of the tiger, and staying in that register for too long is brutal.
Lol, yea, i tried 'Life is a Highway ".... which is not too bad.... but for the whole song 😮💨😮💨😮💨
Ok limitation is the enemy, with enough work and technique you can produce anything.... blah blah blah. Let's not forget one thing. And not the least. NOT EVERYBODY CAN SING ANYTHING.
Eye of the tiger in head voice with a bit of mixed voice here and there ? you will sound like an idiot 😅. OR your band rewrite the track to reduce the energy.
Do not not ear me wrong chris is a gem for us singer. BUT... Voices are classified by range for a reason at some point. That is just fact. Thankfully we can transpose and adapt ok....
In the end of the day,You could have asked the performer of eye of the tiger to sing Rammstein , guest what, he would have sound like an idiot.
Anyway.. 😊 thankfully we have people like chris to give us fantastic tips
Cheers 😊
Between you and Andy, I can’t thank you guys enough for all I’ve already learned. I quit writing and performing music 20 years ago, and all these little free tutorials are extremely helpful for somebody on a pocket lint budget.
I would still be struggling to hit any of the notes in the songs I’ve working on without them. I know either one of your vocal courses will be worth the money and I will definitely be taking them ASAP. Thanks again Chris for what you do! 🙏🏻
"Pocket lint budget" - I know those feels... And yes, what a great channel. I'm so glad to have discovered it! All the best.
Chris, you are just phenomenal. We all owe you so so much for these free lessons!!!
This is fantastic. So clear, with actionable examples. Thanks.
Even in opera the trick is practicing ‘letting go’, ‘opening up’ and even lightening as much as needed to access the high notes. I still ‘over support’ sometimes and it feels like you’re bringing a ceiling on your voice.
A week ago I discovered this technique by trial and error yet the advice given has explained it perfectly . 🙏🏽
This was very helpful in having me understand how I’m using the ranges of my voice. Thank you!
spot on video ! Thank you !
This is a revelation. Thank you!
I really appreciate your authenticity and passion in teaching! Well done!
Very interesting video. Congrats!👏👏👏
Chris, this vid is pure gold, thanks, it brings a new point of view for me as a singer.
I LOVE WHITNEY❤
YOU ARE THE BEST 👍👏
This video was helpful, I feel like it reminds me to have better connectivity as opposed to more support.
Like every time I'm warming up, it's easy to know I've got the right connections in my body when my higher range is easy to access as opposed to questioning if I have enough air(most of the time I do and I'm expelling it inefficiently)
Chris, your gift for communicating counterintuitive concepts is quite astonishing!! 👌
Your videos are saving my voice. Thank you ❤️
wow, it is wonderful aproach. I love the significance of the home! It is super idea to have home and enjoy it so much as the most powerful place in singing. Thanx a lot!
I needed a reminder JUST like this haha
Been struggling with high notes recently (and they've been working) but as you said it's totally unsustainable.
Thanks for the video!
This video and your other similar ones have been such a golden find, thank you for this breakdown
Very cool exercise Chris!
I love how u use visualization and intención to Naturally flow with the notes easily and without straining❤tysm
I really enjoy your videos and technique analysis, Chris!
Chris, another great and insightful lesson. Thanks.
I can't believe he's putting out so much about high notes lately. This is great I have a difficult spot in my upper falsetto before the whistles which have been coming so much easier lately
Great lesson! Thank you 🙏🏼
Useful tips. Thank you. I'm practicing high notes every days.
that makes actually a lot of sense. great video, thank u!
Really helpful video Chris. As someone focusing on improving my vocals and guitar playing I am definitely falling into the trap of pushing my voice too hard to "fit" with certain guitar tunings / chords voicings / keys of original recordings. Saying "I am only a semitone away" and pushing to get there. This gives me some good perspective on focusing more on where my voice can deliver, rather than striving for an arbitrary note or key
❤I don't think I've ever heard ANYONE analyze high notes and transitions this well! 🔥And what a voice you have, Chris!!! Can I like this a million times?!
Thanks for this I have been doing this all along without having a clue that it is beneficial.
Very abstract but I believe this way of thinking and playing with my voice will help me as an alto. Thank you!
I really like this advice 🎉
Thank you for this. Just signed up for the training. I hope, after learning, I will be able to train our children's choir so they can sing better. Would be very helpful for their future!
TANKS CHRIS A LOVE MJ ❤️
❤❤❤ wonderful ❤
Thank you. Perfect explanation.
this is the first "normal" voice tutorial i've watched, but it makes me realize how similar it is to learn "regular" singing and "screamo"!! Watched a few videos for this, there's 2(kind of 3) types of "screamos", voice fry and false chords(3rd is by combining both) one comes from the power of your stomach/chest , and the other is from what you call head voice!! never took courses, but used to practice singing a lot(kind of getting back into it), and had already been using both, just never really realized it until i watched this!! 😅I cannot practice the way i'd like where i live rn, because the insulation between me and my neighbor is paper thin, but it made me discover that i could "sing" pretty much quietly, i'm able to keep the volume down while still changing "notes"(that's head voice i guess?) and still make work most muscles i'd usually use except the "power" ones! It's not the same, but it still helps!!
❤🎉awesome information of music...I will apply this techniques thank you 💟
This is an absolutely amazing vocal coach!
Thank you so much for this. 🥺🙏🏾
love it! thanks for sharing
Thank you for sharing .very useful information will try these vocal exercises
Wow, interesting concept!! I love it
One fthe best voice lessons ever 🎉😊❤
Chris I've learned SO much from your RUclips videos and your "Discover your voice" course. I've no doubt that in the next few years we'll see some great singers that are great because of you!
I feel so called out! Great video, thank you so much.
Hi Chris ,
So cool 👍
Thank you... Good training.
Amazing video. I just recently figured out the "too much support" issue when recording. I wish I saw this video years ago hahaha. Thank You for the amazing tips and Instruction!
Your videos make me appreciate my own voice more... I sing at church and some events and parties but I've always hated my voice because I wanted to sound like other people instead of owning the voice that I have. But there were also people who kept telling me 'X' is what I do wrong thats making me sound like 'Y' instead of 'Z'. I had quit singing altogether, but because I found your videos I'm empowered to get back into it and am singing at a couple of upcoming events.
Thank you for your content, you teach with compassion
chris i love your videos, i have no conditions to do vocal/screaming lessons and you just drop some videos that really help me through the process, just thank you.
Chris you're really great!
Aye captain! This has been a blast, really appreciate your adventurous explorative attitude my dude! You killed it, and showed us how we can catch a fish for life 😉 we be in touch soon! Gona go through your free vocal training first and see what I can budget, but I'll definitely be hitting you up soon Chris! You a legend brah 😅🙏❤️
might have been a little abstract were it not for your very generous sharing of very concrete demonstrations of approaching the technique. Once again thank you Chris! PS your paid $99 course a couple years ago was the best vocal investment I've ever made for myself!
Glad to hear the course was a great investment for you!
You're amazing pal❤
I really appreciate the content you provide for us and I also find your tutorials pretty useful and practical
I wanna hear you finish that MJ song in the range you were using!! Good stuff!! ❤
I find it very similar to playing guitar, just be as relaxed and focused as possible e.g. like Sam Carter. My singing has improved drastically after focusing on spending as little effort as possible for achieving the sound I want
Whitney having an ❌ is scaring me because thats the greatest singer
Makes u curious right!? Thank you stupid RUclips algorithm for pushing stuff like this on us! :)
Nowadays, they promote weak and noisy voices + yelling and nasal high notes.
Aretha
They said her throat was valid she just destroyed her lungs with crack and sigs that’s why her range diminished
That's not what he meant tho.
This did indeed benefit me
i thought singing just only sing 😅 my voice sound awful, good thing i found your video to start out.
I’m a vocalist of 30 years and sing songs by Journey, Shinedown, Aerosmith, Alter Bridge in a band and I can tell you this, RELAX your throat and vocal folds when singing high notes. You don’t force range. Your Michael Jackson imitation in falsetto was really good!
A great example of someone using great technique for high notes is Sam tompkins.
I recommend listening to the live version of blind eyes- Sam tompkins and ren. A perfect example of using lower notes to complement the higher notes
OMG this is exactly how too sweet by Hozier sounds of him slipping up to the high note then he goes back
loved this explanation, I will definitely try this approach, it makes sense 🙌🙌
You really proved your class in this video.
Thank you for the video!!!! I’ve been needing something like this lol I keep pushing
Love this whole concept of taking little trips out and returning home to what’s comfortable!! It’s pretty much just a mental trick, but thinking of it this way makes so much sense..
I also love your demonstrations and that you didn’t edit out any error. It feels real, and is nice to know that even great singers like you don’t hit everything 100% perfect, 100% of the time (don’t take that wrong 😅)
Overall great video!
I've been experimenting with my voice a lot more as I've been getting more comfortable with recording. Your videos are a great help with that.
Thanks as always legend. Great examples and ideas 🤘
Great lesson!! thanks man!
Good explanation. It is true that it is very duffiiult to go back to chest voice from head and mix
This is a great tip. In church I'm playing guitar and singing lead on a song in E mixolydian and the highest note is G above C4, which I can only hit using my mix voice around the break if I'm completely warmed up and actually yelling! If I sing that one in head voice, I can go back into mix on the way back down in that particular phrase! Thanks Chris!
Great stuff Chris!
I'm not a singer in any way but I see exactly what you mean, beautiful explanation
Great advice, thank you!
This video was exactly what I needed! I did the free course and the “speaking musically” video definitely helped break the mental block I had which made my singing sound forced/unnatural even when I was using support. Paired with this video, it gave me everything I needed to combine my horn line experience to start singing in the mix and do covers that don’t sound forced or unnatural
thank you for that awesome video!!!!
I am a professional guitarist..instrumentalist..but l sing for fun..mr coach ..ur materials are tremendously enlightening,rich in content and knowledge...so is ur command of English and voice..all the best mate..greetings from Havana.
Someone else who is VERY good at this is Florence Welch. She is extremely comfortable with exploring those notes that are away from her "home" and then returning "home" in unique and interesting ways. She rarely performs the same song twice in the same way, and it seems to come so naturally to her that it's genuinely hard to say whether she plans her vocal flourishes or just goes with what happens in the moment. She is so vocally dynamic and fluid across all her registers, her live performances are simply a delight to listen to.
Edit: I've tried to explain this about her voice before but I didn't really have the right words. What I have said before was that she doesn't have to commit to a note. She's so fluid that she never sounds like she is stuck to a note, because she can change it with a flourish on seemingly a total whim. It's like her voice is always on its toes, ready to do something new even midway through what she was already doing. A lot of singers, when I listen to them it sounds like they have to almost brace themselves for the note and then once they're in it, they're in it. Not Florence. She has this grace and athleticism in her voice where she seems to just dance between notes capriciously and freely, never letting herself get pinned down in one place. I think this is the same concept as what you're talking about in this video, so thanks for a more formal explanation!
She really is one of the best i’ve come across!
Love this 👏 So helpful 🙏
Points well made.
this is very important point, i would say one of the top things that needs to keep in mind before we start learning technical stuff for reaching hi-notes
Definitely notice the editing quality has stepped up. 👌
Appreciate it!
Awesome. Thanks!
@chrisliepe, speaking of high notes: I'd be really happy to see an episode with Zoli Teglas (formerly of Ignite) or Davey Havok of AFI to understand how they manage singing Punkrock songs that high. 🙏
Watching Myles Kennedy is a great example of this
When I saw the X across Whitney’s photo I hurried up and clicked ..Like “No way”😂
She’s the greatest female singer of all time❤
Clickbaiting works.
@@MrMcsia Yup…Facts!