Courtney LaPlante is Brutal! - Rule Of Nines VOCAL ANALYSIS & first time reaction w/ special guest! 

This was so fun 💪🏼😤

yo lets get Courtney on the channel this is sick af

Lauren literally whipped me in the face with her hair while she was headbanging a couple of times, while she was on tour with Halocene. 😂 Adore her and her voice! 💜

They’re opening with Rule of Nines on tour at the moment. It’s just extraordinary.

Chris, Lauren, AND Courtney on one video?? RU-vid about to melt from all the vocal power

I fuckin love Lauren. She was literally the first female vocalist that I came across & slightly obsessed over. Her talent is thru the roof

The vocal " imperfections" makes it perfect ❤❤

Imagine if Chris & Lauren did a cover!!? I feel like their tones & screams would sound freakin' AWSOME TOGETHER!!!

Yes yes yes…. Now a Lauren and Will Ramos collab. Make it happen Chris

Can't wait for Lauren to do a collab with Will. ❤

I love Chris & Lauren's interactions together!!! subdued MORE LAUREN PLEASE!!!!

ALL HAIL COURTNEY THE GOAT

Videos like this show me why some people blow up and some don’t. All the small little tricks and expressions that Courtney displays here probably go unnoticed by most people. I knew I loved her sound but now I’m learning why

I found Lauren babic again. thanks for this Channel ❤

Helllllll yeah ladies!!!! 😍😍😍😍 Love the support and appreciation shown between women here. Absolute Icons 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍Great vid Chris!!

I love the way she sounds on that last "forces", something about it just sounds good to me

I honestly feel like the Mara Effect live performance is still my favorite thing they've done.

I wasn't ready for this channel to release the babic, but I'm here for it

Saw Lauren play as a special guest with Halocene in Cleveland at Bowling Alley/Concert Hall. It was something special.

the ism thing the unique way one singer expresses a feeling is so important, it's why we have our favourite vocalists

My choir teacher would tell us to smile into certain notes to lift them and the pitch. He was fully aware of how the face affected notes.

So pumped to see content with Chris and Lauren!

Chris! What a fantastic video! Spiritbox, Lauren and musical discussion between two pros all in one wonderfully conversational video? Amazing, I could listen to this type of thing all day long!

So glad you went over this video. One of my absolute favorite screaming videos, and my favorite version of this song!

by far, one of the top vocal performance i've seen on RU-vid, what a joy to see your analysis on this one!

Awesome video! Need more of that Lauren, Liepe, LaPlante combo! ❤‍🔥

She does have the HC chops, let us not forget her time in IWABO. She rules & so does SB

This just popped in my recommended. wow this was fantastic. I loved how you both went into the technique and then just all the little subtle things that she did in the way that she saw him. And to be honest I’ve never heard of her I don’t lynch me for saying that. But I am definitely going to be checking out all of her music because it was just absolutely amazing. Her voice and how she sings is beautiful. I am liking and subscribing. I loved how you covered the performance. The stops and conversation in between were timed so well. The vibe is great and you can sense the appreciation how much you enjoyed her performance. It just made the video even better. I am so glad I found this channel. I can’t wait to hear more.

Hey Chris, I’m new here I just wanted to say that I watched the first video of the free lessons that you offer, the first part of the “freeing your voice” lessons! It was amazing, thank you for making this available to anyone. A lot of vocal coaches claim to know a lot but then don’t make it accessible for the poor 😂. So thank you for being 1 in a million!

Lauren 100% ambushed me here, 🎉🎉

One of the reasons I think I transitioned well(ish) from being a choir geek to singing rock and metal was that the choirs I was in always encouraged facial expressions, especially when they helped with pitch or articulation (e.g., lifting the eyebrows to help lift the soft palate). This was such a cool analysis. I've noticed I make the "tunnel" with my mouth like Courtney does, so it was interesting to hear how that affects resonance.

YYYEEEEEESSSSSS I REMEMBER ASKING FOR THIS FOREVER AGO

Every new video released I see Chris with someone whom I admire way too much. You guys are amazing ♥︎

Lauren is a badass!

Bro Courtney LaPlante is a BOMB!!! Like she helped me get threw the worst of times in my life and it was back when she was apart of Iwrestledabearonce for any of you guys/girls who know who that is please follow me!!!!

You should listen to the live session of The Mara Effect. Is just perfection

This was so informative and helpful for other vocalists wanting to improve their sound. Loved this analysis!!!

i love that lauren is wearing a veil of maya shirt. my favorite metal band.

Chris, just stumbled upon your content and I love you going into the details!

Hi Chris, thanks for this video, very interesting and It's a pleasure to see in your program to Lauren babic, I love her voice.❤🤘, the video is incredible, very magistral class thank you very much.

this is not a collab i expected, but awesome to see lauren here

Chris and Lauren in the same video!?!? Frick yeah! 💖💖💖

I love Spiritbox so much and hearing you guys go deep into this version of Rule Of Nines was awesome! Would love to see a Dayseeker reaction, Rory Rodriguez has a voice that'll blow you away Chris 👍🏽

Lauren ❤

This was the video that made me fall for Spiritbox. I absolutely love how she puts these little touches and improvisations in her live performances. There aren’t a lot of metal singers who are willing to stray very far from their studio performances, so it’s very refreshing!

Hi Chris and great video! I like this band, but the first female vocalist to amaze me with such an extreme vocal technique was Tatiana Shmayluk from the band Jinjer. She does growls and clean vocals. I can only recommend you to give it a try

We were encouraged in concert choir to not have the emotionless sort of thing. Well, at least those of us who were in audition aspects of choir, like Vocal Jazz. I straight up remember belting a few times during solos and adjudicators being blown away about how refreshing it was to listen to a choir that had emotion and feel to it.

I NEED a Spiritbox and Lauren BABIC collab, ASAP 🖤

almost 400k man, congrats

So many legends in one video 🥹🙏 I am blessed! Thank you for the great content 🤘🤘 gonna go scream in the kitchen now

Wow

I love Lauren's feature on Pandora's Box by The Gloom In The Corner

sweet, a badass vocalist AND gorgeous... Lauren is litterally perfect.

If you haven’t, check out their song ‘electric cross’ - I think it’s only available on a single or short EP but it’s still my favorite song by them to this day and it’s one of the first released

I wish there were videos like this of Aleksandra Djelmash singing Destiny Potato/Sordid Pink songs. Lauren did a killer cover of Blue Sun years ago.

Love this video! Such a joy to watch

Ah deed eet!

Excellent content, as always Chris! If you have time, I’d highly recommend Darius Tehrani’s one-take of Spite’s song “Hangman”. It’s so freaking gnarly

Can you please make a vocal analysis for Brian Wille from Currents? His vocals are amazing

This was fun, loved hearing Lauren's input too. If you're gonna delve into more Spiritbox, would love to see you analyse The Mara Effect trilogy, some awesome stuff happening there. Studio, live, anything works!

hi, i used to learn this song, im a metal singer. i hope that one day you will make a vocal analysis of me Chris !

She is so amazing! Is she pitch screaming in this and in Circle with Me live take? I want to learn this so bad

This is amazing!!

AAT DAAAWN...we ride!

There's your FC scream trigger sound Chris @6:07 I think it's a very good one to use 😅

Her screams are actually beautiful, I can only think of the original textures singer who left this impression in me. Brilliant

The SiriusXM version is amazing too

OOOH LAUREN! Haven't heard her in a minute, she's so good! Just came across a Swedish(?) band called Smash Into Pieces, the vocalist has a super unique tone, I'd love to hear your thoughts! They have a newer track called Six Feet Under!

Saw Courtney live in May in NYC.... she's 100% as good live as she is on record. Not only one of THE best female voices in metal/rock, but maybe in the scene right now in general. She can be soft and melodic and immediately brutal and deep. Such a talent. Thanks Chris!

hi, great channel Chris . love your emotion talking about vocals. spirit box are superb, i saw them in belfast 2 nights ago !! my favourite band in the world. ive saw Courtney use a throat spray every other song, any of you guys know what that could be? thanks

You should get the track with her vocals only

Also, Chris, please do Angela Gossow! She was one of the OG female growlers. Such a beast! My biggest vocal influence.

heaven in hiding by imminence please!

Should have a look at Chaney Crabb from Entheos. Undeniable bad-ass.

There's one thing I don't understand. In the screaming part when she does "Premoni... tion" which is lower, does she change position and her voice becomes a growl? I don't understand if it is precisely his "growl" that is very similar to the scream or whether he always maintains the same position. I don't know if I explained myself well

I Need One with Brad Amick from Halocene In A Future Video. @ChrisLiepe

I thought that was Chaney Crabb!

Hi Chris, great video as always! Looking through the description I noticed you also mentioned Andy Cizek. Did you make a mistake or will there be a collaboration with him too?

Queen Courtney! :)

Chris, this leads me to a subject I don't know if you've covered yet. I notice whenever Courtney or any other vocalist who uses massive amounts of distortion adds melody, they must dramatically decrease the amount of distortion they're creating to allow for the ability to sing melodic phrases. This level of distortion - what I'll call "growl", cannot co-exist with melody. Why not? I can turn up the gain on my guitar amplifier to 10 and still play a scale, but vocalists cannot growl a scale. Why can't we? One eventually must give way to the other. Add enough grit and at some point it becomes "growl." Once growl begins, melody goes away. At that point, our voices become a percussion instruments. We can growl one note, as in a scream with pitch, but it's impossible to growl a scale or an arpeggio or some other melodic phrase. Why does that happen? Why is it that at some point the grit becomes "growl", overwhelming the primary cords to where they stop being able to produce melodies? Who would you give as an example of a vocalist who comes closest to bridging the two - coming the closest to producing "growl" while still retaining the ability to sing melodies?

New sub here. I just came across your channel as I am currently in a Hi Ren reaction rabbithole and I love your way of breaking things down. A bit late to the party with that. Speaking of late to the party, you must be the only vocal analysist who hasn't reacted to and broke down Floor Jansen and Nightwish, there is a reason they are the most reacted to band on YT. Floor is often considered to be one of the most versatile vocalists out there, ranging from opera to metal growls and everything in between, with an ability to switch between singing styles and voices on a dime. If you do react to them, brace yourself, the fanbase is called an army and that is not an innacurate term. Generally people request Ghost Love Score live from Wacken 2013. It only shows a small part of what Floor is capable of but is a great start.

almost wanna say theres some deftones inspiration

Why does this dude exude so much youth pastor energy?

Hold on...wait wait wait! That is Lauren Babic?! OHH MAN! I've had her song "Ocean Floor" on my playlist for a long time and I LOVE that song! Holy crap! Lauren's voice is also freaking good! Anyway nice seeing you for the first time and greetings from Sweden

Does it matter that her shoulders and chest is lifting when inhaling? I hear most vocal teachers say to avoid that.

and lauren didn't cover this song, why? lol

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Hi Chris! could you analyze Oliver Tree? i have the original isolated stems. where can i send you the tracks?

I've never really enjoyed clean vocals but something about Courtney's voice is just intoxicating

Lauren doesn't know how to react because it must be the billion times she sees the video hahahaha (me too)

I'm a new fan of spirit box. anyone can give me recomendtaions? thankyou

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Do you suppose people purposely create their singerisms, or do they come naturally?

Some guitarists made a deal with the devil for his hands. Courtney? She wanted his diaphragm.

I get pausing during a reaction video, but you don't have to pause and pause and pause and pause and pause and pause. It is a THREE. MINUTE. SONG.

Bro, you and all these RU-vidrs really need to stop pausing so much. Some advice, do your intro, let the video play until about half way, then pause and comment a little, then let it play the rest, then do the end comments. It isn't necessary to comment constantly.

I personally like Lauren Babic as a vocalist much more than Courtney Leplante. She does so much more with her voice. I find courtney to be a little over rated because Spiritbox fans are super thirsty djenty bois.

Meh,.... She can't hold a candle to Tatiana from Jinjer

Ewwww