How to Belt - Studying JONNY CRAIG - Extreme Dynamics & Detail 

To this day jonny is still the best voice I’ve ever heard

You can tell Jonny has no fucking idea about the science behind his voice, he just does it. Lol. He truly is gifted.

Holy fuck how it comes so naturally to him. It's actually insane.

I would do unspeakable things to be able to sing 1/10th as well as Jonny.

Mad love for Jonny. I really feel like he could have one of the most epic come backs. Side note: Find your voice and let it kill you is such a dope name

This is amazing instruction 🤘🏼

Jonny's insanely talented and his sobriety is such a blessing. He obviously doesn't take himself deep in the technical side and still slays. I'd love to know more about his study routines though. Great material as always! Loving it since the first video. Love from Brazil!

For almost 10 years. I've always been fascinated by how Jonny does his techniques. He's literally built different when it comes to this style

Johnny deserves more than a 13 minute video. Glad you're sober and working dude, music needs voices like yours.

I think it’s so cool to have the Artist we’re listening to in the recording, actually be there in the studio to jump in and show us how he got there!

Dude he is so good live I remember when my band opened up for him he was so nice he stood in the crowed and watched us play when he was in slaves lost my mind

This is the first video I've seen of Jonny actually dissecting his own voice. I don't listen to this type of music much anymore but I still love singing and I've been listening to Jonny for like 12 years and still struggle with hitting his notes so this is fun. Thanks!

I listen to Jonny every day. Favorite artist. His voice never gets old.

it's the classical musical concept of call & response. He's mastered weaving those soft delicate vocals right between his belts which makes it feel extremely dynamic and emotionally charged. But like most notables singers, it's not necessarily even his technique, but his timbre supporting that great tone everyone knows and loves. A lot of people have tried to sing like Jonny but his unique tone always stands out. Still a great video though and an awesome share!

Jonny analogizing his singing to driving a car....I'm over here wrecked on the side of the road in my hoopty.

Jonny, such a beautiful voice. It’s truly a divine gift. I do wish you the best.

"Whatever You Say is Royal Ocean"

I’ve been listening to him since like 2005, he’s my favorite vocalist of all time.

Holy shit. The thing about sing on top of the note clicked instantly allowed me to belt sing without any strain.

Voice of an angel

“Click the link below, it’s called find your voice and let it kill you; and I will take you deeper than you’ve ever been.” The camera cuts and everyone is laughing in the background I about spit my drink out there 🤣🤣

That demo clip in the beginning was amazing

Chris I'm watching Johnny's Let it Kill you Lesson. His biggest strength is PASSION! I don't know Johnny or his music, but it's obvious to me his sound starts with passion, all else follows.

His voice is pure magic, no other artist has the same level of “effect” when hearing his craft imo. When I stumbled upon this vocals in a few bands I was and am hooked. Ugh so good.

That was insanely insightful. This goes along perfectly well with the other video about singing runs, like using placement to emphasize certain notes/syllables. Awesome stuff!

As a Baritenor I can vocally relate to Ol Jonny! We have a similar range and tone and it’s definitely helped me sell out venues before! He and I and other baritenors alike sing in the pocket lol Rasp or heated vocals as I call it is soo easily obtainable for us. I miss making music though, The Pandemic kinda put an axe in it for me!

Just halfway through the video. It is already amazing!! Great technique!! A must see, much to get out of for all singers of any style. The Free course was great too! Thanks again for the wealth of knowledge and empowerment. Great way to start the day.

Liepe, you’re the man. You break down and point out the things that we never think about which is so crucial to singing. In fact, no other teacher I’ve come across falls way short/doesn’t even come close to covering the crucial stuff when comparing to you. Thank you brother!

One of my all time favorite singers AND one of the best vocal coaches on RU-vid in a video together?! I'm stoked to watch this!

love it, beautiful variety and richness of expressive vocalizations. thank you so much both of you! really great made my day, along with also the previous Johnny Craig video also excellent another door to open / world to explore. cannot thank you enough

Like always, Great Lessons and Thanks to all of you for the free Course, Really cool too!

wow! I can't believe this is free. This is probably the best video on this channel.

his voice is so unique

dude i am so glad you were able to make this happen

Got the whole course and found my voice and Spencer and Jonny are monsters on the mic!

"How To Find Your Voice & Let It Kill You"... Insane how "Jonny C" this sounds... So good. Bukowski would be proud

Jonny has been one of my ALL TIME FAVORITE Vocalists..I have been following him since the first DGD record and even before that when he was just coming out in Ghost Runner On third. There is NO denying he has one of the most talented, special voices in ALL OF MUSIC. As Long as he is SOBER, I am his biggest fan. A lot of musicians I enjoy (looking at you Mr. Tim Lambesis) have done some shitty things (Ian Watkins, WHAT?!) Jonny's I can forgive. Being a recovering addict myself, I understand where his head was at during his rough and shitty times. Stay up, Jonny, ONE DAY AT A TIME!

The course is amazing as well !

Seeing Johnny Craig teach how he sings is legendary

Jonny is great in the full instructional videos. He says "All Macbooks aside" when talking about how to steal/gain influence from other artists. lol

Crazy I've been wanting this knowledge since I started singing always been a fan of his singing style

3:55 that is why i love JC

Most beautiful voice I have ever heard. I've been following Jonny's musical projects since '06 or so, and I'm still blown away to this day when I hear him sing. I do not care what people think of him as a person, he's truly beyond gifted.

To me I've always wanted a track with Jonny Craig and Christina Aguilera. That's a future banger

Jonny craig just has the voice, if I wished to have any singing voice out of anyone in history, past or present it's Jonny. He has such a phenomenal voice, I've never used that word in my life, it's just that.

Jonny's voice is just insane, but what really sells me on this is Chris adapting these things to his own voice. This shows me, that he really knows what he's talking about and can help my voice as well. I'm sorry to ask you so frequently but here's another question: Should I be worried, if my larynx goes up,if I place the tone more forward? My previous voice trainings were almost like "keep your larynx always neutral" and this really bothers me.

Hey Chris! I love how your channel and Rick Beato's are one of the few channels on an excellence level that artists and pros themselves can show up and talk, leaving after some valuable knowledge exchange. There are moments I can notice you help people get some concepts and explanations aligned on their own art, and that seems priceless! Couldn't help but notice that while you brought Spencer, Rick brought Misha a couple times as well. Periphery folks are awesome! And last but not least - hopefully you collab on anything in the future. You are both legends on the niche of your contents! Vocals are definitely Rick's biggest gap, so maybe there's convenience in there! (maybe even make him a good singer? lol) Take care!

Great and helpful video guys!!

Great instruction, will definitely check out his course :)

Very fascinating to watch, thanks!

I've been waiting for thiss!!!!

Loving the translation of the lyrics in the captioning. "Each breath the weed sick" is a favorite.

Mr. Liepe, you are damned legend. Love what you do ! Your courses are invaluable to me.

Rock with Jonny Craig more. He's got a voice that kills you, with mystery and passion.

Jonny just closes his eyes and lets his soul do the singing

Hell yes! Haha I've been wanting this one for ages.

super talented.... prolly my fav singer

My goshhhhh I love this !!!

Thanks man. This was fun to watch.

This was a good one!

Dude just looks good, and sounds better than ever! He's gained some sexyness, but that's way better than being dead because we all need that voice

I have bn waiting for this for years

Picturing yourself on top of the note as a visualization just straight up added like a half an octave onto my mixed voice, wow that really connected. Getting up there was few and far between but now i feel super comfortable in that range, this was great. The yoyo jaw from the other video connected a lot too, i'm stoked for the work you've done with Jonny. Can't wait to get into the class Edited for grammar

These sit-down with Johnny Craig vids (even though i don't know of him) have been very helpful. Discovering them two years late apparently. PS: im super jealous of his awesome rasp. 😁

Jonny Craig = vocal freaking legend squared plus freaking genuine emotional place of origin…resulting in something that cannot be taught

This was a game changer dudes! The idea of "filtering" the tonality and power of the belt using back/forward placement was something I'd never personally realized or really thought about before! Jonny is a fantastic vocalist; and Chris, you're the perfect teacher that, along with an equally great voice- can "demystify" what's going on and how to reproduce tones, energy, and placement. Thanks for making such awesome content and courses!

Solid belting

This is AWESOME

Thanks Guys

The best vocal coaches.

I recently found Jonny uploading to twitch. Just random live streams, some gaming and humming about. He has some footage of him and a buddy doing the actual producer side of some songs, legit coming up with stuff on the fly and BSin in the chat. I was missing him; glad he is back. Handle is thepearlboy4l (that's an L)

This was dope

LEGENDARY!!!!!

Amazing vid!Will you do the past should stay dead?

Number one. Voice of a God.

Jonny craig has the most beautiful voice ever 😍

I mean, we can banter about the technicalities all day but 90 percent of the greatest singers in history had no vocal training until later in their career. It is a natural gift for alot of them and it’s great that we can dissect the process more these days but it’s not a weakness to not understand that process if you have the gift. Most don’t though

This is interesting I’m not copying anyone but Jonny has this weird thing I’ve been trying to emulate a bit in my voice. It’s truly harder than it sounds and is really impressive. His higher notes when he’s belting is impressive to say the least.

Rock ON!!!!! ✊

Dude was born with a gift

I don't know if I should belt in mixed chest voice or full on rasp and power but it also depends upon the song and the part of it. Higher parts I sing mostly in mixed voice but with lower parts the powerful rasp may be better.

Jonny an OG in my book

I wonder if you could do something like this with Spencer? Maybe you could do something on the dynamics of aggressive vocals?

Very interesting... it seems to me that articulation changes drastically in a word TAKE. Diphthong 'ay'. Sometimes I hear the beginning of the diphthong more close to the "i" (as in 'Dip') when Jonny sings "take". When Chris sings "TAKE" to my ear it appears to be more rounder, closer to "oh" sound or /ɜ:/ british vowel as in "TURN". I noticed it also when I listened to the different bands...That diphthong is the most difficult sound for me to sing because I am not a native speaker. It would be great to find a video about the ways to sing that vowel.

previously preemptive, perfect .46

boooooooom!!! Awesome!!!! YOU GOTTA R E V I T!!!!!

I just want to hear Jonny belt 🤟

please make a video analyzing daron malakian's voice 🤘🏼

The weekNd does this as well- the whole “letting off the gas pedal” 🤔

Hey Chris, I keep getting this message when I click on the link (This challenge page was accidentally cached and is no longer available.) Any advice on how to get past this?

What mic ARE you recording all these takes through, BTW?

These Jonny lessons are engorging

He's a natural, but he truly understands his intentions vocally. He sang those lyrics over and over with a different tone and different pitch placements and each one was perfect in its own construction. Your demons don't define you, your talents and art/societal contributions do, your growth does. Such a good explanation in words I understand!❤

He is like this live! It’s crazy with all those tattoos and scams…he’s voice is angelic

Forgive me but what song is this excerpt Jonny’s singing from? I love his voice and want to find this song!

Bruh what is that song called, it slaps and reminds of me old Jonny era DGD

Hi Chris, I was wondering if you could help with this question please?: What is it called/which technique/or how is it best described when a singer/vocalist changes during the chorus of a song?? For example, a track might start with a soft/normal/open/smooth sound and then the chorus kicks in and they're really giving it some.. aha!.. Is it belting, just a higher pitch, more compression? I'm not really sure what I need to search for, I just know it exists. I'm not 100% happy with how I sound on verses like this, but I absolutley choke to bits when I try and ramp it up for a chorus, which is incredibly deflating :/ I'm just hoping to find out which video I need to search for. Thanks for any help! Example of tracks that do this, though I'm sure 95% of the worlds music does it anyway (Hopefully a nice mix of genre's :) ): "Stars", "Simply Red". "Iris", "Goo Goo Dolls". "Many of Horror", "Biffy Clyro" (Simon starts whatever this technique is called in the verse after a softer intro). "Vienna", "Ultravox". There's so many more but this is already the worlds longest comment, so I'll probably just sto

Hi! 'e' vowel (like in bed and set) is my problem vowel. It would be great if your do more videos about that sound. It sounds different the way we speak it I guess!

I need you to look into Rory Rodriguez from Dayseeker and figure how that guy sings. please!

Johnny is the Real Deal