How to Start to Sing Like Chris Cornell (How I Discovered How to Hit Those Notes) 

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The balls it takes to make those noises on youtube haha bravo

my top 5 favorite singers of all time: 1. Chris Cornell 2. that Audioslave vocalist 3. that Soundgarden vocalist 4. that Temple of The Dog vocalist 5. Eddie Vedder

Cat-hole Sun is my favourite Soundgarden track

Thought you'd appreciate this. I read a quote somewhere from Cornell where he says learning to sing requires getting in a room by yourself and getting uninhibited and just see what sounds you can make. Seems on point.

Ok, so I’ve been singing over 10 years in various styles and could never do the “Chris Cornell” sound. After 5 minutes of practicing this technique I am hitting notes I’ve never dreamed of. I’m testing it out on all sorts of 80s Hair Metal songs and it totally works! My mind is BLOWN!!! Dude, you are honestly the best vocal coach online right now cause you don’t care about sounding like a dying cat as long as it gets you to where you want to sound. I really love your videos and I’ve even purchased Ken Tamplin stuff in the past that didn’t help much. Thank you so much for being so humble and awesome.

US: Man, how does Chris Cornell sing like that ? Chris Cornell: *Meowing all the way to the bank since 1987*

This explains all the coughing when I sing Cornell. Thought I was overdoing it. Turns out, it's furballs I'm coughing up! Great video, dude. Thanks for the info.

I still cant sing like him, but now i can sing like a dying cat. But im happy. Thanks.

You know what's amazing? In Chris's prime with soundgarden he literally would sound perfect for entire concerts, obviously after all that time of playing his heart out during audioslave he had a little bit of trouble doing that live again. Some people will never understand how great he was

I’m gonna subscribe right meow

Lookin' California, Soundin' Meownesota.

His belts on "Gasoline" was unbelievable..

I read somewhere that Chris Cornell's singing voice had the quality of the natural crying baby voice, which is so tiny and yet so powerful. If you have had a baby in the house and he is hungry, needing a bath or just sleepy, you know they can be louder than a siren.

Been practicing this technique and dare anyone to try it with cats in the room . They give you the weirdest looks it's hilarious . Great video bro !!!

I timed his long scream note on “Cochise” on the first album at around 9 seconds, but wasn’t sure if some of that was a reverb effect. Then I saw Chris with Audioslave on their 2005 tour In Detroit. And I found out there was no effect - he really held that note for that long. I can still hear it in my head sometimes.

"and then I starting doing some serious introspection while making these cat noises" :D

well, I tried the “meow voice” to improve my voice in Cornell’s way. Unbelievable, it works! Thank you so much, Chris!

Chris' raspiness in his voice was so very unique. Power and Soul.

I love how he starts meowing between every sentence at one point😂

Thank you for this video it inspired me to want to start singing again... it’s meow or never!

You just mastered mixed voice

Out of one hate comment, you found the key that many of us missed throughout these years trying to sing those high notes with such power, yet also so much control, and accuracy! Very well done sir

This was genuinely the first vocal coach video where I fully understood what the teacher was saying about this vocal style.

Man.... you got a great voice and a nice way to spread what you know. Thanks for sharing! And thanks for respecting such a deep and complex artist as Chris Cornell. Peace.

I’ve been baffled by Cornell’s highs for years. I haven’t heard anyone describe it quite like this, but it makes perfect sense.

My husband was a good friend of Christophers & learned loads from him over the years. Christopher was obviously a huge & very natural talent, but he'd worked incredibly hard for years to be that good. He did also know a lot about singing technique & had studied under a well respected vocal coach for sometime to learn how to improve his stamina on tour as after the GnR tour I think it was 92 he was getting fairly severe vocal fatigue. It worked & after this his studio confidence grew & his longevity live also was much improved. I think actually Layne also went to the same guy out on the lake for vocal training. Perhaps a shame Ed never did as he does look very annoyed with himself these days when he can't do what he wants to. Though it kinda doesn't matter, Ed was always warts & all perhaps these days it's his gravitas as a human that keeps us all listening. Great vid, really enjoyed it, cheers!

I keep coming back to this video. I can sing a couple of Chris Cornell songs. I can sing most any AIC song. And I must say that 90% IS technique. 10% is introspection. But that is a BIG 10%. And it takes 100% confidence to get there because of the process you have to go through to find those notes. Chris, your videos and lessons are the ONLY lessons that have ever helped me along this journey. I appreciate what you do very much.

Man, I gotta say, your videos are so encouraging. You show that discovering how the voice works is trial and error and that it's not always going to sound pretty. But the result will be vocal quality. Also your intuitive approach, describing the sensation, and only backing that up with the medical terms, is resonating with me more than any other youtube voice teacher and even Melissa Cross, so far. And I've seen a lot of them. So, thank you!

I've never been able to sing. I've been trying to sing along to things on my playlist in the car. I have a top tenor range and could never hit the kind of notes from your cover. However a few weeks ago, after watching this video I started messing around with this odd 'cat' range. After a few days of sounding like an idiot I found this weird, high pitched, unbelievably hard to control the breakup level, singing sound. I sung along to your video after trying to sing 'dont stop me now' for about an hour. I matched the pitch of you singing in this odd voice. My brother looked like he laid an egg and said it sounded amazing. Literally the first sincere complement I've ever had on my singing. My throat gets sore trying to practice this so I think I'll take it easy until I learn more about my support system. Cat noises! It's brilliant. Thanks a million for the insight.

Dude he's my favorite singer of all time also. I can't believe I'm writing this because since Chris's passing I can hardly even bring myself to even listen to Soundgarden, Audioslave, Temple of The Dog or any of his solo stuff. I'm so glad and feel fortunate I was able to see him live here in Portland Maine with Audioslave. He sounded so good and had quit smoking cigarettes and he was just so full of energy. It was such a great show and they even played 2 Rage Against The Machine songs, "Killing in the Name", and "Bulls on Parade". It was so freaking Rad! Chris was jumping up and down like a madman with his leather boots. I'll never forget it. I love you and miss you Chris. Gone way to soon, but with us forever.

Omg, I can finally hit high notes and screams without destroying my throat. You are amazing!

The last “patiently” in like a stone is the best thing I’ve ever heard

Best vocal coach! Hands down. Chris Cornell is my biggest inspiration in song writing and singing. I find your unorthodox way of explaining and teaching to be way easier to pick up on. Who needs to know the science of their vocal chords when you can just achieve the desired result by scaring your neighbors and sounding like a dying cat. 10/10

im really liking your channel, ive just stumbled in it accidentaly on facebook and i already went thru several videos, i think you have a natural knack for teaching, the practical advices you give are very usefull in visualising how things work, great work. Chris is also on my top list of favourite singers, that man had incredible talent

I am a huge Chris Cornell fan! I have learned from a few different coaches and very few manage to properly describe how people should actually feel physically when they are performing with the correct technique. Your videos are great for that. Thanks, Chris! Just subscribed to your free course.

Hands down the most informative / helpful video I've ever seen on RU-vid. Subscribed and combing through your vids. Thank you for this. There's so much more here than trying to sing like Chris, this is giving you the tools to figure out how to develop almost any technique needed to sound like the greats.

Someone needs to make a meme out of just the parts where this guy makes cat noises 😄

This channel is going to be huge. Great work.

I think that because you did this keeping a straight face is what made me keep my smile the whole video. Useful tips! I really appreciate this video for giving me an idea on a different take for vocalizing.

👏👏👏👏 that sounds cool. You're really making that fun.

I recently have had a trip with my voice; I discovered, something like two months ago, how to do mid/high pitched screaming without grating my vocal chords and not getting hurt, which led to me being able to control my diaphragm much better. So I started my discovery voyage into the world of singing without *sounding like a dying cat* and I've started hitting some high notes, but I still need some singing lessons to get stability. Hell, that was blog if I ever seen one. Nice video man, keep up the good work!

As a singer I found this incredibly useful. Eureka!!

Dude, I've been singing and in the biz for almost 20 years and I think this was so amazingly explained. Very well done. I'll definitely be checking out your other videos.

Outstanding... Cornell truly was the greatest. My hero as well sir. Ty for making this!

My wife walked in halfthrough the cat screams and she now thinks I'm into some really weird porn.

Thank you!! Best singing instructions I've heard. Your style of teaching really resonates with me. Gonna check out your free lessons and may follow thru with more. Thanks again for sharing:)

Hands down, the most original voice lesson I’ve ever seen 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 but I enjoyed it! 🤘🏻

I have been playing with the controlled scream/ “Hawk Call” of David Lee Roth trying to add the distortion of Sammy Hagar, all along trying to find the pathway to Steve Perry, Peter Cetera, Miljenko Matijevic, Freddie Mercury and Chris Cornell, and I believe you have found one of the keys to the pathway here... vocal exploration is often times isolating a mouth and throat shape, and going to nature for these sounds is a great idea! I guess if I will ever unlock these secrets, it’s meow or never.

This has helped immensely. I'm a Fresh Graduate with My B.S. in music tech and I'm a writer, engineer, and producer. Currently writing in a two piece and vocals as well as lyrics are our biggest hangup currently and I think you just handled 50% of that problem. Thanks my friend. I've sang for years, chamber choir, so many hours, the graphics and diagrams haven't worked but again, this video turned on a lightbulb.

It's amazing how much better visuals work than mechanics when it comes to singing. Excellent video!

I appreciate you man! This was a really cool way to explain some of this stuff. And I appreciate ur not afraid to make bad sounds. And show people that is part of the process

I tried this and my cats left the room :-(

Yep, bang on. He uses a total different technique and you're a lot closer than other vocal coaches on here. I've been doing very similar for awhile now. If be interested if Chris stumbled across this technique or if he just sang that way. Easiest way to hit the higher notes, with distortion, but with that self preservation too.

This channel is going be huge! glad I found you on here. you just got yourself a fan!!

Oh, my goodness! We thought we were the only ones who did this!!!!!!! Me and my sister do cat noises to warm up. One of the reasons why I joined your channel, was because I was looking for warm ups to add to my routine. I’m just in shock, because we have a cat that loves it when we hit whatever note she hits. She actually meows more when we do that. We’ve noticed that it made that part of the voice that can’t be accessed with just a warm up like Ye Yaye Yo Ya with the five tone scale up and down. Anyway, we love how you do this! Keep it up!!!! BTW, we’re a little old school, so not sure who Chris Cornell is. You sound very young. But good stuff. I also loved the one where you were talking, and using pitch with your talking voice. Really great teaching, man.

Would just like to say thank you. I’m no Chris Cornell or any of the other incredible singers you’ve done on this channel. But your videos have given me the confidence and ability to front a band. As you can prob tell by my videos there’s a long way to go as we’ve only done 3 gigs but cheers 🤟🤟🤟

Chris is the reason that I decided singing is a thing that I had better do.. Thanks for the info. Rock on Dino

Thank you much for these tips! I have been expecting this for a long time.

Chris, new to your channel and have to say, how did I not find your channel before? The videos I've seen so far are so insightful and informative. You are featuring my favorite vocalists and I wish You were doing this back in 1991, lol. Chris Cornell have been my favorite singer since Screaming Life. I got to meet him in Chicago back stage at a smaller venue. His speaking voice was so rich I just wanted him to talk forever. Thank you for creating this. I'm excited to watch more of your videos.

Kinda a Robert plant thing too, awesome 🤘

Agreed.. greatest voice ever. I feel like i can do his low ranges well but like you described the power of the scream feel is so hard to hit and hold.. i'll definitely check out some more of your vids. Thanks.

Man this is incredible !! This meow technique is the shit !! You've discovered something that has surely been discovered before. TWO REASONS why I think this works so well. #1- Your opening up your voice box/larynx in a chromatic and thorough way and if you look deep in your throat as you rounding your notes, it is moving expanding at the top and in every way it possibly can it seems. Picture a tornado that is changing shapes top and bottom. Expanding and contracting sort of like a balloon but in waves. I couldn't sing shit. I was tired and voice was coated with crud. Did the meows up high and it instantly helps and after 2 to 3 minutes I could sing anything as if i was having my best day. AT 8 AM IN THE MORNING.

I’m excited about these tips!

Awesome lesson subscribed

Subbed. Good shit. Thank you. Looking forward to digging through your content

... so glad to see that I'm not the only one who loves to experiment with your own voice and discover potentially style... Very nice development, video, teaching

Dude such an insane amazing way of explaining it

that dying cat thing definitely sounds like early 90s Chris, like Ultramega OK - Louder than Love era

This is a fantastic lesson AND it's hilarious lol

I am a professional Singer...trained classically,but been singing Rock/Blues,and Jazz for years...I LIKE THIS! GOOD ADVICE for Male or Female Singers!THANKS!

Could I just say that I watched this video almost 6 months ago and pretty much because of these tips I can sing about a 4th higher than before and about twice as loud. And, it sounds good! I've been getting lots of compliments! Thank you!

this guy is funny and educational at the same time with out even trying lol

Chris Cornell is my favorite vocalist as well as Andrew Wood and Maynard James Keenan, among others haha. Louder than Love is my favorite ep/album of theres!

Awesome instruction, as usual. Much thanks!

Thanks, it really helped me to tap into this territory. OMG!!!

Next up: How to write Black Hole Sun in 20 minutes like CC did, but with 20 cats sitting beside you. #blackmeowsun

I think it was Plato that said" a life not reflected upon is a life wasted" the fact that you had the insight to try and and then purrfect it (sorry had to do it), talks volumes of your wisdom. But to pass it on shows grace of spirit. I will be trying it. And thanks for your generosity.

This is the best vocal video that includes a great method to achieve what my voice was lacking. Thank you 🤘

Fair play man,great lesson.Kudos for putting yourself out there in such an honest way also.

Dude screw all these hater comments. You are the closet sounding cover I've heard yet to Cris Cornell.. thank u for sharing your craft and best of luck on your singing career! You have a great voice..

I've been really struggling trying to find a voice of singing voice I guess and oh my gosh the cat sound seriously opened up a whole new tone. We'll see what my wife thinks LOL thank you for the tip!

Awesome thought process. Thanks for sharing it

Really nicely put together video. Glad I discovered your series now.

It's crazy and amazing idea for learn singing.. Your cat sounds hahahaha. I liked your emotion and soul teaching us, tks guy and I subscribed too.

Hey Chris, I've used a few of your guitar lessons on Jamplay recently. I had no idea that you were a singer too! You're a hell of a guitar player btw!

This is a great approach to something I've always wanted to do and thought out of reach... thanks man!

man i just checked your videos & figured out that you're a great teacher who don't care about money & views!!!u deserve more subs...god bless u

yea yeah, you´re right .... i´m a drummer (but huge fan of chris voice) and your tenor voice sounds similar to jeff buckley ... another great musician of 90´s

Can you release a video on Deftones vocalist Chino Moreno.. His technique & style of his singing... & thanks for sharing lessons on vocal tips. 🙂

I love early-mid 90's grunge, with Staley being my favorite (talk about power AND range!), with Vedder and Cornell right behind. But what a great story, with the morals being: 1. Inspiration can come from anywhere, even in the simplest, most innocent ways, and 2. I'm sure you were not happy about reading such a comment, but you took that anger (or whatever negative adjective fits) and processed it into something positive and your own. Again, great story, thanks for sharing.

Thank you for this video as well Chris. The Eddie Vedder on and this one are amazing. You truly are a great help and I appreciate all these videos. Keep up the great work and keep safe y'all. Music will get us threw this weird Corona virus pandemic. Much love Chris stay safe out there and God bless

Thank you for the tips! And if you’re into Chris Cornell-type of vocals, you should totally check out the band Big Wreck. The guy sounds EXACTLY like Chris from time to time.

Cornells voice has been my dream voice for many years. I'm cursed with a very deep voice and I am always looking to push my range. Have a listen if you wish. All tips appreciated! Subbed!

no way, it really help me a lot, thx!

Chris, your teaching approach without all the typical anatomy and technique jargon is a good one. I've always handled the highest (male) harmonies in every band. I learned how to sing high with power as you explain here, by pure experimentation. Though I don't have the Cornell grind...that's a new challenge to achieve.

I tried singing with Chris at a concert when he played "Say Hello to Heaven". I had to stop at the end because I couldn't go 2 octaves higher. If you can do that song, I would love to see if you can do the end.

My dog found the noises fun and gave looks at the television

Tremendously informative. Thank you very much!

Thank you so much for trying to teach the man's voice. You are a scholar of Chris Cornell and he is the legend