Mixed Voice and Belting: (BLEND the Approaches) How to Sing With Both. Expand Range, Sing Freely! 

I appreciate you doing this for free. You do it for the sake of the art, and not so much for a quick buck. God bless! 👍🏻

Probably the toughest lesson I experience is dealing with the way the wife looks at me when I'm making all these sounds in my studio or shower! I definitely need to develop a thicker skin or a don't give a s*** attitude about how I'm perceived by others.

This man deserves the best vocal teacher on youtube.

Hi Chris, my 6 year old son discovered your MJ videos and now is learning techniques to sing through you. His favourite thing to do is make garageband tracks, he is a real music lover and you are helping him to discover and hone his musical ability. THankyou so much for inspiring him further. Much respect.

Man.... I don't see anyone explaining better than this man right here... Best lessons ever

To me, you are the greatest rock star of them all

Hey Chris, I've seen a lot of great vocal lessons on RU-vid, but one thing really unique to you is how, as a guitar player, you've made the comparison to the human instrument. Usually when vocalists talk about tone, it's not the same as guitar players think of it. I now see, how character, percussion, tone, texture and dynamics are similar from vox to guitar. Thanks!

Finally I found a teacher that shows the sounds of the techniques!! Im jumping from teacher to teacher, but Im staying here! Thanks Chris Liepe! Great teacher!

This is hands down the best lesson on mixed voice on You tube. It explains exactly what I was doing wrong. I could already sing in the cat whine and yawn mix but now I am trying to get the bright chesty mix. Love it. Can't explain how good this lesson is!

man unbelievable how identical to chest voice that is! amazing chris, once more showing a technique i was searching for since i was 15 years!

I love it when you use words like imagen, energy, force and feeling. That means that you can visualize what you are doing, and doing a damn good job teaching us how to do it. Thanks 🙏🏼

I bought Chris's vocal couching package. It's the best bang for buck I've ever got! He ROCKS!!! I've paid for a number of vocal coaching tutorials, and Chris is simply the best. I recommend his paid course to everyone who truly wants to Discover Your Voice!!

How you take the self shame away so simple yet so geniously. Thanks Chris. You make me having fun making music again.

This is the best demo I found online for blending voices!

With both techniques, cat sound and the yawny way, I'm able to get the gritty belts in both linkin park and slipknot songs. And reliably. Fucking amazing. Fucking amazing Chris.

Awesome. So many singers try to bypass this middle area because it can be very challenging and involves the entire body and mind. You have to train to sing in this middle area, move in and out of this area, and to able to sit in this area. A perfect example of sitting in this area is singing the Chorus in Toto's "Africa." It took me a long time to get that one section reasonably consistent.

Man I didn't think it was able to teach so well the way you do, through your approach. It's so intuitive and centers around feeling alot, which I love. I had never heard the terms cat (or dying cat) or yawn before your videos, so thanks!

OMG that intro song is AMAZING! You sound so great!

Thanks to universe that brought you to the world😊 You really helped me with mixed voice 🙏

Best teacher on RU-vid by far

I LOVE YOU. YOU HAVE MADE ME BELT A CHESTY D#5!!!!AND THE BEST PART IT DIDN'T EVEN HURT A LITTLE!!! THE KEY ALL ALLONG WAS ADDING COMPRESSION TO MY ALREADY WELL DEVELOPED HEAD VOICE

I can't thank you enough Chris! you are the best vocal coach on youtube

Chris why are you so fucking cool. You’ve been a great teacher so far! Please keep doing what you do!

It was a little bit difficult but I completed this course. Always I had fun with his teaching. 😊👍

I feel like this video launched a ton of singing careers. Truly amazing. I want to throw all my money at this man.

Many thanks for this video. For the first time, I think I grasp it and managed to achieve my first 'belt with adding mix voice'. I've earmarked this video as a 'go to' for this subject and will keep on practising. Best wishes to you from the UK

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This video may be 2 yrs old but this helped me discover and expirement with my voice and I found something new, this is amazing, thanks coach!

Man for me you are the best vocal coach in youtube 👌

Breakthrough again! My God you are a gold mine sir, that keeps giving. I have bought your paid course but I want to give you more, for your work and heart. Unbelievable content. Love Chris. May you be well. You give others life.

Thanks again Chris for another wonderful video lesson. I incorporated a ‘Robert-Plant-and she’s-buying’ to my exercise and i had the most comfortable g#4 the other day.

Excellent presentation! Should be watched by every singer!

Man you're a genius I can't believe I have improved so much in just a short period of time. I already had some time singing, but I wasn't that good at thet moment of belting or putting a good tone, and thanks to you and your singing course I finally feel free while singing, and feel I'm actually improving, thank so much Chris, and I hope more people give you the chance to learn with your videos

Love that sound man, very Jeff Buckleyesque near the end gave me chills!

If I ever go any place in music I'll definitely give you props thank you Chris

thanks my friend. this videos are gold.. really!

Each and every video gets me excited I can't wait to be able to go through my entire range and just cruise through what ever notes I feel like without using unnecessary muscles to produce the sound. Thanks!

this makes so much sense ...best lesson so far !

How to use your belting mixed voice to sing high notes like Sebastian Bach next please ? Songs like I Remember You and 18&Life. 😎😎 Love your videos man! Your amazing and helping me so much. Keep it up!

You explained it so clearly in a nutshell. I just discover it today. I will definitely share your lessons with my choir. Thank you chris.

Thank you so much!! This is the video I have been searching for!

Holy cow, I'd kill for those beautiful high notes : c

3:03 (dying cat sound) 3:21 5:00 5:22 (belting sound) 6:00 (belting sound with added dying cat sound) 7:09 , 7:45 , 8:24 (going up with no goal pitch, still dying cat) 8:40 11:35 * 12:06 * 12:23 12:50 13:32 * sensation of belting happening like ball in front of mouth with either ugly mix sound (blend them together)

So apparently I already could belt with mix. I just didn't know the right way to do it. Now I know. Your explanations are spot on.

I REALLY love these videos... One suggestion, maybe? When referring to your past videos, would it be possible to include the link in the description? You have a LOT of videos, and it'd be awesome to go straight to the video. Just a suggestion - keep rockin!

I feel like I learned mixed voice first and head voice A LOT later in life. That’s why I’ve been singing on head voice several months everyday. I do it mainly because I like it so much, it’s like therapy

Love these lessons. Do you have anything planned for clean singing? Also any lessons on how to correctly pronounce vowels and consonants?

you're a treasure man, your understanding and explanations are second to none 👊

Dude I’ve spent hundreds of dollars on vocal lessons. Been singing for 15 years. The videos on your Chanel have changed everything. Thank you so Fucking much

Your channel is incredible. I've been looking for a long time for tutorials like these.

Best vocal coach 👍👍

“Powerful middle “ 🎵🎶 #golden

Oh, sh*t! I almost always sing with belt in my upper-chest register (surely I make sound softer when it's necessary), but I've never tried to do that in my mixed voice... And I always have been surprised why that sound is so weak and thin. It's amazing, as much as this idea is ingenious, it is just as obvious. Thank you so much for giving this point, now I feel like I'll make a bigger progress.

You are the best, dude.

You have such an amazing voice dude

Thank you so much for these vids chris. I've already got the foundation for my mix down, but this video has been so helpful to working on my tone.

I really like your approach. Great stuff!!

Hey Chris. I’m starting to get better at developing my mixed voice. I’m now able to hit notes more frequently rather than something I’ll only hit once in a while. However, they still sound a little strained and is still in the process in sounding more powerful. I came back to ask about the mixed voice warm-up. I found that using the “yawning” method working a little better for me than the “dying cat” one. I wanted to ask do you recommend I stick with using the yawning method for my warm-ups or is it better to still use both approaches? I also wanted to ask through time, will those stained high notes become more comfortable for me to sing to the point that I can reach even higher notes later on the more I push through? I know it might sound a little silly but keep in my mind I never took my singing seriously until just under a month ago. However, In just these past few weeks, I’ve learned and improved so much just from watching a lot of your videos already. Keep it up and I wish you the best, Chris. I don’t know what would happen if you weren’t around to inspire people to sing at a faster rate. I would also love to have a shoutout from you for my progress in my singing by singing the song “Your Love” by The Outfield from now (which I recorded an awful snippet of me singing it) to how I’ll sound a few months later. Again, thanks for everything Chris 😌😌😌

This guy reminds me a lot of Devin Townsend when he uses his mixed voice technique. I'm starting to believe that you need to be bald to sing like that

You've really been nailing all of the stuff I'm working on lately, and it's been greatly helpful. THANK YOU! 🤘🏼🔥 Sliding up and down (legato style) on the scale is relatively easy. Now, how does one hit specific notes, say jumping by thirds. More like what happens in many songs. A great example I'd like to see you demonstrate is in the chorus of Alter Bridge's, Blackbird.

Epic. As always

thank you man...... been applying your techniques. I'm so surprised that my voice is not base. (being in a choir I was placed as a male suprano when I was young and base when I was a teenager because we were not allowed to shout or develop other vocal registers except chest and falsetto... now with practice ofyour techniques....I'm mid range teno at the age of 41... been very comfortable with just my chest voice for long time and singing low song and tranposing all the songs that I like to sing. i m really surprised that I can sing billy Joel...and bread songs flawlessly. thank you

Thank you. I’m not even a singer, but I kind of want to start.

Chris this is one of the most enlightening videos you've done before! Thanks a lot! I've been watching your videos and learning with you. I have a quick question: Is the mix range something you slowly conquer, like pushing the high notes one by one, practicing to expand it, or is it a body configuration that almost instantly allows you to cover that range with more presence? Thank you again!

Finally, i can go upper than D5 without using head and sound like I'm dying

a bit late here today but I am gonna enjoy this video! sharing this with my singing buddies now on facebook :) like 58 from me :D

Very interesting lesson. Looking forward to start your course! Could you review the singing style of Matt Shadows (avenged sevenfold)? He uses a lot of belting + grit over mix voice. The Stage song could be a good example. Thanks for your awesome vids!

Hey Chris, I have a few suggestions for your "how to sing like..." videos. Bon Jovi, especially their older stuff like Santa Fe, Miracle etc. Nothing More (Johnny Hawkins), I especially like their This is the time and I'll be ok songs. Black stone cherry has some interesting distortion or grit or something, I can't identify it correctly. Songs like Born to die, Change, Me and Mary Jane are good examples.

Awesome content! Thanks for sharing!

Great Chris...

Hey Chris. Thanks for another great video! Do you think you could cover head voice development? I havnt been able to improve that on my own, especially range.

Hey Chris, is it normal to experience fatigue in the larynx? I am not hoarse so to speak, and I can sing in chest and head fine, its just seems the larynx is too fatigued to assume/mantain the posture of mixed voice.

Love you💜

Hey Chris! Don’t know if you’ll see this since it’s an older video, but what do recommend for a shaky mix voice? In watching your videos, I’ve started to develop a good mixed voice, but recently I noticed that when I’m trying to sustain long notes there’s an unintentional vibrato that happens. I‘ve dialed in my support but still seem to struggle with it. I’d love to hear your input! Thank you for the wonderful videos!!

A good way of adapting this would be to involve different vowels as you go through … so you get used to the feel of Vowel placement

These videos are awesome great job chris! Thanks for this. What about one about how to sing like jared leto?

1:33 WOW So freakin beaootyful

Great channel! Could you do a video on the screaming/crying sound Prince does? Like on Purple Rain, Darling Nikki, It?

I've only developed my belt for probably around 15 years, and I feel like I'm just now learning to use mixed voice 🥲 I only ever had high notes when I was perfectly rested/hydrated. Otherwise, I just always battled vocal fatigue.

Chris, take on "TAKE ON ME." Great vocal. Would love your thoughts on the performance and recording.

love your new intro

7:08 - 7:52 In that moment, I was suddenly playing The Legend Of Zelda - Ocarina of Time.

Hey chris, can you do a video about warming up before going on a studio session or a live session?

Hey Chris, just to clarify, let’s say my highest comfortable chest belt is an E. I’ve tried to compensate for higher notes with a mix, however, the most comfortable lowest note in my mix register is a B, anything lower is likely to crack. So is this the video intended to bridge that gap to hit the notes between the E and B powerfully without strain?

Thank you

Hey Chris Liepe! Great stuff, got another question. So i've discovered how to do these two approaches, I'm able to get these notes from the transition from falsetto, head, and the chesty mix. I'm also able to transition from the two feelings of mix. With time, will it be easier to sing in this feeling? At times I can feel my neck not being as free as it should be because my support is unwilling.

Hey, Chris, I love your videos for you really show the process of finding the feeling and sound instead of just talking. I wonder if you want your videos dubbed to russian. Not much useful info on rock vocals in russian, and many people here don't understand english enough to get what you are saying. If you are interested in subs or dubbing, I'm here for you

Is there anything wrong with using chest when you have the pick of either based on your range? Obviously the key is developing a usable mixed voice, but I unlocked my mix about 15 years ago and still don't like it. I occasionally do get pulled chest, which I know is the big problem people have when they won't use their mixed voice, but generally I'm not doing any pulling.

Chris I need help right now. When I try to do the warm-up, some notes start cracking and it just sounds very ugly where you can’t even tell what note I’m trying to hit. How can I fix this?

I don't get it. Dying cat and yawning takes place in the back of the mouth/throat whereas belting takes place infront of the face. Right? So how to blend that?

You are amazing

1:30 i love it, reminds me to Greg Alexander's style

Thank you so much for these videos man 💙 Have you thought about making a video aboust a basic onset. I'm trying to do all these things but i can't make a basic correct sound I feel like. When I see you sing everytime you make an onset your stomach moves in and I can't do that. Something about even airflow maybe ? Thank you in advance !

feel my love by Adele is an example of where you can use your head register. “ I know you haven’t made your mind up yet , but I will never do you wrong” instead of belting that line. Try using your head voice and cross over to chest. This does take a lot of practise and it will expand your vocal range.using chest voice for belting can be really bad in the long run and you can damage your voice.

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that was awesome, thank you!

we need a a how to sing like Russel Allen from Symphony X

Thanks Chris, I remember singing Alter Bridge songs in school and trying to hit high notes by using just my chest voice avoiding what (naturally) was mixed voice, but as I didn't know what it was, I quit using it. Now I feel confident enough to try it once again, thanks again for this approach!

Great stuff as always ton of production value and interesting approaches. How do I know if I'm in a mix or a belt? I can go up to a c5 consistantly and on a good day a c# or d natural. And it doesn't hurt I mean sure if I just sang 50 c#5s in a row I'd experience fatigue and some strain but I can sing high for hours before any fruggyness comes into my voice. Do you think I'm in mix? I feel a ton of resonance on my face and a very high ring...if I sustain and move my tongue I hear whistle notes like tuvan throat singing. If I push higher than a d I however it does turn into vocal fry screams. I can sing down to a2 g#2 consistantly if that let's you know where my belt should end. I'm happy with my voice I sing in 3 little bar bands but I want to know if I'm missing something. I can sing something like show me how to live with a very chesty strong loud b4 over and over without strain. Thanks a bunch in advance

Chris, in this video, are you using your vocal compression?