Noah's RANGE and power! Bad Omens - Just Pretend (Live VOCAL ANALYSIS) 

Noah is on another level. I’ve seen Bad Omens live multiple times and dozens of interviews with Noah. He’s so reserved and soft spoken in his speaking but dude becomes unhinged live and puts so much emotion and power in his vocals.

I can’t unhear Noah saying it sounds like he’s getting ready to sneeze when he says “I can”

Noah is arguably the most best vocalist when he is live and just in general, he sounds exactly like the records live, and the fact he is constantly changing resonates live just shows how much of a pro he is, a lot of vocalists when they are live are often flat or they strain a lot but he is just on another level!!!

It’s amazing how far he’s come as a vocalist, even just from this live performance you’re reacting to… to newer and more recent live performances. Just gets better and better.

Noah did a live tribute song for his friend Keaton, it was a Nashville show, and the song was called “Sympathy” which was Keatons song from Too Close to Touch. That to me was a chilling performance Noah did.

Musically those screams vs head voice in the chorus are so musically amazing because it's like you can hear the resolve and desperation in each line. He's such an amazing songwriter and producer

Legit saw them live today Knotfest Sydney. Even when he had vocal issues the day before, he pulled off every song extremely well. One of the best metal core vocalists imo

Noah Sebastian is a STUPID talented vocalist. easily one of the very best in modern rock music. its really rare to hear someone who sounds as good live as the do on the studio recording. his range and abilities are just ridiculous

Noah's voice is literal art.

Damm dude, this may be the best reaction I´ve ever seen in my entire life. You are so aware of what he´s doing as well as talented enough to replicate it. Good job

I want more bad omens! Noah quickly became my favorite singer. Such an amazing and hard working vocalist

Noah Sebastian’s voice makes me melt into a puddle on the floor. He is so incredibly talented. 🤘🏻

Noah is an incredible singer 🎉

Noah's voice brings tears to my eyes. Craaaaazy talented 💯

Noah is literally the best in the game rn. Pls do more of their live stuff I love him so much

Hey Chris! Can you please analyze Rory Rodriguez’s voice from Dayseeker? His cries, screams and cleans are all so good.

Noah’s voice is so haunting & captivating

I know bad omens from their heaviest songs like Dethrone but gosh that was beautiful!

The first song I ever heard and loved by Bad Omens was Dethrone. They're ever evolving, and I absolutely love them.

I also feel that while he's been on tour for the last several months, he has developed his voice even more! it was already freaken incredible but as they've been on tour and the more videos I see of their performances, the stronger he's gotten! it's amazing to watch!

They have a cappella for the whole album on their channel now!

I've been listening to these guys for years it makes me happy they broke in to some mainstream success with this song. They are a great band and deserve it!

Noah Supremacy 🙌

Just discovered bad omens a couple months ago and they are definitely my new favorite band currently. So much talent there. Hope I get the chance to hear them live someday.

Idk why the old fans would hate this new album, his vocal skills are next level, yeah might not be as heavy but this stuff is still hard asf. I love how the vocals contrast the dark vibe of the instrumentals.

Thank you for doing Bad Omens! You see all these Tool & Sleep Token videos all over the place but Noah deserves just as much attention, amazing singer, and the band as a whole does a lot of cool mixture of styles

The way you physically react to Noah singing is me every single time I listen to this whole album; with such excitement and awe. Such an out of body experience. Been waiting for you to do another Bad Omens song since I saw your Like A villain video! Please do the whole album!

Wow ... That's live. He is amazing

My favorite chorus of last year. So powerful

I'm obsessed with this song atm and with Noah's voice in it but I wanted to say I love how humble and respectful Chris is and it makes me love and respect both even more 🤘

I think the pitch correction is meant to create that eerie slick feeling his voice has-it makes the reverb watery and synth-like. I think it works really well from a sound design perspective.

Noah is perfect at what he does one of my fav bands

I absolutely love watching bands plays songs live on RU-vid. I can’t go to every concert and I know some lead singers are only good on albums.

Saw them on february in Milan, Noah is something else!

i’ve always loved it when singers have that little sigh at the end of notes so i loved that you commented on that!

Let's analise dayseeker live Rory Rodriguez is awesome vocalist even Noah Sebastian said "dayseeker is fucking me" during the song haha they had tour with bad omens lately

I've been waiting for this! Thanks, Chris! ❤

I thoroughly enjoy watching your videos because of how excited you are about music.

PLEASE hypnosis by sleep token!!! That song has to be one of my favorite vocal performances EVER and I think you’d love it too.

I'm out of breath when I scream this in my car and noah is absolute chilling 😂😂

Another awesome video breakdown, Chris! I love watching your videos. Noah literally floored me the first time I heard him live. His vocal range is otherworldly. I’m convinced there’s nothing he can’t do. He’s definitely leaned into his power and we all get to enjoy it with him.

Best vocal analysis chanel. Glad of the discover. You sing so wel, dude !

You have no f*cking idea how much I LOVE your videos man, do you notice how he goes super high at the very end of a scream? That to me is absolute magic.

i love this song, i love this video analysis almost just as much you make it really cool

Awesome video. You always sound amazing!! So appreciate the way you demonstrate the vocal techniques. And I agree with you 100% about pitch correction. Especially when you have a great singer like Noah. Great insights as always to make your voice more expressive and interesting.

Went to his concert and honestly I love his vocals so much live🖤🖤🖤 Thanks for the advice might try this. Although pretty sure my voice could never be like his, he's a total star ✨

first time im watching a vid made by you, i love your enthousiasm and besides that is really educational! its refreshing seeing someone using their voice and singing to give weight to the story they're trying to tell! loved it

Great content Chris, I'm glad I stumbled across you keep rocking 🤘

Noah's voice is amazing!!!!! Loved your reaction!!

Bad Decisions is a GREAT song to hear Noah's lower notes if you ever wanna check it out! Also, another good band is Citizen Soldier (I reccomend House Made of Memories or Fever from them). The lead singer makes just about all of the songs and draws inspiration from his journey battling depression

I’ve listened to this song since it came out and I’ve been captivated by noahs voice and the melody of this song but now that I’m going through a hard breakup I’m listening to the lyrics and it’s just…wow

Saw them live around a month ago. Incredible.

Just watched bad omens in Sydney Australia for our first ever Knotfest! They pulled out yesterday in Melbourne, but I’m so glad I was able to see them while they were in our beautiful country

Been waiting on this one for a long while

5:44 to 5:53 show it to your friends without any context. But seriously amazing song, Chris Liepe is amazing as well, keep up opening our heads up to new and interesting music.

I love that song. Crazy voice

Absolutely enchanting! Thank you so much for sharing. The vocals in Dark by October Ends are insane. Your version would be epic!

Loved your analysis❤❤ the sighs...

Not gonna lie there's been a few videos of yours where I thought your comments weren't very much on point, but you did a great job with Noah's video in particular and you actually helped me understand a lot so thanks!

Love those videos!

Would be awesome if you could find any recordings of the concert they streamed from New York in December 2022. Noah is singing all of these songs so much better now. I got to see BO live on the EU leg of their tour and was absolutely blown away by his live performance.

Awesome review man. That was a good song!!

the vocals in this song are some of the best that I have heard in a while. Noah and Vessel from Sleep Token are 2 of the best rock singers right now IMO.

saw them live last night and his vocal range is BIZARRE. honestly amazing

Chris Liepe, you are the best. I wish I am living in your country because I can go to you and learn from you face to face….. Unfortunately, I am living too far away…….too bad!!!!

Hes a living breathing Siren. I've never heard a voice like his sounds like an angel one second and growls like a demon the next absolutely beautiful 💖💖💖🎶🎶🎶✌️

You are a heroooooo broooo

I was at this specific show. Headliners in Louisville! Great venue, great band

It might just be me, but I've noticed while watching a lot of Bad Omens live footage that Noah seems to only use pitch correcting during parts of the song where there were similar-sounding kind of robotic/vox radio effects used on the album. So I believe - and I may be totally off the mark here - that the autotune is more being used for the slightly mechanical byproduct sound than anything else.

Saw them at the small stage at warped tour and been in love ever since

his voice sounds so cleeeean while he sings yet his usual speech seems to strangely handle his vocal fry at least in this video

Noah is easily one of my top five vocalists atm Been a huge inspiration for me since I discovered them I'd like to see you react to Hiroki of My First Story sometime:) He has amazing control over his fry distortion and such a huge comfortable range

I’ve never heard of this band before, thanks for the recommendation!

At 4:57 It is actually Noah's head and chest voice together. I don't think it is mixed because you can hear the distintive low sound with the higher note laid over it. Pitching the low note up and softening the low and high sound. I found recently there is a line you can draw across the two. And by moving it up and down you can create complex mixed sounds. Brian Johnston has this feature about his voice making him difficult to emulate.

Doing this as my first recorded cover is ballsy, but this song is beyond important to me. I’m making an announcement about it tomorrow, and I’m beyond excited.

Cant wait to see them finally in Finland Tuska Festival

God I wish I could afford a singing coach 😂 Loved watching this

“It probably won’t sound good” my ASS. Your voice is so strong and beautiful.

please make a cover of this song i love the Song so much and i love youre voice so much 🤩

Seen them live with In This Moment and what a spectacular performance from both! You should do an analysis of Maria Brink ❤

I was at that show!

Love the video man. Could you do a video exploring what his vocal chain might be. Do you think there’s a tone of compression on there? I just watched a video of John brown explaining how he has to turn his cabs backwards on stage cause Andy’s mic was picking them up due to being highly comped.

You gotta do some of Ville Valo of HIM's live clips and stuff, that would be the best video ever 🙏🔥🔥🔥

Would you consider doing a video on Mourning Song by Holding Absence? Really curious to have your input on his amazing and heartbreaking vocals

I would love to see you listen and coach through some of their stuff live at “union transfer” the user “suspisus” has great quality from that show. Personally I think “dethrone, and never know” are absolutely phenomenal in their live show

Bad Omens Somebody Else!

I’ve seen Bad Omens live and Noah sounds just as amazing live as he does on the records! You can tell based on his live vocals that he uses minimal (if any) autotune in the studio

Starset released a song named Otherworldly last year and I think you might enjoy checking it out. Lots of placement changes and fun melodies. Unfortunately there isn't a live version of it...

Pitch correction kind of reminds me of lane assist when driving. It’s there to help you, but I feel like it’s always pulling me to one side or another even though I’m still maintaining the lane. In a way it seems to take away from some of the natural nuances of his voice. However, the band themselves sort of lean towards a more electronic feel, so in that frame I think it definitely works. Plus, if he wasn’t even close to the notes, the minor correction would be useless, so he is definitely singing his ass off.

I’m glad you mentioned the pitch correction, I absolutely fell in love with the album and theres no denying Noah is a great singer but it bothered me how heavily it was used when I went to watch them live. It was constant, and due to the more subtle usage of it, I’m guessing they are trying to use it as an aid as opposed to an ‘aesthetic’, it also bothers me how few people seem to be able to tell. This is a stab in the dark but I think he’s using something like melodyne as opposed to auto tune, and has the melody written with midi. Thats what it sounded like when I watched them at least, in this video it sounds like autotune because of that fast fluctuation, I dunno it took a lot of awe away from him as a singer personally, I discovered him on this channel thanks to your last analysis but i dont think its good to idolize singers who ‘cheat’ like that both on the records and live, it’s a bit more than ‘studio magic’ I noticed in the records the usage of the post Malone-Esque digital vibrato, which is cool, I just wish he didn’t use it always

Make a video about his cover to Sympathy live performance in Irving Plaza,NY or in Anaheim, CA

I was at this show! I paid $5 in Louisville

Noah is stupid amazing, love him wish he'd come to Estonia! Also @Chris Liepe can u check out "Imminence" its.. a violincore, U'd love it! ;)

certain mannerisms of his words and style of singing kinda reminds me of Keaton Pierce from Too Close To Touch

FINALLY

Chris this amazing!!! please do a video on Artificial Suicide

Great analysis as always!

Great video, I saw Bad Omens live earlier this month and they were amazing, I'd love it if you checked out Holding Absence's live performance of the song 'Wilt' the lead singer Lucas has an amazing voice and I haven't seen any vocal coaches listen to them before

I think the pitch correction in that passage is a necessary pre-processing step for the vocoder. Those can do some funky "jazz" harmonizations if the pitch tracking sees you're straying from the programmed key.

Another great analysis Chris! Any possibility you could eventually do a vocal analysis of Billy Idol? :)