Still Can't Fry Scream? Try This! 

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I got it on the third try

The hybrid... nice.

You can use a low fry scream and add just enough diaphragm compression and having the right about of projection but trying to keep it voiceless at the same time will have your false cords activate and phonate similarly to your real vocal cords. To get this sound I regularly practice Tuvan throat singing and tongue and mouth placement to get the right sound I'm going for with the technique.

Thats why Is started this channel. I was a teenager who sifted through hundreds of videos trying to learn how to scream. I had to figure out fry on my own. Brandon Kennedy had a video that helped me learn false cord screaming.

Yeah I’ve been trying to figure out dry screams for years and I’ve made these sounds before but I just didn’t know that it was the right direction. Know that I know I’m going to focus on practicing soft fry on my way to and from work

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You must listen to A LOT of metal lol

Yea soft fry helps you figure out the right positioning to produce the distortion, but in order to make it loud, you have to learn to belt, and try to enter the soft fry positioning while belting.

Thank you Im glad it was able to help you. This video is pretty old (im not sure why the algorithm pushes it so hard), but I have a lot of newer fry screaming videos. I highly recommend my most recent fry screaming video where I demonstrate various exercises to make learning it easier, and develop the skills needed to eventually project it and make it sound powerful.

well, I’m currently working on a full exercise program for Fry screaming. I find that a lot of people might figure out how to produce the sound but still don’t develop all the skills they need to be successful. so I’m making a straightforward program with exercises to develop those skills. Should be uploaded within a few weeks.

@@Scream-Theory that will definitely help a lot.

Thats great to hear. Now check out my video on how to do them both at the same time!

@@Scream-Theory Sweet will do!

Thank you for your kind words. But please instead watch my most recent “Fry screaming exercise program”. I promise you it’s 1000 times better than anything I said in this video. I made this video two years ago and I’ve learned a lot more since then. The exercise program is straightforward and will show you exactly what skills you need to develop in order to fry scream.

you should hear my Muscle Man impression 😉

check out my most recent video for more fry screaming exercises

Hey I usually don't give any notice or warning in most of videos lol. Probably best to listen with headphones

That's a hard question to answer, because there is many different reasons why a person can experience pain when doing vocals. If you email me and are able to give me some more information, I can help you figure it out. Screamtheoryvocalcoaching@gmail.com

yep the biggest reason why people have trouble with fry screaming is because its the first vocal style they try to learn. if you have no experience practicing singing or even FC screaming then its just not going to make sense. You wont have adequate muscle coordination or sensory awareness of what you are doing with your vocal cords in relation to what you are trying to do.

Fun part is dickie allen of infant annihilator in a kardovox interview mentioned the "hybrid" where you are doing fry and false chord at the same time (mind blown). Then if you think of the different areas of resonance that you usually get by thinking of different syllables (ex. "ooo" or "yee"), apparently some of those different areas can resonate AT THE SAME TIME. I think that is how you get a sound like this: ru-vid.comUMZ1tqojC2Q he stars out with the "ooo" but then you see his nose scrunch up a bit like people do when they get a high; I think his sinus cavity is resonating to get the "roar" sound. So many interesting techniques and it's crazy how deep it goes combining them in unique ways. You are lucky all of these videos are available today... I know back when I first started to try to learn there was nothing. You're basically at the point I am now and I'm a grown ass man! XD Keep working on it a little every day and you will be an amazing vocalist. =)

@@naejimba thanks man!

I have a newer fry screaming tutorial you should check out. I also have more videos planned to help with learning fry screaming but very little time to actually make them lol

thank you. but honestly, this tutorial pails in comparison to the most recent fry screaming guide I uploaded. it’s a straightforward exercise program to follow and will help you develop all the skills needed to fry scream as well as a much better explanation of how to produce the distortion.

watch my more recent fry screaming videos. They are much better. and good luck. you will get it, just have to be patient, keep practicing, and use your auditory learning

@@Scream-Theory Tyvm. I found them. I have been making instrumentals for years now it's time to put the vocals to work!

I TRIED TO GO AS LOW AS CORPSE 😭 then I tried to add tension and I just lost my voice, like, it’s not STICKING or something

ill put it on the list lol

I would say it’s more like projecting your head voice but keeping your vocal cords relaxed. Getting into the range where your voice starts to naturally break and then adding the fry. It’s a very tricky balance but feel free to email me if you have any more questions. Screamtheoryvocalcoaching@gmail.com

Hey man. So this is referred to as "inhale screams". There is a bit of debate on the safety of inhale screams among the metal vocals community. I personally stay away from them, because I agree with the safety concerns. Learning to properly fry scream is very difficulty but don't give up. I have a video titled "fry screaming exercises to make learning easier". I would recommend practicing those exercises for a few weeks and then attempt to produce the distortion while exhaling, after you have built up some better control over your true cords. Hope this helps.

try out some of the exercises in this video for a few weeks. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ry4Fav-xM40.htmlsi=igP3KL5Ws51gJ2Hc you can also email me if you’re still having trouble.

I’m actually very close to finishing a fry screaming exercise program that should be uploaded within the next week or so. I guarantee you this is going to show you the exact steps you need to find the distortion. It will have specific exercises to help you gain the skills needed to fry scream, and it will even include recorded lessons with me and multiple of my students where I guide them to find the distortion so you can see the exact process of a beginner learning to get the distortion.

Also if you want to email me, I am very confident I can teach you how to fry scream. Screamtheoryvocalcoaching@gmail.com

@@Scream-Theory oh! Okay that's sounds good man! I'm looking forward to it :) thx for responding to me

Thank you. This is an old video and I have recently made a fry screaming exercise program that blows this out of the water. I highly recommend following the exercise program, which you can find in my videos. As for your issue, I can't say for sure what is causing it without hearing how you scream. it could be due to improper technique, or it could be due to other factors like hydration, how often you practice/rest, stress, and lack of sleep. But every musician will have good days and bad days. Over time and lots of practice, you will have more good days than bad days, and your vocals will sound better on your bad days too.

I do agree, I find my practice is WAY better if I do a warm up, do a short short practice in the morning, rest and then do a full warm up and then do a full practice, that second practice is always way way better

I used to have the same issue because I initially spend two years learning FC screaming before learning fry. even till this day, I feel way more natural performing FC screams than fry screams. The way I improved it though was by not practicing FC screaming for a few weeks and only focusing on fry. eventually, when I started practicing both techniques in the same practice session, I would warm up and start with my fry screams for 15 to 20 minutes before warming up my false cords. warming up my false cords first would always make me want to naturally slip into using my FC’s even when I was trying to do fry screams.

Same here!

@@yeahwhatever604 6 months later, I have honestly forgotten about this comment I have made. Hello person, I got your notification and I wanna tell you something, I have learned how to fry vocal months ago, It took me not long after I made that comment that I found the key. That key is patience, start with vocal warmups, do some fry vocal lessons. You will get it, trust me. Now I’m almost positive that your not christian, but what helped me most was Jesus. 👍 I hope you learn soon.

@@Nate_NCP Oh nice! Thank you :)

Record yourself and listen back to it. You might be hearing it wrong so make sure you're not. If you still dont like the way isn't sounds when you listen back, you can play around with it and see what you're doing wrong or make adjustments

From what you are saying, it sounds like you have figured out how to produce the distortion using the correct positioning, but you are unable to project it or make it sound powerful. This is a normal step in learning to fry scream that most people experience. To fry scream properly, you need to be able to produce the distortion sound, while simultaneously performing a shout or yell, supporting it with your airflow. The vocal cords need to be vibrating while in the fry screaming positioning. That is what makes it sound loud and powerful, because that is how the voice works. I have a video with some exercises to help with this. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ry4Fav-xM40.html

@@Scream-Theory It still has that “untamed wild animal with a voracious appetite” kind of sound and that on its own is cool.

active tension is the tension produced by muscle contraction, where as passive tension is tension produced by the elastic stretching of muscles, ligaments, or tendons. this is what I mean about the fine motor control aspect. The reason why you only feel 0-100 in terms of muscle activation is due to lack of motor control. Think of a novice piano player, who is trying hit certain keys, but they either undershoots, or overshoots the key. with practice, they eventually develop the muscle control to contract their muscles with just the right amount of force needed to hit the keys they want. too much force causes overshooting, too little force causes undershooting. this is normal for beginners of any complex motor skill to experience. We can either turn the muscle on to 100%, or turn it off at 0%. it takes practice to be able to dial in the force production of a muscle to generate a precise amount of force, somewhere between 0-100%

@@Scream-Theory Thank you! Wasn't expecting such a fast response on a 7 month old video! But this makes a lot of sense. It's gonna take a lot of practice but I'm starting to get the sound right!

@@neith4396 check out my newer fry screaming guide that I made earlier this year. I go a lot more in depth on than this video.

So actually, If you are good at singing softly with very little tension in your voice, this helps a lot with fry screaming. Watch my most recent video on fry screaming and you will see why.

Ok I will check it out! TY!@@Scream-Theory

sounds like you might be tensing up your vocal cords too much. I recently made a video called “the ultimate guide to fry screaming 2023”. you should check it out because I think it will help you visualize the correct positioning better, and get a better understanding.

It could be due to many reasons such as pushing more air than needed, improper technique with vocal cord positioning, living in an area with low humidity. I would need more info to properly assess. You can email me a recording if you would like to at Screamtheoryvocalcoaching@gmail.com. You can also try drinking water throughout the day (not just all at once right before practicing), avoiding heavy caffeine intake (1 or 2 cups of coffee is typically fine), and doing some cardio exercise 15-20 mins a day (increasing heart rate promotes blood flow to the vocal cords and hydrates them more effectively).

I watched for a couple minutes and then skipped through to see when it finally sounded like Fry...derp

check out my 2023 fry tutorial. the biggest thing people get wrong is not learning how to belt, or project their voice. If you can do soft fry, thats the positioning element. Now you have to learn to project your voice, or belt, and then slip into the soft fry positioning while simultaneously keeping your true cords vibrating. The only way a fry scream becomes loud and powerful is the same way that singers make their voice sound “strong”.

@@Scream-Theory Thank you so much! I already know how to project and belt, I just have a difficulty of mixing the two together. but I will defidently check out your tutorial. I appreciate it:)

I notice that my head voice is harder to do when im not fully hydrated or if Ive had a lot of caffeine.

@@Scream-Theory I can’t even hit full pitches with head voice it just becomes air

@@shunedits6155 I have a similar issue. everyone has a natural range and when I try to sing super high-pitched there comes a point where it just turns into air like you said. However I can get slightly higher than my limits by belting. When I was younger my range was higher too but I think I lost some of it with age

@@Scream-Theory but all my high notes do this

@@shunedits6155 what is your natural range? Mine is two whole steps lower than a bass would be. I actually have a really high head voice as well, but most days I can’t even get a single note out in my head voice.

I can give you feedback if you send me a recording. Screamtheoryvocalcoaching@gmail.com

Yes! like a bobcat growl

That can happen in some people initially when learning false cord screaming, due to turbulent air flow in the space between the false cords and the true cords. It definitely should not be happening with fry screaming. Email me a recording and I can give you feedback. Screamtheoryvocalcoaching@gmail.com Also check out my most recent video about fry screaming exercises and skills that will make learning easier. I think it will help you gain more control over your true cords and make this issue go away.

Watch this video and practice these exercises for a few weeks, then take another crack at it. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ry4Fav-xM40.htmlsi=4_taHYgcT1uLQoXM

thank you so much@@Scream-Theory

HAHAHA thats one way to describe it. Feel free to email me if you would like feedback. Screamtheoryvocalcoaching@gmail.com Im currently working on an updated fry screaming tutorial. Most of the info will be the same in my past videos but illustrated and presented more straightforward.

I have a newer video that explains this better. Its called “the ultimate guide to fry screaming 2023”

watch this video, and the part you are looking for is at seven minutes and 10 seconds ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ry4Fav-xM40.htmlsi=LeJaT5Ox6hP5K9py

@@Scream-Theory Thank you!!! I will check the video later and see how I can improve!! 😁👍👍👍

@@Bararaian no problem. Good luck. Email me a recording if you need feedback.

@@Scream-Theory I have watched the video and it is very helpful. I still cannot get through the exercise at 11:00 in that other video or the one behind it because I have no idea what do you mean with rasp and how to produce it. Should I email you a recording?? ThankYou!!!! 👍

@@Bararaian Yes you can email me and I will give you feedback

Yes, when performed correctly. Soft fry should feel very comfortable. Full power fry screaming can be dangerous if you don't have a proper foundation with the correct technique

spend some time practicing singing. trying to hit different notes will give you the ability to finely control your true cords. Fry screaming requires precise control over your true cords and sensory awareness of how you are positioning them. Without that level of control its going to be like stabbing in the dark.

You need to project your voice like belting or singing with power and then try to slip into the fry positioning while simultaneously keeping your true cords vibrating. The loudness comes from your true cords vibrating how they normally would when singing with projection. Practicing soft fry like this helps you figure out the positioning in a low intensity way. Just keep in mind that soft fry typically involves a little bit more tension in the vocal cords. The transition from belting to fry screaming, will feel a little more subtle, and you shouldn’t feel as much tension in the true cords as you would when doing soft fry.

mechanical load created by muscles contracting. passive tension is mechanical load created by elastic components when they are stretched

@@Scream-Theory is it basically compression?

@@panema0 sort of. I think most people think of compression as squeezing the true chords together. But I am more talking about contracting the muscles that run through the length of the true cords.

@@Scream-Theory that sort of makes sense, is there any way you could explain how exactly you do this?

@@panema0 if you check my channel, I recently created an entire exercise program to help develop these skills. in phase 2, I included footage of my private lessons with students where they initially figure out how to produce the distortion so that you can see a beginner going through the process.