STOP practicing DISTORTION this way! (It's secretly trashing your voice) 

Thanks man I’m a small one man band and this helps me everyday especially all of your videos u have helped me improve my voice so much since I started watching u

Hello Sir I love the videos. Could you cover common signs that you're injuring your voice? For example, the day after practicing a difficult vocal line, you feel like you have strep throat.

Haha!! YES!!!

@@chrisliepe better to text your landlord an apology than to not properly support your voice 🙏

Same here 😂

I use my car trips to work to practise

I moved to the country cause of Chris Liepe

I thought about that too, haha. But, to Chris' point, Dave still went in and out of the distortion to pace himself and get through the song. So even if the distortion hurt, he still budgeted well enough to not trash his voice.

Yep! This is the biggest takeaway I think!! We've got to stop practicing while constantly comparing ourselves to studio recordings!

@@chrisliepe exactly. I've been really stepping up my singing and only watch live performances for that (and your videos).

Not to mention the only way those singers only ever sounded that good in the studio that ONE TIME because they spent countless hours improving their singing by playing countless gigs at like 60-70% effort most of the time. You are basically testing your limits when practicing and performing and pushing them when you’re recording and I think that saves you a lot of heartache as a new singer trying to record but hating your voice. It’s much better to put the time into singing through entire songs from beginning to end, listening back, improving until it’s good (perfect is the enemy of good) and then learning/writing something new and repeating.

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In my opinion, James sounds better now than he ever has.

​@@djevon4853 James sounds fucking amazing

Yes because he used false chords and we all know false chords lead to vocal damage. It is very wrong technique to use (altho it is easy and sounds well) If James larned how to fry instead of false chords he would still be able to do it nowadays. We can look at Chester Bennington, Eric Burdon or Layne Staley. Their raspy voice is a fry distortion and they could last hours doing it. Chester even has a 17 second fry scream on "given up" live, while sining a D5 underneath all that compression.

@@GeorgeCardoso-mh2ei because he didn't rely on any vocal techniques , the same goes to his guitar playing (endlessly raw downpicking) he was so unique. Chester Bennington and Layne Staley great vocalists i love them both,but i don't think that they ever were so aggressive as James in Seattle. And im talking aggressive with their voices. James never pulled back those days he was singing even on the soft parts, with distorted - raspy voice while the other two,were doing what Chris is showing us on that video.

@@GeorgeRasoulisMusic Yeah true, but Layne was constantly hitting A5s and above for 2 hours :D Metallica songs are not that high in pitch apart from a few exceptions but I get what you mean. James Hetfield really was destroying his voice, it´s a miracle we can still see him live nowadays

@@GeorgeCardoso-mh2ei I don't think that Layne was hitting A5 (without head voice technique), this is falsetto note for a manly voice. You can do it too and hitting these kind of notes for days without hurting your voice. I feel that , what Hetfield was doing back in early 90s was more difficult. Freddie Mercury was doing the same and he was tiring his voice so much when Queen had many shows, while Adam Lambert uses techniques that helping him last for more shows , but the final outcome isn't even close to Mercury's voice. Another singer who hits these high notes for an entire tour without problems , was Mat Barlow , but we are talking about falsetto notes. I think Hetfield's highest note is B5 he haven't past that limit,but the uniqueness of his voice is his aggression. There's where the others lacking and that's why he destroyed his voice and in "Cunning stunts" DVD you can listen how much damage has done to his vocal chords. Im not insisting about anything,im just separating apples from oranges and by hitting a higher note from another singer doesn't mean that you pushing your vocal chords nor sounding more powerful - raw - aggressive. Every time im watching Metallica concert in Seattle,im saying there's nothing more aggressive and melodic at the same time than Jame's voice. The same thing im saying about Bennington, he has the best screams , in studio and live.

@@GeorgeRasoulisMusic Layne was defo belting those A5s :D Layne and Kurt Cobain are two singers that belted the sh`t out of it. You can watch the channel "crazy singing" here on youtube, the guy explains wich singers use head voice and wich used belted chest in detail

I feel like I can mimic almost any note, sound, tone, and distortion on the radio while I’m alone driving. I get so excited about it and go in the house and try to show my wife what I can do and then I just look like a fool. Can’t replicate it at all.

If you really study the studio vs. live you can definitely hear a 'pull back' and a budgeting going on. I actually have a new video about Chester coming out very soon!!

And Chris does not care if it sounds stupid or funny. He dials it in like a pro and you can hear it. Chris is the best vocal instructor on YT.

It's funny, but Ado, who Chris often analyzes, is exactly as you recommend, and learned to sing since childhood

This is a great question and one I hope to answer in various forms in future videos... Here's the thing: We can't really know if he was using bad technique or not. People jump to this judgmental, labels mindset so fast without any grounding in reality. So he lost his voice, or lost certain notes. He is a touring vocalist who is frequently asked to use his voice more than probably healthy. This doesn't mean he has or had bad technique. Maybe he did, but maybe he just did too much of a good thing a few times and didn't rest well. This is why it so important for us to learn about our own bodies without judgement. If we are focused on sensations that feel good... not trying to force a particular sound and in tune with the amount we can do certain things as we are practicing, figuring things out, performing etc... we'll be able to have a long journey! Those people who point fingers at singers who "lost it" have no idea what they are talking about. And it's not about them anyway. Chino's technique seems good to me... But also, on the studio recordings... Seems "spendy". Doing that a lot live will drain your account quickly. If anybody is not in tune with that budgeting aspect in light of the technique they've developed... It doesn't mean it's necessarily bad technique. But it might mean that there could be more efficient ways of modifying the sensations so that things can be less spendy. We have to get away from "good" or "bad" ... polarizing. We need to instead listen, not judge, not label, not make assumptions and experiment and explore our own bodies and sensations again without judgement, but with a full focus on awareness and possibility !!

@@chrisliepe Thanks Chris for such a great, detailed answer! I nodded my head when I read "spendy" in the studio. It's just a different game and mindset, studio and live. Let alone touring. So yeah, he's just holding back while touring back to back. You just can't go with that intensity live. I think his technique is legit, in fact one of the pioneers. He's just doing it smart live. In an interview he himself said that he needed to rest more, and be more healthy and that his voice recovered from that. Looking forward to those future videos man. Great channel this is.

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Yes yes yes! some students need to first... REALLY lean into the sensation of proper support. This is so critical for developing that cord closure you're talking about. (my free course in the pinned comment covers this extensively). THEN... mindfully experimenting with dynamic vocal postures that help you build closure and back pressure will grow your mixed voice. I can help you with this in my course Discover Your Voice!

@@chrisliepe Thank you for your response! So building the edge coordination is only temporary? I will definitely look into the course!

@@novakastmusicnot temporary, but coordinations need to be maintained and continually honed. :)

@@chrisliepe Gotcha, thank you for the response and the help !

Lots of hard work and training went into that 17 seconds. =D

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Water is amazing, how could you hate on water?

what a great exercise!! haha... man I don't know... ALL GREATS in that list!! Gahh... If I had to choose the one that was most enjoyable for me to just sit back and listen to, I'd probably say Amy Winehouse. CLOSE behind would be Alice In Chains and Alanis

metallica is overrated??

​@@georgijocan't wait to hear what band this guy is in... Lol

Overrated band? Really bro? I am not a hardcore fan. But overrated is a bit much.

​@@Somewhatdamaged1989 well, we can say they're overrated in the sense that their discography is more fillers than masterpieces. It doesn't mean they're overrated as a band, it's just that their repertoire is overrated. James himself is acknowledged as the best rhythmic guitarist because of his downpicking stamina, but people are usually simpletons and take in consideration only one skill about a musician who has 2 or more skills. At this point we can consider them as polarizing as Nirvana.

@@Somewhatdamaged1989 They can't play their instruments well, I think that counts as overrated

Full on screams are a different animal completely! It’s more about developing specific vocal postures and constrictions that are sustainable. The full course I’ve done with Will goes a long way to helping you develop these! Hope you get a chance to check it out!

Maybe I’m wrong, but to me Brian Johnson sounds like he’s singing in a very forward almost falsetto or at least fully head voice. I find I can kind of imitate his sound without any irritation, though I admit it sounds more cartoony than he actually sounds. Nevertheless, I think he is a much different style than hettfield or someone.

Thanks and yes! I’ve got many exercises to develop head voice coordination in my course Discover Your Voice. You can request an invite at chrisliepe.com. Hope to see you there!

Yes! See my full stamina builder workout inside my coaching program called Sing Together 365! You can find it at chrisliepe.com

It sounds like you're ready for a steady practice method to really hone the sensations necessary to dial it in. It takes mindful consistency while exercising in very specific ways to commit this technique to your voice. I go deep into the weeds here: www.mymusicalvoice.com/p/the-aggressive-vocalist-s-master-plan-of-attack

@@chrisliepe Thanks Chris - I was actually just looking at this! 🙂 My compression distortion is second nature now, it's more Hetfield than Grohl, but yeah that Chester/Dan Tompkins mixed vocal break distortion just evades me. I'll look into the course. Thanks again, and I love your videos!

@@IsaacBirchall You're welcome, let me know if you have any questions after looking it over more :) Thanks for watching and digging into my videos!

Screaming is very different than vocal distortion. The mechanics and how the primary cords are or are not engaged is a whole different animal. Correctly, and with training and practice, it’s totally safe to voiceless scream for long periods of time. But dining with distortion even done correctly and with good technique needs to be budgeted. Over time you might have the ability to be more constant, but we can’t build it that way safely!!

@@chrisliepe oh thank you so much for these precious information!

One of my favorite vocalists!!

It’s normal but not necessary! :) check out my course called “the Aggressive Vocalists Master Plan of Attack” found at mymusicslvoice.com for practice and mindfulness routines to dial distortion placement in correctly!

@@chrisliepe ok I went through "009 Summoning The In-Between with Mixed Voice & Moderation" again and I realised I hadn't developed my "cracking" mechanism enough so I was compensating by compressing too hard and pushing through too much air. That resulted in a whole lot of tension. I just needed to do the exercises in your course a few more times to hone the cracking mechanism

@@DanceWithAmpsthis is great to hear!! Thanks for sharing!!!

I'd recommend to take it easy with the harsh vocals till your voice is done changing. In the mean time practice other aspects of your voice.

Okay thanks I'll do that then!

I wish I had learned about “mixed voice” at a young age instead of when I was 38 years old. I lost so many years thinking I had too small of a vocal range to be a good singer, and only in the last couple of years did I learn to use a register I didn’t know existed. It has been life changing. I envy the time you have available to learn such things.

Great distortion! She does a fantastic job of budgeting like this too… ya gotta really listen for it tho.

See my video on the four types of distortion :)