On the other hand, Puddles, who I have never heard of before, is an extraordinary vocalist. His clarity, his phrasing, his inflection and his subtle power are all masterful. It is a pleasure to listen to him.
@@flimmaytinstone8980 Thank you, Puddles. You have an extraordinary, unique and strikingly beautiful and pure voice. I mentioned on your page that , to me, you inhabit a singular vocal ground located between Tom Waits, Klaus Nomi and Robert Preston. I apologize for my ignorance. I haven't watched TV for over 15 years but how did you train? Are you self taught? A natural talent? I am always curious as to the magic behind the curtain. Thank you for making my day with your talent.
@@davidwilliamdanielthomas9305 I started yelling at the age of two. From here I went to shouting. I learned pitch from an airplane propeller. Tone from a makeup kit. I taught some greats like the hulk and Cory Feldman. I’d say my greatest influence was Mr Haney from green acres. Sincerely…Puddles
I have only known Mr. Tamplin on RU-vid as a voice coach and I have never heard of him as a musician and concert performer, but I am Italian so I am excused. I think I will still follow him since he managed, with a 22 fret guitar, to play a note that only exists on the neck of a 24 fret guitar.
@@rabidpb Sorry for my mistake I was comparing Ken's guitar with the one in Fil's hands when I saw his latest youtube video on the matter. Surely with 21 frets one is led to believe in miracles.
I laughed when I saw the video of him singing/playing. I have only casually watched his videos in the past on RU-vid and thought his tongue technique looked a bit weird. But that video Devon showed here in the video was ridiculous. Just looked like miming to me. I'm no expert, but the microphone technique looked weird indeed (not to mention the guitar playing).
@@Cloudburztmy guess is his followers and supporters aren’t musicians, or they’re beginners that haven’t found better tutorial channels yet. Some of them are free. I hope they do find them before they get discouraged and hang up their dreams.
Apart from the incrowd nobody has. And after all this lying even his dear Lord doesn't want to know him anymore. Still, why am I so sure that Trump would speak highly of him, if he knew Tamplin? Though at the same time I'd assume that Trump would say he's actualy be a better singer and guitar player than Tamplin.
I watch that Sebastian Bach's video with my son everyday, we always lough together when he jumps in over that beautiful voice. Insane. He's a meme of himself. Great video!
He doesn't delete the comments, instead he sets them to that "hide comment from channel" setting. If you go look, your comment looks like it's there but no one else can see it. Imagine policing every single comment on your Facebook, Instagram and RU-vid. You'd need to hire staff
@PeteC62 yes, that's what makes RU-vid so insidious. So many people over the years think their conment is being ignored, while in reality only they can see it.
I haven't watched all of this yet, only the first 3½ minutes, but in relation to something you said in your last video as well, and in this with "Ken, you don't have to say you're the greatest singer, the greatest vocal coach", this is my approach to teaching: I don't have a long career behind me in teaching and have never played professionally (but I've had some nice comments about my teaching, which I appreciate A LOT). However, one of the things I always highlight when teaching is "this is how I approach X, Y, Z..." or "this is what has worked for me in learning/understanding X, Y, Z...", and trying to find a way for a student that works for THEM to understand it - and that may be a different approach to my own, but I can still support that approach. Selling a course or lesson as "this is the BEST/ONLY way to learn guitar/singing/piano" always irks me. It seems your approach is not about gloating like Ken, that's for sure! I can always appreciate that.
@@devon-graves-studio-D I appreciate that so much! Thank you - that's a bucket load of motivation for me to keep going right there! I have a few guitar covers of Psychotic Waltz on my channel but plan on doing more.
He needs to SWALLOW HIS PRIDE !! But as a said in another text to you, narcissists NEVER ADMIT THEYRE WRONG OR EVER HAVE BEEN WRONG. So everybody DO T HOKD YOUR BREATH.
Someone needs to put up a public challenge to Ken and tell him that if he can sing/play a stripped down version of this on a livestream with no backing track, in the same key as in his 1989 studio recording, a large check would be delivered to a charity of his choice. The rules would be simple: all he can bring is his guitar, pedal board, and an amp. The studio would supply the rest. This could be done at any neutral, third party studio near him.
I've always looked up to Ken and his work, but this lip-syncing scandal has completely shattered my respect for him. It's a real shame to see someone build a career on something so dishonest
He "hid" my comment which allows me to see it, but no one else. That is borderline psychopathic deception imo. I think not be finished with him yet. But my promise was this is my last word on the topic, being lip syncing. I won't talk about THAT :) I didn't use to totally dislike him, but now it's a different story. Not as much about my comment, but watch his video on "How to sing Painkiller" where he claims to sing it better than Rob Halford LOL
I'm just flabbergasted that people really think Ken was singing this live, unbelievable... Righthand picking was just out of this world... 😅🤣 Had to pick myself up from the floor laughing
Maybe got this wrong. The lip sych was very obvious and I'm sure Ken didn't really expect anyone to beleive he was actually playing and singing live. ..people aren't that stupid...surely!@@
Wow. (~ 15 min in) Any guitar player watching two seconds of that can see that the playing doesn't time with the music. And that right hand is just ridiculous.
I don’t know a thing about Ken Tamplin, but to every one brought here by this guy: If you‘re interested in great rock music, I recommend Psychotic Waltz. 😊
I couldn't agree more,... well spoken my friend : ) There is a fine line between arrogance and acknowledgement,... it is not the horn which powers the diesel!
Love your commentary. My old football coach said this. “What people say about themselves out of arrogance reveals their specific weakness and jealousy”. I think Ken reveals it clearly. Sadly he is getting more popular because of it still.
IF he puts a Copyright strike on your Channel you simply put in a dispute, Meatloaf the performer tried to do that for my Video on my channel many years ago , he put his legal team on to me but I refused to back down, that Video has almost a million views to this day
RU-vid love putting their climate change fact checks under every video that remotely comes near the topic. Yet they allow Ken to lie and delete comments.
On what grounds could I dispute? It's already claimed by both Ken AND The Pixies. I won't get any revenue anyway. I heard it is worse to loose a dispute.
@@devon-graves-studio-D Fair Use - you’re allowed to use clips of other people’s content for commentary/criticism/illustrate a point. As long as you acknowledged who/where the clips are from you should be fine.
YES, yes , you hit it exactly the way it is, so true. Hopefully if RU-vid takes this video down, remove or edit the part RU-vid first disapproves, you please put it back up (after edit) because you really brought the truth forward.
Yeah, that was quick. He must watch everything with a hawk's eye, have people helping him, or some kind of AI doing it. I just hope people continue exposing him this way until he comes clean (IF he ever does). I feel bad for his potential students who haven't heard about all this and buy his material in good faith.
He "hides" these comments. That way the person who posted still sees it. I see it from my own channel, but not from someone else. Sneaky and very deceptive indeed.
The sad thing is that so many believe everything they see on youtube, tiktok or other places is 100% authentic. 50+ years of abusing my hearing with open pipe motorcycles, too loud practicing in my room and mixing in night clubs has ruined my hearing, but even through tinnitus I can hear inconsistencies in Kens studio performance. With that mic, not only would the voacls not be sharp, but I would also expect to hear noise from the pick or string rattle. BTW, great example with Puddles - he uses the mic wonderfully to change inflection and intonation.
On a performance before Covid struck, someone recorded it. I was singing into a Sennheiser e945, and every time I looked down at my fretboard, there was a noticeable dropout in my vocals, and not just tone, so yeah, any big changes in the mouth-to-capsule alignment cause significant changes that can really mess up a performance.
I was trying to hone in his equipment to see if there were any audio signals - say syncing with his guitar, etc. I couldn't see any track metering anywhere. It's nice to know that equivalent world class recordings on par with anything genius ever recorded needs only a $99 Squire Strat.
Wonderful video. Great to listen to someone speak with a great understanding of how different vocalists express themselves. Having spent a lot of time in recording studios myself, it's always so easy to detect when a performance is mined, and that's in the direction from where the sound comes. I know that for most people who haven't had that experience of recording could easily be fooled into believing that what they believe to be live really isn't, but not for the trained ear. An example of what I'm talking about was wonderfully demonstrated in the performance of Puddles that you played and who I'd never heard of before but instantly loved. But when you watch and listen to this performance every movement he makes around the microphone whilst singing changes the expression of every word, you don't get that when a performance is pre-recorded and mimed to. REN is another artist who very masterfully demonstrates how playing with a real live vocal performance can express a song in a much greater way as he demonstrates in The Tale Of Jenny And Screech, or Hi REN. So thanks for talking the time to do this video and for introducing Puddles Pity Party, I'm a fan now.
I just want to thank Ken for bringing up your video about him to my feed. I did not know you actually have a channel until now. Watching your stuff backwards now. I am a fan of yours since I saw you July 7th 1993. Didn’t knew who you were, some friend said waltz is worth going.. and you blew my head straight off. Still got that ticket to this day. I hope I get a chance to see you again live.
I think it's disgraceful that he deletes all the negative comments - so he obviously reads them - but he left a comment saying that was a virtuoso guitar performance. He saw it and was like: Well that one is true. I'm leaving that one!
RU-vid can be weird sometimes.. I've been listening to Deadsoul Tribe for like fifteen years now, and suddenly YT recommends me Devon's video because of this Ken Tamplin fiasco :]]
companies such as data analytica have socially profiled every user on the internet. they target viewers with loaded content. it all came out back around 2016 with the election over in the USA.
Great video Devon. Sound, humble, critically thinking and highlights why it’s so important that everyone realise truth when someone’s big ego is trying to bend others to the opposite. The puddles pity party was awesome. It would be really nice to hear your take on Devin Townsend live recording of Kingdom in studio. That take always blow me away. Great video, great things said. Keep up the good work. Cheers from Sweden !
Devin Townsend is absolutely Godly. I saw something in the sealy 200s called "Safezone" If I remember correct. Live in the studio. Flawless and jaw-dropping.
Guy could have avoided all this by just saying "hey when you get older you can't hit some of those highs and I wanted my live show to sound as good as possible so I used a track for those highs". Problem solved.
I love your approach, like also Phil from wings of Pegasus. Clear and factual and humble as it should be. Ken's personality truly gets in his own way. Thank you for sharing Puddles Pity Party, what a wonderful voice. I love when musicians bring other musicians forward.
I love the way u take out the positives of him before going down with the issues of the whole situation. I used to watch some of his videos, and yes i love the video of Sabastian Bachs singing that particular song was impressive its one of my favorite live songs of Sabastian. I hope he comes out with the truth on the backing tracks lip syncing. Another musician i love, but would really want to know if they miming is Nikki Sixx.
How ironic that the real clown wasn't the one wearing the make-up & pom-poms. First time I've ever seen Ken and within 30 seconds it was plainly obvious it was mimed... I've seen 1st time drag queens with better lip syncing skills than Ken! There's two dead giveaways for me... the "studio mix" sound (with those conveniently balanced harmonies that never over-step his vocal)... and repeatedly missing his cues by a fraction of a second (something I learnt from theatre pros & drag artists indicates a performer who's "chasing" the lip sync instead of matching the vocal performance). It just made the ego in his video description doubly eye-rolling. And I knew I'd seen Puddles before... I was wracking my brain until you mentioned Primus, that performance was brilliant! I'm excited to track down his 'War Pigs' cover now, I _love_ hearing more classically-trained vocalists like Puddles cover that track. 🤘😎
Watch out, you may find yourself on a Puddles binge! lol He was on one of those competition shows several years ago. I think it was America's Got Talent, but maybe it was a different show. I don't watch them. Anyway, he was loved, and has had a following since. He's also worked with Post Modern Jukebox quite a bit. I didn't know he appeared with Primus. Now I have to go find it.
Puddles always leave me with a melancholic smile on my face. He is wonderful! 🙏🏻 Now, there is a real singer, from top to toe. 🎤 Ken Tamplin on the other hand… 😵💫
Thank you Devon. I agree with every point you make here. On a positive note though: I've noticed that sometimes it's a good thing for a vocalist/frontman to have their ego just a tad above the point of equilibrium. Particularly onstage. I've observed good reactions to this playing in a number of bands over the years.
Ken, is a public figure, so he should understand that scrutiny comes w the territory. Your point about humility is spot on. I think the Lord (if you believe) exposes us (proud Christians) to humble us. "He humbles the proud." But, if you humble yourself (choose humility over pride) , "humble yourself...and HE will lift you up" Ken just needs to be the best he can be, no lies, no faking it, no bringing other down to promote himself, if he does, and he's genuine, His God will see to it he succeeds (He will lift you up). Ken isn't fighting you, or Fil, he's fighting someone higher, who has his best interest in mind. I hope he stops and just fesses up. Everyone will accept that and give him grace. Otherwise, he's becoming a huge turn-off to listen to. I appreciate the way you presented this. Hard truth, but with kindness. Good job.
Quick test for anyone doubting he’s miming. Borderline (recorded version) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-svj05KRPes4.htmlsi=BgtNrbgmMVFTLZY7 Paus at 0:54 Open: (”live”-performance) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Irg9zgCpLwE.htmlsi=GtjMmR_x_ZQQpJVo Paus at 5:40 Try to play them at the same time.(have on paused and play the other when it’s close to the timestamp) Now you will get an echo effect, because it’s the same track.(the recorded one) played twice. Play with volumes. Want to do a more detailed analysis download the soundtracks import and see them match perfectly :)
I didn't even have to do any pausing. That guitar player is NOT playing that solo live and Ken is lip syncing the crap out of those first lines. Watch his mouth when he sings the word "DANGER ZONE". The singing fades out yet his mouth is still wide open "singing" the word ZONE.
I have a song about following faith leaders to your doom. It's called "Regret". The first verse is about his cult. The second about Marshall Applewhite and the third about Jim Jones. I will post a (real) live in-the.studio acoustic version shortly.
Estaba esperando que alguien haga un análisis de este video, en su tiempo cuando lo vi me pareció sospechoso y pregunte con mucho respeto si era en vivo porque sonaba exactamente igual a la versión de estudio, inmediatamente borraron mi comentario y me bloquearon del canal, cuando siempre di comentarios positivos a otros videos.
Personally, I think he is miming the whole 'Control Room' song..... But your right - If he just let it go and fessed up this would all go away for him in a couple of weeks...
I've been using Ken's vocal program for years. It changed my life. So I have a lot of love for him. That's one reason him being so disingenuous about lip syncing is blowing my mind. Just own up to it, dude! He can CLEARLY sing his ass off so lying about whatever happened that night is just totally unnecessary. As far as his critique of other singers goes - I've been following his channel for a long time, and in every video I've ever seen from him about these legendary singers - Freddie Mercury, Sebastian Bach, Steve Perry, on and on - he always says something like, "hey, I'm not trying to criticize them, and I'm just Ken Tamplin, I haven't done anything close to what they've done with their songs and their careers, I just want to approach this from the question of good vocal health and my own taste and preferences." So framing his comments there as him trashing people is a little weird. All that to say - he's doing and saying enough that if we just stick to the facts he's painted a pretty unkind picture of himself lately. There's no need to exaggerate any of his bad behavior. He looks bad enough.
All good points, but the humble position you state about him saying he is "just Ken Tamplin" never came across to me. It was always him saying how he is doing it better, singing it higher... and today he really triggered me on saying he took "Painkiller" by judas Preist "a step further" by singing it in chest voice which is harder to do." But it certainly didn't sound better. Not by a stretch.
13:52, that video was originally called "can you play guitar and sing at the same time?", then he changed it to holdin on, wich is the name of the song he recorded many years before in studio, in fact, is just the same song, he didn't even re-recorde again in the studio and them lyp sinched the re-recorded version, he just put the original track and that's it. Here is the original song in case you want to compare them: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BedSDq0o6A8.html
I absolutely adore Puddles! One of the purest voices you'll ever hear. I've had many binges, myself. The clown suit did take some getting used to, though. lol I love that you used Puddles as an example of what perfect live singing looks like. The way he works the mic is so smooth and subtle that most people wouldn't even consciously notice unless they're looking for it. Every singer should strive to reach Puddles' flawless stage presence as well as vocals. (Obviously I'm referring to his execution, not necessarily his style.) Many won't *quite* achieve it, but setting the goal will be incentive to always work on improving.
Puddles sang live in concerts what you hear is what you get with comedy too. From what I found out he was in a rock band he did stage shows and Opera so versatile and uses now as Puddles just amazing. This is why he knows how to use a microphone. Really he should be famous. I hope Devon you get to work with him to me he needs a band and do major live shows. As for Ken I know he can sing but he hides his limitations Yes he can play Guitar but not even close to so many others so you are right about Ken and it is sad really.
I spent 15+ years in music retail, including the entirety of the 90s when CDs and DVDs were high theft items. Ken, in his rebuttal video, ticks off EVERY SINGLE behaviour box for someone who has been caught red-handed and refuses to admit it. I was laughing my head off watching it. 🤣
I was introduced to Puddles Pity Party on America's Got Talent, easy to find all his performances on AGT on RU-vid. There is no lip syncing on AGT, what would be the point of the show? He is one of the most alluring and talented singers out there. Once you've seen and heard him you get entirely drawn in and it would be very hard not to go down that rabbit hole. I've watched a whole lot of his videos, and I've seen him sing with small bands. Small in size, not notoriety. The people he is playing with (all famous to one degree or another) would not agree to play with him if he wasn't the real deal. In my opinion, one of his most touching covers: Hallelujah - Puddles Pity Party at the SF Regency Lodge Ballroom ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ItXygU9SJCA.html Another fantastic one: Mad World - Vintage Vaudeville - Style Cover ft. Puddles Pity Party & Haley Reinhart ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aVevvbFNKiY.html
Ken has also abused those services that sell youtube comments, a lot of his videos comment sections are filled with obvious fake comments with all real ones removed