The Singing Style of Eddie Vedder (Open, Resonant, NOT WHAT YOU THINK) 

Great video as always. Also, for anyone who reads this: Chris' videos on youtube led me to his free voice lessons led me to buy his online singing course and I couldn't be happier with it. I've been singing for about 20 years now, starting out by just trying to sound like my idols (Eddie Vedder, Chris Cornell, Layne Staley...), I had voice lessons and took online courses. While I credit all of them with improving my singing, Chris does something that is absolutely unique (in my experience): he truly gives you the tools to explore all the great possibilites YOUR OWN voice has. This cannot be rated high enough. If you are truly interested in becoming a better singer, at least check out his free course. Chris, thanks a lot, I'm at week seven right now (taking my sweet time, there is a lot to experiment with) and I'm very happy to have discovered you. You're a great teacher.

Vocal coaching doesnt get eddie vedder than this.

for my perspective, live he has a better voice than the studio versions

Dude you're honestly the only vocal coach who get's me to want to experiment with my voice and just makes me want to sing. Really man, props!!

Eddie is one of the greatest rock voices ever

Its just eddies voice is immeasurably great and cant replicated

I agree, people think Eddie's swallowing his tongue when he sings, lol. The singer from Creed does that, not Eddie. Also, Eddie's voice is still great today, unlike many.

Thank you! EV is easily one of the best rock vocalists in the past 30 years. No one is better than portraying, and harnessing, emotion than him. Legend.

Let's just thank the creation for giving us Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam.

Excellent analysis. It drove me crazy for at least a decade hearing all the imitators misunderstand his voice and listeners seemingly not notice or care. One of my favorite Vedder vocal moments is in Elderly Woman, the climb and eventual peak with "my God it's been so long, never dreamed you'd return" I've probably sang it over a hundred times trying to get it right and never been satisfied.

The low is Eddie and the high is Chris...

Good old eddie, my wife loves pearl jam actually, she knows all the lyrics and stuff, man the 90s gave us amazing rock singers. Have you heard the soundtrack eddie did for "into the wild" (great movie by the way, directed by sean penn), its a surprisingly good album, it has some of his more subdued songs, lots of those soulfull notes there, its worth a listen for sure

Thanks, my man! You just put on words and examples what i've always felt about Eddie Vedder but couldn't explain. I listen to people trying to sound like him and it's really dumb sometimes. I love your channel. Thank you!

Thank you for doing this video!!! I’m so glad that you clarified it because I always felt exactly the same way but did not have the expertise to articulate the way that you did!!!

Chris, this video was actually a huge breakthrough in me understanding my own voice. I have a pretty deep, resonant voice like Eddie so it can be pretty hard to find singers to emulate and study how they utilize a voice that's that low. I know this is an old video, so don't know if you'll see this, but it would be really cool if you could do a video about basses using examples from rock and mainstream music sometime, since I feel like we tend to get kind of left out in the conversation lol. Thanks for these videos, they're more helpful than you probably even realize!

This is probably the best video I’ve ever seen for vocal training. This is insanely informative. Subscribed. Also, a fun fact about Eddie-his main vocal influence is Bono. Most people don’t know that. But if you go listen to albums like Joshua Tree, you can definitely hear the influence.

I could listen to Vedder talk all day. No homo he just has a relaxing voice

Another great profile, Chris. 👍 Eddie has such a powerful sound that’s unique from a lot of other rock singers, so it’s cool to hear this breakdown of his tone shaping.

The section where Eddie sings "safest place" he sounds like Cornell.

Please do james hetfield,, kurt cobain amd robert plant(immigrant song)

99% of people covering Eddie sound like idiots. Hopefully this will help some of them ; )

This was such a good breakdown, lots of great information, and for someone who was a teenager in the 90s and heard lots of the imitators as they popped up, really, really funny. Thank you!!

Another incredible lesson, you are so far beyond any other teacher I've seen on RU-vid. Love all your stuff. I hope one day you'll do my favorite vocalist Scott Weiland - Songs like Dead and Bloated, Atlanta and Still Remains. Super versatile and dynamic singer!

Eddie is absolutely my favorite vocalist, and I'm so glad this video about him popped up in my recommended!

Sounding like a broken record here with my comments on so many of your videos, but I keep being amazed by how well you explain complex things 🤘🏽 taking so many notes both mentally and in the Notes app! experimenting with my voice was - and is - daunting especially with people around the house, but you’ve made it so much fun that I don’t really care if I sound bad/stupid. More abstractly though, I think you express a very Adlerian way of the world; if you haven’t read it already, I think you’d enjoy the book ‘The Courage to be Disliked’. These videos and exercises have been a perfect medium to put the concepts in the book into real world situations. Thanks and all the best ❤

Finally, yes! I've been saying this about Eddie's voice for years. Good to know someone else can actually hear him properly.

Eddie should be doing voices for Pixar movies.

Yes! I’ve been waiting for this :)

Your channels awesome just the vocal advice I need to learn new techniques. you explain the techniques so well for me to understand them!

Great analysis of Eddie’s voice! Really got a lot out of it! For more low end style singers, I’d love to hear either Mark Lanegan and/or Rufus Wainwright. To my ear they both have great tone, vibrato, and do cool things with compression. Thank you once again!🙏

Such a great singer and teacher. I’m understanding I knew nothing about voice, singing and the deep knowledge all my favorite artists, like Eddie Vedder, possess, since this very moment. I could appreciate their art and job just in a very small percentual. And also... Human beings can be miraculous creatures!

Wow, definitely cleared some things up for me regarding Eddie's voice! Great video as always :) I have another suggestion for a vocalist to analyze, Vic Fuentes from Pierce the Veil! Particularly his screams and control over his head/mixed resonance, his voice seems so high but powerful. Thanks and take care!

Great advice from Señor Liepe, as always. Combining your vids with some scale singing exercises has really moved me forward a lot.

Finally someone said it! And also I hate when they compare Scott Stapp to Eddie. I always felt Scott do that with the back of his throat... Am I right?

Eddie has the GOAT vibrato 13:33. I’m curious if he’s ever mentioned having vocal training at all or if he’s just instinctively amazing. Eddie’s vocal timbre and the intensity he sings with can’t be duplicated. Really interesting analysis!

Great video. I'm singing in a PJ cover band and this is extra useful! I do not try to imitate but use my own voice to serve the amazing songs and feel. Really interesting analysis of the distortions and compression.

This video instantly helped me figure out my voice. Awesome job man you really know your shit 💪🏽

I appreciate your depth of understanding in singing so much dude. ❤️

really great video, i love Eddy's vocals on yield especially on the track all those yesterdays

I have no singing chops at all, but this is totally fascinating.

2 of my favorite things: vocal coaching and Eddie Vedder You sir, are fantastic. Awesome video

I think explaining Eddie's singing style technically is a great project in itself, thanks much, for he's my all time favorite... ...though I think it should be added how and why he (or any other singer/musician) comes up with their style of singing/playing. And I think it has greatly something to do with the personal philosophy of the person: which with Vedder, I think is 'no pretension, not singing to impress but just to express'... which, 'translates' into his style of singing and in all its technicalities and choice of lyrics... Cuz we might be able to learn or actuate/perform all the correct technical attributes of Vedder's singing styles, but without knowing 'philosophically, where he/it is emanating from' (to express uncompromisingly, not to impress, which innately entails basing what/how you are or what/how you do [sing/play] on others' approval), ... ...we might not still fully understand and truly feel-ingly perform, his style... (Or any other singer/musician for that matter...) (For example, if one's personality is more of the wanting-to-impress-others kind, however he learnt and perfected Vedder's singing style, it will still sound fake or 'un-Vedder-ish', much like a jazzer by heart playing the notes of a Mozart piece perfectly.... His real [singing] 'feel' will 'show' inadvertently...) ... (?)

Epic lesson, super glad I came across your channel! Sub and like!! Absolutely loved the harnessing of the dying cat!! 🤣🤣🤣

I'm so happy that you covered up the techniques of eddie's singing voice. thank you very much, chris unvedderish - what a great adjective 😂👌🏻

Man your channel has really grown, I think you had 5k subs when I subscribed :D Congratulations man you really deserve it. I've learned so much from you and I really appreciate everything you're doing for our singing community. I think the most important thing I got from you is to just experiment with my voice and not care about trhe sound so much, afterall you gotta start somewhere :D And the best way to improve is by doing :D Cheers from Slovenia.

Great insighf. Again. Love the way you deconstruct tone and placement.

Watching this video I started to realise how Eddie sang the 90' and some early 00' with tones of distortion in his voice. As a Pearl Jam fan, I tried miserably to sound like him and just failed, but with some of your lessons I am understanding a lot of resonances etc. Thanks a lot, Chris, wish the best for you, salutations from Brazil.

Your videos are so easy to learn from! Any chance of doing one on Pete Loeffler someday? That would be really awesome

I couldn't believe you never talked about Eddie before! This video is really great! I have a low register voice and it is really hard to find good examples to learn from. Why don't you make a video about David Gilmour singing?

I can't thank you enough for putting it out all for free on RU-vid. You're there only vocal coach on RU-vid that i can actually connect to and understand. Possible to do Spencer Sotelo from Periphery?

Best video! I learned a lot. Thank you

Hello Chris. In my whole life, I never thought I will find a teacher who'd actually drop names and ways of my idol singers like Zack De La Rocha, Tom Yorke, Cornell, Cobain. Man, your videos blow me away in so many ways. By any chance, do you any online lessons? Please and thanks in advance.

Singing is more aerobic and cardiovascular straining than I thought when you use compression

me encanto!!! enseñas muy bien como canta eddie vedder y es chevere ver videos asi lml y ni imaginar si lo subtitulas al español !!

I was going to my work earlier today, listening to Ten by Pearl Jam. And I asked myself: "Chris still didn't make an Eddie Vedder video yet, didn't he?" Talk about coincidences.

Great as always. Surprised you didn't use Black at all. And I've put off saying this on the last few videos but I'm anxiously awaiting your Ian Thornley video.

OMG, i am a little late but hey... I always could feel that, listening to Creed singer or some other "singers", but i could never explain it. Like they holding cotton balls in their mouth or something is the closest thing i could come up with. I hated them for it. I could never took them serious and i hated every note coming out of them.Eddie is unique.Unparalelled.He is force of nature. Amazing voice, original voice and he became a trope codifier. So smart how you let us hear his talking voice first and that is how he sings. I was always saying to people, for the love of God listen the way that man speaks!!!!I think that was brilliant what you did. Thank you so much for doing this video. This just needed to be said and you did an incredible job explaining things just perfect.It's mind blowing watching how you hear things, understand what is going on and then explain and show and repeat everything and compering how others sing that same thing.. I am amazed.. Just perfect. I am impressed beyond words...and if i may.. Your voice is amazing. This is pure gold... and "warm Eddie Vedderish sound".. I am totally stealing that phrase😁❤️

Man I just came across your channel and I am a HUGE Pearl Jam fan I've loved them since they first came out I was 14 now I'm 38 and I'm still in love with Eddie's voice. So this video was amazing to me. Thank you. It is very hard to find someone that can get his voice right. I can't stand those cover bands that try to get Eddie's voice down and totally botch it. It's so cringy to me. I was a singer in a rock/ metal band for 17 years and the guys always wanted to do Pearl Jam but I always said no just bc I didn't feel like I could do his voice Justice. I'm rambling now but just wanted to thank you for this video. I'm hoping people can take this and learn from it as it was intended. 😀

Amazing video, thank you!

Ive commented this before. But it cant be overstated, genuinely the best vocal coach on youtube. Singing can be such an abstract thing to teach, but your explanations just click for me. Cheers!

Oh man, I am praying for a sing like Gavin Rossdale soon. That voice makes me moist.

the best part of this video for me was "even flow" being played first cheers man

Great video Chris. You should analyze the live version of Do the Evolution at Monkeywrench Radio. Really incredible examples of his lower grit you were talking about.

Always so interesting !

Wow. First time on this channel. Great lesson. A lot in this video to digest. Had no idea about this guy. You tube algorithms paid off this time. Nothingman wow such a great song almost forgot about that one

You should do a sing like Steven Tyler video. Surprisingly there’s almost nothing on the entire internet.

Thanks for every video you posted so far! I would love to see a video about Spencer Sotelo from Periphery. I have trouble to hit his high notes and to be that "aggressive" at the same time. Are these high notes that so called "mixed voice"?

Chris this vid popped up on my page and I watched it.. Bloody brilliant man. I sing like a cat that's been kicked in the balls and doubt I will improve, but a great video mate, if I was gonna learn to sing your the man.

Dude, all I hear is Adam Sandler impersonating Eddie Vedder on SNL!

EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! always so informative

Oooh nice!!! Also getting excited because I know Richie Kotzen is coming soon too!!! Thank you Chris!!

please do adam gontier, especially that rasp that he uses edit: does someone know how adam does that?

Really good Chris I'd still love to see you do one on Noddy Holder. You mentioned Robert Plant they were good mates . I know Nods got a voice like a chipmunk but it'd be really cool to see how you think he got that incredible rock sound

Loved this one. Thanks

I love Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam is of of my fav bands, I've seen them twice and it was awesome! Question about his grit: is "compression based distortion" a different thing than distortion with using our break + vocal fry?

his voice really evolved over time for the better. it became more subtle and nuanced.

I would sell my soul to be able to sing Lol Awesome video! Thank you.

Awesome Chris, I would like to ask a Video about Randy Blythe and another about Phil Bozeman.

Do a video about Ville Valo from HIM! :) Some truelly seductive raspy lows and tender highs. Gone with the sin - E2 Venus Doom - down to B1 Nightside of Eden - G1 even! One exceptionally versatile vocalist to my ears. Love his style.

Truly good... BRAVO!

Okay two questions: 1- Does Nicolas Reyes from Gipsy Kings use the same approach in his singing? 2- Is Post-Malone's vibrato specially in his song Circles similar to the technique you mentioned in this video?

Could you do a video about Einar Solberg from Leprous? Especially the songs like Mb. Indifferentia (the end part), Bonneville (the end part), Slave... Thanks :)

Great job, man!

Thanks for your video. It would be very interesting to make a video and compare the way he sung live in the early years to the later ones.

Dear Chris Great Video ,as always thx YOU know who WOULD be really awesome next time Jim the lizardking Morrison

Man, you are awesome.

This guy is awesome. Great analysis and tips

I don't sing. I sound like a cat being tortured when I sing 😂

I try to channel my inner eddie vedder every morning in the shower 😂. Great video sir!

this channel, so useful

Started vocal lessons this year for the first time and my teacher freaked out after hearing for the first time because of how much my voice apparently resembles Eddie Vedder’s. After watching this I understand now lmao. I can always instinctively tell what it feels like to sing something the same way Eddie does before trying it myself and the way he sings is how I’ve always just felt comfortable singing. Also, I thought that this is just how vibrato was done lol, never thought that the way I did it wasn’t the standard way.😅

Love this video, you’re a great teacher. I do wish you’d addressed his falsetto, which is ridiculous.

I would love to see a video about Ed Kowalczyk from Live (he's often compared with Eddie Vedder, of course, but is completely different IMO).

The whole video I was like "Yeaaaahh heeheheyyy, the safesst plaaaahieeyycee, hhhrrrraaaghhh yeaayhheyheheeeyy". Thanks for the video btw :)

Thank you ! Eddie is one of my favorites! Can you please do Shaun Morgan from Seether?

Just discovered your channel 2 days ago. Man you're awesome you're showing the samples even the mistakes that people commonly made. Pretty cool. I would love to know if you have time analyze Jonny Craig's voice. It's pretty interesting. A RnB style with grit that is different than usual distortion. I suggest songs if his like. Emarosa - pretend release the close Emarosa - The past should stay dead

Nice video, i think your on point with people trying to imitate with that curled back of throat technique, it often comes off dumb. Ive been doing his stuff for years in bands and whatever, while i do whole heartedly agree with you, i feel just a little touch of this at times (and i mean little) can come off tasteful and slightly authentic for the listner. My normal talking voice is similar to Eddie so i get lucky there. Very good video though! Best one out there on Eddie imo

Nice one! But I know how his tone is being created.instead,you could analyse his vibrato(which is too fast) or is it tremolo? If it is tremolo than how to do that? Thank you

i love you brother! thanks for all!

nailed it, I talk like Eddie with an Australian accent mind you, but I have that resonance and my singing voice tends to have a similar qualities to him. Probably a little Eddie influence as a huge fan but mostly just a style that comes naturally to me.