Vocal Distortion: RASP, GROWLS & GOSPEL SQUALLS (YEBBA VLOTH Outtake) 

PLEASE do an analysis of Prince's vocals. Totally underated male vocalist. Range, rasp, growls, squauls, squeals, falsetto & more. But you'd have to be familiar with his work. Live stuff is crazy too.

Glad you threw in Karen Clark!!

Karen Clark-Sheard, Dorinda Clark-Cole & Twinkie Clark are the main reasons I find myself on these videos cuz baby... them sisters vocals are from another planet altogether. Wheeeeew!

"A classical singer doesn't sing with pops, cracks, and errs." Me, a classical singer: "Teach me your ways."

Your videos are very informative. Might I suggest doing a VLOTH for Tori Kelly?

You're amazing and helpful. I can't afford vocal lessons so this helps a lot.

I can hear the difference. What I am trying to learn is HOW to make the different sounds. Do you have a video for that?

This was amazing!! I always had a feeling that there was difference between growls and squalls, but I never knew it was to that extent. I always love a good level of vocal distortion, whenever it’s done tastefully (cause I’ve seen some people go a little too far with it lol).

I’m loving this!!!! I always wanted to understand running this way! Can you do one on RACHELLE FERRELL PLEASE!!!!!!!

That was super informative, thank you!! Can you do a VLOTH on Beyonce I realize that she sings super clear however she can effortlessly put rasp into her voice when she wants something more raw like the song sandcastles

No matter how much I try, I just cant find a good way to growl. I really love the sound it produces and I love soul, jazz and r&b but it feels I cant sing these genres without knowing how to growl. The only way I produce that kind of sound is by the popular "throat cleaning", which is unhealthy and hurts if overused. I dont know what to do anymore, Im not a bad singer or a beginner one, I just cant find the correct way to do it effortlessly and healthy.

ITS CALLED A SQUALL!!! THANK YOU

I like your video ! I love the sounds of Spuall personally in vocals. You taught me something new today. 🤟🏽

Don't even know who Tori Kelly is, but them 3 seconds got me ready to google, and of course Jasmine Sullivan is dope

Yebba also had a slight yodel I noticed in that too

Wow! An amazing video about vocal Distortion, simple but rich. Tnx🖤🖤🖤

Disagree. Growl, rasp and squalls are just some different mechanisms of creating distortion and that's why they sound different. They just have different timbres. The degree of distortion can be varied independently of the distortion type and has nothing to do with the pops per second.

This is a good diagram explaining what I kind of figured was going on. Great explanation/talk

That rasp was like shooting at the note with buckshot. She sang it clean after she knew she could get the closure. Probably out partying the night before.

Karen Clark Sheard

Always super eager for those videos!!!

Been waiting for this for years on how to no the difference

definitely one of the better voices on this omg

I love your videos its informational. I really wish I could sing and wish I knew notes and keys. I still can't harmonize. I only can sing my own music.

Brother, this video is great and when you switched the graph I lost my sh*t! Awesome. But take at look at the Yebba video again; I notice two things: watch her nostrils up until the second note (where the rasp goes away.). I looks like she's momentarily accelerating her breath output and "dumping" most of it through her nasal passage. Second, there is a flip from a falsetto or head-voice-placement to the more chest-voice placement right when her nostrils release. This leads me to believe that although transition is freakin' sublime, and here execution is pretty seamless, the rasp in this moment may be deliberate (though it does seem to come to her very naturally so I wouldn't be surprised if she happened upon the ability incidentally. What do you think?

Are growls most distorted? It's an overlay of pure rumbling over your voice while a squal is more like heavily shaking your voice and rasp is slight rumble or scratchiness to your voice.

Wow bro.. really loved this! However, I do have ONE tiny "pushback"🤏 regarding KCS. While of course she's quite capable of doing either one of the 3 at will, not so sure the clip you used depicted the Squall technique. It was more of a growl. In fact, "GROWLING" is a Clark Sisters specialty. They can overlap at times in their "highs" but what gives it away is the dark/full, heaviness of it

Thanks for this video! So educational.

I always wondered how they did that!

Could you please go more into vocal distortion and how singers can apply it to their voices?

Love your channel and you expertise!! Also the fact that u acknowledge my 4 favorite vocalist at one point. BEYONCE Knowles, Karen Clark Sheard,Kierra Sheard & Brandy🙌 all for different reasons. Their the goats. Hey we need the top 3 of your National anthem 😄

An interesting question would be, is there a way to produce HEALTHY rasp? I know growls can be healthy (Beyoncé is an expert in that area), but when it comes to rasp, unless is natural to someone's voice, it can't be healthy, right? Or can it?

ok you seriously need to react to sohyang, watch her bridge over troubled water and everyone. she's honestly the best vocalist in the world right now

So you talked about rasp without mentioning Dorinda Clark Cole- the original queen of rasp?? I am offended sir 😂😂😂 #GreatVid

Excellent!

wonderful content. thank you.

Thanks sir😁 This will be VERY helpful for amateur singers like me who can't afford vocal coaching😁

I love this

Thank you man

Rasp is like a scratchy voice. Growls are more aggressive and have more of an R sound to them. Squalls are less aggressive and are more have more of an open sound. As in there's no consonant on it.

What kind of rasp is Greg Allman of the Allman Brothers using?

I wanna do this because Remmington Leith

"I really only hear squalls in the Gospel genre." Periphery would like to have a word with you.

I growled on accident today … I want to master this (:

Can u make a video explaining how to make distortion or vocal exercises to make distortion please :(((

Isn't a squall kinda like the sound you get when imitating a raven or crow sound? I think Prince used to add squall sounds to many of his more agressive falsetto notes.. (Sorry I just stumbled on your channel and I really like your stuff, that's why I commented 4 times within the last 30 min😂)

Someone tell me please who is the girl in the first vid

I think we might need to add yodeling to the list. Can you break down the singer on the 4 Zhavia

could you also do an analysis on Kim Burrell. its quite hard to figure out if hers is a squall or a rasp

Awesome info! Karen Clark Sheard doesn’t Squall tho, she’s a Growler

Should check out Jimmy Barnes, cold chisel.

Three words: Bobby “Blue” Bland

who is the woman you're talking about

Where can I schedule some vocal training sessions with you?

Could you please explain how to achieve a twang in your voice like Anastacia, Tina Turner or lots of country singers?

I think the only singer I've come across to successfully and skillfully use rasp is Maranda Curtis ❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥

Can you pleaseeeee do a VLOTH on timber manipulation?

man made a bar graph into a line one

Beyoncé squalls mostly right? I found that growl as Christina does or Louis Armstrong is only achievable in low-mid and mid range belts, I feel it's impossible to drag up the weight to high belts, so it must be squall to have that effect on F5's so easily as she does. I wish there was a RU-vid tutorial in how to squall 😑

So what's the technique of rasping?

I think Yebbas rasp was intentional. She’s using glottal compression, probably not great for your voice but intentional.

You need to check out karise eden.

Who's the first singer? OMG. I got goosebumps. Please, someone help!

I want to sound like Howlin' Wolf; my attempts keep ending in coughing fits, though.

Oh who is the girl of the first video

If you wanna see what growls are check out phil bozeman xD

i'd love a video about Pentatonix members, about whatever but i need something lol

Yeah but how?

I just wanna know how to do it

Does Fantasia growl r squall?

I wouldn't say that there aren't any classical singers who do this. Just look at Amber Riley

Peter Collins should be next

0:02 woho is she??? :)