Welcome To The Black Parade - MCR Original Studio Multitracks (Listening Session & Analysis) 

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When I was singing along with this album I realized that being one step away from crying was the key

Dude you gotta analyse their song Mama, the layers are insane on that one

I rarely see anybody take so much time to analyze intonation and implication as you do. Well done, sir.

I've always thought about this song as MCR's Bohemian Rhapsody. I think it's totally fair to make that comparison as The Black Parade is a song for the ages. The difference is how accessible they are. I feel like MCR never will get the mainstream appeal that Queen has and that's why it can be a controversial opinion.

I'm totally with you in the Queen and MCR reference you made, Gerard's teatrical interpretation is the key to naturally develope all the textures he make with his superdinamic voice. Thanks for this great video, I love this album too, specially this song and of course, MCR, one of my fav bands. Keep it up, Chris!

18:28 saving this for myself. i took notes: At the beginning of the song he is singing very clean, and boyish, but he gets more aggressive later on, letting out the aggression that was "trapped" inside in the beginning. at the end of the song because of the key change he is forced to be a bit cleaner, and "happier" this is really awesome because the "carry on" goes from being desperate to a bit more resolved and confident. the final "carry on" goes from full on screaming to full on choir boy. making the song come full circle. impressive.

"WHAT AN INCREDIBLE M A S T E R P I E C E ! " The fanatic way he says it made me laugh, cause I felt it too. Hearing these stems is like listening to this song for the first time again. Gerard truly inspired me personally to create and perform with emotion. He doesn't do it for the sake of theatrics or "artistry," but for the weight that it carries and the story that it tells. Chris dissects it perfectly, love to see it.

I could watch every single episode you do on MCR over and over. I’d love it if you got more of their songs. They’re geniuses. Thank you for this!!

I see this album as a love letter to Queen. There are so many classic 70s influences. The song. Mama reminds of the trial section of The Wall (Pink Floyd). There moreno listen the more I find.

This song is my generation's Bohemian Rhapsody. I still remember where i was when i first heard this song, as a freshman in high school.

Yes, lovely to actually hear his voice clearly, its so powerful and theatrical, love it!

Freddie Mercury is one of Gerard's biggest influences!

This was seriously cool, honestly something that I didn't think I'd ever hear. From listening to this song so many times there are things that I thought I heard and always sort of pictured how they did it. It is so crazy to be able to hear everything seperately and confirm (and refute) some of my theories.

I love how he increasingly sounds angrier as he gets to "to join the Black Parade." Like he's angry about what the "father" is making him do. Being the "savior of the broken" is a heavy burden.

Yesss thank you for making this! The character of The Patient is brought out so perfectly through Gerard’s snarly voice.

I had the pleasure of seeing MCR in Oakland the other day, and it was nothing short of fantastic. Not only was it an incredibly energetic, engaging show, but Gerard's belting frankly seemed better and healthier than it did when he was in his 20s.

Singers like that are the ones that fill me with the desire to sing!!. I discover your channel a few weeks ago. I am very grateful for your content, the way you teach and your pronunciation haha, greetings from Argentina!

The point made at 20:23 is so on the nose I love it, ugh. what a treat and privilege to be able to hear these multitrack's

I love seeing people feel music in every part of themselves. Such a powerful part of the human experience. You really get it, Chris, thank you for such sensory insight! Just found your channel and have added so many of your videos to my Watch Later playlist; you’re a gem!

I've heard interpretations that the opening is the Patient singing and then when Gerard changed to VFS to repeat the first 2 stanzas it's the Parader who then takes over the rest of the song. It makes a lot of sense if this is the Patient finally succumbing to his illness and the Parader finally giving him some sympathy because of the ending of it all.

I'd love to see you do a comparison of Gerard's vocals during Black Parade/later albums and earlier stuff like Bullets, before he had vocal training. Kind of a side-by-side of breath control, pitch control, any other differences that jump out at you. I really enjoy your videos, thanks so much!

This song is the best use of Pachabell Canon out of every other modern songs based on Canon.

I appreciate this so much, coz this is one of the songs that got me into, like rock as a whole. This brought tears to my eyes

There are few things that rival Bohemian Rapsody but this is completely equivalent! Gerard is a master, not just musically but in all forms of art & creativity!! (As are Mikey, Frank & Ray too) this whole album is absolute genius!! 💯 PLEASE do more MCR breakdowns!

The aggression of the guitars bring me to life. Were you able to connect with CLA the engineer of the record or the band themselves to get these? Song still gives me chills today. There's always something new to discover in the track

I'm so happy that you brought up Bohemian Rhapsody! WttBP has always reminded me of BR, and you can tell there is a TON of Queen-influence in their Black Parade-era music. So fucking good.

This are STEMS, not multitrack. This come from the mixing session. It was mixed by Chris Lord-Alge. This is mixed from Pro Tools passing through the Sony 3348, but not straight from the 3348. Chris uses the 3348 to archive the summed multitrack. He sums tracks inside Pro Tools to come up together in stereo pairs on his console. For example, the song may have 12 single tracks of background vocals and he will sum them to a pair on the console. The 3348 will have that pair also. He brings pro tools sessions of 100 tracks down to 40 on the Sony and that is what is on his console. Great video!!

such an amazing video! MCR is my favorite band and Gerard is probably my biggest role model. Thank you for the depth and detail in this video. especially when you were talking about his desperation and sighs in his screams, not only do they sound more natural than blowing your voice out, but cleaner. He sometimes reminds me of Luke Skywalker in his facial expressions and his character(s). I'd love to see a similar video from you on "This is how is disappear" his vocals in that one are insane

Just what I was looking for. Thank you. I've been trying to explain that the vocals have layers and that there are transitions and key changes, but some of my friends don't hear it, when I think it's obvious when it happens. Every single band member is doing something incredible (like the drummer). There are even other instruments too, especially the triangle that add even more layers to the song. I love this song and it's amazing. Thank you for your analysis!

i legit love your scream

It was interesting to hear the “sigh” approach described for The vocals. I can hear some similarities to it with some black metal style vocals. This makes sense with some vocals Gerard recently contributed to a project with Ishahn.

Thanks to your videos, Chris, I keep discovering new music and artists for myself. I wonder how I could have missed this wonderful piece of music and this fantastic performance before. Yes, I could hear a lot of influences here too, but come on, this song is so inspiring on its own!

I am not a "music" dude but I really, really appreciate how you break down WTTBP like how a chef breaks down tastes and sensations they experience in a dish. Amazing!

Chris this is your best video!!! I love this song and albu, as a producer i loveeddddd seeing how this song was produced and mixed! highlight is the guitar automation blew my mind!

i literally fall in love with Gerard voice for years, he has such a unique style and emotions that he puts in his lyrics. also love your videos, there so many helpful information that i get. it`d be interesting to know some mixing and mastering stuff

As a music lover, this gives me so much serotonin! As a huge MCR fan this gives me chills!!!!! PS- I am currently taking your free vocal course 😊 THANK YOU!

You’re damn brilliant man. Thank you for sharing your incredible insights and vocals

The singer from In Flames does a similar thing to Gerard where he layers his voice but using vocal fry and creates almost a choir of screams but melodic, i recommend the song “Alias” or “the mirrors truth”

Dude, amazing how this music/voice science works, and in this video you explained so well why this is a masterpiece and why is it on the same level of Bohemian Raphsody :)

MCR is my favorite band and Welcome to the black Parade is my favorite song. Thanks you for your analyis and the video! Liked and Subscribed!

I love MCR and I love to sing and I’ve been working on my singing and trying to get better at sounding like him because I love singing their music and this video was SO helpful. Literally love this and thank you for all this help !!

Yes I would compare them to Queen. They are amazing. Gerard's voice is so expressive, his movements and expressions just enhance all of the feeling he is trying to convey.

Omg I just really want to hear the isolated vocals from sleep

If it doesn't already exist, I would love to see a whole video talking about your top 5 favorite albums. Or top 10 even

Loved every second of this video! You’re so damn right comparing Bohemian Rhapsody to The Back Parade! Different songs but equally epic and transcendental songs for two generations! 🖤

When they played it live back in the day, Ray would take over all the really high notes as the backing vocalist.

Masterful dissection and analysis of this song! Thank you Sensei 🙏

This is absolute GOLD Chris!!! I 100% agree with the comparison to Queen, nothing short of brilliant indeed! Thank you for this!!!

SO MANY GERARDS IN ONE MOMENT

i see MCR analysis, i click and watch.

In his vocals I can hear a quiet kid who has been given a big burden by someone/something and he is screaming this sadness and desperation out. Thats why it starts innocently, then he switches to a desperate, almost crying person (which he also sings about ["im just a boy", "im not a hero"]) and then at the very last note he switches back to a quiet, backed out boy. Its very dynamic and its very clever and its much more complicated than I presented in my short comment. Great video, definetly will be checking out your vocal courses.

Here's who plays what: Gerard Way on vocals, his brother Mikey Way on bass, Ray Toro on lead guitar & backing vocals, Frank Iero on rhythm guitar, Bob Bryar on drums (left in 2010). And I think either Rob Cavallo or Jamie Muhoberac on piano. Not sure about the horns in the back.

Some amazing excellent points you made here I don’t really think I even thought of before. Amazing. Gerard as well as the rest of the band recorded these tracks in April 2006.

9:54 are you ok Chris? Jokes aside, this approach of Gerard's voice is awsome, so much passion and soul in his style

Also notice how during the outro, as gerards voice gets more screamish and dark, the guitars actually start getting hopefull and uplifting.

Amazing analysis mate. You should check their song "Early Sunsets Over Monroeville", it has an impressive vocal performing.

"WHAT AN INCREDIBLE MASTER PIECE" 🥰

Could you do vocal analysing on One Step Closer?

I like rap, pop, rock, basically any genre but out of all the albums I've listened to from Kanye, the Beatles, etc. this is the literal best album I've ever heard.

YES! That's certainly a voice to love and to learn from. I love MCR and I can say that this theatrical masterpieces are exactly what opened my mind not only to emo, but for punk, which I just didn't use to listen to a lot at all. Gerard is just amazing AND I AM FREAKING WAITING FOR MYCHEM TO COME TO BRAZIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLL, WHY WON'T THEY COME SOOOOOOON

You are 100% spot on...it is a masterpiece....and then throw the fantastic video on top of it.

OMG!!! Chris, where did you find the session? I've been looking for so long, I'd like to dive into the mix.

awesome that you make plenty of content regarding my chemical romance (i was kind of forced to go to a concert recently- never listened to them 15 years ago - but now im blown away. one of the best vocalists out there). i love the emotional singing style - when you connect well with the emotions it think the body does alot of the work to find the right support, registers and intonation (like soul singers who kind of mimic crying) on a side note - how difficult is the transition from choir boy voice to "to join the black parade?" at the recent concert this transition didnt come out well and sounded a bit painful and choked. but the other parts in the concert where flawless

this reminds me also of how the rev does sound when singing!

Long Live THE BLACK PARADE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very Happy I saw them on the Black Parade tour twice, very special, they will never top what they did on this recording/album. They will never top that tour. Great video Chris, I enjoyed going down memory lane here, I will subscribe. I really wasn't a huge MCR fan, figured they were part of a fad in the early 2000's, figured they have some good songs, but figured nothing special, until I heard "Welcome To The Black Parade". Immediately Bought the album, fell in love with it, said to my friend we are going to see this band, this is amazing. then bought the album again at hot topic they had the black velveteen box special edition, then bought the vinyl. Great band, Great album lyrically and musically. They nailed it. They will never top it!!!!!!!

I would have never heard the sigh going into "when I was a young boy" ("huhwhen") leading into the first chorus without the isolated vocal.

Wow. I've listened to this song probably hundreds of times during the last 15 years but there's stuff here I never noticed. Amazing! Would love more deep dives into My Chem tracks.

Your explanation is so inspirating.

Thank you SOOOO MUCH for this !!!

Please, more MCR Chris!

16:33 thanks to Frank iero :> He’s basically the “main” guitarist in this album. Ray is more rhythm guitar except for when he plays his solo. Interesting band.

Love all your videos Chris. I can feel your passion in everything you do and it's so inspiring and informative. Keep it up!!!

Vocal foreshadowing the Gerard Way - amazing!

This is very impressive how you recognise all the techniques. I'm not a singer. I'm a guitar player but I always admired great singers. One funny thing is when you do the exaggerated sighs, you sound exactly like weird Al 😁

this is fucking awesome, great job man

Maybe it's just me but hearing all the elements isolated reveals a huge At The Drive-In influence to me... both in Gerards vocals but also in the guitar voicings and embellishments.

I absolutely LOVED this video!!! Can you make a video of I don't Love you? That's one of my MCR favorites. Also, would you make a video about Takahiro Moriuchi from ONE OK ROCK? I'll like to hear what you think of his voice :D

Chris- maybe do an analysis on some La Dispute songs? I saw that “sigh” effect you were talking about and immediately recognized it in La Dispute’s vocals… definitely I different approach to distortion

9:51 dude that sounds EXACTLY like Steve Carell!

THIS WHOLE ALBUM. PLEASE

Where do i get the multitracks? Please :'c Great video, new sub

Now this would be a song I'd love to mix. I love this song.

All those pop punk singers have such a great vocal range😳

This was definitely the 2000s answer to Queen

"i'M nOT dONE yET, i'M sTILL SHOUTING!!" haha

It's just Gerard's way of singing when you can feel his emotions everytime you play it.

i love gerard way sm, he’s one of my fav singers, since your a fan of mcr i suggest you check out life on the murder scene, it’s a video diary/documentary of their earlier years ( late bullets / early revenge ), its on youtube

The final mix was off of stems. I think they submixed it to DASH and did final mix from DASH stems.

Does Gerard use doubled vocals everywhere (for main vocal)? Is it even possible to record vocal twice for record, with so many emotions in it?

I AM ABOUT TO DIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEE PLEASE DO FAMOUS LAST WORRDDSSSSS AND THE REST OF THE ALBUMMM AND THEN 3 CHEERSSS

That's called vocal progression. It depends on how the layer of instruments play in the song. As you'll notice the part where gerard is all out is the part where the drums cue in and the strings as well.

Absolutely fascinating. Thank you for this smartly reasoned and deeply felt analysis.

Nostalgia at its finest

This video makes me so happy

I love mcr so much. The black parade is in my top five as well. The only song I may have skipped is house of wolves. Can you dissect Helena? His acting in that is amazing as well.

Man awesome video! Id love if you took a look at Decade under the influence by taking back sunday

Wolves at the gate's eclipse album. YOU PICK THE SONG! Thank you for helping with my voice! Certain notes of mine are condemned to a little rasp and can't do clean on those certain notes. Please consider this album

Again such a great in-depth analysis. I thought I was the only one putting this song/album right up there with Queen because the theatrics, the production, overall larger-than-life-sound, the way it is executed and the guitar solo reminds me of them. I was asking myself though, whether everything Gerard sings in this song is belted or during some passages with a bit of mixed voice. Especially during the intro. When I sing this song it's pretty high in my range and I tend to get fatigued quickly if I'm not careful and only belt. But this song seems too energetic for a gentle mix. 😅

I can say Gerard Way is one of the best singers I have ever known ❤️❤️❤️