Why Your Voice Is Boring (And How to Fix It) 

Don’t mind me, just screaming “OW!” 100 different ways in the living room while my kids stare at me.

Listen to this dude people. He's one of the guys that's gonna help bring some excitement back to music! Love it!

I was literally singing and wondering why my voice was so damn boring when I got the notification for this video

Im Brazilian and my band became so much better thanks to your tips. The little ajustments that you teach in your videos bring another life to my voice. More control, more power and energy. Thank yoou VERY much

Great job on the new thumbnail style! Stands out more than the previous style! Also, content is gold as always

Chris, your tonal examples always crack me up. Great vid btw

"I couldn't resist myself" could be big hit, you sound great 👏

Chris, you are a national Treasure lol. I wish I had your videos 10+ years ago. You make it silly and fun, and to be a great student of singing you have to let loose and not be afraid to be silly. I used to wait til the house was empty, along with both neighbors being gone before I’d allow myself to sing out of fear of sounding ridiculous. I didn’t realize this was the foundation of great learning! Thank you Chris 🙏🏼 I am so grateful

Can't watch now, so dropping in to help the algorithm with a like and a comment! Thanks Chris!

This is actually the best advice you've given so far, and listening to Chris Cornell's isolated vocal tracks, he's not always on perfect pitch. In the past, I didn't notice this and I was making my vocal lines more complex just to make them more interesting, and it created the opposite effect. Soundgarden, to me, is basic bluesy vocal lines but sang in a passionate way (with yells and shouts and a good high range), on top of weird chord voicings and weird guitar melodies and odd time signatures. I can always sing along their songs but I can't always predict the next signature change or guitar chord or solo. I'm a huge fan of them because they are fresh, I can say the same for Pixies from 80's and early 90's.

That’s one of the late GREATest Mr. Cornell’s best qualities as well. Every tiny sound he made was so full and rich!

You are an incredible teacher

Indeed, I struggled so much to cover Devin Townsend's Vampira, that has an exciting, fun vocal performance. That is a weird cover option we have. Our band's songs are melancholic progressive metal, so my voice being boring didn't strike me that much. But now I think both our originals and covers could have more life to it.

Love this!!!! Would be great to see the same idea done with a softer style of song, ballad. I struggle to get that emotion when trying to sing softly or quietly great video as always

What a great video! As you said, sometimes we focus so much on trying to hit the notes of the tune, we forget that - even if someone is just listening - it's a performance. Hitting the notes is just a tiny part of delivering a convincing performance. "ow, I hurt myself" sounded like a dumb, lame thing to say at first - by the end, it sounded like the best chorus to the best song I haven't heard yet!

THIS WAS IT!!! This is what I've been looking for!! Oh my goodness this just unlocked an absolute GOLDMINE of ability I never knew I had in me! Chris, I LOVE YOU MAN!!! Thank you for making this video it made singing fun again!!!

Simply amazing! Have a strong urge to try it immediately. Hope the neighbours will not call the police 🤘😄

I'd like to add, in addition to listening to you and all the variance, personally hearing different singers and singing "like" them has kinda taught me different styles and textures without even knowing it. Like I'll be singing and paying attention to my voice and feel it doing different things to match what I'm hearing. So it's like learning techniques without knowing it at first. Then one coukd take that, after kinda studying it in your head, and do that other exercise of yours, singing a random phrase, like a piece of mail. And applying the mux of things you've heard. Off top of my head, Bono and Pete Loeffler are good ones to "study". Also, I think once you get used to it, you can match these different techniques to an emotion. Bono does that well. Certain techniques match a certain emotion. Those types of songs, I think, really "get through" emotionally. Hearing desperation, heartbreak, hatred, etc. Where it becomes just natural. Singing how you feel

This is why actors are sometimes good singers, (or interessting?) even if they don’t get the pitch perfectly. And... Mike Patton could teach us a few tricks in this domain. :0 :)

I love Michael Hutchinson’s way he sings “owww” in Mystify. Thank you Chris. I have subscribed!!!! 💙✨

How do I practice saying ow, in my apartment without having my neighbors call the cops on me?

When I try to go high and my voice is very tired they break up even worse than that. Now i discover that can be the way I use air and have to work on a thin vocal closer without letting too much air escape as this affect my low support(as you explain on the new video 'dry body, dry mouth, dry air lol). I wish i used the break ups and flips as a stylish thing and not a shame that put me in a place of insecurity. Thanks for teaching us how to be in desesperation and not hurt us so much lol.

Hi, Chris. I'm Chris. Your videos really helped me a lot. Thank you for this incredible lesson

Once again another eye-opening lesson with super useful tips I love how you try to enhance the actual art behind music/singing and bringing that to the people Thank you :D

one of the best tutorials I have listened to I almost gave up

I appreciate the way you break it down while also explaining what you are doing. Very helpful!

I love how educative you are with all these crazy stuff! :D

ty, i listen to this video every night and it defeated my insomnia, going to sleep listening to this is so comforting 💯💯💯

When you went into your breakup high range OWs at 3:53 your guitars were resonating in the background. Truly added something special. Can't stop laughing

As always, it's not what you've got it's what you do with what you've got.

So creative and theatrical loved it. Definitely will get people out of their comfort zones. (Including myself) ouch 🤕 lol

that surprised face @9:06... 😄 man, you got that! So I just wanted to say that even your voice has improved loads since the beginning of this channel. So do mine. Thank You Chris!

Chris when I am feeling uninspired, you always manage to really inspire me. Thank you.

Calm down Vitas @5:07. Haha. For real though, I'm a versatile singer. I get bored of doing one style of singing. Sometimes when I make an album, the first singing style doesn't sound like the next song singing style. Sometimes in the same song I change my styles. I like getting goofy sometimes with it. I feel like a lot of music isn't diverse and doesn't get fun with it. I think Mike Patton really helped break that boredom in the music scene and definitely helped a lot of us out. Thanks for more tips.

Out of the many coaches I subscribe to, I really enjoy your lessons in SO MANY different ways. Great content, awesome delivery. Love it!

I think this intro song is probably my new theme song.

Matt from Muse is a great example of this type of control

This was a fantastic exercise! I will be doing this tomorrow….I’d do it now if it wasn’t already 1 am! 😂

What a true artist. Absolutely amazing 🤩

No1 vocal coach on RU-vid, period

My man here helping us be voice actors and then singers ;) ur the best Chris!

Thanks for the good tips man! This really adds a lot to my singing. Wish you well in all your endeavors.

I always love your videos Chris. Always so fun to watch and sing along and just have fun exploring the voice. I’m throwing out a request and was wondering if you could do a reaction video and explain the technique sully erna uses. Keep rockin on man and making awsome content!

Awesome demonstrations and information, as usual! And that song is catchy. Been singing along while I fold laundry \m/

This lesson is greatness!! Subscribed! Thank you, Chris!!👊

How do I sing a song relaxed without sounding monotone or bored? It think that’s my issue, when I sing in a lower octave or a chill vibe song I sound a bit too monotone or like I don’t wanna be there.

Omg thank you I always pent so long trying to get the pitch in the notes exactly correct that I wasn’t adding any flavor to it and it just sounded meh and boring

That acoustic guitar echo in the background sounds kinda cool

Man I love your way to set up thing for us. Thank you for understandable tips.

I'm goin all "Oww", really following along and I look over at my left and my 🐺is starin at me like I've completely lost my mind.😐

This video is especially relevant in conjunction with your more recent take on vocalist 'characters'.

My brother just told me that I’m monotone and I’m hear to learn!

Great job Chris. You might want to consider adding dynamics to complete the circle. Thanks a lot for your generosity and wisdom.

Ow, I needed this! My voice is good but my singing is so boring... Ow, I'm going to work with this! Glad I came across your channel OW... OW.... OW... lol Thank you so much!

Your work is so helpful for us singers ! Thank you Chris .

Ok you cracked me up, when you said "stick with me, this is not just ridiculous " 😂😅😂🤣..thanks for a great video 👍 ...think my neighbors would call the cops ..if I practiced that "aouh" sound 🤣😂

You're good... You're very good! Thank you.

Chris Liepe, I appreciate you brother. You've helped me tons through this journey of vox. What bugs me about your channel though is how some ass clown could even hit the thumbs down. Keep rocking my man and take me to the top

I’m loving this new era of videos

pretty much every singer I've known needs to watch your channel.

This is exactly what I needed!! Thank you 🌸

Great thumbnail and intro man!

Woah that intro was killer!

I love the videos man! I recommend them to all my singer friends. I Got a question for ya... I can scream high, but anything in the mid/low range is absent for sure... I'd love a video on how to get from highs to lows in distorted vocals!

When you performing in NYC? I’m ready to purchase a ticket

Really a gift to get this video on my feed today! Thank you 🙏

Absolutety, you're one of a kind vocal master👍

Took me a few vídeos to realize that he is not saying “Hi, Grizzly Bear here” 😅. Great Videos Chris. I love your content!

28,000 views in 18 months... most underrated singing advice on youtube!! i think this addresses what 99% of people feel about their singing, and it made a recording of myself sound about 50 times better in one take... I'm new to singing, about 2 months of light practise to go with what is pretty good guitar, and I feel like I'm pretty good at hitting the pitches in my range and my ear is fine from years of guitar playing. I'm really just wanting to sing blues and country stuff and what has annoyed me is that the singers I'm trying to copy/get inspiration from don't sing in perfect tune (sometimes worse than me), but they sound good and when i hear myself I can only hear the mistakes in my pitch cause there is nothing else to distract the ear (just a boring voice that's mostly singing in tune, but mistakes in pitch are highlighted against a blank boring canvass, you know?)... this tip actually made me not hear mistakes in my pitch cause there was something else going on that sounded good, so thank you for making this video... I'm still going to practise scales, but this has opened up a whole new dimension!!

THIS IS PURE GOLD MAN!

Basically How to make your voice more dynamic: Add dynamics to it. May sound obvious when putting it in one phrase, but this video is still very helpful indeed

Hmmm,this is very interesting and I am gonna have to tune in to see what else you have going on with this channel ❤👍

Always awesome - thanks Chris - definitely something I plan to give a try!

What a f....AM😳ZING tips! Genius

Solid advice plus with pitch correction you can temper the some of the more outrageous pitch variances and it’s it’s often the feeling that most folks want to hear for a song to be emotionally impactful

Dude. This is great advice. Beautiful!

Chris, you're fantastic!

awesome channel! came for singing lessons, got extra character voice acting tips, thank you :)

What an awesome voice lesson! Back to the studio to put this to work.

If nothing else, these lessons always get me smiling ❤😂

Fantastic. This is just what I needed. Thanks!

Duuuuuuuuuuuuuude yout voice is amaaaazing

Chris you are killing it buddy!!!!!!!

Amazing skills

This is really good 🙌🏻

2:09 As I was listening on my headphones some of the sound leaked and my mother thought there were some cats having a stand-off.

I’m laughing my butt of over here, especially when in the vocal booth..., 😛😝🤪😜🤩😂 yet at the same time, realizing you’re the best vocal teacher online, and these exercises are excellent, very effective. Will practice this tonight. I’m just wondering what neighbors might think is going on if they just happened to be strolling by outside...😝

Please do a "Sing Like Tyson Ritter" I'd definitely watch that and with songs like "It Ends Tonight" and "Gives You Hell" under his belt I think it'd be a popular video that people would watch

great vid as always, Chris

Amazing advice. Seriously life changing for most of us but I do have a question.. My problem is that when I sing by myself... I sound so much better than when I sing for someone or if I know I'm being listened to. I can even feel tightness in my Voice as I sing for others And I just do not sound anything like I do when I am relaxed and by myself. Any advice on how to fix this? Or why this happens. Because it's even when I'm by myself but I know I'm recording....

One of the funniest informative videos i've ever seen

Wow, that was really impressive!

What a fun and insightful video!

I love this guy! Man has such expression i love it!

Very well done bro.. very fascinating

That’s a great lesson

Lifechanging

Another brilliant message 👊🏻I will use Wow!!!!!!

Exactly the video I needed!

My voice is boring and nasally by default just by speaking. Not sure if this would really assist me since I think it's an issue of my ears and hating my own voice but, good tips.