Freddie Mercury: Another One Bites The Dust. QUEEN - ISOLATED Studio Tracks, Vocal & Recording Tips

[@mrmcgreg]

Love to see the excitement and curiosity on Chris's face as if he's a child unwrapping a present or playing with a new toy :)

[@suyashrijal4420]

Thank you Chris for an insight into Mercury's techniques.

[@chrisliepe]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@jamiegunn]

Thank you Chris! That was amazing! You have a way with the way you present, explain and demonstrate what you are sharing. That's priceless.

[@chrisliepe]

Thank you!

[@goodmaggie]

Two things leap out at me - abandon and groove. I love your improv Chris, broke out in goosebumps. Thankyou for this.

[@АртемКупцов-ъ5щ]

Amazing voice , Freddie would proud of you !

[@80sMeavyHetal]

Damn! I absolutely fell in love with this guy. Yes, with Freddie too ;) This is by far the best vocal analysing I've *ever* seen and I subscribed to many channels like this, but Chris absolutely nails it! What a talent

[@chrisliepe]

Thanks for the sub!

[@anels9]

Accents play a huge part of how singers sound too, even just from towns to towns in the same country can sound so different. It’s amazing what goes into how people sound when they sing. I love this channel

[@valerypopov6499]

If you try to follow along with Chris here it becomes a full own vocal practice. Many things to implement in one's voice (or at least try to). Great work, as always. Thank you for the inspiration!

[@dipenshudeepbhat5820]

Love your videos❤️❤️❤️ Learnt vocal compression from your videos Working on the screams and mix as well Thanks a lot man❤️❤️❤️

[@downsandrew]

Great “slow down” recommendation at the 12:50 mark. I find it hard to “learn” Freddie if I always try to match his tempo. Putting more effort into each word and note, and avoiding shortcuts just to go fast, helps me get the feel of the more difficult notes. The exercises in your courses promote that too. The difficult ones are the most rewarding. Thanks for this very useful breakdown video.

[@chrisliepe]

Absolutely!

[@ash2dvst]

I actually just left a similar reply before I read yours. 100% agree

[@downsandrew]

@@ash2dvst Great minds, great instructor :-)

[@aaronzepeda8026]

Excellent video 🤘🤘🤘😊

[@ash2dvst]

Great vid as always. Loved your point about slowing it down, very astute. You talk about vocal gymnastics, and from my limited time in physical gymnastics, learning new maneuvers was similar. It was about breaking down big moves into smaller, more achievable movements, and then putting the chain together at the end. My singing has improved so much from taking these generous teaching tidbits of yours and playing around with them, thank you

[@gloom3449]

Great pick! I'd love to see you breakdown Roger Taylor too. Keep up the good work!

[@Bokrotv1524]

It's really amazing singing technique of Freddie Mercury.. thank you Chris I learn how to sing nicely

[@VIDEOHEREBOB]

Chris, FYI, found a guy that has a bunch of Kansas' isolated vocal tracks. Amazing! Sorry to digress. Love these analyses BTW!

[@chrisliepe]

Ohhhh hook me up! [e-mail]

[@VIDEOHEREBOB]

@@chrisliepe Emailed you yesterday. Some Lou Gramm too.

[@brightonmischief]

Your videos are incredible Chris. So much to learn in addition to vocal techniques, like using double compression and mono reverb! Thank you.

[@chrisliepe]

You’re welcome!

[@merqury5]

Brilliant! Awesome presentation.

[@fenderfox5080]

Awesome Chris!!! Love these breakdowns your doing along with daw settings. Really helps us newbies to learn how these things all work together.

[@chrisliepe]

Great to hear!

[@katarzynanaeem9099]

Awesome!!!

[@NuHeal33]

I needed this today

[@originalvonster]

Thank you. Might rewatch this for the runs.

[@이정희-h4i8s]

So cool !

[@grampiansfpv1998]

Really enjoyed this one thanks Chris think some video's on recording and production could be another avenue for you to explore thanks again for a great video

[@__-v-__]

SuperBigThanks Master...

[@CrissHW]

Your is so powerfull Chris! I love it

[@philippebedroom4665]

Videos keep getting better

[@chrisliepe]

Glad u think so!

[@calebhuizenga5123]

killin that improv bit!

[@francescogrossholz8221]

love this vid

[@WhaleBluePRS]

What a fabulous end to 2020! Please do more, love to hear isolated tracks anyway and your analysis is a huge plus. I love how detailed you are in getting into the minutiae of a singer's craft. For me, there is no greater craft than Freddie. (Though Geoff Tate knocks me out every time too!)

[@JohnnyLaps]

Chris I always thought Freddie s vocals were sped up a tic of a tone but now I'm convinced not.Great analysis!

[@skeletorgaming7271]

That one dislike was Thanos

[@wjazz1496]

What the hell, what's he doing here. I'm only 5 minutes in, but I can't imagine him coming up naturally🤣

[@TheBiffsterLife]

Thanos dislikes half of everything

[@lemurowskii]

Great vid Chris! I am waiting for the vocal deconstruction of "The Pot" by Tool! It would be absolutely awesome! Love ya!

[@evasanchezsaez8685]

I love the video! Tomorrow I'll try to sing it with my younger sister (she loves Queen) I'd like to send you the result to you (I don't know yet if it will be video or only audio. If you tell me where to send it, I'll love to send you our best singing this song to you. It could be fun. We love you, Chris. You're the best teacher and very kind.

[@uberking2644]

Check out “it’s late” by queen, you might like it

[@bellaishereandisaacsouless]

you know who I think you'll enjoy, Noah Sebastian. he's got such a good dynamic and he can switch between heavy and harsh vocals, to soft spoken and a light voice fast. definitely recommend him for a "How To..." video

[@chrisliepe]

Great idea!

[@bellaishereandisaacsouless]

@@chrisliepe thanks! i have the isolated vocals for a couple songs if you ever need em

[@chrisliepe]

Yes please 😊 [e-mail]

[@bellaishereandisaacsouless]

@@chrisliepe just sent them over. enjoy!!

[@VIDEOHEREBOB]

Chris, on some of these high notes, I believe we're hearing Roger Taylor's vocals. Live, Roger was many times the high vocals.

[@chrisliepe]

Live definitely! All sounds like a Freddie in the studio?

[@WizardOfArc]

Roger was definitely the super high rock singer

[@WizardOfArc]

@@chrisliepe I’m up to 16 minutes in and it’s all been Freddy so far

[@VIDEOHEREBOB]

@@chrisliepe Live, Freddie ducked a lot of the notes in this song. Even Marc Martel hands it off to his drummer.

[@reginakapaeva205]

Roger Taylor is a cool backing vocalist, but not a lead singer. Yes, he has very high notes, but that's probably all. The group with vocalist Roger Taylor did not become legendary, no matter what high notes he played there.

[@NuHeal33]

Heaven's yass that was bad azzz

[@luisrenner7341]

Check out Gimme the prize from the highlander movie, fun fact Freddie hated that song, because it hurt his vocal cords

[@SachAlvarez]

ayy scheps omni channel is awesome

[@sancamilobad]

Love the video and you enjoying it. Please do a breakdown to James voice change to Outlaw Torn; Studio vs S&M1 vs S&M2. There are some isolated vocal tracks from both S&M concerts

[@SkeeterMcBeater]

Brian May's playing is awesome too. Love his guitar tone.

[@bluebell3720]

I thought deacon played guitar on this

[@mik5578]

@@bluebell3720 only rythmic guitar, but yes.

[@WhaleBluePRS]

@@bluebell3720 The funky clean-ish part is John Deacon. The overdriven guitars (what few there are) are Brian May. Subject to verification by John Deacon or Brian May of course :) The song "Cool Cat" from "Hot Space" is all John Deacon on guitars and bass as well, if I'm not mistaken.

[@ZENOBlAmusic]

@@WhaleBluePRS Yes, you are correct. John Deacon was actually a very good rhythm guitarist.

[@JohnnyLaps]

Only Deacon playing guitar on this, Brian handled synth.

[@powerstation0872]

I agree you need to compress to reduce the dynamic range of your input, but I personally use multiple different send channels for different vocal parts of the song (one channel for chorus, one for verses, for example), whilst keeping my in channel completely dry. This way I can hear effects in my ears when I'm recording, but am still recording a dry signal which I can route to different channels at any time

[@keithberry9797]

It would be cool to analyze the isolated vocals from Love Someone by Chris Liepe

[@РоманАполлон]

You sound like chris cornell

[@mythsqueuemusic]

damn ur a good singer

[@CaioViniciusMaciel21]

Excellent job, bud! Thank you for this video!

[@MikeMastropierro]

Can you talk about the differences in compression settings between the preamp tracking compressor and the digital post-tracking compressor?

[@chrisliepe]

Great idea! I usually use a mild ratio on the way in, but I also use a limiter circuit before I hit the DAW. I do this with my Manley Core preamp. Then, I do what you saw me do in the video.

[@MikeMastropierro]

@@chrisliepe what kind of settings and logic is behind the limiter circuit?

[@tasteapiana]

At 8:16 that's the sound of an aborted tape punch. The record head literally stops as it is starting. They basically missed the punch mark and stopped it just as it was beginning to overwrite the tape. Later, they obviously removed the rest of the word ''repeating'' from ''repeating to the sound of the beat''. Why they didn't fill that word back in? Well, think about what happens in such a situation - they had to listen back several times to get in rhythm with where the transients of the syllables are. During that process, listening back 2 or 3 times Freddie likely said ''Hey, it works that way. Leave it, I like it'' due to the interplay with the instrumentation. The word repeating is 3 syllables, there's no good way to cram a triplet into that space that allows the straight 8th notes of ''to the sound of the beat'', which are all 1 syllable words, to sound like a funky rap. Even ''Rip'n'' would have been too busy, better to just leave the space and keep the feel of a slap bass player dropping a note an 8th after a kick drum hit. Think about a straight 4 drum beat - dat oom dat mmm, dat oom dat mmm, better to drop the first oom than try making it a oom oom. I totally think that was Freddie's decision because of how he was as a pianist. Remember, those choppy backing guitar chords in Bohemian Rhapsody were NOT Brian May's, Freddie wrote those and they are rhythmically choppy AF for a reason.

[@philippebedroom4665]

I was listening to the new abnormal from the strokes, would be a great video of julián Casablancas

[@jakeah1175]

You nailed these sounds! Is there at a resource for iso vocal stems anywhere so I can try the same? Not necessarily for Mercury but for Cornell/ Buckley etc

[@chrisliepe]

Lots of them are available right here on KZbin!

[@bibule]

It’s in just dance

[@ZENOBlAmusic]

Great job! You do a great job of analysing singers and songs! Great improv there. Far better then Ken Tamplin. You should check kout one Freddie's Impromptus he did them every night, Rock In Rio Blues 1985kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWjWf4F_rdacqqM. You might want to check out Don't Stop Me Now on multi track, there is one or two surprises there! Another difficult Queen song is One Year Of Love or Don't Try So Hard.

[@JohnnyLaps]

Tamplin is constantly knocking Freddie which is annoying as he then calls hims rocks greatest frontman seemingly putting himself ahead.

[@atiziman]

👍👍👍

[@thenaiveofficial2670]

Ah man can you do Bert Mcracken from the used , i've been practising singing along to the first album and I'd really love to see you're take on how he breaks his voice with such precission and how far he takes it :)

[@thenaiveofficial2670]

awesome vid btw

[@kdakan]

Is Freddie Mercury mimicking Michael Jackson's staccato and exhale style in the verse part?

[@patricio_argumedo]

Hey Chris! I’ve been working on trying to get mix voice and I’ve a real quick question! When doing the Robert plant thing with fry and I go up, am I supposed to feel like it’s head voice? Like a transfer of resonances, I’ve been sort of getting it but idk if I’m doing it right, I hope u see this lol

[@carterdodson4459]

Commenting on every post until I get the Aaron Lewis breakdown!

[@chrisliepe]

yes :) keep it in the front of mind awareness :)

[@ЖЕКАВОВК-е6у]

Chris, do you have a video on your chanel about using the vocal devicies for recording process?

[@chrisliepe]

Like preamps, computers and interfaces? I’ve got a free recording course at www.mymusicalvoice.com. Have u tried that one yet?

[@samskarebyaha]

And to think that this was all done before the computers came.

[@chrisliepe]

RIGHT

[@hunter6355]

Hey Chris. I'm a new subscriber and although I'm nowhere near at the right skill set to use most of your information and tips yet, it would be really awesome if you could go over David Draiman's vocals from the band Disturbed. Disturbed is by far one of my favorite bands and his voice is extremely iconic in my opinion. Would be great if you could dive a little deeper into his technique's

[@chrisliepe]

Welcome to the channel! Great idea!

[@Reds_not_dead]

Hey Chris you should do a vocal breakdown or a “how to sing like” Matt heafy of trivium or Justin Bonitz from tallah they are my favorite vocalists right now and I’d love to see your take/thoughts on them. Happy new year as well!!

[@chrisliepe]

Great suggestions! Happy New Year to you too!

[@JohnnyLaps]

Who?

[@michaelklaus_de]

Duude, where do you get those tracks from? So cool!

[@chrisliepe]

KZbin :)

[@fancythebold]

Chris you should do daniel johns from silverchair

[@hugotorresr1643]

I’d like to ask you Chris, what headphones do you use while recording vocals???

[@chrisliepe]

Semi Open design... AKG K240 studios. Only ones that work for me cause they allow me to hear well, have minimal bleed and let me hear the room as well

[@hugotorresr1643]

@@chrisliepe I knew it had to be that way!!! Cause I use some hermetic-completely isolated headphones and I struggle a lot... I go through a lot of tension, and I had the thoeory that it is due to the feeling I get from my headphones...and by not listening the room (or maybe I’m just crazy) thanks Chris!!!

[@DenisMorissetteJFK]

One can do Chris' improvisations walking down the street. Just stop when they're people close by.

[@cadrian]

Try Hammer to Fall some time :-)

[@beehype46and2]

Comment for da algorithm Streak count: 25

[@chrisliepe]

I think it's 26 now :)

[@beehype46and2]

@@chrisliepe wait what?😂 Seems like I've doubled a number...

[@eliesaad674]

At 20:05, That not is done with an inhaled tone, not an exhaled note. It's an audible inhalation of the voice. It's a yawn with noise.

[@hmwr0h]

20:22 Actually it sounds a bit like he inhales..

[@Alanoo]

4:05 what virtual amp is that?

[@chrisliepe]

Waves Omni channel