How to Add GRIT, Distortion & Power to Your MIXED VOICE! (3 Steps)

[@chrisliepe]

Be sure to join my free voice course so you can dial in the proper support and airflow management needed to get the most out of the exercises I share with you in this video: chrisliepe.com/free-your-voice/

[@KadinWhitney]

awesome:)

[@sylvainpanneau6460]

BROOOO this is insane the nasal to buzzer sound is what unlocked it for me!

[@coreyclark75]

I found my technique by yelling “I’m ready!” like SpongeBob…

[@hearthshinemusic2941]

as a shy singer, I've got to try this...

[@coreyclark75]

@@hearthshinemusic2941 I guess it’s because the tone is higher up in the head. It was a good starting point to find my grit comfortably.

[@utilitydisk]

@@hearthshinemusic2941be careful cause as a shy singer you can hurt your voice if you do these voices without technique

[@chloeevans2569]

My technique is imitating Eric cartman and other south park characters

[@coreyclark75]

@@chloeevans2569 That too works. Haha

[@20x20_jack]

You, Mr Liepe, have literally done wonders in my life. Even at a place of real confidence in my voice at this point, I still find myself always coming back, and learning something new that connects more dots for me as a singer. 🙏🏻

[@RealBurgunfaust]

Anything that related to Shinedown and Brent Smith get a +1 from me!

[@mrbubbies_]

This high key doubles as character voice acting tips, great stuff!

[@xWESTICLESx]

It Middle C totally does.

[@jadosfrombarbados]

Omg the buzzer noise!!! It unlocked something for me, this technique change was almost immediate for me! Thank you so much, your content is s-tier.

[@EricTangy]

I like to imagine my singing heroes doing stuff like this when they were learning.

[@ario-x13]

How is it possible that you release a video covering the topic that I hardly need in the exact moment that I need it? Amazing video! Thanks a lot.

[@lisalegato0109]

I NEED to do your course!!!!

[@chrisliepe]

YESS :) !!

[@MarcioDelBianco]

I love watching Chris's lessons and people staring at me like "WTF are you watching?"

[@grellpowa]

thank you ! videos about grit that i have seen are always for head or chest voice.

[@yrrahyrrah]

Such a great teacher

[@MichaelNight]

You are one of two people, who I credit as my vocal coaches who I haven’t actually met. Thanks so much for playing a part in me becoming a musician. It has given me some of the best years of my life, wonderful listeners, and is how I met my wife 🤍

[@YuckFou502]

Who's the other coach

[@chrisedrums9023]

Holy shit this unlocked something in my voice I didn't know i had

[@chrisliepe]

GOOD!!

[@whatevsimbulletproof]

Brother, thank you so much for all the knowledge

[@mik5606]

Hell yeah shinedown

[@clarat8762]

The sounds 😂 so much fun. Gonna have to try this some time

[@kuroneko2620]

Always giving the best vocal tips! Thank u Chris! 🤠

[@Metalkake]

Another tutorial of pure gold 👑 thank you sir!

[@Esteves2102]

Hey Chris, remember that i put a comment in one of your videos saying that i could only use my mixed voice with my voice muffled? Well, i got bad news and good news. The bad news is that i unfortunately haven't checked out your vocal course yet. The good news is that despite that, i managed to unlock decent part of my mixed voice. My top note went from G#4 to C5, sometimes even C#5. The issue was more psychological than technical. I did actually learn good part of how support feels in order to get it.

[@jackisrael.I.B.E.X]

This is splendid Mr Liepe... Thanks alot 🎉❤

[@leandrorodrigues1884]

Great video man! Thanks.

[@pollymcsculwood]

As always, this is spot on. Thanks Chris, I am working on my mixed voice right now and this comes in really handy. Instant game changer! ❤

[@raefvn]

excellent, tahnk you

[@tinhemingway6036]

Awesome🤘

[@justinbond9467]

I’m trying to sing Help by Papa Roach. Trying to inch into that feeling of breaking up for the choruses, especially the end

[@makehaste28]

Great as always Chris! Please check out Lucas Woodland from Holding Absence, he has amazing control over adding different intensities of grit over his voice especially his high chest into mix!

[@meowza]

Every time Chris does an example of the “wrong” way I’m like damn I wanna be as good as Chris at his worst.

[@Potega_wokalu]

Cool video like always Chris, keep doing❤

[@Granti_gaming]

Hey Chris, glad to have found this video. It adresses precisely the problem I find myself getting stuck at. I have a pretty good clean mixed voice, but when I try to add grit, it becomes either a gritty chest voice, Halford-ish head voice or a fry scream. I can´t keep the voice-base stable and it is too thin underneath the distortion layer. Really frustrating. Maybe your tips can help me out.

[@ricklesshorse8159]

Very good Advices! 👍Like Axel Rose for example..

[@GabiBrooks]

Excellent topic! This is a hit or miss for me still. 😢

[@chloeevans2569]

That´s so helpful thanks man

[@loosalat1244]

thanks for the great video, it clicked for me when i also thought about an application of this technique with: Lost Horizon - Highlander (10:35) randomly 😁

[@jordankaiser]

I NEEDED this! I'm on the tail end of your "mixed voice method and madness" course, as well. What effects do you have on during your examples where you're standing in this video? Not every specific parameter, but are you using reverb or delay or EQ? Thanks in advance

[@chrisliepe]

a little ambient delay, some light verb and LOTS of compression. I use a Manley Core Reference Channel Strip to sing into. That limits and compresses and EQs going in.

[@jordankaiser]

@@chrisliepe thanks coach! I'll try these out this weekend. We'll see you for more

[@adiangrovey]

Last grit at 13:38 is spot on.

[@Fatalistic_Viking]

It would be great if you checked out some of ONE OK ROCK's heavier songs. Taka has a huge range that is incredible. I always wanted to know how he can run, jump, and headbang while singing perfectly or screaming. "Deeper Deeper" live at Yokohama stadium Mighty Long Fall tour shows off his ability to scream

[@russellspear6188]

These are some exciting ideas! One question: Does the point of constriction in mixed voice grit need to be higher in the throat than the point of constriction used for chest register grit?

[@chrisliepe]

It doesn’t need to, but it can be handy to think about it that way

[@russellspear6188]

Thanks!@@chrisliepe

[@DNS0875]

Now I know who the real Rick and Morty are!! You’re so cool in your educational style, can’t stop listening and learning! Thanks 🙏🏻

[@mwylie1085]

we need to get this man to 1mil as soon as possible, subscribe if you haven't already everyone!

[@chrisliepe]

Agreed! :) Thanks for watching and supporting!

[@greentongueman]

Hey chris great video again!!!!,im still waiting on a video of Steve Grimmett !!!if you never heard him look him up,love to hear your breakdown of his voice......🙂

[@AtomizedSound]

I broke into my Krusty the Clown while doing this. Haha great

[@sportmaniac10]

“It’s about how it feels, not the sound. That comes later”

[@oldnewbicycle]

What do you think of Cedric Bixler-Zavala ? His voice in At The Drive-In and especially The Mars Volta was always a really powerful mix that I think you would really like. Definitely worth a video or two !

[@duyanh7992]

Please make a video about New York Dolls's David Johansen vocal.

[@hookindemlipz8183]

Hey Chris ! You should do a breakdown of the stems and multitracks for limp Bizkit songs ! I have been curious to know exactly what Fred used in his tracks because he was super picky about things back in the day

[@Dekutard]

add this to your singing with distortion playlist btw :)

[@AlidLB]

3:37 mike wazowsky~

[@chilliboi9336]

Hi Chris, thanks for the video, you always seem to time new content perfectly. I've definitely got stage 2 of this down super comfortably, and will practise stage 3 next. My concern is what you've alluded to about tone coming later - how do you "build" that? I can hit notes with that mixed distortion, but it doesn't have any meat. I know you've described having to go very nasal/whiny to reach this distortion, but I feel I get stuck there. I'll often come out of a mixed note sound like in exercise 2/3 in falsetto rather than a chesty sound, and if I want to come out more chesty it feels I have to approach it too hard and the difference in tone is too drastic. I'm trying to do Show Me How to Live atm and I either have to stretch too much for a meatier mix (no pain, but will crack at some stage and run out of vocal budget), or sound too GVF/Aerosmith which I'm trying to get away from.

[@chrisliepe]

You build your tone by: Experimenting with the stuff in this video, making sure your support is dialed in the way it needs to be, and then playing with dynamic resonance and placement in light of support, airflow management and the thin mix I talked about here. I cover all this in great detail in my course Discover Your Voice and my coaching program! You can find more info at chrisliepe.com :)

[@chilliboi9336]

Thanks Chris, I have both DYV and MVM&M and they've been fantastic courses where I've learned a lot. This is just the next wall to overcome I think.@@chrisliepe

[@adiangrovey]

Grits add flavor❤

[@hearthshinemusic2941]

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY DO NOT PUSH YOUR VOICE PUSHING IS THE SINGER'S N°1 ENEMY

[@BloodyShedProductions]

All of these are great, but what about adding speed-? 'Boy Division' by My Chemical Romance comes to mind when I think of hard and fast vocals - it's really something else

[@chrisliepe]

Check out my videos on Gerard Way!

[@fallenintacion6084]

Hey man. If you're interested, make kinda vocal analysis of lo spirit. His style is pretty agressive and i think you'll like it

[@destructrial]

Is the "high in your throat" buzzer sound done with vocal fry distortion, while the "low in your throat" one is with false cord distortion? Would explain why the first one feels healthier and less straining.

[@destructrial]

Please do an analysis of Eric Adams from Manowar, hes a mixed voice masta!

[@Dekutard]

Thanks chris i’ve been struggling with this for a long time and keep watching videos like these. I can do the whine part and the buzzer in chest voice but i can’t seem to get it like you do when you combine the mix and the buzzer. i start sounding like toad from super mario / gilbert gottfried lol it’s so pronounced if i try to use my vocal break it gets too inconsistent, and it’ll get stuck in one register or the other, head or chest/mix? i can put a vocal break based distortion over falsetto or chest separately but not mix? hmm… i did some sessions with lukas magyar, he said i’ll get it over time if i keep working on it, gotta work up to it. cant lift 300lbs when you first hit the gym i’ll get it someday…

[@sylvainpanneau6460]

Ok so I've already left a comment here but again: the nasal (with support, and kinda loud) + buzzer sound high in the throat IS THE WAY. I've been practicing that for a few days and I can see the HUUUGE improvement it's so exciting! Thank you so much Chris!! Also, I have a question: is it normal that when I do that for high notes, I almost naturally fall into a fry scream?

[@chrisliepe]

Yes it IS normal! Another great discovery!

[@sylvainpanneau6460]

@@chrisliepe Alright thanks!

[@thejetblackflamev2110]

@@chrisliepeis this another way to unlock my vocal fry?

[@jnmtculo]

It is interesting to see how the face gets more angry when the gritty sounds start to appear.

[@essa3455]

Interesting. You are pretty much inspired by Micheal Jackson technic. I love it . I definitly follow you channel! PS: I have sent you an email with a voice track records. 😊

[@seesikopter]

2:50 this voice kinda makes me wanna buy an indian antivirus...

[@seesikopter]

(Protogent ad meme in case somebody wonders)

[@Napalmdieter]

This works a little bit for me. Unfortunately even the buzzer sound only makes me cough. I know, keep practicing ... :)

[@CassioHungria85]

That was exactly what I was struggling with my teacher nowadays

[@CassioHungria85]

We were trying Toto - Africa song... the chorus is so high and exactly on my transition note from belting to falsetto (mix voice). Its a Bb. I don't know how to sing the chorus softly but a little bit more powerful than a falsetto.

[@erenyeeagah204]

exctly what i need im still struggling, actually i cant do it at all. i did it once on accident but cant replicate it.

[@Riskyshadows]

so everytime i go to do my mixed voice it seems to be really raspy almost like a fry scream, i start from a chest voice add a little fry and push up into higher pitches without entering head. am i doing something wrong or is that how's its supposed to sound?

[@thejetblackflamev2110]

Do another video of how to sing like Shaun Morgan or at least sing from the back of the throat with distortion cause I wanna learn how it seems difficult it’s sounds difficult most of his work has that technique

[@neoarts8884]

could you make a video on lotion - deftones and how chino sings like that

[@RobbieFitzgerald]

You flipping back and forth with the siren on the high part reminded me of the scene in Ace Ventura when hes yelling while opening and closing the door. So fucking seamless.

[@chrisliepe]

Hahaha

[@adiangrovey]

😂great video just funny hearing you make noise

[@michaelcozzitortoiii5350]

I can do the buzzer in chest but can’t seem to get it in my mixed or head voice.. it’s like I can’t active the true and false chords at the same time, so frustrating!

[@threee1298]

This was great! I feel like I got closer than ever before, it actually sounded good. I think I'm doing something wrong though, it feels like I'm stripping my voice. When I start it feels like I have a lubricant on my vocal chords that I can use to add distortion. After 5 - 10 mins it'll feels like it's dry and hurts when I try to add more distortion (especially with the A vowel sound). I feel like I'm supporting with my diaphragm (poop muscles), anyone else ever run into this? Maybe I'm fundamentally adding the distortion wrong

[@threee1298]

Chris says "it will not include the intentional tightening of our neck" in How to Scream, Add Distortion, Yell and Sing Aggressively WITHOUT Hurting Your Voice! (3 Steps). that's probably my issue, I'm definitely doing that

[@stebolian]

That high clean sound isnt the easiest thing to get down though

[@vincorrigan1949]

Hey Chris, My technique is rock solid until those headphones go on when I start to record. Then everything gets overly muscled up, throaty, and starts to crack. The headphones come off, and I sing the same passage perfectly. I know I'm pushing too hard, but I'm having trouble finding the right balance between good technique and delivering an impassioned vocal take. It's a real slog, and I haven't heard anyone address this. Have you ever had any experience with this particular issue? Thanks.

[@chrisliepe]

Red Light Syndrome :) I've dealt with it a lot and have coached MANY people through conquering it!

[@metalmelon1118]

You remind me of michael barnes from "red" with your sound and hairline xD

[@tiagoc9754]

Are veins popping from the neck always a bad thing? I.e lacking of air control/support or squeezing. Or is it ok if the person is thin, is singing long verses or it's expected to happen when holding up air? Quite hard to answer this without watching someone singing, but asking anyway as you can share some insights. Thanks!

[@annishassan976]

ur gonna show more veins when there is more muscle movement, the focus is not to not use neck muscles, but in a way thats not only comfortable but controlled and consistent. this is likely his engaging his false cords.

[@annishassan976]

hope that clears things up(i actually learned this in a biology class)

[@PattyB1993]

Think of it like a guitarist approaches strumming a chord, that slight tension in the vocal chords is like fretting the note and producing the power from your gut/diaphram is where that power should come from and not from the throat.

[@chrisliepe]

See my video on Tension Vs Intensity!

[@tiagoc9754]

Thanks, everyone! I'll check out that video

[@DanceWithAmps]

There's an issue with this. When you "twang" this much to engage the false chords its not possible to also raise the soft palate so mixed voice is pretty much non-existent. Its not such a problem when lower in chest voice or higher in head voice but there's no real mixing so as I'm approaching the break (from either direction) the distortion gets stronger to the point where the note is gone. Its not so easy to control how much distortion to dial-in anymore. Is this always the case or am I doing something wrong? It'd be cool to see you demonstrate starting in chest voice then going into head voice with this distortion.

[@chrisliepe]

There are layers to this answer that are too difficult to articulate in a comment reply :) The short answer is that when intentionally using dynamic placement to find the right window... You can evenly adjust the distortion/note balance. I show you how to dial that in step by step here: www.mymusicalvoice.com/p/the-aggressive-vocalist-s-master-plan-of-attack

[@liamsmitsdorff8975]

2:20 AHHHH GGEEEEE RRRIIICCCK

[@loosalat1244]

4:07 me when my mom pulls takes out the slipper

[@radima263]

So, start with shaggy method?

[@chrisliepe]

Haha. Yes!

[@saltyshrimppasta]

Beautiful tutorial So how do I make my neighbors temporarily go deaf while I practice?

[@chrisliepe]

Hehe. Just go ask their permission to make some strange noises and explain why and what you’re doing. I had to do this for years!!

[@saltyshrimppasta]

@@chrisliepe The simplest solution that will require the strongest of wills

[@lyndonbailey3965]

I cant do the buzzer thing, it goes airy

[@indrasubagja7870]

When we're trying to make a buzzer sound, do we feel like clearing our throat?

[@chrisliepe]

No it should feel higher in the vocal tract than clearing our throat.

[@casantrix7423]

I always end up sounding like coockie monster rooster /john kiszka xd

[@chrisliepe]

Ya, that's SO common when your engagement is not felt HIGH enough in your vocal tract. I can help you with that!!

[@casantrix7423]

@@chrisliepe I suppose but I cant help it even tho I've watched your video on compression where You were explaining that but idk it still didnt help

[@markazman1639]

U so funny sir😂😅😅😅

[@markazman1639]

I love how you teach us sir...all you experience is all happen to me also..but you voice is more powerful sir🙏🙏🤣

[@juanma.arabia]

I guess just by making those voices (with no melody or sense of rythm) it will be greatly therapeutic. The voice tone you produce at 3:02 is , in a way, similar to this Balinese Monkey Chant (minute 1:09), which is really loud and penetratingly thin. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmTQcmmdrLWVsNk&ab_channel=AnimeFullMusic Thanks for the investigation, Chris

[@neznox]

i feel like my body is incapable of doing 'the buzzer sound' im going crazy

[@dillonadelman2094]

I found mine by beefing up a Mickey mouse speech into something chestier

[@Garpocalypse]

I don't feel like i'm whiney, I feel like I'm Elmo trying to do a Dr. Rockso impression. ...and blood shoots out my throat every time I try to hold a note. Is that ok?

[@MtheBarbarian]

Hey Chris would love to hear your thoughts on Tillian and Jon from Dance Gavin Dance. I think he uses mixed voice, and has some crazy high notes. Jon screams but has some cool parts where he's screaming melody, such as in the song Parody Catharsis. Anyway keep up the good work! 🔥

[@chrisliepe]

I’ve done a video on them! Check the in the style of playlist :)

[@pianissimo369]

I can't seem to add the buzzer noise without doing weird stuff with my nose....I look like an angry dog. Think I'm doing something wrong 😂😂

[@GabiBrooks]

Mine always slips into a squeaky head voice

[@chrisliepe]

This video should really be just what you need then! Especially towards the end

[@GabiBrooks]

@@chrisliepe Thank you, Chris! ❤️

[@eczy]

Chris this is such an awesome approach to this, thank you so much. Daniel Tompkins does this in the live performance of Concealing Fate Pt 1 from Portals, at exactly 2:59. He starts the note in a thinner tone, and then slowly adds compression over the top and it sounds super sick: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bn_GqYiwfZ5-qK8

[@darienxnx]

I can't get it 😔😔

[@beehype46and2]

Comment for da algorithm Streak count: 251

[@seanclements3783]

I would like this but it's at 666 so it just feels wrong to ruin that...

[@chrisliepe]

Haha

[@blacksaona]

This is one of the videos that just dont "clicks" into me. For me, most of your grit comes from chest voice, because you have a higher chest register than others, rather than "mix" or head voice. On 10:47 you changed on mixed head voice and it doesnt sound with grit, it sounds sounds thin and weak. So, where is the mixed head voice with grit that you are talking about?. I can sing with grit all day on my chest register, and even extend it a little bit, but when it comes to mixed head voice, it doesnt work like that.