How To Sing Country - Brad Paisley

The emphasis on this video is mainly the importance of Shaping, the 5th Element of Singing, and using the proper accent for a particular genre of music. I also go over primary melody and transitional notes and how to break them down. If you would like to learn how to master these techniques check out my online course singingfromscratch.thinkific.....

[@barryanders]

I never understood how to sing like this until about 3 minutes into this video. Thanks for the help. I'm going to use this advice to record a country style song.

[@singingfromscratch_official]

That's great! You're welcome. Glad I could help.

[@awesomeisasawesomedoesyo182]

Dude has an excellent voice. Great teacher as well.

[@singingfromscratch_official]

Thank you!!🙏

[@chrigidambach2422]

Wow - that help me reeeealy a lot to understand. I love Country so much, but it is hard for me, because i have a swiss german accent, so i have learned with you, to focus in every word. Greetings from Switzerland:)

[@singingfromscratch_official]

That's excellent! Glad I could help.

[@r.k.6680]

I'm dutch, born and raised. We get to learn English in the British way. Here's a tip, watch a lot of American spoken movies/series, with subs in your language. After 2 or 3 months, watch the same thing again but with the American subs. And after another 2 or 3 months, watch the same thing again, but without any subtitles. You'll see that your American WILL improve :)

[@chrigidambach2422]

@@r.k.6680 Thanks for this tip...... i will try that:)

[@panoompiboonyoo8579]

Nice job. Love the in-depth detailed explanations of the pronunciations. Helped a lot.

[@princeblack2356]

This video is very helpful. Thanks

[@jefflee2050]

thank you.... very helpful.

[@justin8360]

Growing up in the Boston area (with the accent to prove it), I just assumed singing country was not an option. While I'll never sound like Brad Paisley, this video was super helpful

[@singingfromscratch_official]

I guess it was a wicked smaht idear to put this video up then. (Wife's from Mass lol!)

[@mashruralam5795]

Great video very informative.

[@LeoSwagger]

Thank you, stay tuned

[@courtneycayouette6235]

My husbands buying the course right now :) thanks so much

[@singingfromscratch_official]

Great! Let me know if you have any questions

[@miastimelesscardreadings]

Cheers 👍 love the explanation!! Thanks 👍👍👍

[@singingfromscratch_official]

No problem! You're welcome.

[@theguyfromberlin]

Wow - a great video. Thank you!

[@singingfromscratch_official]

Yanks and your are welcome!

[@senditffh7919]

This is the best simple video for singing that I've found. Can you please do "I'd love to lay you down" the Barrett baber version

[@singingfromscratch_official]

Glad to help! I'll give it a listen.

[@sleepingalongtherazorsedge9361]

Love this demonstration. I've gotten down Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard easily as my voice is already pretty nasaly. I feel results you'll get depend on what your natural voice sounds like, as well as stuff like how big or small you are physically. Biggest thing I see people do when doing country is forgetting to put belly air behind their vocals.

[@BrianDoesEverything]

Yeah my voice is nasaly but idk how to sing from my lungs tho

[@shdurani]

Beautiful.

[@singingfromscratch_official]

Thank you!

[@Igimaunicorn]

This is amazing thank you ❤

[@singingfromscratch_official]

You’re welcome!

[@BrianTCollins]

Amazing tutorial, thank you

[@singingfromscratch_official]

Thanks!

[@JerryAndJulieMusic]

Great video. I use to imitate Patsy and Loretta. I kinda got away from country singing to sing pop. Thanks for your tips🙂 You have a beautiful voice ❤

[@singingfromscratch_official]

Thanks so much!!

[@beatrizbarros5479]

I'm speechless! You're amazing... Great explanation 🤌 • God bless

[@singingfromscratch_official]

Thanks so much!!!

[@inafitqueen6951]

Omg...in love😍😍😍😍😍

[@Forthbasic]

Man the accent changes everything. It sounds like a different genre without it. Maybe something Ed Sheron would sing. I'm having trouble with low notes and keeping the accent. I think I just need to practice more scales since I usually sing in a higher pitch. I grew up with mostly Rock but I love the deep sound of country singers.

[@singingfromscratch_official]

Keep at it! You will get it.

[@nabothjonathan6781]

Wow wow wow now i understand but not to much but for this i get is not small. Thank you brother am Naboth Jonathan or African cowboy from zanzibar Tanzania east Africa i love country music more than sleeping

[@singingfromscratch_official]

Glad I could help! Keep singing!

[@DaPowpow]

The normal american accent also sounded kinda cool too tbh didnt expect it

[@Horner181]

Your really good at country accent

[@singingfromscratch_official]

Thanks! Helps to be raised in Texas I guess lol

[@keithgustafson3398]

Mike - this is great, well done, very clear and informative. As a UK Brad Paisley fan and a performer this is very helpful. Like you I've listened a lot to his voice and also the recording technique. Brad obviously has access to the best gear - he uses a Telefunken 251 microphone for recording (about $12000) But he also makes use of the 'Nashville' sound which a lot of country singers do. This involves recording a very close exact harmony with the main vocal and mixing it well behind the main voice. So its there - but not 'in your face'.....the net result is a much nicer thicker sound without the listener noticing that there is a harmony present. I've looked for such an effect for live performance, but haven't found anything yet (I have a Boss V8 which doesn't quite cut it!) Brad's recorded sound is obviously engineered by experts in the studio with high tech equipment. Thanks again - great post! Keith

[@singingfromscratch_official]

Thanks! Good insight and thanks for the tech info.

[@theboringchan]

Wow great example

[@singingfromscratch_official]

Thanks so much!

[@andreafolkwhore6952]

i love this videooo~! grew up listening to country music, it has a special place in my heart hwshhhw but singing with twang accent is hard. i want to be a country musician but i dont even think I'd be one bc im not even from America nor near America hwshhshwhsahhaha

[@singingfromscratch_official]

Neither is Keith Urban :-)

[@williamdenizard2837]

that had me dieing well im going to miss her.lmao but i get what you mean.im not a country singer but i write country song for my friends.Now im looking to do a country cd myself but singing country is so much harder then rnb. when i tried to record my own song i hear the difference. What i hear in my head and what i actually did not the same so for the next 6 months its country 101.

[@singingfromscratch_official]

I've had sung both. When I say R&B though I mean old school. Dobie Gray, Wilson Pickett, etc. Really, it's about the accent of the culture the genre of music is found in. Want to nail country? Learn how to speak with a southern or Texan accent. Feel how it is shaped in your mouth and then sing with those muscular tensions.

[@bawla]

Great tutorial! Any chance you'd do a breakdown of George Strait's Cross My Heart?

[@singingfromscratch_official]

I will put it on my list!

[@joroyaboat2783]

Fuck the tutorial ..this dude the reason why I stayed 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@teenagerpuberty5401]

Is this how we sing "whiskey lullaby" Brad Paisley

[@SwimnBird]

Do you go into more detail on the country vowels specifically in your shaping course?

[@singingfromscratch_official]

I don't specifically go into country, but vowel shaping in general so that you can do any accent.

[@SwimnBird]

@@singingfromscratch_official what is your email?

[@singingfromscratch_official]

[e-mail]

[@War_TigerBrianttv]

😻

[@PauloMelgaco]

3:45 "but I love to fish..." fiiish. Not fish. Fiiish hahahahhaha

[@marys9775]

Country doesn't suit my voice but this is a great tutorial. I aim to learn this!

[@gabrielgurjao3969]

What This music name?

[@twizzler-906-7]

I’m in the wrong video I need to learn how to sing first. I’ll leave a like anyway 😂seems how I’m already here

[@singingfromscratch_official]

lol! I have a few videos on that as well in here.

[@countrymusicsocialmedia]

Shaping reminds me of speech Therapy these days help others live the dream

[@singingfromscratch_official]

Very similar correlation. In fact, it's what ST is trying to accomplish. Also the secret to mastering accents.

[@Desertphile]

Thank you for choosing Mister Paisley: his vocal range matches mine (though I think my range is slightly wider). Personally I would not emulate Mister Paisley due to his nasal resonance--- I dislike it, and I reject the notion that it makes the sound "Country." I have found some challenge in Eddy Arnold's THEN YOU CAN TELL ME GOOD-BYE.

[@singingfromscratch_official]

I’ll have to look a little deeper into that one.

[@kealiiharding4501]

can you do randy travis?

[@singingfromscratch_official]

Yes I have to a degree. He has (had) a very distinct sound.

[@alexolivarez732]

He can't even do Brad Paisley.

[@magnusemeritus]

Michael Graves have changed a lot since The Misfits.

[@iansmith3975]

I just want to learn how to sing like RIcky Van Shelton 😩

[@mattjclay]

You sound like Alan Jackson

[@marklower007]

I feel like I can sing in a country accent easier than my normal voice for some reason

[@acidwayne6928]

Same, been a metal musician all my life, tried to sing country once and it's like a big f u from the universe because that's what I'm gonna be able to write and sing good instead of being able to sing like I want lmao I'm from Georgia too, so I'm about to start my journey of learning to sing country and get some people to notice me lmao like ofcoarse this is what I'm gonna be good at, some of the music I write is here on KZbin from my old band if you want to check it out, it's called "the fear frequency" listen to mr bleusox or 1111 if you want to check it out

[@KyOte13]

Do one for George Jones please

[@singingfromscratch_official]

I'll work on it!

[@FrostyIgnition]

This is so high, My voice is low, like overly low. What are good songs for my voice. I get that growly voice like randy houser when I pound it. But his songs don’t work either

[@g3ronxmo786]

Josh turner songs, randy Travis

[@silvermediastudio]

Step One: Genetics Step Two: Online Course

[@singingfromscratch_official]

Genetics - Yes you must be human and bra able to speak and hear. Online course - Expedites things but not necessary.

[@walterkilos]

I think my voice goes very well with the country musical style but I don't know English, that's a shame

[@IceManHaro]

Que te hablas

[@dominikortiz6282]

“Not fish but feish”

[@singingfromscratch_official]

Exactly 😊

[@dominikortiz6282]

I love it 😂 I really wanna Learn how to sing country you got any more videos on that or tips?

[@singingfromscratch_official]

@@dominikortiz6282 Nah that's the only one I have done on country music. But it really kind of sums it up.

[@teenagerpuberty5401]

I keep using my nose voice !😭

[@singingfromscratch_official]

Easy fix. Drop your tongue back like yawning. Obviously you can't do it all the time but trying will help shape the sound for better mouth voice resonance

[@mortgagefinancing5558]

Sounds better when he just sings normally

[@FISHANE84]

fehhshhh

[@zackthewolf8898]

voice cracks. lot of voice cracks

[@rickpeters7700]

chicken dicken nuggets

[@kealiiharding4501]

why arnt you fomous?

[@singingfromscratch_official]

lol! Well, I'd have to say that it is more important to me to write and sing what I want when I want without obligation or expectation. Singing the same show 265 nights a year over and over never really appealed to me. I've done the road gig. It's everything you hate about travel without getting to experience everything you love about it. Fame is fleeting and fortune is subjective.

[@user-zb4cz5kc3d]

George strait? Aaron Tippons amazing vocals? Kenny Chesney? Of all people you picked Brad Paisley, Joe Diffie is better than him

[@singingfromscratch_official]

Love King George, being a Texan. Adelida is my favorite of his to perform oddly enough. Joe Diffie is one of my favorites as well as Aaron. All of those guys are amazing for sure. I've performed song by all of them. Two reasons why I picked Brad's song. One it has a heavier accent then most of the others you listed (which was the point of the video) and two, it was a song I had recently rehearsed and performed for a gig. So it was fresh in me brain. And as much as I dig the other guys, you have to admit. They can't even touch Brad's guitar playing. The guys a monster. And he has some really entertaining lyrics.