How to Sing with Rasp

[@ali965]

You're like a mixture of Chad Kroger from Nickelback and a bit of Nicholas Cage. Haha great lesson though! :D

[@jonathanmorabito3828]

Chad Kroger+Nicholas Cage=The rapture

[@morganelle9136]

+Ali Sulaiman how rude

[@cool_piglet]

+Ali Sulaiman and a little of rowan atkinson

[@KerimCovers]

I saw Chad Kroger + Chris cornell haha

[@saddudette]

i thought he was nickelback

[@Icythot-m6i]

look at this photograph!

[@gentalrobots3988]

+Ellis Paling WELL YOUR NOT THE ONLY ONE

[@SoeShwe]

Thought he was Kylo. He talked about how Darth Vader breaths.

[@trashyou3551]

Dave groll?

[@Pharaoh-fy7ux]

He just needs blonde hair

[@cardfreak05]

Raspiness is awesome to reach higher notes! It hides away any oscillation in your voice, and lets you reach higher notes because you're mixing voice with scream!

[@Brutal_Warlord]

Hmm, I always thought Nicolas Cage was more of a Jazz guy

[@ozzman1997]

You sound like James Hetfield when you talk, even your laugh is the same...

[@elenbeiter1100]

My thoughts!

[@TheMJN75]

+ozzman1997 Wow....my thought exactly!

[@artdude8278]

6:21 Kurt

[@danieljoseph5116]

this is great. but question, do you feel ridiculous when recording these? lol

[@DerekReno]

Yes, yes I do.

[@danieljoseph5116]

+DerekReno well that's good

[@SaintPuppetS]

I've been doing metal vocals for so long that i can't stop growling when trying to do this...Lol

[@KrazyyK69]

Same here

[@alexanderarias8519]

holy shit i thought i was weird lmao

[@jungleroom3206]

SaintPuppet[S] i know same here its dificult

[@rockboy360]

+Hailey Gosine well I usually growl before singing actually that's my warmup lol if I growl for a while, my voice gets naturally raspy so I can sing clean with a cool raspy texture with no further technique lol I don't know if any of you have tried this!

[@SAKA701]

Hey! It's Me! True af, I do that exact same.

[@kknah3046]

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[@cobainvibes2563]

YOU JUST FUCKING KILLED ME OMFG HAHAHAHAAHA I HATE U

[@rihemhannechi6312]

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[@ekansh7169]

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[@ptr789]

I came here for Kurt, you too?

[@morecoffee2463]

Same here

[@anarchynz]

Peter Palacios I came here for Layne

[@nzingahutchinson7661]

I honestly came here for Kurt and Courtney lmfaoo

[@nzingahutchinson7661]

***** Thanks xD Whenever I hear both of them sing, I sit here like " Singing/Vocal goals

[@FobiasBizarreOneManBand]

Peter Palacios I came here for Lil Wayne. Nah, for Justin by Hungry Lights.

[@yingandyang5652]

You sound like Andy Biersack 😆 it's awesome!

[@missparadox4455]

Omg so true xD

[@DerekReno]

You really gotta be able to hit the notes clean and easy first. Distortion and rasp are an effect. You're probably straining as you ascend in range. You gotta work up to the high stuff in order to have a strain free, powerful tone.

[@petrj3840]

This was SOOOOOOO HELPFUL. Thank you so much! This was just...amazing! I'll definitely watch this a few times to perfect mine!

[@rebeccahardy7549]

Im a girl and have two different voices and need to manage this for a band however im asthmatic therefore cant breathe in a lot at a time. I also feel kind of silly doing it? please get back to me

[@5050TM]

Any tips on Taylor Momsen or Kat Bjelland like voice!? That would be dope, thanks ♥

[@iwillfuckyouremail1366]

no way dax sheppard

[@charlescantbreathe]

do you know any techniques on how to get that kinda Courtney Love sound? Thanks for the video by the way it's fucking great.

[@DerekReno]

That is a good question!..lot of different scream fx going on there. Take this with a grain of salt, but I would say the slipknot style scream..I'm assuming your larynx is pretty low for the gutterel, is kind of throwing a wrench in your style. The A7X scream would be more of a neutral/raised larynx position. Sometimes you can get stuck in that low larynx configuration. Also, I would ALWAYS warmup before doing anything in this style...or before singing in general.

[@velvetvelvet2363]

Hey man, great vid. Is that a Temple of the Dog shirt?

[@DerekReno]

Yup :)

[@jonathanchan8627]

Idk about you guys but his hair and face kind of reminds me of Chad Kroeger from Nickelback :P Except brown hair not blonde

[@eggn00dle36]

Jonathan Chan yee

[@owenwright1235]

Press 6 on your keyboard

[@zupinu2000]

SPAM IT!

[@Seuntjie]

+Owen Wright lol

[@ivanlostthreads1356]

+Owen Wright hahahahaha

[@joshuawoodard2806]

Press 3 lol

[@daltonneilan5651]

6

[@mikev46]

ended up almost puking haha.. rock on

[@freakyleaf2]

"think about how darf fader breathes" i did this and woke my cat up

[@taxidermy8800]

Darth Vader*

[@trailerparkbarbie9027]

grooovy derek! as an alto chic who already has a raspy sound it seems that its not soo popular of a sound amongst some folks? wander why that is??????thnx for your instructions! rock on!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@taurushm8044]

4:22 when someone steals my last fry

[@scr1pt0021]

Any tips on lennon, plant or jagger? Awesome and helpful video, thanks!

[@sickvik5503]

You should do a lesson on how to sing like cobain, it would be really helpful. Awesome video. Helped alot.

[@LesPaul2006]

It doesn't hurt, it kinda feels... tickly. As if my throat had to get used to the vibration without feeling tickles. Am I doing it right?

[@SynysterGatesJr6661]

LesPaul2006 yes.

[@TheButtweasle]

Hey man, any idea on how Freddie King would have got his rumbling vocals? In 'Aint Nobody's Business' he seems to be able to blend up some lines, and then in others he adds a really rumbling tone (on the 'looooooooord lord lord' part).

[@DerekReno]

The closest thing I have posted is my grit/distortion vid. Once you can get the overall technique down, you can play with different grit sounds to get the effect you want.

[@tonikujala8140]

Holy shit! I think I just found my sound with this. Thanks!

[@sidewalk91]

NICOLAS CAGE

[@danahdk]

oh my god you're cracking me the hell up. I love your videos dude.

[@Papershredderrr]

I thought Dax Shepard was doing a singing lesson, dafak lol

[@DerekReno]

How quiet is it? Distortion and rasp really aren't that loud. If I do a distorted note, it's actually a bit quitter than my clean notes. If I want it louder, I just engage my lower abs more to support it.

[@1BadSavage]

If you have tickeling or discomfort its normal if you are trying something new...grit /growlscomes from your vocal chords but from a different area.growls and grit will always feel strange or hurt if you just started..if it hurts you are just pushing to hard as a beginer.use normal speaking volume and build your way up. In a couple days you will already notice improvement.also knowing your limits comes from pushing yourself a little...its not always bad to git ive your all...it builds power.many techniques are out there...try them all and dont be discouraged. Real growth comes from emotional content and visualization. If you can see it/hear it in your mind you will break ground

[@NIIVES]

Great tutorial mate! I have one question though. Your speaking voice is a bit lower than mine, yet when you sing in ''mid range'' as you said which feels and sounds comfortable/easy, my voice is already getting near the ''high range'' so it loses power and it's a bit more mickeymouse-like (kind of, you know what i mean). Is there a way I could possibly ever sound like for example Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam, Corey Taylor of Stone Sour, Tomi Joutsen of Amorphis or Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters?

[@xPheonix3Dx1]

It's honestly incredibly difficult to do this without hurting or pulling on my cords. Any tips DerekReno ?

[@jonnyjohnstown9921]

doesnt the rasp comes from the little bit of air that comes up from he fry due to the compression?

[@tfinnerty1124]

Derek, how do you transition from singing clean to raspy scream/sing? the best example I have right now is David (disturbed) in the sound of silence during the bridge. he sings real clean but occasionally adds growl to his voice as he goes. I can't figure out if I'm supposed to get louder or closer to the mic either lol

[@jimmyclaytonmusic]

Forgive me if this is in the comments already somewhere but I didn't see it...what are you using to get the instrumental tracks for your demonstrations?

[@DerekReno]

Muscle memory can be a bad thing sometimes. If you're doing it incorrectly, you'll eventually adapt to it, but in the long term, can still damage your voice. You have a recording or anything? I can prob tell you pretty quick if you're doing it right or not.

[@charlesjohnfritz8119]

That "Raaasp! (with the hand gesture)" tho 👍😂

[@viceandvirtue4156]

Hey nice video! But I have a question; Is this the technique to use to get that Scott Russo(Unwritten Law) voice? I've been trying to find ways to sing with a kind of stronger, raspy(I think it is) voice like his.

[@andythesmasher94]

Thank you really appreciate it!So kurt uses grit, not rasp?And by strain you mean going falsetto?Also what song should i practice on?

[@hadoukengad6109]

well, actually, and this was self taught, i spent quite the time figuring out how to do the slipknot scream without hurting myself. ended up figuring out a way to do the scream while using falseto and later on head voice register and adding distortion on it, so im doing the oposite of lowering the larynx while achieving the same result, i use mostly movement in soft palate, and glotal compression... anyways, thanks, and hope to see more vids man

[@PedroSilva-fb9ut]

so can tou tell me step by step how you do it?

[@nbase2652]

Hi Derek! I'm looking for a different kind of grit.. It sounds somewhat like the one you're using in this video, but with a less frequent rasp (like when you're inhaling a vocal fry) and more like a gargling sound. Westernhagen uses it regularly, e.g. in "Sexy" (watch?v=B5yqaGBEyKU). Any idea how to produce it or what this technique is called? Do you know more singers who use it?

[@francheski]

you gonna be an amazing...teacher because the examples you use...and i have a book from mr vendera is an amazing teacher...greets from argentina!!!

[@shivamsoni5804]

Hey man thanks a LOT for the vedio... but..as i m a beginner i have some qstns... ..As i m taking support from my diaphragm i m only able to add aerial sound to my vocals..so..how will that raspy sound come...? do i have to make a little bit use of my throat..? is this technique related to screaming..?

[@TheStranger275]

Oh i didnt think you'd answer me. sorry bout the caps.But the vocal fry im talking about is from the vocal cords? If I use the fry technique and sing loud its definitively not the roof of my mouth or the back of my throat. I can use your technique and just get sound from my mouth.( At least i think its the same. Do you feel vibration all the way to your noes when you do it?)I dont hav a cool speaking voice.i gotta get some tone lol. Im really a lead guitarist but r singer left the band so yea

[@marioclaudio9756]

ive seem your videos but how do you do a Rasp, WITH a growl at the same time? like david draimen from disturbed? any demonstrations?

[@MrKarssz]

Is that Layne poster on the wall ;> ?

[@banvillee]

Hi Dereck, good tuto and i can do your tricks but, my goal is to sing near like Three Days Grace singner. Do you have somes tricks to help me cause, I am unable to sing also high .. Thank's for your help

[@DerekReno]

Right on. So YouNoob is your Skype name them? What time zone you in? I can squeeze one in around 5:30 central time.

[@ZivaLuthor]

I don't understand how to do it, could my voice be too soft? I do opera-style warm ups to get high pitched vocals. Are there any exercises to achieve this?

[@midwestmedium4303]

Need help... I'm doing Originals and I feel like I can't scream with a rasp... I have the rest when I sing I just can't get it out of me when I scream.

[@notrickc-1379]

Now make a video on how you get that badass hair?!

[@bigbadwolf7409]

Layne Staley has the best raspy voice in all of music!

[@DerekReno]

If you're getting near the top of your range, you need to exercise your mid-voice more. Octave sirens on a "ah" vowel really help. As far as how your voice sounds, it's your voice, that's what makes everyone unique. Eddie and Corey are baritones, if your vocal timbre is more of a tenors, it would be hard to sound like them. It is possible to sing in the same style though. I wanted to sound like Chris Cornell for years, I don't, but I learned how to sing in his style. Hope that helped a bit.

[@MarkWalkerMusic]

Cool demonstration. I think another good example of the soft rasp is Peter Gabriel.

[@DerekReno]

Your throat shouldn't hurt...meaning that there should be no discomfort whatsoever. If you're getting hoarse afterwards, you are doing something wrong and could lead to nodules on your vocal cords. For rasp, you're just using a tiny bit more air than you would normally. Grit, you're actually cutting back the amount of air you're using. The entire roof of your mouth should vibrate if you do it right. Hope that helped..

[@hadoukengad6109]

now do you think this is because i am not warming up? or is it just using so many different parts of my throat and palate? its pretty interesting and i thought i should ask

[@ShawnGaming11]

I can only do full out metal screams or very clean singing, raspiness is just really difficult for me

[@DerekReno]

Thanks dude. I have some originals...did the coverband thing in Vegas for years.

[@JaguarStar999]

I'm a girl and I want to learn how to sing rock. I'm a soprano, not a mezzo, but is it still possible to learn how to sing with rasp and grit? Another question, opera has always been easy for me, like my voice is naturally made for that, but people have told me I have to choose: either I get the operatic sound or the raspy sound, no singer can use both. What do you know about it?

[@hadoukengad6109]

hey man, so im in a band and im good with singing screaming and rasp ( m.shadows style).... but my question is, in my band i use three different screams - corey taylor (iowa) kindof -rasp like m shadows high pitched screams -clean vocals. now this combination is really hard and its take me a couple of years to nail, BUT, theres still something im missing... there are moments where its easier to nail the guttural taulor screams and not the high pitched, and sometimes my rasp cant meld ( continue

[@xerxesbreakforever]

Whoot, child of the 90s!! \(^_^)/ You sing really well, thanks for the tips!!

[@GabrielIncertis]

"I'm a child of de 90's, get over it!!" 😂😂😂

[@wildman4540]

I have a question for can you explain one vocal range i keep screwin up on i loved bands from the 80s like w.a.s.p. and judist preist they have such amazing ranges how the hell can i improve my voice to have such a range like that w.a.s.p. is so hard to figure out and no one even talks about how they do it can you be awsome and show how its done

[@MegaEnforcer95]

Sweet video man! I think I discovered this airy rasp accidently. I would rasp from throat but it would hurt so I tried this and pushed from my stomach and I get a very decent half-clean rasp (eg classic/thrash metal vocals as opposed to metalcore/Death metal vocals).

[@deadlysexycupcakes]

@derekreno im a big manson fan, and i wanna learn to sing like him for my youtube videos... he has a really crazy unique type of distortion, could you try and teach me?

[@Dexterprog]

they got some good songs! haha. I liked your videos (if that helps balance things out, haha.)

[@IisGoodLooking]

What about Weiland and Kobain?

[@TheAlphaWaves]

Hi , I have a very crystalline female voice , but to sing rock I 'd like to add texture, otherwise it sounds like Amy lee. Do you know if this works with these type of voices? I just started these techniques, but I only sound like an angry old man, can't make actual notes yet. Thanks

[@DerekReno]

For sure, you can overlay grit or distortion over a clean vocal. It just takes practice and patience.

[@DerekReno]

+DerekReno oh, you'll know when you're doing it right. If it hurts or feels uncomfortable, stop.

[@heyitsskie]

Amy lee is amazing tho

[@alexmarlin283]

Only one person I know of that sounds like Amy Lee and that is Mandy Suiter of Noctura

[@DerekReno]

You could most definitely sing rock. A lot of bel canto technique is applied to rock..breathing, placement, and proper use of your resonance chambers. Thing with rock is, you have to hold back a bit, and not belt things out like you would in opera. A lot of rock "effects", screaming, grit, rasp, are all fairly quiet and at a speech level. You can turn grit on and off once you get it right. I wouldn't recommend singing in a rock band, and then sing an aria the next night though :)

[@mklinger23]

For a sound like Kurt Cobain should i use more of a rasp or distortion?

[@GORtheBULL]

I don't understand how to do the muffler sound :( help

[@seriousGEO2]

When you and everybody else say "the throat hurts" what do you actually mean? If i use my full grit for, let's say...singing ace of spades 5 or 6 times i get kind of hoarse...does that count as hurting? When i do it some other way...with a lot of air...it stings my throat but using it normally it doesn't. I'm confused because i feel something vibrating really really hard and i don't know if those are the vocal chords or my uvula. If those were my vocal chords i guess it should of hurt a lot no?

[@zZRnRZz]

Hey you finally made this video! Thank you very much I asked you if you could make something like this a few months ago. Thank you very much!

[@SirTeejay611]

I can get a good rasp and grit but I find it hard to get volume when I do it, Do you have any tips? Thanks.

[@CassiaFlip]

I was wondering, when you say that it isn't your throat but diaphram, can you explain me what you feel in a throat and in your diaphram when you sing raspy? I can't really imagine that you doesn't feel in your throat anything at all and how to push your diaphram is kind of thing that I can't figure out, maybe I make everything very difficult, isn't it just that you firm your muscles/diaphram?

[@MrBellasaurus]

If Nickelback and Incubus singers had a love child... JKJK... great video. Was very helpful

[@peppilepewtv9824]

is there anything u can eat or drink to help u do this better?

[@ClockworkRockStar]

I can't get this down without it hurting. Any tips?

[@crazymusty27]

I can do that rasp vocals correctly without hurting my vocal chords but some of the days i lost the grr sound and i cant sing with distortion in that day. One day later i can sing it. Why is it happen? Weather? Foods? Drinks? I really need to know. Glad if someone could help btw sorry for my english

[@manoskleo3478]

I want to do Adam gontier voice

[@danieljoseph5116]

back again lol. so if it like, tickles and you start coughing, should you keep practicing and that will go away or are you doing it wrong?

[@DerekReno]

+Daniel Joseph It shouldn't hurt at all. A tickle is normal when you're first starting out.

[@danieljoseph5116]

+DerekReno yeah. it doesn't hurt really. its just uncomfortable as in I'll start singing higher notes with it I guess, and it'll just tickle then I'll start coughing haha

[@DerekReno]

+Daniel Joseph As long as its not painful, youre good

[@coltallic3114]

Any tips on how to sing like Axl Rose?

[@chamberofechoes]

WHOA @_@ I'll watch more of your videos for sure :)

[@DerekReno]

Give me a 3DG song you want to learn how to do. I know them, but not that familiar with their material. If I'm not mistaken, he uses a lot of distortion in his voice? My advice also would be to work on your normal singing voice. Distortion and rasp are all "effects". If the foundation isn't there yet, you're gonna have a tough time. I'd recommend being able to sing up to a G above middle C (G4) comfortably, before you try these techniques.

[@laniejadefit]

Nice Layne Stayley poster on your wall! I have the same one. c:

[@thedeependoftheocean]

Cheers man, found this alot easier already knowing how to falsechord and fry scream

[@DerekReno]

Haha, right on man. Practice and patience, it will come.

[@dumbkidz100]

Hey man really good tutorial, but could I get some advice on how to make it reach my soft pallet cause I always feel it on the very top of my throat and it never sounds right, I'm the singer in a grunge band so I can't always rely on my clean vocals, so any help with singing with rasp would be greatly appreciated

[@DerekReno]

Start with vocal fry, the "grudge" sound, and try to move it up and down throughout your range.

[@dumbkidz100]

Thanks heeps man :)

[@FlashStallone]

Do you write your own music? You should do some vocal covers man.

[@killerpfurtz]

hey:) can you do a video on Chester Bennington? Great videos by the way! really helped me!

[@MarkMarkMark]

That was a great video. Also it was awesome that the song sounded like kurt cobain singing bush's glycerine

[@leonvinhle]

excuse me! Can i ask u something> How to describe your voice? which word? is that deep voice or something please help me!

[@FrankINF2123]

Dude those tips really helped...thanks!!

[@brorsa1]

should my uvula be vibrating while I do this, Is it just the uvula that's creating this buzz or is it something else and if the uvula plays a huge roll in rasp, can you recommend some techniques that can easily get the uvula going without much air flow (sometimes my uvula sound is too much like a german R and I know it should incorporate with the singing but it somehow stands out)? Can I send you my audio track where I'm doing this kind of "rasp" and maybe you can give me some advice? Thank you