How to Warm Up For True Singing Freedom! (See my complete daily vocal warmup) NO Drills, NO Scales!

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I've never been to fond of traditional vocal warmup routines. Choosing scales or sequences and practicing them with rigidity and a focus on time, pitch and support all at once seems to be self-defeating mixture that leads to lots of TENSION. Then, after the warmup is done, having trained with "singing well" as our focus, we carry that tension into our songs! Don't shoot yourself in the foot (or throat) while trying to warm up your voice. Join me for my daily warm up routine where the theme is "FLOPPINESS" :)

[@youandijmh7998]

Your voice is in between Freddie Mercury and Matt Bellamy and my mom when I forgot to do the dishes.

[@Johnny_Westside97]

your mom got to break free, or something?

[@EidosGaming]

Great tastes xD

[@sunsuncica]

Love you. Your getting out my scared singer secretly writing lyrics for years, here while cooking ❤️❤️❤️

[@boogyjuggy]

lolllllllllll

[@AtomizedSound]

I hear more Freddie but it’s all relative

[@DylanWagerMusic]

Your warmup is like your body downloading the voice files haha

[@HannahBadpoor]

I’ve trained for YEARS and I’ve never experienced vocal freedom like this before! I sang notes I haven’t hit since college, and my belt was so effortless compared to before! Thank you so much!

[@jacobstamm]

I cannot overstate how valuable it is to me that you put yourself out here in complete vulnerability to demonstrate how all this works. Your courage is contagious, and it’s helping people. Thank you. Also, 17:45 sounds like the lead up to a very intimate sensation.

[@chrisliepe]

That’s awesome! Thanks man.

[@FredMurray]

@Music, raw. Men, you're so true about health and foods!! My body overreacts to a lot of things and sometimes I'm feeling miserable when I'm singing. Today is a good day fortunately! :-) I do fasting also but in general "taking charge" of food for me is very difficult. I tend to cheat, but I pay a lot after...

[@prearchary9914]

I totally agree with you, OP. These are such weird techniques that I would NEVER teach in practice if I had the knowledge of the man in the video! 🤘🏾🤣

[@JUSTAFUTUREBOY]

LMFAO intimate sensation hilarious

[@TheGoodDrEvil]

Very helpful indeed!

[@PNBeasts]

This video is gold. I just learned more about my own voice in 20 minutes than in the last 20 years. Thanks a million.

[@chrisliepe]

You’re welcome!

[@tysonreesmusic]

I could not relate to a comment more than this. I literally just learnt how to sing without tension after years of struggle.

[@WizardOfArc]

This warm up is like a meditation 👍

[@TravelNP]

Came to say that 🧘🏼‍♂️

[@GrandmasterofWin]

Tuning your voice and getting into music mode is definitely a meditative process.

[@seekerofthemutablebalance5228]

I feel the wind blow...proper stuck in my head now

[@Muvinski]

You are the first guy who's methods I tried and actually had some results. Thank you.

[@Klox2626]

This video has changed my singing forever. Ive always been naturally good at singing since i was 3 yrs old, and ive been singing in a band for 4 years. The way you explain things is so easy for me to understand and it explains a lot of stuff ive been doing right and stuff ive been doing wrong. My band was blown away when i came to practice and started doing some Paul McCartney stuff lol. My range was instantly improved after warming up like this and watching your mixed voice video. Apparently it was the right information for me because now i can sing some lower range stuff like Danzig all the way up to Queen and Coheed. I literally have not stopped singing for 2 weeks straight just singing stuff ive always been able to kind of sing but now im just nailing them tone and all. Big confidence booster for me man im going to do myself a favor and watch all your videos! Lol so much good info and ive been telling everyone i know who is interested in singing to check you out. I couldnt believe you only had 77k subscribers, you definitely deserve more!

[@chrisliepe]

This is great man! And thanks for spreading the word!!

[@JoshCravesTech]

I’ve watched probably dozens of hours of singing lesson videos and taken singing lessons. You sir, in this video, single-handedly helped me find my head voice in a way I’ve never felt. I literally didn’t know I had a head/mixed voice capability until I was just messing around trying the things you did in this video. Like I actually added distortion/growling up there and everything! Crazy, unconventional but in the best way.

[@chrisliepe]

LOVE SEEING comments like this! So glad you've been helped!

[@jonathangreeley9524]

Must be fun to live next door to this guy. But seriously, thanks Chris for sharing your nontraditional warm-up.

[@ethanritco1265]

The warm up looks as fun as singing tbh

[@chrisliepe]

It is! :)

[@jasoncabral8732]

This video is remarkable, maybe revolutionary. I used this before an open mic night and it transformed my approach to singing. I embraced all my voice does and took an overall approach to looseness to my singing. Yes there were some mistakes but my overall singing was free, easy, and expressive. I didn't get hung up on specific things. I found passages I used to struggle with are now EASY if you allow your voice ...DONT force!! Yes. Great. Focus on his words here as much as the singing. This video is a blessing to me.

[@dollydollyuk]

Doing this along with you. So much more fun that traditional warm ups, plus I'm getting plenty of laughs as my dog is giving me the most peculiar looks and rawring along with me! Thank you :)

[@sapphrose]

I love how authentic these videos are. I really love the real ness and they do inspire me and keep me from trying to hard to perfect at first

[@pipecat]

what i really love about Chris is that he shows you that when you study it might not sound perfect and gracious eheheheh keep it up Chris.

[@ambrooks5]

I’ve learned more from Chris’s first video I watched than the hours of videos I watched prior. Great stuff 👍

[@nottheagainagain8410]

I keep coming back to this video before a gig. It's a great cure for all my Impostor Syndrome-symptoms... felt it creeping through the last few days, my thraot blocking out and doubting myself every step of the way... I can cope again now. So thanks again...and again!

[@PhoenixSkullStudios]

HOLLY COW! I watched this, and... POW! I did the warmups, and I sung amazingly after doing so. I usually warm up my voice by jumping in to powerful mixed voice straight off. but after doing this exercise routine JUST ONECE! my voice, my singing, and my mind just felt free. my headvoice register has been a weak point in my singing for a long time. but not any more. I feel like I have so much control over my voice now, and I can easily transition through high falsetto to mid/low grit singing. before, I would try warming up with powerful mixed voice, and my transitioning between soft falsetto and grit was sudden, and my soft singing was too quiet and hard to control. now I can easily (with control, and smooth transition) hit soft, high, soaring angelic sing, to powerful and emotion filled low/mid gritty singing. TLDR: it is like I unlocked a hidden power. I have more control over my voice.

[@sean_b_drummer]

I too refuse to warm up utilizing scales. Mostly because it's mind numbingly boring, but I agree about the inherent likelihood of introducing tension. I'm a Bass/Baritone that has a lifetime love of Rock and Metal, so I've spent the majority of my life developing my Falsetto range (with controllable levels of Grit) so that I could roughly imitate my favorite singers. In the last year, I've learned to access Mix and am working on strengthening my newly discovered Belt ability. I warm up in a similar fashion as you, Chris. But, do it to music throughout. I start by lightly humming along with the Bass line except an octave higher and slowly increase my volume. As that gets warm I'll throw it down and sing with the Bass. Once that's good, I'll go back to light humming in low to mid Falsetto range either with the singer or the guitar, again, slowly increasing the volume and VERY SLOWLY adding in Grit. Usually at this point I'm pretty good to go; takes 8-10 songs or 30-50 minutes from a cold start. On days when I know I either have a gig or rehearsal, I'll hum along with songs most of the day. From there, the warm up can take as little as 10-15 minutes. I've had people ask after hearing me sing with heavy Grit in high Falsetto how I don't have chord damage. I tell them that apparently I'm doing it right, because I've been singing that way since the late Eighties. 🤘🏼🔥🤘🏼🔥

[@deeda5147]

I love this and I can't wait to try it! (Once my husband leaves lol). Traditional vocal Warm ups expect perfection and basically that you're already warmed up in order to do them.

[@chrisliepe]

Yes!!! That’s how I feel about them too!

[@jmscoving]

@@chrisliepe I agree and my vocal teachers attempt at perfection locks me into analysis paralysis and shackles my mind my voice my growth. You set me free.

[@MarkellosVicente]

...hi dear Chris... ...I'll tell you something... ...I've (very carefully) been doing something really similar to you, since the 90's... ...and you validate this method, so I'm very happy for this... ...I used Sheila Shandra music (CD "Quiet", for instans, 1988) 🎼🎶🎼 for it... ...it becomes really very natural and, as you say, "floppy"... ...and my voice became prettier and prettier... ...I'll say it again, I love your teaching style... ...(& not only your teaching style, I must explain)... ...indeed... 💕🕊️🎼🎶🎸🎤🕊️🎤🎸🎶🎼🕊️💕

[@seanmanseau]

Absolutely love the Jeff Buckley-esque quality of your upper register vibrato.

[@dynatwenty]

i only know Keith Buckley but i will google Jeff !

[@dynatwenty]

oh shit he´s fucking dead already

[@kristopherlopez1292]

I came here to refamiliarize myself with a more formal warm-up approach than what I've generally been doing... And then I find that my approach has been just fine. But wait, there's more! I learned some important things to change also!! Thank you very much Sir. Instant Fan!

[@crazedzealots]

It's so comforting for me to hear another male with my tenor register who enjoys working in his head voice. That's how I used to warm up when I was able to sing Chris Cornell's master pieces Badmotorfinger and Superuknown back to back when I was 25. You inspire me to try to retrieve those types of notes that i've been afraid of for a long time. I'm 46 years old so I only have a few years left to play in this register.

[@jmscoving]

I am 53 limit your alcohol and don’t smoke and dance around c5 to g5 with agility and power. Check your testosterone level and if it’s low go get shots

[@devandarji1301]

i’ve watched this a couple times now and i am absolutely blown away. i love how meditational this is as well. i can literally hear that you haven’t got any tension and i’ve never watched a video like this before. woooow i’m speechless. i’m so motivated now jesus i have to sleep at some point ahhahahah oh no edit: it feels like i’m listening to jeff buckley edit no.2: i’m gonna listen to jeff buckley now

[@goodmaggie]

Thankyou Chris for your vulnerability and transparency. I love your intelligent, practical, intuitive, creative approach. Thankyou for this gift, it works a treat.

[@chrisliepe]

You're so welcome!

[@tanyaretour5715]

i have seen great improvement over the days i have used this warm up…. thank you

[@sammendez3381]

The thing that help me warm up is singing some of my favorite songs for 10 minutes

[@CH-ce5jv]

This benefits me so much more than the scale! It helps the singing and screaming, makes it easier to engage my head voice, and gain complete control! Thanks man

[@chrisliepe]

That’s awesome to hear!

[@bruagamusic8703]

I love your technique. It’s a lot better than the traditional method.

[@RHINOSAUR]

Best vocal coach on the web! PERIOD.

[@mindscars121]

Chris I cannot overstate how useful this video has been for me. I'm always in a dark room - bar cellar/basement before every show and it's stopped my voice becoming exhausted and is much more powerful and clearer. Thank you so much.

[@sikindahead370]

I've signed an event for 20 years screaming my freaking head off not known any of these things at all. I am totally amazed at the things that you've shown me. Thanks Chris

[@codyluckett8395]

This is tremendously helpful. My range is a little over 4 octaves, and I belt and scream over the whole range, so being able to warm up my whole range evenly has always been a challenge

[@chrisliepe]

Awesome!

[@TaCoSiePrzysnila]

Man, I've been singing with tension all the time, 'cause I felt like I had to, my vocal coach didn't really catch it but I was like so sure I tense my throat everytime I open my mouth. I've tried thousand of other videos, exercises, and shit and literally nothing helped, I've got so frustrated that I wanted to quit, 'cause it was causing me so much pain. Just thanks.

[@skrobie]

still one of your best videos man

[@DNS0875]

Thank you for sharing your insights Chris. This acknowledges my personal thoughts on warming up. Im used to warming up the classic way but I always feel like my body takes more time to wake up when practicing through scales. It’s like I’m forcing myself when producing counterintuitive sounds. I prefer warming up by following where my body leads me. It also makes warming up much more fun. As a female vocalist I practice intentional vocal workouts on a daily basis (2 rest days). So good warmup and cool down is essential. Now that I know the intuitive warming up is ok, Im going to use it more.

[@quwane]

11:17 YESS!! I notice that when I sing in chest voice or use chest voice, I kind of refresh the vocal fry and it adds me the power to sing high notes if i 'ran out' of the voice texture when singing quietly high notes using the mixed voice technique And also I feel this vocal fry texture the most in the mornings

[@seekerofthemutablebalance5228]

Relearning my break is something that has been very frustrating to me so it's really great/interesting to hear that this is something I should expect as part of warming up

[@sergiochavez3154]

This is the best warm up ever.. seriously. Thank you!

[@chrisliepe]

So welcome!

[@billykennedy8058]

I'm now paying attention to my vocal chords to use the top side of vocal chords and my throat doesn't get dry and scratchy feeling and the lower push let's me sing out when going to higher range like in the song "" WILDFIRE "" by Michael Murphy THANK YOU!! and I use the yodel style for warm up and your right on breaking up/ cracking / squawking working thru to smoothness for about 10 minutes I'm a OTR DRIVER and have the privacy to not ex intimidated by anyone lol a little Frye is very helpful THANK YOU AGAIN wish I could spend a hour PERSONALLY bet you could really make me sound good I'm just karaoke but used to do some songs well 20 years ago now being 60 I see if you exercise your vocal chords your voice really doesn't change as critical as a person thinks lol

[@quwane]

this is literal gold because it actually helped me yesterday and just now too, my voice even grew a bit more on the range.

[@WeAgreeToDisagree1]

This warm-up has completed changed the complexion of voice, amazing! Thank you Chris! 🤜🤛

[@chrisliepe]

Great to hear!

[@GrantKilpatrick]

Best vocal tuition on KZbin!

[@jordanramsey5763]

Been here since near the beginning of this channel and mixing this with scale exercises has brought me visible improvement. Chris for best vocal coach lol ✊

[@GingerWaters]

Very good examples of how to look for natural voice.

[@tommyvuong3399]

ive found my mixed voice, thank sir, your vid helped me a lot.

[@danielchacko521]

Absolutely stunning and so generous to demonstrate such a great warm up session. Loved it. Its kind of trip you put me to.

[@chrisliepe]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@untilwearehuman]

Man, you helped me so much! Due my anxiety disorder I almost lost my high notes in the voice. Now I learned something new how to relax my singing muscles and sing with freedom. Huge thanks!

[@altpropaganda7293]

I’m working still on not caring what my neighbors think when i’m making these noises. When they start slamming doors downstairs I can’t help but wonder if it’s passive aggressive shut the heck up door slamming. I imagine its similar to your neighbor learning the trumpet or violin. 😅 I’ve noticed the times I have just messed around like this then tried to sing something I was way better, you can really works kinks out and feel where your tension is. It’s really really really helpful, very good advice.

[@mrbard1]

This was unintentionally a meditating video. Thanks for the cool tutorial tho. I'm just starting to sing and you teachings help ALOT

[@elmisteriodelavida1365]

This guy is the best teacher I have ever seen 👏👏

[@michaelbosi8104]

Thank you Chris!

[@boogyjuggy]

well done, i teach in a very similar way...breathing, relaxing, hearing, feeling...

[@rebdhl86]

I know I sound corny with all of my comments but damn this exercise is so freeing and every time I do it I sing with more control!! Going to come back and post a comment once I put up my KZbin cover for any feedback 👍

[@rustyshackleford691]

I’ve followed along to this video every day for a few weeks and I’m singing so much better than I ever have. Thanks Chris!

[@fahimmuchivocalstudio]

Brother I couldn't agree more with everything you said here about warm ups. This is precisely how I do my warm ups and it's something I also encourage to my students as well. Keep up the good work Chris. God bless you sir😀😀🤘🤘🤘✌

[@soulsingercoach]

Do you have hidden cameras in my studio? I do this exact same thing! I'm all about the body/emotional feel and compare this to clearing a drain pipe gently.... Scales and stuff to me is more about technical ear/muscle training for agility but if you already know the song and need to warm up, this is great advice! Add core power to this and you will never suffer damage or nodes.

[@jonathangrover3176]

Honestly a lot of this is just good advice for life, and for learning new things in general. Ease into things without judgment. Explore and experiment without shame. Frequently reassess where you are and don’t be afraid to follow new threads if they present themselves. Push yourself gently, gradually and without excessive strain. I feel like you can apply that to a lot of things and I’m going to do my best to take it to heart

[@Nick-nd6ng]

Even your warmups sound good hahaha by far the best all around coach on KZbin! Thank you so much for the content. I've been looking for good information on mix voice and support and I always see the same people on KZbin who all say the same thing and then sell a course that still doesn't have the answers. You my friend are just giving us this info and it all makes sense. Very trustworthy and honest. Keep up the good work.❤️ Notifications on

[@dd-ccds]

wow, i love this for two more reasons! 1. it’s a more intuitive way of discovering and allowing one’s voice to just be. much more enjoyable! 2. scales hit on specific frequencies but this allows one’s voice to roll through the frequencies in between. it’s cool! thank you so much! 🙏

[@fourneauvalentin8537]

I’ve been looking at youtube singing lessons for 4 years now and you are by far the most interesting teacher outthere for me. And I insist on the « for me » because of all the youtube teachers, you’re the one I’m the closest singing style wise. Therefore, an advice for all the young singers out there : find your teacher that can give you the right advices. Though yours seem to be adaptable and very useful for everyone 😂

[@homeguitarplayer9482]

Loose and free, relaxed and experimental. Cool

[@likhangbughaw1929]

great and insightful warm-up! This makes so much more sense than other warm-up videos that imply "just do it, just make these sounds and hit these notes!"... Thanks! Now all i have to figure is how do i try this without angering the neighbors xD

[@dynatwenty]

still the best warm up ever. I love that slow access to fry you get. That was something i didnt really understand a year ago. still loving it, still coming back to it!

[@chrisliepe]

GREAT! Glad it can provide value to you for such a long time!

[@wombatcountry]

I've only seen two of your videos and part of this one, but my voice already sounds so incredible. Thank you so much for showing me and so many others such amazing tips!

[@jdoh]

Thanks Chris. I just tried this warm up, which was a lot of fun, and then I sang a song I was struggling with and it was literally night and day. It was a break thru for me for sure. I just started your 12 week course too and week 3's content can't come fast enough! Keep up the posts. Really appreciating them!

[@chrisliepe]

Wonderful! Remember to post about your progress in the course comments section. Keep it up :-)

[@hernx___]

Amazing tutorials as always!!! Sorry for my bad english, but it would be excellent to add subtitles to Spanish (my language) or other languages, this is material worthy of international knowledge. Cheers from Argentina!!! :D

[@chrisliepe]

Thanks!

[@barryquinn7831]

A word "floppiness..." I immediately clicked subscribe lol

[@isar.1322]

I would experiment with my voice and just let it be. And when I got to scales, there is soooo much tension in my voice. Lol TYSM! This is sooo helpful

[@RatSitnov]

Bono improvising at a stadium show starts around the eight-minute mark

[@fulviobennato]

An other precious video U are the best teacher I have ever seen An awesome vocalist and a very sweet human being I make a living out of my voice but I've always used it out of instinct (for the good and the bad) and never been able to follow any teaching due to their tendency to be boring, impersonal and uninsightful Since two weeks I bumped into your youtube channel and started practicing from it and since then my voice has opened to levels that I never dreamed possible and altho I am still very rough, for the first time in my life, thanks to you lessens, I know what it means to become aware of the inner process of the voice by feelings and that giving time and practice mastery can be achieved Thanks so much keep rocking and doing what you are doing it's helping a lot of us !

[@tomasrpdepaiva9806]

And how are you today?

[@fulviobennato]

@@tomasrpdepaiva9806 it's an amazing journey discovering the hidden potential of the human voice

[@tomasrpdepaiva9806]

@@fulviobennato Cheers to that!

[@Grateful_Tread_Trucking]

Best video I’ve ever seen. Thank you

[@704GOD]

Chris, Really like warming up like this!! Hallelujah man

[@yamamakhowes1085]

OMG!! I love youu I started watching your videos this week and I just love them, I feel so comfortable warming up this way and it feels natural and fun 😊

[@couchlockstudios]

Going through each video to start my day :P

[@visiblespirits8459]

This literally just changed my singing life forever. Also turned me on to warming up to a drone which is really relaxing and brings out creativity. I used to take your guitar lessons on jamplay - amazing great hard work on all your helpful teaching - thank you!

[@chrisliepe]

Oh nice! Blast from the past! :) I'm glad this approach helped you so much!!

[@micahjones7837]

I feel like you could also be an excellent yoga teacher

[@chrisliepe]

:) Just you wait :)

[@MrLabodemoza]

Great stuff. Things that will add more internal awareness to where one is in terms of looseness and tightness. These are the mysteries of the voice exposed that I haven't seen any other teacher reveal in such an open and free format. Bravo!

[@dowellkidd]

Since MCR seem to be back can we look forward to a video on how Gerard Way screamed back on their first album or just his vocal style in general?

[@leman2465]

This video has helped me the most from your videos! I have been doing very specific exercises to warm up for years which have worked fine for me and made me develop my mix, but just after trying your warmup I felt more relaxed than I usually would with exercises and that C5 in mix is a piece of cake within minutes of doing what you do here!

[@chrisliepe]

Great to hear!

[@estherlin1681]

❤amazing! Thank you very much.

[@beemusicstudios]

Wow, simply phenomenal.

[@kellyhaebich16]

I have started doing this warm up every single day and the result is that certain sounds I have been striving for suddenly came out without me particularly trying. Chris you are a genius and thank you

[@SusanStoneSalas]

You rock! Thanks now I got to unlearn a whole bunch of junk! Thank you!

[@natelolz11]

I cannot put in words how thankful I am for your willingness to help people. This is valuable stuff that's gonna help me go to the next level

[@pianissimo369]

So happy I discovered your channel! I actually feel happy Im a newbie to singing and glad I haven't gone the traditional way of learning scales ..couldn't do them anyways it's way too boring! By listening to your videos I've realised I've actually learned to hit notes really well and play around with tone and colour. Because I've been doing what you recommend. Just listening to myself and playing around with it It isn't enough though. Can hit the notes and make them sound nice but I can't hold them. Voice wavers perceptibly! So yes...I will sign up for your free course, could be the missing piece in my jigsaw and adore your approach! Thanks so much 🙏

[@liviumarianistoc8139]

When he said: "I feel the wind blow", I felt that! :))

[@NPIM565]

Ive been watching your vids for awhile and it's led me to discover my voice beyond what I thought I was capable or comfortable with and it's made me so comfortable making those wierd cracks during band practice thank you so much dude

[@LisaCaseyComedy]

I’ve been doing traditional warm ups for 8 months now and I’ve seen An improvement but not as much as I’ve expected. So I’m relieved to hear this, cuz I felt this way but didn’t hear anyone talk about what I felt. Thanks for thinking outside the box!

[@letsart6434]

Wow my voice feels great after this. Downloading!

[@teamtony9746]

This may sound funny but this will really work. I tried to do this when figuring out my mix. And i kind of found it already. I just want it to sound more like a crooner than a rocker.

[@edwardwu7194]

Hey Chris, I love this video. It'd be great to see another follow up video on free warm-up idea!

[@joshualee3059]

I'm really really enjoying just sitting with you on this video Chris! I'm not practicing with you but I'm listening and enjoying very much! I love your philosophy and I'm always happy to listen to whatever you want to talk about in your videos!

[@AVENUENIGHTS]

This is GREAT! I'm adding this on to my Zen of Screaming warm up. Really appreciate your videos Chris.

[@euphory]

Over the moon to have discovered your channel and the gifts of insight you share. Love your unconventional, innovative approach, your clear and powerful message and techniques, and the liberation this generates. Am also enjoying all the positive feedback from other delighted people. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[@rebdhl86]

I can’t say enough how much this helped me

[@nadiavieira7785]

This is the best explanation about warm up I have ever seen

[@704GOD]

Chris :-) helping others discover!!! Hallelujah man Hallelujah

[@chrisliepe]

:)

[@dynatwenty]

Im still fascinated by your Videos Chris. You are one amazing man! I have never practiced this regular but since i found your channel im really into it. Much love!