Is Ken Tamplin Really a ''Fraud''?

[@ryanmattie974]

Hes been using a lead vocal track on his songs both live in concert as well as a live stream and is pretending its his live voice. That's not a backing track, it's the LEAD LINE!

[@WhisperingEcho33]

THANK YOU! SOMEONE WITH COMMON SENSE!

[@user-ov5nd1fb7s]

Some performances he has been faking and others he hasn't. There are videos where he is clearly singing live and even without any music and he sounds good. I am suspecting some days he lose his voice and others he doesn't.

[@ryanmattie974]

@@user-ov5nd1fb7s that's fair. It happens to all of us. The real question is, why lie about it?

[@user-ov5nd1fb7s]

@@ryanmattie974 I don't know. I am not involved with Ken's stuff. I am guessing that he feels bad about it and wants to hide it.

[@roadwarrior4080]

Well to tell the complete story if there is no band playing through real gear and the vocalist is using a lead voice track then every bit of it is faked even the production and any harmonies present…

[@agirotto1]

I've done the Tamplin course and it works, dude. I'm better at miming than I ever was in my life. I'm able to mime Gillan and Mercury now. Thx, Ken!

[@CrookedCorpses]

it's an underrated skill

[@Fiveash-Art]

Wow, you're so funny and so clever.. We haven't seen that same thing copied and pasted a million times already. 👍🏻 ... This is the perfect example of the zombified hive brain that likes the sort of stupid drama that's been created with this Ken Tamplin argument. The whole thing has totally been blown out of proportion and the people piling on are just kind of sad. I think they enjoy this stuff because their own lives are so ineffectual, empty and powerless that it makes them feel good to jump on the bandwagon and virtue signal about crap they don't even understand. Lecturing people about ethics? Give me a break. Pretending they have some moral authority, and basically just repeating all the other lame people who're just looking for clicks and clout based on some sensationalistic algorithm . The guy is just some aging singer who's trying to make a living.. So what if he lip synchs some of his own tracks on some KZbin commercials? This whole thing is so stupid and the people who egging it on are just as stupid in my view.

[@dfordiligence2398]

@@Fiveash-Art You wrote: "So what if he lip synchs some of his own tracks on some KZbin commercials?" Where on earth did you get the idea that this is what people are taking issue with? You claim to have spent so much time looking into this subject that you've seen the OP's comment copied and pasted a million times, but then you show that you don't even know what it is that Tamplin is being accused of.

[@Fiveash-Art]

@@dfordiligence2398 Oh give me a break you pompous goof. I know what they're upset about.. That he's using old tracks he recorded in the 90s to mime to and showcase his singing on his YT channel. His channel is in fact dedicated to his commercials. That's what those videos are. That's why his channel exists. To SELL his vocal courses. I also don't care if he's using backing tracks for his live performances .. He's just some 60 year old christian rock dude. Who cares? People act like they're trying to destroy the guy and it's ridiculous. I blame the Zoomers for this stupid crap. They seem to love canceling people. I have a question for you. How old are you?

[@Fiveash-Art]

@@dfordiligence2398 Yeah.. Essentially his channel is filled with commercials selling his vocal coaching. People are crying because he's lip synching on some of them. They're also whinging about him using backing tracks of his older recordings for his live performances. Who cares? He's just an old christian rock guy trying to earn a buck by making his product look and sound as shiny as he can make it. It's his voice .. I don't have a problem with it. It's called marketing.

[@nisselarson3227]

The way he acts NOW that his secret is out, tells the whole story. If he wasn't miming, he would just make a video where he proves it. But he starts deleting comments and videos instead.

[@CrookedCorpses]

he definitely is miming, is just a matter of whether or not that means he can't do it live. a lot of singers mime when they post songs to social media, it's all pre recorded. as far as his live show with his band, i don't really know what to make of that. but when it comes to his covers he posts on his channel, it's a slippery slope when criticizing him for the miming. most guitar solos people post are also mimed as well.

[@ShindigTrader47Sundeck]

@@CrookedCorpses I think Ken has a voice. So I for one am not accusing him of never being able to sing. The issue is more objective. Is Ken singing live when he claims to be?? The answer to me is a very clear... No.

[@mojorisin8368]

​@@CrookedCorpsesHis motto is "the proof is in the singing". You can't mime and have that as a slogan for your entire business.

[@CrookedCorpses]

@@mojorisin8368 i mean for me personally, i've disagreed with a lot of stuff he's said regarding other singers, or his certain stylistic choices, and yeah i get the fact that he contradicts himself, but i don't HATE the guy lol. people are like genuinely pissed at him, and for me i just don't really get the hate. i kinda look at it more from a humorous standpoint. also the idea that he's ''destroying peoples voices'' to me is just huge stretch. i mean honestly his free videos have some decent advice when it comes to basics. like yeah doing scales will help, opening up more will help. these teachings aren't anything out of the ordinary

[@davidbieloh1382]

He responded on his channel, and gives a link to his show in August, which he is clearly singing everything. And he is quite amazing. I’m not sure where the other content came from, or other footage, but the actual show is certainly his vocals. He admits that they use a backing track for the background singers, but obviously because they are not going to bring in a dozen singers to create the huge layered choruses that you hear on some tunes. I think most of this trolling of Ken is due to jealousy, or it’s just your typical mob behavior, jumping on the dog pile just because it makes people feel good. I’m not sure.

[@ShindigTrader47Sundeck]

The issue for me with Ken Tamplin is that he makes a big deal out of saying his teaching method must be proved deliverable by the teacher and he flat out denys that his live lead vocals are in any way from a backing track. That is just dishonesty in my book. I don't doubt the recorded vocals are KT's own but as per Fil from Wings of Pegasus, probably from a much earlier recording. The one on Wings' where Ken in a livestream says how he's been asked to play an earlier track, so implies he's putting a music backing on and singing over, and even saying "Let's see how it goes" and then mimes the entire song and not even strumming the guitar. It's just misleading and dishonest. And when his entire vocal method is based on genuine ability to deliver, it's terrible hypocrisy..

[@insoninenine8749]

The icing on the cake for me is how he responds to the allegations, creating a pathetic "response" video downplaying it and gaslighting the audience at the same time, all while deleting comments, hiring bots to astroturf his course and lawyers to threaten people. And then one goes to find out he has been doing it all before, supposedly there was a guy about 8 years ago that got on his case about this, and he use all the same bag of tricks then to make it go away. Not this time, I hope. Fucking narcissistic fraud of a human being.

[@LousyFacelift]

@@insoninenine8749Yes, the guy who did it before was Tristan Paredes but the problem back then, as it seemed to me, was that he called out Ken only to promote his own teachings, which to me seemed even worse than what I had seen in Ken's videos and the videos Tristan showed of himself singing didn't convince me at all. But there is another coach kind of doing the same thing now and he seems fully legit. His name is Marc Ajax, if I remember correctly. His criticism of Ken is harsh but considering all the denial and gaslighting we've seen from Ken I can understand the anger and frustration of someone trying to make people aware. As you can see Ken had this coming a long long way for him.

[@ryano.5149]

"It's not mimed!" No, his voice just changed rooms, styles of reverb/delay, mastering engineers, and un-aged 20 years...but yeah, no... definitely not mimed. lol

[@don7294]

Ken's singing tecnique is very strained and I think it's a unhealthy way to sing. But, I am a classically trained vocalist who spent 30 years in choirs and branched out into Rock in the 70's. If it works for him fine but, I wouldn't pay the kind of money he is charging to try to sing like him or have a four octive range. My problem with Ken is dishonesty. When you lie to people and take their money, that is fraud. Now he is threatening legal action against his critics and even practicing law without a license, which is illegal and so pathetic. The truth is NOT going away and the court of public opinion is not going to cut him any slack. Remember Lance Armstrong...

[@Fractalfriend]

My feeling is that folks are just jealous of Ken's vocal abilities. I've gotten a ton out his online course and couldn't care less if he uses backing tracks or even mimes because his live singing is awesome. That Shout concert rocked! Best concert I've heard on KZbin in a long time.

[@CrookedCorpses]

definitely understandable. if you like his style and the course helps you than hey, keep at it. i learned some decent stuff just from his free vids honestly. my taste definitely does differ greatly from his just from a stylistic standpoint, but that's why they say art is mostly subjective.

[@jamesrudd8705]

He was busted. Period. Indisputable evidence that he has been faking it for years. Years. Not just singing, but guitar playing as well. The dude is a fraud, plain and simple. He's a fraud.

[@LousyFacelift]

The problem is his dishonesty. "The proof is in the singing" and miming in a live show without disclosing just doesn't mix. And sorry, but we're not talking about "using backing tracks". He admitted there were lead vocals on that backing track, then deleted his post afterwards but people captured it before he did.

[@Durwood71]

Ken is miming to 30 year old studio recordings while claiming it's a demonstration of his current singing abilities. In other words, he's lying. As for the recent Shout concert, the reason it sounds so good is because a majority of it, including lead vocals, is being played straight from the original album tracks.

[@leokimvideo]

Considering he did a study of Paul Stanley i'm thinking where theres smoke theres fire

[@rockermanpre747]

Ken has been faking live singing performances on his coaching Chanel. Watch his last live show and you will hear Ken lip sync / mime to a recorded chorous.

[@ryanmattie974]

Well actually technically it is a backing track since it's pre recorded but he's acting like it's recorded harmonies. Lead singers generally sing the lead lines per each performance. He's acting like he did but he didn't.

[@CrookedCorpses]

yeah i kinda misspoke when i said ''backing tracks'' at the beginning. i was just referring to the miming in general. i've noticed the miming quite a while ago, but i mean most singers mime when they post songs on social media, at least a lot of them do. as far as the ''shout'' concert he did recently, i'm not really sure what to make of that. for him to just sing the low stuff and then mime the high stuff is something i've never seen before, but he did make a video saying he wasn't miming but was definitely using backing tracks for the chorus. so yeah i don't really know what to make of that

[@ryanmattie974]

​@@CrookedCorpsesyou probably missed the video that he took down, but he was acting like he was singing live but it was a recording. The point of the video was to prove that he can sing this stuff live, so it's fraud straight out the gate. There's nothing wrong with using backing tracks. There is something wrong with miming the lead lines and then lying and saying "no this is me live". I've been looking through his stuff a bit more and it's pretty clear he's out of his mind. He tried to brag himself up saying he's better than Price.

[@Durwood71]

@@CrookedCorpses Musicians making music videos will mime. This has been a thing ever since The Beatles did it in their movies. I don't have a problem with that. What I do have a problem with is someone who promotes himself as a vocal coach, who repeatedly claims that "The proof is in the singing," who insists that everything he does is a live demonstration of his singing prowess, but who is actually lip syncing to decades old studio recordings.

[@Hrdrockr]

Fraud

[@sloebone7399]

A vocal coach who has a slogan “the proof is in the singing” selling us singing lessons while faking his live performances is an issue. Then faking his performance in his online video lessons is also an issue. Faking his guitar playing is not as much of an issue but it’s still pretty funny. I didn’t hear anyone say he’s pitch correcting, but if you’re right about that, it could be an issue as well.

[@MichaelJamesWood]

To answer your question, yes. Ken hasn't come clean about using a prerecorded track for his vocals at a live concernt. He did. It was proven on an analysis video. There is nothing in the middle regarding that.

[@santacruz3600]

They want Ken gone because he is conning people. In his latest video he said he is not miming at all, I watched 30 minutes of the shout show & he mimes about 85% of the time, he does seem to sing the lower register stuff. One thing I will compliment is his live sound guy, he really knows the program when to slide his live voice in with the pre recorded vocal. He does have poor technique with the tongue front & center which can eventually do some damage, down & flat is best.

[@CrookedCorpses]

yeah the tongue thing always tripped me out lol. i've learned some decent stuff from his free vids but for sure his technique doesn't always sound great for every style. he tries to apply it to everything and it just doesn't always work right. gotta be stylistically aware if you're gonna do different genre's n stuff.

[@soeren72]

Just be honest, it's simple

[@AllenPendleton]

Nothng wrong with having backing tracks but the main instruments and vocals should be live. You don't want to pay good money to go listen to the album!!! We want to see the artist sing live. If even your lead vocals are tracked then you are a FAKE!!!

[@CrookedCorpses]

i agree the lead vocal should always be left out when performing a live show. it's a really bad trend now with lots of artists, especially pop and hiphop. as far as him miming his cover performances on yt, i mean SO many singers do that. it's kind of a slippery slope to call someone out on that

[@deepzepp4176]

You are wrong on the vocal tracks being up to date. He was miming to his original recordings back in the late 80’s and is still using the same ones today. He also mimes the guitar, which he claims to be proficient at. Imagine actually miming the guitar.

[@CrookedCorpses]

i get where you're coming from but believe it or not, most guitar solos you see online are mimed. they record it and mix it down, and then mime the solo for the video. pretty much any good quality video with good audio is mimed. if it wasn't, you would hear the room noise. look i'm not a huge ken tamplin fan, i just think it's a slippery slope to criticize him for certain things that so many other people are doing. when i was saying his recordings are up to date, i was referring to the covers he does. as far as his own stuff, i believe you're correct they're old recordings. he's said all kinds of stuff i don't agree with, but i don't hate the guy like so many people seem to.

[@elizabethmiller7291]

@@CrookedCorpses All of the miming and pitch correction and AI and all of the rest that is now standard operating procedure in the music industry as a whole is part and parcel of the apparent effort to destroy real music and the natural voices of great singers in the name of the almighty money game. What I don't understand is why real music lovers and artists who create and perform real music (on recordings, uploads or ostensibly live performances) aren't taking a stand against what is happening in the music industry and taking on the fight to save real music from oblivion. :(

[@CrookedCorpses]

@@elizabethmiller7291 wings of pegasus made a good point when he said alls that needs to happen is some artists stop using pitch correction and then put a label on their songs saying ''no pitch correction used'', and then everyone else will follow suit. i thought of that as well and i think it's true. every artist wants to be considered as good as the next, and i think that's why everyone started using autotune to begin with.

[@elizabethmiller7291]

@@CrookedCorpses Yes, having the label on a recording that says "NO pitch correction used" (as opposed to Pitch Correction Used, as suggested by the Wings of Pegasus vocal tuning petition ... which, by the way, currently languishes, inexplicably, at just over 10,000 signatures) would be a HUGE selling feature for those of us who love real music and prefer to support artists who don't edit their voices. Fil is currently working on a side project that may be helpful in positively labelling music like this and in getting professional musicians and producers and sound engineers on board with it. The same should be done for concert tickets - they should explicitly state, up front, whether the live performance will actually mean that the vocals and instrument playing will be live.

[@elizabethmiller7291]

@@CrookedCorpses Speaking of why everyone started using AutoTune ... why oh why would great singers want to do this - it sucks the life out of modern recordings and re-releases of our favourite artists from decades before this kind of processing existed, stripping the beautiful natural human singing voice of most or all of its personality, artistic expression and emotional storytelling capacity - all of the things that allow us human music lovers to enjoy the pleasure of connecting with a song and voice.

[@wilfridvoynich3052]

Mime of the century

[@HallqvistOfficial]

He fool people for money A conartist Stop making excuses for him

[@jamesrudd8705]

Hes a fraud. Period. He has discredited himself through his actions like suddenly deleting videos that prove hes a fraud.

[@theepistemiccafe]

YES HE MOST DEFINITELY IS

[@gabrielsansar6187]

he is one of the creepiest cringe weirdos online... he comes across as a predator

[@CrookedCorpses]

wow lol. people really like to just throw that word around nowadays. the only way to ''come across as a predator'' is to do things that predators do. or at least say things that are objectively predatory. what has he said or done that makes him seem like ''predator'' to you?

[@gabrielsansar6187]

@@CrookedCorpses how long have you got.... have you seen him hands on to female students ??? and the creepiness around them when he is promising what he will do for them.. and as we all know he`s a fake ???? the phrase takes one to know one is well known... but with predators... it can take someone tuned to wrong uns because ur a right un who takes care of the wrong uns... he my friend is a wrong un

[@AlexG-qv8ri]

Yes, he is!

[@Tony-Ball]

I don't think Ken Is a fraud!, BUT! I do think he should be Honest about the situation now!!!. I feel that it would level this nasty situation🤷 Tony 🎸Guitarist UK

[@CrookedCorpses]

definitely agree man, thanks for commenting!

[@radiumrickshaw9920]

Backing tracks don't include the LEAD vocal, that's why they're called "backing" tracks. Who/what are they backing if they include the lead?

[@CrookedCorpses]

when i said ''backing tracks'' at the beginning i was just referring to the miming in general, but actually yes they can include the lead. backing track just means a track in the background. ideally their shouldn't be a lead, but that's of course not always the case

[@radiumrickshaw9920]

@@CrookedCorpses Sir, please Google this: Do backing tracks include lead vocal?

[@radiumrickshaw9920]

@@CrookedCorpses If backing tracks include the lead vocal, then I contest "backing tracks" is a misnomer. In any event, God bless you & your family 🙏🏻

[@CrookedCorpses]

@@radiumrickshaw9920 backing track definition: a recorded musical accompaniment, especially for a soloist to play or sing along with. that's the definition right there. a backing track can include whatever you want it to. if you want farts in the background, you can record them and call it a backing track lol

[@CrookedCorpses]

@@radiumrickshaw9920 also i googled your exact question just for the heck of it and this was the result: ''Backing tracks can include lead vocals, but it's generally recommended that the lead vocals are performed live. Backing tracks can be used to enhance the sound of live vocals, or to add vocal harmonies.''

[@everythingbobbywolfe]

It's not so much about his vocal performances as it is the shady practices of marketing, etc. He deletes every single moderate to negative comment, he has made claims that have never been substantiated, he has been super critical of massive amounts of professional singers, on and on and on. He's the typical grifter that latches onto a life raft and cons people into thinking it's a luxurious yacht. I've been saying this for a long time when ever anybody mentions Ken tamplin to me or Zager guitars. Very shady business practices have always been evident from both of them

[@nthdegree1269]

Few years ago I saw him put up a video singing Maybe I'm Amazed... I told a buddy of mine .... there's no way he can do that night after night live and sustain that, his voice is far too pushed. I knew something was up...So all this funny business about lip syncing, it doesn't surprise me. I never caught on to the lip syncing then but now it's all out in the open

[@O_M23]

I agree he is 100% without a doubt miming in the live performance, and the fact that he is denying has really made me lose respect for him. He is in what 50's now? and as we know the voice gets deeper with age so he clearly cant reach some of the notes anymore which were insanely high or maybe he just had a vocal off day which everyone has, the dude has an insane range anyway theres no shame in changing the notes to a lower one and i can understand why he mimed because he wants to keep up appearances and this illusion that he can do it better than anyone when it reality not every singer is perfect or the best at everything. He should'nt have lied about it it's wrong and yes fraudulent and the dude has way too big of an ego and delusions of granduer to admit thats he did anything misleading or is wrong. That being said, years ago when i brought his singing course i have improved massively and gained a TON of info on the voice and my technique has levelled up for the better, the dude knows what he's talking about but i don't think anyone should take him seriously until he can come clean and iron out his mistakes.

[@CrookedCorpses]

you're not wrong, well said!

[@NonetheWiserNJ]

It was obvious he was singing (live) the lower parts, then anytime you hear the higher pitched parts, its a pre-recorded track…The sound is very different, you can tell. Also, his voice is a little hoarse and sometimes pitchy on the low stuff, then like magic the high stuff is crystal clear and in tune.

[@CrookedCorpses]

yeah i saw that video wings of pegasus did about that. definitely does appear to be the case but it's weird, i've never seen anyone do that before. definitely a good sound guy though that's for sure. i can see how some people would be fooled

[@Durwood71]

The crazy thing is, he actually sounds pretty solid when singing in the lower register, so if they simply lowered the pitch of the songs, he could probably sing it all live, but then his course is based on the premise that he can teach you how to always reach those high notes, so it would look bad if he couldn't "prove" it in concert. He has to keep lying in order to cover for his earlier lies.

[@tennisnutts7370]

This is pretty fair. The hate is all just stupid.

[@CrookedCorpses]

i agree!

[@CrookedCorpses]

when i say ''a while'' i mean about 12 years

[@InTheSh8]

I saw a vid where he started singing to prove his voice, after 2 lines there was a delay fx on his voice. So? Either you start with delay/reverb or you start dry and keep it dry. That is my opinion. I also "experimented". I had AutoTune as an FX on my voice more than 20 years ago. On an Alice In Chains cover I tried to do backing vocals left and right and slightly moved by milli-seconds. I think no one cares. Better sing normally.

[@joapguitar]

the truth is somewhere in the middle -> Amen to that! I am quite shocked that he was faking his "live" performances in the studio the whole time. Literally everybody does it and the whole show business has always been that way. But when you say that you are different and above and beyond any other vocal teacher out there... it is a different story because I actually believed him. I also bought his course and look at the whole "religion" around the KTVA a bit differently. But as you said: the dude can sing and has a very impressive technique! And I also enjoyed lots of the covers he uploaded. But acting as if he would just easily pull these off live is misleading again...

[@CrookedCorpses]

true! i do believe he should just cop to it at this point. i mean he's not doing anything that tons of other artists don't do, and i don't think he would have lost much respect if he was just honest about it from the start

[@joapguitar]

@@CrookedCorpses yeah very true. He is an artist like any other... but he wanted to be the Jesus of vocals 😁

[@mipmipmipmipmip-v5x]

That's a lot of words to almost admit he's a big fraud

[@CrookedCorpses]

well it's the only views i've gotten so far on this channel

[@krosamaja3407]

Ma-ma, Ma- ma we're all crazy now ✌️😄

[@direnova6284]

If he was telling the truth he wouldn't have deleted videos and comments and then make a video saying the criticism is just haters.

[@StellarKen]

Ken Has always been a 100% truthful about his singing abilities. And Of this is just pathetic. I was there for the live show in including the sound.Check and backstage.And I can tell you he sings better than anyone I know live. These morons have here trying to make a name for themselves.Buy condemning someone who sings better than they do is just sick.

[@ilmizarnanda]

I'm not expert or anything. I'm following him since 2019 when i became interested to learn how to sing. And yes as fellow baritone i really like him who can belt,sing high, compresssion and distortion.i never buy his course because it so expensive. Some of his technique,for me it works well.such as distortion,tongue placement,resonance,his sirene method is also work for me. But,yeah thats recent video make me question his legitimacy.and...i always wonder,why he always bring girl to sing song which is require high range stuff? which is understandable girl have easy time to sing high.but if the original singer is male,why not bring male student to sing the song more often to prove to audience that this song is possible.anyway...i watch chris liepe more this day.

[@duke_pgh3420]

I have been trained by a legendary teacher Ken claims to have trained with. He does NOT have a technique that would enable him to sing with any longevity. Incredibly constricted and improper. Maybe he can do it for a scream or two on his videos. But song after song, no way. He’s singing the verses and the choruses are filled out and he’s not even singing along it’s miming. He’s been miming to his pre-recorded studio tracks on his channel for years.

[@Chez8922-kf6cy]

This guy is getting roasted worse than anyone in the music industry ever. If I was Ken I would change my name and hide for the rest of my life.

[@CrookedCorpses]

lmao i know. he's gettin burnt at the steak

[@carolineyates4746]

A backing track does not include the singers vocals.He has reached an age where he should change what he sings to suit whats left of his voice. i dont class screaming something down a mic a note, its painful to listen to. A lot of his songs in the studio are miming aswell including his guitar playing.

[@CrookedCorpses]

yeah i agree he's getting up there in age and should prob make an adjustment in regards to that. as far as backing tracks go, they actually can and often do include vocals. a backing track is just what the name implies, a track in the background. it could be synths, strings, guitars, vocals, ect.. now typically you would use a backing track for harmonies, and leave out the lead vocals so you can sing those live. unfortunately nowadays a lot of modern artists will include the lead vocal in their backing tracks, which in my opinion just defeats the purpose of having a live show. as far miming, when it comes to posting songs on social media, it kinda makes sense to mime because you can usually get a better mix that way, and that's actually what most artists do. that's also what guitar players do when posting a solo on social media. if they didn't, you would hear the room noise, you would also hear the picking noises as well. now as far as his live show with ''shout'', i agree he shouldn't have mimed any of that. i actually think he may have sang it live, but then swapped a lot of the vocals out afterwards during the post production process

[@user-ov5nd1fb7s]

I don't know why he is sometimes faking. However, he clearly has videos on his channel where he sings live and it sounds good. People can't handle complexity. If somebody can't sing at a particular day, they want to label him as a guy who can't sing at all. The reality is people are complicated. Go on his channel and look at the Scorpions cover he does which is clearly live and has no tracks. The guys that are pushing this idea that Ken absolutely can't sing are the people who are also selling lessons. What a coincidence. Am i saying Ken is a great vocalist and a teacher? No. What i am saying is he isn't terrible either. Some of his performances are good.

[@vls3771]

Thre problem is Tamplin has built his channel mostly on the high tenor rock notes its not good business to spend time recording a vocal line and mime a performance and Say its LIVE ... No it isnt ...

[@CrookedCorpses]

yeah i mean he is better off just fessing up and explaining why he does it. lots of singers do it when posting online, it's easier to get better audio quality that way. although you can do it live and still get a pretty decent mix. people forget though, the dude's in his 60's. it's not gonna be as easy for him as it was even just 10 years ago

[@Galoppgura]

Best video in this fraud war. He's a good singer and coach but has a terrible personality and isn't honest about using backing tracks. Admit it and burry the hatchet.

[@CrookedCorpses]

thanks dude! i agree it shouldn't be a big deal for him to admit it! so many people mime when posting to social media or yt, it's easier to get the best audio quality that way anyways

[@jimbaxter8488]

I don’t know what it is about human nature where people with less talent have to drub people with talent. I’m not a close friend of Kenny’s but I know him and hung out with him (and his beautiful wife) a few times long ago (mid eighties). I was sitting right next to Kenny in church one time and he belts out singing during the worship….he is almost embarrassing loud and strong. Kenny has a natural God given strong voice but he works very very hard at it. He uses backing tracks more for ‘over all production quality’ of the band performance as opposed to him needing it ‘because he is a fraud’. Kenny can sing and he is the real deal talent-wise…I’d liken him to a David Coverdale maybe even better…deal with it.

[@LousyFacelift]

You know, Wings of Pegasus has tons of talent. One of the vocal coaches calling out Ken, Marc Ajax, has tons of talent and obviously the better singing technique when it comes to high notes. Anyone will immediately hear Marc can sing high and powerful with a lot less tension than Ken. The problem with Ken's method is in the mixed voice register where you basically use head voice and thicken it up using twang and / or compression to make it sound closer to the chest voice register. And that's something Ken is obviously struggling with. He seems to be very much influenced by the more classical Bel Canto style that teaches to stay in chest voice all of the time or at least avoid head voice a lot more than what's taught in rock and pop singing methods. This makes him bring up a lot of tension in the higher range which makes him rather one dimensional in his timbre but yes, also loud and full sounding. At least to a certain pitch, when it gets even higher he kind of loses all of that and becomes thin and shrill because like I said he doesn't seem to mix early enough and by taking his chest voice to its very limit he loses s smooth transition to his head voice which makes the difference between these two registers very apparent. Don't get me wrong - I'm not saying Ken can't sing or even teach but he is not that great. The real problem is in Ken's ego, always trying to act more than he is and rather faking it than showing weakness. It has become a little too obvious for too many viewers and reached a point where lying and deleting comments won't let him get away with it anymore. Sorry to say but that's the reality of the situation.

[@jimbaxter8488]

@@LousyFacelift yea, I agree, Ken has an ego problem…maybe narcissism. And, yea, I understand he is limited. A few years ago he posted a video singing a classic rock song. It was pretty ‘pitchy’ in places and I pointed that out. His reply was a ‘LOL’ and something to the effect of him believing his performance was pitch perfect…a lot of ‘pride’ in a bad sense…he seems obsessed with being perfect. That mixed with a distinct lack of humility lends to the problem people are pointing out online.

[@LousyFacelift]

@@jimbaxter8488 Thank you for being so open minded about this, especially because you said you know him personally! I feel sorry for anyone who didn't realize this earlier. I was even defending Ken in arguments with Tristan Parades back then but mostly because it seemed obvious to me he only tried to make a name for himself without having achieved anything for his own voice yet. He was trying to act more than he was in a very similar way Ken did, which made it even more ridiculous in my view. So, that was eight years ago... time flies. All the best to you! 💪❤️🍀👍

[@ourmail9044]

Ken Tamplin rules! His courses have helped my singing enormously.

[@WondersNeverCease]

Ok Ken

[@gabrielsansar6187]

HI ken Im barbie

[@brianpark492]

You guys have no clue! I took Kens singing course and it's great. Ask Ken! I never burn out my vocals...OK so I'm not singing live most of the time but You guys are missing the point....Oh and I am now a Member of the Turtle Club.