Jonathan Davis Vocal BREAKDOWN. Freak On A Leash. KORN w/ ISOLATED Studio Tracks (Sing Like, Reacts)

[@SkilledTadpole]

BOOM-na-naHmm-Na-naEEnom DA-BOOM-na-naHmm-Na-naEEnom DA-BOOM-na-naHmm-Na-naEEnom GOOO!!!!

[@aaryamannambiar6677]

Jonathan's voice has also aged so well. A lot of people onlly talk about his old songs, which is amazing, but barely anyone talks about his vocals in Korn's newer stuff, like on The Nothing. Such emotional, wide range vocals by him on that album... BTW, Thank you for doing this one, Chris! Been requesting it for a while!

[@lightofall]

Love the new albummmm

[@northtimo666]

Despite his age he really holds up well live with the old stuff too. It sounds really good and even stronger than ever before in a way that he isn’t losing his breathe all the time. Such a charismatic frontman.

[@northtimo666]

And agree The Nothing is some of his best vocal work to date.

[@metalgalr4428]

His original voice is the same

[@deadso]

His transition is mostly noticable on Untouchables, although he had to do allot of takes on that album (not a bad thing, and thanks to the producer? pushing him)

[@torthejackal8579]

This was the first result for "How to speak Korn". Very helpful, thank you

[@chrisliepe]

OH awesome! haha... gotta love google algorithms :)

[@Quintinu]

Damn you’re so good at your job dude

[@chrisliepe]

Thanks :) !!

[@coverman4435]

Always LOVED Korn and JD's vocals...his 'Tasmanian-Devil-Beat-Boxing', though....friggin' amazing! Thanks for breaking this down, Chris!

[@chrisliepe]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@philippes1987]

"Tasmanian-devil-beat-boxing" hahaha! I could not have said better!... This is official, this is how it's called now.

[@sinistra7450]

@@philippes1987 he calls it "boomshakkas" 😄

[@juanjr4mirez]

Is actually scat, but with distortion

[@markhynes5160]

I've always just called it scatting lmao, but like a metal version of it.

[@MrConstant23.]

Your voice is gold dude. Holy shit. You can literally do whatever you want and you choose to teach. You are 100% someone people should look up to for many reasons. You have my respect:)

[@mojo6112]

JD doesn't get enough credit for his voice! U get the feeling yhat he can sing anything

[@pbentle1990]

Man his stage whisper sounds like imperfect cell, it’s really cool

[@c95060]

that impression 11:01 tho SUPER accurate, it can really trick someone into think that it was actually jhonathan

[@jaydgreen1]

His vocals on Queen of the Damned were amazing.

[@Skylardietsche]

100% literally inspired a whole novel just by that soundtrack alone! SICK

[@vancedavis6906]

Hey man you should try to recreate the song form KoRn called twist

[@MrDotR]

I cant tell if you're joking or you're legitimately serious 😆

[@ericchin739]

Ummm that's on Life is Peachy

[@Memu_]

​@@ericchin739He was referring to just the band. At no point was he saying it was from a different album.

[@arturartrtr7074]

Jeez, i was going to say that "ooh, another 99th video about the "Freak on a Leash", good but not great" but i believe that this one is the most detailed breakdown and i found a lots of stuff that makes vocal in this song so great (and i'm really impressed that JD did that almost at the start of his vocal career). Really really great work, Chris! And the scat-part was really interesting. Nevertheless i'd like to know something about newer albums ("The Nothing" especially) cause i have a feeling that whole KZbin is stuck in these 2000-2005 so there's nothing new for 10-15 years. Annd. So many people think that he's moaning all the time like a sheep 'cause he's doing it in this very famous song. But he isn't doing it all the time and there's a bunch of another cool techniques he uses. Songs like "Let The Guilt Go" or "Holding All These Lies" are great as well and quite various in vocal aspects but kinda underestimated Thanks again anyway for this video, been waiting so long for JD'd style

[@northtimo666]

True. His new work is often overlooked because they aren’t as big pop hits as the old ones but actually in many ways the new stuff is fresh and fun after hearing the old stuff thousands of times. The Nothing is up there with their finest work in a modern way.

[@jamesedleymusic]

7:56 I imagined Jonathan Davis actually doing that in the studio. That cracked me up.

[@chrisliepe]

Hehe

[@rev.8761]

He sounds mad conctipated lol

[@Brandon_Renegade]

Same lmao

[@tkdtrickster2]

I cant believe you spent so much time on his scatting i love the breakdown thank you that was awesome

[@Occultus947]

KoRn has been my favorite band since a kid. It's great to have this analysis, I have always idolized his voice. Thank you so much!

[@JUNK_ZONE]

I appreciate that you get that looking a little silly every once in a while so you can actually get your point (and the information) across in a way where people have examples to use as a reference for the different stages of actually GETTING to the sound they're trying to achieve. Most people worry about looking cool and tough while giving people like.. 5 bullet points of "no shit" generalities with no examples. Seriously, GREAT stuff you're doing here.

[@chrisliepe]

Thank you for engaging and enjoying!

[@RaineyDaysStudio]

Watched this video and tried to follow along with my voice this morning! I also appreciate that you don’t mind looking a little silly. It REALLY helps!!

[@goodmaggie]

Using the voice as fx - compression, EQ; using breath percussively, so many other concepts I had no idea of ... 23.30 and beyond so cool. Wow Chris you're an Olympic gymnast. Gold medal for you.

[@Seth33Angell]

YEEESSSSSS JD is my favorite frontman, this one's gonna be great! 🖤🤘

[@HunterBidensHandgun]

One of my favorite vocalists of all time. Back when I was a skater punk I would listen to Follow The Leader on repeat for hours every day

[@felixschurer6445]

Hey Chris, I am deeply impressed by your reproducing the percussive middle part with your own voice - I have never heard anoyne get so close to the original before. Actually, you're sounding just like it while you experiment with that part. Thank you for demonstrating how to pick this technique apart and recreate it piece by piece. Amazing work!

[@JB-ot7sd]

I just searched how to sing like Jonathan Davis, in hopes that you were the one teaching it. Thanks for what you do. It makes sense to me.

[@alecthomas1979]

I’m so much better after this. Thank you!

[@justaman6]

I always loved JD's voice. After watching this, i love it even more. Great job. Thank you!

[@monomamori]

That's pretty impressive the diving in on how JD sings! Never would have thought about that! So cool Man!

[@drigorock]

Dude, your videos are amazing! It's incredible how techniques are present in musics that are so natural to the original singer. I use to believe that the style and voice was just the "gift" of each singer, their natural and unique sound. Watching your videos opened my eyes to the huge variety of skills and resources a singer must train and develop. Thanks for sharing!

[@chrisliepe]

This is great! So glad you're thinking about things this way now... SO GOOD.. Thanks so much for watching and subbing!

[@ShawsOwn]

"Don't be afraid to sound dumb, I'm not." -Had my like right there.

[@hariadihariadi9377]

Finally after several years of being questioned, someone discussed the sound.

[@Samwise_92]

Johnathan has THE COOLEST VOICE EVER! And you sir did an incredible job dissecting it! Excellent job I'm impressed!! You're a great teacher!

[@chrisliepe]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed. I really like the new Korn stuff too... He IS a great vocalist and writer!

[@tylerbrittan593]

Man, talk about a truly one of a kind voice. Great job, dude!

[@chrisliepe]

Thanks!

[@jomama9529]

when you combined the scatting together it was great, but the first go was so funny for some reason but, the second time? you absolutely CRUSHED the part

[@WinItReigns]

Dude You did an amazing job demonstrating the vocal imitation attempts on this one One of my New Chris Favorites

[@vihaancmusic]

Yoo it's finally here.....been waiting for this one!!

[@Luneth002]

THANK YOU CHRIS!! I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS EVER SENSE YOU SAID YOU'D DO A VIDEO ON HIM!!!

[@samanthadrakos]

"I've been exthra percuthive abouth ith!" I'm sorry, normally I don't laugh at this stuff but this one got me crying.

[@alesnovak2906]

Great stuff :) The fact that JD's voice (and doubles) is not "tuned" adds to these dissonances that exactly serve it's purpose .

[@matt_jr_goku]

I grew up on this type of music & to watch you break down the vocals like this was truly special to me. Amazing work!! Just goes to show how far ahead these guys were at the time of the recording 🔥

[@lucaspaturel9584]

Legendary voice !

[@RobbieFitzgerald]

That wobbly sort of falling off sound that he uses reminds me of grunge a lot. At times he also reminds me of Manson the way he uses the fry to start or end some lines. Although I suppose those kind of tie together. Awesome as always!

[@chrisliepe]

Thanks man!

[@jeremiahufer7948]

Thanks for doing these videos and the free course Chris, you helped me a lot!

[@garyoliver5662]

This is legit a great analysis. Not many people brave or talented enough to take on JD

[@chrisliepe]

Thanks for watching!

[@untoages]

18:20 I needed this

[@RealBillyGarcia]

Best isolated vocals analysis ever!

[@ganjagoblin1939]

Definitley making some of those sounds after mexican night

[@chrisliepe]

Hahaha

[@Bad_Phil]

I love his dynamics, and masterful use of compression. Thanks for for this deep-dive on this brilliant voice style‼️ I’m ramping up to lay vocals on about a dozen tracks, so this is a nugget of gold. Thanks beoheim 🤘🏻

[@DrewishAF]

It's kinda funny how, as the years have progressed, Johnathan Davis keeps sounding more like "Johnathan Davis" than before. His vocal style has kinda shaped his voice very specifically and it's so insanely unique that you'll literally never confuse him for someone else, nor will anyone else really get his sound. I love the whole "cookie monster" bits (perfectly exemplified in this song specifically) because he's using his voice like a drum set or almost like a scatting beatboxing track.

[@DE_Razor_Shaving]

LOVE that scat type singing in the break. Never thought of it as percussive tho. Man, you nailed this one! 😁👍🏼💯👌🏼 Have you ever heard of the Korn song called Twist? It's off Life is peachy, 1st song. That's the first time i heard Jonathan do that scat type singing. Give that song a listen man! 😁👍🏼

[@DE_Razor_Shaving]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHqsd6CeqciYeqM Link to Twist. Lolll. 😁👍🏼

[@coverman4435]

I always referred to the 'scat thing' as 'Tasmanian-Devil-Beat-Boxing' 😆. Funny you mention Twist, I always thought that title may have been a wink towards Taz and his whirl-wind mode of transport! 😁

[@DE_Razor_Shaving]

@@coverman4435 😂👍🏼 Good analogy! Have you heard the secret song off Peachy? I think it's only on the cd? It's just the Twist vocals and no music. He starts out, I'm gonna use the Force, here we go!

[@coverman4435]

@@DE_Razor_Shaving oh, HELLZ yeah! That killed me (use the Force) when I found that track. I love raw recording sesh 'Easter Egg' tracks like that.

[@DE_Razor_Shaving]

@ Ohhh yeah. The laugh is good!

[@leser1music]

Amazing! JD is the main reason I wanted to start learning vocals. This is a great breakdown. You have amazing ears, Chris, and explain so well. Thanks for this video.

[@chrisliepe]

You’re so welcome! Thanks for watching:)

[@leser1music]

@@chrisliepe can you offer any more tips on getting the "boom" tone? I just can't seem to get the low gutteral, kind of bassy sound without hurting myself. It's the one thing that trips me up on this song.

[@JohnnyRawks]

Just excellent. Wow, so impressed. Way waaay better than what Tamplin is doing. Kudos!!

[@chrisliepe]

Thank you!

[@abramtreadwell722]

That one was really cool. Got a whole new respect for JD now

[@mrphoenixasmr]

hey man I really like your videos, your free course really helped me re-find my voice, now, as someone who has been a ‘rock’ singer for a decade and now speaks softly for a living as an asmr creator haha, i find it harder and harder to rock the s**t out of my chest voice and really grip a consistent tone, pitch and placement. my head/ falsetto is fine, I just want to enhance my chest for more folk/ Americana style music, that blues, country, folk, rock fusion that lives so heavily in a ‘talk’ singing chest voice. I love the way you teach, if any of your courses or videos are heavily chest/ foundation based (I have no issue in paying for a course haha) please point me towards it. Cheers dude, take it easy, peace

[@kornmom605]

I first want to say I just came across this and thank you so much for doing this song!! You did absolutely amazing!!! I have been a huge fan since day one!!!! Blind and self titled I fell in love with!!! They definitely came with a sound like no other!! They are still my absolute favorite band and always will be!! Have the KoRn logo tatted on my lower back, JD’s signature tatted on my calf and met them many times!!! I just came across this!!

[@c4n0vsk1_personal]

Love your videos man! I would really like to see a video about Shaun Morgan of Seether.

[@chrisliepe]

He's on the list!

[@seetherryan1]

Yes me to. Seether and Shaun are my favorite band ever

[@JaninaSpies]

This is by far the wildest and most interesting thing I´ve seen since years! I LOVE this song and was always impressed by its dynamic and vocal energy. I wondered what it is, that makes Freak on a Leash so awesome and full of energy. Now I know. Thank you so much for this vocal breakdown, it was entertaining and I learned a lot! :-)

[@elijahechicagobearsboyd5734]

Well... That was definitely worth the wait! I thought I knew everything he does in this song , but a few elements caught me by surprise in this video. Like how Jonathan actually uses grit in the first verse of the song. Mind blown there LOL If possible in the future could you do a vocal breakdown on Are You Ready to Live? Jonathan has some excellent variety in that song and it should be broken down at some point.

[@chrisliepe]

Great idea!

[@jamanz27]

Love JD, legend!!

[@Alastor046]

really waiting for this one.....Thanks Chris😆 appreciate it man

[@endofmediocritysecondaccou8524]

I love how when JD is scatting, it feels like he's irritating his throat while it's all the contrary

[@RodolfoCruzMusic]

You nailed it, amazing breakdown!

[@skippityblippity8656]

Neither my favorite band nor singer Still, theres so much to learn

[@bokaandreevi9133]

Thanks for video Chris! Not big fan of JD’s vocals, but tryn his style was an interesting experience.

[@cadenmosley6817]

this is really really good i got a lesson and a good laugh out of it!

[@chrisliepe]

win/win :)

[@BenMcManus]

I've watched a lot of your videos now but this is my first time commenting. I love the detail you put into analysing how these artists are using their voices (even if they don't know it themselves!) as an instrument. I've heard Freak on a Leash so many times in my life, but I'll never hear it in the same way again after watching this video, thank you!

[@stilettosongbird2459]

Excellent as ever, especially the improv section!! So easy to see how the rhythm is king and the way in which breathing can become rhythmic. ❤️ it!!

[@Aung9oO]

Thanks Again Chris! Made my Friday!

[@Jeypark06]

Your work is Amazing. One of my favorite channel. I would love to see you do the same with Kingdom from Devin Townsend.

[@miserycodebeats1722]

Dude thank you . This opened my eyes on chorus layers

[@rorybninetythree]

17:31: Me when someone asks me for the wifi password

[@chrisliepe]

Haha

[@akarandizzzle]

This makes me appreciate the song AND your channel that much more! Excellent video!! 👊🏽

[@JamesSmith-xq4us]

An eye for production. Very visual I see what you're putting out.

[@julessmith2]

Press 9 for the TL;DR. This is such an awesome analysis of one of the most unique vocal tracks in rock music.

[@gugu3436]

Very very impressive, you are super talented!

[@chrisliepe]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@konstantinepope]

Dude your analysis is pure GOLD! However, physiology notwithstanding, during the verses I humbly, personally think -just by singing in HIS range- he is compressing air towards his teeth, not unlike a person on the verge of a nervous breakdown. You are over-analysing it. From "sometimes" onwards you are spot on. But before that, there are just some things that if the anatomy is not there you cannot replicate.

[@deadso]

JD has so much emotion behind his lyrics, especialy the first albums. It's hard 'mold' that into an analysis. But damn, props to doing the scat, I think this is the closest one yet (but some parts need emotion instead of technique ;))

[@Zero-Saber]

That's funny asf but also very informative. How JD goes all the way across the spectrum from head voice to really low lows like in that FOOOIGHT. I'm practicing Tearjerker (really great song, check it out). This video helped me to understand more about his nasal whiny tone and his voice overall.

[@gabrielmarkin5791]

this was the first korn's song that I heard

[@trystensmith8673]

Please do a video on Peter Steele from Type o Negative and/or Rob Zombie. You're so good at these sing like videos and I would love to see some on these guys. Thank you 🙂

[@atomic_walnut6362]

Thank you so much for this, Chris!!

[@andreassmidelov]

Funny thing, I came to this video right after your older video on Confidence, and it feels like this song really embodies that mindset. Even the verse is kinda "soft and whisper"-like, but pretty far away from any "correct pitch". And obviously the whole guttural-percussion-segment takes this to an extreme, but very notable even before that :)

[@kelvinsalomonsklingenfuss5650]

I love you Chris!!!! I was waiting for this since I made the suggestion, definitely there's a lot of interesting stuff here, such a charismatic singer IMO! I think what's most interesting about him is that he knows perfectly how to sound like he's on the edge of freaking out, and I believe this mindset takes you to 80% of the way to sound "like" him, I mean, take this richness into your own singing :) Now I'll wait longer for some content on Roy Khan. Unfortunately, he's way less popular, however, he's denifitely VERY interesting! "One Cold Winter's Night" DVD as reference :D

[@chrisliepe]

Yay! :)

[@erectoelectro7671]

Honestly, I fucking love your channel, and thank you for this, it's an amazing analysis.

[@latehydra7344]

Finally! I can't believe i missed this!

[@chrisliepe]

haha.. YEAH... This one is EPIC... Especially the middle section with the growl/scat/rap stuff!!

[@seanclements3783]

I’ve really been enjoying these newer videos you’ve been doing in this style! Been really looking forward to a Johnathan Davis video for awhile now too!I’d love to hear Big Time, Red Rain or Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel. I love his use of compression to get his grit, and breathiness, his head voice or falsetto and how he throws his voice, or belts in a way that’s like yodelling

[@chrisliepe]

Great idea!

[@beechhakchhuak2671]

Loved it.... Great job

[@bobcatbuddy5]

When you did the verses I thought you sounded more like chris motionless from motionless in white haha pretty awesome video!

[@cappxd.6126]

If by any chance you want to have a look into melodic rap. Please do SHEFF G. He’s got an amazing singing voice but he can also be very raw and raspy and hard. Would be sick to see

[@MrMillions69]

I wonder if the percussive breathing style is from playing bagpipes

[@DikNub]

Chris, love your insights and been following you for a while now. These vids are compelling me to sign up for your course. Your technique is interesting and accessible. One quick request if I may: Can you break down Jón Þór "Jónsi" Birgisson (Sigur Ros). You’re probably the only one who can do it well. Keep this channel alive brother! You’re awesome!

[@WIL_LP]

Another amazing video 💯👏👏

[@FoiMal123]

Wow, Another great lesson ! I'm blown away by the effort you put in your videos, man. Thank you !

[@chrisliepe]

Thanks for watching and valuing what I'm doing! Makes all the difference in the world!

[@FoiMal123]

@@chrisliepe anytime !

[@willharmonicawilde]

Great video, thanks Chris!

[@jannetestailee]

Cookiemonster part was incredible :)

[@chaninkwun3106]

Hey, Chris, you should try breaking down TAKA’s voice from One Ok Rock specially on their song One by One! I just can’t figure out how he does those high pitched screams so effortlessly! There’s also a live version of that song where you can clearly hear his amazing voice!

[@kadmelsanxo5736]

I was waiting for this video since i found this channel

[@mikebrando4053]

Thanks Chris!

[@KEPSAGAMER]

For sure you sjould check out Mike Patton. Man is a damn legend. Great video as always, keep up the great work!

[@chrisliepe]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKe2qJePgrJ4lck

[@KEPSAGAMER]

@@chrisliepe HA! I had no clue you already did it. Should have figured

[@jamescables5824]

Hmmm, id like to see something of this for Travis Ryan on a song called Time's Cruel Curtain

[@anthonycaminiti8734]

I can already tell this will tie in nicely with your video on Chester. They both use that whiny, compressed whisper as a way to preface the heavy chorus. Jonathan always seemed to have a lot more instability in his voice, though. Edit: nice British accent at 5:21

[@chrisliepe]

hehe

[@northtimo666]

Korn is Linkin Park’s one of biggest inspirations and I always viewed them as the pretty boyband version of Korn hopping with latest fads.

[@RodKruz]

Master Chris

[@ethanherman6096]

Awesome! You should do a video on how to sing like Cody Carson from the band Set It Off.

[@VIDEOHEREBOB]

Thanks Chris.