Courtney's BEST performance! Our Singing coach had NO IDEA what was coming!

[@KardavoxAcademy]

Veronna and I had WAY too much fun talking about Jinjer's banger "Pisces" and so we decided to do it again with Courtney Laplante's AMAZING one-take performance of "Cricle With Me"! These long form discussions are a ton of fun for us, and a breath of fresh air. I'm having a blast showing Veronna the metal world....should she show me some pop tunes? If you want to learn more about us and our coaching, head over to www.kardavoxacademy.com! You can also see the amazing work Kardavox Students have done in THIS PLAYLIST! kzbin.info/aero/PLUWlpPRyCEaZiPCurr6_lxxI1Y3qjB1-4

[@ClassicChrisGaming]

Yes, she 100% should show Mork some pop stuff! That could be really fun! Would also love to see some Kamelot for a video, there's stuff for Mark too! Tommy Karevik's vocals are inspired by Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston, and plenty of females making gurly noises in the Karevik era, so it's definitely worth checking out! Check out the Kamelot - Phantom Divine Feat. Lauren Hart or Kamelot - New Babylon Feat. Melissa Bonny videos from Napalm Records, they're both great :)

[@darkguardian50]

I think she would have an interesting time dissecting Wintersun's-Sons of Winter and Stars (live from sonic pump studios). Tons of interesting vocal variety and color in Jari's performance there.

[@oldmanjimh3165]

Other female artists to try would be Alissa White-Gluz and Melissa Bonny. Many others but these are two I really like.

[@vexedhag]

aurora would be so good

[@VeronnaMusic]

@@vexedhagoh yeah!!! I love Aurora!!

[@uncle_thulhu]

My favourite part of this video is the way that, as she approaches the harsh vocals, Courtney almost squares up to the mic like she's gonna throw down.

[@Aggiblr]

The ending of that song is so fucking insane i'll never get bored of it

[@danielhughes3758]

Yeah, the studio version of the song sounds quite tame in comparison to this masterpiece of a live one take. I strongly prefer this version of the song, specifically due to that ending

[@SpeedOfThought1111]

it's a shame this idiot forgot to record her reaction to it smh

[@Moonmager]

I really wish the album version was replaced with this one-take-- the way she does the pitched screams especially towards the end BLOWS me away

[@warweasel2901]

Unleash the Archers up next? That would be phenomenal for this duo.

[@Mandingy24]

Absolutely this. Brittney might not do harsh vocals but she's such a powerhouse

[@Trepanation21]

@@Mandingy24 Agreed, Brittney's voice is incredible, their individual and collective musicianship is SO on point, and they deserve more fans!

[@LichWorks]

cleanse the bloodline please and thank you

[@MalteForstat]

Also interesting would be the recent colab between Brittney S. and Andy Gillion: As the kingdom burns. It involves some really nice close harmonies and amazing belting from Britt!

[@DeadDrunk2]

The tag-team videos are the greatest, give me 14 of them, right now! If you're an algorithm, spin your wheels, brr brr

[@LakeVermilionDreams]

The editor DIDNT cut that out but a behind the scenes peak is pretty cool!

[@ludoarends]

Yup! A mistake on my part! In time, when certain logistics have been fixed we can fix that. 😀

[@LakeVermilionDreams]

@@ludoarends I say don't fix it! It's cool! Be like "get more bts like this by joining the Patreon!" Lol

[@PigglyWigglyDeluxe]

@@ludoarendsnah, leave it in. These “mistakes” don’t take away from the lessons and explanations in this video, and these little bloopers make it feel relatable and organic

[@TheMookie1590]

like you said pop is cool. as a life long metal head. beat boxing is cool. so many tricks that need to be added into a metal vocalists repertoire. opera is cool to, every genre has cool tricks

[@PigglyWigglyDeluxe]

Opera is WILD. How one unassisted human voice can fill a giant auditorium is some of the most metal stuff out there. Metal could learn a lot from that.

[@JaredTG.]

I loved what you said about genres blending together in the past few years. Im absolutely loving that, its brought me back to listening to rock and metal again. I love metal with singing in it, thats my shit. When you can mix clean singing and some screaming its just amazing. Lots of great bands doing that well these days.

[@sccrash3938]

Courtney is from Alabama, but moved and lives in Canada now

[@chipzor]

Born in Maine, lived in Alabama until she was 15 then moved to Canada. And I think recently Courtney and Mike relocated back to the USA!

[@QazwerDave]

We want her face in ALL the reactions !

[@dimasaviles7525]

I cant wait until the next episode. This was a lot of fun to watch, thank you ❤

[@sirlaughalotlewis]

There's a video by the Seven Spires singer in this same format, for their song Architect of Creation. I think you'd love that

[@aaronscruggs1677]

I would love to see if Veronna has heard anything by Beast in Black before, especially with that conversation about the mouth shape, when Yannis hits his high notes it sounds like he’s doing the smile Mark was talking about. Especially something like Ghost in the Rain

[@Laros82]

YAS this!!

[@elwansaillant9752]

You're right pop and metal are starting to blend really well and the perfect exemple is Amaranthe with songs like Inferno that has a chorus similar to Shape of You (Ed Sheeran), like with a very poppy structure and I believe DragonForce are also really poppy in their songs structure. There's many other exemples like Electric Callboy and that's not that new because Linkin Park already started their pop transition at the 3rd album (check Shadow of the Day).

[@Bromeostasis]

This is great analysis and I love this performance/band

[@suddenswarm5944]

another great video guys, there are so many different tones, timbres, placements and arrangements from these different artists that I want to use for my own voice, and the way you guys discuss and break things down are super helpful

[@VeronnaMusic]

So glad you liked it!!! More to come!! Thank you! 😌

[@FAFO_Feliciaaa]

A lot of the techniques that Veronna mentions and talks about are ones that I learned through my many years in choir via my young youth.

[@FAFO_Feliciaaa]

My choir teacher would always say: "we don't want to go wide, we want to go long." ...in terms of the shape of the mouth.

[@rachaelxcolleen]

"It's an aesthetic artistic choice.....that I hate" 😂😂😂

[@VeronnaMusic]

😂😂😂

[@Imurai]

Dang it! Her video cut out right at the most important part of a reaction video. I love learning too and you both gave us a great deal of knowledge and meanwhile entertained us but still... dangit!

[@VeronnaMusic]

I know I’m so sorry 😣 Glad you still liked it though!!

[@FrancoUnAmericano]

@@VeronnaMusic" :O" I'm paraphrasing but i guess it was something like that. :)

[@Imurai]

​@@VeronnaMusicyour "WHAT?!" said enough 😁

[@didtoknan8128]

Je ne m'attendais pas à ce tabarouette !

[@VeronnaMusic]

Hahaha oupsi 😛 😂

[@Ati-MarcusS]

Angelic voice

[@SANcTUS1HELLga]

Please show her Devin Townsend, live version of Deadhead from RAH would be perfect❤

[@GoufinAround_]

You guys should do a joint reaction of Vinushka by Dir en Grey. I highly recommend the English subbed live version from the Androgynous concert. Kyo is wearing an all black outfit in it and I think you'll be blown away by him. He's one of the best vocalists on Earth imo and he's not so well known outside of Japan unless you're into Japanese metal

[@rickslechter7385]

Of you like female Metalcore singers, you gotta check out The Anchor-Miscreation and Masterpiece!

[@jeremykeasbey4145]

Veronna would really dig Taras Stanin, a former opera singer from Russia who's gone viral recently for beatboxing. He's pretty minimal with percussive elements so you can really dig in and analyze his mouth/throat techniques. His transitions are exceptionally clean, light and exposed in the mix, from falsetto to throat-singing. Songs to check out would be Creepin (Weeknd cover) or Faded (duet)(Zhu cover) Taras will be tag-teaming with Improver (current Russian beatbox champion, ranked 7th worldwide) in Grand Beatbox Battle 2024 in Tokyo come November

[@etiennepigeon8347]

@VeronnaMusic ... le tabarouette ok!!!! C'était parfait!!! :)

[@VeronnaMusic]

Hahaha 😂

[@oldmanjimh3165]

Try Melissa Bonny and Alissa White-Gluz next.

[@felipecampos3045]

you really gotta show her handshake with hell from arch enemy next, i think veronna will enjoy that one A LOT

[@michaelmogavero8138]

I was coming in to suggest the same song

[@djnathanj]

100​%! Big same!

[@sunshaker01]

Given that Alissa is from Montreal and is bilingual that might be interesting.

[@Mandingy24]

On the topic of nasality, i wonder what Veronna would think of M. Shadows' voice and if he's singing too much through his nose or not

[@illfate757]

Nice! This was basically my request from the last video, Just because of how Courtney has pitch in her screams and its like sing screaming at times.

[@ryan-cochran]

These videos are really cool to see. I think Ice Nine Kills would be great for one of these

[@alanzimmerman1674]

Veronna, I really wish you would have coached my former coworker a couple decades ago when he was a child. He had a high, tight/scratchy, hard-to-listen-to voice that I'm sure was 90% his vocal placement rather than anything structural in his anatomy. A couple of the exercises you were describing here would help him TREMENDOUSLY!

[@VeronnaMusic]

Send him to me!!!

[@Cam.Crimson]

Would love to see you and Verona react to some sleep token.

[@frankh9600]

For me the categories are: traditional music, popular music which includes most metal, jazz, classical music, new+experimental. Based on these categories I can enjoy art from every category l. It is all individua,l and every artist is unique.

[@alfonsorivasvalles2204]

You guys need to do Ankor.

[@toddmueller8948]

Courtney got her with that late song Cookie Monster.

[@LionelDelon]

This long format is very interesting. Hearing you pingponging around technics in both screaming and clear singing. Something stroke me around 38:40, Matt when you explained the fluctuation like yodeling technic. Your viice then strongly reminded me about the ex-Singer of Igorrr in the title "ieud". It would be great to listen to both of you reacting to the two former singers of Igorrr, Laurent Lunoir and Laure Le Prunenec performing in "ieud" or ""Tout petit moineau". Many thanks for your videos.

[@BloomThe2nd]

Hey there! ^^ Just wanted to say that I really liked this video! ^^ Not only because of the example that you chose to analyze but also for the insights you both gave on the strategic elements in teaching vocals and approaching certain aspects more. '^' I had lessons with a local coach for years when I was younger and never got to understand why exactly this excercise should help me with this particular problem. Nowadays I practice by myself on the basis of this channel for example and with me being more patient lol But this extra infos you give are helping a lot for my own understanding! Keep it up guys and thank you!! '^'

[@VeronnaMusic]

Wow thank you for your feedback!! I’m really glad it helped you! 😊

[@dualwieldsoftware]

Love the conversation on pitch in the back 1/4 of this video. I get VERY sad when my pitch is bad despite the fact I don't practice it near enough to have the expectations I do. Self kindness! woo!

[@satuhamalainen8903]

I ' d love to Be in The live!!! Greetings from Finland, The metal country of all!!😅

[@randalljones4370]

Courtney's mouth shape... Perhaps have her look at Devin Townsend's mouth shape. They guy is incredibly vertical. I also notice the 'drop' of the upper lip during Courtney's screams. Like she's starting to round her upper lip around-and-over-the-edge of her upper front teeth. . "Not feeling a thing" when you sing. Oh, yesyesyes. Sometimes, when walking back from the barn, I'll start singing... and every third or fourth day I will start doing a 'call' for my dogs (RIP , Belle and Farfel). But I will sing-the call. And it comed out so LOUD, clear, painless. Vibrato? No problem, it's there. Reach the upper reaches of my 'normal range'? Sure. It's Right There. And again, no pain. So, I reach the house, go in.. and in the confines of four walls I cannot get the same projection (I assume it's a belt... it is loud and cutting and clear). It just isn't there... I start 'aiming' voices rather than just letting it go unhindered. Weird observation from a decidedly off-track guy. (former engineer, now dentist, part time circuit designer still. understands the vocal apparatus fairly well from an anatomy/physiology standpoint.) ... but I just can't open it up inside four walls. (has Veronna heard Jayant from Bloodywood, yet? I might pay to hear her reaction to the chorus in 'Aaj'.) Back to the song: RE the discussion of low screams arounf @45:30 On the attack on those low screams, I can see Courtney bring the head of the mandibular condyle down and forward under the base of the skull almost to the point where I fear for an anterior dislocation... now, she obviously stops before you see any lateral 'pop ' of the condyle, and apparently has great, flexible ligaments ... the lateral pterygoids are working crisp to bring it forward smoothly and under control. For me, the root of the tongue would be getting in the way (I think). But Courtney just uses the lateral lingual constriction like the pro she is. (? Maybe she's arcing the sound up and over the tongue to form a longer, more resonant low-frequency pathway... I dunno. Great listening to the discussion.. I made it to 52 minutes before I had to move along, in case you are wondering about 'audience endurance'.

[@complexdevice]

Based on the topics of this video I’d love to hear both of you breakdown some Leprous. Like “Slave”.

[@JackSpear-v3m]

Yes handshake with hell by arch enemy is a must.

[@alanzimmerman1674]

You two should react to Gojira's Olympics performance--opera and metal combined! It was epic, and you two would do great with it! This is the second time i told myself there's no way I'll watch this long of a video, but I ended up enthralled all the way to the end.

[@binikatz6497]

Parasite by Red handed denial (lauren babic) has the cleanest switches of harshes and cleans

[@BrianYates-ue8hf]

Great vid guys and girls I'm a casual SB listener and although I'm drawn to thier heavier songs (Cellar Door Holy Roller) this song has such a good hook I really enjoy it I think the one take vid of Rule Of Nines would be further insight into Courtney's vocal approach ✌️🤘🧐😎

[@MrUnbekabal]

Fusion? best one for me is Electric CallBoy and Baby Metal Collab "Ratatatata" might be a good react video for her? :)

[@VeronnaMusic]

I did it!!! LOVED that collab! Let me know what you think of my analysis 😊

[@jeuxderobin]

Delain is also a band that merge pop and metal (symphonic) since a long time. Tho there is not much harsh vocals. looking at charlotte wessels exorcist might be interesting

[@steevelapointe7441]

Tabarouette ok!

[@VeronnaMusic]

😂😂😂 c’était plus fort que moi!

[@steevelapointe7441]

@@VeronnaMusic Gêne-toi pas pour moi! C'est ben parfait! he he he

[@grelwing47]

Some Lamentations/Roundhouse Tapes era Mikael Åkerfeldt/Opeth would be a fun one to get her on -- especially now that the growls are back.

[@justitia257]

Bravissima Courtney

[@Sk8foxx]

It isnt quite metal, but I would check out "straight from the heart" by Dance Gavin Dance, with Verona. Their current Clean vocalist is veeerry versatile, but his natural speaking voice is quite low, maybe not deep but the notes he casually sings are placed pretty high.

[@jhamilton1007]

This was great. Courtney is a beast. You guys should check out some TesseracT and their singer Daniel Tompkins. I think Veronna would really enjoy it and Daniel is just an amazing vocalist with an insane vocal range.

[@freddiemossberg7204]

Legion would be my pick

[@jhamilton1007]

@@freddiemossberg7204 Yes, most definitely. War Of Being would be another one. There are some older on'e too.

[@sanield2782]

These long videos with Veronna are SO good

[@VeronnaMusic]

Awwwww Thank you! 😌

[@andrewmcbride88]

Dayseeker next! Any song.

[@bradkohl99]

I often compare Courtney’s clean vocals to a smooth molasses. It’s just so rich and full.

[@bernhardkulzer9125]

Courtney is from Victoria, Vancouver Island. 😁

[@svilenp]

Courtney Laplante

[@dcresistance]

If you really wanna shock em, definitely show them some Face Yourself! Yasmin's a monster

[@NiamorH]

Actually Courtney had a vocal cord polyp for several years and it didn't show anymore in 2021 after she had it checked up. She also said a few times that her screaming technique was in fact painful in the past (not sure about today) and sometimes ended up with a sore throat.

[@jhamilton1007]

That was probably in her IWABO days and before with her and her brothers band that i can't remember the name of. Especially, Iwrestledabearonce though.

[@Zhoreb]

Courtney is actually from the USA. Her husband is Canadian.

[@PigglyWigglyDeluxe]

Wasn’t Courtney born in BC or something?

[@jhamilton1007]

@@PigglyWigglyDeluxe Alabama i think, but spent a lot of her childhood in Canada. She was definitely born in the US, i know that.

[@kevindadswell603]

She was born in Maine

[@jhamilton1007]

@kevindadswell603 Ahh yes, that's right.

[@brendangibson8200]

​@@kevindadswell603 close enough lol

[@borislavrusev972]

Just leaving a few suggestions that should fit in the format you have going on: In This Moment - Burn and Infected Rain- Orphan Soul/ Taphephobia Singthrough. And a curveball maybe Bridge City Sinners - Doubt Interesting conversations indeed, more please :D

[@hunter3899]

She should listen to Knocked Loose haha.

[@LiftedBlader]

If they do KL I'd want them to do a slightly deeper cut where the expression in Bryan's voice is fully showcased

[@trevorjrooney]

I think the pop that made everyone hate pop was the mid and late 90s to the mid 2000s pop. It didnt take anything from other genres, and it was boring and predictable. Pop is great when it uses the best aspects of edm, hip hop/rap, soul, metal, rock, etc.

[@sunshaker01]

I kind of want a video about the vocal characteristics of accents now (but that seems like a lot of work) maybe just a comment on any reacted video if there is a detected accent.

[@VeronnaMusic]

Ooooi that’s a good idea!!

[@Aggiblr]

Oh man her cam being off for the best part come oooon

[@VeronnaMusic]

I’m so sorry 😢😢😢😢😢

[@satuhamalainen8903]

Sam Cartner from Architecs?

[@croft4235]

Great reaction! One minor nitpick: Veronnas sound seems not to be in sync with her image. Like some tenths of a second off. Second minor nitpick: you did not finish the song ;-) Edit to add: do more collabs. You are a great team!

[@philippejoseph1215]

ah ben criss!!!!

[@VeronnaMusic]

😂😂😂

[@evantarracciano4211]

Verona reminds me an awful lot of Julia Nilon, the Aussie vocal coach.

[@jhamilton1007]

Yes, that's who i was thinking it was at first, but then i was like, Julia does not have a french accent. lol

[@conormccready6354]

Should have her react to one of Megan targett one takes

[@StevelandCleamer]

Veronna 😍😍😍

[@Dr.Spatula]

"You usually have to yell on stage to be heard over the band" Do pop singers not have mics? Or backing tracks?

[@VeronnaMusic]

Most of the time: bad sound engineer 😢😂

[@johanmelv0gue595]

activate subtitles in other languages

[@tommyorosz1821]

I think I like mark's solo reactions better.

[@spiknaaj]

Please please react to the live version with Tati at Louder Than Life 🙏🏻

[@davidbradshaw2293]

She was cut out of half the video

[@MakooWallinen]

Pop CAN absolutely be dumb. It is not always dumb and it does not have to be, but it CAN. But so can uncreative metal also be....

[@VeronnaMusic]

Of course! Any style could be badly done 😅

[@LuisNunes-ps4sl]

No idea why these might be popular (looks at Verona's image paused while I type) 🤔😉😘😘 I do think that doing one of these about Noora Louhimo and Battle Beast would be loads of fun. Verona's reaction to those gritty belts will be priceless. And there's a live version of Master of Illusion on Nuclear Blast's channel now!

[@ryancozart7695]

Like the content, but why they say "LIKE" so much?

[@noximus4445]

Bad editing? We didn't even see the girl's face while she was reacting to the screaming part?????

[@VeronnaMusic]

There’s been a glitch in my camera so sorry 😢😢😢

[@ThaStranger11]

I just want to know where do I find a vocal coach girlfriend? Show me the app. 😘

[@christianjones4497]

1 hour and 20 min on 1 3 min video?

[@evacody1249]

Seven SpiresAdrienne Cowan. That is all. Thank me later.

[@oldmanjimh3165]

Courtney has good vocals but most of their songs are not what I want to hear.

[@h23erst923]

Then don’t listen to it and bring your negativity. Imagine me going to the music you like and saying I don’t want to hear it.

[@DavidSlEePtOkEnSanchez]

Damn that sucks that you can’t enjoy the talent she has to offer all the way around and not just the singing. Glad I enjoy it.

[@arcad3]

I think Spiritbox really need to try harder on songwriting

[@oldmanjimh3165]

@@h23erst923 be my guest

[@Comech64]

@@h23erst923 spiritbox has the worst fans lol. Little babies

[@aslanbekrasulov6761]

Ah, this "teacher" that talks about herself more than the actual technique and takes 12-15 minutes to formulate a thought that fits into 2 sentences? No, ty.

[@banehog]

I have to be honest, and I'm not trying to be mean, but her struggling so much to express herself in English makes these too much of a chore to watch.

[@cooltechnician]

Oh really? How well would you be speaking in front of a camera in your second language?..I just wonder..😂😂😂

[@emolis8381]

skill issue on your part frankly

[@LakeVermilionDreams]

You SHOULD be honest... But here's the life lesson: you don't HAVE to say every honest thing that crosses your mind. Put another way, maybe you'll remember this lesson from kindergarten: if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all.

[@BabycakesBeats]

I have to be honest, and I'm not trying to be mean, but lets hear you speak about music and vocal technique in french on a french podcast.

[@banehog]

@cooltechnician and @BabycakesBeats, you're so close to getting the point! I would suck at it, but then I would also not put it on KZbin.

[@moshyfawn]

17:38 - 19:30 forgot to cut "the part" out 😉

[@thechainsawmassacre]

Bro why is this an hour and some minutes long geeezee