Sing With Compression or Vocal Fry 4K - Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy

In this video, we learn about Vocal Compression and whether Vocal Fry is a viable, safe substitute or addition to distorted singing.
Sing With Compression or Vocal Fry 4K - Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy
This is a very misunderstood concept.
Often, people think that in order to get glottal compression, distorted compression or vocal fry, they need to squeeze off the cords themselves to a point where the cords literally “rattle”.
And while this may be a fair concept in understanding how to “distress” the cords, it falls far short of explaining how to do this safely using actual vowel sounds and how to put it into songs.
In this video, I give a short tutorial on the difference and what is required to sing with distortion, growl, overdrive and many of the other names that the sound has been given.
Singing with compression is like an extreme sport. We must be very very careful with our voices or we could develop a node or a polyp that could cost us our voices.
For those interested, come join me and we can reason together.
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[@Nexus-11]

I use to try to sing with compression and I would always lose my voice for a week and usually get an infection. DUMB! But WOW! Your videos have been life changing. Thank you so much!

[@cadeevans4623]

A lot of these rock singers back in the day have lost their voices like you said Ken they didn't use their voice properly or strained themselves to Much by screaming or damaging their vocals see Ken your voice had held up because you've used it the correct way and know how to sing properly without damaging your voice this is why your the man and the master

[@smilinacha]

Ken, every time I watch one of your videos and you begin talking like you do at the beginning, I feel like I’m listening to a dear old friend.

[@ca82MHz]

Compression kind of came to me naturally out of necessity, since I have asthma and easily start coughing when I use a lot of air, didn't really think about it untill I saw this clip the first time. 😅

[@nicolemarie1909]

You always do such a great job at explaining things to us. Much appreciated

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

🎤🤠 you’re the leading vocal academy by a country mile.. you rock 🎸

[@Ash-zh5yg]

You are the real deal Ken sir!

[@tracezachdaniels4264]

GREAT JOB ALL...THANX 4 MAKING Tee with LIONS NAMED LEO the music worldwide. LOVE YOU ALL...!!!

[@mudwiser1391]

I treat compression like insurance, I don't leave home without it.

[@RD-yj9zj]

I was a musician on the road playing nightly in the 90s, we didn't have a clue how to sing. I'm in my 50s now and learned how to sing a few years ago, huge difference i hit notes I used to struggle with, I wish i took vocal lessons in my 20s. I don't think many musicians but enough emphasis on proper vocal technique. Thanks Ken love your teaching.

[@andrewn4695]

I could tell that Gabby was far too tight in her vocal tract, I recognized the sound I used to produce. I love the bits after with The Trooper and Welcome to the Jungle, two favourites I like to sing, as well. Bruce Dickenson is an all time favourite singer, one of many, but I started by trying to sing along to Iron Maiden. It took a long time before I attempted vocal distortion, but Bruce was a great place to start, as he will throw in grit in a line and take it out again. Now, I can sing in a similar way to many different singers and styles. Including extreme metal vocals, which do need to be taught and learned correctly. Otherwise, you WILL hurt your vocal tract, as I have heard from interviews with extreme vocalists like Will Ramos.

[@lesliekanengiser8482]

Painkiller is an excellent example of vocal fry for me

[@heidistutzman3278]

I’m a huge fan of Maria Brink who uses a lot of this technique. Thank you for the info Ken!!

[@olderendirt]

Really interesting information. Thanks, Ken.

[@jeffschielka7845]

Hey Ken! How's your day going? Thanks for the vid. Informative as always!🎤🎙😎

[@LordWaffle]

ive been doing music for just under 2 years now on and off due to confidence issues, I really want to get into singing rock, this was really helpful, its also made me realise that ive been doing some of these things unconsciously already which i think is a good thing? Ive tried doing that Fry thing before to little to no avail usually it just feels wrong to me. Unfortunately im not good with terminology so i always struggled to know where to start or what people mean when they say 'all you gotta do is this (followed by instructions of words i dont understand)' means nothing to me. finally found someone who actually makes sense to me. thats not to bash other musicians/vocal coaches but i think you might be the best ive found so far.

[@paulwilburn1]

Great video Ken!

[@tylerhackner9731]

👍👍 thanks as always Ken

[@joeritchie4554]

Great lesson

[@samuellavandero]

Sir Ken, thank you much for sharing a great lesson fo singing techniques 💯❤️✨✨

[@TheOne-dc8bo]

Nice one Ken, you are helping me 👍

[@Serega-Pitersky]

Video 👍👌 Thanks Ken!

[@kevinmcnamara704]

Well done Ken 👏 ✔️

[@billanton6946]

Really good stuff. Thank You!

[@shcaskey]

ken's calling the "posers" out!!😆

[@arturoalmazan5262]

awesome. i would like to see the singers comparisons then and now videos like you used to do.

[@naimislamantor3781]

Hey Ken, please make a video on psychology of singing.😊

[@kentherapy7022]

Great idea. Very important for any performance at more than 3 listeners.......😎

[@keithlynn2298]

Well that's just strictly amazing and awesome mr. Ken. I think I'm going to need your course

[@kentamplin]

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[@tylervandenbosch563]

I've always enjoyed your content. Right now I am trying to improve my voice enough to sing back-ups in my Foreigner tribute band and have come back to your material to start getting ready for the back-up support.

[@VIDEOHEREBOB]

Tyler, I would love to sing lead in a Foreigner Tribute. Been advertising and looking for musicians for so long. What is the name of your band?

[@valdi_tv]

Love ittt

[@Scott__C]

I'd love to see some analysis of some specific things singers are known for with their voices, and whether this is something obtainable or will it just wreck you. Ex. - David Lee Roth's or Ian Gillan's kind of banshee scream, Brian Johnson's or Dan McCafferty's constant distortion, etc. Thanks!

[@nextleveljourney6612]

I’ve become SKEPTICAL OF Lip-Trills aka Bubbling. If you’re Vocalizing with That much air flowing - How WASTEFUL is your breath control? Doesn’t your Compression become background - to the Special effect of making lips 👄 flap

[@socialcollective1741]

Oh good lord she is amazing. Can you fix a 55 year old man that smokes too much? I've been jamming with a band I was in during the 90's. I realize now that I was compressing way too much, but didn't have a good answer or reason why this was happening. I can still wail, just lose it after around 5 songs. I call it "trying too hard".

[@NiniRockX]

run like your hair is on fire😂 I have lessons with a coach who can demonstrate coal fry well. I've been waiting of you to show it too. I have a course from you that I bought years ago. Of course, I prefer to work with a real coach. You can do so much damage alone. I notice that when I do specific exercises wrong on my own. I'm just learning the part of Chinchilla's "Fingers" What a voice. But I think I sing too much open throat. It sounds a bit "ng"-like, only more open. Like a Duck, but not quite as bad :-) when the part comes with the high notes. The high notes are not the problem, it's more the vowel placement. She doesn't even have her mouth open that wide. It's tough. I have absolute respect for you. Above all, how many years were you on stage?. I will go to your course again from time to time. I have an excellent coach. She is great and demonstrates everything from Chinchilla to Kelly Clarkson very well. I'm always amazed. I even had a coach where my voice got hoarse at some point. I can write stories about it. I think I misunderstand open throat all the time. It doesn't hurt to keep going back to videos demonstrating proper breathing technique.

[@nicolemarie1909]

Hi

[@excelfan85]

Hey Ken can you please do some metal screams, i'd love to learn how from you, and see how you are doing them. Maybe a cattle decapitation or rivers of nihil cover would be amazing.

[@hazlosipuedes]

please make a video where you talk about the sound pressure in decibels, since many of us have the false idea that having that sound in the voice is shouting with a lot of volume, please sing a high note with power in front of a decibel reader and thus know the real volume of the voice and not a false perception which leads us to sing screaming having the belief that it should be like this.... thank you very much... I love gabby.

[@ashscott6068]

Decibels aren't a measure of pressure, or volume or loudness. Only gain. It's a comparison of one thing to another

[@KevinJohnParangot-dy5vb]

In Sign of the times by Harry styles, does he use compression when he sings 'we got to get away' ,in the word 'away' specifically?

[@awesomeimpressions]

Very nice Ken! This is so important for folks to learn. BTW, I'd like to know more about what you mean about not going from smooth to distorted sounds? Or maybe I'm misunderstanding you and it's ok to do it a certain way. B/c I occasionally bring in distortion from a smooth sound to add more dynamics & feeling into the lyrics w/no problem. Maybe it's cuz I'm doing it properly? I don't know. What is the way you suggest going from a smooth sound to distorted? Thx!

[@kentamplin]

The KTVA forum is a great community of singers currently doing the KTVA method. The forum also has areas that are open to the general public, so that non-students can interact with students to discuss how the KTVA course is working for them. The focus in the forums is on how to implement the KTVA methods and how to navigate the KTVA course. The moderators may introduce newcomers to concepts and basic singing information as taught in KTVA KZbin videos, however the forums are not a substitute for the KTVA course itself. Basic evaluations of someone’s vocal potential are available, preferably utilizing one of Ken’s scales from his free KZbin Videos or from the course itself from students. It is not a 24 hour unlimited helpline. You can join the discussion by enrolling, it's free. Check it out!: forum.kentamplinvocalacademy.com/

[@awesomeimpressions]

@@kentamplin Would you care to listen to my Chris Cornell cover (where I take smooth into distorted) & share a thought? I seem to do this smoothly & comfortably w/no problems but would appreciate & respect your opinion. And Thank You!

[@conisi100]

My vocal problems always seem isolated to the range/portion of my voice I'm using...if I over use compression, I just can't make a compressed sound loudly for a bit.

[@Belseful]

Hello Ken! I only have a question, didnt know where to put it, so I did it here! What do you think of the new singer in SKID ROW? Is he a good singer...I mean, is he gonna get a voice in the later like a croc? Or, do you think that he has a voice who can sing like in 30 years or so? Regards Martin

[@edelcorrallira]

I'll be honest I loved Gabriela's tone when she was using that destructive technique (then again, it's Gabriela she's got a golden tone seriously what a talent). So I'm thinking, wouldn't it make sense to use those techniques (pinching, consonants, etc) in a studio setting where you can take breaks in a bar or two (maybe say for narrative purposes)? Not talking about a live setting, you could use healthy sustainable technique there, just thinking about a studio recording. And if so, could these unhealthy techniques be considered mostly situational and perhaps "extended" or "exotic" in that you could probably use them under idealized conditions to achieve a specific effect with the prior knowledge of the risks and limitations of said techniques? Basically just being there as an "edge case" and really used perhaps in one line or two in a song every now and then if you really aren't convinced by normal healthy approaches? Maybe I'm thinking too much about it, but darn it Gabriela just sounded way too good (which again, she always does)

[@neilkendall5499]

No. It's ALWAYS better as a singer to use correct technique, no matter whether singing live or in the studio, or for how long. Any singer using poor technique is not doing their voice any favours and is also embedding bad habits. Far better to learn to sing correctly so it becomes automatic to use correct technique at all times.

[@HumbleTrader001]

Sometimes a vocalist will record a track when they have a cold and then they can't beat that take later, like Nancy Wilson of Heart when she recorded Dreams in the 1980s.

[@JamieLynnMorris]

Have you heard the new release by Don Dokken? His voice seems stronger now. I'd love your thoughts Ken. Hugs!❤

[@harrylime3895]

😊😊😊

[@ottonormalverbraucher5215]

Do you have any raw tracks of your students singing in that style. I mean like no reverb and acapella?

[@kentamplin]

Yes. You'll have to look around on my channel.

[@ottonormalverbraucher5215]

@@kentamplin well I looked around and I have to say I'm happy with that.

[@improvementTime10.3.17]

11:50 get that light woodsy sound like Yuri, by practicing levels of compression over time ok exervsies

[@yellowroses1]

Can anyone learn to sing with compression?

[@abinashdash876]

I am 20 years old, but my voice is like 16.Can i also learn those kind of techniques or should I wait for 4-5 years?

[@kentamplin]

Yes, you certainly can begin training now. No need to wait. kentamplinvocalacademy.com/

[@wowzerbro6180]

What do you mean by compressing air? Is that the same as sucking in your stomach while you sing using the upper chest?

[@kentamplin]

The best place to discuss singing related issues is on the forum. Please join the discussion, enrollment is free. forum.kentamplinvocalacademy.com/

[@acelarson1872]

Ken is it true Deen Castronovo took lessons from you? His voice is just amazing closest to Steve Perry plus he's playing drums.

[@kentamplin]

Yes

[@valsteve2000]

its just shows how effective KTVA.

[@ilhamazad]

Why can't we have access to online in-person sessions? There's nothing more enjoyable than having a teacher by your side.

[@kentamplin]

I don't understand your question. I've been teaching via Zoom for years.

[@benwil1715]

Can you learn 'vibrato" or is that only a quality God naturally gave,like Layne Staley and chris cornell,and Rob Halford?... And Billy Idol...ect...ect...ect...?

[@freeuse5654]

when you exrise where do u inhale from noise or mouth please tell me sorry for my bad english

[@kentamplin]

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[@freeuse5654]

@@kentamplin my queston is for vocal excrise not for singing how to inhale air form noise or mouth

[@kentamplin]

The KTVA forum is a great community of singers, currently doing the KTVA method, chatting about all things related to voice. This is the best place to post your question. You can join the discussion by enrolling, it's free. Check it out!: forum.kentamplinvocalacademy.com/

[@benwil1715]

...thats a hell-uva-cutaway guitar you got,...its got an extra cut!!!!

[@VIDEOHEREBOB]

Definitely...Compression saves your voice.

[@IanMM88]

I can't believe Phil Anselmo can still sing at all! He must be doing something right because he's been screaming for like 35 years and still sounds good.

[@tracezachdaniels4264]

You always do such a great job at explaining things to us. Much appreciated