The Outsider - Maynard James Keenan - Isolated Vocals (PLUS Vicarious - TOOL - The Missing Ending!)

[@joesikorski4080]

This is going to seem disrespectful to this channel but it's truly not meant to be. The thing I find most interesting is how natural and pure his vocals are and that we can all probably assume with reasonable accuracy that Maynard isn't even remotely thinking about any of this technical stuff when he's singing. I've always been fascinated that there are monster guitar players with technical chops out the bunghole who can show you how to emulate David Gilmour yet still never come close. Tone... it's in the fingers and the breath. Passion... invisible and as unique as a fingerprint. Great videos as always, bud. Love these breakdowns so goddamn much.

[@chrisliepe]

You're so right... He's not thinking about any of it... He may have thought about different techniques at some point or maybe just stumbled into all of it, but it's impossible to think about good technique a lot and at the same time, deliver great vocals. I have a video coming out about this soon :) !! Technique is important, especially for those of us who don't naturally stumble upon cool things with our voices, but it's not as important as abandonment, freedom, non-judgement and being comfortable with who you are and how you express yourselves. This is ultimately why we love Maynard so much!

[@joesikorski4080]

@@chrisliepe agreed. I learn the technique for practice and forget it completely when playing. Thanks for the response brother

[@goofygothalien618]

What blows my mind about Maynard's vocal delivery is how deliberate and intentional it is. It's so forward and it's like he creates an illustration of the word or phrases that he's singing, as he's singing it. It's so creative and I love it

[@chrisliepe]

I agree. Intentionality is absolutely the right word to use for Maynard's singing!

[@hugotorresr1643]

I agree about Maynard’s humming; I’ve always said that Maynard has a unique way to make “M” and “N” sound

[@chrisliepe]

YES

[@thepooz7205]

In this particular case at 10:15 or so, the example lyric used is “I’m over this”. So when you hear “hmmmmoverthis” I don’t think it is correct to say he is humming to lead into “over” smoothly. It would be more apt to say he is skipping enunciating the “I” preceding the “mmm”. In that breathy method, trying to enunciate the “I” would probably result in sounding like he is saying “Hi”

[@danceswithak47s77]

The singer from Prajna does the exact same thing.

[@anthonycaminiti8734]

Maynard was one of those guys who made me stop everything I was doing the first time I heard him. I’m glad you’re going into depth on his voice!

[@pw5803]

Love Maynards way of singing. It's like a chanting, a rythm of words and sounds combined that really strikes a chord inside of people. It resonates. That line "They were right abot you" is so incredible beautiful. And you breaking it down to understandable work is amazing. Thank you. Cheers from Sweden.

[@michaelmarhal]

the jay leno performance of this song is one of my favorite late night talk show band performances.

[@JPAcuna3]

dAmn yes, whenever i think of this song i imagine that performance. The "I love Brad Wilk" T-shirt and all... The "over THIIIISS" is like eternal there

[@benmacdhui]

@@JPAcuna3 thought you were referencing the 3Libras performance and had to check. Didn't know they performed The Outsider also. Have to admit though, prefer Mer de Noms over Thirteenth Step - although it's great album as well

[@monicaelisaqueijeirobolano6508]

I love also the live recording from Stone and Echo

[@Mattskito529]

I love how you sang "vicariously I...." so powerfully and intensely and then you speak so calmly a millisecond afterwards and the contrast is mind-blowing lol. I love you.

[@smurfs126]

I looked at the title and clicked instantly

[@chrisliepe]

NICE

[@Ibanez527]

Same!

[@ractorstudios]

ya same here. These are enlightening.

[@flataffect]

Had to click right away on this Chris, and thanks so much for finding the vicarious ending tracks too! You really care about what we want and it’s appreciated.

[@chrisliepe]

I appreciate your support and viewership too! Thank you!!

[@thebeardedsuperheroes9405]

I agree, looking after the viewer interest is very much appreciated.

[@thebeardedsuperheroes9405]

@@chrisliepe No no :) .... thank you

[@robbievalentine8239]

i bought this album when it came out, and this song specifically played a HUGE part in my vocal development. so cool to see you analyze it. i think as a vocalist, feel is extremely important and those breaths and hums are a huge part of finding his pocket. maynard is top tier in knowing when to articulate "hard" (almost staccato like) and when to slide into his phrases. also ,specifcally with the last doubled phrase, its not only louder but it sounds like the doubled vocal has way more effect and eq on it than the main. kind of sounds a little phasey. love your channel Chris, your vocal course was a huge part in the progress of my band Va Va Voom. keep up the brilliant content. hope to work together someday!

[@BungCentra]

God Maynard is a great vocalist. His prime was so good not even Maynard himself could replicate it.

[@franciscodanconia3551]

10:18 Maynard will find the center in you. He will chew it up and leave. Trust me.

[@victor_.]

he will work to elevate you, just enough to bring you down

[@ScottDincorn]

Thank you so much for this upload. Not only did you find a very acceptable Vicarious ending, but you picked probably A Perfect Circle's best song to show off Maynard's vocal work.

[@Torrment]

Cool thing about the hum also is that it doesn’t seem random in its placement - if you listen close, nine times out of ten it’s right on rhythm, like he’s adding a vocal beat that the lyrics wouldn’t necessarily cover. Good tool (HAH) for anyone who may have trouble with lyric placement.

[@chrisliepe]

I agree. ART! Consideration and attention to detail. So much so... It's what makes him one of the greatest of our time

[@seshwithjake9047]

Thank you so much for all your instructional videos bro!! The Maynard ones inspire the absolute hell out of me, I was so happy to see a new one!!!!

[@hugotorresr1643]

And BTW, on his biography “A Perfect Union of Contrary Things” he makes a point saying that diring highschool, he’d usually fool around by humming on his daily speech!!! 😆

[@chrisliepe]

Oh that's awesome to hear... MAKES SENSE!

[@devindepascal4009]

10:00 Discovering Maynard really helped me find a singing voice/technique that worked for me and I think this is a big part of it. To me, it's almost like tuning. You really hone in on the note before you stick it.

[@EscapingThralldom]

Tool rocks! Ty Chris for doing this! You are one of the best if not the best teacher because you demonstrate how to do everything with your own vocals. Not even Ken Tamplin has been doing that with the heavy metal isolated bocal music analysis vids. God bless you brother!

[@chrisliepe]

So glad you're enjoying these along with me. Maynard is one of my favorites to do!

[@zombieeater1817]

I am so glad that I found your channel on the KZbin. There are enough useful channels for playing musical instruments (for example, I'm a bass player and a drummer), but this is the first time I've seen such a useful channel for vocals. Already sent our vocalist to watch your videos: D

[@chrisliepe]

NICE... thanks for sharing!

[@raphaeldonger4140]

Very good analysis and restitution of knowledge for the viewer, once again. The last couple videos about Maynard really helped me grasp how he approach singing, it's almost disturbing to hear it in such simple terms. Keep up the good work demystifying vocals legends, you're awesome.

[@chrisliepe]

Thanks for watching and engaging! Glad you're enjoying!

[@Scp716creativecommons]

Watch his posture at different moments during live performance. not the dancing, though i think that helps build the emotion, but the convex/concave archs can help direct wind

[@colbybeltz8836]

I really appreciate the breakdown with the delay and reverb, it helps the creativity flow. So interesting in terms of stereo and mix

[@joshuakendall3965]

Dude, I’ve learned so much from you which has given me a dash of confidence, I love you man.. Thank you so very much for all you do.

[@rogercarlson2330]

His dad was my teacher, lol back in a small town of Scottville mi..

[@chrisliepe]

Oh wow! haha... small world!

[@mitchellwilliam95]

Holy crow! That's so awesome how you added the ending to Vicarious in this video, you really do care about the viewers!

[@chrisliepe]

I sure do!! :)

[@grantsteves8533]

If you have a chance I would love to hear “ Orestes “

[@microwavetrash2501]

this is a song I always try to push myself to learn to sing because the vocals are too amazing and the melodies are so beautiful in APC and Tool songs

[@guitaristssuck8979]

23:27 I saw him live shouting that "over thiiiiiis" for 8 seconds. You can see it in the Jay Leno appearance too.

[@jamesm3235]

Same in 2017 it was amazing to hear live

[@4lannogueira]

23:25 - oh my god, here comes the scream!!! 😱

[@manocustaff4809]

Have you heard the pinkpop 2018 live of The Outsider? He nails waay harder the "scream", I wouldn't even imagine a 54 y.o singer could still do it

[@chrisliepe]

SO GOOD

[@7thparabola]

Another great video and I appreciate the explanation for the Vacarious Final. Thank You.

[@chrisliepe]

You're welcome!

[@sgockley]

Although these videos are spot on, the techniques and lessons are masterfully crafted…. The road to Maynard’s vocals is a bumpy and painful one. Many times I felt the urge to put you out of your misery :-D

[@MrGoose-ed4kb]

I love The Outsider! That chorus gives me goosebumps every time

[@Snare9]

Wayne Static did very similar "agresive whisper"

[@RudolfHorvath]

I would love you to do that with some vocalists that scream as well. To hear what is real and what production magic.

[@chrisliepe]

Oh man... you would LOVE this: www.mymusicalvoice.com/p/make-vox-total-destroy-bundle

[@RudolfHorvath]

@@chrisliepe I really look forward to it one day, really do - I love everything you do man. I discovered you during the pandemic and you helped me grow as vocalist and a musician immensely. Unfortunately right now I have different priorities on my mind considering I am in a middle of buying and moving to another apartment which takes a lot of my free time and finances.

[@conflictchoir5984]

such amazing content - thank you Chris.

[@agraciotti]

Great breakdown of these vocals. I'd like to see your analysis of Schism and all the different vocals there (I believe it is the most doubled-layered and varied vocal performance of him on Tool)

[@OpulentJoe911]

Anything Maynard related is awesome

[@v.brettreeves708]

7:42 starts the Perfect Circle song.

[@MetridiumMoose]

Chris, I got work to do today man. But you just keep unloading immense amounts of awesome content haha don’t stop though 😆🤙🏻

[@chrisliepe]

Something for you to look forward to after work!! Glad you're enjoying man :)

[@MetridiumMoose]

@@chrisliepe Absolutely 🤘🤘

[@justtv1164]

Thank you again Chris! You're amazing!

[@chrisliepe]

You're so welcome!

[@chrise13]

4:31= God Mode

[@chrisliepe]

:)

[@aaronmare4467]

Wow! What an ingenious analysis of my all time favorite singer! Same goes for your other MJK videos! All of your KZbin videos are amazing!!! 👍👍 If you're reading this, I challenge you to analyze and attempt some songs from Tool's first album, Opiate. I saw them open up for Rollins Band in 92. To this day, it's the most mesmerizing thing I've ever experienced, mainly because of Maynard's intensity and unbelievable performance. 100% pure WTF?! Thank you so much for your amazing videos and courses!

[@chrisliepe]

I haven't gotten into that album as much... but I'll circle back to it!

[@aaronmare4467]

@@chrisliepe 😁😁👍👍

[@clear_gray_sky539]

The delay and reverb trick sounds amazing

[@jizmackdagusia9566]

I'd love to hear the whole performance without interruption at the beginning or end of the videos. Keep up the great work.

[@chrisliepe]

If I don't stop the playback of the singer/music at strategic points (not leaving it playing too long) KZbin's algorithm will flag or block the video. This is partly why I stop so much. So unfortunately, because I don't own the copyrights to this song, I can't let it play all the way through. Kinda a bummer, but at least we get this :) !!

[@jizmackdagusia9566]

@@chrisliepe That's unfortunate. I love your breakdown and insight, it's impressive. This is the first time I've heard Maynard's vocals isolated without the music. Keep up the great content.

[@JPAcuna3]

This was a great pick from APC. And so cool you could get the Vicarious ending too.

[@LucasZeb]

As good as Maynard is, I don't know how well he achieved that Vicarious ending in the studio without some help. I've seen them multiple times live and I've never heard him do it correctly. Not taking anything against him - he is AMAZING live.

[@dickones218]

He can do it there’s vids out there where he does, it’s just so high up there he doesn’t want to crack. But I wish he would too more.

[@jamesm3235]

He has definitely pulled it off live. When I saw him he didnt but he is also much older now so obviosly its much more of a strain and he is more likely to mess it up. But theres video of him doing it live and I have friends that saw him closer to when 10000 days came out and they heard him do it.

[@aidan6536]

Yeah he did the ending exclusively in 2006 and event then most of the time he took some of them down an octave to preserve his voice. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6rQpXx7ZbCVrMk Is probably the the best live version where does it and it's pretty damn close and he's got a whole set to do a very different scenario from working on these vocals for one song for a long time in a studio so it will always sound different unless Maynard went up on stage a sang vicarious and that was it.

[@facundohernandez4887]

love maynard , love a perfect circle and love u chris

[@grampiansfpv1998]

Thanks Chris awesome stuff loved it

[@originalvonster]

I dunno why, but to me that chain wouldn’t be out of place in a meditation track. Thanks for the cool production tips.

[@chrisliepe]

I agree... such a nice haven in the middle of this song!

[@goofygothalien618]

In context with the song, it's like the girl is meditating on those words in her head "They were right about you"

[@JoshuaTMagee]

Awesome video, Chris! I'd like to nominate a video on Bruce Springsteen, and especially how he sings with the emotion dialed up to 11 with tons of grit, and yet somehow has been able to keep his voice for 40+ years.

[@chrisliepe]

That's a great idea!

[@L.T.97]

We love your Maynard videos! After doing Tool and A Perfect Circle, leaving out Puscifer would be a criminal offense...

[@chrisliepe]

Hmmm... I take this as a challenge.

[@withmygoodeyeclosed]

@@chrisliepe Check out Puscifer's "Grand Canyon", really interesting vocal melody and phrasing.

[@jamesm3235]

@@chrisliepe some good puscifer songs to do would be Rev 22 20, Bullet Train to Iowa, Augostina, and The Remedy

[@jmlfl0ydrose]

Hate to be another person suggesting more work for you, but Chad Gray on LD 50 would be awesome!

[@kyubi1997]

Such a mess! Over this! Over THIIIIISS!!! 23:47 - 24:10 Great Screaming! Great video! Thank you very much Chris.🤟🔥

[@JustSomeSound]

Love your videos. Thank you!

[@theicefactor]

Awesome! Thanks for this video!

[@chrisliepe]

My pleasure!

[@jaysonkelly4830]

This was so helpful, thank you!

[@jaysonkelly4830]

I’ve been singing this song at karaoke for years, this video showed me notes I’d never heard before. Thank you again.

[@chrisliepe]

Oh that's awesome... ya I LOVE these isolated vocals... so much is revealed!

[@increase9896]

oh hell yes! more MAYNARD

[@ja5304]

Yes! Thank you!

[@benmacdhui]

Yes. More Maynard is always a bonus. But I have to be honest Chris, Maynard in his prime was during the Ænima era of TooL

[@Toxoplasmosis679]

I love how he kinda swallows the why at the beginning

[@ЖЕКАВОВК-е6у]

This man changed my vocal world and voice's universe 👍🤟🤘Who will be next, Mike Patton? =) I know, this guy is not simple vocalist)

[@chrisliepe]

:) kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKe2qJePgrJ4lck

[@ЖЕКАВОВК-е6у]

@@chrisliepe I saw this video, and I like this video. But, I've ment, isolated vocal in some Patton's song, for example, something from FNM or other Patton's project.

[@U.N.763]

We deserve a klaus meine sing like video. A legend

[@grantsteves8533]

This was just so cool

[@chrisliepe]

Thanks for watching!

[@TheAnalyticalObservers]

Really dude! You sound wayyyy too good to be Maynard James Keenan. You should be in my band.

[@chrisliepe]

Thanks!

[@agustinostuni1540]

Tool is love like this channel

[@chrisdepoian2987]

Hey Chris! I’m a member of your vocal course and am loving your stuff man! I’m curious what your takes are on the voices of Jimmy Gnecco and Jeff Buckley. Both seem to have the control and prowess as you do, I’m curious what specific content you’ve released that touch on any techniques they have used.

[@chrisliepe]

Buckley is on the channel. Gnecco is coming soon!!

[@WeAreTheValence]

@@chrisliepe fantastic! 🤩 Thanks Chris!

[@doomx8087]

Yeeeeah, the end part hahaha

[@PrimalNote]

Any chance you can get your hands on some isolated tracks by Cedric Bixler-Zavala? Either Mars Volta or At the Drive-in?

[@chrisliepe]

I'll look!

[@PrimalNote]

@@chrisliepe Great! The Maynard and Chino videos have been excellent btw!

[@goofygothalien618]

How are you able to get access to these isolated vocal recordings? Do you create them yourself?

[@chrisliepe]

KZbin mostly :) Just search for them!

[@gabeghost666]

hey, Chris I'm so glad i came across this. I have a question. Have you done anything with Tool's The Pot, because if I'm correct the reason the song starts on a lagging point is that the first lyrics "who are you" is the starting point of the song but its so low in audio, and it's like a repeat of the lyrics. I'm not sure if anyone ever stumbled across that. would like your opinion. Thanks

[@chrisliepe]

I've been searching for The Pot iso tracks... haven't come across them just yet, but I hope to do something on that song someday!

[@gabeghost666]

@@chrisliepe In just the actual song. if you listen to it in your headphones, which I believe you have the same ones I do, the AKG k240 studio, you hear "who are you" right before the 1-second marker. This is why I love your videos because of Maynards vocal ways and everything underlying that he does. Phenominal

[@WitzyZed]

Little things I now can't un-hear! Thank you for the insights. PS you sound just like Troy Baker (voice actor, etc.)

[@cultoay0utube]

Dude!!! Go to the freaking point!!!

[@pgallant]

at 4:00 that sounds an awful lot like chest voice to me. I'm sure it's layered with a head voice track but I definitely hear the fry and chest in that.

[@barbar2090]

Very cool

[@distractionmorbidmedia6737]

You got to do some POETS OF THE FALL

[@whitefantom]

I'm definitely going to second this! 💜

[@creeksiderockmusic]

Chris for some reason Im not getting any emails after I join your free vocal course. I've checked a spam and junk.

[@chrisliepe]

hmmm... can you email me at [e-mail] about this. I'll check to see what's up with your email. Thanks for letting me know!

[@Scottymuffins]

The Grudge!

[@goofygothalien618]

Please do Thomas by A Perfect Circle next

[@lukethemuse9921]

How do you isolate vocal tracks? I'd like to use these for personal practice.

[@pikkirat623]

I love these videos. You should do Layne Staley and Aaron Lewis eventually

[@jesseg.3371]

I love to listen to you too man. Crazy helpful and hilarious

[@linuspaul4673]

Uuuuh. Thank you...

[@beehype46and2]

Comment for da algorithm Streak count: 73 Tomorrow I can finally eat sweets and meat again!🎉🎉🎉

[@chrisliepe]

😋 NICE

[@joeycocco4033]

We need a Peter Steele episode.

[@djabthrash]

24:22 sounds to me like you're doing fry scream while Maynard is doing false cord, and he sounds more like he has a note than you do. Nothing wrong with fry scream, but i just think this is clearly not what's going on (and what's suited for this sound) here. It seems to be what you're doing at 24:52, but on a higher note (kind of belting), that's it. Just my 2 cents

[@chrisliepe]

I strongly dislike those terms. I think most people have them backwards. Neither of us are doing a fry scream. And all screams use the false cords! All compression uses the false cords as well! Check out the courses I've done with Periphery's Spencer Sotelo and Veil of Maya's Lukas Magyar. We've got lots of discussion regarding these very terms and topics!

[@djabthrash]

@@chrisliepe Alright ! By "fry scream" i mean what you do when your voice breaks up. As opposed to the other kind of screaming (which is much rougher and energy consuming).

[@chrisliepe]

@@djabthrash As I'm hearing it... We're both doing heavily distorted pitch screaming... Or extreme singing with distortion. There's a note in my scream just like his. Which means it's NOT a "fry-based scream" Since there is primary cord engagement in both examples. Both time stamps are the same stuff, just in different proportions. How much airflow is being moderated by the false cord area? What is the amount and quality of the cord closure. It's less about making a classification and observing the balances. It's amazing how many people I get that say: Hey that's a fry scream!! or Hey that's a false cord scream... and it's like this running argument to be right in the classification. Listen to Chester Bennington - Given Up... The epic scream... then go look for arguments on what kind of scream it is. You isolate that scream and listen carefully to any of chester's screaming... There is a NOTE in every one. So it's NOT what it typically classified as a fry scream. It's extreme singing with LOTS of false cord engagement. People write it off as a fry scream and don't get anywhere near the intensity or engagement in it and wonder what they are doing wrong. It's all about, in my opinion, steering clear of those classifications and experiencing the balances in your OWN VOICE and seeing what comes out. Who cares if it's a little different than the artist you're drawing inspiration from. It'll unlock lots of possibilities in your own voice along the way!

[@djabthrash]

@@chrisliepe Gotcha !

[@krishanbahadursinghrajput4876]

If your first language is not English so how we start singing with emotions in it ?? I think without emotions singing have nothing in it

[@seven-yd3om]

*cough* *cough* how to sing like the Rev *cough*

[@twocatsyelling723]

19:30 Was almost expecting you to break out into a spontaneous Gregorian Chant. Ah well.. Maybe next time.

[@chrisliepe]

It definitely inspires that!

[@bibule]

Early !

[@chrisliepe]

yay :)