I'm not sure if this is allowed here, to ask a question about a vocal technique another vocal coach is using, but my intent isn't to promote another coach; it's to inquire about a specific technique and this just happens to be a very prominent example of the technique, as this coach uses it for every scream he ever does as well as almost any time he wants to sing with very heavy grit. Since an RSS YouTube short was uploaded today that references creating grit by exploiting the vocal break, it seemed like a good time to ask about this. Perhaps other members of this community are also curious about this subject. At 2:46, this vocal coach starts exploiting his vocal break to create ultra-heavy grit. He continues it for 8 seconds straight, screaming a variety of notes in that time period. Since it does sound so brutal, I'm curious: Is this what you would call "pushing"? Is it what he's doing here safe? Is there any other technique he could have used to bring about this particular sound that your hear between 2:46 and 2:54 in this video or is exploiting the vocal break the only technique that would yield this particular sound? He's good at disguising the actual sound of the break, but it's easy to hear it right on the last note of this song and that vocal break technique is what he used for all the heavy distortion in this performance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI989vd5xFI

Share your singing and music with the community! Mondays are your chance to share music you want *without* asking for critique or instruction. If you want to share your latest song and video, an older one you're proud of, one you're working on, or even just one that inspires you, today is your day! We're looking forward to seeing what you have to share!

Podcast Chats are where we keep the conversation going and dive deeper into the topics of our podcast episodes with you! 🎧 You can find this episode on our website or by searching for Rock Singing Success on your favorite podcast app! ➡️ 𝗪𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀, 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀! Learn how to control the false cords, use fry like an expert, and discover the best exercises for developing your grit and screams beyond what you thought possible. Explore the importance of bracing, breath support, placement, yawning, sobbing, and being versatile with your screams. In this episode, we’ll take you from the basics of vocal distortion to mastering the most advanced techniques, in a great preview of what we teach in our Extreme Singing course. In this episode: - The foundations of vocal distortion: the first thing you need - Why learning to sing first is essential for developing effortless grit and screams - How distortion works and interacts with the voice - How to gain conscious control of the false cords for ultimate control - How fry is useful for building vocal distortion - What an old man’s grunt, witch’s cackle, and smoker’s voice can teach you about vocal distortion - How to use glottal stops, thinning out, and cry to develop fry - Crucial steps for combining fry and the singing voice - How to control compression and why it’s useful - Three main grit placements and how to work on them - One of the best exercises to develop effective grit - The spectrum of the two main distortion types - The balance between singing and grit placement, and how to use it to shape your sound - Why bracing is essential to effective vocal distortion and breath support - How yawning can affect the intensity of your distortion - If you can sing it, you can distort it - How to go from grit to screams - A simple exercise for improving your screams by letting your voice fall apart - How to use sobbing to get better at screaming - Using the feeling of the false cords to improve your grit and screams - How to distort in your lower range - Adele vs Randy Blythe: how to build versatility and coordination in your screams - What to expect about how long it takes to develop great vocal distortion that doesn’t hurt your throat

This is just something that everybody should be able to have a little fun with and it will give other members a little more insight into your musical taste. It's very simple. Just list the band and the year of the tour or the album the band was touring on. For me it is: 1. Fleetwood Mac 1977 Rumours Tour - seeing Stevie Nicks at her peak and seeing the whole band tour on one of the best selling, most iconic rock albums of all time would have been incredible! 2 W.A.S.P. - I would guess it would probably have either been for The Last Command Tour - 1985 or for The Crimson Idol Tour - 1992 3 Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy Tour