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@elindayana8174

4 ай бұрын

Can you react to "VALSHE - BUTTERFLY CORE"? She has a unique beautiful voice. Oh by the way, Valshe looks like a boy, but she is a woman. Valshe is my favorite singer! She is the one who made me fall in love with music. 😍🔥💕

@dathorndike4908

4 ай бұрын

Kurt had a curvature of the spine, too, which affected his posture.

Yes, I always thought that Kurt's voice was not aggressive as it could be in heavy metal, but rather an expression of complaint and frustration. There was vulnerability.

@lippi2171

4 ай бұрын

Just as Krist Novoselic said. He was a weird avant garde artist. He never was a hard rock singer. He was on the DIY punk side of things. I think if he'd never been popular, he would've been an experimental alternative musician, doing weird collabs and stuff (he already kinda did)

@arkii5420

4 ай бұрын

Listen to terrorist pissings, his vocals are absolutely brutal, and can damage your vocals.

@caprise-music6722

3 ай бұрын

Couldn’t disagree more. To me Kurt’s voice and screams are 100 times more intense and raw then metal bands. And I grew up with Blavk and death metal. But hey.. things are various to different people

@nivac5227

3 ай бұрын

@@caprise-music6722 but I talked about agressiveness, not rawness or intensity. Kurt's screams make me think about suicidal dispair, while extreme metal singers seem bulliers and satanists.

@indigo_0

3 ай бұрын

but he was on a plain and he couldn’t complain…

You're absolutely right. I mean, all the clues were there! He even told us in the lyrics " teenage angst has paid off well..."

@suixiderex562

4 ай бұрын

HAHAHAHA

@Viiigoing

3 ай бұрын

What does that mean ?

It took Butch Vig a lot of convincing to get Kurt to double his tracks. The "John Lennon did it too" argument ultimately won him over.

@WickedHill

4 ай бұрын

I know I sound like an a hole but everybody who’s a real Nirvana fan knows that already and heard it a million times😂

@ska4dragons

4 ай бұрын

​@@WickedHill So stop repeating it and sounding like an asshole.

The fact is that he can sing and scream with a distorted voice Without strength he sings naturally, that's incredible

yesterday was Kurt's birthday!

For what it's worth, growing up and listening to Nirvana I didn't even realize Kurt was screaming. Same thing much later with another sigh screamer, Gerard Way. And that is, I think, because this type of distortion is based on a mode that's natural to people's speaking voices. That's also why this has become my favorite type of scream lately - it's not jarring when it kicks in, unlike full on unpitched fry (?) etc. Maybe that's why Kurt's / Gerard's vocals may register as screams to some, or not at all to others

@mark-granger

4 ай бұрын

The Gerard Way comparison explains why the only other band I can scream along to and not sound weird is MCR. I love doing the big OKAY in I'm Not Okay.

@craigusselman546

4 ай бұрын

Its funny when he hit those high notes because his speaking voice was deep.

Listen to Kurts screaming voice in Negative Creep. So intense.

@samuraidave1645

4 ай бұрын

My favorite is hairspray queen, the vocals on that are so crazy and awesome

@rlibby404

3 ай бұрын

The Muddy Banks version is over the top

He's the goat imo

Kurt’s singing and screaming in every song hits me to my core in a beautiful way 💕🎶 RIP KC.

That's the sound of Kurt being frustrated endlessly and resigned to reality, but knew how to express it brilliantly.

His voice was so charismatic😊

I’ve always loved Kurt’s voice and pitch.

Wow what an observation Chris! Instant difference made when trying to emulate Kurt. You're the best 👌

Never thought about it, but was feeling it. Spot on!

Kurt said it himself… “teenage ANGST has paid off well, now I’m bored and old.”

Thank you for deep analysis, it really helps to understand the band and kurt better

Once again! Brilliant video on our all time favourite! Chris, you're so loved and respected among vocal teachers in Russia! Especially everything that comes to extreme vocals!

Absolutely brilliant and so fucking insightful brother. I learned something massive about my own vocal distortion

Great video Chris. Would love to see more short videos like this where you really help us think about the emotional expression of the singer. I've been learning techniques from you but I want to be authentic in my performances. I needed this.

Really cool! Thanks, as always! 🙏🏻

I am so glad I´m seeing your numbers go up. You are one of the first people that I watched when I started singing and maybe the only one who I am still watching. You deserve this and this video is the purest of examples. Thank you very much

An excellent analysis. Very enlightening.

Amazing analysis of this emotion/delivery..

Fascinating observations on Kurt's vocal delivery. Chapeau!

Singing songs like their cover of Where Did You Sleep last night taught me to scream like this. Did it for years without thinking, but you described it perfectly here. Sigh scream sounds right. It's a completely different muscle to, for instance, the screamy bit in Monkey Wrench.

Excellent observation for vocalist! Thank you!

Great thoughts and points 👌

Find out what your voice does when you lock into authenticity. Fantastic advice.

Chris, this is just wonderful observation!

Great video Chris. Nice Job. Thanks

Your voice is awesome dude

Genius, sir... Thank you for the breakdown!

Another banger ❤

Love it bro!!! So awesome and hilarious at the same time lol

This was, very informative, interesting and knowledgeable. And you are so right. I wasn’t able to put my finger on it but you absolutely nailed it. I loved Kurt very much. And this really put things into perspective in a way that I couldn’t. Thank you for this video. I subbed and I’m absolutely interested in learning more vocal techniques.

Your channel is great🎉🎉🎉🎉

Glad someone like you called it out 🙌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️‍🔥

This is a great observation

Kurt had a good use of his vocals. As a yeller or screamer going high or low; he sounded fantastic.

This is actually pretty helpful

I love your voice

I’ve never thought his singing was aggressive. Intense at times, but your take of where he’s coming from otherwise is right.

brilliant observation

Kurt has this beautiful pitch while singing clean'ish which is just a talent - it's just His voice so it's up to with what kind of voice did You born with. But You listen to a ton of Nevermind vocals and He just sings and less screams but mostly sing in between those two like You've said. It's like with Staley. He didn't put His distortion into turbo mode but just add it in the background. Of Course it helps if You are recorded properly and mics and pres give You some color and beautiful compression but mostly of the engineer knows how to record You and doesn't wanna get from You the cleanest take but the best - with the most emotions and no perfection. Unfortunately most engineers will concentrate on perfect tune and not that much about the emotions.

Pretty good analysis

Great observation.

Absolutely!

Dude- you have a pretty good scream yourself

Kurt GOAT Cobain

Youre correct sir 💯

I have listened to Kurt thousands of times, almost every day since around 92😂 so maybe way more than thousands, I've still yet to figure his vocal techniques out

You are very humble admitting your mistake and propose a better answer.

i think above all else, this isolated vox shows he's coming at it from true raw agony. rip

@caprise-music6722

3 ай бұрын

Damn straight. You can hear the difference between someone who has felt real pain and loss in his life, and someone who is faking it. Obviously it helps to be a brilliant singer, lyricist and song writer too. But that’s part of what someone might get when they have felt real pain and loss.

This was spot on

🔥🔥❤️🔥🔥 I'll never forget the day Nirvana was playing on the oldies station. I was freaking out like how could it be? LOL time keeps on slipping... Edit: into the future

He was a master of paradox

Sadness. The the only emotion I hear from Kurt

Check out his earlier stuff before the bleach era his vocal range and screams were way up there even when I heard it I was like damn!!

Omfg ur so rite now I’m screaming wit no pain whts so ever 😂😂 so easily too wtf thanks Chris ur da GOAT, Kurt certainly inspired tf outta me jus now so did u!🎉

Just a reminder that Chris is the best in here in the internet teaching singing zone.

Look in his live on Blind Ping of School, its one of his best screams

@NegativeRemasters

4 ай бұрын

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Nailed it

Producing, in singing or speaking voice using a sigh is one of the best thing practice every day for people who push. Sigh is the complete opposite.

Brilliant

Great vid

I truly believe this has more to do with just being your honest self when creating.

Close enough.

@caprise-music6722

3 ай бұрын

At best

interesting point! think a prime example of this would be Paul Westerberg's voice in the song Unsatisfied by the Replacements, especially towards the end you hear that exasperated style of screaming

We all hear things Chris... but it's good 😊 No recess!

I didn't even listen to Nirvana very much but Kurt had a unique voice that some would call legendary. RIP Kurt, you've been missed by many for a longer time than you were alive.

"Teenage angst has paid off well"

@gmod8033

3 ай бұрын

Exactly

Hey Chris! Thanks for providing such an elucidating content here! So many of the vocalists you analyze have become personal favorites of mine that it is surprising. Taking Kim Dracula as an example, I've gotten mixed feelings from Make me Famous, but I came to listen the entire album "A Gradual Decline in Morale" and oh boy, there is such a diversity of vocals there! I'd love to see your thoughts on other songs from that album.

Yes!

Exactly! Now you got it! This is Kurt Cobain.

@caprise-music6722

3 ай бұрын

You’re kidding right?

I envy you just now hearing it like this. And you totally articulated right. I am not trying to talk shit about Linkin Park, but when I hear younger (than me, no doubt old by most counts now) people talk about them like they're their generations Nirvana, it feels like Nu Metal just lacked the nuance. It's definitely post-nirvana, because it's all loud quiet loud stuff, but it's like saying Limp Bizkit is like Tool because it's cut and paste style. I don't want to take away what young(er) people get from those bands, but there was an unrepeatable kind of nuance and delicateness to what Kurt was doing. That's why we are still talkkg about him and not still talking about Puddle Of Mudd.

my poor neighbours

Insightful a always Chris! Have you heard Nirvana's 'Curmudgeon"? What you're explaining is very obvious in this song.

It was pain and frustration

I figured it out!!!!!! 😆😆😆😆 I found kurts grit placement!!!! And combined with compression and no air pushing I figured it out😂❤❤❤❤ I'll try to find a way to show you

@rickytrailparkboys5962

4 ай бұрын

How to do it Bro???

@fenderfox5080

4 ай бұрын

@@rickytrailparkboys5962 hard to explain but I'll try, the grit area is sorta in the same spot as if you were gargling mouthwash, not super low like Louis Armstrong, not super high like Axl rose, it's kinda in the middle like heart shaped box, hey!! wait!! I got a new complaint, middle meaning not low or high placement, middle like the gargling area, Then this is important, use compression, don't force air out, when Kurt does his screams he goes higher into head voice as well. I just sorta figured this out the other day watching Chris waiting in line at the oil change place 😂 so it's new to me but I hope it helps, I'll also say my throat didn't feel sore or strained but maybe a little numb feeling, really try to listen to what Kurt is doing, he's not pushing or forcing anything, try saying these lyric phrases with your mouth not with your lungs. I hope this makes sense it's allot of things all in one, also use the yodel at the ends and I'm the places he uses them 🤘 hope this helps

@rickytrailparkboys5962

4 ай бұрын

THANK YOU SO MUUUUUUUUCH😁😁👌@@fenderfox5080

OK You've turned Kurt Cobain into Pauly Shore for me. I'm dead.

Kurt was the genesis of Nu metal.

@shelteredshaman5992

4 ай бұрын

Nu Metal isnt vulnerable like Kurts music

@DarkLight-Ascending

4 ай бұрын

@@shelteredshaman5992 of course, there are some more then others... but numetal is defined by mixing styles w vulnerability.

It’s like he’s frustrated but high as balls on haron so he’s feeling really good

@smokejc

4 ай бұрын

damn haron

@mandead1668

4 ай бұрын

​@@smokejc😂😂😂 that bloody haron

The point of grunge is to get rid of the fake music done by pros and make real music from real people with real emotions. However Kurt's voice was so incredibly refined and practiced in how he portrayed naturalness that this band became as professional as what the grunge movement protested against. That's my take. How he stayed so on pitch with such grit I have no idea. Definitely one of my favorite voices. I think the most important emotion is honesty.

@russellspear6188

4 ай бұрын

That could not have been "the point of grunge." Just look at the rampant heroin abuse that infested the grunge scene. Heroin abuse is an attempt to evade reality by numbing oneself, so as not to feel!

Yeah, nice discovery! To me, the way i see this type of screaming is that you not only can move it and make it more nasal (for example Death singer in the whole The sound of perseverance album) or locate it lower or up but also back in the palate; but you can also (and i dont know how to explaing this too much) "trap" the sound more or let it be more free and just be a broken version of your voice. I think you can trap it applying flageolet, make it feel more like mixed screaming voice and it will sound more like Chester or even Devin Townsend (listen deadhead for quick example) but if you let it be free it will sound more like Kurt or even the emo scene, they used this a lot (you can listen to saosin or circa survive, specially Anthony Green does this a lot, and he really sounds broken down, is amazing).

Can you do a vocal analysis of Stinkfist by Tool? 🙏 Also, huge thank you. I appreciate your content and that you share your knowledge!

You figure out that Cobain was about angst. Wow.

It’s was angst and emotion not forced at all

I think part of Kurt's tone was that he legitimately screamed (Not safely). I heard that in some interview he had said he would cough up blood after shows because the screaming was tearing up his vocal chords.

I was going to mention on the last Kurt video that you should look into / talk about how his voice breaks all the time.... and how that may say something about where and how he sings.

Nice

Lol, i've been trying to do his screams in a more downward expression for a while now

I’m an older Gen Xer. I saw them live. Gen X was full of angst. I was.

Hey Chris, on the chance you see this comment, if you want, can you check out a sing by the name of Mafumafu? He's a Japanese Utaite singer, very popular in Japan but there aren't many vocal analysis's done on him. He has a very strong upper-middle range and can hit the 4th octive and a C5 in chest like almost nothing. It's out-of-the-box for what you're used to spending your time analyzing, but if that's up your alley I would LOVE to see your thoughts on how he does it. Good stuff, thanks for reading!

Does this guy have any videos of him doing a full performance of tunes? I'd love to hear him belt out some covers.

@chrisliepe

4 ай бұрын

Yes! Check my covers playlist! :) And I’ve got some stuff on SoundCloud as well!

Lets go

lol, it was all over the place, its pretty evident, yet i clicked on this video lol again

lol definetly... it's the frustration of no recess... Kurt for president

Whatever dude it was aggressive as hell. Thanks for your service. I’m not trying to be a smart ass. I appreciate anybody who loves Nirvana keep up the good work.

I really like how you make that compression sound. You make it look easy. How long did it take to master that and do it healthy?