How To Sing With Distortion (WAY Better In 3 Steps) Inspiration From Chester Bennington's Technique

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As I've been studying the different ways that singers get their grit and distortion, I've come to realize and internalize that there are SO many ways to end up with great sound AND great feel.

But there are also a lot of ways to miss the mark and cause both short term and long term issues in your voice.

Let me show you three steps to better, more consistent, safe and GREAT SOUNDING vocal distortion! We'll take a cue from Chester Bennington too!

[MetalBrains]

You are the reason I can sing now, I started a band called counterfeit icons knowing I wanted to be the lead singer without knowing how to sing. Thank you. We’re getting signed soon

[ForeverJade.D]

You do a great Chester voice, I usually hate hearing people cover Linkin Park, not many can pull it off.

[ApexofWar_]

Something to consider as well: the heavier and more often you distort during a set, the quicker you'll get fatigued. Not to be confused with bad technique which will ruin you in a matter of minutes. After a couple hours of working on LP covers, while everything (including cleans) still sounds great, my voice is ready for a break.

[airon_OW]

This video singlehandedly made me download the whole LP discography again

[qui-gonkenobi]

You explain the complex things so understandable that even non-native speakers can understand this very clearly, thank you!

[LPLY]

You're the man. So many others hide their lessons behind paywalls not everyone can afford, or they bloat their videos with so much preamble b.s. that it's hard to discern the important parts from the garbage. You are straight to the point, you explain things so well, so clearly and relatably, your videos are free, you just do everything so right. You're creating so many better, healthier singers with what you're doing. You are literally making the world a better place. It's so hard already trying to be a musician in the modern world, the last thing aspiring artists need is to have an impossible time learning how to hone their craft properly. You are making improvement attainable, which is making the hard life of a musician just that much less challenging. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[adityanarayanjha]

I've always dreamt of singing like Chester...
Now seeing u doing the intro despite of being a baritone gives me hope nd motivation to sing in his high tenor voice

[deejay]

Rip Chester Bennington, you were one of the best vocalists there is, and you’ll still be the best vocalist for years to come

[Rasti__]

Holy heck, that was arguably one of, if not the best Chester Bennington singing imitation I've personally ever heard.

You could easily fool me with that into thinking it's the real deal.

[LoneCreeperHunter]

As a powerlifter who makes a lot of noise at heavier weights, this came pretty naturally to me. I just imagine squatting under the bar on a heavy set, and it comes to me. Lots of breath support in that kind of heavy lifting and distortion from the compression. Ironically, the top of my squats sound like GREAT distorted notes, plus it never hurts because of the heavy vocal support!

[TheLowest]

Honestly chris, you are quite talented in not only singing but explaining things perfectly. Been trying to sing for years and only saw progress once I found your channel and your way of explaining just made everything click. And then to also give this info out for free, you're a gem sir.

[nicolasgarcia]

Man, loved your version of somewhere I belong.
you should release a full cover, so nice!

[CellarStudioProductions]

ooookay this is getting creepy. I literally just said "It's time I reassess my approach to distortion." to a friend of mine AN HOUR AGO. And now you drop this?

You're the real deal. Excited for this lesson. And I've only heard the intro. You already won me with Chester.

[sethrenville]

"Happy little accidents"

As soon as I heard this, I realized who my mind was drawing parallels between you and, from your first video. You're the goddamn Bob Ross of vocals, but instead of just making people solid with a decent set of middle-sized brushes, you're teaching people how to paint the motherfuking Sistine chapel with their junk. It's absolutely magnificent.

I used to think I was born too late to explore the world, and too early to explore the universe, but it's people like you who make me realize I was born at exactly the right time, exploring not only in the mechanics of being human, through the most connected our species has ever been, but also exploring the power of consciousness, for example, the incredible differences that can be made by simply changing the way you are thinking about something, without purposefully changing anything else

[earthtonesHQ]

I just wanna say dude... Everything your trying to do with your channel is really coming off in the videos you put out. I hope that makes sense.

Also, I'd like to add that I've known your channel for a while now and I can see a very visible improvement in your own signing. Which is rare and amazing to see in a teacher. That intro was 🔥.

[kelvinsalomonsklingenfuss]

Damn Chris, people like to say you'd be a great Cornell sucessor, but damn, you're an army knife! As far as I'm concerned Chester voice is much thinner in the Tenor spectrum, yet you were able to achieve extremelly accurate tones on the cover (even though sounding exactly like Chester/anyone is not the point at all).

In this video, even though its content is amazing as always, I wanted to dedicate my comment to notice your incredible skills and performance! Wish you all the best!

[threee]

Wow this completely changed my perspective on how attainable that sound is, amazing chester voice too never heard someone get it right like that

[alanzebeatbox]

Long live Chester🥺❤ we'll miss you💓

[nicojoubert]

It's good to learn these techniques and not over work yourself on trying to get it right it took me years to get to a point where I can safely excicute a decent sounding distortion voice. I used music and my ears to recognize what the singer is doing and finding my own point of distortion. It's not about getting to the finish as fast as possible but getting to the finish able to still go again and again.

[branikjechcankavpetlahvi]

Amongst all the goofy noises I do along to experiment with my voice I forget how excellent singer you are. The riffing at the end was just top notch. <3