How to Add Grit and Distortion to Your Mixed Voice (Sing High With Authority!)

Maybe you feel like you can sing high, but when you do, it feels and sounds too thin!? You may have heard a lot of people tell you how you can add distortion by using glottal compression, vocal fry, and regulating airflow, but how is this actually supposed to FEEL in your own voice with your own experience? Through noises and explanations revolving around common vocal sensations, I demonstrate how to go from thin high notes, to well-supported, loud and distorted singing! No Thesaurus needed!

[freeman]

Whenever it comes to learning a new vocal skill, I gladly take a liepe of faith.

[kuanlinpaihan]

4:33 me at mcdonald's drive thru when they ask what I'd like to order

[VaVaBanks]

I got vocal fry, scream, so much down and still growing. My songs sound much more complete now too. Can't wait to finish this demo tape and perform! Thanx Chris for everything!

[theresalwayssomething]

I'm watching a man repeatedly yell fry at me like some kind of satanic ritual and I love it

[nicolasamblard]

After trying so many different methods, I could finally find my mixed voice thanks to you! That means so much!
As it's very new, I'm struggling with precision in my pitch a bit (i have no problem regarding that in chest or head voice). Maybe some pitch exercises would be great for a next video?

Thanks so much!

[konmirror]

Wow you’re so great at articulating your points especially for people with little to no actual music experience, and it shows how much you have. You make it enjoyable too so I don’t know why you aren’t one of the top viewed vocal youtubers

[syzygy]

this is chester's bennington's technique, right? omg awesome bro!

[romangehres]

Chris you are the only guy on YouTube I trust when it comes to vocal coaching. Seeing your videos are reassuring.

[brentinjapan]

Thanks! I’m trying to get back to singing with grit and rasp again after years of getting my voice “clean”. I’m going through songs working on each word and phrase the way you’re teaching it. It’s coming along.

[Krunchforever]

I have been watching your videos back to back over a time period of about a week now. And coming from somebody who’s been self-taught his entire life with singing I couldn’t be happier that I discovered your videos. Just when I have another question about a certain thing another of your videos pop up and answers it for me. I’m excited for more videos and more learning!

[RickSnowdon]

Dude, best vocal coach on YouTube for this style. It took me years to figure this out on my own. Discovered mixed voice from singing Phantom of the Opera tunes quietly in my home (to not annoy neighbours) and realised I could sing higher without straining and reaching. Was a revelation. I then applied to to singing Zep tunes and added grit. Took me about a year of practice to develop that aspect of my voice. Takes maintenance to keep it strong. I find though, if im using it for a full song I begin to lose the range. Is this just a vocal fitness thing? Or not holding back enough? If i sing clean it lasts longer. The range comes back after a little break. Great channel mate, keep it up!

[iMaCH]

oh my god... this is the first video explaining vocal fry in higher register that i could understand and have it actually work for me THANK YOU SO MUCH ive been trying to figure this out for 4 years to no avail <3

[CeLillyMusic]

Wow I can't believe that after seeing so many tutorials I finally found someone who was able to describe it so I was able to sing like that! Can't wait to try it out in a full song! I always thought I just naturally wasn't able to sing with distortion and this video gave me so much hope haha . :D

[sinjin]

THANK YOU so much for showing how it sounds "in between" I kept listening to people doing it straight from clean singing to a perfect distortion tone, and when my voice kept cracking I thought I was doing it wrong, but now I know it's just a transition stage.

[tworadon]

Man, I can't emphasise enough how much observing the transitions you demonstrate in all sorts of ways in your many videos is helping me to navigate all the weird sounds I'm making. I wish it'd be possible to have library of hundreds of few second video clips of you showing all the examples of transitions you've ever made, and then maybe have a description under each saying whether there's too little support or too much tension, etc. Heck I can imagine implementing and search algorithm or even an AI to match the vocalist's weird sounds to some of your examples to guide them. Maybe I'm getting carried away with LiepeNet haha!

[thesho-waz]

👍　I have a high tone voice and love singing gospel music. Gospel vocalists have various vocal textures. This video is very helpful. Thank you 🙏

[yuridanylko]

Awesome, somebody who explains what to do instead of just lingering on *just* safety.

[Remington_Music]

This video gave me a huge breakthrough. I've struggled with getting my mixed range to fry or distort for awhile without pain. Jumping straight from fry to a high mixed note while keeping your other distortion techniques in mind did it, as well as using falsetto to find the note, I even got my first falsetto distortion which I couldn't even believe. For a moment I actually thought it was a mixed note because it didn't sound at all like my normal weak head voice, it sounded like powerful mix just a little quieter. Incredible thanks man. Changing my life every day

[pedrokoury]

So:

1.) Start with compression
2.) Add fry
3.) Enter voice break territory
4.) Push further
5.) Project outwards through the mask

Please correct me or add info if i'm wrong! 😃

[renemuller]

I have a problem with singing with distortion but the funny thing is that I can do fry screams but I'm still not able to find the right dose for aggressive singing. I keep on trying. It's frustrating and interesting at the same time to discover the voice so I am still motivated and think that I can do it one day.