How to scream: eliminating air in your fry screams

Fry screams being too airy makes many people unhappy with their tone. When there’s too much space between the vocal cords during a fry scream most of our air slips out causing irritation and faster fatigue and tension. A lot of the “body” we associate with the sound is lost, so if you’ve ever felt like there’s something missing in your scream and you can’t figure out what it is or control it a LOT of the time it’s this. Starting with your regular voice and blending only as much fry as you need for what your target sound is can make all the difference. Give this a try and to learn way more about how to scream and improve yourself join our EVI Now courses!

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Course 3: Introduction to the false cord and fry techniques
Course 15: False cord scream revisited
Course 16: Fry scream revisited
Course 29: False cord scream activations
Course 30: Fry scream activations

[Everythingwentblack]

Being a guitar player I don’t really do vocals that much but watching your videos I’ve definitely been practicing screaming.

[grumphre]

Thanks so much! My screams used to sound just like your demonstration with the opened up vocal cords, but then I tried what you suggested and got my first decent scream in only a few minutes! It's by no means perfect and still needs work, but you helped me tremendously!

[beastleemain]

I didn’t realized how much I love screaming until recently

[danielgarzamusic]

I’m impressed cause you sound like a regular speaking person but then you pull out these anselmo screams and I’m like how you take care of your voice is really awesome. Well done! Thank you for sharing

[gaminginthemire]

All I know is when I first started trying to scream I could only go so loud and hold them so long before I hacked up a lung. One night in particular to Korn I fucked up bad lol, could hardly talk the next morning.
Now I can hit much louder, far more powerful screams and do it without hacking up a lung.
A good friend of mine who is in a band, White Stag if anyone is curious, told me a lot of people make the mistake when they scream. They don’t realize a scream, like a singing voice, is unique, and when they don’t sound like their favorite singer they give up or begin to develop bad habits trying to sound like them.
Kudos to this guy though. Excellent control of his voice and the power behind it.
If I could even get to half of this point I’d be so happy

[SkroMatt]

"-or you in the center of the sound." Anyone else have a spontaneous vision from the architect's chamber?
This is so much fun, thanks bro!

[Alakazoro]

Man you're so cool, I wish we were in a band. So much talent but also such a sick variety, you rock brother extreme!

[valaek]

You are a fucking GOD. THANK YOU FOR EXISTING.

[cadeklo]

Id love if you could make a video going further in detail about this. Maybe even some exercises. I seem to be struggling a bit with eliminating some excess breathy-ness

[eldardusmuratov]

Man you’re a scream Messiah! Thanks a lot!
Maybe someday you will explain the technique of Drew York of “Stray from the Path”🙌

[jasomniac]

This is a fantastic tip bro, thank you again I pick up more and more every time I see one of your videos

[soopsyascoops]

AAAAHHHH HAHAHAHA THANK YOU SO MUCH IVE BEEN ASKING ABOUT THIS AND NO ONE CAN TELL MEEEE

[nicolamiceli]

Thank you for your work, even the short videos are so informing! Would be nice to see how to produce a sound similar to Courtney La Plante from Spirit Box, what kind of scream does she do? How to inject some clean voice into the screaming?

[DylanWOWilliams]

Nice Bob Belcher cameo.

I love Jon Benjamin.

[greghillmusic]

Isn't fry screaming when your folds are closed? Isn't what you're describing known as hybrid scream?

[hugobarrios]

Hellou David!! Could you do a "How Scream Like Shawn Milke" Please🙏🏻

[saultpancetta]

This dude almost makes me want to become a singer instead of a drummer 🤘

[owlbme]

Please, PLEASE discuss inhales! 🙏

Thanks to your videos I have learned that my self-taught technique is fundamentally a low fry scream, just with reversed air flow so the "texture" of the sound is slightly different but equally brutal.

Is there any potential physical harm in using this approach?

[ЕрікКовінько]

Is there any chance that you will explain how Alex Koehler from Chelsea Grin did his high screams?

[ls.vinicius]

Can you show how to scream like Jens kid man from meshuggah?
Since Nothing I cannot follow as he does.