Why YouTube covers suck.

There's a divisive problem with most cover songs on YouTube.

And, really... It's a bigger problem than you realize because it is eating into your subconscious and effecting the way you practice and think about your voice in terribly destructive ways!

Let me help you:
1) Fix your approach to singing any song...
2) Help you correct misconceptions about what you're really capable of!

[Chupacabramusic]

My dude I've been a recording artist for 25 yrs now. I just wanna say after working with countless artists and etc of all levels of talent, I've gotten more from your content in three days than all the rest combined... I sincerely appreciate the lack of cocky or arrogant delivery and how genuinely you seem to be just a good and kool dude... you have such a fun approach and such great humor.. to see you set back and just laugh sometimes is so far more valuable to me than most arrogant people in your possession of advice. Thank you for the time you invest into your work with these videos. For someone like me in my current situation there is no measure of value that can be placed on what I get from these videos. I lost everything. Literally... the virus took everything... I had to start over with absolutely nothing and often am lost at what direction to take my work.. I just.. man to man thank you for your invested efforts man... that's all.. just thank you..

[AndyDion]

I think a lot of people don’t realize that a lot of “Live” performances have post production work .
Awesome video Chris, great advice

[shaneharrington]

I love the difference between live performances and recorded singing. Two different worlds. I don’t expect or want one to sound like the other. As long as there’s passion and some decent talent, it works.

[nimishparikh]

I really needed this today... thanks again, Chris! You're an excellent guide and coach.

I was feeling low after an exhausting vocals recording session yesterday, that didn't go so well... but this video has got me back on my feet, I'm pumped again... Thank you!

[andoletube]

The hardest thing for singers who punch in for every phrase is getting their tone to be consistent. I can really hear a disconnect with a lot of studio recordings because each phrase has a different voice timbre due to trying to optimise each phrase as a goal in itself - and the fact that each phrase might have been recorded hours apart or on different days. It's important to try to connect each phrase to the previous phrase if you're going to work this way. For this reason, NEVER go back and try to complete a project you started years ago. You'll never get the voices to match. Your voice over time. You could add harmonies, but don't try to add to a main vocal line.

[BrokeAtBestMusic]

Do you cringe when you hear yourself sing?
I did too.
Listen to this man, he knows his stuff!

[NormanTiner]

I read the title and recoiled in fear 😂

I'M DOING MY BEST. LEAVE ME ALONE CHRIS LIEPE. In all seriousness I almost hurt myself doing this with Knights of Cydonia. I literally did hundreds of takes and forced myself to sing in the original key. All in all though it was an important learning experience. We all have to go overboard sometimes.

[ominousferret]

When my vocal takes get into the 20s and 30s on a verse because I'm having fun or getting interested in changing dynamics and testing one against the other, sometimes I laugh with how high those numbers can get. The most important part is that your vocals don't deteriorate throughout those takes and you're not working against yourself. Thank God I'm not recording on tape because I'd be broke by now hahaha.

[sethrenville]

I have noticed all the little bits of knowledge e-drop about the self-actualization process, enlightenment, or whatever you want to call it, scattered throughout your videos, and I am so glad that there are people out there who, rather than simply viewing it as a life philosophy, are actively searching for ways to apply it to their particular skill sets, and more importantly, sharing those insights with others, many of whom would likely never have even considered the concepts any other way.

Honestly, you are single-handedly doing more for the evolution and enjoyment of consciousness than literally entire religions have done in the course of their existence

[CarlosRodriguez-bhey]

Very few artists can sound live similarly to what they sound on studio, and they're usually once or twice in a generation kind of artists. We idealize the studio recordings so much and tend to forget it took a dozen takes or more to sound like that. Great vid.

[szabolcsmezei]

I'd say this is the lesson most producers should teach inexperienced vocalists. To live with your demos for a while, like you live with your favourite songs by other performers, and reassess what's great about your ideal as yet non-existent vocal take, and channel that at the next recording session or gig.

[mrrven]

I saved this video for later and I was a bit afraid of watching it. The title got me like “oh cmon, you can’t say that!”. But… after watching I absolutely and totally agree on what you’re saying. I experienced it myself in the past.
Keep up the good work! 😊👍

[johnnycrash]

I love this. I've always had this habit of trying to do it all in one take. After about 9 or 10 takes my voice is burnt out. This is something I should really get into!

[rftm]

I keep finding the most usable and workable tips and advice from your channel.

[nathanielpizano]

I'm a karaoke host and this is really inspirational to me because I work everything on what I do live or in the moment. That feedback that I hear. But I never really thought that recordings are just sections put together.

[quikboarder]

I apply this intuitively after seeing so many bad live performances lol, but it makes sense how people could miss this.

You’re probably my favorite vocal coach right now. Ken Tamplin and Jaime Vendera really helped my improve my technique, but your content is helping improve my craft. Thank you

[adammaufort]

Dude Chris I needed this today hahaha, I was trying to work on a cover yesterday and did takes and rage quit in frustration 😅

I'm pretty new to trying to record my voice so I'm glad I'm not alone haha 😅

[officialWWM]

I always tell my vocal students to never compare themselves to recorded versions of a song and search out a live performance instead! You are not comparing apples to apples!

[zachariahhenzel]

Thank you for this message Chris. I will take it to heart.

[DrewProject]

The most important lesson I was taught when I started studying sound engineering by the (very patient) engineer that decided to teach me is that the best sound engineer is the one that you cannot hear in the mix, when everything sounds natural like there was no sound guy involved that’s when you know a real pro mixed it. Great vid Chris! It reminded me of when i first started singing in a studio and literally trying over and over the same high pitch because it just wasn’t good enough. Sometimes it really takes time to internalize a particular song and/pr passage. Covering a song and maximizing our own voice, enhancing what makes it unique, requires time. Sometimes i find myself “giving up” on a particular song because I’m not ready to be myself while singing it, only to go back to it weeks or even months later to sing it in a way that I never thought possible, and that leaves ppl amazed at my “talent”. It’s a journey and frustration is definitely part of it when you schedule crazy deadlines (as i do). 😅