How to Sing Like Freddie Mercury (HINT: Stop Caring What Others Think) Tone, Dynamics, Confidence
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
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There will never be another Freddie Mercury and few will even come close to sounding half as original and dynamic. This is what makes his singing so inspirational! Join me as I dive into his style, some of his techniques and examine some ways he's able to get some of the many sounds he effortlessly displays in 12 studio recording examples! We'll make an attempt to sing a little like Freddie, and in the process, inject some cool ideas into our own singing!
Through all your videos I've learned that a lot of the most well-known singers tend to do a lot of things people usually tell you isn't "desirable" when singing, like being nasal and making "ugly" sounds, like the crow voice you mentioned here. You're the only vocal coach I trust because your not afraid of these things
Very very true.
Yes!
Agreed, plus he is honest with no agenda, these videos are hurting Ken tamplins sales to,
Yes!
Idk I've often heard "It's not desired, unless for stylistic reasons." But learning the proper way first n then you can add ya own flavor to it
Freddie was a very dynamic singer, he used a lot of different colours and textures within his voice. He almost never, just sang a phrase, he usually added something to it. He was fantastic at interpreting music. The dynamic use of his voice along with his interpretation for music, tone and the power in his voice are the reason he is the best. There are thousands of singers who can hit good high or low notes, hitting a note does not make you a great singer. The way in which you interpret your music and your emotional expression are what makes you a truly great singer. I would have liked to see songs from the 80's as well, because Freddie changed his style from the 70's to the 80's and he changed again in the 90's.
Imagine going to a karaoke with him, no one would want to sing after he did.
I would say: "Chris, you're an animal." But there's more than one. First the dead cat, now the crow. Brilliant.
Don't forget about the dumbarse cavemen in the matrix!
I have learned so much from singing Queen songs, this crow sound is ALL OVER their stuff. Somebody To Love is insane. I always imagine I'm yawning and sometimes try to sneak a yawn into those big notes.
I'd love to hear you sing Bohemian Rhapsody 👍👍
That'd be fun!! I want to sing the whole "Another One Bites The Dust" as well!
That would be so awesome!
The thing with Freddie and his dynamic in his voice will be harder for some people to reproduce is because Freddie was all about feeling and delivery of the song. He didn't really think about technique. First learn the notes light, after you can hit them easily give your full emotion to the song, which is musicality what not everybody has.
Please cover Freddie's voice in the 80's. Such a beautiful but very different sound from his 70's tone. Thanks!
Yesssssssss
But the question is: How to Sing Like Freddie Mercury if you live in a rented flat and don't have soundproof walls?
Practice singing into a pillow :)
Jack42 get a Muzzle no joke they make them 😂
This guy has another video about your topic, it helped me a lot and I'm sure it would help you, too.
@@gallusgallusdomestikus which one ?
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my wife walked by my studio and goes "what are you listening to" I said..."a voice lesson" she replied "it sounds like a goat dying" I replied.."it's a crow". ;) hahahaha (that is true) lol
Hahaha!!!!! Success!!! :)
Freddie sang in a goat style. Goat is a symbol of Baphomet. Freddie was devilish cool. Who knows, maybe he was a devil in the flesh.
Chris, i think the best part about about your channel is watching you enthusiastically analyze songs. I feel like thats just how you casually listen to music
haha.. thanks! ya I can't passively listen to any music with vocals on it. If I want to just have background stuff, it has to be LoFi or something. Thanks for enjoying with me :)
The crow sound absolutely worked for me with a little expermentation. Kinda had a breakthrough yesterday when doing this is the car on the way to work. I got into "crow" voice and pushed as much air as I could, producing a very loud, pure and crisp note that I wasn't able to hit before. Watch this guys videos! He really knows his stuff AND how to explain it to you in a way you'll understand. Best vocal coach on UA-cam, hands down.
Freddie has gone on record as saying that he was totally self taught and that he never had singing lessons.
Right. Crazy huh but the best singer just go off of feel and emotion! Period
Just some tips from Montserrat
@@Mercurial_Phantom wot
And that could be the reason why he got the nodules on his vocal folds.
@@Mercurial_Phantom Yeah, in the latter days
Freddie's my favorite, every time, all the time. Equal depth and breadth of expression, dynamics, technique and delivery and pure emotion. I dedicated my first Cd to him, way back in 1993. Special thanks to Graham Cochrane for sharing your wonderful channel with us.
Welcome to the channel!! Glad you're here :) Freddie is one of my favs too. I agree with all of your descriptors. No other vocalist has really been quite as well rounded and expressive. And yes, THANKS GRAHAM!!! :)
Stop caring what others think... Now that's the most important thing everybody must learn. Thanks alot for pointing that out...!
Chris,
your Free Voice Lessons were incredibly awesome and I had a lot of fun watching you and trying these exercises.
I´ve had singing lessons in prep for a lead role in a musical production our school did over the course of the last year.
The shows went great and I was able to hit a bunch of f4s on stage pretty easily, but I found myself struggling with said pitches ever after. However...
At the end of the 3rd video of your FREE COURSE I was singing f#4s with ease. You even got some g4s out of me before my passagio kicked in. lol
But those were EASILY THE BEST ONLINE SINGING lessons I´ve had so far.
Thank you soooo much!
Greetings from Germany \m/
Please please please do how to sing like paul mccartney, mainly his performances on "maybe im amazed", "helter skelter", "oh darling" I mean Man paul is a beast lol.
Yes id love a paul one!!
Yes
I second that!! That screaming section on Oh Darling is straight up my end goal as a vocalist lol.
I must thank you. Im a 52yo former singer who lost my voice age 30. I began seriously practicing a month ago for the first time since then. I have discovered that 22yrs of bad choices has rendered my voice unrecognizable. I am so grateful to have stumbled upon your instruction, you're very relatable and your voice floors me. I'm discovering for every skill lost, there has been an unfamiliar skill gained. In 2 weeks I've made real progress. And you don't charge for this instruction?!? I am a fan.
Freddie is my number 1! Thanks Chris!
I know you get a ton of requests but, Paul Rodgers is my absolute hero when it comes to singing and I feel like there just isn't much out there about his singing techniques. I'd really love it if you could do a "How to sing like Paul Rodgers".
I'm sure Freddie would've wished he had the same how to, Rodgers was his hero as well!
Love what you do man I went from singing once in a while and trashing my voice to singing for hours everyday.
Great suggestion!
HOW. Just how does he get such a jaw dropping vibrato. There is just no way for me to get there, no matter how relaxed my throat is
Any Devin Townsend fans here? That would be great video. Such a quality content you are producing my friend. Thank you!
This is the best how to sing like Freddie mercury video I’ve seen on UA-cam. Extremely helpful. Thank you :)
So glad you included the second "we'll keep on fighting" from We Are the Champions. That's the phrase that made me fall in love with Queen when I was a kid.
please make How to Sing Like Paul Mccartney
Naufal Ikhsan yeah! so versatile, from Yesterday to Monkberry Moon Delight.
@@fernandoherrerabastidas Paul McCartney have 5 octave range so he can do a lot with his voice
Naufal Ikhsan more importantly he is also a master of dynamics, tone and stylistic effect making him one of the most versatile singers of all time😅
Might have to grow some Wings.
Yeah! I've always enjoyed his raspy voice in helter skelter, oh darling, maybe I'm amazed, oh woman oh why
Wow it's mindblowing to know that he actually never really had singing lessons 😮❤️✨
Freddy Murcury in my opinion the most talented singer that ever lived. I wish he could've lived longer and made more music.
How to sing like Serj Tankian maybe?
Pyramid Head yes yes! Serj is such a talented and inspirational singer especially with his solo work and collaborations not just SOAD
ive attempted his screams, its painful to do i dont know how he screams like that
That crow sound made me think about him a lot ! Especially on Mezmerize/hypnotize and solo albums.
@@Giacomort400 exactly my thought!!! XD
I’m a lifelong, diehard Queen fan. Freddie’s voice is pure power. It’s like he didn’t know what to do with it half the time. It was just so aggressive and dynamic. Brian May said when Freddie would double his vocals, he would sing so perfectly in tune with himself that he would phase the dub out. So he would have to purposely sing slightly out of tune to keep that doubled effect. Crazy. On another note, listen to Freddie’s voice gradually become damaged over the course of their albums. When you get towards the end, his compressed head voice vocals are much more obvious than his early years when he could still belt higher notes. This is super apparent in their live at Wembley album where he sang completely different notes to stay away from the higher register.
Didn’t know that about the smoking, but who’s to say he wasn’t doing more of this compressed falsetto on some of those tracks? Especially Hitman. I always attributed his damage and limited range from strain, not smoking, but maybe it was a combination of both.
Wembley is bad example he was sick at that show, he was sick and did 2 conceptive shows. Queen 1986 Magic tour was actually very good. Your voice changes over time, and especially male voices. People think because Freddie's voice had that light and youth sound in the 70's that he was singing very high, he wasn't really that high. His voice was just high pitched. His vocal range improved in the 80's. He voice gained a lot more weight and power. That not vocal damage. Queen's style also changed, they did a lot stadiums in the 80's. It is difficult to even hear yourself on such a large stage, and when you running all around the stage. Freddie preferred more chest voice belting. He could belt higher chest notes during this time in the 70's.
In the 90's he was dying, his voice lost some of it's power, but he recorded his highest chest notes just before death. Freddie is one of the few singers who never lost any range in his voice, despite the fact that his voice became far more heavier. He went from a lyric tenor to a dramatic tenor.
Well, that's an nice imitation ! Would love to see something with Michael Jackson, i think there is alot to say for his voice ^^
You keep opening my eyes how to approach the voice. My life feels so enriched. I mean there are other eye-opening channels but you just don't waste any time with pointless exercises. This is just so direct. Listening - Trying it out, using animal sounds, and other relatable things (poop muscles; did I say the p-word?) to get to results. Revolutionary stuff. And yeah, try PaulMcCartney please.
When you step on lego
4:16
Lol
That was very interesting, Freddie is my all time favourite singer, a master,
I took singing lessons 10 years ago, but It didn’t work out for me, my teachers methods where very different, and maybe wasn’t suitable for me,
I wish I’d met a teacher like you and taught me these sounds and taught me in this manner,
I really feel you would of been the man,
Great video,
Thank You.
Going over your videos has improved the control of my voice immensely. I go over them whenever I can. Thank you so much good sir.
Imagine after you die, as you're passing through the Gates of Heaven, this band is playing the song of your life:
Drums - John Bonham (Led Zeppelin)
Bass/Back Vocals - Roger Waters (Pink Floyd)
Keyboards - Keith Emerson (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
Rhythm guitar - Angus Young (AC/DC)
Lead guitar - Jimi Hendrix (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
Lead vocals - Freddie Mercury (Queen)
That would be QUITE the fanfare!
@@chrisliepe Haha indeed ^^ Great video as always! Keep it up :)
"How to sing like Bruno Mars" "How to sing like Bryan Adams" and " How to sing like Steven Tyler" 😃😃😃 Please!!!
Yes please
would LOVE some Bryan Adams!
Chris Liepe and Marc Martel should collab.
I love watching/listening to you break these great singers styles/techniques down. Really eye opening!! You rock!!!!!!!!!!! I should add I was just about to request Chino Moreno but you've already covered him, off to watch that one. Thanks Chris!
Nice! Thanks for watching!
I love to sing Bohemein Rhapsody, never paid attention to the dynamics he sings in... will definitely apply these techniques . Thank you out of South Africa!
I'd love to see your take on opera (Pavarotti and such)
Everybody trying what Freddie just naturally did........ Well done
How to sing like Dio? love from brazil!
Dio’s technique was amazing, great idea!!!
Just get a STANDO
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Dio ???!!!! Nani
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So much to learn from this. Great lesson Chris, and amazing vocals! You are a fearless and inspiring teacher!
How to sing like Serj Tankian
I tried to sing like him before this video and I realized that this "Don't care what others think" is very very very important (before watching this video).
And: Can you do "How to sing like Paul McCartney"? :)
Great work... you are the only one on YT who explains and not just sings.👍👍👍
You did it again, man! You are so brilliant at doing these analyzes and analogies. Please keep it up! Many thanks from Brazil!
You the 🐐 of singing breakdowns
I think these tips are for advanced singer, who have a good foundation already, because if you haven't it's easy to damage your voice and health trying to make that "crow" voice and other things. For example, I often go falcetto before in some of his parts, when originally there was more powerful mixed voice, because i was affraid to singing these higher parts based on chest voice. So main tip for singing Freddie's songs is to have a strong chest main voice and if you're unstable in that, then you are in trouble and it is better to not trying his tricks without a good foundation.
True professional, great analysis!
I’ve noticed that every time you stop singing you let a lot of air out (sounds like a sigh). Is that a technique or just something that happens?
Well, Freddie does this on some of the examples I’m using in this video so it’s probably more pronounced than usual, but when I’m practicing I do this consciously to ground my voice in my chest resonance. It’s kinda like working a muscle in it’s full range of motion. Keeps things flexible and well oiled. :)
Chris Liepe Awesome! I’m going to try it! Thanks, man! You’re the best vocal coach on UA-cam!
Well, when you're singing, there's a lot of tension put on your rib cage, and you're letting the air out very slowly. That's how Support is done., Especially when you're singing very intense notes like a belting or whatever. So when you're finished, all that tension gets her released , and that's the result. It comes out all at once. All the air that you were holding back so you could push it out gradually against your vocal cords.
That was fantastic!! Oh look! It's now 5 in the morning... I've just been watching these videos for hours! Haha
I think The Show Must Go On would be a great vocal study.
Or maybe the phrasing of Kind of Magic would be less haunted to look at!
It's always cringe when someone SINGS like Freddy, but doesn't SOUND like Freddy. This is true with Steve Perry and others as well. You really nail breaking down the mechanics of it...which I think is your point.
unbelievable!
you should be on stage as vocal of queen !!
Man' Loving this channel!.. Thanks so much & Warm Greetings from the Sunshine Coast, Australia
Awesome, thank you!
You are a phenomenal guy. Keep doing what you are doing :)
Thank you! :)
Sooooooooooo good. I love Freddy. I feel like I've been let out of prison when I pretend I'm singing (at least in my own imagination :) like him. THANKYOU Chris for the analysis of Crow.
Sir You are amazing!! what a voice ! beyond brilliant!
These videos are extremely informative and so well done! Thanks for all you do Chris!
Marc martel is about as close to freddy we got in 2020
Wow. You killed it, man. You can actually imitate him 🤩
By using your technique i could have found my true voice and hit C6 which is great
So versatile so dynamic wide range sounds like he is talking about a piece of gear.
Great video! I’m really glad I found your channel. Your videos have definitely inspired me to improve my singing. Keep up the great content!
Lol...You have a friend that can sing so closely to Freddie..... It would probably be easy to fall a blind test!
HAHA. YES!! I made this video before we met and it’s actually part of the reason why we connected!
he did it so effortlessly, totally jealous of freddie mercury, amazing singer
For me this was one of your best videos so far. Amazing stuff. Thank you!
4:16 sounds pretty accurate for the most part.
Love your videos my dude. You are a phenomenal teacher and I love the way you teach vocal stuff. It's awesome.
Mercury and Michael sang like Picasso and Braque painted ... experimenting with crazy quasi-noise elements in a classically disciplined frame ...
You are the king of the vocal coaches!
I love your three days course!!! You and your student-friend are just awesome! I have never learned so much about how singing really works - thanks for sharing your knowledge and providing your work - Looking forward to your 12-weeks course !! Greetings from Germany
Check out Marc Martel too, literally sounds just like Freddie
I have a course coming out with marc martel in a month or so :)
Enjoying your teaching style ! nailed it first try .Learning alot. thank you.
I absolutely love your videos!! I've learned so much. You are now my official vocal coach. I was literally working on some of these Queen songs in my car recently!!
You have a very flexible voice...it's great
A lovely analisis. Have a lot of information, not only technical, emotional too. Great job. I am studing all your videos. Thankyou for your precious time. 🦄🎤🎧💕
Btw can you do Frank Sinatra please.
That would be a fun one!
Thanks,
Btw you’re a legend for replying.
Nice. I'm going to make Freddie covers of popular songs now while wearing a Tim Burton outfit and rocking the "banana tree" wig.
Also, 18:22 made me tear up... Definitely rare for a sort of expressionless nerd like me. That hurt in all the right ways.
Here before others! Way too excited for this one😀😀 first like🤘🤘😀
13:47 - that was SPOT on!
So I have a vocal range of 2 octave now I’m waiting for a miracle to happen or to find my superpower which I haven’t unlocked yet to sing like freddie
Can you make a video of the freddie 85 'that is very aggressive and the freddie of the 90' that is very soft? please
07:46 Chris your exhale release sounds 110% Like freddy!
freddie*
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I would like you to examine more female vocalist such as Linda Ronstadt, Ann wilson (heart).
Wow you're such an amazing vocalist. Great video mate!
Man, you absolutely killed this one. Holy cow. Phenomenal job!
Or holy crow
Thank you so much. I've been researching this for a while and all the videos i find are people who have an opinion on how to do it with no actual idea.
your breakdown hits all the right points i was looking for that go from the rasp to falsetto and choices and why he used each at that time. I'd love to see a follow up of this one
4:13 I'm dead ahahahahahahahahahahahahhahaha
People talk about Freddie's voice as if it were a consistent thing, but, anyone who followed the band's album progression, as each album was released over the years, would note that Freddie's voice changed...
Fellow Queen fans who watched them live and heard their albums consecutively upon release debate when the change happened, but for me Freddie's voice was 'purer' in earlier albums, and the his trademark 'growl' seems different, sometime between Night at the Opera and Day at the Races I think Freddie's voice was developing his 'growl'...in the previous albums Freddie's rasping rocking growl seemed to be similar to the way other singers of the day produced their hard rock sound singing...I'm not sure what's going on, but for me to get that sound I'm 'distorting' my voice via the back of the mouth/top of throat.
His later stuff seemed to be more and more a different quality of raspy growl, which I think is what is being represented in this video...I've read in other places that some of his signature tones resemble throat-singing from parts of the world...and I do believe that is what the majority of his later sound was about.
That said, I remember in an interview somewhere, it was a write up in a magazine, I think, where Freddie had stated that he took up smoking to give his voice more growl, and improve his lower registers sound...wish I could remember where it was that I read it.
I remember when he took up smoking he mentioned in the Fan Club magazine that a lot of people said he'd ruin his voice with smoking, but in the Fan Club magazine he said that it was a load of bull! He didn't mention singing specifically in the Fan Club article, but said he'd taken up a "a bad habit...smoking" and that he took the habit up because everyone around him smoked.
The thing is, though, that the late Jim Hutton (Freddie's husband) had said a few times that Freddie really "chain-lit" cigarettes, rather than "chain-smoke" them, and that although it looked like Freddie smoked a lot, really he didn't actually inhale a lot...and that it seemed to be a nervous habit to keep having one alight.
Chris ! You are my friend !!!
I love you so much, Chris :* You made me progress so much. I promise to buy your every single course when I have the possibility
Wonderful!
Great video it helped me make me sound better like Freddie mercury now i think there won't be another Freddie mercury because you need the same genetics as freddie but you need to stand up and not necessarily scream but push all the air you have and know you're limit and listen to you're voice if you don't you can damage your voice
YES... Moderation is KEY
wow !!! awesome breakdown !!
I was wondering how somebody could go so high and sing so well !
This is how singing coach videos must be , thanks !
This is one of your best videos to date.
This is my favorite video yet. Great breakdown!
I felt those final words, you're way more than awesome ;)
Perfect timing, just a few seconds late.