I can't say how much you have helped me, you are a totally blessing to me during this hard times, Am suffering from mental health issue, and with this crazy staff going around the world has real exacerbated my condition and since it is a non-issue in Kenya there is no one to talk to. This clips makes me feel better. Am so broken to hear people are loosing their lives, dropping from earth like flies. It makes me sick. People loosing their loved one. Am praying so hard that it ends so soon, to anyone who is directly affected , Just know it is going to feel better in the end. I pray for you. I wanted to sing since when I was young but I could not get chance. But after watching your videos my hopes are high. I live in slum in Kenya and am using every penny I get to buy bundles to watch your videos. I have been skipping meals to save every coin to watch you and I will confidently say it is worth it. I love you so much man and continue doing what you are doing knowing that you are just changing lives millions miles away.
Hey man I just wanted to say that you have an amazing determination. I wish your situation has gotten better and you're still able to continue pursuing what you want to do.
This is truly excellent Chris, near the end of the lesson you mentioned ‘vocal budgeting’, I’m very interested in this for performance work and I think it might be a popular subject if you could possibly do a lesson in it
It seems everywhere you go for advice people are hooked on practicing scales, lip trills, humming, making siren sounds, weird yawning noises and very strange "yah yah yah" with tongues poking out of mouths. This is a breath of fresh air.....exercise by singing simple catchy melodies, feeling totally relaxed and completely natural
awesome videos man, i want to practise that cat screaming thing you did to improve my higher range , but with neighbours its just finding a place to do it where people dont think im having some sort of mental episode haha, i hope that more people find your channel and you start getting views because i think youre videos have alot of value :)
Thanks! Ya, I had the same problem when I was first learning. I found that my car, specifically on a familiar drive with Soundgarden blaring was the best climate/location for me to practice my cat noises :)
Thanks, Chris. For people who play chords, in the first vocal example (6:35), perhaps suggesting starting on the I chord (do-re-mi), playing the V chord on the middle part (re-mi-do) then quickly back to the I chord (mi-re-do) of the first vocal example would help peoples' pitch as they sing?
Hi Chris, I have been regularly watching your lessons on youtube and on your site for nearly two years, and it has been so helpful! One question about how to make my voice last longer: it seems that now, I have reached a point where I can sing for an almost infinite period of time in my chest voice, using different compression techniques. However, as soon as I use my mixed voice, my voice gets tired really quickly. I cannot last an entire song... My mixed voice has reached a point where I consider it sounds really good, but it gets me tired really quickly. Any tips for that? Thanks!
how's your cord closure when you get into mix and higher notes? Do you think it could be that you're using too much air? And drying your cords out a bit? Thanks for following and interacting!
Hey Chris. Thanks for the great videos. I would like to ask you something. When singing the right way and using my support musclees. Do I push with my support muscles for every note change or do I just keep pushing for the entire melody? Does that make any sense?
Nacetone welcome! Your energy should always be focused on delivering support from your support muscles but it is far from always a “push”. I’m actually doing a video on this very topic this coming week. Stay tuned :)
Hey Chris, I’ve been watching your videos for ages now and I think your an incredible singer and vocal coach. I’ve been singing for two years now and I really want to be able to sing high notes with power and control like Chris Cornell, Eddie vedder etc.. I’m a baritone and my low to mid range is okay and I have recently learned to use mixed voice to sing really high notes but my mid to High range isn’t strong and I get very tired when using it. For example I find the chorus from ‘gasoline’ by audio slave easier to sing than ‘like a stone’ and I don’t know what to practice to get it stronger.
And you may really benefit from my Discover Your Voice PLUS course where I cover lots of mixed voice techniques and exercises. www.mymusicalvoice.com/p/discover-your-voice
Actually all of the words that you said have all of the traditional singing vowel sounds in them. A E I O U. It's all vowel modifications but in a fun way.
Not true, when I was in an acapella group I would get super strained/tired no matter what part I was singing. Something about singing in the group and singing for so long just wrecked my voice.
Hey Chris! I HAVE another question related to this video. Usually people tell me that it is preferred to sing for 3 hours a day. Now if a singer has excellent technique, he or she should be able to sing throughout the whole day without hurting. But the thing is that when I practice singing for 3 hours, at the last hour my top range is not gone, but it is harder to reach. Does that mean that vocal technique just makes you sing longer, but the voice still gets some small damage that can be cured with some hours of rest? Thank u
Hey, in my experience this is normal, because no matter how good your technique, your muscles are still being used and will tire at some point. So no, you can't sing indefinitely in your whole range, even with the most perfected technique, though good technique prevents undue stress on your muscles and vocal folds, which turns allows you to sing longer and higher. I think it boils down to knowing your voice. I know that I can reach my full range pretty fast in a session, but in doing so I will tire myself early and make the rest of the session harder. I prefer dedicating a decent amount of time to working on my highs, even up to an hour, and stop when I feel tiredness. Afterwards, I like to go down slowly and end the session with some less intense singing. The key factor in practicing is going up and down progressively, you don't want to force your voice in those really high highs then back down and up again, because that spells out fatigue early anf disappointment in yourself. So listen to your body and your voice, don't force things and you should be fine singing for 3 hrs straight Tl;Dr it's normal to have issues reaching your very high range at the end of a session, let you voice rest and it will be okay
I’ve been having constant vocal fatigue, I don’t know if it’s because I used a wrong technique but the left side of my throat feels so wrecked. I’m getting a doctor to check it out because it’s been about a year, hopefully they can tell me what’s wrong. I’m going on Wednesday. I’ve tried exercises and cool downs, I’ve rested my voice for days. And it’s just not the same every time I t try to sing now. Idk what’s wrong. Am I straining or is something really wrong?? And it also happens when I speak a certain way. (I think the talking one is because sometimes I accidentally talk in my vocal fry, is what my teacher said) maybe that fried my voice, but I don’t mean to talk like that idk why it happens. If there’s damage I hope it’s not permanent 😭 hopefully it won’t affect my singing voice in the long run. I will be so sad because I love singing, as a kid I wrote down I wanted to be a singer in one of those little books you get from book fairs, I saw it a couple of months ago. It feels like it’s harder for me to go into my higher range and sing strong. I’d be singing talking to the moon without struggling much, and then now it feels like I need to put in more effort to get it sound good.
I have managed to accomplish exactly what the title of the video says and, more. I used to have an extremely difficult time when I was learning and practicing this song, but after singing along and doing your vocal warmup exercises daily I managed to hit all the notes with so much ease and less fatigue. This is one of my covers ua-cam.com/video/jOvyKlTbo10/v-deo.html after your vocal warmup exercises. It has also helped me so much in my metal screams and helps me prolong it even more. Your videos are so demonstrative and vivid from a vocal perspective. I watch this video twice Monday - Friday and sing along and warm up with you. Thank you so much! ❤
What does it take to be a Shen Yun dancer? I don't care (no offence to Shen Yun dancers) - What does it take to be the best singer you can be? Watch Chris's lessons :)
@@chrisliepe I love your channel bro because you are the type of guy who can explain things in a very understandable way! Not just talking about it but present it in a very clear way. I came from a place where I almost ruined my voice by singing from throat for 18 years. So I had to change. Now I am taking singing lessons and watch tons of youtube videos to imrpove as fast as possible because now basically I am re-learning singing from the ground and I feel like a 1 year old baby starting learning to walk. But I am committed and your videos help me a lot not only teaching techniques and also inspiring. Please never stop what you do! :) Also a personal question. Are you a committed christian? :) Thanks
@@Letsynthesize Thanks for sharing and I'm so glad you're being built into with these videos. And... YES, a committed, struggling, growing, learning follower of Christ :)
@@chrisliepe Somehow I sensed it! I am very glad to hear that you are an honest follower of Christ, just like myself! I am heavily considering buying your course btw. I checked a ton of youtubers trying to teach singing and/or selling courses, but yours are the clearest, most practical ones! Thanks for being a great guy! :)
Hey Chris, this video was very helpful. But I wanted to ask you something. I have found this thing with my voice where if I put my hand or something that allows me to think that the sound is going forward, in front of my mouth I can sing pretty well and high. But when I remove it, everything suddenly breaks, I start to strain and I know it doesn't feel right. How can I make it feel it right? It would be great if you could help me!
ohhh! You've discovered the power of the mind! You need some body awareness lessons. You need to train your mind to focus on different areas of resonance so you don't focus on your tension spots. You also need to learn how to properly release those tension spots on the fly. Your "hand' trick only works because your mind's energy is directed there. But there's better places to direct your mind.
@@chrisliepe thank u so much for the reply. So what do you think I should do? I found this trick on the Internet and it worked for me, but it's like I can't get rid of it to sing well. What would be my next step to focus on other spots for resonance as you said instead of the hand trick?
@@mario.taccarelli Take Chris Liepe online course. I do. It is well explained there. He is indeed a brilliant teacher.Otherwise, focus your mind on the cavity each side of your nose. Keep singing there, in that spot, making sure the vibration continue being there as you move round the musical phrase. Resist the urge to let your sound/vibration fall back in the throat or back of the mouth. But really, take Chris\s online course. I changed eveything for me.
My problem is I sing say The Kill by 30 seconds to Mars then my voice is fatigued. I hit the notes just fine but I really wanna be able to sing longer after I sing these types of songs. HELP!
Hey man, make sure you're properly warmed up and don't ask too much of your voice. You can't start your routine with that song. My advice : warm up properly, then get into singing but at first keep it easy and refrain from going to the high notes, get a feel for your voice, where tension lies, where it feels good etc. Try not to go over A notes. Then you can start the high notes part of your practice : choose songs that are decently challenging and that require you to start pushing a little more, try to get those A#/B/C a little while playing with your mix (try to add a little bit more head, or a bit more chest and see what feels good). Once you've sufficently grasped how your mixed voice feels and it's properly woken up, only then attempt to get this sort of really high song. The Kill's high notes are C's, and the song requires a bit of power behind those, so if you're not completely loosened and warmed up from support muscles to your lips you're gonna struggle and tense. The higher you go and the easier it is to introduce tension. Pro tip : drink hot water, or tea, it's almost magical how it helps in relaxing everything and making your singing easier
3 years later but my best guess is that when starting in the lowest part of your range means you’re using 100% chest rather than a balance/some sort of mix that happens in the middle/high part of your comfortable range. Starting on 100% chest probably will make you have a tendency to pull chest up which is never good. Hope this helps 👍
Honestly the traditional excersices, such as scales really helped me discover my voice and build it strongly .. So I guess everyone is different
True it helped me regain my voice after 3 years of vocal Injury
Thanks man, I'm a singer and I'm starting to feel some fatigue in my voice so definitely gonna try this exercise!
Let me know how it goes!
This chanel will have a million subs end of next year. Awesome stuff
I hope so! Spread the word :) And thanks for watching!!!
I can't say how much you have helped me, you are a totally blessing to me during this hard times, Am suffering from mental health issue, and with this crazy staff going around the world has real exacerbated my condition and since it is a non-issue in Kenya there is no one to talk to. This clips makes me feel better. Am so broken to hear people are loosing their lives, dropping from earth like flies. It makes me sick. People loosing their loved one. Am praying so hard that it ends so soon, to anyone who is directly affected , Just know it is going to feel better in the end. I pray for you. I wanted to sing since when I was young but I could not get chance. But after watching your videos my hopes are high. I live in slum in Kenya and am using every penny I get to buy bundles to watch your videos. I have been skipping meals to save every coin to watch you and I will confidently say it is worth it. I love you so much man and continue doing what you are doing knowing that you are just changing lives millions miles away.
Hey man I just wanted to say that you have an amazing determination. I wish your situation has gotten better and you're still able to continue pursuing what you want to do.
What really helped me was singing phrases but ascending in pitch each time as an exercise.
This is truly excellent Chris, near the end of the lesson you mentioned ‘vocal budgeting’, I’m very interested in this for performance work and I think it might be a popular subject if you could possibly do a lesson in it
Chris, you legit have some of the best tips & instruction I've run into! thank you man
I like your lessions, you have a great voice, i like it very much. Keep going!
It seems everywhere you go for advice people are hooked on practicing scales, lip trills, humming, making siren sounds, weird yawning noises and very strange "yah yah yah" with tongues poking out of mouths. This is a breath of fresh air.....exercise by singing simple catchy melodies, feeling totally relaxed and completely natural
awesome videos man, i want to practise that cat screaming thing you did to improve my higher range , but with neighbours its just finding a place to do it where people dont think im having some sort of mental episode haha, i hope that more people find your channel and you start getting views because i think youre videos have alot of value :)
Thanks! Ya, I had the same problem when I was first learning. I found that my car, specifically on a familiar drive with Soundgarden blaring was the best climate/location for me to practice my cat noises :)
you sing with your face buried in clohes in a closet or something, they really dim the volume
I use a stuffed animal and hold it up to my face and sing into it
fly/grow/free/say/(true) - words
Good video and advice on the vowels, my way of doing the same is to sing some Country songs that are kind in the middle of my range
Another awesome video, man.
Thanks, Chris. For people who play chords, in the first vocal example (6:35), perhaps suggesting starting on the I chord (do-re-mi), playing the V chord on the middle part (re-mi-do) then quickly back to the I chord (mi-re-do) of the first vocal example would help peoples' pitch as they sing?
Ya that’s a good idea. Get their minds centered around the pitches before diving in. I like it!
Great content, and nice biceps man!
I love you man!
How to sing with band in the studio, we tend to yell all the time and vocal cord getting tired
Hi Chris, I have been regularly watching your lessons on youtube and on your site for nearly two years, and it has been so helpful! One question about how to make my voice last longer: it seems that now, I have reached a point where I can sing for an almost infinite period of time in my chest voice, using different compression techniques. However, as soon as I use my mixed voice, my voice gets tired really quickly. I cannot last an entire song... My mixed voice has reached a point where I consider it sounds really good, but it gets me tired really quickly. Any tips for that? Thanks!
how's your cord closure when you get into mix and higher notes? Do you think it could be that you're using too much air? And drying your cords out a bit? Thanks for following and interacting!
@@chrisliepe cool ! I have watched your video about air flow management. I will try these exercises and focus more on that. Thanks a lot! :-)
Hey Chris. Thanks for the great videos. I would like to ask you something. When singing the right way and using my support musclees. Do I push with my support muscles for every note change or do I just keep pushing for the entire melody? Does that make any sense?
Nacetone welcome! Your energy should always be focused on delivering support from your support muscles but it is far from always a “push”. I’m actually doing a video on this very topic this coming week. Stay tuned :)
Great question was wondering the same thing!!
Also how soon should I push my voice again after a session of singing?
Hey Chris, I’ve been watching your videos for ages now and I think your an incredible singer and vocal coach. I’ve been singing for two years now and I really want to be able to sing high notes with power and control like Chris Cornell, Eddie vedder etc.. I’m a baritone and my low to mid range is okay and I have recently learned to use mixed voice to sing really high notes but my mid to High range isn’t strong and I get very tired when using it. For example I find the chorus from ‘gasoline’ by audio slave easier to sing than ‘like a stone’ and I don’t know what to practice to get it stronger.
Check out my video on "How To Get Thick Mix" ua-cam.com/video/cH6hj9uLYwE/v-deo.html
And you may really benefit from my Discover Your Voice PLUS course where I cover lots of mixed voice techniques and exercises. www.mymusicalvoice.com/p/discover-your-voice
You have a video on importantlcy on hydration?
Actually all of the words that you said have all of the traditional singing vowel sounds in them. A E I O U. It's all vowel modifications but in a fun way.
hahahaha when first demonstrating the melody, the low one you said not to do sounded like the halo theme song sped up 😆👌
Chris! One question, when I humm should I have space inside the mouth or totally close? Sorry for the english
space inside the mouth! great question!
If a singer gets tired after one song, the singer isn’t singing in his natural tone.
Not true, when I was in an acapella group I would get super strained/tired no matter what part I was singing. Something about singing in the group and singing for so long just wrecked my voice.
5:50
Hello Chris! I've noticed that when you sing higher you sing louder. Is that good to do it that way? Because I was told that loud singing is not good
Check out this one for a bit more! ua-cam.com/video/4MeLm-f8Uhs/v-deo.html
I thought that if I get tired quickly, I'm doing something wrong. But maybe I just haven't practiced enough.
Your the best
I find that my voice gets screwy and I can not longer hit the higher ranges. I do have some rasp in my voice but I try not to let it through too much.
Hey Chris! I HAVE another question related to this video. Usually people tell me that it is preferred to sing for 3 hours a day. Now if a singer has excellent technique, he or she should be able to sing throughout the whole day without hurting. But the thing is that when I practice singing for 3 hours, at the last hour my top range is not gone, but it is harder to reach. Does that mean that vocal technique just makes you sing longer, but the voice still gets some small damage that can be cured with some hours of rest? Thank u
Hey, in my experience this is normal, because no matter how good your technique, your muscles are still being used and will tire at some point. So no, you can't sing indefinitely in your whole range, even with the most perfected technique, though good technique prevents undue stress on your muscles and vocal folds, which turns allows you to sing longer and higher.
I think it boils down to knowing your voice. I know that I can reach my full range pretty fast in a session, but in doing so I will tire myself early and make the rest of the session harder. I prefer dedicating a decent amount of time to working on my highs, even up to an hour, and stop when I feel tiredness. Afterwards, I like to go down slowly and end the session with some less intense singing.
The key factor in practicing is going up and down progressively, you don't want to force your voice in those really high highs then back down and up again, because that spells out fatigue early anf disappointment in yourself. So listen to your body and your voice, don't force things and you should be fine singing for 3 hrs straight
Tl;Dr it's normal to have issues reaching your very high range at the end of a session, let you voice rest and it will be okay
@@FreedyMercuryForEver thanks man. That was an amazing response. Thx I'll take it into account
@@FreedyMercuryForEver your answers are so nice mate, do you still exist?)
I’ve been having constant vocal fatigue, I don’t know if it’s because I used a wrong technique but the left side of my throat feels so wrecked. I’m getting a doctor to check it out because it’s been about a year, hopefully they can tell me what’s wrong. I’m going on Wednesday. I’ve tried exercises and cool downs, I’ve rested my voice for days. And it’s just not the same every time I t try to sing now. Idk what’s wrong. Am I straining or is something really wrong?? And it also happens when I speak a certain way. (I think the talking one is because sometimes I accidentally talk in my vocal fry, is what my teacher said) maybe that fried my voice, but I don’t mean to talk like that idk why it happens. If there’s damage I hope it’s not permanent 😭 hopefully it won’t affect my singing voice in the long run. I will be so sad because I love singing, as a kid I wrote down I wanted to be a singer in one of those little books you get from book fairs, I saw it a couple of months ago. It feels like it’s harder for me to go into my higher range and sing strong. I’d be singing talking to the moon without struggling much, and then now it feels like I need to put in more effort to get it sound good.
I thought chris was gonna break into. The lion sleeps tonight. Grest lesson.
I can sing longer but after that singing
I breath very hard
Yeah, I've only recently began to reduce that problem. I think all you can do is practice until that stops happening.
When you always sing later on you develop endurance.....just don't stop singing for a long time
this is a good video and im making this comment so that you show up on the algorithm.
I have managed to accomplish exactly what the title of the video says and, more. I used to have an extremely difficult time when I was learning and practicing this song, but after singing along and doing your vocal warmup exercises daily I managed to hit all the notes with so much ease and less fatigue. This is one of my covers ua-cam.com/video/jOvyKlTbo10/v-deo.html after your vocal warmup exercises. It has also helped me so much in my metal screams and helps me prolong it even more. Your videos are so demonstrative and vivid from a vocal perspective. I watch this video twice Monday - Friday and sing along and warm up with you. Thank you so much! ❤
@chris Lieper is it possible to sing with a deep voice?
Yes!! Check out my free voice course to learn how!
What does it take to be a Shen Yun dancer? I don't care (no offence to Shen Yun dancers) - What does it take to be the best singer you can be? Watch Chris's lessons :)
You forgot the "Ee-e-e-oh-mum-a-weh" from the end of every line of your melody! :D
hehe
@@chrisliepe I love your channel bro because you are the type of guy who can explain things in a very understandable way! Not just talking about it but present it in a very clear way. I came from a place where I almost ruined my voice by singing from throat for 18 years. So I had to change. Now I am taking singing lessons and watch tons of youtube videos to imrpove as fast as possible because now basically I am re-learning singing from the ground and I feel like a 1 year old baby starting learning to walk. But I am committed and your videos help me a lot not only teaching techniques and also inspiring. Please never stop what you do! :)
Also a personal question. Are you a committed christian? :)
Thanks
@@Letsynthesize Thanks for sharing and I'm so glad you're being built into with these videos. And... YES, a committed, struggling, growing, learning follower of Christ :)
@@chrisliepe Somehow I sensed it! I am very glad to hear that you are an honest follower of Christ, just like myself!
I am heavily considering buying your course btw. I checked a ton of youtubers trying to teach singing and/or selling courses, but yours are the clearest, most practical ones!
Thanks for being a great guy! :)
Hey Chris, this video was very helpful. But I wanted to ask you something. I have found this thing with my voice where if I put my hand or something that allows me to think that the sound is going forward, in front of my mouth I can sing pretty well and high. But when I remove it, everything suddenly breaks, I start to strain and I know it doesn't feel right. How can I make it feel it right? It would be great if you could help me!
ohhh! You've discovered the power of the mind! You need some body awareness lessons. You need to train your mind to focus on different areas of resonance so you don't focus on your tension spots. You also need to learn how to properly release those tension spots on the fly. Your "hand' trick only works because your mind's energy is directed there. But there's better places to direct your mind.
@@chrisliepe thank u so much for the reply. So what do you think I should do? I found this trick on the Internet and it worked for me, but it's like I can't get rid of it to sing well. What would be my next step to focus on other spots for resonance as you said instead of the hand trick?
@@mario.taccarelli Take Chris Liepe online course. I do. It is well explained there. He is indeed a brilliant teacher.Otherwise, focus your mind on the cavity each side of your nose. Keep singing there, in that spot, making sure the vibration continue being there as you move round the musical phrase. Resist the urge to let your sound/vibration fall back in the throat or back of the mouth. But really, take Chris\s online course. I changed eveything for me.
My problem is I sing say The Kill by 30 seconds to Mars then my voice is fatigued. I hit the notes just fine but I really wanna be able to sing longer after I sing these types of songs. HELP!
Do you sing the song in Cm? It's pretty high.
@@mhacker84 yes in C suspended.
Hey man, make sure you're properly warmed up and don't ask too much of your voice. You can't start your routine with that song.
My advice : warm up properly, then get into singing but at first keep it easy and refrain from going to the high notes, get a feel for your voice, where tension lies, where it feels good etc. Try not to go over A notes. Then you can start the high notes part of your practice : choose songs that are decently challenging and that require you to start pushing a little more, try to get those A#/B/C a little while playing with your mix (try to add a little bit more head, or a bit more chest and see what feels good). Once you've sufficently grasped how your mixed voice feels and it's properly woken up, only then attempt to get this sort of really high song. The Kill's high notes are C's, and the song requires a bit of power behind those, so if you're not completely loosened and warmed up from support muscles to your lips you're gonna struggle and tense. The higher you go and the easier it is to introduce tension.
Pro tip : drink hot water, or tea, it's almost magical how it helps in relaxing everything and making your singing easier
@@FreedyMercuryForEver thank you. I'll give that a try.
I like to drink iced water or cold drink, is it bad for singing?
No it’s fine :)
freddy mercury used to drink iced water live in between songs. he even threw some to the spectator lol
@@chrisliepe I heard it freezes your vocal chords is that true? 🙂
I’m struggling with tuning guitar it never sounds right
check out my free recording course at www.mymusicalvoice.com!
As a Christian worship singer I love that you said "designed" when you were talking about musicals 🙂👍
Please be fast
What's wrong with starting low?
3 years later but my best guess is that when starting in the lowest part of your range means you’re using 100% chest rather than a balance/some sort of mix that happens in the middle/high part of your comfortable range. Starting on 100% chest probably will make you have a tendency to pull chest up which is never good. Hope this helps 👍