the FOUR types of Vocal Distortion (and how to practice them)

thanks for adding up idea on what I am currently doing

Any tips if I feel like am doing everything you said for compression correctly but it doesn’t feel comfortable at all. It definitely doesn’t feel correct.

The second form of distortion is always hurting my voice, is it supposed to hurt?

Hi, I'm a fan of your videos. Thank you for your knowledge. I'm only uncertain about the cookie monster type of distortion, in previous videos you said it was bad for the voice, that scream singing should feel higher in the throat rather than lower. In fact when I try the cookie monster type of distortion I feel discomfort in my larings.

Bro is a vox god

Excellent video! Well i try to follow the second step then i cough 😢

here I am, trying to make weird sounds at 12 am, rip my neighbors.
still can't do shit though and it makes me sad.

Am I doing it wrong if my throat is tickling when practicing this?

And these don't hurt your voice/throat at all?
I mean either i didn't understand the video at all or I'm just built different. But all of them, especially the cookie monster, hurt my throat eventually.

It would be great if you dig into smeagol's voice from the lord of the rings.

My throat hurts 😫

it is ok for girls? haha is it possible?

You're the best

Which distortions does John Fogerty use? trying to get that deep, heavy weighted rasp but without sounding like I'm forcing it, I imagine 2 and 4 but correct me if I'm wrong. cheers

This is more helpful than most others on the topic of vocal distortion

Leaving a question as allowed:

Which of these techniques are we hearing when Devin Townsend scrambles our brains in "Kingdom"?

I find time to practice every day at work when taking a customer’s car through a car wash. And if they have a dashcam? Good. That way they can hear how good I’m getting.

Can i ask you for doing an analyse video of John Garcia and Zakk Wylde? :)

You are an absolute godsend, thank you!! My neighbours hate me now.

This is a really good guide for not scratching up my throat when I try to add texture. I've been stabilizing way too high in my chest because I didn't trust myself to reach higher notes with a lower placement.

I watched this last night. Then I listened to Danzig 4 today. I realized it sounds like Danzig is using the same technique as Luis Armstrong.

I knew I hit it right when I said "cookie cookie" and a bunch of spit flew out

Please do a lesson on Eric Adams!

🔥🔥🔥🔥 Thank you!

Damn! You might sound stupid while doing everything he's teaching at first but then you'll discover some vocal registers you won't even imagine you have!

Man... your videos help me a lot ! It gave me the confidence to try that sounds without being scared to injured my voice ! A big thank you to help me unlock and discover my real singing voice !!

Cookie Monster distortion: the way you explained that made it make sense why I was so much louder than I thought I would be understanding that distortion tends to pull back dBs. While singing songs by vocalists like Blackie Lawless even with all that distortion I still have to hold the mic miles away from my face. Singing Wild Child specifically the only time my dBs dialed back is when hitting the falsetto. But yeah makes sense now that I’ve heard you separate the distortions like that. The other distortions pulled in with Cookie Monster voice throughout to support the sound of the song in general did not pull back on dBs but rather added texture. Thank you.

Fry and Arythenoid-based distortions came easily to me. Unlocking the latter was made by accident as I thought to be working on false cord things. False cord distortion is still a mystery to me ^^ Can't do it like Fry/Arythenoid which I can do on tap.

Bro, best vocal theorist ever. The Richard Feynman of human voice. Clear accessible explanations exemplified.

Yo Chris! Great video as always. I'd be really curious to see your thoughts on the styles of artists like Avatar and Sworn In. Your content covers a lot of mid-high range screams but I haven't seen a whole lot on the lower end and how those singers are using these techniques to reach lower pitches.

I can't seem to pull off compression without hurting my throat at least a little, and it makes me realt hesitant to practice :// unsure what I'm doing wrong.

Fry screaming always came easy to me, and I can do things like subharmonization, but distortion has always eluded me. Thank you for this video

so when a cold gives us a "frog in our throat" is that vocal fry or our voice/vocal chords/etc just being congested? Thanks

Holy shit! I've always had a metal voice... with my killer impression of Ludo from Labrynth! Never thought to use it musically! "Sara friend?" LOL!

Is number 4 what Jim morrison did ?

Do you ever thought about getting into p*rn ?

the last type of distortion sounds like the cartoon character Fizzaroli

Very nice! Could you dissect some iconic metal voices for us? I'd be interested in Alexi Laiho, Devin Townsend and Tatiana Shmayluk for example

Love this video! PUT ME OUT OF MY MISERY sounded like a angry child yelling at mom 😂

I want the version of this video that's just screaming with no context.

i wish i would have known all this back in 2006..
i destroyed my voice over years..
now i'm trying to kinda repair it..
but i think it's too late..
even when i'm talking my voice sounds like fourty cigarettes a day and hurts..
that's frustrating..:D:D

Talking like The Macho Man Randy Savage would be a good compression exercise

What about ingressive singing distortion?

Is headache normal during compresion based distortion😅? Its always my problem, even when I use less compresion