🎧 Vocal Distortion pt.2: How to Grit & Scream

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Learn how to control the false cords, use fry like an expert, and discover the best exercises for developing your grit and screams beyond what you thought possible. Explore the importance of bracing, breath support, placement, yawning, sobbing, and being versatile with your screams. In this episode, we’ll take you from the basics of vocal distortion to mastering the most advanced techniques, in a great preview of what we teach in our Extreme Singing course.

In this episode:

The foundations of vocal distortion: the first thing you need
Why learning to sing first is essential for developing effortless grit and screams
How distortion works and interacts with the voice
How to gain conscious control of the false cords for ultimate control
How fry is useful for building vocal distortion
What an old man’s grunt, witch’s cackle, and smoker’s voice can teach you about vocal distortion
How to use glottal stops, thinning out, and cry to develop fry
Crucial steps for combining fry and the singing voice
How to control compression and why it’s useful
Three main grit placements and how to work on them
One of the best exercises to develop effective grit
The spectrum of the two main distortion types
The balance between singing and grit placement, and how to use it to shape your sound
Why bracing is essential to effective vocal distortion and breath support
How yawning can affect the intensity of your distortion
If you can sing it, you can distort it
How to go from grit to screams
A simple exercise for improving your screams by letting your voice fall apart
How to use sobbing to get better at screaming
Using the feeling of the false cords to improve your grit and screams
How to distort in your lower range
Adele vs Randy Blythe: how to build versatility and coordination in your screams
What to expect about how long it takes to develop great vocal distortion that doesn’t hurt your throat