Hey guys welcome back again to Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy where the proof is
in the singing. I'm continuing my series on How To Sing
Like. Next up, one of my all-time favorite vocalists Mr. Paul Rodgers from Bad
Company. Before we get started guys, please like and subscribe to my channel,
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this is a privilege and an honor to do Paul Rodgers because he's such a huge
influence in my life and I just want to play some pieces that I sang because I
believe the proof is in the singing as I've said. I've also said that Einstein's
quote is demonstration isn't a way to teach, it's the only way to teach. So if
you've got some vocal coach on the Internet that's not singing and he's
telling you that he's gonna make you a great singer but he's not doing it
himself and he's not displaying students that do it and particularly at this
level and the style that you want to learn, he can't teach you how to do it,
she can't teach you how to do it. Guys really get your brain around this. Would
you go to a guitar player that couldn't show you how to do it but he's gonna
mouth it or tell you how awesome he is, how he's the number one guy in the
internet, I don't think so. You're gonna go to someone that can actually
physically demonstrate it so that you can physically learn as you're going
through the process. I teach this in my singing course. With that said, here's Paul
Rodgers and we're just gonna dive right in. I'll explain some things as we go.
It's called "Feel Like Making Love".
Alright so as we go through this. Now the first thing is, one of the things I
love most about Paul Rodgers is that someone like Freddie Mercury could come
out in an argument I guess, by the way I know Freddie was an amazing singer, this
isn't taking away anything from Freddie Mercury it's just a comment that he made
when he was in an argument with the band and the band wanted him to sound more
like soulful, like Freddie Mercury and I know that Queen was looking at Bad
Company at the time because Bad Company was maybe up here and Queen wasn't quite
at the same level. This is true and this is back in the day, this actually
happened. So in a conversation with Brian May he said hey for crying out loud leave me
alone, I'm no Paul Rodgers. So someone like Freddie Mercury esteemed Paul
Rodgers as being better than him or at least better in the elements and areas
that Paul was good at. Freddie of course excelled in the areas that he excelled
at of course. Amazing, both in their own right amazing. Now I would say for me
Paul Rodgers was a much greater influence to me as a singer than Freddie
Mercury. Freddie Mercury maybe from a melodic standpoint and creative
standpoint and composition standpoint and theatrical standpoint yes all those
things but from soul and blues and, and just rock and roll, you know middle
America rock and roll. For me Paul, Paul was my guy so I say that because now what
Paul uses some very dangerous vocal techniques that he was able to kind of
massage over the years and get really good at from a technical standpoint that
to this very day the guy is killing it. He's like 70s, 71 or I don't know,
he's way up there in his years I'd have to look it up but anyway so let's talk
about his singing technique. Now on lower stuff like this he'd use a raised laryngeal
position. What does that mean. It's kind of a froggy sort of sound you know and
there's a few people that have used this, a lot of female artists you know Rihanna
and other people like that use it all the time
for female vocals but for the guys, a lot of the guys that do it we can get
ourselves in trouble and you know Paul Carrack you know remember (sings)
or (sings). Remember all that, well in
this case Paul Rogers does it too you know (sings) fact let me get the key
of this again I'll just back it up just a skosh.
(sings)
A little pitchy sorry (sings)
right. So he's got this kind of you know raised
laryngeal position that is really cool and kind of sexy on the bottom. Now
listen to what he, what I do but what he does too, you can listen to AB, AB
this to the original. Check this out.
Watch this.
(sings) right. I've gotta drop the larynx, I've got to open the throat, get open
throat technique and really create space by the uvula and the soft palate rising
in the back of my throat to open up that sound cause I can't go (sings). Now Glenn Hughes
somehow has been able to get away with that. (sings) You know he's been able to get away with that
sound for a long time. It's a pretty dangerous position because if you don't
know how to drop the larynx and get into a neutr, neutral or a
lowered position, then you're gonna be in a lot of trouble, they're gonna lock up
on you and you're not going to be able to sing up any higher. So it's cool for
tone, it's cool for texture but it's very difficult to get in and out of that
space so let's continue,
Now way back in this day there was another really well-known singer called
Steve Marriott and again he was a huge influence of mine, if you saw I did a
What Makes This Singer Great on him I think it was or something I did a vocal
demonstration or you know talked about him in a video and you know I remember
seeing way, way back in the day when you know a PA system had gone out in the
forum and he was in the band Humble Pie and he broke out with "30 Days In The
Hole" and it was, the lights were completely on, the PA was broken, no one
knew when the band was gonna come back on and here's this guy walks out in blue
jeans and a white t-shirt you know (sings) you know he sings this song I'm like whoa who is that. I want to be that guy
right and that was like started, started my fire of wanting to sing like that and
Paul Rodgers is that same ilk. So I bring up Steve Marriot is because
they had this really cool soulful way about them, it wasn't overdone, it wasn't
gratuitous licks. It was just the appropriate licks at the right time and
Paul's even excelled way beyond that even later where he's just got all this
freedom and this good repertoire and toolbox of licks, a staple of you know
things to draw from and so even back here, you know he had a certain swag
about him in his soul that I just love. Now Lou Gramm also has that you know,
Mark Farner, different people have done this too, lots of you know, Steve
Walsh etc but, but, and, and of course you know Paul Rodgers here and then also
David Coverdale you know all my favorite singers right they all have this
same kind of thing but nobody quite like Paul, Paul sort of raised the bar really
early on and has maintained that for all of these years since the early 70s guys.
That is a long time and we are not worthy so let's continue.
His spot on pitch too. Incredible.
(sings) There's that raised laryngeal position (sings)
right so I've got this froggy voice I wanna kind of play with (sings)
right. So you know it's it's a real cool tone and like I said Glenn Hughes
uses this a lot but listen closely again one more time as I go into the chorus,
how I can't use that position anymore. Here we go.
Okay now I'm gonna put these in the description. I'm not gonna play the full
songs of these because I want to get to the next tune but I did want to say that
you can you know go into the description check out and play the full versions and
then go to the originals and see how I stack up right. I mean really go check
out the original, check out how I did and just AB them and you know give me a grade I
don't care. So next, next tune here is, I can't
believe I don't have more songs in this but "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love" and I
like sounds like "Good Love" you know (sings) like "Good Love" and "Gone Bad" and stuff like that
so eventually I'll get around to doing some of those tunes but here we go.
You know this one.
Okay so you know (sings)
right there's that, that thing right. Now
I'm gonna go towards the end cause as he goes up again right, he can't hang on to
that sound so watch, check this out.
Let me back it up just a skosh here.
So right see you can hear I'm dropping the larynx, I'm opening up the throat and
again I cover all of this stuff in my singing course so if you guys are interested
in this, I show you exactly how I do it. I show you how Paul does it, some of my
favorite singers and my favorite influences so if you like the way I sing,
I'll show you how I do it and how, where I got it from so. Anyway gang I'm doing most
of this by requests so put in the description who you think I should do a
vocal take down stuff, from and check out my next video.