hey Chris Liepe here lots of you have been asking me to do I Shot the Sheriff the big
push the busking video here it is I was first introduced to this Bob Marley song uh by Eric
Clapton and I have not seen this version of it although from all the comments you guys
have left on my other videos I'm sure I'm in for a real treat this is a singing Channel
I get to teach you how to sing largely by pulling from influences that you love Ren
has become one of my favorite singers and performers as I've gone down the ren rabbit
hole and it's super cool to know based on some comments that Ren has left on my channel
that he uses my videos to pull from his influences so I invite you if you haven't already explore
all the videos that I have on this channel dig into the ones that resonate with you and
if you want to go deeper join my free voice course Linked In the description of this video
and most of the other videos I have on the channel alright let's get into this [Music]
already what a Groove [Music]
[Music] already and you know I've come to expect this from from Ren but look at his
facial expressions look at his body language this is not playing notes for the sake of
playing notes or um exposing certain proficiencies on the instrument he is lost in self-expression
on his instrument just like he is in his songwriting just like he is with his voice is everything
on Pitch is everything in time no but the tone is beautiful the energy is beautiful
[Music] watch his face [Music] simultaneously lost in the expression but also in tune with
the people around him and you can see the people around him already they're captivated
by his energy as a performer he's not just performing he is inviting people into an experience
is what great performers do
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hooray for the telly tellys are one of my favorite guitars to play [Music] this is
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do you notice how many different characters he conveyed even in just those few lines he's
up here like that's a little bit [Music] man he's not going for the ideal tone he's not
going for oh does my voice sound okay here he is walking in and out of all sorts of different
characters and what's interesting is when you put this in context of a song like hiren
he's doing the same thing in a in a different way a lot of times when we're listening to
a performance of one of our favorite singers we don't pick up on this multi-dynamic character
Journey that people go on we're just thinking about oh what a cool melody or whatever but
this character modification dynamically changing the way that you sound as you Embrace different
emotions lines characters is exactly what draws us to vocalists even if their pitch
isn't perfect no especially if their pitch or other things aren't perfect expression
over Perfection this is why musicians like Ren are taking over the world [Music] I love
that that's a little staccato expression in there oh [Music]
so awesome [Music]
Deputy Deputy do you notice that little sort of let down after that that was pretty awesome
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[Music] self-defense
[Music] I want to play this chorus again notice how he is in a duet with his rhythm guitar
a lot of times we think about you know you listen to like Stevie Ray Vaughan or or you
know a lot of these great Blues guitarists and we noticed this sort of duet Factor when
you know they're doing more leads in between the vocals right like you know
you know we trade off like Melody for Melody but he's doing this with the rhythm guitar
where he backs off and he really digs in to the Rhythm this is actually harder to do for
a lot of guitar players singing and playing at the same time then simply going into you
know okay I'm gonna sing a little bit then I'm Gonna Play Rhythm or then I'm gonna play
lead I'm saying play lead sing play lead he's got the Rhythm which is bowing to the prominence
of his voice when he's singing and then the Rhythm comes in and takes prominence as he
backs away but he doesn't lose the groove huge this is a huge thing to practice and
observe in other singers how does their Rhythm interact and trade off with the vocal rhythms
that they're portraying not just how does their lead listen again
[Music] he's [Music] not only more animated but he he uh he starts playing harder and
a little bit more groovy and a little bit more range of motion more articulation it's
subtle he's dancing with the Rhythm it's a duet with rhythm guitar [Music] [Laughter]
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notice that line said it wasn't self-defense he's like half singing half just talking he's
like oh well yeah he's also he also raps and stuff well if we're so concerned about getting
notes right that we can't musically speak certain things we are going to forever be
trapped in awkward singing Ville learn how to speak rhythms with your singing voice huge
[Music] and I said it wasn't self-defense so expressive [Music]
[Music] no no
hear how he dug into that note and then whimpered out of it into head voice listen again
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try that anybody can do it it's a form of expression it's a way to do a little riff
or lick with your voice whenever [Music]
before they grow oh and then grow that was a bit more of an aggressive uh sigh out of
that very different than the other one all sorts of different things that are peppered
in here now is he thinking about oh I gotta make this one differently no he's thinking
about interaction but you know that he's practiced feeling out all these different ways to interact
with his voice incidentally I love that he stopped playing the guitar for a section and
did the more traditional like I'm gonna sing for a minute here and then I'm gonna and then
I'm gonna go back in so cool [Music]
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[Music] this kind of music speaks directly to the core ah I just I just love the raw
like live performance small audience bluesy ups and downs loose yet really tight ah
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I like that fizzy tone
[Music] I love those kind of simple repeated melodic lines like I mean I realize that it
fits perfectly in this genre but there's no over complicating anything here this is this
is Groove this is Melody this is great
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foreign wow what's so interesting about this and I've mentioned this on other Ren videos
but what's so interesting about his facial expressions and how he's manipulating the
Rhythm and going a little bit more sort of Roboto right here but still being really intense
not tense but intense with his face is watch how it precludes or foreshadows him dropping
into the groove that you hear next if he would have just been more you know the men dropped
into the groove it wouldn't have prepared you to want the groove like he's preparing
you with his diction right here
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[Music] and he actually calms down as he relaxes into that group he gets the bent up energy
out of the way and then
brilliant now as you're listening to this get into it don't just listen and go oh yeah
move your body make little noises with your mouth with your dude
become part of the experience even if you're just making little noises with your mouth
foreign [Music]
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[Music] that was a really cool forwardly place note it wasn't on the road
just a good belt on the right
I love feeling that in my own voice when it comes out in a way that that feels good
Natural Energy that's going on here where those notes I bet feel extra good right here
it's like this release into a powerful place
[Music] what a great guitar player
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[Music] it's me also looking at the drummer's like eye contact you know you don't have the
full picture of it because you can't see them looking each other but I bet this is similar
to the ren chinchilla relationship where I bet I bet Ren's just like looking at him and
they're vibing off each other vibing off that eye contact [Music]
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Johnny
[Applause] thank you wonderful YouTube audience for suggesting that one thank you for suggesting
Ren to me in the first place and thank you for continuing to enjoy my videos again I
encourage you to continue to explore your voice and what it can really do if you Embrace
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