hey chris liepe here with how to use compression in subtle ways for better tone
and more power or the perception of more power and you'll have the wonderful side effect
of not burning out your voice as quickly and we're gonna take some cues from stp's scott weiland
to find
if you like my approach to working with the voice and discovering what it can do and experimenting
you'll love my free voice course linked in the information below you can't really do
what i'm talking about in this video without understanding the foundations of good support
where your power is supposed to come from so make sure you take that course dial those things in and
then the things that we're going to be working on in this video are going to make a lot more sense
often times when i'm talking about compression i'm helping you discover how to use distortion or grit
that's not what we're going to be doing in this video we're going to be pursuing compression
as a way to unlock sheen and sparkle in your voice and create more more presence you don't need to be
singing high to do this either this works really well in your comfortable range i'm going to sing
the following line in two ways which one do you like better where are you going for tomorrow
where are you going with the mask i found
where are you going for tomorrow
where are you going with the mask i found
the difference is subtle compression lifting something heavy
holding back air we're pushing more from our support system and we're holding back air with the
upper area of our throat or the false cord area now especially when we're trying to do this in a
subtle way this can make people cough and choke and get this unintentional rest so we're going
to break this down into three steps so that you are able to add this subtle compression
which creates better tone better power more authority with your voice first let's take
this line and we're just gonna say we're going to whisper where are you going for tomorrow
now instead of regular whisper we're going to compress our whisper we're not going to use our
vocal cords at all where where where are you going for tomorrow where are you going with the mask i
found where like this now we don't we want to feel out before we get to the point where it
sounds like marilyn manson where you go where are you going for it we don't want that no maybe your
puppy bell it's not that it's subtle not where you going where you going here that's louder it's more
it's a more engaged whisper but we're not using our vocal cords at all let's try this to the track
now if you feel yourself coughing or feeling tickles tell yourself place the sensation
higher in your throat this is not where you go head it's where you go no yes no yes if you are
trying to if you're doing this sort of old man out of sight you're going to hear those little like
high squeaky things if you place it high in your throat while you're just whispering you stay
out of the way of your primary cords and you're able to get a good clean sparkly whisper sound
not gritty not like this you heard it right those are the differences okay so that's the first
a a pressure filled whisper here's number two say an e vowel e e e e but place that e as forward
as you possibly can e e e e e e e in order to do this you'll need to get your face out of the way
and bear your teeth a bit more e e e e e e e e okay now add the whisper to this posture
okay then take your e your vocalized e e e e which is very forward and bright e e e and add
the whisper and you should feel this dichotomy in your throat e e e e
regular e e adding the whisper sensation over it e e e e
e
here it's raspier and sparklier this is huge for tone e
next we're going to insert that lifting something heavy sensation
e and you're going to feel this just on the tip of breaking up after you do this for a
while i will say this is not instantaneous do not leave a comment that says i truly can't do it it
takes some time to feel this stuff out be patient with yourself let me go through the steps again
i'm lifting something heavy i have this posture now with this connection of three different things
you hear just a tiny bit of breakup but the breakup isn't the goal
that [ __ ] wonderful airy raspy sound is the goal and we pr we play with the support and the push in
the context of this posture so let's try singing the line again now that you know what i'm doing
where are you going for tomorrow no where where you go where are you going for tomorrow
where are you going for tomorrow yeah now i'm going to push a little bit more
where where where where where where where where where where where and i'm gonna lengthen my
mouth my throat a little bit drop my larynx to get a little bit darker tone even in the midst
of having this posture with my face and bringing that tone forward where are you going for tomorrow
i'm gonna go in and out of compression these three things that i've talked about
as i sing over this little section and you'll be able to hear exactly
when i've got that better tone better power and better control over my voice
where are you going for tomorrow
where are you going when the mask i found
and i feel that i feel when the dogs begin to
yeah again
where are you going for tomorrow
to where you're going with the mask i found
and i feel and i feel when the dogs begin to smell her
will she smells low
you can hear it's not always bad when i back off the compression
but being able to think of this compression in three different stages or three different
fields and bringing those into your voice in certain sections bringing it in and out over a
passage or a particular phrase will help you with better tonal possibilities and dynamics and once
you dial this in it'll save your voice i hope this has been helpful for you we'll see you for more