every once in a while the stars align for me to do something that seems totally out
of left field but actually is not I wanted to do a Jack Black vocal analysis for quite
a while and really this is the perfect time Jack Black always over delivers when it comes
to character when it comes to just being crazy and not caring and as a result he gets all
sorts of sounds out of his voice that are quite compelling so I have no doubt that there's
going to be some of that in the song although I really have no idea what to expect if you're
new to this channel I teach people how to sing that's what this is all about and I love
pulling inspiration from great vocalists and showing students how to put that inspiration
into their own voices so they can discover all sorts of things if you'd like help doing
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laughs this one is from my one and only true love Princess Peach
you're so cool and with my style we're gonna rule Peach understand [Music] [Applause] peaches
peaches peaches peaches peaches peaches peaches peaches peaches peaches oh yeah okay so we
gotta go back and listen to the very beginning entrance with his speech I'm always saying
one of the best ways to free your voice expand your range discover how to use Distortion
is by creating characters Jack Black does that all the time he's clearly a character
here now he's doing a video but he's so smart he's developed this character in his speech
voice and then it bleeds into his singing and then you can hear with some grit and and
as he gets more free with his singing the character also gets more free there's all
sorts of amazing things going on here from a a voice coaching or voice Discovery perspective
listen again to the character that he establishes right here and then if you can try to put
in your own voice even just the speaking and see what happens I'm gonna try it and it's
gonna be different and it's probably not going to be exactly what he's doing or even close
but it's going to inspire some interesting things in my voice and it's just fun this
one is from my one and only true love this one is from my one and only true love no that's
that's me that's that's boring old me this one this one is for my one and only true love
this is a different accent than I thought would come out but this is for my one and
only true love there's some there's a little bit of sigh there and it's that isn't necessarily
with what he was doing this one is from my one and only true love Princess Peach you're
so cool that's how light he is right there so cool so cool on the edge of his head voice
there but that drop larynx Peach so cool try this stuff be a ham be a complete idiot and
you'll you'll unlock all sorts of things with your voice let's listen on here and with my
star we're gonna rule please
[Music] [Applause]
[Music] and it almost sounds like his voice is being modified
uh outside of of what he's doing with his own voice from a pitch perspective or from
a forment perspective maybe not he's awfully good at doing things with his tool and I'm
working things sound different but it's really interesting listen to how he opens up his
he's got a great mixed voice in general but listen to how he opens up here even in the
midst of this sound
[Applause]
the very end
it's kind of a cool sound and there's this there's this free like you can tell that there's
a lot more room to go um peaches peaches peaches peaches peaches peaches peaches peaches peaches
peaches
[Music] [Applause]
interesting listen again
that's a classic sort of growl you can do that bye
but you can also do it by messing with your vocal break and sort of Leaning into that
to get a little bit more out of it sounds like he's got a little bit of that going on
oh yeah but he thins out his voice so nicely
constantly playing with his tone his resonance his placement in the midst of just doing this
[Applause] so many freeing things going on with his voice right here
[Music] highly nasal there yeah
not all of us vocalists aspire to be a walking cartoon although being willing to go that
direction to experiment with your voice figure out what can happen with it and then reigning
it back in is the smartest thing you will ever do if you want to have an interesting
voice
couldn't keep me from you Princess Peach at the end at the end of line Princess Peach
at the end of the line some good compression going on there Princess Peach at the end of
The Princess Peach a little lower larynx and then like you're lifting something heavy princess
I'm lifting this massively heavy desk Princess Peach at the end of the line he's doing a
great job of going in and out of that false chord engagement that compressed sound to
get these interesting character traits out of his voice [Applause]
pages pages
okay now this is the second time or third time he's done this he has this break into
his head voice in the midst of this compressed sound hey Crowley nasal sound and then love
there's this little bit of a sigh as he continues to work up his range this keeps him from being
locked into one posture with his voice as he moves around all these different types
of engagements he's even more free to go in different places with his voice I love you
people are always asking me what's the best tone for this particular song or I'm just
trying to develop my vocal tone and I'm always telling him good tone great vocal tone is
about learning how to get a lot of different tones out of your voice and moving between
all of them there is no one great tone for your voice
[ __ ] hey now let's talk about that sound nice go into your head voice
bring in the compression
that's very different than a compressed or gritty mix yeah
it would be a mixed voice whereas this is a and not only compressed but gritty head
voice
ah a better way to talk about this would be more like a growled head Voice versus growled
chest voice
there's the compression there's the pure more growl Louis Armstrong here's a blend
hey we're blending that placement then here it is in head
voice
growled head voice
mixed in that same area with compression yeah [Applause]
ooh all sorts of yes neat grit there what is going on here and cut that was so incredibly
dumb but really informative and inspiring I haven't visited the uh Louis Armstrong girl
sound no I haven't worked on being that type of character before and as I continue to experiment
with blending those sorts of things with my own voice and you heard me experimenting right
here in this video I encourage you to do the same become completely unhinged as you saw
him do in the video and start trying things with your voice again if you'd like help with
this click that link below and join my free course thanks for having fun with me on this
one