I was wondering, after screaming for say, several years in some band, does it deteriorate your clean singing voice? I want to have a good clean voice but i'm scared that if i scream too much i'll send up making it worse...?
long-term screaming...
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veil the sky
Lexicon V
IF you do growling/screaming correctly and don't waste your vocal chords, you should be fine for the future.
It's when you do it wrong and trash the chords is when the problem starts.
It's when you do it wrong and trash the chords is when the problem starts.
veil the sky
Lexicon V
someone should set up a screaming academy to teach people to do it properly so this kind of thing doesn't happen.
FLechdrop
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Yeah if you do it in a healthy way it should be ok. If your throat hurts afterwards you're doing it wrong.
Bryant
Mr. Sleepy
I don't know much about vocal techniques and all that stuff, but be warned !! About six years ago, I was partying with a buddy's band after they practiced and got rather drunk. I started screaming Pantera songs and stuff jamming with them and I screwed up my voice so bad, I couldn't talk "normal" for weeks and couldn't sing (I sing harmony) for about two months.
I don't think you need private voacal lessons with Pavarotti to sing metal music, but to be honest, even those goofy high school choir teachers HAVE to know some important things about taking care of your voice. I would seriously consider taking some vocal training as horrible as it might seem at first.
Here is an example:
I have been playing guitar (metal guitar) for 19 years and I have taught guitar (not at this time.) If you don't have an acoustic guitar, or won't buy one, you don't get lessons from me. Some people can't handle that, but I don't teach guitar to make money, as there isn't much money in it but I teach it to turn out musicians. The first song (rythm) I learned how to play was "Rainbow in the Dark" by Dio and I could make it sound pretty similar to the song in a couple of hours with the help of tab and the fact I played bass for about six months before I picked up a six.
Anyway... the point I am getting to is that I really didn't realize how much of a challenge making music with an acoustic guitar was until I decided to buy one. When I could really make an acoustic guitar sound good, my electric work instantly was improved ten fold. If you can learn to live with those boring exercises and stupid songs a QUALITY vocal instructor gives you, it will pay off when you go to the nasty..... I promise.
Bryant
I don't think you need private voacal lessons with Pavarotti to sing metal music, but to be honest, even those goofy high school choir teachers HAVE to know some important things about taking care of your voice. I would seriously consider taking some vocal training as horrible as it might seem at first.
Here is an example:
I have been playing guitar (metal guitar) for 19 years and I have taught guitar (not at this time.) If you don't have an acoustic guitar, or won't buy one, you don't get lessons from me. Some people can't handle that, but I don't teach guitar to make money, as there isn't much money in it but I teach it to turn out musicians. The first song (rythm) I learned how to play was "Rainbow in the Dark" by Dio and I could make it sound pretty similar to the song in a couple of hours with the help of tab and the fact I played bass for about six months before I picked up a six.
Anyway... the point I am getting to is that I really didn't realize how much of a challenge making music with an acoustic guitar was until I decided to buy one. When I could really make an acoustic guitar sound good, my electric work instantly was improved ten fold. If you can learn to live with those boring exercises and stupid songs a QUALITY vocal instructor gives you, it will pay off when you go to the nasty..... I promise.
Bryant
FLechdrop said:
I think I'm missing something here. How exactly are you "supposed" to do it? I've been doing death/blackmetal vocals for nearly 10 years now and if I go all out my throat will hurt quite bad. I havent yet found a substitue for lots of air and lots of force to get a good sound.
It doenst instantly hurt per'se but after a couple hours of jamming i can get pretty sore. I hear alot of bands that do weaker versions of death/black vocals. you can tell there not moving much air and they are doing it softer with more of the mouth involved and less of the chest. that stuff is fine sometimes I guess but I can tell the difference and I dont think it sounds as good. I really dislike alot of those super quiet whispery evil goblin blackmetal vocals you get sometimes. your not talking about that are you? hehe
