Scream Vocals (Why do they hurt??)

[Sixstringmayhem]

I just layed down some drum and guitar tracks in logic and its a heavy song so it requires scream vocals, like that of Miss May I, TDWP, We came as romans, etc.
Well after about 5 minutes of doing it my throat was just killing me and it would honestly kill to keep going. is there a secret to screaming or do you just play through the pain?
-thanks

 

[mutantllama]

Don't eat hot sauce before

 

[The Ozzman]

You're doing it wrong and that's why it hurts

 

[Dak]

You're doing it wrong and that's why it hurts

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[The Butt]

scream vocals, like that of Miss May I, TDWP, We came as romans, etc

theres your problem huaghuaghuaghua

 

[Sixstringmayhem]

if you don't like that bands that's fine idc. any advice would help though. "your doing it wrong" doesn't really help much

 

[Krow]

Advice = do it differently.

 

[The Butt]

if you don't like that bands that's fine idc. any advice would help though. "your doing it wrong" doesn't really help much

"Your doing it wrong" [sic] is actually great advice, as it's telling you that the technique you are using, is wrong, therefore you should try a different one.

 

[FJChaos]

Works just as good for screams

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

practice...

 

[Sixstringmayhem]

im able to create the right sounding vocals for what im doing it just hurts in the process. thanks for the Vid! very insightful

 

[FJChaos]

And yes, you must practice. Treat your voice like a muscle. Don't push too hard in the beginning. It's like a skinny guy lifting a small car if you push too hard. Over time, your voice will get used to it and therefore get stronger and stronger.

 

[Kara-Shehr]

Drink more whiskey inbetween takes. Do a shot, scream your brains out for 30 seconds, do a shot and so on an so forth.

 

[Sixstringmayhem]

And yes, you must practice. Treat your voice like a muscle. Don't push too hard in the beginning. It's like a skinny guy lifting a small car if you push too hard. Over time, your voice will get used to it and therefore get stronger and stronger.

this makes sense thank you. i never thought of it that way

 

[Sixstringmayhem]

lol and is whiskey really how you do it? you must be smashed by the end of the song haha

 

[JayMo]

I think a mistake a lot of people make whether for screaming or growling vox is that they try to belt it out as loudly as possible. Granted, I'm not exactly a pro at this myself, but one thing I often hear from people that regularly perform harsh vocals is that you don't have to be loud - focus more on the sound than on the power. Let the mic do the rest for you. Again, I'm no expert, but this advice certainly helped me out.

 

[celestialelixir]

Practice... Make sure you are growling from your diaphragm and not your throat.

 

[Satanstoenail]

Gargle some crushed glass for around ten minutes before attempting any harsh vocals.

 

[The Butt]

^ This man speaks the truth. This is the secret to my success, it can be yours too, OP. Give 'er a shot!

 

[Sixstringmayhem]

so i realized the low pitched stuff and or growling dont hurt at all. its more the high pitched stuff that kills. i cant really figure a way to do the highs without it killin me, ill post a clip