Try singin stoned

Try singing on helium

This is gonna make carpool karaoke a lot more interesting

Promoting alcohol is a part of the devils agenda and as a former drinker, my voice is much better since I quit. I pray you rethink what you stand for. Kurt Cobain himself didn’t even promote cigarettes, and he smoked AND they are far less bad than alcohol.

Well I only drink Seagrams and I sing at work, so no.

Yeah he had Crohn’s , lot of reflux and ulcers

@@jamessharp9790 plus smoking and everything. but tbh, a lot of rockstars do 🤷‍♀️

Reminds me of that basement scene with the owner Lou. Total grunge

I wouldn’t say it’s anything. At the end of the day tho, a person doesn’t need to have good technique. I guess that’s what Kurt wanted.

Define “grunge”.

Yup

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Amd I thought Kurt's in utero's vocals were the most unhealthy for him

@@xvor_tex8577 they were. Probably factored into why he was so sick and unhappy on the In Utero tour in Europe right before he died.

@@astridvvv9662 if i am not mistaken, his technique got better towards the ends, if I remember it correctly. like he was getting better at understanding how to utilize his voice, please correct me if i am wrong.

Very well put.

I think it was The rhythm and melody

​@@guitarskin9758I think it was all of it together, like a sandwich the flavors combined

@@billybobby320 true he was very good at expression rythmn and melody. I used to talk crap about his playing but it really doesn't matter if you are technical or not expression is The goal music is not a sport

It’s honestly sad that people laughed at it. If he had learned at least how to support his voice with his diaphragm, I can’t imagine how great he would have sounded and his voice would have been so much healthier. He risked getting issues that could have ended his career, like vocal chord polyps. I get it-I always felt like a total dork doing vocal exercises that sound ridiculous. If anyone laughed at me at the time, I might have blown it off, too.

No that was actually the heroin draining his life force. Lol.

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Great metaphor

Heroin is a different beast , Kurt lived to be 27 hunter lived to be 67

@@brandon635 was making a simile, not comparing actual drugs. The subject is Kurt’s voice, not heroin usage.

Oh I didn’t read it right lol

@@brandon635 all good ✌🏼

When I was younger I could emulate itm I'm good at impressions etc. It did hurt to sing like he did on many notes. It's something I'm glad I only did when younger.

@@thecasualatvguy617what would happend if u tried to now ? And does Kurt cobain did he have to practice to get that voice our

@@user-hs3zl2pp5f he, tom petty, janis joplin, bon scott, layne staley...all had that same unique vocal ability, I dont think it can be learned because Ive tried many times, I think theyre born able to or in bon scott's case his ex-wife said it was damage to his throat in a motorcycle crash that later gave him that ability.

@@joejones9520 real rockstars gift from god

The most amazing thing to ever be witnessed

alcohol mixed with that really thick neck maybe? i know alcohol warms up your throat sometimes depending on what you drink.

Damn, just thinking about it makes my throat hurt like shit, remember the throat pain after screaming when you are angry? Just imagine that but 10 times worse... his live performances were just as brutal as the studios too, in that era.

Was his technique as bad as Kurt's? There are ways to scream, or to mimic a scream that are healthy. Kurt didn't use them but Kurt was renowned for not giving a shit about taking care of his health. And also only 27.

@@astridvvv9662 I think like kurt he didn’t use any technique, I guess as previous comments say just whiskey and rage kept him going

You can do harsh vocals without hurting yourself or blowing your voice out if done correctly with proper breath support. That’s why there’s metal singers who got started out decades ago and can still sing perfectly fine

Yes I agree…And I believe he was thinking about Courtney while doing that song

That’s what I was scratching my head about

One song in the studio per day could amount to 20+ takes of it, especially with a producer who is a perfectionist or wants double tracks, harmonies, etc

Exactly. It's a bullshit article in many ways.

Cough suppressants

Every night for months as well. But theres a lot of things that affect the voice so its not as simple as 2+2.

The genuinity that would have led to his downfall had he not died a legend

Dangerous advice if you want to keep your voice and not hurt yourself 😬

@@andyscott5277 You have to approach it with a lot of caution and control, but ultimately you do have to push boundaries at some point

@@Jonathan-A.C. just saying you should learn how to support your voice with your diaphragm. Many singers sing with their throat, leading to issues. Should never “push” your voice until you learn proper vocal mechanics. Can permanently damage your voice, or learn bad habits and damage your voice in the future, developing nodes and such. Should never feel any pain when you’re singing, evidence you’re doing something wrong. There are ways and techniques that can help you “scream” or put gravel in your voice without any damage. Everyone has a different instrument, but the vocal cords are relatively delicate. Even trained and professional singers continue with vocal training throughout their respective careers, and can strain their voices with improper technique and over usage.

@@andyscott5277 I’m not saying to not do it in the “proper” way, I more mean in terms of pushing it harder, pushing notes for longer, or dipping into other harsh vocals somewhat. Like obviously there’s a lot of important technique, but a lot comes to effort, focus, and and energy.

@@Jonathan-A.C. yeah, I just wouldn’t push anything without a proper foundation of singing technique. Like any instrument, most people don’t just know how to sing with proper technique. The voice is a muscle. If you’re singing, or say “working out,” metaphorically speaking, and you don’t have proper lifting technique, throwing on a bunch of weight, you’ll probably hurt yourself. All this to say, It’s not too difficult to permanently destroy your voice by screaming. Look at what happened to Harry Nilsson. One of the best singers in the history of rock ‘n roll. Had a “screaming match” with John Lennon and his voice was never the same again.

Well he sucked at both. He didn't "teach" himself to sing. He just went for it and was lucky enough to have a natural ability for it

@@philpants44 that’s not how natural ability for instruments work tho. You can’t just pick up a guitar and be good at it, you gotta explore. Same with singing.

@@Aaronn-je8cx I can say he wasn't an amazing guitarist... sounded great but nirvana was great for me as a beginner because all the songs are so easy.

I think he practiced daily all the back to his teenage years, so you’re bound to eventually figure some stuff out with all that time. There’s a a quote somewhere about how if you spend 1000 hour’s on a certain thing you can master it.

He had practiced guitar daily for 9 years, so keep thag in mind

don't give your money to bullshit artists

​@@Drewer123Are you talking abt Kurt?

@@TraceyIsTired no talking about the vocal coach who made the video

@@Drewer123 ah alr

I see you are like me

Probably would’ve became a painter or something

Give me an example of some1 who singss like Kurt and then show me how they can't sing anymore. Idk how you can speak on these things when Kurt's voice was so unique

@@tobymann4493 because its widely known that his singing style was incredibly harmful to his vocal cords

@@jochem420 People say that, but most people are just repeating it because they’ve heard it. Not many people understand singing. Especially towards the end of his life he actually began to utilize vocal fry more than ever in his singing. Vocal fry is what is responsible for his rasp and is a completely healthy singing technique.

@@tobymann4493 Really? At the top of my head, Jon Bon Jovi and Mariah Carey. Both are unique powerhouses in music and are unable to sing like they used to. Both are struggling, one more than the other to even belt out in the correct key now.

They say we die twice. One physically and again the last time our name is said. Kurt’s name will be spoken for centuries.

@@mumbles215 yes

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That’s what I loved about him.. he did his own thing… you rarely see that, especially these days.. bandwagon jumpers, hive mind, group think, brainwashed, society fit in wannabes everywhere.. it has always disgusted me how the majority of people cannot just be themselves, they are cowards

Not really if it means you have to keep going back and taking longer every time your voice goes. Rattling through all of em in one sesh would be better..

​@@philpants44 thats just splitting the workload differently. You can do an entire song per day, including every instrument and vocal or you can do instrumentals first and then the vocals in one or a few days.

he neither smoked nor did heroin up to and during nevermind. it was after he got money for the first time in his life did he become an addict.

@@smkxodnwbwkdns8369 not true, on the heroin part at least. There's many different sources who mention him starting to have a heroin problem well before he became famous. He used it as a "treatment" for self medicating his IBS issues. And I'm not totally sure for a fact but I seriously doubt he went without cigs during the entire album recording and all the other work that went into it during that time such as album cover pics. Cigarettes are extremely hard to quit, and it seems he had been smoking since his teens or thereabout. Where did you get your information?

@@jennmullins1063 His first longterm girlfriend in Olympia, his sister, and Krist. Kurt did a bunch of drugs during his late teens. When he moved to Olympia he dried up and was straight edge for awhile. He couldn’t afford drugs anyway and focused on painting, songwriting, reading, and watching tv. That went on for almost two years. His heroin use began when he broke up with his first longterm girlfriend and he would go to hotels to nod out. Again, his poverty prevented him from ever having a habit. This was 1990 and 1991. Once he signed a record deal he was off to the races. People talk about kurt as if he was a junkie his whole life. It would pf been impossible to accomplish what he did as a lifelong junkie and the facts back this up.

@@smkxodnwbwkdns8369 just off the top of my head, when Dave first met and moved in with Kurt, right before making the album, didn't he mention in interviews that Kurt was strung out most of the time? I get he was poor and heroin is expensive in excess, but sounds like he was doing enough of it. I also heard grohl say they never had much food.... That's probably where most of their grocery funds went to?? Buying a little at a time, heroin can be pretty affordable right? I think it's supposed to be the cheapest drug, hence why it's one of the most problematic drugs. I certainly don't think Kurt was doing anywhere near the amounts he did once famous, but I find it hard to believe he wasn't doing at least small amounts pre-fame. I know a lot of people say he only got into heroin real bad after he met Courtney, but even more (especially interviews of his close friends) seem to imply the opposite.

@@jennmullins1063 People say so much inaccurate s about kurt and nirvana even though the facts are out there. For example, there’s a lot of white adolescent (in age or mind) males that go on misogynistic tirades about courtney that is literally just the most negative things you can say about someone. And untrue. My sources are simple and reliable. “Heavier Than Heaven” is by far the best book written on kurt based on extensive research and hundreds of interviews including members of Kurt’s family and Krist. By all accounts Kurt got clean when he moved to Olympia around age 20. Again, he wasn’t doing heroin either in his teens, it was mostly psychedelics, uppers, alcohol, pot, and whatever would come his way. In Kurt’s own journals he said he did heroin about five times back in Aberdeen. He had a very close relationship with his girlfriend and they were sober together. Over about two or three years he only got high once when he shared drinks with his sister. This was his golden period as an artist. He read a lot of books, and produced more paintings and wrote more songs during this period than any other time. He had a lot of weird hobbies like keeping strange pets like turtles and decorating dolls. He also was practicing his guitar all the time. Ive also read interviews with dave about kurt and in the npr interview he even said he never saw kurt use when he lived with him. They were poor and starving together. Kurt took a long break from drugs. That’s how he was able to blossom as a musician and write all those great songs. Most of the songs on Bleach, Nevermind,Incestiside, and In Utero were all written in a two year period. Things changed when two things happened: broke up with his longtime girlfriend, signed a record deal with geffen, released nevermind. Then theres stories of him selling his pets, of him no longer wanting to rehearse the band, of going to hotels to nod out. I used to believe in the drug and music myth as a child but what I found out without exception is every great musician , even the ones with the worst drug reputation, always have a stable period of their life where they are practicing and creating ten hours a day for years and are sober. Drugs kill creativity and stunt personal growth. After kurt got enough money to be on heroin, he only wrote a few songs in three years instead of like 100 songs. He killed himself afterall. Heroin is also not a cheap drug. Any heroin user has no control over their habit which only grows because what got you high yesterday gets you less high today so its always a game of using more and more. Perhaps the first two or three months heroin is inexpensive but after that any junkie is spending thousands a month. Hence stealing and dealing. Most heroin dealers you’ll find are just users who had to sell out of necessity to fund their habit. I get the rock and roll myth, that people want their rock stars to be party animals, but the problem is you cant party and excel as an artist at the same time. They don’t go together. Often if a musician is known for partying its something they did in stages. For three years they were a hard working disciplined musician practicing ten hours a day and clean, then they stop practicing and focus on partying and they deteriorate.

Idk bro Freddie was on a whole other level of singing ability just like my favorite singer and arguably the best ever IMO Layne Staley.

Freddy was just Freddy.

Freddie is the greatest of all time

@@ri0tmaniac242 do people think I'm trashing on queen? I know it's been 3 comments but the same that all comments share is about Freddie, honestly I'm curious because I said "Band like queen" Freddie must've had to stop recording after reaching a high note, with a voice like that still can hurt if you push yourself to a limit

@@nggary375 I didn’t say you were, I was just stating Freddie was greatest of all time because you mentioned Queen

Have you read Heavie than Heaven by Charles R .Cross? I found it alot better!

@@darioristic9643 Yes i have read Heavier Than Heavn but i like Come As You Are better because its from the mouth of Kurt, Dave and Chris themselves. The Whole book is essentially compiled of interviews with Kurt and other people related to Nirvana conducted by the author. Michael spent hours with Kurt and they even compiled some of the interview tapes into a film titled About A Son.

Cornell OR Layne could outperform him in range and ability

Axl is way better

He was ok, but not the greatest.

Yes! I still hear people say Kurt was a great guitar player, but he really wasn't. He was mediocre at best. But he more than made up for it with his phenomenal song writing. Nevermind came out when I was in 8th grade, and Kurt is the sole reason I started playing guitar. All these years later and I still jam out to Nirvana songs almost every day lol.

@@c0rnp0p80 I think he could play better than he did. If you listen to some of the guitar work on Bleach it’s actually pretty good. I don’t think he wanted to be a flashy guitar player though. If you listen to some of his solos he just seems to be almost purposely not playing it well. There is not doubt in my mind however, that he could have played decent solos and been a better rhythm guitar player if he had wanted to.

@@JRoss80 I think his solos was part of the art. Raw and not as sophisticated solos bc it’s punk rock

Bit of a stretch XD he had a good scream on him which isn't even that rare

@@JRoss80 you realise they had Jason on guitar too on the bleach right? You could be hearing his parts

Technique is important for longevity. It’s like a weight lifter using god awful form while lifting heavy weight, he may be able to lift it, but he won’t be lifting for long.

Well I would consider coughing up blood to be pretty bad

Singing technique is a matter of fact in regards to what is and isn't healthy for your voice. That's not a judgement on whether it sounds good or not.

@@GSCfr but lifting weights regardless of method is for the same results, method of singing produces different results. most of you would fail an intro to philosophy course but at least one person, jack, gave me the answer I needed.

@@smkxodnwbwkdns8369 it was an example. Perhaps it was too simple for you. You must have solid technique regardless of your method. Kurt didn’t know how to properly scream, which is why he would blow out his voice. Had kurt learned how to scream correctly, his voice would’ve held up longer, and maybe would have sounded better. Also please elaborate on your point about “philosophy” and what it has to do with proper singing technique. Cause i think i missed your point, if there was one.

This made me lol

same af

A lot of these shorts do that. Sucks

Great playing by the way, you got a real God given talent

It’s not great if you blow your voice out after one session or concert. He’d be unable to sing for days after. That is not healthy let alone sustainable (as we had seen with him)

@@mumbles215 That was kind of my point. It's rare that someone is able to do that.

Lol michael jackson had a vocal coach and did vocal exercises religiously, you can even find his sessions on youtube

You know chestor Bennington could give some of the best screams.But he could still sing with a powerful voice after 10-15 years because he used proper technique in screaming and singing at high pitch

Urm no- Kurt was the literal “not like the other boys” poster child- he was a singer and would have wrecked his voice had he lived another 5 years- let’s not glamourise his way of living lol

he sounded that way because of his genetic tone and bad technique, nobody is going to sound like anybody cause ain't nobody got the same vocal cords, physiology, genetics

Check out Chris Liepe here on KZfaq. He covers rock vocals from clean to distorted and he’s fucking awesome.

Oh please! Dave doesn’t have ‘seething jealousy’ towards Kurt! No, he has NOT been throwing ‘shade’ towards Kurt! You have no idea what Dave was actually talking about from this ‘short’!! Stop being so gullible! Ugh…

When he was killed he had a packet of American Spirit additive free tobacco Maybe he was trying to give up

He said he coughed up blood after live shows but still a very interesting point

@@CrazySinging Coughing up blood isn't a throat injury, that's a respiratory issue; the blood is coming from his lungs when he coughs, not from his throat. It could be smoking too much, breathing irritants like heavy fumes or particulates, an infection, lung cancer, etc., but not destroying his throat by overdoing it. If he coughed up blood, you can be sure it's an issue with his lungs. At a concert, the lead singer obviously pushes a lot of air, way more than normal, which is obviously the job of the lungs, not the throat. His little irritated, overworked lungs. That being said, I agree that you can get a sore throat from screaming into a mic for hours and hours. I'm sure you can even damage your vocal cords by overdoing it.