Jonny makes me laugh when I see how hard he's trying not to laugh at Chris's weird noises.

Jonny is like a superhuman. No matter how many drugs the guy does his vocal chords can't seem to die.

Chris Liepe is the best KZfaq vocal teacher I’ve ever found. He’s actually practical and doesn’t just give you an exercise and then advertise paid courses. He gives you everything

Doing drugs and drinking excessively will get me rasp confirmed. Thanks Chris

I was thinking to myself how I can beef up my grit/rasp game 3 minutes before this video dropped. Amazing

I love how Jonny still calls his albums CDs like back in the day

I cant believe I just searched "chris liepe rasp" and BAM. Chris has a new one with my fave Jonny Craig.

Jonny Craig's voice can you move you to tears. I'd die happy if I could sound even a fraction as good

Before i listened to Jonny's stuff few years ago, i was trying not to grit/rasp because i thought it was bad. Now i'm belting that grit/rasp effortless and it feels awesome. Thanks Chris for showing people proper technique.

Spencer & Jonny Craig in the same room 🤯🤯😩

Blue Dream is my FAVORITE song to sing.

I have been a crazy big Jonny Craig fan for the past 10 years. I am now a classically trained choral music teacher and I have finally found my rasp! DO NOT GIVE UP ON YOURSELF!

I wish they did a whole album. These two tracks are some of Jonnys best solo work because they really show off his voice and are super catchy.

Finally a proper video explaining rasp in the singing voice. Singing with rasp has always been the most natural thing for me but for years I've never been able to find a proper educational video explaining the technique behind rasp. So I've never understood how I did it and at many occasions that has caused pain and frustration for me. THANK YOU! Finally I understand what my body want to do when I sing and how I can safely turn that on and off. Again, thank you guys!

Congrats on Jonny's sobriety dude has such a gift and is a inspiration for a lot of vocalist same as Daryl Palumbo from GlassJaw there was a time when everyone wanted to sound like him even till this day!

I’ve seen Jonny live with about every band he’s been in, solo included, and his voice can truly put you in every single emotion all at once. He has a real gift. Shame what he’s done, but I’ll never not love his voice.

The second someone name dropped Bruno Mars, Johnny's face instantly changed to "shit I could make a good ass Bruno Mars cover...."

I have been studying how Jonny Craig sings since he first inspired me to begin in late 2009. I pirated an incredible Learn To Sing course that was way too expensive for a kid like me at the time. These lessons I pirated make me feel lucky as they do what most youtube teachers dont do(Mainly because its boring) but it started with lessons on vocal pedagogy and what all goes into singing. I really think this is crucial for new singers and it really seems like Chris includes this in his free stuff, which is great. For people having a hard time figuring out how to engage your false cords, the false cords are what reinforce your vocal chords when you are doing any kind of singing in your mixed register. A great way to ensure you aren't dragging unneeded weight into your mixed register/high notes do a scale ascending from G2-A2, do a pentatonic scale, up and down. Do a vi sound(VEEE) and a vo (VOHG) at the top. so Vi VI VI VO VO(hold at the top, and now descend) VI VI VO VO. This will teach you to sing notes that are in high chest in mixed voice, and also help sing low head voice in mixed. This is crucial for being as agile as johnny but also being able to bring the power. After you know that feeling of your false cords supporting your actual vocal folds, you will be able to tighten or loosen them. Experiment a bit with it.

Man to be in the same room with Jonny and Spencer would be so cool. Both are my singing idols.

With rasp, just sing as quietly as possible and include a lil whisper, but make it smoothe. You’ll get an airy rasp that you can control. ( I sang while my parents slept

I can’t get over how there were loads of requests for JC analysis over the months and you were like, “lol hold my beer”. Great stuff and thanks!

Really cool that this is available. Thank you guys for doing this.

This was really helpful, I have a natural raspy voice, and this made me discover differents aprochaches to that sound that I didn't knew it was possible with my own voice. Great as always Chris, thanks!

I've always wanted to sing like Janis Joplin. I love watching videos of people listening to her sing for the first time.

The way I understand this, you accomplish things "in partnership" with your voice rather than by "commanding" your voice. Alas I think this would be one major difference between approaching classical guitar and singing. If you accomplish things from the standpoint of awareness and using technique that allow you to setup your voice to reach these results (and the process then changes each day or even across the day) while doing so healthily keeping in mind that like the rest of your body each day you have a slightly different starting point. This is just so very cool !!

Jonny keep doing you man. Your music is always good.

Thanks for the lesson with the King!! // Fan from Sweden.

Where was this video when I wanted to sing with girt so badly?! Thanks so much for making this kind of videos and inviting guests, it's super helpful to learn different approaches. Also, it helps when I imagine that the "huaaaah" sound is going through my nose and eyes, it allows me to keep it above my voice box.

Jonny is a great example for artist. He might not have the best reputation, but he has made decisions that shaped him and his voice. And boy is that voice great and beautiful.

It’s nice to see Johnny doing good and throwing himself into different projects..

Chris you’re the best vocal teacher, you really are….. my request is can you do a video on “old” rock ‘n’ roll screams.. Little Richard, Screaming Jay Hawkens, John Lennon (dizzy Miss Lizzie) James Brown, Jim Morrison, etc.

Awesome, Chris. Real 3D approach so to speak.

still loving you johnny

What a fantastic content thank you so much guys

Oh gosh. Finally. I'm tryin to learn how to use my false cords right. It took me about three months and so many videos of singers, or coaches, or you actually, teaching and explaining this. So I said to myself ,,ok, try to sing with distortion, because you like Alter bridge or A farewell fire." So I came here, and I finally got it. I've understood ,,the compression" thanks to you, because I tried what you've told in this video. Ironically trying to rasp and grit with my voice got me to the sweet spot of growling 🤣 but gosh. I have no abs, so they got tired really quick 🤣 at least I know I'm doing it right, because it sounds much more better than before. I finally feel it "in my cheeks" and my throat doesn't hurt. I made it wrong a couple of times and the pain was unbelievable. I stopped and tried it again. Now I understand and it felt so great, that it made me laugh from the happiness 😃 thanks again 🤘🏻

I think this is the closest we can get to hear Jonny Craig scream

It's so awesome to see 3 of you talking about this stuff! Damn! I wish we could get this 10 years ago man... One thing i wish you covered is different ranges of using grit! For me personally it's quite easy to do grit in my chest register up to F#4 maybe G4 (but depends on the sounds I have to make for G). Anyway in head voice or let's say higher mixed voice it's significantly harder to do that same grit... I can't seem to get the sensation of where the grit should be concentrated... where the sound should originate... and Jonny is really good at that... thinking of that intro in "The Past Should Stay Dead". That's the struggle and I imagine I am most likely not the only one having issues with this.

Jonny Craig still got it man. Please DGD forgive Jonny and let that next album be amazing

One of my favorite vocalists of all time. Really happy I stumbled upon this.

I'm not completely confident I'm not tone deaf... yet here I am watching a video on how to sing like Jonny fuckin Craig

OH MY GOD FINALLY MY REQUEST HAS BEEN GRANTED!!YOU THE MAN, CHRIS!!!😍

I feel certain voices are naturally raspy like that guy's voice and others don't. There is no way I can do that without hurting.

Nice to see Spencer, his singing on the chorus of Satelites is insaneee

Back just to say, of all your videos on grit, this is the one that seems to be clicking with me (an eternal not-gritty-without-extreme-discomfort singer).

Very helpful! Thank you for a great lesson!

Cool video, thanks Chris. Kelly Jones (Stereophonics) Paolo Nutini and Terrence Trent Darby are my favourite exponents of this sound, I've always found rasp more difficult than grit, I think this video will help.

I've been trying to learn to sing like Jørn Lande as he performed on his Pentakill albums and this is a great start for me. I'd love to see his voice analyzed on here.

dustin kensrue is my favorite singer and its because of the raspiness in his voice and i love it

only youtube tutorial that actually helped! thankss

Great video!!

Wow, after this video I finally managed to engage my false chords consiously. Thank you! (I tried for a few months already and was only able to use fry screams)

Always felt he could fill in for Asking Alexandria if they ever needed it.

i've repeated that 1:54 chamona like 23 times, jonny's fucking great

Great video on how to get rasp and grit the healthy way.

So Jonny does not smoke. That's new to me. And I have been listening to this guy since 2010.

Omfg Jonny's vocals are incredible

I learned rasp from imitating chris sabbot's Vegeta from DBZ

Jonny has been one of my biggest inspirations in music since highschool, hope he is doing well

It's fun and games until someone goes Ultra Instinct/Ego and the bus pass goes flying "HuuuUhuu" - Jenny Keurig

Raspy singers are interesting to me, as some have healthy habits and many do not. I go back to old interviews and performances (when they arent sick, and their good shows) to see and hear how they've changed over the years. Many artists with this style tend to have their speaking voices change. Jonny Craig and M Shadows voices have raised in tamber(?) over the years. Their voices were lower when they were younger. I know Shadows has said he started singing unhealthy before he hired his vocal coach to help him keep his sound but protect his voice too. I wonder if they do this on purpose like MJ did to protect his voice, or if its just damage and muscle memory

what a cold smooth grit

What he said at 2:44 MAY have just cracked the code for me. Instead of thinking about rasp, I'm thinking about "air on top of the otherwise clean tone."

Not really a fan of how Chris "confirms" his grit in his voice is a result of drug use lol, you can see how J has grown because he can objectively view this without being defensive.

Holy fuck this is so awesome. Plus a free course? Can't wait to buy the full course.

Wait. It works I heard something different from my voice. 💜 Thanks A lot 😊

See the way I found it was from the belt. I don't remember starting at the gritty or closed sounds and building it into the belted sound like you guys are doing here. I had to hold the clean belted notes and feel out the sound from there because that helped me keep the balance between note and grit. If I start from the grit and try to sing through it I just choke.

9:24 how our ancestors used to talk

I was practicing this... my neighbours called an exorcist!

excellent video!!!!!

epic.

Jesus fuck Johnny Craig AND Spencer!? I'd kill to have been a fly on the wall for the entire time you guys were hanging out lmao

This was awesome. Dude has a solid voice, I love that subtle grit, so sexy haha.

I SUPPORT CLEAN JONNY! STAY THE COURSE BROTHER YOU GOT THIS! YOU WILL WHOLE ONCE AGAIN! WE LOVE YOU!

Chris be yoked, I see those biceps 💪

So if I'm understanding correctly, grit is generated via false vocal fold distortion, which when applied lightly will give you grit like Jonny/Bruno Mars/Freddie Mercury, and when applied heavily will be a pitched scream a la Sam Carter?

Chris! Have you ever heard of Yannis Papadopoulos? I’d love to see you tackle some power metal vocalists because they’re so insane. I also think your voice would fit super well in the genre. You should check out some of his clips and maybe do a video on him! Dude’s got grit for days and plays with it in a super exaggerated, wacky way.

Omg, the song he sings in the beginning is freaking awesome, someone knows the name or what's it about? I need this song full released in my life right now! haha

Finally! Broooo

In terms of rasp and grit, having jonny craig on a lesson is S tier peak education

What do you call the belting technique where you sorta make a "grr"sound? Not as extreme as like scott stapp but the sound alot of 2000s rockers used?

This MF got Jonny Craig AND Spencer Sotelo in the same room.... That is amazing

You're making a bunch of army guys really motivated in this video

It's interesting that you equate a grunt with damage to the voice. I could engage and disengage a natural grunt since I was around 8, and if anything i barely used my voice otherwise, so it's likely a natural human sound that we are taught away from, and the negation of it is artificial, it's the most natural of human sounds, and the key to doing the movie announcer voice.

If I had watched this video yesterday I wouldn't have hurt my vocal cords.. Started the day attempting "this is a man's world" in a raspy voice thats very unnatural to me, and ended the day at the doctor's clinic being told to keep my speaking to a bare minimum for 72 hours 😅

9:23 you're welcome. (turns to cavemen communicating)

Ah man I've been hhhhhhhhhhhing along this whole video and at the end he's like "it's important to warm up first"

Jonny seems sober these days. Happy to see him doing well.

How can i work more on placing the sound up?

Chris this is random but just wanted to say you look jacked as hell in this video ha

Can you do a dayseaker already numb vocal breakdown please

Someone other artist I was thinking that had a lot of rasp was "Juice Wrld" even his speaking voice

I gotta get me some of those lifestyle choices!

Step one: HUH Step two: remember the stages of HUH Step three: rasp/grit

8:37

could you teach fry scream, khoomei, or sygyt, and are epiglottis vocals actually bad for you? dethklok does them, i mess around with them, never had an issue, feels okay as long as i dont over project.

1:07 whatever song that is holy shit it slays

Lol Chris make sure the Johnny didn't steal any of your microphones

What somg does he start with

D-Snop (Danny Worsnop) is another king of rasp

Can you please make an analysis for Rory Rodriguez's (Dayseeker) voice? I just can't understand his technique at all