People: YOu SoUnD tOo NaSaL Axl Rose: Welcome to the Jungle

If you say your name enough it starts to sound like Grizzly Bear

Finally . Someone who know what he is talkin' about .. UR THE BEST VOCAL COACH ON KZfaq SIR !!!

I can tell this was a topic that genuinely pissed you off lol

This video made me realize that I'm unconsciously blocking my nasal passages ALL THE TIME when I sing.

I was 14 years old when I first ventured to sing in front of someone (my friends dad) and he said I sounded to nasally. I took that too heart and it completely destroyed my singing. I'm now 40 and in the last 5 years I've tried to resolve these issues with my voice by studying singing from KZfaq vocal coaches like yourself. This is the first time I've heard anyone say so clearly that what I was told when I was 14 was wrong and was responsible for my bad vocal habits. THANK YOU so much for this video. The validation that I'm now heading in the right direction again is priceless. Keep up the great work!

I found the holy grail of vocal teaching! Thanks Again! lml

Some people will always have criticism of every singer. Barbara Streisand. A lot of people just hated her voice. Others thought the sun rose and set with the sound of her singing. If you have a really unique voice that a lot of people criticize, you may just be the next Bob Dylan, Jimmy Hendricks, Janice Joplin. Don’t let people get you down. Hold you head up and sing to the mountains!

The most obvious argument against not using your nose, is listening to someone who has a cold, and a blocked nasal passage.

As of now, best singing teacher on KZfaq by far.

Agreed. Such a misunderstood topic. And then you have singers that simply have a nasal sounding timbre, which may simply be the sound of their voice.

The term itself is misleading "being nasal" means that you DONT use your nasal cavities to project. For example when you are sick, the swelling blocks the air passage to the nasal cavities that's why you sound "nasal". Yeah I know it's confusing. So if you sound nasal while you sing, sing more front, more in your "mask".

6:58 Tries to sing -n with nasal cavity closed: almost died xD Love this channel

Hello vocal coach here ;). Thanks to your channel I ve manage to convince my student who sings agresively rock, and growl and all that stuff, that head voice and mixed voice does not sound gay and weak . Many rock vocalists have this idea that they must sound as manly and agresive as possible and that stop them for finding proper tecnique. I tried to convince so many people that this tecnique is not just for r’n’b and Michael Jackson. But you showing it properly helped me a lot. Thanks . Also I wanna say that some of the nasal issues people say “it sounds nasal” is when the vocalist actually blocks the nasal cavity and it sounds like they have a cold and they call it nasal and they try to avoid it even more instead of really going nasal properly and place the sound correctly in the mask.

Wow. I've been closing my nasal passage subconsciously for a long time. Who knew. Another muscle I didn't know I could control. Thank you Chris!

you’re a saint for making this content. i found your channel two days ago and already have been able to improve my singing ability using your exercises

A few years ago I started again with singing lessons. My vocal teacher told me I sang too nasal, so I was desperatly searching to sing the right way. In the end I discovered the support wasn't good enough, worked at it and I went back to nasal singing. Then the teacher was very happy with what I did. Chris, your simple, correct and visual way of explaining things means a lot to me! Thank you very much!

I just went back to a coach I haven't been to in years (wanted to get back into singing) and they told me that I sound too nasal. This video came to mind. I just signed up for your class. You're the most honest, in depth vocal coach I have ever seen and I appreciate you.

This is speaking directly to one of my main vocal issues. You hit nothing but home-runs Chris!

You spoke the vocal journey I took... My first classical teacher would yell, hour after hour, session after session, "YOU ARE SO NASAL! STOP AND CLOSE YOUR NOSE PASSAGE!!". And although I learned some good vocal support from her, I lost my vocal ease and intuition... Eventually, I found it hard to let my voice out exactly as you described. Accidentally, I went on a journey myself humming all the nasal passages open and found singing this way so easy. And your video confirmed this. Although my body still fears the word 'nasal', I will do myself a favor and visit this video again and again

Watched this clip twice before it eventually sunk in: I needed to relax my nose and now I suddenly have much more resonance. It is like I pushed the restart button for my speaking and singing. Believe it or not: my previous sining teacher told me to block the air flow through the nose except when using "m" or "n". Probably that is something classical singers learn. Thank you so much for enlightening me!!

Thank you for taking the fear out of so many voices! A coach for the soul

Your videos are so good! I feel like I'm learning more about vocal control in a few days than I have in years before.

Total epiphany moment watching this, you really are awesome, the fact that you do this for free is awesome and your voice is amazing, Thanks Chris

This is the most in depth, clearest explanation on resonance, I have ever been exposed to! And with terrific examples , too. I plan to to watch this a couple more times. The video is so packed with information.

You're doing God's work Chis. Nobody on KZfaq explains stuff like you do. Nor with so much care. You're the shiz niz. You deserve all the good stuff for your work 😍

You are blasting my insecurities away one video at a time

I sound very nasal and I love it. Makes it easier to vocalize and does not put stress on my voice.

This video was incredible Chris, thank you for making me actually learn things about my voice! I am gonna go follow through and train with each of your videos next couple of weeks!

most useful video, busting popular myths.. you smash it everytime...Love the game changing work you show Chris. Much appreciated.

Man, im learning a lot with you. Thanks for all the content you share. Its amazing

Chris your channel is a goldmine for excellent advice for unconfident singers like myself. I'm truly grateful for these lessons!

This is so good. Im listening through my headphones and can feel the vibration in myface when you're turning it on and off and singing RUN

Wow! The difference in the brightness of the tone is staggering! Thank you for this, Chris.

Absolutely brilliant advice. Incredible vocal coaching and all for free. Thank you!. Wish you all the best sir!

Came to your channel from Spectre Media Group. (Glenn is great!) Really liked what I heard there, and loving these videos on your channel. I appreciate that what you're showing us is also the "ugly" side of singing. Most voice teachers on youtube only show you the pretty voice and not the, let's face it, STUPID things you have to do to FIND that pretty voice. MANY PROPS to you, sir. And yes, I was told many years ago that I sounded nasal and it stuck with me, to the point I was completely ruining the sound emission. Only recently am I finding the balance again. This video helped a ton. Thanks for all you're doing here!

I am learning so much through this video. Thank you so much for explaining in so much detail!

Chris, I cannot thank you enough for your ever life-changing videos! Again and again they have helped me amazingly, and I just want to say a huge THANK YOU!! Rock on, man!! Thanks again for such great content!

you make so much sense. I’ve spent years trying to understand so many “coaches” out there and this is definitely one of them topics I have struggled with. I never understood how you could have forward placement or sing “in the mask” without air through the nose. As I understand and have experimented, the face cavities gives that tone that cuts through I.e presence, the 2-5KHz range. It’s amazing how in each video you give so many examples with your own voice. Truly haven’t watched any instructor quite like you. Thanks so much!

Cant express how happy I am that I found your channel. Thank You 🙏🏼

This video single handedly helped my unlock probably an octave and get a much smoother transition in my chest and head. Being okay with things sounding nasally at first until is was able to dial in the sound I wanted. I can't thank you enough for this one Chris

Somebody:Don't sing nasal, your voice will suck. Serj Tankian: hold my beer...

Wow. Youre exercises with "run" and "free" sounds better than a lot of music xD

This guy gives so much info w depth and breadth - no skimping on examples - he repeats until you get it

This is amazing, never heard anyone say this before about singing. Also, I've never been told I sound nasal. Now you've got me really wanting to sound nasal!

I like the idea of thinking about sound coming out of your face. Thats the way I came to think about it, as opposed to the mouth being the sound hole.

Thank god I found you I started doubting myself because I’ve broken my nose before and I can’t close my nostrils and sounds the same when I sing like all these KZfaq singing teachers recommended... but then I realized maybe it’s a blessing in disguise and I do think I can hit some unique vibrations with my voice :) you earned a sub bro

Yep, I spent years singing with absolutely no nasal resonance and it was incredibly limiting, until I realized all proficient singers make use of that part of their body.

"You're too nasal" ruined me for years! This is great advice! Thanks!

Chris Liepe! First of all, you’re a great enough teacher that your vids could be shortened to 5mins and under for sure! Second .. DUDE!! I called it the “snooguh” when air gets up into my nose and have seen vocal coaches pinch students noses for “proper placement” so I’ve avoided any air up the nose at all cost. And I swear I feel like this was THE missing piece to the puzzle. My tone is OUTRAGEOUS now. I sound so Goooooooood!!! Yayyyyyy bro. YAYYYYYYY. THANK YOU ETERNAL! It was at the end of a vocal work out .. I did some recordings then said ok let me try to figure out “a favor house Atlantic” again by Coheed. I’ve got the range and keep it connected to chest .. light air but still it always sounded pinched off. I swear I read your title. And pushed play an heard the first few bits. Instantly tried it to a lyric in that song and it was GOLD. Tension gone. Tone nice and full and rounded. It feels sooo easy now! No pinch. AMAZING. 🤘🤘🤘🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🤪. 🤜🤛

I just can say that I love the nasal sound of Axl Rose, but I always was scared of sounding like him because of critics. Your videos about nasal sound has given me a Lot of confidence, I only can say: Thanks!!!!!

Best video from you so far... it all makes lots of sense! Good one.

This is helping me so much about why I sing how I sing...always been told I had a nasal voice that I lost confidence ...thank you so much

I had my first vocal lesson the other week, and was told to work on singing forward. Specifically the nay nay nay drill for practice. I want to understand this in more detail and you did a fantastic job explaining with examples. Thank you!

I love your energy; you have a positive aura about you and I can tell that you're a real gentleman who doesn't judge. Bless you 💚

Chris, thank you. I've been learning to sing for eight months now and yet I'm still bad at it. But your tips help me a lot. I explore them and my voice. Thank you.

wow, this is confirming what I discovered by trial and error. Thanks, what a great teacher and singer!

Wow great topic! I was worried about my nasal sound but now I have a better idea about how to manage and take advantage of it... Thank you so much!

Very valuable lesson!! Thank you so much, Chris

So this is what leroy sanchez does!! thank you Chris!! love ittt

I needed this so much. Thank you so much for your videos. I've been losing a lot of heart in music lately, in my own voice.

I needed to hear this, I’m in a choir and heard two people talking about my voice all I heard was “Joel’s voice” followed by “yeah very nasal” and it actually hurt and effected me so much, so thanks for the video

thank you for all these videos! i don't know how people learned to sing before you started your chanel.

I´m improving a lot, this guy is very talented in a lot of aspects and best teacher ever

Chris, You are one of the very best vocal teachers out there. You really help people like me to discover their voice. These noises are not silly at all. It really is a great part of why I think you're so good. How else can one explain something like singing techniques than by demonstrating exactly what causes a certain resonance or tone. I just wanted to compliment you from my heart. With all your tutorials on singing and other stuff, you give one a sense of "I can do that too if I apply myself''. Kind regards, Alex

Thank you ! Finally. our great singers like Barbra and Celine’s nasal passage a lot in their singing Also every other broadway singer has had to learn the broadway belt which is a fake belt Singing nasal allows you to create a belty soundwithout actually belting

Did someone mention Billie Joe Armstrong yet? (Love him!)

I always wondered why people tell you to NOT sing nasally when some of the greatest vocalists I listen to have that nasal quality that sets them apart AND makes them better singers. this always confused me. but listening to Brandon Boyd, I've started to practice using my nasal cavity to bring variety to my singing. this is very helpful!!

Thats why i turn to your channel to take up more info for best singing, thanks a lot sir you're one of the best too vocal coach Im a filipino.

That's the video I was waiting for. Thanks

I'm not super well-versed in vocals, but I feel like this "nasal" sound everyone complains about is still a fairly valid style. It really depends on the context of the music. Some of the greatest songwriters had traditionally nasally voices like Bob Dylan, or maybe Thom Yorke from Radiohead or Jeff Magnum from Neutral Milk Hotel.

Very well explained, without sounding too tech about the anatomy

*Billy Corgan entered the chat*

Also: sing ‘nasal’ whilst closing your nose without sound change to practice singing forward and control/release the right muscles. The use and placement of the tongue is important as well. What helps is holding 1 hand in front of you whilst the tip of the thumb and pointing finger touch. You will automatically sing towards your hand, project your sound forward and control everything more, sing with open throat.

I've been trying to sing less nasally because I heard it being criticised so much, but it doesn't sound as powerful as it did before, which was my main problem with some other people that had "vocal training". Just because you're not using nasal passages, doesn't mean you sound good, they sound very very basic and weak. I'm glad you talked about this

I really appreciate this as someone who has been really self conscious about this my whole life :'( I hope that I can unlearn some of the things ive been taught

Thanks so much! I had vocal lessons when I was a kid and every time I would hear a recording of myself I thought it sounded nasally like I was congested.... turns out I have actually had the opposite problem. I was trained in a classical manner and was positioning my sound more at the back. (Not sure if I am explaining this correctly) Just working through this video I can hear and feel a difference.

Using nasal airflow has helped me find my voice and strengthen it. Thanks for this vid! 👍🏻

Wow just this one video drastically improved my voice. I was wondering why I lacked so much “oomph” in my mid range, and this is it. Mixing into the upper 4th octave is easier, and that C3-E4 area sounds fuller and my overtones are much more prominent. It’s like I can hear the top half of whatever note I’m singing disappear when I close my nose. Thanks for this and all your other videos :)

I've been saying this for a while! I love this video already, and I just clicked in!

Thank you for further clarifying this Chris! You are one of the few people in youtube that says Nasal is good! Great and useful content! I like to sing high songs like Air Supply, Scorpions, Journey, and I discovered that using the grumpy grandma/grandpa voice (LOL!) helps me reach those high notes! Later I found out that it is called a nasal / half nasal tone. haha!

Many vocal call this brightness, ping or twang. I am undoing so much of my own perception around this. My range could have been so much better if I had leaned into this earlier in life.

Yes, as a singer I totally agree with everything you said on this video! The thing is, you cannot have clarity in your voice without that bright nasal resonance, and you are also going to limit your vocal range a HELL LOT without it - trying to sing with an extremely 'sunken back' sound on those higher notes in an attempt to sound 'less nasally' is a huge recipe for vocal damage. When people talk about 'sounding nasal', the associated bad ugly sound (i.e. the Bob Dylan sound) is often caused by a larynx that is too squeezed or jammed up too high in position, and not because 'the singer is placing his or her voice in the nose'. You need that frontal resonance (balanced with good support) if you want to sing well in general - even singers with naturally darker voices use it to sound clear!

Wow this guy has an amazing voice !!

True!!! i hate when ppl say nasally comment, ugh do they naver heard Axl rose sing? He is great singer. But anyway somehow i can feel it resonance better and lower tension on my neck then i found your video. totally agree with you ❤

Wonderful demonstration! I've been also and still am having hard time with this as I would do for example some slides - as I go higher the sound would fall backwards. The goal however is to keel the sound in the same resonant area through the whole exercise only once you mastered that you can toy with it. Our body wants to keep the sound inside but in reality the sound we produce is not meant for us bo for others to hear it in a its beauty. So methaphorically speaking rather than keeping the sound for ourselves we need to let it go bye byee. PS: I still think you could do a Matt Bellamy video and some of the things that he does 👌

you're the best, keep making these videos.

Great lesson. Thanks!

Thank you! You explain very clearly!

Thank you I have a natural “nasally” placement and these comments often from people who don’t sing or play music really messed up my confidence, created bad habits, and just got in my head.

so true. When you start listening well,, many good singers actually use a lot of nasality to get a clear and powerful sound....or when trying to imitate some singers, surprisingly you find there`s more nasality involved then you would expect

You make everything easy to understand n practise.Thank u so much.

Thanks! You have really good contents. I subscribed & will keep following the lessons even though I’m still trying to make this concept work with my system but I’m struggling. I sounded good in my past test recording singing using my normal voice I grew up with, I mean when you grab the mic and just sing without thinking of anything but to deliver a good song. Though after listening to new proper techniques, such as this one, I realised that I need to re learn to ensure good health and longevity of voice. My problem now with this chest+nasal placement, I begin to sound like a ghost, that whooo-whooo-whooo sound we mimic when we were kids to scare friends. That’s how I sound like in my test recording recently and I feel uncomfortable because I know that is not my real natural voice. Thanks!

I could listen to you sing “run” all day 😆

Hello sir chris😉thank you for your channel!it helps and very interesting! More power!

Thank you for this video, I've recently been getting into singing as I wanna do some covers and original songs on KZfaq and other sites and quickly ran into conflicting info about this nasal thing!

I love your videos, man!

The 90’s: Nasal doesn’t sound good Layne Staley: Hold my beer.

My favorite vocalist is Axl Rose. His vocal technique could be called Axl Nose because it's so nasally, but it still sounds amazing and I love his singing more than anyone else.

I never knew what explains the difference of sound when I opened the nasal cavity and the one when it’s closed. I was able to do it but had no idea why it was happening. So I was doing the right thing without even knowing how I was doing it. The other thing is that even though I was able to open the nose cavity, I rarely did it. That’s why a lot of frequencies were stuck in my mouth. This is a major find. Thank you!