Emily Armstrong sings most of the lead vocals on the original version of The Emptiness Machine, which went on to become an incredibly successful song with 200 million views on YouTube in the last year. Since then, both Lolli Wren and MAPHRA have both recorded very well-received covers of it. Could you give us some insight into the vocal techniques that these three vocalists used in their respective performances of the song? I think it's good to be able to identify what techniques are being used so that when we hear a sound we like, we have some idea of how it's being created. It's a skill I'm trying to get better at. I'll give some brief ideas as to what singing techniques I think make their three versions of the song all sound so different from one another (in addition to all three of them having their own unique set of vocal cords and resonance chambers). Here's the link to Emily Armstrong's band Linkin Park and their video of The Emptiness Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRXH9AbT280 Emily starts singing at the 1:08 mark in the Linkin park original version. It's mostly rasp or light grit from 1:08 until 1:38, when Emily's distortion becomes much more intense. I don't have a good understanding of rasp (very light grit) techniques so I'm not going to speculate on what technique Emily may be using in the first 30 seconds of the song that have vocals performed by her. At 1:38 and onwards, I'd say she uses sort of shouty, very loose distortion that I'd call "fall-apart" distortion with a shouty approach. Im guessing you would say her grit technique is quite far towards the decompressed end of the grit spectrum. She seems to have sort of a punk, unrefined vibe she's going for and I think she achieves it convincingly. Lolli Wren covered The Emptiness Machine about three months ago and created a very professional video to accompany her performance. Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYV5VODBeRY

This is the introductions thread. Say hi, tell us where you’re from and what you’re all about! In your introduction, answer these 3 questions: ➡️ What is your current music project and vision? ➡️ What moment made you want to pursue being a rock singer? ➡️ What's the main thing holding you back? We can’t wait to meet you!

Only a few releases in, this latest release by Netherlands metal band, Quilla Karma is fantastic! Listen to it below (You can open the YouTube video right here in the community). The singer, Sunil, has been a student of my courses for years. I'm proud of him, and honored to have him attribute much of his singing journey to my methods. So cool. Enjoy! Website: Quilla Karma YouTube: Discordant Heaven, by Quilla Karma SoundCloud: Discordant Heaven, by Quilla Karma

I want to remind everyone that Music Mondays is a great time to share your own stuff or stuff you find really cool. Just sharing and entertainment without having to share lessons learned, analysis, or the like. ***𝗙𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰, 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲*** I'm not one to share music just for the sake of filling up Music Mondays, so I haven't posted a lot on Music Monday for a while. This is mostly because what I'm personally working on is still in production—from my own music, to a new big project that's still forming, and a few people that I'm either producing or writing with. To be honest, I'm in the middle of an unexpected divorce that took over my time for while, so I haven't posted nearly as much as I've wanted to in general. While I'll still be busy for a couple of months, I'm finally able to start planning more time creating and being more active here.

I tried what you had mentioned before, @Draven Grey, in just recording every other line during a vocal take. The difference is night and day. It's so much easier to get good takes! Thanks for the tip.