Im looking for a way to train myself to scream, i want to get growls and screams in, when ever i try to do it it come out great but it has this wisper behind it and its soft. what do i do to get this wisper gone?

could you better describe this whisper or perhaps put a clip of it up?

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thats a problem with a lot of people... its like a subtone. remember ravaging dragon made a thread about it? its really annoying, but im sorry i cant offer any help. check the screaming/growling type thread

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I used to have that problem...It sounded all quiet and weak. I'm not sure what I did but my voice changed a lot. It doesn't anymore, it sounds thick and it's got enough volume. My only problem is lasting a long time...Just practice a bunch, that's what changed for me.

I'm not sure but my guess it is the condition of your throat. Try drinking/eating differently and see if it affects your voice. I heard drinking apple juice before you practice is good.

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thats what i do, i dont know if its really good, but my thraots gets fry fast while growling and then i start to cough alot so i keep a bottle handy to weaten my thraot and i just love the stuff anyway

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I kinda have the same problem. But it's gotten better with practice.

Although it takes a VERY long time as compared to guitar.

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Dont drink anything cold, that tightens up ure vocal chords. drink something hot and thick. thats all i can say, ive been doing it for years, and i have an awesome grunt and scream, i can go as low as mortician, and as high as old dimmu. im trying to get up to some cradle, but its hard.

drinking soda helps man i know some people have also said that pudding doesnt, but it helps for me. i can growl like the singer of disgorge!! sometimes

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Don't drink anything. If you cant fucking do vocals without something to eat or drink, then you suck.

hmmm.. It doesnt mean you suck. It just means you can do it better. I do fine without it, but soda and pudding seem to help. I dont need stuff to drink beforehand. But this guy asked for help and suggestions, so i gave him one.

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you´ll destroy your throat and your voice with a dry throat...

yupyup, very true.

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but normally i growl on a dry throat, i'll change my ways though, but my throat doesnt hurt afterwards. hmmm..

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i just get a sip of coke with ice between songs... xD i last for a LONG time but i can do it just as well without drinking anything

Yeah, sucks when you try to growl and it's not really your voice that's coming out. it's just.....raspy air.

dairy products as well. milk and yogurt. good.

why does it work to drink liquids when growling?

for me i have to hock all the flemmy shit up to sing well, i drink a little orange juice, eat some halls, and spit loogies before i start...total pwnage

Honestly, whispering could just be your thing. Beherit whispers and it sounds amazing.

on 5 minutes alone the line "now im unwhole" that pitch i cant fuckin reach, help me out peeps

In reply to the original post, I'd have to recomend trying to go alittle softer on the voice. I think the problem might be that you're trying to make it too loud and too harsh. I don't scream when I sing -- I don't know what to call it. I sound alot like Will from Mortician, pretty fucking low and great "growl" type of shit. But if I try to put toward too much pressure with actually screaming it, it fucks it all up. The sound I use with my voice isn't extremely loud, either. You don't have to go so low with your normal voice, but break your voice below the normal talking range where all it is is low and growly. Don't use your natural tone. After this, a little extra force and volume would get rid of the breathy effect, but it would also start hurting very quickly. Usually, the breathiness just comes along with it and there's not much you can do. It should sound almost like rumbling mixed in with a burp an a little bit of an animalistic sound. Damn, these things are always hard to explain. And having an internet screen as my only tool doesn't work well. But hell, at least I tried.

Plain old water seems to be the best thing for me, ive tryed coke and milk but it just seems to clog my throut up and makes me sould relly week.

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