Chris Liepe – Discover Your Voice Summer 2021

I was reading an article about the band Soundgarden at the time. See, I love Soundgarden… In fact, their singer, Chris Cornell, is the person who inspired me to sing and teach voice lessons. And I remember reading a comment on the article that claimed Cornell sounded like a “dying cat” when singing live. I chuckled, because honestly there is a bit of truth to that… And just for fun, I started goofing off making cat noises! Well, as fate would have it, this was when I had my first “a-ha!” moment…

Because at that moment, I realized that these “meow” noises weren’t just in my head or my chest voice… They were mixed!! The mix that I’d sought after for years… that I’d researched for hours and hours with no success… It came to me when I was goofing around on the internet. That day, I unlocked a part of my range that I NEVER thought I’d be able to access… The sound was rough, but suddenly notes that I’d thought I’d never be able to hit were coming out of me with ease. And after spending some time refining my technique, I was actually able to sound just like Chris Cornell!

This was huge for me, and it caused me to realize something… The dying cat noise acted as a “bridge” between my regular speaking voice, and my real singing voice. It was easy to sound like a cat. I’d probably done it a million times as a kid. And with a little practice, I was able to transform this familiar “bridge” sound into the singing tone I’d been chasing for years.

So I started to play around some more, and I discovered A LOT more of these weird “bridge” sounds!! Some of them sounded like cartoon characters I’d seen growing up… others sounded like animals… and honestly, others were hard to place… But the crazy thing was that there was a specific “bridge” sound for EVERY vocal technique I’d ever wanted to learn. From high rock belts, to soothing R&B singing, to the brutal screams of a death metal vocalist… Each singing technique had a specific “bridge” sound (or SET of bridge sounds)… that I could use to transition from my normal voice to the sounds of a pro singer.And once I put enough of these “bridge” sounds together, I realized…

I was reading an article about the band Soundgarden at the time. See, I love Soundgarden… In fact, their singer, Chris Cornell, is the person who inspired me to sing and teach voice lessons. And I remember reading a comment on the article that claimed Cornell sounded like a “dying cat” when singing live. I chuckled, because honestly there is a bit of truth to that… And just for fun, I started goofing off making cat noises! Well, as fate would have it, this was when I had my first “a-ha!” moment…

Because at that moment, I realized that these “meow” noises weren’t just in my head or my chest voice… They were mixed!! The mix that I’d sought after for years… that I’d researched for hours and hours with no success… It came to me when I was goofing around on the internet. That day, I unlocked a part of my range that I NEVER thought I’d be able to access… The sound was rough, but suddenly notes that I’d thought I’d never be able to hit were coming out of me with ease. And after spending some time refining my technique, I was actually able to sound just like Chris Cornell!

This was huge for me, and it caused me to realize something… The dying cat noise acted as a “bridge” between my regular speaking voice, and my real singing voice. It was easy to sound like a cat. I’d probably done it a million times as a kid. And with a little practice, I was able to transform this familiar “bridge” sound into the singing tone I’d been chasing for years.

So I started to play around some more, and I discovered A LOT more of these weird “bridge” sounds!! Some of them sounded like cartoon characters I’d seen growing up… others sounded like animals… and honestly, others were hard to place… But the crazy thing was that there was a specific “bridge” sound for EVERY vocal technique I’d ever wanted to learn. From high rock belts, to soothing R&B singing, to the brutal screams of a death metal vocalist… Each singing technique had a specific “bridge” sound (or SET of bridge sounds)… that I could use to transition from my normal voice to the sounds of a pro singer.And once I put enough of these “bridge” sounds together, I realized…