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  • what i read here is just bullshit. she teaches randy fucking blythe from lamb of god, corey taylor, mark hunter etc. etc. basically some of the greatest extreme metal vocalists out there. Listen to Randy, does he sounds like everybody else!? Fuck no ! Melissa is one of the best extreme vocal teacher out there, if you can´t learn how the scream from her dvds, you either dumb or too lazy to do warm ups and shit. End of the story

  • Death Metal is about satan? Not really.

  • WTF !!! HAHAHA

  • Geoff Rickly rules

  • I find this hard to masturbate to.

  • hey! it's geoff rickley! haha

  • I will never get it, it seems to me like no one them (including Cross) is doing the traditional false chord technique. I would bunch together Shagrath (dimmu borgir) Jari Maenpaa (Wintersun) Trevor Strnad (black dahlia murder), Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranqullity) Angela Gossow (arch enemy) Mikael Åkerfeldt (Bloodbath & Opeth) - But this Melissa Cross is doing something completely different.

    It has something like Dani Filth's (cradle of filth) sound to it, only its hard to tell because its so weak.

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  • To those trying to learn to scream properly, please, please, please don't use the fry technique. It's making the metal scene fucking atrocious. You don't see Angela or Corey doing that shit. Scream from you heart (metaphorically of course) and try to use your diaphragm instead of just using your throat. At the end of the day, it's all about practice and dedication. This fry shit needs to end asap.

  • @ProgHead93 but dude, I know how to do that fry but I believe this fry is a start for the real scream u're talking about .. because vocal fry is ofcourse a factor for ALL kind of screaming. so how do u make that harsh voice once u get that rasp fry sound ? im having trouble with that really.. (but cuz of fry i think i know how to do high screams but not really the middle ones). any help is apreciated guys, and i swear I'll owe u guys one if u help me

  • @FatGnomeTribute Im not sure if what I do is fry screaming because I can get it sounding extreeeemely low but everyone says that it's only high screaming that can be done with fry but all I know is, if it gives YOU the desired effect you want and it doesn't hurt you then go for it

  • @ProgHead93 Naaaaah, I wouldn't say that. I've been doing death metal vox for maybe two years now, and I sing in a band, but I also learned the fry technique a while ago, and I can do it extremely loudly. One thing though, if you're going to use it, you shouldn't learn it with this approach. Real fry screaming has a guttural element in it that Melissa never does, and it's waaay louder. My fry sounds a bit like Trivium, not like his weak noise.

  • @XQriousX

    I don't sing anymore, but when I did, I pretty much just screamed as if I was screaming at someone I hate and just used my diaphragm. I'm not into gutturals or anything, but I love how Dani Filth's voice used to sound in the late 90's/early 2000's. I'll never figure out how he achieved those vocals. Is any case, Melissa Cross annoys the shit out of me. I used to buy her videos and cd's in middle school and it helped me accomplish jack shit.

  • @ProgHead93 I've only seen parts on youtube and I learned little to nothing to. I've heard her dvd is good allthough I have no idea myself. This is the best stuff I have come across: search for Christine Sadolin complete vocal technique

    Good stuff for overall singing. It contains proper instructions on how to growl aswell, not just these "imagine this or that" but real instructions on what to do with your throat and tongue, voice box etc.

  • @jooke86

    When I was 14 and didn't have a computer, I read about this DVD from a magazine and I ordered it through the mail. I watched it a few times and sang with the cd that came with it, but I ended up giving it away. Like I said, I don't sing at all anymore. I wish more kids would try to sing like how Dani Filth used to or at least try to some up with their own sound. Half the metalcore vocalists I hear these days sound the exact same.

  • @ProgHead93 I have problems telling the difference between some vocal frys and some false chords. Check out SanityBreaks (his new stuff) here on youtube, Im pretty sure he is doing vocal fry. They are NOT weak.

    Also: surely you can apply diaphragm support with both vocal fry and false chord? I am a false chord vocalist myself, struggling to learn vocal frys. When doing those I find that I am so far only able to do highs, and they require as much diaphragm use but far less air then false chords.

  • @jooke86

    I personally think Melissa's vocals sound terrible. If you took something out of her videos, that's good, but I learned jack shit from her videos.

  • oh dear.

  • this woman is very important to the industry,, and should not be dissed!!!!!!

  • mellisa is hillarious! So awesome! xD!

  • what a bunch of douche-bags...

  • hey! Respect this woman! She was the vocal coach of COREY TAYLOR FROM SLIPKNOT!!!

  • LOL keep pressing 1 xD

  • True death or black or orange metal vocalists don't need your horsecocking lessons.now go to teach a ballet class

  • Since I learn this technique my covers get better and better. Thanks Melissa!!!!

  • Angela Gossow!!! :D

  • that was weak.. what kinda scream is that? 

  • While Playing keep clicking 0:55

  • thats not screaming! Matt heafy screams

  • thursday?

    

  • she looks a lot like jeane from all that remains

  • \m/

  • that girl ain't worthy xD

  • SHU UP

  • .....was this honestly a video of her "teaching people how to scream" because they both sounded like ass. her vocal warm up exercises are great, but she really shouldnt be teaching ppl how to scream coz she cant scream for shit.

  • @xsquallxedgex you cant scream worht shit, artists support each other not talk shit and choke on cock like u

  • Jobforamaxboy you are a clueless idiot. Oli in the demo stage was an amazing false vocalist he has turned shit cos he has switched to fry so he can do his gay ass hardcore yell without additional strain from doing false chord ASWELL. Frying is very hard to learn, i'll grant it that, but its faggot as.

  • she is teaching shite screams. theyre like, shitty vocal fry or whatever. false chords ftw! :P

  • @JobForAMaxboy After Oli Sykes a lot of people lost all courage in high False Chords. Fry is amazing idk what you are talking about

  • melissa cross' screams have no power whatsoever...

  • i think Angela needs to become the teacher. seriously, theres a vid of angela teaching. its the sam emethods as cross but angela seems to explain it better

  • Does anyone know how to do James Brown screams?

  • Idiot.

  • Aff vai ensinar essa nerd ai porra perdendo seu tempo ¬¬

  • i like Cross, but she teaches fry vocals and i hate it

  • rofl

  • are they inhaling or exhaling?

  • @TheMaggot4lifeist They are exhaling.

  • Sounds like they're inhaling the whole entire time lol

  • i shit

  • tbh i reckon she is pretty shit. it sounds like a dying pterodactyl. im not educated on screaming but the way i see it the death growl/power exhale/ false chord screams are the 'real' screams with real aggression as opposed to this which is an imitation of an aggressive sound. which is shit cause screaming doesnt sound "pleasant" it just expresses anger and aggression better than clean singing.

  • jesus christ this doesnt have anything to do with satan! it was only a joke! melissa cross is one of the best teachers in screaming on earth and has worked with bands like slayer, lamb of god, machine head, bmth, and many more! seriously get your self together, you should fucking worship her!

  • alright !!! thank you Melissa Cross and all who took part of the Zen of Screaming lessons. This videos changed the way I was singing in a good way. 1 year ago I couldn't sing 2 songs on heat... now I can sing 2 hour long sets and also be able to talk properly afterwards :))))

    thanks again for all your hard work Melissa, your lessons really helped me \m/ !

  • how do you do this so it doesnt hurt your throat i just want to add a little distortion to my voice like dave mustaine or james hetfield but when i do it hurts!

  • I love death metal&I'm Christian o_o

  • @Syvannersauris What's that, you love death metal and you're gay?

  • @Mikok1234 Yup because I listen to a certain type of music&Have a religion that worships God makes me homosexual, a type called gay which is with two men, but I'm a girl. Hmm you did your research :D

  • @Mikok1234 whats that ?

    maybe you should grow a pair and leave this girl and her religion alone(:

  • i like when melissa cross becomes the red rum kid driving, mMmMmMmMm lol

  • she scary me !!!!!

  • apparently after you hail Satan screaming comes naturally lmao

  • It's funny cos Melissa Cross can't actually scream. Even her fry scream sucks, she has no idea how to scream herself, and until she learns how to do it properly, she should not be teaching others how to do it. She knows about everything there is to know, except for actually executing the scream.

  • @InsanityIsNormality And yet she teaches many known screamers and growlers. Go figure.

  • @R20set No, she doesn't tech then silly billy, she helps them overcome injuries and 'improve' their screams. None of the people who have gone to Melissa Cross have been taught how to scream by her, only instructed on how to overcome vocal injury and how to combine her shitty Fry technique with what they already can do. And fry can be good when done well, she doesn't do it well. she sounds like shit, no band would get up on stage and use that crap she calls a scream also ZoS is a rip off, crap

  • @InsanityIsNormality Yeah, i didn't mean she teaches them all the way from nothing. But hey, if the vocalists feel improved after her lessons..

  • @InsanityIsNormality then tell me why Randy Blight and Matt Tuck scream so well then? Because they actually learned from her.

  • @Blitzzkreigg Hahaha, because they could already scream before they went to her. LoG went to her when they were an underground band, the conroversy of her and randy made them bigger. matt tuck could arleady scream, idk why he needed her.

  • @InsanityIsNormality Ah, then pardon me then.

  • @InsanityIsNormality Uh Maybe becuase he had damaged his vocal chords? he got Laryngitis. Which could be said destroyed his ability to scream. He then went to MC to learn the ways to scream without damaging your vocal chords. And matt tuck himself says he's a better singer for it.

  • @Nankuranaisa Well, when I said 'idk why he needed her' that wasnt like a 'he was so good alredy he shouldnt have needed her', it was a 'i legitimately dont know why he went to her because i know nothing about him'. So dont get all defensive. You can have your opinions on MC, but I am sticking by mine, you know why? Cos I know about screaming, I know what screaming should sound like and I know what vocal fry SHOULD sound like. Go listen to SanityBReakS he knows how to execute fry, MC does not.

  • this was funny xD jaja

    melissa is amizing *.*

  • GEOFF RICKLEY WOOO

  • fuck, GREAT !

  • this is really strange XD

  • i was laughing so hard could barely do it

  • she have diarheea.....

  • melissa cross.... how to fry scream like a pussy bitch. :) id rather not -_-

  • honestly..why would melissa teach someone who has NO idea what the heck a scream is.?

  • the devil sucks balls all day

  • @s241914 hopefully

  • who is this bitch being taught by melissa?

  • @grimreap93 she is hot!

  • @grimreap93 she's a stupid cunt.

  • @grimreap93 if you mean with the white hair it's Angela Gossow from Arch enemy i think :P

  • @grimreap93 she is angela gossow singer from arch enemy

  • @r2d2slipknot you are obviously a dumbass because i wasnt talking about Angela Gossow from Arch Enemy i was talking about the dumbass with the striped shirt and the gay guy angela isnt even in this vid except for half a fucking second your a dumbass

  • wow for someone whos suppose to be teaching sucks at it lol

  • for those of you that don't know: all black metal and some death metal bands disagree with american metal because many american metal bands talk about Satan. Black metal and death metal argue that if you are against Christianity you can't talk about Satan because Satan only exists within Christianity. All Black metal & some death metal bands come from bands like Mayhem & Immortal that went back to their Norse roots & their old Norse gods to try to find evil and darkness outside of Christianity.

  • @EIEIOWND Not all black metal bands, I used to write a lot of black metal music very reminiscent of Dimmu Borgir except my lyrics were more about nature and a little about mythology, never about norse gods or religion.

  • @wreckage06 I'm not being sarcastic, those are my favorite bands. COB, Hypocrisy, Heaven shall burn, Norther, Wintersun, etc.

  • @wreckage06 haha, good taste.

  • The guy is just like wtf? =P

  • that was awful

  • Can anyone tell me what her terms mean, like when she says "baby or dump" or "house"

  • yay geoff!

  • Thats realllllllyyyyyy cooooool - ahhhhhhhhh !!!!!!!!

    Great doc. - lolololo !!!! XDDD !!!!!

    10 000000 stars for this stuff !!!!!!!

    Leti.

  • SA TAN RULES xD

  • Satan is both a (completely misunderstood by Xtians) biblical entity as well as a symbol of rebellion against the culture-destroying influence of that, other mainstream religions, and modern society in general. So I guess the best way to find out if a band 'worships Satan' or is intellectually 'Satanic' would be, I don't know, to ask them?

    Only in recent times, in a relatively uneducated populace like 19th cent US, did Satan=Lucifer=Devil come about. Xtianity is nothing but Satanism for fools.

  • i wanna have lessons with melissa too...

  • itrs not satanic =/

  • dood the chick looks like ashley tisdale O.O

  • Is that the lead singer to thursday?

  • i have a PROBLEM!! cant exhale. i somehow end up inhaleing

  • this is helping me

  • Volume depends on the type of screaming you are doing. as you can see in this video some of the first yells are quite loud, and the ones that melissa mainly does in this video aren't very harsh or loud. then when changing to the "death metal" part of the instruction she refers to it as the 3rd scream. that's because there is no single kind of scream that does everything, if you have seen the zen of screaming 2 you will know this. vocal fry is fairly low volume, death and power fry fairly loud.

  • I like her!

    She`s cute,and funny too!

    <3

  • k someone help

    this has been my biggest confusion... obviously with using a mic it will be loud.. volume control yada yada yada

    but without is it SUPPOSED to sound quiet?... i tend to try yelling or being as loud as possible and its pretty bad screaming

    because if its meant to be quiet (until youre infront of a mic) then i guess im on the right track here... lol

    thoughts plz

  • yes it doesn't have to be loud

    you can cup a mic for it to make it sound even louder

    i used to take lessons from melissa

  • I've heard that you're not supposed to be too loud.

  • Yeah if you go full out all the time you'll tear the crap out of your voice

  • @gnarwarsX6661

    fry screaming is the cheapest way to screaming. its like making the sound the kid from the grudge makes, and turning the mic all the way up.

    if you wanna learn to scream, learn false chord.

  • Not really, it's alot more than just making the grudge noise... That's just how people teach fry screaming, like the way people teach false chord by saying "bark like a dog"... But false chord is still alot more than just barking like a dog...

    I do false chord screaming and found it alot easier to learn than fry screaming.

  • @phycho91

    i get it. thanks for being one of the only people on youtube that can prove a point without being a jackass about it aha

  • Fry screaming is definately alot quieter than false chord screaming, I can do both types of scream. Personally prefer false chord just cause I think it sounds better... But fry even though it is quiet is still an effective way of screaming, it has an overtone that kinda of hangs over the music when your playing with a band. So yeah it is supposed to be quiet, but it will get louder as you get better at it, to some extent.

  • "How is that different?"

    Ummm in every single way possible...

  • she wishes she was deathmetal

  • satan rules!!!

    and now that i know who melissa cross is , she does too!!!!

  • Fuck! Amazing women! +100500

  • that girl is f%$&/( idiot................

  • That guy must really like fabric.

    Satin.

    haha.

  • Satan doesn't have anything to do with death metal lol... ppl need to get over that stereotype

  • idk man....if you've listened to the band Deicide they've said "satan....my lord" and talked about killing christians....not saying i don't like them (cuz i do like them)....just saying he has got to have something to do with it

  • Eh,alot of people talk about that stuff and act like it,but most of the time it's just part of an image.

  • there are some, but its not like all deathmetal is about satan, and thats the stereotype he mentioned, many think its about satan.

  • @MikeTheMisanthrope Some does! Deicide for example

  • i know, it's from ignorants people that girl that ruins it.

  • Ah,that's quite true,but the entire Satan image has become quite iconic in death metal,it is actually larger in black metal,although even not all black metal is about satan,so I can see where you are coming from.

  • well i think most black metal and death metal artist are infact pagan and have nothin to do with satan the reason they theam everythin on satan is cuase it provokes media and inplants fear. for instance gorgoroth pritty much everysong is satanic but they said they hate satanist and the sheep in there crowd. just a thought is all

  • I know,that is very true.

  • @MikeTheMisanthrope well that can be true with some bands but its no secret that there are bands out there that really believe and worship satan knowingly and conciously if u know what i mean, then again people are ignorant that there are also christian bands out there and that this music cant be used to praise God, its the lyrics not the music that would make a song christian or non-christian.

  • @ThatJoshCruztv Yeah I really agree with you... In fact there are some "christian" bands that are secretly satanic... Some satanic elite in the music industry, although wants to keep the fact their satanic, reveals themselves in symbolism... And some lyrics that these "christian" bands use are basically satanic if read it...

  • @MikeTheMisanthrope for all we know Satan could love Brittany spears

  • @MikeTheMisanthrope you are so damn right dude i'm so sick of people asociating satan with death. it's so wrong

  • @MikeTheMisanthrope i agree

  • @MikeTheMisanthrope So true!

  • @MikeTheMisanthrope any metal doesnt have shit to do with satan or god people need to keep that shit out of music

  • @MikeTheMisanthrope Do you think the Media cares about that ? They want to sell discs, clothes and "Attitude".. and childrens buy those tuffs because "Worshiping" the Satan its "Cool"...

    Pretty dumb...

  • GEOFF RICKLEY FROM THURSDAY!! <3

  • bet shes a bitch in real life

  • scream is easy one..

    i want to squeal melissa

  • lol for me its the reverse

    I can squeal properly, but I hae probs with scream :o

  • hmm the satan part seemed a little too stereotypical for me.... dumb ho.

  • yeah serouisly

  • i agree

  • i like how the old lady is teaching her how to scream haha :D

  • who's the chick on the left? She is fiiiiiiiiine

  • Looks like the singer from iwresltedabearonce

  • Am i the only one that has a computer that speeds up the video and wont let me finish the video?

  • Nope. It's happening with mine too.

  • me too man

  • me too dude

  • same here.

    Youtube seems to fail harder every single day, not even mentioning the new channel designs...

  • @thatotherkid281 nope...

  • yea it was phil from all that remains

  • at first i was like-she didnt say satan rulez- then i thought about it and i was like-O_O omg run-lol but yea melissa is a good teacher

  • xD Melissa Cross kicks ass! xP

  • omg i lawled my dick off! melissa is actually so bad ass she just doesnt need to show it, and then the other chick there is fucking dumb, her voice is useless. lol

  • WHAT THE HELL 7 months of trying to scream and this one vid did the trick!!!!!!!1

  • 0:02 is that phill form whitechapel?

  • I'm pretty sure at 0:02 is the dude from ATR.

  • I doubt that dude from ADTR can do a guttural that low.

  • ATR; not ADTR.

    All That Remains.

  • Oohh! Lol my bad I read that too fast.

  • if there are a ton of bands and shit, won't the unique ones stand out even more?

  • (SA-TAN)

  • fuck women are annoying

  • this is what the world's coming to

  • wicked!

    it's ego's voice arrrrhgggh! muahaha

    xoxo

  • SOUNDS LIKE AN EXCORSMIS AT TIMES

  • hehe i can scream ..like that ..like melissa..on this vid,haha

  • *facepalm*

  • I dont know what to think about this...

    perhaps this helps, but I cant help but feel that its not a coincidence that there has been an explosion in cookie cutter death / core / scream vocalists in the past 3-4 years in part due to these techniques.

  • I LOVE THIS WOMAN! ahahahah shes amazing so far and has a great sense of humor, not all cocky about her screaming talents :D <3

  • Is that the bassist from All That Remains.

  • Geoff Rickly from Thursday

  • This teacher can really teach peo from ground zero!