Janis Joplin | Ball And Chain | Cover | Rama Raynsford
Channel: Cante Hoje
Date: 2018-12-01

Janis Joplin | Ball And Chain | Cover |  Rama Raynsford


This is one of the most difficult songs that I sang, a few years ago. 

Ball and Chain, a Janis Joplin song, I sang in original key.

It is a demonstration of some “Rock Singing” and other vocal techniques.

The vocal “schemes” that I use to sing are: 
1. Horn Voice (Twang)
2. Gregorian voice (soft belting) 
3. Crooner and Warn voice (Low mid and high belting) 
4. Vocal distortions on different points.

Clamp Vocals, it is like a “squeezed” Belting, BUT in order to do THAT you have to lower your punch and the volume.
Because of the amount of air coming out meanwhile your throat is closing, CAREFUL cos it's very easy to strangle your voice. 

“Clamp” with a low volume it's healthy, strangle it's NOT.  

Vocal drives/distortions

 At the lower parts a little bit of growl (a blues/soul rasping approach)

In the middle parts I use a soft drive called “Creaky voice” (Feels like the voice is getting a little bit dirt, in a good way) 

In the highest parts, I had chosen to use the “Power Creaky Voice” to get the full body of the voice with a great vocal distortion. 

Janis uses a Falsetto mixed with a phaser/screechy, gaining a lot of HIGH frequencies, and a huge amount of air in order to do this.  


OBS: Most of these terminologies belong to Ariel Coelho, a vocal scientist and researcher. All RIGHTS RESERVED 

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I DO NOT OWN THE SONG, IT WAS MADE WITH THE ONLY PURPOSE OF STUDY VOCAL SCIENCE.