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The VoiceHacks Podcast Mary Zimmer
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Want to learn the secrets behind the sounds of your favorite metal vocalists? Look no further! Join vocal coach and metal vocalist Mary Zimmer for the VoiceHacks Podcast. Every other week, she’ll sit down with some of the world’s best vocalists, coaches, and experts to dive deep into the techniques and mysteries behind the sounds we make. If you’re a new vocalist, this podcast is going to answer a lot of your questions. If you’re an experienced vocalist, this is going to give you that deep level insight into the craft of vocals. When you’re ready to take on learning vocals head over to http://youtube.com/voicehacksbymaryz to get started!
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Mike Bishop/Blothar of GWAR
In this week’s episode, I sit down with Dr. Mike Bishop, or as many of you know him the current frontperson of GWAR as the character Blothar. We talk in detail about the surprising history of the band and his own background as a musicologist and professor.
Follow Blothar on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blothar.of.gwar
Catch up with GWAR: http://gwar.net
On this Episode:
01:00 Welcome Mike!
04:00 What is Musicology?
13:20 How Richmond VA shaped the band
25:00 Singing in the giant costume
31:00 Finding Blothar’s vocal path after Dave Brockie
43:00 Gwar on tour this year
49:00 New bands on Blothar’s radar
55:00 What’s next for GWAR?
Learn about voice lessons with Mary: http://voicehacksllc.simplybook.me
Follow Mary on Instagram: http://instagram.com/metalmaryz
Subscribe to the Voicehacks YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/voicehacksbymaryz
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Vocal Ranges in Modern Music with Mary Z
In this bonus episode of the Voicehacks Podcast, vocal coach Mary Zema breaks down her perspective on vocal ranges in modern music and why that can help vocalists of all skill level (new to experienced) gain ground in rock and metal singing.
Reach out to Mary at voicehacks@gmail.com
Book lessons with Mary Z at http://voicehacksllc.simplybook.me
On this Episode:
01:00 Welcome/Bonus Episode!
05:54 Why did I decide to address vocal ranges
13:00 Modern vocal range vs classical vocal range
19:15 Timbre/Color vs Note Range
24:00 What are the vocal ranges low to high?
29:30 Chest vs Head voice in modern singing
38:15 Note ranges for all of the vocal ranges
56:00 Try it! Let me know how it turns out
Learn about voice lessons with Mary: http://voicehacksllc.simplybook.me
Follow Mary on Instagram: http://instagram.com/metalmaryz
Subscribe to the Voicehacks YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/voicehacksbymaryz
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Tim & Xen of Ne Obliviscaris
Tim Charles and Marc "Xenoyr" Campbell make up the dual vocal team of Australia’s Ne Obliviscaris. Ne Obliviscaris returns with their latest album Exul after a long hiatus from album releases. Regarded as one of the pioneers of crowdfunding and patreon, we check in with both vocalists before their upcoming North American tour.
Follow Ne Obliviscaris on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/neobliviscarisofficial
Ne Obliviscaris website: http://neobliviscaris.com.au
On this Episode:
01:00 Welcome Tim and Xen!
01:40 When’s the last time the band toured
04:20 Being the pioneers of Patreon
09:00 Equus and the concept behind it
19:00 Writing and working together as a dual vocal team
27:00 Quality vs song length
36:30 Preparing for stage listening on tour
43:00 Benefits of in-ears and click tracks
50:00 Vocal routines on tour and preparation
57:00 Where can we follow Ne Obliviscaris
Learn about voice lessons with Mary: http://voicehacksllc.simplybook.me
Follow Mary on Instagram: http://instagram.com/metalmaryz
Subscribe to the Voicehacks YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/voicehacksbymaryz
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Robin McAuley
Robin McAuley is a legendary rock and metal vocalist known for singing with the McAuley Shencker group, Raiding the Rock Vault, Survivor, Black Swan and more. We catch up with Robin on his new solo album and the secrets that have made his voice last decades.
Follow Robin on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robin_mc_auley/
Follow Robin on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RobinMcAuleyRock
On this Episode:
01:00 Welcome Robin!
01:30 The solo album journey
05:00 Black Swan vs. Robin McAuley albums
06:58 Music videos for “Alive” and “Feel Like Hell”
12:40 Robin’s vocal maintenance routine for longevity
20:46 Performing in the Vegas show “Raiding the Rock Vault”
28:00 Doing a show for the audience rather than yourself
33:00 Exciting journeys into soundtrack and music placement
44:20 Live audio setup
51:00 The audience are not musicians
54:00 What’s next for Robin?
Learn about voice lessons with Mary: http://voicehacksllc.simplybook.me
Follow Mary on Instagram: http://instagram.com/metalmaryz
Subscribe to the Voicehacks YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/voicehacksbymaryz
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Stu Block
Stu Block is a Canadian metal vocalist who currently fronts the bands Into Eternity and Annihilator and formerly sang with the American metal band, Iced Earth. Stu is a multi-faceted vocalist performing multiple styles of clean and harsh vocals in his diverse career.
Follow Stu on Instagram: http://instagram.com/stu.block_official
Follow Stu on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stublockofficial
On this Episode:
01:00 Welcome Stu!
02:00 Starting in with a variety of vocals in metal
07:00 Opportunities for musicians in social media
11:08 The cool transition into digital content creation
13:43 What kind of content to expect from Stu
17:54 The talent of finding your brand
22:00 Performing vocals for Annihilator
31:37 Stu’s practice setup and process
39:37 Stu’s multi-vocal style writing process
46:00 The upcoming solo EP plans
50:00 Where to follow Stu and what’s to come
Learn about voice lessons with Mary: http://voicehacksllc.simplybook.me
Follow Mary on Instagram: http://instagram.com/metalmaryz
Subscribe to the Voicehacks YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/voicehacksbymaryz
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Chris #2 (Anti-Flag)
Chris #2 is bassist and one of two vocalists for the American punk band Anti-Flag. This year Anti-Flag celebrate their 30th year as a band with a new album “Lies We Tell Our Children”.
Follow Chris on Instagram: http://instagram.com/chrisdos
Keep up with Anti-Flag: http://anti-flag.com
On this Episode:
01:06 Welcome Chris!
01:57 Jesse Leach as a guest vocalist
06:00 What Jesse’s vocals added to the message of the first single
07:30 Other guest vocalists on the new album (Shane Told and more)
08:45 Getting back to the “aha” moment when recording
13:12 Welcoming new vocalists to the album
17:00 What the producer added to the vocals this album
22:00 The advantages to a dual vocal team
23:40 Other microphones on stage for random singers
30:23 The downside to chasing opportunity
32:00 The 3 phases of popularity for punk in music
34:30 Advice from Tom Morello in the early days of the band
36:45 Tours this year
Learn about voice lessons with Mary: http://voicehacksllc.simplybook.me
Follow Mary on Instagram: http://instagram.com/metalmaryz
Subscribe to the Voicehacks YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/voicehacksbymaryz
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Customer Reviews
VoiceHacks is very worthwhile and you should listen to it.
As a noob vocalist, I really enjoy this podcast. I really appreciate hearing from vocalists of all different techniques and backgrounds about their art. I also like to hear some of things that vocalists struggle with in their pursuit of perfection, whether it be regarding anxiety, wellness, touring pitfalls, etc.
Anyway, 5 stars, and some day when I’m the special guest on this podcast you can go back and re-read this review and see that I’m an OG fan. - Paul, Theandric
Fantastic
I love this podcast. It has great information for vocalists of all levels of experience. I even sent an episode to my bandmates, feeling that they could benefit from the content as well. It is entertaining to listen to, packed with great knowledge, and inspires new ways to expand techniques and applications. As always, Mary Z delivers another fantastic series!