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Devy's Pipes

PostPosted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:23 pm
by Jasta
Does Devin see (has Devin seen) a vocal coach? I absolutely loved Chris Cornell on Badmotorfinger but soon after that, the power of his scream took a sharp downturn. I sincerely hope Devy takes care of his instrument, does he have an advisor or a health regimen to keep his throat together?

PostPosted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 7:48 am
by Reaper-Man-666
I believe he did at one point. I could be wrong.

PostPosted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 6:13 pm
by Tracy
He took a few lessons when he was with Vai to teach him how not to lose it on tour. Primarily, when touring he does 45 minutes of vocal warm-ups before every show. That's about it.

PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 7:34 pm
by EvilPanda
45 minutes of warm-ups? Wow that's long. Note that I'm far from knowing about singing techniques.

PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 9:18 pm
by Pisshead
EvilPanda wrote:45 minutes of warm-ups? Wow that's long. Note that I'm far from knowing about singing techniques.


It isn't bad, after about 45 minutes warm-up, screams come so easily and cleanly.

PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:45 am
by Burbster
Warming-up must take a long time when you factor in also most likely has to warm up for guitar playing too.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 7:28 pm
by Tracy
Burbster wrote:Warming-up must take a long time when you factor in also most likely has to warm up for guitar playing too.


He doesn't do guitar warm ups.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 7:32 pm
by *lebowski*
Tracy wrote:
Burbster wrote:Warming-up must take a long time when you factor in also most likely has to warm up for guitar playing too.


He doesn't do guitar warm ups.


how come? i find that quite strange.

PostPosted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 4:29 am
by ominousnocturna
*lebowski* wrote:
Tracy wrote:
Burbster wrote:Warming-up must take a long time when you factor in also most likely has to warm up for guitar playing too.


He doesn't do guitar warm ups.


how come? i find that quite strange.




Cuz he's a goddamn fucking animal!!! :P

Seriously though, there are a lot of guitarists that don't do warm ups before shows. Not sure why, they just don't :?

PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 5:39 am
by danra
i always do warm-ups because i have literally almost no circulation! it takes my hands soooo long to get up to speed, and it really pisses me off...

anyway, does anyone happen to know what sort of vocal excercises Mr. Townsend does for his vocal warm-ups? I'm yet to find a good routine that works well for me...

PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 2:10 pm
by Yanko
well, unfortunately i've never seen Devin (and probably will never see him :( ) live, but he's not much of a shredder on shows, right?
So guitar warming up for him prolly isn't THAT necessary. On the vocal side, though, feels like he runs a marathon every morning 1 week before the shows to keep his breath :D

PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 2:13 pm
by Deathcom7000
danra wrote:i always do warm-ups because i have literally almost no circulation! it takes my hands soooo long to get up to speed, and it really pisses me off...

anyway, does anyone happen to know what sort of vocal excercises Mr. Townsend does for his vocal warm-ups? I'm yet to find a good routine that works well for me...


I learned to make a sort of "iiiiiiyaaaaaa" noise going from low to high. Then there are other strange noises you can make. I'm not sure what Dev does


No guitar warm up? I need about an hour of practice before i sound clean.

PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 6:35 pm
by BaldMosher446
Hey Tracy, would you happen to know some of the exercises Devin does for his vocal warm-ups? I'm very interested about this...

PostPosted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 1:22 am
by Turge
BaldMosher446 wrote:Hey Tracy, would you happen to know some of the exercises Devin does for his vocal warm-ups? I'm very interested about this...


Yeah, me too.

PostPosted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 10:14 pm
by Tracy
Repeating syllable sets "Do do do do do, Me me me me me, Gug gug gug gug gug gug, Ha ha ha ha ha" over and over at varying intensites and volumes.