It seems like magic, but it's: Muscles & Method
We ALL know the thrill of hearing our favorite vocalist unleash an absolutely monstrous, earth shaking low scream or a powerful, crowd commanding mid scream. You likely remember the first time you heard metal vocals and the awestruck sensation that came with it. YOU can be the one unleashing those powerful screams!
False Cord Fundamentals is a course aimed at all levels of vocalists. Whether you're brand new, or looking to refine your technique, the powerful screams that have always been inside of you are now within reach. This is your path to success!
Identify issues... Lean into solutions:
✔ Why the term "False Cord" is a bit of a misnomer and what is actually happening with laryngoscopy footage of my voice in action
✔ How to build a fundamental false cord tone that works with your voice rather than against it
✔ How to pace your voice to music and become an actual vocalist and not just someone who can "make metal vocal sounds"
✔ The ability to build an efficient scream that maximizes grit and the sound of aggression while also being gentle on the body
✔ How to tell when something is going wrong in your practice (and what to do about it)
Practical Knowledge Meets Execution
✔ How and why your voice works the way it does, and how we can use that knowledge to create monstrous screams and growls while always staying in control
✔ Techniques that allow you to create low, mid, and higher mid screams all on a foundation of the false cord fundamental tone
✔ How to slide effortlessly between low, mid, and high tones to create a dynamic, energetic metal voice
✔ Breath Management techniques that entirely eliminate that air dumping, gassed out feeling that plagues so many false cord vocalists
✔ How to take your false cord scream from a monotone growl to a devilishly dynamic and emotional voice without losing control
Learn by Doing
False Cord Fundamentals provides a meaningful and straightforward approach to making your metal vocal dreams a reality, and provides methods of extreme vocalization that build mighty mids and commanding lows on a foundation of balance, control, and efficiency. This course isn't just a list of exercises. You'll finish this course understanding not only what to do, but also why it matters. Stop wishing it was you on that stage or in the studio and take the first step towards unleashing the false cord beast that's always been within you!
👇 Mark's Pillars For Success 👇
Breath Management
Control your screams with steady, balanced airflow and learn how to avoid the air dump that stops so many false cord screamers in their tracks
Resonance
Make the acoustic properties of your voice do the work for you and amplify your voice without the pressure, push, and punch that causes vocal fatigue
Phonation
Generate grit that sounds like a ground-shattering earthquake but feels comfortable, well placed, and controlled. All gain, no pain.
Here's What's Inside...
- 1.1 - Introduction (2:17)
- 1.1.2 - Supplemental Practice Tracks
- 1.2 - Understanding False Cord in Extreme Vocalization (13:28)
- 1.3 - Bringing A Classic Exercise Into The Modern Day - The Soft Sigh (11:50)
- 1.3.2 - The Method Your Body Already Knows - The Quiet Throat Clear (11:45)
- 1.3.3 - Karygraa - The Bridge to False Cord Growls (23:02)
- 1.4 - Breath Management - They Key To Control (15:40)
- 1.5 - Breath Management In Action (25:06)
- 1.6 - The Power of Vocal Placement (16:58)
- 1.7 - From Grunts to Growls Part 1 - Turning the soft sigh and throat clear into the beginnings of False Cord screams (23:43)
- 1.8 - From Grunts to Growls Part 2 - Letting Kargyraa fall apart to reach a simple False Cord Growl (21:06)
- 1.9 - Module 1 wrap up (4:10)
- 1.9.1 - Self Assessment Quiz: The Three Pillars of Extreme Vocalization
- 2.1 - Module 2 introduction (2:04)
- 2.2 - Breath Management Part 2 - From barks to roars and the foundation of sustained power (21:13)
- 2.3 - Breath Management put to the test - the formula for extended control (7:44)
- 2.4 - Taking your false cord mids to the depths (21:44)
- 2.5 - Expert Level Vocalization Moving from Mids to lows (12:08)
- 2.6 - Brighter mids for sharper, cutting tones (31:44)
- 2.7 - Expert Level Vocalization Moving from Mids to Higher tones (9:37)
- 2.8 - Expert Level Vocalization Bringing the entire range together (8:06)
- 2.9 - The Ultimate False Cord Field Test False Cord Call And Response! (5:03)
- 3.1 - Strategic Breathing (15:06)
- 3.2 - The Fateful First Milliseconds - Vocal Onsets (15:47)
- 3.3 - Emotional delivery - The unmatched element that will connect you to your audience (18:42)
- 3.4 - Seasoning your metal vocals with Gutturals, Tunnels, and retroflex articulation (15:46)
- 3.5 - The Advanced False Cord Field Test - The Final Call and Response! (3:47)
- 3.6 - False Cord Fundamentals is COMPLETE! (4:53)
And... A BONUS Course: Highs That Pierce The Sky!
A dynamic voice is often defined by having a wide range.
Sliding effortlessly from a deep, devilish low scream to a piercing, ghostly high scream is one of the most awe inducing tools in a metal vocalist's toolkit.
Highs That Pierce The Sky is here to help you with one of the most difficult parts of mastering that tool. In this course you'll learn how to move into the higher spaces in your metal voice with ease, create wraith-like screams without painful tension in your throat, and how to spit venomous high scream passages with extreme accuracy.
You won't just learn steps. You'll understand how to maximize the amplification of the highest frequencies of your metal scream by working with your body rather than against it.
No more squeeze, no more burning, no more strain.
The road to intense high screams is a difficult one, but with focus, hard work, and this course, it is a journey that can absolutely be dominated.
Further Immersion with Highs That Pierce The Sky
✔ How to approach the highest spaces in your voice strategically and minimize the risk of pain and strain
✔ Methods of generating the base grit needed for high screams without the feeling of them getting stuck in your throat
✔ How to be permissive with your airflow rather than restrictive, allowing you to let your high screams ride out on a balanced stream of air with ease
✔ The ever useful tool of twang and how to use it to amplify your screams without the need for unnecessary push and press
✔ Methods of holding your scream steady and dominate long, legato passages that high screams are so loved and praised for
✔ How to shape and form your high screams into expressive syllables and phrases without losing control of your grit
✔ How to approach the various stages of transitioning to highs through playful, silly voices and bypass overthinking and analysis paralysis
✔ What is happening in, and above, the larynx and how it facilitates powerful high screams
✔ How to build your range over time and create a pathway to your highs that will allow you to transition into them easily
✔ How to "feel" the grit high up and in the back of your mouth rather than down by your vocal folds, thus eliminating that pesky tickle that often starts coughing fits
Monthly Zoom Lessons with Mark are Included!
When you join during an open enrollment period, you have the unique option to sign up with Zoom lessons in small group format!
These lessons are held once per month and are each recorded for on-demand viewing.
You get access to all new and on-demand Zoom calls for one year starting from your enrollment date! (All course curriculum is lifetime access)
And you may choose to extend that time as well :)
Mark Garrett
Mark's metal vocal journey started back in 2008, and ever since he has dedicated his life and career to creating powerful, sustainable, and emotional screams.
His method blends real-world experience with vocal science and has allowed him to have vocal freedom, power, and endurance everywhere from long studio sessions to performing with his band Kardashev at international metal festivals.
In 2019, Mark started Kardavox Academy and has taught thousands of vocalists to be in touch with their voice and create monstrous sounds they had once thought impossible.
In the years since, he has been lucky enough to use his voice in tech death, deathcore, black metal, and a myriad of other genres.
Having taught both pro vocalists and absolute beginners, Mark focuses on what works while bringing in the flexibility necessary for students to find their own unique voice.
It's simple: Mark creates real, lasting results with his students. We're confident that you will experience true transformation when you immerse yourself in these experiences, but if for any reason, you are not happy with your purchase, just let us know with 30 days of your initial enrollment and we will give you your money back. (Please NOTE: If you choose to attend and participate in a Zoom call within the 30 day period, you forfeit your option for a refund)