So you want to learn how to sing like Layne Staley.

But those Alice in Chains songs are just so damn HIGH right?

I felt exactly the same, even after many years of vocal training.

No one seemed to be able to show me exactly how to sing like Layne - the range, the power, the grit, the freedom.

Vocal lessons were all lip trills and classical sounds, and I just had a hard time understanding how the two were linked.

Until I discovered The Four Vocal Fundamentals;

• Forward Placement
• Mixed Tonality
• "All in one flow"
• Height in the vocal tract

You might be shocked to learn that EVERY single technique, tip and vocal term out there actually relates back directly to one of these simple and practical fundamentals.

Height in the vocal tract occurs when you raise the soft palate to create and alter your resonant space. Forward placement occurs when you master Twang and resonating within the sphenoid as your central resonator. Mixed Tonality occurs when you balance the TA and CT muscles together to 'bridge' your chest and head voice. "All in one flow" is a super practical way to approach singing with breath support - no pushing, no huffing; just singing as though everything is all connected and dynamically level throughout a phrase.

When you start to understand just how simple the voice really is - it makes you wonder exactly why it's so damn hard to learn HOW to sing, right?

Especially cool stylistic stuff like Alice in Chains.

So let me show you exactly how EASY it is to approach Alice In Chains songs and to learn how to sing like Layne Staley using these simple fundamentals;

How to sing like Layne Staley [VIDEO]

How to sing like Layne Staley

The key to learning how to sing like Layne Staley is really to master two main objectives; creating resonant space and singing with forward placement.

You'll notice that Layne sang with what is called an "OPEN" vowel - instead of a speechy closed vowel (imagine Bob Dylan - for example), where the soft palate raises up into the pharyngeal space to create a resonance chamber which alters in size and shape with each register of the voice.

Secondly, you'll notice a ton of "twang" in Laynes voice - and I'm not talking about a nashville accented twang, I'm really talking about engaging the epiglottis to create a compression valve. This pressurises your airflow away from the vocal folds while allowing you to sing with a powerful and extremely bright, intense tone that carries and cuts in any situation.

Basically, if you want to learn how to sing like Layne Staley, then you absolutely must first master TWANG and shaping your vowels properly.

Watch the video below to learn how I went from less than one octave of range and a strained singing voice to the effortlessly pro technique over 3+ octaves that you'll see in the Alice in Chains cover above;

SING LIKE CRAZY USING THIS VOCAL BLUEPRINT