It鈥檚 good to be back at work after a brilliant holiday in New York. Tonight鈥檚 theme is the one that was postponed from two weeks ago and it鈥檚 鈥渟ongs that feature screams and shouts鈥. I鈥檒l also accept involuntary yelps or shrieks.
For some bands, screaming is a serious business. There鈥檚 a whole sub genre of emo musical called 鈥榮creamo鈥. So just in case you thought bands like Fall Out Boy or My Chemical Romance weren鈥檛 loud or annoying enough, you get the lead singer bursting his lungs with ear piercing howls.
Trawling the net for screamo bands I found a Wikihow page with handy hints for potential screamers. Top tips on the site include:
Screaming is 30% skill and 70% confidence. You have to be thinking "I am the best screamer in the world!!" at all times鈥.Quite a claim to fame really.
Drink any generic cola, this will coat your vocal cords in a kind of a spit film that makes reverb sound louder鈥and having that spit film will make kissing so much more fun.
Scream alone for a while, it can be embarrassing to scream around others who already know how to scream鈥I always get that way around others who already know how to scream! But then again how do you know they can?
Be patient. Learning to scream safely can take approximately a year, and for the first many months, often times, it simply sounds bad鈥. You don鈥檛 say?