Which type of FRY SCREAM is the best?

This is a YouTube video titled "Which type of FRY SCREAM is the best?" created in July 2025. The content features David Wu explaining different types of fry screams used in vocal techniques, describing their characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages. The video is educational, focusing on vocal performance and scream singing methods.
Can't fry scream low, but also can't go super high either. I've met with 3,000 people to study their screams since 2019, and 95% of people have this problem. What's sad is that most think that their voice is just too high or too low. But the truth is that screaming is a lot like having hedge clippers. Hear me out. Great for trimming trees and making hedge sculptures, but let's say your neighbor needs help trimming their lawn. You probably could kind of make it work, but you'd probably be exhausted and probably hurt your back. But if you switched to a lawnmower, this would be super easy. You could do it and not even break a sweat. But now let's say you needed to shave. If you used a lawnmower or a hedge clipper, you'd probably end up in the hospital. So there are different tools for different types of results, just like there's different fry screams for different scenarios. And they all have their advantages and disadvantages. So I'm gonna go over them in order from most to least common. And the last one might be something that you've never heard before. This Fry is the one that I've seen most people start with and kind of stumble into. Unless you're me, the world's slowest learner. I love this one. When I'm trying to get a tough guy sound or a mid range sound, kind of like bad omens. You can also add your false chords to this to make it a cool hybrid scream. In terms of volume, this one's at about a 6 out of 10 when done right. And when done right, this is felt along here. And a lot of people call this mix voice Fry. But I can also feel this in the upper part of my chest voice. You can start to get it if you squeeze your vocal cords in the upper chest voice or lower end of your mix voice register. And by the way, if you want specific exercises to do this or any of the screams mentioned in this video, there's a free training in the description. All right, back to the video disadvantages. The problem is that many people get stuck with it and can't bring out its full form. Many people tell me they feel super constricted doing this and they struggle to get loud with it, which, by the way, you can make this loud. It's also really tough to go low with it, and it's easier to go high, but you still can't get super high. Okay, David, this is great and all, but how do I get low than this? So I thought my voice was too low to do high screams, but after I learned this fry, it got me high and I was able to finally do pitched screaming. Like architects Linkin park in Bring Me the Horizon. It's one of the loudest screams, and a lot of my students love it because it can feel very low. Effort for how loud it is, and you can add false chords to this. This scream is done while sputtering your vocal cords together while you're in head voice. And if you like Of Mice and Men or Lorna Shores high, this scream is for you. So here it is. But on the other hand, it's not that good for going low, and it's hard for a lot of people to at first stay in this register. And also, it's really easy to accidentally sound airy with this scream, leading to the myth that this type of scream is quiet. It's actually not. It's actually can be quite loud. Okay, but what if you want to go super low? So I gotta admit, I got a special place in my heart for this next scream because it was the first scream I ever learned, which gave me the confidence that I can scream. It's great if you want to sound like Matt from earlier Trivium or Ben's lows from Shadow of Intent. And they work well with mid to lows. And I like using this as a base for toilet bowls and pig squeals. This is also one of the least known ones, so I get the most surprised looks and head turns when I do these. Well, when done right, it's felt lower here, and you get it by distorting your normal low chest voice. Hey, hey. Now, once again, it sounds like this is how it sounds. As far as negatives goes, a lot of people have to face their fear of vocal damage much more with this one because it's easy to accidentally include the wrong tissues while doing this and cause pain. They're also the quietest screams, so it's easy to over push the scream because you don't have the right volume expectations. It's also tough to go high with these. Also in my experience, it's tough to add false chords to these to turn it into a hybrid scream. Okay, last but not least, we're going to talk about the most rare, exotic type of fry scream. And it's kind of like finding a rare Pokemon card. I remember watching one of my favorite vocalists, Mike Lissard, hit this for the first time, and it blew me away. Before then, I didn't even know that humans could do this. And the advantage of this is that you can go so high, it's almost like a. Like a tea kettle. And this screams for you, if you like, in this moment. And this scream happens in what's called your whistle register as a heads up. I'm not as good at this as I want to be yet, so I'm holding off from teaching it for now. But like you, I'm still a student learning. And one of the disadvantages is that it's hard to learn because finding a whistle register to begin with is tricky for a lot of people. Also, a lot of people confuse this with head Fry, but unlike head Fry, it's tough to add pitch to a whistle fry in a gritty singing sort of way. Another thing is that it can be very taxing to listen to for longer than short spurts. So I would say use this like a garnish of the dish, but maybe not the entire dish. Also, it's tough to go low with this one, and there's some controversy as to whether everyone can pull this off, but I'd like to believe it's possible. So I'll keep you up to date as I get better. Now, remember to unlock each Fry scream. 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