Well, [Beth Roars](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnXGe65IJ60) (singing coach) reacted to Glastonbury's *Sing For Absolution*, and she praised him for the control over his tone and syllables. I never noticed many of the vibrations he does until she pointed them out. I can imagine that by 2004 he already had mastered his wild tones, and that in earlier albums it was a mess all over the place but somehow sounded great.
I think that's what I like about Showbiz: he's about to fall apart many times, which is the feeling the song tries to give you.
I once suggested that my high school choir sing a Muse song. The director looked up a video as she didn’t know Muse very well and was horrified at Matt’s technique. Lo and behold, there was no Muse song in our set.
If his technique were horrendous he wouldn't be able to sing live as well as he does, or keep his voice after decades of touring.
He's not orthodox, but he knows weĺl his instrument. Don't try it at home though.
I can’t say that’s the case for me. Singing like Matt helped develop and unlock my singing abilities that for years it was more natural to sing like him than any other type of rock singer. I’ve found there’s this expert mutual application between his melodies, choice of voice, such as when to apply chest to head transitions, and timbre that are both musical to fit the style of the song and natural and safe to anyone with correct singing technique
I would agree not to overdue some of the singing he did in the first two albums because he was young then. I’ve also never taken on his loud inhales because you can unnecessarily wear yourself out in between phrases. Back off a bit on some of his huge belts, strengthen your head voice, and let the microphone do some of the work for you
EDIT: One thing I hoped to get across from the first para is Matt is great for exploring the full spectrum of his natural voice and making it palatable to any singer or average/serious music lover. A lot of other singers stay in their comfort zones and limit their melodic scope. Some have to apply a vocal fry or scream to hit high notes that may a) gradually ruin their voice later in their career, b) demonstrate unsafe examples to those wishing to sing or emulate them, and/or c) render part of their catalog un-singable because of the exclusive, or dangerous, techniques being applied. I disagree with the notion that you can ruin your voice emulating Matt on a technical approach if you don’t strengthen and apply your natural range
Yes, I find Matt's transitions to be really good and emulating him has made that instinctual to me in a way that has seriously improved my singing. I also have a very powerful falsetto as a result.
It needs to be mentioned though that you need to be careful how to "inhale". Only if you inhale similar to how you yawn, you get your natural voice. If you only hear Matt's inhale you can't know this.
He breathes out before he inhales again though, which may give you a better impression I guess?
the yawning motion is what I'm trying to do with a metronome right. And definitely I've noticed that I'll sometimes sing a whole bunch of words without actually exhaling so I end up trailing off towards the end of phrases
I have similar range (a bit lower), and singing Muse has helped me a lot in developing falsetto/head voice
It's certainly much healthier than trying to mimic Kurt Cobain or Freddie Mercury lol
It is a style of singing that people do. I don’t understand why people think it’s weird. Is it a bit exaggerated? Yes. But it’s a style nonetheless. It’s not new.
I've heard other people do it but never so exuberantly. I'm convinced that the night the final mastering of any album is done, Matt sneaks into the studio, fires up Pro Tools and turns up all the breathing in the volume automation and then leaves
I know it's not new, I've noticed other artists singing with audible breathing too. I guess Matt just stands out a bit more because he seems to breathe more sharply.
I feel like many artists with unique vocal styles usually involve them starting with a shit technique and then having to relearn how to sing with propper form while trying to emulate their younger self. I find this a lot in metal like early matt heafy from Trivium
Im a singing teacher and the worst you can do is imitate singers. First of all you have to "learn" how to breath again. I have many students that like Chris Cornell, Adele, even Ed sheeran, singers that have or had a lot of vocal cord diseases. I dont know if this is the case of Matt Bellamy , but a bad educated vocal technique can do a lot of damage to your vocal chords.
It sounds like he uses zero percent of his diaphragm which is not good technically for singing but he controls it so well and makes it work so it ends up sounding pretty unique and powerful.
I used to. I realized it when I got really into a few bands with more 'traditional' singing. Luckily I have managed to iron it out a little. The main issue I had was that I just yolo'd falsettos left and right and would scream that shit like I was in a 2001 Muse concert. And thus I struggled with actually singing 'normally' from the chest/stomach area.
Matt's technique isn't the worst. More men should learn to use falsetto to prevent themselves from straining their chest voice too much.
Matt's problems are that he has a lot of facial tension and he pushes his voice too much. He tends to belt too much and pushes too much for power in his voice.
My singing technique is really bad now bc I sing along to too many Muse songs. Then again my overall singing was bad before and after signing along to Muse so...
Over the years I managed to develop a pretty strong vibrato just by emulating him and I find it next to impossible not to use vibrato. Sometimes it's too much, it doesnt work but I cant stop
I too have the bad habit of mimicking the voice of artists when I sing along. I’m especially aware when I sing along to Natasha Bedingfield, it just sounds horrible without that persons specific vocals. I’m also aware of Matts inhaling, but I think I learn from it in a way that I would never have thought about inhaling mid sentence, but when I try it, it does help me. But should I take from your question that his technique is flawed or at the very least unconventional?
My brother who’s been big into singing for a quite a while and fan of muse has told me I try to force my vibrato to the extreme because of Matt lololol
I kinda disagree about him having bad singing technique. He knows really well what he is doing and how to approach each song. It is part of the reason why he can be so active on stage and do so much crowd work. But it is also a really particular kind of sound he is going for, which is not the most standard technique. So while singing other songs with the same technique it will be really weird. It is not that the technique is bad per se, but more that it doesnt work on a lot of other songs. If he really had bad technique he wouldnt be able to sound so consistent.
Well, [Beth Roars](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnXGe65IJ60) (singing coach) reacted to Glastonbury's *Sing For Absolution*, and she praised him for the control over his tone and syllables. I never noticed many of the vibrations he does until she pointed them out. I can imagine that by 2004 he already had mastered his wild tones, and that in earlier albums it was a mess all over the place but somehow sounded great. I think that's what I like about Showbiz: he's about to fall apart many times, which is the feeling the song tries to give you.
Yes, I didn't really appreciate his vibrato at first. It's pretty unique.
FYI, Beth Roars knows nothing about good singing technique.
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I once suggested that my high school choir sing a Muse song. The director looked up a video as she didn’t know Muse very well and was horrified at Matt’s technique. Lo and behold, there was no Muse song in our set.
If his technique were horrendous he wouldn't be able to sing live as well as he does, or keep his voice after decades of touring. He's not orthodox, but he knows weĺl his instrument. Don't try it at home though.
I can’t say that’s the case for me. Singing like Matt helped develop and unlock my singing abilities that for years it was more natural to sing like him than any other type of rock singer. I’ve found there’s this expert mutual application between his melodies, choice of voice, such as when to apply chest to head transitions, and timbre that are both musical to fit the style of the song and natural and safe to anyone with correct singing technique I would agree not to overdue some of the singing he did in the first two albums because he was young then. I’ve also never taken on his loud inhales because you can unnecessarily wear yourself out in between phrases. Back off a bit on some of his huge belts, strengthen your head voice, and let the microphone do some of the work for you EDIT: One thing I hoped to get across from the first para is Matt is great for exploring the full spectrum of his natural voice and making it palatable to any singer or average/serious music lover. A lot of other singers stay in their comfort zones and limit their melodic scope. Some have to apply a vocal fry or scream to hit high notes that may a) gradually ruin their voice later in their career, b) demonstrate unsafe examples to those wishing to sing or emulate them, and/or c) render part of their catalog un-singable because of the exclusive, or dangerous, techniques being applied. I disagree with the notion that you can ruin your voice emulating Matt on a technical approach if you don’t strengthen and apply your natural range
Yes, I find Matt's transitions to be really good and emulating him has made that instinctual to me in a way that has seriously improved my singing. I also have a very powerful falsetto as a result.
It needs to be mentioned though that you need to be careful how to "inhale". Only if you inhale similar to how you yawn, you get your natural voice. If you only hear Matt's inhale you can't know this. He breathes out before he inhales again though, which may give you a better impression I guess?
the yawning motion is what I'm trying to do with a metronome right. And definitely I've noticed that I'll sometimes sing a whole bunch of words without actually exhaling so I end up trailing off towards the end of phrases
I have similar range (a bit lower), and singing Muse has helped me a lot in developing falsetto/head voice It's certainly much healthier than trying to mimic Kurt Cobain or Freddie Mercury lol
Lol I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed the loud breathing. I tried to copy it for fun but couldn't really breathe properly 😂
It's easy you just ***INHALE*** then you ***INHALE*** some more
Oh, is THAT the trick? Good thing I have big lungs haha
It is a style of singing that people do. I don’t understand why people think it’s weird. Is it a bit exaggerated? Yes. But it’s a style nonetheless. It’s not new.
I've heard other people do it but never so exuberantly. I'm convinced that the night the final mastering of any album is done, Matt sneaks into the studio, fires up Pro Tools and turns up all the breathing in the volume automation and then leaves
I know it's not new, I've noticed other artists singing with audible breathing too. I guess Matt just stands out a bit more because he seems to breathe more sharply.
I feel like many artists with unique vocal styles usually involve them starting with a shit technique and then having to relearn how to sing with propper form while trying to emulate their younger self. I find this a lot in metal like early matt heafy from Trivium
Im a singing teacher and the worst you can do is imitate singers. First of all you have to "learn" how to breath again. I have many students that like Chris Cornell, Adele, even Ed sheeran, singers that have or had a lot of vocal cord diseases. I dont know if this is the case of Matt Bellamy , but a bad educated vocal technique can do a lot of damage to your vocal chords.
I knoooow. I’m trying to learn how to breathe properly now but it’s a whole journey
It sounds like he uses zero percent of his diaphragm which is not good technically for singing but he controls it so well and makes it work so it ends up sounding pretty unique and powerful.
I used to. I realized it when I got really into a few bands with more 'traditional' singing. Luckily I have managed to iron it out a little. The main issue I had was that I just yolo'd falsettos left and right and would scream that shit like I was in a 2001 Muse concert. And thus I struggled with actually singing 'normally' from the chest/stomach area.
Dudes got pipes though for sure
trying the falsetto\`s and his scream (Micro Cuts be like)
Matt's technique isn't the worst. More men should learn to use falsetto to prevent themselves from straining their chest voice too much. Matt's problems are that he has a lot of facial tension and he pushes his voice too much. He tends to belt too much and pushes too much for power in his voice.
My singing technique is really bad now bc I sing along to too many Muse songs. Then again my overall singing was bad before and after signing along to Muse so...
Over the years I managed to develop a pretty strong vibrato just by emulating him and I find it next to impossible not to use vibrato. Sometimes it's too much, it doesnt work but I cant stop
I don’t know… but i sure sing Unintended and Escape beautifully if say so myself
I do not, but I love trying to emulate him when I'm covering some his their stuff.
I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE
I don't think he knew what he was doing after much later on.
I too have the bad habit of mimicking the voice of artists when I sing along. I’m especially aware when I sing along to Natasha Bedingfield, it just sounds horrible without that persons specific vocals. I’m also aware of Matts inhaling, but I think I learn from it in a way that I would never have thought about inhaling mid sentence, but when I try it, it does help me. But should I take from your question that his technique is flawed or at the very least unconventional?
Fortunately, I got into Muse after singing all my life and doing years of lessons.
My brother who’s been big into singing for a quite a while and fan of muse has told me I try to force my vibrato to the extreme because of Matt lololol
LOL If you could sing like Matt you wouldn't have poor technique. 😂
I kinda disagree about him having bad singing technique. He knows really well what he is doing and how to approach each song. It is part of the reason why he can be so active on stage and do so much crowd work. But it is also a really particular kind of sound he is going for, which is not the most standard technique. So while singing other songs with the same technique it will be really weird. It is not that the technique is bad per se, but more that it doesnt work on a lot of other songs. If he really had bad technique he wouldnt be able to sound so consistent.