How to Screamo

1. 1
   Make sure you have plenty of saliva at the back of your throat, but not so your breathing way is blocked. Similarly make sure you have no phlegm.
2. 2
   Start out with whispering with saliva at the back of the throat, to practice and make your voice crackly.
3. 3
   As you get used to the feeling try different styles by narrowing or opening your throat more.
4. 4
   Avoid closing your throat up too much. You can hurt your throat this way.
5. 5
   Move the shape of your mouth. It adjusts the tone. Experiment with different shapes.
6. 6
   Practice. Eventually you will get used to the feeling and can explore different types of screams used by different bands like; Swing Kids, Parkway Drive, Bullet for My Valentine,Suicide Silenc, Orchid, Saetia, The Used, 36 Crazyfists, System of a Down, Escape the Fate, Bring Me The Horizon etc.

7. Tips

   • Before screaming, warm up the vocal chords.
   • Drink hot tea a few hours before you start; mixing it with honey also helps, but never coffee. The honey coats your throat and can help protect it if something happens. Also drink plenty of warm water before, DURING and after, make sure it's warm water and not cold, warm water opens up your throat and relaxes it making it easier to scream, cold water closes your throat.
   • Avoid beverages with high levels of acidity. Fizzy drinks make it harder to sing. Also avoid milk or other dairy products, it produces sticky mucus on the vocal chords making it harder to sing or scream.
   • Screaming, after getting used to the feeling, should come up to about the same level as your usual singing voice, the mic does the rest of the work. Remember you're using a mic, so you don't have to scream as loud you'd think, you can also cheat and "cup" the mic with your hands to help with the volume and sound.
   • Experiment with different kinds of mic cups for different scream sounds. You can put both hands around for a deeper sound, or you can cup with one hand and keep the mic next to your mouth. Just mess around with it!
   • When you get the hang of this, you will see someones head explode while singing this, don't worry, it's just because you nailed it perfect.
   • Learn to move from a scream to normal singing and back.
   • Drink Warm water often,the air you push out of your diaphragm will dry your throat.
   • Make sure to keep at least a bottle of water with you on stage if you're performing.