Slipknot BEFORE I FORGET Original Studio Multitracks (Listening Session & Analysis) Corey Taylor

This song is an INCREDIBLE one to dig into on a multitrack level. Why? There's a lot less going on in the instruments than you think there is... And there's a lot MORE going on in the vocals and vocal production than you think there is! The guitars are a masterpiece of simplistic tonal layering that while basic, is profound in the impact! The drums are dry and hard hitting... Not the sampled precision playing you hear in lots of imitators. And the song isn't recorded to a click track! And the vocals! WOW... The amount of layering and different tons and vocal approaches in even a short section of this song is mind-blowing. Let's dig in! Free Voice Lessons: chrisliepe.com/free-your-voice/ Screaming & Distorted Vocals Course: www.mymusicalvoice.com/p/the-aggressive-vocalist-s…

Studying music production and it’s insane to me how simple these tracks are. Imperfections executed so perfectly

It would be awesome if you could ever get Corey into your studio for an interview and maybe a lesson. Imagine if he could track over some instrumentals and explain his approach throughout the years and how and why his scream changed.

I love the tempo change throughout the song. Like I never notice it until I get to the final chorus but assumed that it was an intentional “the last chorus is x times faster to add more intensity” but it’s even cooler knowing it’s a natural progression

Rick Beato did an awesome video on this song too. Love the vocal work and all the layers. But OH EM GEE the DRUMMING. Joey was an absolute legend. And the engineering on all the instrument tracks, the sounds are phenomenal. As an amateur recording my own songs, I aspire to this (and karnivool too...) Speaking of karnivool, if you could get ahold of something from Sound Awake that would be incredible. Ian Kenny's vocals are light and huge at the same time

the most amazing thing about this album is that Rick Rubin has never done so much. so that's really raw and slipknot just played everything at the same level because they were trusting that the producer would be the right work

I really like his singing is not super clean in this, the imperfection just makes it more intense in my opinion. He sounds like he was eating gravel for breakfast and dinner, I love it. I really don't mind when singers go to extremes while recording, might not be the healthiest thing but you are capturing a moment sealed in time so why not go bonkers with it?

Fantastic song! one of my favourites actually... That breakdown in the middle with Corey's vocals is just gold in my opinion.. So good!

There's 2 guitarist, each guitar on one side of the stereo track. Exemple: Mick on Left and Jim on Right. They both have different setup.

Love this song and loved the analysis, thanks for this!

Sweet! Looking forward to this one!

Totally awesome and so interersting. Thank you 🔥🙌

I could feel it before, but hearing you now dissect everything just points out how the layering of elements, especially the vocals (with different vocal registers) is so important. This kind of production amazes me and I love it. Thanks for covering this song @chrisliepe ;)

This is so useful. Thanks Chris 🤘🏻

I'm a massive Slipknot fan and I came across your videos breaking down these songs, and it honestly gives me a better appreciation for the music and the songs. Especially that last section of the song with the groan, I have never heard that in the song before!

just was relistening Slipknot and there is my friend Chris deconstructing this. Love it. Thank you for your great and hard work , really appreciated , Chris . Piece ^^

Corey quit drinking during the making of this album. He said he wanted to try new things and while I believe him I also think his Iowa style of vocals just weren't sustainable (at least with his technique). He even re-recorded his pre-sober vocals for this album. It seems there's a lot of production help with his grit / distorted vocals. I don't think the tour for this album went too great as far as his vocal health went either. That's not to take away from the work he did throw down. It's excellent and interesting. I'm glad he figured it out and got the help he needed with his voice (I think he had some lessons with Melissa Cross). He's definitely a power house of a singer / metal vocalist / frontman. One of the best.

I absolutely love these videos, I even get very useful tips as a guitarist out of them besides vocal tips. I grew up a bedroom guitarist, so now that i'm getting to the part of my life where i want to start recording, I'm used to throwing in a bunch of mid and trying to get an excellent tone. But that just simply doesn't work in a mix, showing the fuzz and dingyness of these tones individually and then combining them to get a giant sound is really useful.

That.was.awesome.

thank god you're covering slipknot, i love your insight into music :))