Cookin' on 3 Burners: Vocal Techniques to Learn

Cookin' on 3 Burners is an Australian funk trio, well-known for their instrumental tracks and collaborations with vocalists such as Kylie Auldist and Tex Perkins. If you are trying to learn singing in the style of Cookin’ on 3 Burners, there are several unique vocal techniques you should focus on. In this article, we'll explore these techniques, highlight some of the band's top songs that showcase them, and recommend some practical Singing Carrots resources to help you on your journey.

The Techniques

1. Use of dynamics: Cookin’ on 3 Burners is famous for their powerful, emotive, and soulful delivery, which is achieved through a combination of dynamics. Listen to their hit song "This Girl" to hear the powerful chorus.
2. Phrasing: Phrasing in Cookin' on 3 Burners’ music is unique and complex, with breaks, pauses, and syncopation. Listen to "Carly's Dream" for a good example of effective phrasing.
3. Use of vocal runs, embellishments, and ad-libs: A trademark of Cookin' on 3 Burners’ performance style is the use of short, snappy, melodic embellishments in the vocals. See "Feel Good Inc." for an extended use of these vocal techniques.
4. Use of traditional soul and funk techniques: Cookin' on 3 Burners uses traditional techniques including the belting of notes, using multi-octave range, adding gospel inflections in a song, and more. Listen to “Baked, Broiled, and Fried” to hear these techniques in play.

Resources

• The Singing Carrots blog post on "Singing with intuition, skills, emotion, and thinking."
• The Singing Carrots course on "Singing for Beginners."
• The Singing Carrots vocal range test and pitch accuracy test.
• The Singing Carrots pitch training feature.
• "How to Upgrade Your Singing Voice" is another Singing Carrots blog post.
• The Singing Carrots songbook feature.

By focusing on these unique techniques and using the above-listed Singing Carrots resources, you can improve your singing and learn to replicate Cookin' on 3 Burners' unique style.