Macklemore's unique voice, coupled with Dan Caplen's soulful vocals, creates a perfect balance that pulls at the listener's heartstrings. Here's how to learn how to sing like Macklemore and Dan Caplen.

Vocal Technique

Macklemore's vocal technique revolves around a blend of rapping, singing, and spoken word. He has a unique ability to smoothly transition from one vocal technique to another. Singing like Macklemore demands a lot of flexibility, particularly the ability to sing in different octaves.

Dan Caplen has a more traditional vocal style that focuses on emotive delivery and smooth vocal transitions. He uses a mix of falsetto and chest voice to convey emotion in his lyrics.

To sing like Macklemore and Dan Caplen, the following techniques can help:

• Breathing: Take deep breaths, raising your shoulders as you inhale to help lift your diaphragm and push more air out.
• Singing Style: Macklemore uses a blend of rapping and spoken word in his songs. Try to rap along and focus on breathing while maintaining your rhythmical phrasing. On the other hand, Caplen uses falsetto and chest voice deliveries to convey emotion. Focus on your pitch, breathing, and phrasing to achieve the same level of emotional delivery.
• Warm-up Exercises: Use singing warm-up exercises like Farinelli Breathing to keep your vocals healthy and ready to hit challenging notes.
• Voice Registers and Vocal Break: You must have proper control of your chest, head, and mixed voice. This method enables you to switch between these registers effortlessly. Develop your mix voice to manage your transition above the vocal break, allowing for smooth and effortless notes during your performance. Watch Mixed Voice video to improve your skills.
• Vibrato: Master the use of vibrato to convey emotions in your delivery like Caplen. Watch Beggars Bounce and Diaphragm Bounce videos to learn more.
• Onsets-offsets: If you want to rap like Macklemore, it would benefit you to learn various onsets-offsets techniques. Applying the glottal onset, for instance, results in a hard-hitting impact, perfect for performing Macklemore songs. Watch the Glottal Onset video to develop this skill.

Songs to Showcase Technique

Below are some popular Macklemore and Dan Caplen songs showcasing the perfect techniques you should aim for:

• Downtown by Macklemore featuring Ryan Lewis and Eric Nally: This is one of Macklemore's most popular songs showcasing his unique blend of rapping and spoken-word delivery. Focus on rhythm, timing, and breathing as you sing along.
• It's Ok by Tom Rosenthal ft. Dan Caplen: This song highlights Caplen's emotive delivery in combination with a beautiful melody. Attention to pitch, vibrato, and articulation will enable you to showcase the same level of emotion.
• Can't Hold Us by Macklemore ft. Ray Dalton: The song requires a lot of chest voice and head voice transitions to deliver the right emotions. Listen to how Dalton matches the big chorus in the song and perfect your pitches and registers while doing so.
• These Days by Rudimental ft. Jess Glynne, Macklemore, and Dan Caplen: This song showcases the vocal skills of both Macklemore and Dan Caplen, with Caplen delivering catchy and soulful chorus while Macklemore delivers a perfectly timed rap verse.

Singing Resources

At Singing Carrots, you can find helpful tools and resources to improve your vocal technique. Some of these include:

• Vocal range test: Sing a few notes and determine your vocal range, comparing it with famous singers.
• Pitch accuracy test: Sing along with simple melodies to measure your pitch accuracy.