Post by Zedd Squared on Feb 22, 2021 23:07:47 GMT
Member Of: Treat Her Right (1985-1991), Hypnosonics (1986-1999), Morphine (1989-1999), Sandman (?-?), Candy Bar (?-?), Treat Her Orange (?-?), Supergroup (?-?), Pale Brothers (?-?)
Voice Type: Baritone
Vocal Range: G♯1-F5
High Notes:
F5 ("Everglades", "My Dog Can Bark", "Shake Hands", "Some Other Dog")
E5 ("They Bent Me")
D5 ("Shake Hands")
C5 ("Buena" 2 Meter Sessies 1994)
B4 ("Blame It on the Beast")
B♭4 ("Hombre")
A4 ("No Reason")
G♯4 ("No Witness")
G4 ("All Wrong" At Your Service Version, "Blame It on the Beast", "Buena", "Claire", "Come Over", "Doreen", "Early Man" The Lost Album, "I Think She Likes Me", "Junkyard", "Super Sex", "Tease Me", "Tomorrow", "Wishing Well", "You Don't Need Money")
F♯4 ("Blame It on the Beast", "Extra Time", "Grab Me By the Face", "A Head with Wings", "Marie", "Mona's Sister", "No Witness", "Red Yellow (What's Good for You)", "They Bent Me", "Virgin Bride", "Where Did All the Girls Come from?", "You Don't Need Money", "You Speak My Language")
F4 ("Come Over", "Deep Six", "Doreen", "Gilded Splinters", "I Think She Likes Me", "I'm Yours, You're Mine", "Imaginary Song" At Your Service Version, "Mary Won't You Call My Name?", "Mile High", "Scratch", "Shake Hands", "Test-Tube Baby/Shoot'm Down", "Tease Me", "Thursday", "Tonight" The Middle East Café 1991, "You Speak My Language")
E4 ("Corporation", "Do Me Justice", "Eleven O'Clock", "Grab Me By the Face", "Hands of God", "An Honest Job", "Imaginary Song", "Junkyard", "Like Swimming", "Middle East", "Murder for the Money", "No Witness", "Super Sex", "They Bent Me", "Where Did All the Girls Come From?", "Wishing Well")
E♭4 ("Cocoon", "Come Back", "Corporation", "Deep Six", "Early Man" Sandbox, "French Fries With Pepper", "Get Along", "Gilded Splinters", "Hombre", "Mile High", "My Dog Can Bark", "Rhythm and Booze", "Take Me With You", "Temptation", "You Look Like Rain")
D4 ("51%", "All Your Way", "Blame It on the Beast", "Claire", "Come Along", "Cure for Pain", "Do Not Go Quietly Unto Your Grave", "Early Man", "Free Love", "Good Time Last Night", "Hands of God", "Have a Lucky Day" Super Sex B-Side Live Version, "An Honest Job", "Honey White", "I Can Do That", "I Had My Chance", "I Wanna Go Home", "I'm Free Now", "Imaginary Song", "Livin' With U", "Mona's Sister", "Murder for the Money", "The Only One", "The Other Side", "The Same Thing", "Scratch", "Shake Hands", "Sheila", "So Many Ways", "Square", "Take Me With You", "This Time", "Wig", "You Speak My Language")
Low Notes:
C3 ("5:09", "All Wrong", "All Your Way", "Born Again", "Candy", "Claire", "Cocoon", "Do Not Go Quietly Unto Your Grave", "Down Love's Tributaries", "Drums Were Beating", "Early to Bed", "Empty Box", "Free Love", "Good", "Good Woman Is Hard to Find", "Have a Lucky Day", "Hello Baby", "Honey White", "I Can Do That", "I Had My Chance", "I'm Yours, You're Mine", "Justine", "Livin' With U", "Mona's Sister", "Moons of Jupiter", "The Only One" MIT Campus 1992, "The Other Side", "Radar", "Rope on Fire", "Scratch", "So Many Ways", "Some Kind of Loneliness", "Test-Tube Baby/Shoot'm Down", "This Time", "Top Floor, Bottom Buzzer", "Whisper", "Wig", "Women R Dogs", "Yes", "You Look Like Rain")
B2 ("Back Door", "Devil's Boots", "Drums Were Beating", "Goddess", "Good", "Hank", "Have a Lucky Day" Super Sex B-Side Live Version, "Imaginary Song", "Junkyard", "Let's Not Talk", "Mary Won't You Call My Name?", "Mona's Sister", "No Reason", "No Witness", "Rhythm and Booze", "Saddest Song" MIT Campus 1992, "Shame", "Snow", "Some Other Dog", "This Time", "Wig", "You Don't Need Money", "You're An Artist")
B♭2 ("Birthday Cake", "Candy", "Cocoon", "Doreen", "Good Woman Is Hard to Find", "Hombre", "It's Not Like That Anymore", "King of Beers", "Lilah II", "Radar", "The Slow Numbers", "Souvenir", "Temptation", "You Look Like Rain")
A2 ("5:09", "51%", "Absinthe "All Your Way", "Bathtub", "Cheryl Ann", "Deep Six", "Devil's Boots", "Drums Were Beating", "Early to Bed", "Free Love" At Your Service Version, "A Head with Wings", "Back Door", "Brazil", "Call Back", "Do Me Justice", "Don't Follow Me", "Empty Box" MIT Campus 1993, "Extra Time", "Hanging on a Curtain", "Have a Lucky Day" Super Sex B-Side Live Version, "Hello Baby", "Hotel Room", "I Had My Chance", "I Know You (Part II)", "I Know You (Part III)", "I'm Free Now", "Imaginary Song", "Jealous Dream", "Let's Not Talk", "Lunch in Hell", "Middle East", "Murder for the Money", "Potion", "Pulled Over the Car", "Put It Down (Wo-Oh)" MIT Campus 1993, "Radar" MIT Campus 1993, "Route 63", "The Same Thing", "Scratch", "Sexy Christmas Baby Mine", "Sheila", "Snow", "Some Kind of Loneliness", "Some Other Dog", "Someone Stole My Shoes", "Super Sex", "Swing It Low", "Take Me With You", "They Bent Me", "This Time", "Tomorrow", "Tonight" The Middle East Café 1991, "The Only One", "What Does Jazz Mean to Me?", "Where I Come From", "Why Why Why?", "Wig", "Wishing Well", "Yo Yo")
G♯2 ("Bye Bye Johnny", "Do Not Go Quietly Unto Your Grave", "Haven't I Been Good to You", "I Know You (Part II)", "I Wanna Go Home", "Jealous Dream", "The Night", "No Witness", "The Only One", "Pulled Over the Car", "Rhythm and Booze", "Riley the Dog", "The Slow Numbers", "Souvenir", "The Way We Met", "Women R Dogs")
G2 ("All Wrong" At Your Service Version, "Born Again", "Brazil", "Buena", "Call Back", "Come On In", "Doreen", "Empty Box", "Gone for Good", "I Had My Chance", "In Spite of Me", "It's Not Like That Anymore" Supergroup Version, "Like Swimming", "Mile High", "Moons of Jupiter", "Out of My Yard", "The Phone", "Potion" Live at the Warfield 1997, "The Same Thing", "Sexy Christmas Baby Mine" MIT Campus 1993, , "Sharks", "Sheila", "Swing It Low", "Take Me With You", "Thursday", "What Does Jazz Mean to Me?", "Why Why Why?", "Wishing Well", "Yes", "Yo Yo", "You Look Like Rain", "You Speak My Language", "You're An Artist")
F♯2 ("Bathtub", "Don't Follow Me", "Free Love" At Your Service Version, "Haven't I Been Good to You", "It's Not Like That Anymore" Supergroup Version, "Riley the Dog", "The Ring", "The Same Thing", "Supergroup", "The Way We Met", "Shade (I Know You Part IV)", "Shadow (I Know You Part V)", "Temptation", "Tomorrow", "Why Why Why?", "Women R Dogs", "Yo Yo", "You Took Over My Life")
F2 ("Absinthe and Coffee", "Birthday Cake", "Claire", "Gone for Good", "Hanging on a Curtain", "Houdini", "The Jury", "Let's Take a Trip Together", "Like a Mirror", "Lunch in Hell", "Mile High", "Moonbeam Monkey", "The Night", "Out of My Yard", "Radar" MIT Campus 1993, "Some Kind of Loneliness", "What Does Jazz Mean to Me?", "Where I Come From")
E2 ("Call Back", "Come On In", "Don't Follow Me", "Down Love's Tributaries", "Empty Box" At Your Service Version, "Hotel Room", "Kerouac", "Like Swimming", "Mail", "The Phone", "The Strange Man at the End of the Bar", "Swing It Low")
E♭2 ("Down Love's Tributaries", "Kerouac", "Like a Mirror", "Riley the Dog", "The Ring")
D2 ("The Strange Man at the End of the Bar", "Super Sex")
G♯1 ("It's Not Like That Anymore" Supergroup Version)
Mark Sandman was quite the unlikely rock frontman. He came from a working class, blue collar background and didn't release an album until his mid 30s, which undoubtedly influenced his signature brand of "low rock" that often conjures imagery of urban nightlife. He is most known as the slide bassist and singer for Morphine, who became 90s indie rock cult icons with their unique blend of unorthodox instrumentation and chill, jazz flavored soundscapes. Since Sandman's 2 string slide bass, relaxed baritone croon, and Dana Colley's baritone saxophone were such defining characteristics of their sound, Sandman once summed it up by saying "we're just baritone people." And indeed, his vocal approach recalled the sort of lower register coolness that makes me think more of a Steve McQueen type character than a singer. Though he would occasionally sing lower into the traditional bass range or let out a good melodic shout, his mid-range oriented approach reigned supreme and allowed his poetic and off-kilter lyricism to be appropriately emphasized. Tragically, he passed away onstage in 1999, but his impact on the history of underground music maintains its significance to this day. Long live the Sandman!
Shout Outs: Big thanks to Baronessa for collaborating on this thread!
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*Blue marks "disconnected" sounding falsetto/head voice/whistle voice notes.
*Grey marks vocal fry notes.
*Underlined notes are found in backing vocals or otherwise obscured in the song mix.
*Italics mark non-sung notes.
{Questionable Notes}C5 ("Top Floor, Bottom Buzzer" [3])
A4 ("This Time" [2])
G♯4 ("Don't Look Back" [2])
F4 ("What Does Jazz Mean to Me?" [1][3])
E♭4 ("Everglades" [2])
A2 ("Standing By Your Window" [2])
G♯2 ("Movie Guide" [3])
G2 ("Radar" [3])
F2 ("The Chapter" [3], "I Know You (Part II)" Honey White Single Live Version [1])
D2 ("Have a Lucky Day" [3])
C2 ("I'd Catch You" [1])
B1 ("Mail" [1][3])
G1 ("Born Again" [3])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
A4 ("This Time" [2])
G♯4 ("Don't Look Back" [2])
F4 ("What Does Jazz Mean to Me?" [1][3])
E♭4 ("Everglades" [2])
A2 ("Standing By Your Window" [2])
G♯2 ("Movie Guide" [3])
G2 ("Radar" [3])
F2 ("The Chapter" [3], "I Know You (Part II)" Honey White Single Live Version [1])
D2 ("Have a Lucky Day" [3])
C2 ("I'd Catch You" [1])
B1 ("Mail" [1][3])
G1 ("Born Again" [3])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
{Album Ranges}Treat Her Right
Treat Her Right (1986): B2-G4-B4-F5 Zedd Squared
Tied to the Tracks (1989): A2-A4 Zedd Squared
What's Good for You (1991): F♯2-G4 Zedd Squared
The Lost Album (2009): A2-G4-F5 Baronessa
Morphine
Good (1992): F2-G2-F♯4 Zedd Squared
Cure for Pain (1993): F2-G4 Zedd Squared
Yes (1995): D2-F2-G4 Zedd Squared
Like Swimming (1997): E2-G4@admin
B-Sides and Otherwise (1997): E♭2-F2-F♯4 Zedd Squared
The Night (2000): E♭2-F4@admin
At Your Service (2009): E♭2-G4 Baronessa (tracks 7, 13, and 34)/Zedd Squared (the rest)
Mark Sandman
Sandbox: The Mark Sandman Box Set (2004): E♭2-G4-F5 Baronessa
Cure for Pain: The Mark Sandman Story Bonus CD (2012): F2-G♯4-F5 Zedd Squared
Hypnosonics
Someone Stole My Shoes: Beyond the Q Division Sessions (2021, recorded 1989-1996): TBA (unreleased album)
Drums Were Beating: Fort Apache Studios 1996 (2021, recorded 1996): TBA (unreleased album)
Treat Her Right (1986): B2-G4-B4-F5 Zedd Squared
Tied to the Tracks (1989): A2-A4 Zedd Squared
What's Good for You (1991): F♯2-G4 Zedd Squared
The Lost Album (2009): A2-G4-F5 Baronessa
Morphine
Good (1992): F2-G2-F♯4 Zedd Squared
Cure for Pain (1993): F2-G4 Zedd Squared
Yes (1995): D2-F2-G4 Zedd Squared
Like Swimming (1997): E2-G4@admin
B-Sides and Otherwise (1997): E♭2-F2-F♯4 Zedd Squared
The Night (2000): E♭2-F4@admin
At Your Service (2009): E♭2-G4 Baronessa (tracks 7, 13, and 34)/Zedd Squared (the rest)
Mark Sandman
Sandbox: The Mark Sandman Box Set (2004): E♭2-G4-F5 Baronessa
Cure for Pain: The Mark Sandman Story Bonus CD (2012): F2-G♯4-F5 Zedd Squared
Hypnosonics
Someone Stole My Shoes: Beyond the Q Division Sessions (2021, recorded 1989-1996): TBA (unreleased album)
Drums Were Beating: Fort Apache Studios 1996 (2021, recorded 1996): TBA (unreleased album)
