James LaBrie (18,389 views)

[Zedd Squared]

Member Of: Dream Theater (1991-present), Winter Rose (1988-1991), Mullmuzzler (1998-2005)
Voice Type: Tenor
Vocal Range: E♭2-B♭5

High Notes:

B♭5 ("Build Me Up, Break Me Down" live Zenith Paris 2012, "Home" live Orlando 2000)
A5 ("Build Me Up, Break Me Down", "A Fortune in Lies" live Ludwigsburg 1993, "The Killing Hand" live Milano 1993, "Lines in the Sand" live Los Angeles 2007, "The Number of the Beast" live Paris 2002, "Strange Kind of Woman" live Osaka 2006)
G♯5 ("Asylum City", "Cemetery Gates" live Grand Prairie 2005, "Invisible" live Rome 2005, "Never Let Me Go", "New Millennium" demo, "Octavarium" part IV. Intervals live New York City 2006, "Peruvian Skies" live London 2011, "Under a Glass Moon" live Leeds 2011)
G5 ("6:00" live Buenos Aires 2012, "As I Am" live Manchester 2012, "Caught in a Web" live Porto Alegre 2012, "Children of the Damned" live Paris 2002, "Endless Sacrifice" live Austin 2011, "New Millennium", "The Killing Hand" live London 1993, "Lazy" live Osaka 2006, "Mean Street" live 1998, "The Mule" live Osaka 2006, "Octavarium" part IV. Intervals, "One Last Time" Winter Rose Song, "Perfect Strangers" live London 1995, "Pull Me Under" live Bielefeld 1993, "Run to the Hills" live Paris 2002, "Since I've Been Loving You" live Chicago 2003, "Smoke on the Water" live Osaka 2006, "Space Truckin'" live Osaka 2006)
F♯5 ("Afterlife" Dream Theater Song live 1992-1993, "Another Day" live Seoul 1999, "A Change of Seasons" part VII. The Crimson Sunset live New York 1993, "A Change of Seasons" part V. Another World 1991 demo, "Day Twenty: Confrontation", "A Fortune in Lies" live London 1993, "Gangland" live Paris 2002, "Get in Touch with Me" live Toronto 1990, "The Killing Hand" live London 1993, "Learning to Live", "Lie" live Tokyo 1995, "Metropolis—Part I: 'The Miracle and the Sleeper’" live 1992-1993, "The Mirror" live San Francisco 1994, "Money" live London 2005, "Perfect Strangers" live Tokyo 1995, "Rough Boys", "Strange Kind of Woman" live Osaka 2006, "Take the Time" live 1992-1993, "Thrill of the Night", "To Live Forever" live 1992-1993, "Under a Glass Moon" live Tokyo 1993, "Voices" live New York City 1997, "You've Got Another Thing Comin'")
F5 ("His Voice", "Hot for Teacher" Irving Plaza 1998, "I’ll Never Fall in Love Again", "Illumination Theory" part IV. The Pursuit of Truth, "In the Name of God", "Innocence Faded", "The Killing Hand" live London 1993, "Pull Me Under" live London 1993, "Since I've Been Loving You" live Chicago 2003, "Surrounded" live Tokyo 1995, "Strange Deja Vu", "This Time, This Way", "Wipeout" live Glasgow 2000)
E5 ("22 Acacia Avenue" live Paris 2002, "Another Day", "As a Man Thinks", "Asylum City", "Bad" live Wantagh, NY 1994, "Burning My Soul" demo, "A Change of Seasons" part III. Carpe Diem, "A Change of Seasons" part V. Another World 1991 demo, "Get in Touch with Me" live Toronto 1990, "Highway Star" live Osaka 2006, "Impact 3 - No Returning", "Invaders" live Paris 2002, "Learning to Live", "Metropolis—Part I: 'The Miracle and the Sleeper’" demo, "Mother Father" live San Francisco 2004, "My Time", "New Millennium", "Nothing But the Best", "Only a Matter of Time" live Osaka 1992, "Rough Boys", "Run to the Hills" live Paris 2002, "The Song Remains the Same" live London 1995, "Space Truckin'" live Osaka 2006, "Take the Time", "Thrill of the Night", "To Live Forever" live Tokyo 1993, "Under a Glass Moon", "Voices", "Xanadu")
E♭5 ("Afterlife" Mullmuzzler Song, "Another Day", "As a Man Thinks", "Don't Look Past Me", "End of the Line", "Guardian Angel", "In Too Deep", "Invaders" live Paris 2002, "No Holy Man", "Panic Attack", "Saved By Love", "Take Hold of the Flame" live 2003)
D5 ("22 Acacia Avenue" live Paris 2002, "Am I Right", "Another Day", "Another Won" live New York City 2006, "Arms Races", "Asylum City", "Burning My Soul", "By-Tor and the Snow Dog", "Child in Time" live Osaka 2006, "Comfortably Numb" live 2003, "Crucify", "Day Seven: Hope", "A Fortune in Lies" live London 1993, "The Glass Prison", "Hallowed Be Thy Name" live Paris 2002, "Heart of the Sunrise" live Berlin 2004, "I Am the Point", "I’ll Never Fall in Love Again", "Illumination Theory" parts IV. & V., "Innocence Faded", "Inventions", "The Killing Hand" live London 1993, "La Mer", "Learning to Live" live Tokyo 1995, "Lie" live Tokyo 1995, "Light Fuse and Get Away" live Los Angeles 2004, "Lines in the Sand" Studio + live Paris 1998, "Metropolis—Part I: 'The Miracle and the Sleeper’", "The Mirror", "Mother Father" live San Francisco 2004, "My Time", "My Way", "Nothing But the Best", "The Number of the Beast" live Paris 2002, "O Holy Night", "Off the Ground", "One Last Time" Winter Rose Song, "One Vision", "Perfect Strangers" live London 1995, "A Place in Heaven", "Pull Me Under", "Ramble On", "Red Barchetta", "Sheer Heart Attack", "Smoke on the Water" live Osaka 2006, "The Song Remains the Same" live London 1995, "Spiders", ""Stargazer", "Statued", "Status Seeker" live Milwaukee 1993, "Strange Deja Vu", "Strange Kind of Woman" live Osaka 2006, "Surrounded", "To Live Forever" live 1992-1993, "Venice Burning", "Voices", "What I Missed", "Xanadu", "Your Eyes")
C♯5 ("Achilles Last Stand" live London 1995, "Act of Faythe", "Afterlife" Dream Theater Song live Bielefeld 1993, "Along for the Ride", "Another Won" live New York City 2006, "Arms Races", "Bad" live Wantagh, NY 1994, "Bats", "Caught in a Web", "A Change of Seasons" part VII. The Crimson Sunset, "Day Eighteen: Realization", "Dianna", "End of the Line", "Finally Free", "A Fortune in Lies" live 1992-1993, "Get in Touch with Me" live Toronto 1990, "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" live Rotterdam 1998, "Heart of the Sunrise" live Dortmund 2004, "His Voice", "I Walk Beside You", "In the Name of God", "Innocence Faded", "Ishalem", "Kickstart My Heart", "Lace", "Learning to Live", "Lie", "Light Fuse and Get Away" live Los Angeles 2004, "Love Lies Bleeding" live London 1995, "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" live London 1995, "The Mule" live Osaka 2006, "My Time", "Never Let Me Go", "New Millennium", "Nice Guys Finish First", "O Holy Night", "One Vision", "Pretender", "The Prisoner" live Paris 2002, "Red Barchetta", "Rough Boys", "Scarred", "The Shattered Fortress", "The Silent Man" Live Scenes from New York 2000, "Singing in the Rain", "Strange Kind of Woman" live Osaka 2006, "SuperNova Girl", "Take Hold of the Flame" live 2003, "Take the Time", "Thrill of the Night", "Trial of Tears", "Turn It on Again" live London 1995, "Under a Glass Moon", "Where Are You Now?", "Wildflower", "Won't Get Fooled Again" live Seattle 2003, "You Not Me", "You've Got Another Thing Comin'")
C5 ("Anna Lee", "As I Am", "Asylum City", "At Wit's End", "Bad" live Old Bridge 1995, "Beelzebubba", "The Beholder", "A Better Life", "Blind Faith", "Bohemian Rhapsody" live London 1995, "The Camera Eye" live Molson Ampitheatre 2009, "Caught in a Web", "A Change of Seasons" parts III. & V., "Child in Time" live Osaka 2006, "Children of the Damned" live Paris 2002, "Confronting the Devil", "Cover My Eyes", "Day Two: Isolation", "Don't Look Past Me", "The Enemy Inside", "The Gene Machine", "Give and Take", "The Great Debate", "Heart of the Sunrise" live Berlin 2004, "Hey You" live 1998, "Hit Me Like a Brick", "Home" Live Scenes From New York 2000, "Hollow Years", "Hot for Teacher" Irving Plaza 1998, "I Am the Point", "Illumination Theory" part IV. The Pursuit of Truth, "In the Name of God", "In the Presence of Enemies" part VI. Salvation, "In Too Deep", "Just Watch Me", "Kickstart My Heart", "The Killing Hand" live London 1993, "Lily of the Valley", "Lines in the Sand", "Losing Time/Grand Finale", "Mean Street" live 1998, "Metropolis—Part I: 'The Miracle and the Sleeper’", "Moment of Betrayal", "Mother Father" live San Francisco 2004, "My Way", "A New Beginning", "Nice Guys Finish First", "Nothing But the Best", "Octavarium" part V. Razor's Edge, "Off the Ground", "One Last Time" Winter Rose Song, "The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun" live Los Angeles 2004, "Only a Matter of Time" live Osaka 1992, "Paradox" live Kansas City 2004, "Peruvian Skies" demo, "Prophets of War", "Pull Me Under", "Raise the Knife", "Ravenskill", "Red Barchetta", "Red Hill Mining Town" live London 1995, "The Road to Revolution", "The Root of All Evil", "Run to the Hills" live Paris 2002, "Sacrifice", "A Savior in the Square", "Sheer Heart Attack", "Shores of Avalon", "Since I've Been Loving You" live Chicago 2003, "Slow Burn", "Space Truckin'" live Osaka 2006, "Speak to Me", "Status Seeker" live Milwaukee 1993, "Sunset Ruin", "Surrounded", "Take Your Fingers from My Hair", "Tell Me", "The Test That Stumped Them All", "This is War", "Three Days", "Through Her Eyes", "To Tame a Land", "Venice Burning", "Viper King", "Voices", "The Walking Shadow", "Walking Through Genetic Space", "The Way It Used to Be", "What I Missed", "The X Aspect")
B4 ("22 Acacia Avenue" live Paris 2002, "6:00", "About to Crash", "About to Crash (Reprise)", "Achilles Last Stand" live London 1995, "Afterlife" Dream Theater Song various live versions, "Alone", "Am I Right", "Another Day", "Another Day Dies", "Another Won" live New York City 2006, "Answering the Call", "As a Man Thinks", "Astonishing", "At Wit's End", "Bats", "Beelzebubba", "Behind the Veil", "The Best of Times", "A Better Life", "Beyond This Life", "The Bigger Picture", "Brother, Can You Hear Me?", "Burning My Soul", "By-Tor and the Snow Dog", "Canadian Rap" live Glasgow 2000, "A Change of Seasons" parts II., III., V., & VII. Studio + live Tokyo 1995, "Children of the Damned" live Paris 2002, "Coming Home", "Confronting the Devil", "Constant Motion", "Crucify", "Damage, Inc." live Barcelona 2002, "Day Five: Voices", "Day Four: Mystery", "Day Fourteen: Pride", "Day Three: Pain", "Death on Two Legs" live Copenhagen 2004, "Devil in Drag", "Diary of a Madman" live Los Angeles 2003, "Don't Look Past Me", "Drained", "The Enemy Inside", "Fatal Tragedy", "Finally Free", "A Fortune in Lies" live 1992-1993, "Gangland" live Paris 2002, "The Gene Machine", "The Glass Prison", "Guardian Angel", "Hallowed Be Thy Name" live Paris 2002, "Heart of the Sunrise" live Berlin 2004, "Heaven's Cove", "Hey!" live Sao Paulo 2018, "His Voice", "I Believe (September)", "I Need You", "I See", "I Walk Beside You", "Innocence Faded", "Invaders" live Paris 2002, "Just Let Me Breathe", "Lace", "Learning to Live", "Lie" live Paris 1998, "Lifting Shadows Off a Dream", "Light Fuse and Get Away" live Long Island 1993, "Lord Nafaryus", "Love Lies Bleeding" live London 1995, "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" live London 1995, "Master of Puppets" live Barcelona 2002, "Message from the Mountain", "Metropolis—Part I: 'The Miracle and the Sleeper’", "The Mirror", "Nessun Dorma", "Nice Guys Finish First", "No Holy Man", "The Number of the Beast" live Paris 2002, "O Holy Night", "Octavarium" part I. Someone Like Him, "Off the Ground", "One Last Time" Dream Theater Song, "One Vision", "The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun" live Los Angeles 2004, "Only a Matter of Time" live Osaka 1992, "Origins and Miracles", "Outcry", "Panic Attack", "Paradox" live Kansas City 2004, "The Path That Divides", "Peruvian Skies", "A Place in Heaven", "President Evil", "Pretender", "The Prisoner" live Paris 2002, "Pull Me Under", "Raise the Knife", "Ramble On", "Real World" live Montreal 2003, "Red Barchetta", "River Out of Eden", "The Root of All Evil", "Sacrificed Sons", "Scarred", "The Silent Man" Live Scenes from New York 2000, "A Simple Man", "Spiders", "The Spirit Carries On", "Strange Deja Vu", "Strange Kind of Woman" live Osaka 2006, "Stranger", "SuperNova Girl", "Sunset Ruin", "Surrender to Reason", "Take Away My Pain" demo + live Paris 1998, "Take Hold of the Flame" live 2003, "Take the Time", "Taken", "Tenement Funster", "The Test That Stumped Them All", "The Thing That Should Not Be" live Barcelona 2002, "This Dying Soul", "This is the Life", "Three Days", "Thrill of the Night", "Through Her Eyes", "A Time and a Place", "To Live Forever" demo, "Trial of Tears", "Turn It on Again" live London 1995, "Undertow", "Venice Burning", "Where Are You Now?", "Whole Lotta Love" Trier, Germany 2000, "Wildflower", "Won't Get Fooled Again" live Seattle 2003, "Xanadu", "The Zoo" live Trier, Germany 2000)
B♭4 ("Act of Faythe", "Afterlife" Mullmuzzler Song, "America", "Amnesia", "Anna Lee", "Arms Races", "Back on the Ground", "Barstool Warrior", "The Camera Eye" live Molson Ampitheatre 2009, "Chosen", "Confronting the Devil", "Day Eighteen: Realization", "Death on Two Legs" live Copenhagen 2004, "Disposable Heroes" live Barcelona 2002, "End of the Line", "Endless Sacrifice", "Forsaken", "The Gift of Music", "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" live Rotterdam 1998, "The Great Debate", "Heart of the Sunrise" live Berlin 2004, "Heaven and Hell" live Dortmund 2004, "Highway Star" live Osaka 2006, "His Voice", "Home", "Honor Thy Father", "I Got You", "I Tried", "I’ll Never Fall in Love Again", "Illumination Theory" parts II. & V., "In the Flesh" live London 1995, "In the Name of God", "In the Presence of Enemies" parts III. & IV., "Kickstart My Heart", "The Killing Hand" live London 1993, "La Mer", "Light Fuse and Get Away" live Long Island 1993, "Lily of the Valley", "Lines in the Sand", "Listen to Me", "Losing Time/Grand Finale", "Madmen & Sinners (Part II)", "Master of the Mind", "Million Miles", "Misunderstood", "Mona Lisa", "My Last Farewell", "Never Enough", "Never Let Me Go", "A New Beginning", "No Holy Man", "Octavarium" part V. Razor's Edge, "Off the Ground", "Out of Reach", "Paradox" live Kansas City 2004, "Paralyzed", "Pourquoi Me Reveiller", "Reins of Tuscan", "The Root of All Evil", "Run! Apocalypse! Run!", "S2N", "Save Me", "Saved By Love", "Shaping the Invisible", "Sheer Heart Attack", "A Simple Man", "Slight of Hand", "Smoke on the Water" live Osaka 2006, "Soul in Your Mind", "Space Dye Vest" live 2014, "Speak to Me", "Stargazer", "Statued", "A Tempting Offer", "Tenement Funster", "This Time, This Way", "To Tame a Land", "Trial of Tears", "Untethered Angel", "Vertebrates", "Viper King", "War Inside My Head", "Where Are You Now?")
A4 ("6:00", "About to Crash", "Above the Grass (Part 2)", "Achilles Last Stand" live London 1995, "Afterlife" Dream Theater Song various live versions, "The Alien", "America", "Anchored", "Another Day Dies", "Another Won" live New York City 2006, "Apprentice", "Arms Races", "Astonishing", "At Wit's End", "Bad" live Old Bridge 1995, "Barstool Warrior", "Beelzebubba", "Behind the Veil", "The Beholder", "Beneath the Surface", "The Best of Times", "A Better Life", "The Bigger Picture", "Blind Faith", "Breaking All Illusions", "Bridges in the Sky", "Brother, Can You Hear Me?", "Build Me Up, Break Me Down", "Caught in a Web", "Cemetery Gates" live Grand Prairie 2005, "A Change of Seasons" parts II., V., & VII., "Children of the Flame", "Chosen", "Comfortably Numb" live 2003, "Coming Home", "Conscience Calling", "Constant Motion", "Damage, Inc." live Barcelona 2002, "The Dark Eternal Night", "Day Two: Isolation", "Destined to Burn", "Dianna", "Disposable Heroes" live Barcelona 2002, "Don't Look Past Me", "Drained", "Endless Sacrifice", "The Enemy Inside", "Euphoric", "Fall into the Light", "Far From Heaven", "Flick of the Wrist", "Forsaken", "Gangland" live Paris 2002, "The Gift of Music", "The Glass Prison", "The Great Debate", "Heaven's Gate", "Hey!" live Sao Paulo 2018, "Highway Star" live Osaka 2006, "Hit Me Like a Brick", "Holding On", "Home", "Hymn of a Thousand Voices", "I Need You", "I See", "I Sing", "I Walk Beside You", "I Will Not Break", "Illumination Theory" parts II., IV., & V., "Impact 5 - Last Call", "In the Name of God", "In the Presence of Enemies" part VI. Salvation, "Inventions", "Just Let Me Breathe", "Lazy" live Osaka 2006, "Lie", "A Life Left Behind", "Lifting Shadows Off a Dream", "Lines in the Sand", "Listen to Me", "The Looking Glass", "Lord Nafaryus", "Losing Faythe", "Lost in the Fire", "Lost Not Forgotten", "Love Lies Bleeding" live London 1995, "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" live London 1995, "Master of the Mind", "Master of Puppets" live Barcelona 2002 , "Mean Street" live 1998, "Message from the Mountain", "The Ministry of Lost Souls", "Misunderstood", "Moment of Betrayal", "Mona Lisa", "The Mule" live Osaka 2006, "My Last Farewell", "Never Enough", "Non Ti Scorder Di Me", "Off the Ground", "On the Backs of Angels", "One More Time", "One Vision", "Origins and Miracles", "Our New World", "Over the Edge", "The Path That Divides", "Perfect Strangers" live London 1995, "Peruvian Skies", "Pretender", "The Prisoner" live Paris 2002, "Prophets of War", "Pull Me Under", "Raise the Knife", "Ravenskill", "Red Hill Mining Town" live London 1995, "River Out of Eden", "Room 137", "Rough Boys", "S2N", "Sacrifice", "Say You're Still Mine", "Shaping the Invisible", "The Shattered Fortress", "Sheer Heart Attack", "Shores of Avalon", "A Simple Man", "Sleeping Giant", "Slight of Hand", "Solitary Shell", "Space Dye Vest" live 2014, "Space Truckin'" live Osaka 2006, "Spiders", "The Spirit Carries On", "Stargazer", "Status Seeker" live Milwaukee 1993, "Stranger", "SuperNova Girl", "Surrender to Reason", "Take Away My Pain", "Taken", "Tarkus", "Tell Me", "These Walls", "This Dying Soul", "This is the Life", "This Time, This Way", "Three Days", "A Time and a Place", "To Live Forever" demo, "To Tame a Land", "Transcending Time", "Undecided", "Understand", "Undertow", "Unraveling", "Venice Burning", "A View from the Top of the World", "Viper King", "Voices", "Wait for Sleep" live Tokyo 1995, "The Way It Used to Be", "What I Missed", "When Your Time Has Come", "The X Aspect", "You Not Me", "Your Eyes", "You've Got Another Thing Comin'")
G♯4 ("About to Crash (Reprise)", "Afterlife" Mullmuzzler Song, "All that Was", "Alone", "Along for the Ride", "America", "Awaken the Master", "Begin Again", "Beyond This Life", "Bridges in the Sky", "The Camera Eye" live Molson Ampitheatre 2009, "Canadian Rap" live Glasgow 2000, "The Count of Tuscany", "Disappear", "Disposable Heroes" live Barcelona 2002, "Fatal Tragedy", "Feel My Pain", "Finally Free", "The Glass Prison", "Goodnight Kiss", "Heart of France", "Home", "Honor Thy Father", "I Need You", "I Tried", "Impact 3 - No Returning", "In the Flesh?" live London 1995, "In the Presence of Enemies" part III. Heretic, "Leper Messiah" live Barcelona 2002, "A Life Left Behind", "Madmen & Sinners (Parts II & IV)", "Million Miles", "The Ministry of Lost Souls", "Mislead", "Mona Lisa", "One Last Time" Dream Theater Song, "Out of Reach", "Outcry", "Pale Blue Dot", "Panic Attack", "Paralyzed", "Pourquoi Me Reveiller", "Pretender", "Save Me", "The Shattered Fortress", "Sheer Heart Attack", "Strange Deja Vu", "Surrender to Reason", "Take Away My Pain", "Taken", "Tell Me", "The Test That Stumped Them All", "This Time, This Way", "Tonight", "Transcending Time", "Trial of Tears", "Undertow", "Untethered Angel", "Vertebrates", "A View from the Top of the World", "War Inside My Head", "Why", "Wither")

Low Notes:

E3 ("22 Acacia Avenue" live Paris 2002, "6:00", "About to Crash", "The Alien", "Anna Lee", "Another Day Dies", "The Answer", "Answering the Call", "As a Man Thinks", "Bad" live Old Bridge 1995, "Barstool Warrior", "Behind the Veil", "The Best of Times", "A Better Life", "Big Chungus" 2022 Cameo Video, "Burning My Soul" demo, "Caught in a Web" live Paris 1998, "Child in Time" live Osaka 2006, "Coming Home", "Day Eight: School", "Day Eleven: Love", "Day Five: Voices", "Day Six: Childhood", "Day Thirteen: Sign", "Disappear", "Endless Sacrifice", "The Enemy Inside", "Fall into the Light", "Falling", "Far From Heaven", "Feel My Pain", "The Gene Machine", "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" live Rotterdam 1998, "Granada", "Guardian Angel", "Hallowed Be Thy Name" live Paris 2002, "Heart of France", "Heaven's Gate", "Hey You" live 1998, "Hymn of a Thousand Voices", "I Need You", "Illumination Theory" part V. Surrender, Trust & Passion, "In the Name of God", "In the Presence of Enemies" part II. Resurrection, "Invisible Monster", "Jekyll or Hyde", "Just Let Me Breathe" demo, "La Mer", "Learning to Live", "A Life Left Behind", "Listening", "Lord Nafaryus", "Love Lies Bleeding" live London 1995, "Madmen & Sinners (Part IV)", "Master of the Mind", "Metropolis—Part I: 'The Miracle and the Sleeper’", "Million Miles", "The Ministry of Lost Souls", "Moment of Betrayal", "Mona Lisa", "Money" live London 2005, "Non Ti Scorder Di Me", "On the Backs of Angels", "Origins and Miracles", "Outcry", "Peruvian Skies", "Pull Me Under" live Tokyo 1995, "Rough Boys", "Sacrificed Sons", "A Savior in the Square", "Say You're Still Mine", "The Shattered Fortress", "The Silent Man", "Solitary Shell", "Slightly Out of Reach", "Slow Burn", "The Source Will Flow", "SuperNova Girl", "Surrounded", "Take Away My Pain", "Take the Time", "Tell Me", "Tenement Funster", "This Dying Soul", "This is the Life", "This is War", "This Time, This Way", "Through Her Eyes", "Through My Words", "Undecided", "Undertow", "Unraveling", "A View from the Top of the World", "Wait for Sleep", "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" live Barcelona 2002, "When Your Time Has Come", "Who You Think I Am", "Wildflower", "You Not Me", "Your Eyes", "You've Got Another Thing Comin'")
E♭3 ("The Alien", "Amnesia", "The Answer", "Back on the Ground", "Beneath the Surface", "Cielito Lindo", "Condemned to Live", "The Count of Tuscany", "I Got You", "The Killing Hand" live Bucharest 2002, "Letting Go", "A Life Left Behind", "Listen to Me", "Million Miles", "Never Let Me Go", "A New Beginning", "A Nightmare to Remember", "O Sole Mio", "The Path That Divides", "Ravenskill", "The Root of All Evil", "Saved By Love", "Since I've Been Loving You" live Chicago 2003, "Solitary Shell", "Speak to Me", "This Dying Soul", "Trial of Tears", "War Inside My Head", "Why", "Wither")
D3 ("22 Acacia Avenue" live Paris 2002, "Agony", "Amnesia", "Anna Lee", "Astonishing", "At Wit's End", "Beelzebubba", "Believe", "Blind Faith", "Brain Damage" live London 2005, "Breaking All Illusions", "Brother, Can You Hear Me?", "A Change of Seasons" part II. Innocence, "Chosen", "Confronting the Devil", "Cultural Genetics", "Day Eleven: Love", "Day Thirteen: Sign", "Destined to Burn", "Dianna", "Disappear", "Don't Look Past Me", "Endless Sacrifice" live Austin 2011, "Falling", "Freaks", "The Great Debate", "Guardian Angel", "Hollow Years" demo, "I Walk Beside You", "Illumination Theory" part II. Live, Die, Kill, "Impact 5 - Last Call", "In the Presence of Enemies" parts II. & III., "Innocence Faded", "Invisible Monster", "Just Watch Me", "Let Go", "Lie", "Lifting Shadows Off a Dream", "Light Fuse and Get Away" live Los Angeles 2004, "Lines in the Sand", "Master of the Mind", "The Number of the Beast" live Paris 2002, "Prophets of War", "Losing Time/Grand Finale", "The Ministry of Lost Souls", "The Mirror", "Misunderstood", "My Heart Bleeds", "Nessun Dorma", "Oblivious", "Raise the Knife", "Red Hill Mining Town" live London 1995, "Regression", "River Out of Eden", "The Road to Revolution", "S2N", "Sacrificed Sons", "A Savior in the Square", "Say You're Still Mine", "Scarred", "Shaping the Invisible", "Shores of Avalon", "The Silent Man", "Space-Dye Vest", "The Spirit Carries On", "Stargazer", "Status Seeker" live Milwaukee 1993, "Sunset Ruin", "A Tempting Offer", "This is the Life", "Understand", "A View from the Top of the World", "Wait for Sleep", "Walking Through Genetic Space", "The Way It Used to Be", "What Do You Know?", "When Your Time Has Come", "Wish You Were Here" live Oslo 2016, "With Father", "The X Aspect")
C♯3 ("As a Man Thinks", "Beneath the Surface", "Beyond This Life", "The Bigger Picture", "Disappear", "Drained", "Fatal Tragedy", "Finally Free", "His Voice", "The Human Compulsion", "Light Fuse and Get Away" live Long Island 1993, "The Mule" live Osaka 2006, "Origins and Miracles", "Ravenskill", "A Savior in the Square", "Sleeping Giant", "Take Away My Pain", "Take Hold of the Flame" live 2003, "Take Your Fingers from My Hair", "This Time, This Way", "Understand", "Vertebrates", "Whispers on the Wind")
C3 ("Begin Again", "Blind Faith", "A Change of Seasons" part III. Carpe Diem, "Child in Time" live Osaka 2006, "The Day that the World Breaks Down", "Far From Heaven", "Hey You" live 1998, "Hit Me Like a Brick", "Holding On", "I Got You", "I Tried", "In Too Deep", "Innocence Faded", "Just Watch Me", "Letting Go", "Lie", "Lifting Shadows Off a Dream", "Lines in the Sand" demo, "Listen to Me", "Lost in the Fire", "Memories", "My Heart Bleeds", "A New Beginning", "A Nightmare to Remember", "The Number of the Beast" live Paris 2002, "Panic Attack", "A Rite of Passage", "Run! Apocalypse! Run!", "Save Me", "Slightly Out of Reach", "Tell Me", "Three Days", "Through Her Eyes" Live Scenes From New York 2000, "Untethered Angel", "Who You Think I Am", "With Father")
B2 ("As a Man Thinks", "Bats", "Beneath the Surface", "A Better Life", "Cemetery Gates" live Grand Prairie 2005, "Chosen", "The Count of Tuscany", "Day Three: Pain", "Finally Free", "The Glass Prison", "Guardian Angel", "Hallowed Be Thy Name" live Paris 2002, "Invisible", "Lace", "Learning to Live", "Lifting Shadows Off a Dream" live Tokyo 1995, "Losing Faythe", "Lost", "Money" live London 2005, "New Millennium", "A Place in Heaven", "Repentance", "Scarred", "The Shattered Fortress", "The Silent Man", "Three Days", "Vertebrates", "With Father", "The X Aspect")
B♭2 ("Afterlife" Mullmuzzler Song, "The Answer Lies Within", "As I Am", "Damage, Inc." live Barcelona 2002, "Day Two: Isolation", "The End", "Fatal Tragedy", "I See", "Mona Lisa", "My Last Farewell", "New Millennium", "Octavarium" part I. Someone Like Him, "Red Hill Mining Town" live London 1995, "The Road to Revolution", "Saved By Love", "A Tempting Offer", "The Walking Shadow", "Whispers on the Wind")
A2 ("6:00", "Agony", "Bad" live Old Bridge 1995, "Bridges in the Sky" live Austin, TX 2022, "Conscience Calling", "Cultural Genetics", "Devil in Drag", "The End", "Give and Take", "Hit Me Like a Brick", "Just Let Me Breathe" demo, "Learning to Live" demo, "Let Go", "Lie", "Nice Guys Finish First", "Ravenskill", "Run! Apocalypse! Run!", "Take Your Fingers from My Hair", "Understand", "Vertebrates", "Voices", "Wait for Sleep" demo, "Walking Through Genetic Space", "What I Missed", "The X Aspect")
G♯2 ("Burning My Soul" demo, "Caught in a Web" live Old Bridge 1996, "The Count of Tuscany", "Day Two: Isolation", "Home", "Ishalem", "Lace", "Octavarium" part IV. Intervals, "Untethered Angel", "The Walking Shadow", "What Do You Know?", "Wither")
G2 ("The Answer Lies Within", "Conscience Calling", "Day Twenty: Confrontation", "Nothing But the Best", "Octavarium" part I. Someone Like Him, "A Place in Heaven", "Spiders", "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" Fan Clubs Video Christmas CD 2000)
F♯2 ("Day Twenty: Confrontation" live Rotterdam 2015, "Lord Nafaryus", "New Millennium" demo, "The Spirit Carries On")
F2 ("Listen to Me")
E2 ("6:00" live Buenos Aires 2012, "In Too Deep", "Three Days", "The Walking Shadow" live Stockholm 2016)
E♭2 ("The Dark Eternal Night" live Rotterdam 2007)

James LaBrie's voice is a key part of the DNA of modern progressive rock and metal music. His emotive tenor vocalizations have influenced a generation of singers and his work with Dream Theater has set the ground rules for what a quality progressive metal singer sounds like. Unafraid to explore the both the depths and the heights of his vocal range, LaBrie has played many a different persona throughout his discography all while being unified by a trademark passion and intensity. He was initially most known for his powerful 5th octave singing, often taking songs higher live than in the studio and utilizing a well developed rasp technique to serve as a contrast to his cleaner singing. Over the years, he has given more time to his lower range and middle register while still showing that he can bust out a quality scream from time to time. The standard of musicianship in Dream Theater may be absurdly high already, but it is LaBrie's melodic vocal style that keeps them grounded to quality songwriting even after a good three decades in the business.

Shout Outs: I want to extend a tremendous amount of gratitude to Sandblasted , and BAZanine for their considerable notewatching contributions to thread, and to the former as well for the voice type listing. Without them, this thread would've been far too much to tackle. I also want to say thanks to Baronessa , RustyOldBoat, IhateMana , and BassSquared for pitching in with verdicts on notes and additional notewatching thoughts/contributions. Y'all are true champs!
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*Underlines mark notes in backing vocals or otherwise muffled/obscured in the song mix.
*Blue marks noticeably soft and/or disconnected sounding falsetto notes.
*[Green marks harshly distorted notes.
*Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.
*Italics mark non-sung notes.

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{Questionable Notes}B5 ("Under a Glass Moon" live Zurich 2011 ^[1])
F♯5 ("Sheer Heart Attack" ^[5])
E5 ('I Sing" ^[2])
D5 ("Ishalem" ^[2])

B♭2 ("Since I've Been Loving You" live Chicago 2003 ^[3])
A2 ("Beelzebubba" ^[4], "Day Eight: School" ^[1], "Day Eleven: Love" ^[1], "Regression" ^[1], "Soul in Your Mind" ^[3])
G2 ("Brain Damage" live London 2005 ^[1], "Wait for Sleep" live Tokyo 1993 ^[1])
F♯2 ("The Count of Tuscany" ^[3])
E2 ("Agony" ^[3], "Guardian Angel" ^[5])
D2 ("Chosen" ^[1], "In Too Deep" ^[5])

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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.

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{Album Ranges}Dream Theater

Images and Words (1992): B2-F♯5 Zedd Squared
Awake (1994): A2-F5 Zedd Squared
A Change of Seasons (1995): C3-D3-G5 BAZanine
Falling into Infinity (1997): B♭2-B2-D5-G5 Sandblasted
Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999): F♯2-C♯5-F5 Zedd Squared
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002): B2-D5 Zedd Squared
Train of Thought (2003): B♭2-E♭3-C♯5-F5 Zedd Squared
Master of Puppets (2004): B♭2-E3-B4 BAZanine
Octavarium (2005): G2-G5 BAZanine
The Number of the Beast (2005): C3-A5 BAZanine
Dark Side of the Moon (2006): B2-D3-F♯4-F♯5 Zedd Squared
Systematic Chaos (2007): B2-C5 Sandblasted
Made in Japan (2007): C3-A5 Sandblasted
Black Clouds & Silver Linings (2009): G♯2-C♯5 Zedd Squared
Uncovered 2003-2005 (2009): B2-G♯5 Zedd Squared
A Dramatic Turn of Events (2011): B2-A5 Sandblasted
Dream Theater (2013): C♯3-E3-F5 Sandblasted
The Astonishing (2016): E2-C5-C♯5 Zedd Squared
Distance Over Time (2019): G♯2-E3-C5 Sandblasted
A View from the Top of the World (2021): C♯3-D3-A4-B4 Henny Macc

Winter Rose

Winter Rose (1989): G2-B♭2-G♯5 Zedd Squared

Explorers Club

Age of Impact (1998): D3-A4-E5 Zedd Squared
Raising the Mammoth (2002): A2-B2-B♭4 Zedd Squared

Mullmuzzler

Keep It to Yourself (1999): G♯2-B2-E5-F5 Zedd Squared
Mullmuzzler 2 (2001): B♭2-E♭5 Zedd Squared

Trent Gardner

Leonardo: The Absolute Man (2001): B♭2-F5 Zedd Squared

Frameshift

Unweaving the Rainbow (2003): G2-B2-D5 Zedd Squared

Tim Donahue

Madmen & Sinners (2004): A2-B♭4 Zedd Squared

Ayreon

The Human Equation (2004): G2-G♯2-F♯5 Zedd Squared
The Source (2017): A2-B♭4 Zedd Squared

James LaBrie

Elements of Persuasion (2005): E2-B2-D5-E♭5 Sandblasted
Static Impulse (2010): C3-C5 Sandblasted
Impermanent Resonance (2013): A2-B4 Sandblasted
Beautiful Shade of Grey (2022): G2-D5 MrToddington

Henning Pauly

Babysteps (2006): F2-B4 Zedd Squared

The True Symphonic Rockestra

Concerto in True Minor (2008): C3-D5 Zedd Squared

Roswell Six

Terra Incognita: Beyond the Horizon (2009): G♯2-G3-D5 Zedd Squared

[MrToddington]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFVxPCXqjY4#t=9m

Here are some nice clean E5 and F#5s in the Change of Seasons demo from 1991. Incidentally I think this was one of the first things he recorded with the band.

[Rodney Blazershorts]

Damn, why the heck do you leave something like that off the final version?

[MrToddington]

Well, the story is that producer David Prater wanted LaBrie to record the track fully for each take rather than verse-by-verse, and given this was just after the infamous food poisoning incident, perhaps he was forced to play it safe?

EDIT: Just read up to this part in Lifting Shadows - LaBrie insists they ended up going verse-by-verse in the end.

On the other hand, given they'd be playing it live extensively I could imagine that it was toned down for that reason also. LaBrie was struggling enough to begin with around that period.

Similarly the amazing ending of the live NYC '93 version was toned down a lot for the final version. I guess I'd be surprised if these changes were made for songwriting reasons, given how powerful they were.

[Zedd Squared]

Do you think the demo F#5 should be listed instead of the live version that's currently in the OP?

[Rodney Blazershorts]

whynotboth

[MrToddington]

The live version is from a different part of the song + a different vocal approach so I think it makes sense to keep them separate.

Since you've listed the equivalent section name of the live one, this one might as well be listed as "V. Another World" to make it clear that it's different.

[Henny Macc]

I just noticed that you have the various song sections of "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" listed as individual songs, but for songs like "A Change of Seasons" and "Octavarium" the different sections are listed under the header of the main song title. Perhaps it would be good to go one way or the other with all of them?

[Zedd Squared]

I'm open to hearing suggestions on how best to handle that. iirc different people notewatched each of those epics so that's probably the reasoning, though also SDOIT is double the length of most of the other epics so it felt more cluttered without using the individual section names as separate tracks. Especially since they often play isolated parts of that track live without going through the whole thing.

[Rodney Blazershorts]

I for one am in favor of listing every section of SDOIT as separate tracks. That’s how most fans tend to view them.

[Henny Macc]

They also play isolated parts of "A Change of Seasons" live, so should we list those as individual songs too?

I honestly don't have a solid stance on this one myself btw; I'm just throwing out points to consider about it.

[Rodney Blazershorts]

Jun 18, 2021 2:19:48 GMT Henny Macc said:

They also play isolated parts of "A Change of Seasons" live, so should we list those as individual songs too?

I honestly don't have a solid stance on this one myself btw; I'm just throwing out points to consider about it.

I’ve never seen this happen myself outside of medlies. I’ve certainly never seen individual parts referred to as separate songs, in the same way I’ve never seen Trail of Tears or Presence of Enemies treated that way.

[MrToddington]

When they did the Falling Into Infinity tours they split the song across the whole show.

Anyhow, to me it makes sense to split it in the OP however the album splits it track-wise. On SDOIT each part is its own track, so I think it's fine to just use the part number (as another example, we wouldn't list "Finally Free" as "Scenes From a Memory").
ACOS on the other hand isn't split like that (nor is Octavarium) so it makes sense to keep the original title on those.

In other words, if I wanted to hear "The Test That Stumped Them All" that would be easy, but "Another World" or "Razor's Edge" would confuse me a little.

[Henny Macc]

New Dream Theater song out, though it's pretty range conservative. A4s, an E3, and E♭3 were all I heard.

Musically I'd say it's not bad, but I'm gonna let it stand the test of time to see how much I find myself coming back to it and listening to it over again. Dream Theater kinda lost my interest after Black Clouds and Silver Linings, briefly regained it when they released their self-titled in 2013, but then lost it again when they released The Astonishing. I haven't even heard Distance Over Time yet, but maybe it's time to give their newer stuff another chance and see if they can make their way back onto my musical radar.

[MrToddington]

That's about the norm for LaBrie these days. That said, I think I like his tone in that range the most. Even A Dramatic Turn of Events was this conservative; I don't believe any of the lead vocals got above A4 for the most part.

As for Distance Over Time, I think you'd enjoy it. I appreciated that their sound was streamlined a bit while still retaining their signature stylings, and also that the lyrics were shared pretty well across the band (even Mangini wrote lyrics on a track).

[Rodney Blazershorts]

Everything since Black Clouds sounds like DT on autopilot. I suppose some of their spark disappeared when Portnoy left, because I’ve heard very little since then that was outstanding in any way.

[Henny Macc]

Aug 14, 2021 14:14:20 GMT MrToddington said:

That's about the norm for LaBrie these days. That said, I think I like his tone in that range the most. Even A Dramatic Turn of Events was this conservative; I don't believe any of the lead vocals got above A4 for the most part.

As for Distance Over Time, I think you'd enjoy it. I appreciated that their sound was streamlined a bit while still retaining their signature stylings, and also that the lyrics were shared pretty well across the band (even Mangini wrote lyrics on a track).

A Dramatic Turn of Events was probably their most forgettable album to date for me. I've listened to it a few times now and I still wouldn't be able to tell you how a single song off it went. Though as far as the range spanned on it goes, this thread has the "Build Me Up, Break Me Down" A5s marked as lead vocal notes, so I suppose that counts as something less range-conservative at least lol

I think I'll catch up on Distance Over Time when the new album comes out in October. Covid permitting, I'm expecting to see them live in November, so if nothing else it would be good to be caught up on some of their new material so I can recognize it when they play it.

[queenfan11]

Found this live cover of U2's "Bad", recorded in Wantagh, NY in 1994. Unlike the Old Bridge 1995 performance currently listed in the thread (unless it's a different song called "Bad") LaBrie nails the C#5s. Also is it him doing the falsetto E5s beforehand? If so i'd also count those.

[MrToddington]

I think they're him, what do others think?
Is there any reason to think it might not be him?

[Henny Macc]

Sept 13, 2021 12:00:35 GMT MrToddington said:

I think they're him, what do others think?
Is there any reason to think it might not be him?

I hear how they seem a bit...tonally different than you'd expect his falsetto to sound, I guess? For a second there I suspected they might be Portnoy or Petrucci myself, but when LaBrie comes back in with the main vocal part at 46:10, it still sounds like the same voice in the mix. So yeah, probably him. Definitely good C♯5s as well, those should be added to the OP for sure.

Here's another new song, though once again there's not much to report in the ways of range. Literally just E3s and D3s and no highs whatsoever. I like this one instrumentally, but the vocals just...didn't seem to do it for me. I'm not sure if it might be cause of the notes the vocal melody is written around in contrast to the instruments, or if LaBrie's delivery was lacking in energy, but something feels like it's missing in that regard to my ears.

[Henny Macc]

Got permission from Zedd Squared to notewatch the rest of A View from the Top of the World, so here's what I got:

• "The Alien" - A4s, E3, E♭3
  
• "Answering the Call" - B4s, E3
  
• "Invisible Monster" - E3s, D3s
  
• "Sleeping Giant" - A4s, C♯3s, some possible F♯2s from from the sound of it?
  
• "Transcending Time" - G♯4s, A4
  
• "Awaken the Master" - C3s I think? G♯4,
  
• "A View from the Top of the World" - E3s, A4s, D3s, G♯4

Overall I'd say it was a...pretty okay Dream Theater album. Some pretty good songs like "Awaken the Master" and "Transcending Time", but a number of others that I pretty much forgot about as soon as they were over. Also holy crap talk about a conservative range for vocals on it - I think this is the first Dream Theater studio album that literally has nothing fifth octave on it, and nothing even above A4 in a lead vocal. Literally nothing particularly interesting on the low end either unless those F♯2s are legit, and even those are only backing vocals.

I dunno, I understand if LaBrie needs to dial it back a bit in terms of high singing these days and doesn't wanna push himself too much, but it feels like he really didn't do much to try to make his vocals particularly interesting on this album, and they sound a bit phoned in overall. I think if it weren't for that the album would've been much stronger, because there were some pretty solid instrumental parts in a number of songs, but the vocals just didn't always live up to them.

[Zedd Squared]

That F#2 doesn't sound like LaBrie to me personally (might be Petrucci idk) and the C3 clip only sounds like it gets to around F#3 to my ears. Your take on the album is pretty much the same as mine though, I'm hoping it will grow on me but as of now it's a serviceably cool album that's largely lacking in true standouts.

[Henny Macc]

Hmmmm...sounds like I may have gotten illusion'd on that alleged backing C3 from "Awaken the Master", though I'd be up for getting some more opinions on it if nothing else for the posterity of the album range listing.

As for the "Sleeping Giant" F♯2 - I hear what you mean about how it sounds darker and boomier on that specific note than LaBrie usually does in that range, but the beginning of the lower vocal in that passage doesn't sound too hard to believe as his voice to me. Perhaps they bass-boosted it or something? Easy to throw those kinds of effects on in the studio to make low notes sound stronger than they are.

[MrToddington]

It's way too low in the mix to discern who it is.

[Henny Macc]

Pretty unexpected cover collaboration here, but actually not too bad of a performance as far as 2021 LaBrie goes! Lots of B♭4s, some C5s, and one short D♭5 are what I'm hearing.