Post by TheCMRecluse on Sept 15, 2023 20:12:14 GMT
Jessy Calvin Ribordy
Associated Acts: Falling Up (2001–2016), The River Empires (2010-present), The Gloomcatcher (2010-present), Cade Farrow (2015-present)
Vocal Range: F2-G5 (3 octaves, 2 notes)
Vocal Type: Sparkling Tenor Hast Cometh
{Vocal Summary}
In music, there are a lot of people who they like to call a “renaissance” person due to their creativity and ideas that are usually unconventional. Oregon native, Jessy Ribordy does fall under that description. From his work in the critically acclaimed artistic alt band Falling Up to his indie projects like The Gloomcatcher, The River Empires and many more that have him technically any genre from rock, indie, folk, bluegrass, electronic and so many more that will take your mind to a different state of being. As a singer, Ribordy a tenor with a mostly clean and youthful tone to his voice which was very vibrant and rhythmic in the early Falling Up albums when they were mostly nu-metal inspired as his singing used to go almost in a hip-hop flow. It was around Captiva, however where he decided to go a more ethereal and slower pace to his voice being able to have more emotion to the mood of certain songs that sound like they’ll take you to visualize an imagery of descriptive visuals alongside the lyrics which usually play into spirituality, sci-fi and nature. He also screamed in some songs though he mostly did this in the background as to add hidden grit to the songs. Another method he uses in the background are falsettos that are meant to add into the ambience of the music which got more prominent as Falling Up progressed and also in his side projects. His lower register is mostly used but in lower second octave though when he does use it it is done in a tasteful manner to fit the overall mood of the song. Ribordy is definitely a modern renaissance man who still has a lot up his sleeve to offer and I’ll definitely be around to check what this man still has in store for us.
In music, there are a lot of people who they like to call a “renaissance” person due to their creativity and ideas that are usually unconventional. Oregon native, Jessy Ribordy does fall under that description. From his work in the critically acclaimed artistic alt band Falling Up to his indie projects like The Gloomcatcher, The River Empires and many more that have him technically any genre from rock, indie, folk, bluegrass, electronic and so many more that will take your mind to a different state of being. As a singer, Ribordy a tenor with a mostly clean and youthful tone to his voice which was very vibrant and rhythmic in the early Falling Up albums when they were mostly nu-metal inspired as his singing used to go almost in a hip-hop flow. It was around Captiva, however where he decided to go a more ethereal and slower pace to his voice being able to have more emotion to the mood of certain songs that sound like they’ll take you to visualize an imagery of descriptive visuals alongside the lyrics which usually play into spirituality, sci-fi and nature. He also screamed in some songs though he mostly did this in the background as to add hidden grit to the songs. Another method he uses in the background are falsettos that are meant to add into the ambience of the music which got more prominent as Falling Up progressed and also in his side projects. His lower register is mostly used but in lower second octave though when he does use it it is done in a tasteful manner to fit the overall mood of the song. Ribordy is definitely a modern renaissance man who still has a lot up his sleeve to offer and I’ll definitely be around to check what this man still has in store for us.
{Discography Checked}
Falling Up
Genre: Nu metal/alternative rock/ambient pop/art rock/electronic rock/experimental rock/post-grunge/pop punk/space rock
EPs
Silver City EP (2013) B2-B♭4-D5
Studio albums
Crashings (2004) G2-B2-G♯4-D5
Dawn Escapes (2005) G♯2-D3-A4-B4-C5
Captiva (2007) D3-B4-C♯5
Fangs! (2009) F2-D3-C5-D5
Your Sparkling Death Cometh (2011) C3-D5-E5
Hours (2013) C3-D3-C♯5-E♭5
Midnight On Earthship (2013) C3-C♯5
Falling Up (2015) C♯3-E♭3-E♭5-G5
The River Empires
Genre: Baroque-chamber pop/bluegrass/indie folk
Epilogue (2010) B♭2-B♭4-E♭5
Demos/Unfinished/B-Sides (2010) B2-A4-C5
The Gloomcatcher
Genre: Alternative/indie/experimental folk
Studio albums
Slow Chorale (2010) B♭2-C3-B4-E♭5
Starla Over The Fences (2011) D3-A4-F5
Blade In The Belfry (2017) D3-A4-C♯5
Red Markers (2021) A2-A4
Cade Farrow
Genre: Alternative/indie rock-pop
Studio albums
Five Circles (2015) B2-E3-B4-F5
Falling Up
Genre: Nu metal/alternative rock/ambient pop/art rock/electronic rock/experimental rock/post-grunge/pop punk/space rock
EPs
Silver City EP (2013) B2-B♭4-D5
Studio albums
Crashings (2004) G2-B2-G♯4-D5
Dawn Escapes (2005) G♯2-D3-A4-B4-C5
Captiva (2007) D3-B4-C♯5
Fangs! (2009) F2-D3-C5-D5
Your Sparkling Death Cometh (2011) C3-D5-E5
Hours (2013) C3-D3-C♯5-E♭5
Midnight On Earthship (2013) C3-C♯5
Falling Up (2015) C♯3-E♭3-E♭5-G5
The River Empires
Genre: Baroque-chamber pop/bluegrass/indie folk
Epilogue (2010) B♭2-B♭4-E♭5
Demos/Unfinished/B-Sides (2010) B2-A4-C5
The Gloomcatcher
Genre: Alternative/indie/experimental folk
Studio albums
Slow Chorale (2010) B♭2-C3-B4-E♭5
Starla Over The Fences (2011) D3-A4-F5
Blade In The Belfry (2017) D3-A4-C♯5
Red Markers (2021) A2-A4
Cade Farrow
Genre: Alternative/indie rock-pop
Studio albums
Five Circles (2015) B2-E3-B4-F5
Significant High Notes:
G5 ("Boone Flyer")
F5 ("Younger Wives")
E5 ("Blue Ghost")
E♭5 ("Hydro", "In Echoes Forever", "Our Neighbor, The Earth", "The Devil's Forecast", "Wild Bird")
D5 ("Carol Of The Bells", "Darkspeed", "Divinity", "Sin And Tribulation", "The King's Garden", "The Green Rider")
C♯5 ("Arch To Achtilles", "Bittersweet", "Blue Ruins", "Fire", "Forms And Shapes", "In The Woodshop", "Marina", "On Growing Things", "Overture In Thales Summer", "Rooftops" "The Climb", "The Devil's Forecast", "The Outsider", "The Rest Will Soon Follow", "The Wayfarer's Daughter", "Typhoon")
C5 ("A Dimmer Lux", "Bag Of Bones", "Boone Flyer", "Dead In 3:01", "Escalates", "Flares", "Flora", "Golden Arrows", "Lathe", "Moonlit", "Mscron", "Prillicians", "Slow Chorale", "Slow Waves", "The Chilling Alpine Adventure", "The Climb", "The Wonder", "Theon The Fox", "Vates")
B4 ("Aeva And The Waving World", "Captiva", "Circadian", "Four", "Glory", "Goddess Of The Dayspring, Am I", "Hooks In The Rafters", "In Echoes Forever", "Murexa", "Oceans", "On Growing Things", "Searchlights", "Sky Circles", "The Contract", "The Devil's Forecast", "The Light Beam Rider", "The Marching Of The Clocks", "The Moonn And Sixpence", "The Night", "The Sidewinder Flux", "The Station", "Watchers", "Who You Are")
B♭4 ("Bruise", "Five Circles", "Forms And Shapes", "Intro The Gravity", "Intro To The Radio Room", "Kai", "Lotus And The Languorous", "Magician Reverse", "Our Neighbor, The Earth", "Streams Of Woe At Acheron", "The Gathering", "The Insect", "The Little Robot", "The Wonder", "Up In Houses", "Voices", "Wild Bird")
A4 ("A Colour Eoptian", "Baptized", "Blue Ghost", "Captiva", "Cinevexions", "Diamonds", "Fearless", "Finn Hatches A Plan", "Flights", "Flora", "Follow", "Goodnight Gravity", "Hooks In The Rafters", "Hotel Aquarium", "How They Made Cameras", "Junelight", "Marina", "October River Returns", "Panic And Geo-Primaries", "Rangers", "Searchlights", "The Chilling Alpine Adventure", "The Curse Of Maybel Cains", "The Light Beam Rider", "The Moonn And Sixpence", "The Rising Cane", "The Summit", "Transmission", "Verra", "Where The Earth Goes", "Witches Blossom", "Who You Are", "Younger Wives")
G♯4 ("A Dimmer Lux", "A Guide To Marine Life", "Above", "Aeva And The Waving World", "Contact", "Down Here", "Escalates", "Goddess Of The Dayspring, Am I", "Here", "Helicopters", "Horses", "Islander", "Jackson 5", "Maps", "Oceans", "Oh Holy Night & Oh Holy Night Reprise", "Sky Circles", "The Backyard In Sparkles", "The Climb", "The Gathering", "The Harbor", "Three Tigers", "Tomorrows", "Typhoon")
G4 ("Arafax Deep", "Bruise", "Cascades", "Crooked River", "Dead In 3:01", "Drago Or The Dragons", "Exhibition", "Falling In Love", "Fire", "Flares", "Flights", "From Outside The Cellar", "Good Morning Planetarium", "Greying Morning", "Lights Of Reedsport", "Marathons", "Meridians", "Moonlit", "Prillicians", "Streams Of Woe At Acheron", "Surround", "Swimming Towards Propellers", "Symmetry", "The Dark Side Of Indoor Track Meets", "The Motorbike", "The Woodworker", "Witches Blossom")
F♯4 ("At The Foot Of The Hill", "Ambience", "Arch To Achtilles", "Bittersweet", "Broken Heart", "Captiva", "Catacombs And Orchards", "Contact", "Divinity", "Exit Calypsan", "Fearless", "Five Circles", "Four", "Home", "Intro The Gravity", "Islander", "Kai", "Meridians", "Searchlights", "Song In The Air", "Summer Song", "The Night", "The Outsider", "The Path", "The Sidewinder Flux", "The Summit", "Theon The Fox", "Tomorrows")
Significant Low Notes:
F3 ("Broken Heart", "Exhibition", "Falling In Love", "Golden Arrows", "Greying Morning", "Heather", "Murexa", "The Harbourland", "The Insect", "The King's Garden", "Rings")
E3 ("Blue Ghost", "Boone Flyer", "Catacombs And Orchards", "Cinevexions", "Circadian", "Glory", "Helicopters", "Hotel Aquarium", "Marina", "Meridians", "Panic And Geo-Primaries", "Silent Night", "Sin And Tribulation", "Sky Circles", "The Coventry", "The Host", "The Light Beam Rider", "Transmission", "Typhoon", "Watchers", "Who You Are", "Younger Wives")
E♭3 ("At The Foot Of The Hill", "Bittersweet", "Four", "From Outside The Cellar", "Goddess Of The Dayspring, Am I", "Good Morning Planetarium", "Hydro", "Kai", "Murexa", "Oceans", "Oh Holy Night & Oh Holy Night Reprise", "Overture In Thales Summer", "Song In The Air", "Summer Song", "The Rest Will Soon Follow", "Voices", "Wild Bird")
D3 ("A Colour Eoptian", "Crooked River", "Dead In 3:01", "Diamonds", "Down Here", "Fearless", "Finn Hatches A Plan", "Goodnight Gravity", "Flights", "Lull Of Celeste", "The Motorbike", "The Night", "The Wayfarer's Daughter", "Where The Earth Goes")
C♯3 ("Arafax Deep", "Divinity", "Follow", "In The Woodshop", "Magician Reverse", "The Engineer", "Typhoon", "Witches Blossom")
C3 ("Bruise", "Intro To The Radio Room", "Lathe", "Mscron", "October River Returns", "Slow Chorale", "Three Tigers")
B2 ("Bag Of Bones", "Here", "New Hope Generation", "Nightjar", "Emanuel", "Watchers")
B♭2 ("A Toast To The Snake King", "Where The Earth Goes")
A2 ("Surround", "The Summit")
G♯2 ("Searchlights")
G2 ("Falling In Love", "Islander")
F2 ("Lotus And The Languorous")
{Questionable Notes}
F6 ("Bag Of Bones"[2])
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[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.
F6 ("Bag Of Bones"[2])
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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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Blue marks falsetto or whistle notes.
Green marks harsh, distorted notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.