Post by Yojojo on Apr 1, 2024 16:37:14 GMT
Adam Nyerere Bahner (21 May, 1982)
Vocal Type: Bahner-tone
Chocolate Rainge: G♯1-G5{Vocal Summary}The man. The myth. The meme.
Initally, Tay's vocals weren't that strong. They were fine enough, sure, anyone born before 9/11 can probably recall that booming baritone voice from the Nyan Cat era of YouTube like it was yesterday. But he tended to rely on his low range in a more Morgan Freeman-y way, basically the few times he utilised his lower register was spoken word lyrics. I thought this would make the thread painful to get through, as the thought of Tay having not a single 1st octave note that I didn't have to mark as italic was a real ball-breaker to me. Then, everything changed whenthe fire nation attacked Tay started doing a number of covers for a good few years. He sung a lot of songs that you would expect from a guy of his vocal placement. Sixteen Tons, You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch, Hellfire and the like. But the REALLY exciting stuff... was his covers of pop songs. No, seriously. Occasionally, he would take a pop song... and sing it as low as he could. This was literally a godsend for me, as this is all I ever wanted from this guy... for him to use the full extent of his low range and boy, did he use it well. This cover song era of Tay is by far my favourite era of Tay Zonday solely for this reason alone, but it also marked a lot of vocal development for Tay. He's not only hitting lows, he's hitting some goooood lows. It even saw a development in his higher register, as he started getting a lot more stronger around the upper 4th octave. Let me put it this way, I don't think "Chocolate Rain" era Tay would've been able to pull off a bold C5. As the incredible Tay Zonday cover renaissance era came to a close, Tay shifted back to original music. There's not much to touch on in this era... as Tay's upload schedule has been like, maybe 2 videos in the past 3 years. But he did pull off a few bolds and weirdly... strayed away from a lot of low notes. Seriously, you'd be hardpressed to find an instance of Tay going below like, G2 post-2016. This journey through the discography of a very clear one hit wonder has been honestly kind of incredible, I didn't think I would have as much respect for this guy as a singer, let alone a musician and composer. Some of this guy's original work is seriously good, check out "Demons on the Dance Floor" and "Someday".
...also, if you want a way to tell that Tay has improved markedly vocal-wise, he no longer has to move away from the mic to breathe.
Initally, Tay's vocals weren't that strong. They were fine enough, sure, anyone born before 9/11 can probably recall that booming baritone voice from the Nyan Cat era of YouTube like it was yesterday. But he tended to rely on his low range in a more Morgan Freeman-y way, basically the few times he utilised his lower register was spoken word lyrics. I thought this would make the thread painful to get through, as the thought of Tay having not a single 1st octave note that I didn't have to mark as italic was a real ball-breaker to me. Then, everything changed when
...also, if you want a way to tell that Tay has improved markedly vocal-wise, he no longer has to move away from the mic to breathe.
Significant High Notes
G5 ("How High Can I Sing? - Ask Tay Zonday")
F5 (“The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)”)
C♯5 (“La La La”)
C5 (“Trololo”)
B4 (“The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)”, “My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic theme”)
B♭4 (“Be Prepared”, “Plant a Tree”)
A4 (“Fiend Attack!”, “Rage Clown”)
G4 (“Fly Me to the Moon”, “Trololo”)
F4 (“Be Prepared”, "Musicolio", “Old Town Road”, “Rage Clown”, "(Theme from) New York, New York")
E4 (“Carol of the Bells”, “Danny Boy”, “Dragonborn”, “Fiend Attack!”, “Fly Me to the Moon”, “The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)”, “Heathens”, “My Way”, “Stars”, "Take Off Your Clothes (Like Scarlett Johansson)", “Traffic Machine”, “Trololo”, “What Makes You Beautiful”)
E♭4 (“Alien Christmas”, “Demons on the Dance Floor”, “My Heart Will Go On”, “(Theme from) New York, New York”, “This Is You”, “Too Big for You”, “You Didn’t Tweet Me”)
D4 (“Baby I’m Not”, “Bring Him Home”, “Dragonborn”, “Fiat Fire”, “Hellfire”, “Misty Mountains Cold”, "Musicolio", “My Way”, “Pop Pop Pop”, “Rage Clown”, “Stars”, "Take Off Your Clothes (Like Scarlett Johansson)", “Traffic Machine”, "The True Meaning of Christmas", “What Makes You Beautiful”)
C♯4 (“Be Prepared”, “Carol of the Bells”, “Fiend Attack!”, "Fly Me to the Moon", “The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)”, “Heathens”, “La La La”, “Mama Economy”, “My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic theme”, “(Theme from) New York, New York”, “This Is You”, “You Didn’t Tweet Me”)
C4 (“Algorithm Venom”, “Alien Christmas”, “Booya”, “Danny Boy”, “Demons on the Dance Floor” “Explode”, “Hellfire”, “I Just Fall in Love Again”, “My Heart Will Go On”, “My Way”, “O Holy Night”, “PewDiePie”, “Pop Pop Pop”, “Silent Night”, “Somebody That I Used to Know”, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”, “Too Big for You”)
B3 (“Auld Lang Syne”, “Baby I’m Not”, “Bring Him Home”, “Crash Into Weird”, “Dragonborn”, “The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)”, “I Play Game”, “Internet Dream”, “La La La”, “The Last Goodbye”, “My Heart Will Go On”, “Pillowtalk”, “Silent Night”, "Smile" live on Lily Allen and Friends 2008, “Stars”, “This Is You”, “What Makes You Beautiful”)
B♭3 (“As Long as You Love Me”, “Cherry Chocolate Rain”, “Chocolate Rain”, “I Just Fall in Love Again”, “Mama Economy”, “My Way”, “O Holy Night”, “Plant a Tree”, “Pokémon Theme”, "Somebody That I Used to Know”, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”, “Too Big for You”, “Trololo”, "The True Meaning of Christmas", “You Didn’t Tweet Me”)
Significant Low Notes
B♭2 (“Algorithm Venom”, “As Long as You Love Me”, “Chocolate Rain”, “Do the Can’t Dance”, “The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)”, “I Just Fall in Love Again”, “I Play Game”, "Musicolio", “O Holy Night”, “Pokémon Theme”, “Rage Clown”, “Roar”, “Silver Bells”, “Somebody That I Used to Know”, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”, “Too Big for You”, “Trololo”, "The True Meaning of Christmas")
A2 (“Auld Lang Syne”, “Be Prepared”, “Bring Him Home”, “Danny Boy”, “Dragonborn”, “Fiend Attack!”, “The Fishin’ Hole”, “Glad You Came”, “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”, “La La La”, “PewDiePie”, “(Theme from) New York, New York”, “Traffic Machine”)
G♯2 (“Hello”, “Internet Dream”, “The Last Goodbye”, “Let It Go”, “O Holy Night”, “Payphone”, “Pillowtalk”, “Shake It Off”, “Sixteen Tons”, “This Is You”)
G2 (“As Long as You Love Me”, “Cherry Chocolate Rain”, “Come Fly with Me”, “Fiend Attack!”, “I Just Fall in Love Again”, “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”, "Jacksfilms/Eminem Parody", "Musicolio", “Old Town Road”, “Pokémon Theme”, “Rage Clown”, “Silent Night”, “Silver Bells”, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”, “Trippy City”, “What Makes You Beautiful”, “We Can’t Stop”)
F♯2 (“Alien Christmas (Single Version)”, “The Fishin’ Hole”, “Hello”, “The Last Goodbye”, “Misty Mountains Cold”, “My Way”, “Someday”, “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch”)
F2 (“Booya”, “Call Me Maybe”, “Explode”, “Hellfire”, “Love”, “Plant a Tree”, “Pokémon Theme”, “You’ve Got a Friend in Me”)
E2 (“Algorithm Venom”, “Channel outro”, “Fiat Fire”, “The Fishin’ Hole”, “Fly Me to the Moon”, “Glad You Came”, “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”, “La La La”, “The Last Goodbye”, “Payphone”, “We Can’t Stop”)
E♭2 (“All About That Bass”, “Booya”, “Cherry Chocolate Rain”, “Come Fly with Me”, “Internet Dream”, “Shake It Off”, “Sixteen Tons”, "Smile", “Somebody That I Used to Know”)
D2 (“As Long as You Love Me”, “Call Me Maybe”, “Crash Into Weird”, “Do the Can’t Dance”, “Fiat Fire”, “Glad You Came”, "Jacksfilms/Eminem Parody", “Lights”, “The Rains of Castamere”, “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch”)
C♯2 (“Be Prepared”, “I Play Game”, “Internet Dream”, “La La La”, “Misty Mountains Cold”, “Trololo”, “You’ve Got a Friend in Me”)
C2 (“All About That Bass”, “Call Me Maybe”, “Cherry Chocolate Rain”, “Do the Can’t Dance”, “Fly Me to the Moon”, “The Last Goodbye”, “Let It Go”, “Payphone”)
B1 (“Crash Into Weird”, "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)", “Hello”, “Lights”, “So Human”, "Take Off Your Clothes (Like Scarlett Johansson)", “This Is You”, “The Rains of Castamere”, “We Can’t Stop”)
B♭1 (“Algorithm Venom”, “All About That Bass”, “Call Me Maybe”, “Do the Can’t Dance”, “Let It Go")
A1 ("Musicolio", “My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic theme”, “You Didn’t Tweet Me”)
G♯1 (“Hello”)
{Questionable Notes}Questionable High Notes
G4 (“Be Prepared"[1], “Crash Into Weird”[1])
E♭4 (“I Play Game”[1])
Questionable Low Notes
D2 (“This Is You”[1])
C2 (“This Is You”[1])
A1 (“Crash Into Weird”[2])
G1 ("Musicolio"[2])
[1] denotes notes of questionable quality.
[2] marks short dips in range.
G4 (“Be Prepared"[1], “Crash Into Weird”[1])
E♭4 (“I Play Game”[1])
Questionable Low Notes
D2 (“This Is You”[1])
C2 (“This Is You”[1])
A1 (“Crash Into Weird”[2])
G1 ("Musicolio"[2])
[1] denotes notes of questionable quality.
[2] marks short dips in range.
{Notewatched Material}“Chocolate Rain 2.0” (2011): A1 - F2 - E♭4
Blue marks falsetto notes.
Italic marks spoken notes.
Special thanks to Electric Mami for determining the pitch of a lot of the spoken notes in this thread.
