Post by Tara on Apr 4, 2020 8:32:59 GMT
Robin Daniel Skinner (15 December 1998 - present)
Years Active: 2013 - present
Alias: Cavetown
Vocal Range: F♯2 - G♯5
The main body of this thread only covers Cavetown's adult range (2017-present). For all work between 2013 and 2016, please see Pre-Pubescent Range below.
{Vocal Summary}Cavetown has one of the most noticeable vocal maturations I've ever heard. His pre-pubescent voice was light, agile and unsteady, while his adult voice is practically the opposite. His work from 2014 to 2016 demonstrated easy-sounding G4s and competent B4 belts, but also a weak lower register that sometimes produced fry as high as G3. Yet, by January 2018's Lemon Boy, his D3s sounded easy, F4 belts became an event and he could barely get to G4 without shouting. As of 2020, he is hitting B2 or lower in most songs, but raising his low threshold right now would be premature as G2s are still rare and brief. On the other end, his belts top at F♯4, with the exception of the shouted G4 in "Dear", and I think his belts and higher falsetto notes could sound better with some coaching to help him gain confidence up high. Regardless, his voice and music are poignant, profound and sincere no matter what era you look at, and his personal character is endlessly endearing. Compare "Devil Town"'s 2015 (melody: G3 - B♭4), 2017 (melody: D3 to F4), and 2019 (melody: A2 to D4) versions for an idea of his vocal progression. 2017 is somewhat of a grey area between his pre-pubescent and adult voices, more mature than his pre-pubescent voice but still shaky. I settled on putting it in the adult section as he has actually since surpassed his belt and falsetto peaks from that year, so I don't consider work from then misrepresentative of his current ability.
Significant High Notes:
G♯5 ("Mum's Song", "y 13")
F♯5 ("Mum's Song")
F5 ("Hands" (2018), "Home")
E5 ("I'll Make Cereal", “Lemon Boy” (Acapella version))
E♭5 ("888", "It's U", "halloween beat" (2018), "Taking Care of Things", "y 13")
D5 ("Devil Town" (2019), "Hands" (2018), "Pigeon", "So Much More Than This", "This Is Home" (2018))
C♯5 ("Fool", "Home", "Idea of Her", "Impostor Syndrome", "Just Fine", “Lemon Boy”, "y 13")
C5 ("888", "Devil Town" (2019), "I Know a Place", “Self Control”, "Sharpener", "This Is Home" (2018), "You've Got a Friend In Me")
B4 ("Advice" acoustic, "Banana Bread" (2018), "Brite Boy", "Guilty", "Hug All Ur Friends", "I'll Make Cereal", “It’s U”, “Lemon Boy”, "no builder or handyman" (2018), "Pigeon", "Sarah" with Simi, "Stay", "Talk to Me" demo)
B♭4 (“Big Bowl in the Sky”, "Drop the Guillotine", "Empty Bed", "Fool", "Lullaby" with Simi, "Self Control", "Taking Care of Things")
A4 (“Advice”, "Brite Boy", "Can't Get It Out", “Green, "Just Add Water", "Poison", "squares", "This Is Home" (2018), "Trying", "we found two dead swans and we filled their bodies with flowers" (2017), "You've Got a Friend In Me")
G♯4 ("Boys Will Be Bugs", "Demons", "I Miss My Mum", "Juliet", "kill u", "Stay", "Talk to Me" demo)
G4 ("Another One of Those Days", "Dear", “Hug All Ur Friends” (2018), "Mis", "SLOW DANCING IN THE DARK", "squares", "Sweet Tooth", "Two-Headed Boy", "will he")
F♯4 ("Boys Will Be Bugs" with Chloe Moriondo, Chicago, "Green", "I Miss My Mum", "Lemon Boy" live at Hoxton Hall, "Pyjama Pants", "Switch" live at The Portland Arms with Ugly)
F4 (“Boys Will Be Bugs”, "Demons", "Devil Town" (2017), "Drop the Guillotine", "Fool", "To Hold Amber", "Home", "Juliet", "Mis", "Self Control", "So Much More Than This", "Treats")
E4 ("Congratulations", "Dear", "Feb 14", "Just Add Water", "Home" live at Hoxton Hall, "Hug All Ur Friends", "kill u", "Sharpener", "SLOW DANCING IN THE DARK", "Sweet Tooth", "Talk to Me", "Wishing Well", "worm food", "You've Got a Friend In Me")
Significant Low Notes:
C♯3 ("Alternative Segue" (2017), "Best Friend", "Can't Get It Out", "Dave's Song", "Home", "I Know a Place", "I Want to Meet Ur Dog", "is your bedroom ceiling bored?", "It's U", "Just Fine", "Paul", "Poison", "Stay", "Taking Care of Things", "Talk to Me", "Trying", "Was It Something I Said")
C3 (“Another One of Those Days”, "Bobby", "Chewing Cotton Wool", "Cut Your Bangs", "Demons", “Devil Town” (2019), "Drop the Guillotine", "Fall In Love With A Girl", "Fool", "To Hold Amber", "Just Add Water", "LEMONS", "Mis", "Pigeon", "Poison", "Sharpener", "SLOW DANCING IN THE DARK", "So Much More Than This", "Sweet Tooth", "Treats", "Trying Not To Cry", "will he", "worm food", "You've Got a Friend In Me")
B2 ("888" live at Hoxton Hall, "10 Feet Tall", "all the lonely nights in your life", “Advice”, "Banana Bread" (2018), "Best Friend", "circle the drain", "Dear", "Feb 14", "Guilty", "Homesick", “Hug All Ur Friends” (2018), "I Miss My Mum", "Idea of Her", "I'll Make Cereal", "Impostor Syndrome", "In the Aeroplane over the Sea", "It’s U”, "Let Me Feel Low", “Lemon Boy” (Acapella version), "Outside with the Cuties", "Powerful Man", "Pyjama Pants", "Smoke Signals", "Song i made" from Music Production 4 Dummies, "squares", "Talk to Me", "Telescope", "Things That Make It Warm", "Trying", "Wishing Well")
B♭2 ("10 Feet Tall", "Another One of Those Days", "Big Bowl in the Sky", "Boys Will Be Bugs", "Demons", "Empty Bed", "Fall In Love With A Girl", "Fool", "Home", “Juliet”, "Just Fine", "Self Control", "Snail", "So Much More Than This", "Stay", "Teenage Dirtbag", "y 13")
A2 ("888" live at Hoxton Hall, "Advice" acoustic, "all the lonely nights in your life", “Devil Town” (2019), "Fool" live at The Garage, London, 2018, "frog", “Green”, "Home" live at Hoxton Hall, "Juliet" There is Light live show, "Just Add Water", "kill u", "LEMONS", "Sweet Tooth", "Song i made" from Music Production 4 Dummies, "Trying", "Wishing Well", "You've Got a Friend In Me")
G♯2 ("Banana Bread" (2018), "Best Friend", "Boys Will Be Bugs", "Fool", "Homesick", "Impostor Syndrome", "is your bedroom ceiling bored?", "Paul", "Poison", “Self Control", "Smoke Signals", "Stay", "Sweet Tooth" acoustic BBC Music, "Teenage Dirtbag", "Telescope" "y 13")
G2 ("Boys Will Be Bugs" with Chloe Moriondo, Chicago, "Dear" live at Hoxton Hall, "squares")
F♯2 ("Homesick", ("kill u")
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Blue marks falsetto notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks particularly impressive notes and passages.
{Pre-Pubescent Range (C♯3 - G5)}
Significant High Notes:
G5 ("Death of a Bachelor")
F♯5 ("Say Yes", "We Don't Believe What's on TV")
F5 ("Hands" (demo), "Sparks")
E5 ("Death of a Bachelor", "Hug all ur friends" (2014), "Jesus Christ", "This Is Home" (2015))
E♭5 ("Salem", "Snake & the Prairie Dogs")
D5 ("Evergreen", "Fireflies", "Hands", "Hug all ur friends" (2014), "The Judge", "Rain", "Sparks", "Truce", "Vacation with the Ghosts")
C♯5 ("Aphasia", "It's Okay", "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" from Clique Rant Q&A, "Tear in My Heart")
C5 ("Death of a Bachelor", "Holding on to You", "Hug all ur friends" (2015), "Love Yourself", "Nostalgia in My BedRoom")
B4 ("16/04/16 (Jack's Song)", "Bg Noise", "Evergreen", "Floral and Fading", "Hands", "I Can't Help Falling in Love with You", "If My Heart was a House", "I'm Low On Gas and You Need a Jacket", "Jesus Christ, "Luv Song", "no builder or handyman", "Rain", "Slowtown" (Instagram clip))
B♭4 ("Air Catcher", "Aphasia", "banana bread" (2015), "devil town" (2015), "Friend, Please", "House of Gold", "meteor shower", "Midget Matzah", "New Friends", "Petrify", "Slowtown", "Snake & the Prairie Dogs", "Sparks", "Thinking Out Loud", "we found two dead swans and filled their bodies with flowers" (2013))
A4 ("2am", "C U Around", "Calpol", "Death of a Bachelor", "Earth", "Famous Last Words", "Floral and Fading", "If My Heart was a House", "Irrational", "It's All Good", "Jesus Christ", "The Judge", "Hands", "Haunted Lullaby", "Hug all ur friends" (2015), "Let Me Feel Low", "Love Yourself", "Nostalgia in my BedRoom", "Piece of My Heart", "Rocket Ships", "Tear in My Heart", "Trenchh")
G♯4 ("Friend, Please", "Goner", "Hospital", "It's Okay", "LavaIceRink", "Slowtown", "we're alive", "You're My Waterloo")
G4 ("16/04/16 (Jack's Song)", "Bg noise", "Calpol", "devil town" (2015), "Ghost Boys", "Holding on to You", "House of Gold", "I Can't Help Falling in Love with You", "i don't wanna talk about it", "It's U" (2015 demo), "The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1", "Love Yourself", "meteor shower", "Nostalgia in My BedRoom", "Oh Comely", "Petrify", "Thinking Out Loud", "This Is Home" (2015), "Truce", "where was the point in it all", "Winter Coat")
F♯4 ("Aphasia", "Haunted Lullaby", "I Promise I'm Trying", "I'm Low On Gas and You Need a Jacket", "It's All Good", "Piece of My Heart", "Psychometry", "Rocket Ships", "Small Bump", "Trenchh", "Unpopular boy makes a friend", "Untitled"/"untitled v.2")
Significant Low Notes:
F3 ("2am", "banana bread" (2015), "Dysphoric", "Friend, Please", "haunt me (x3)", "House of Gold", "Hug all ur friends" (2015), "Jesus Christ", "meteor shower", "New Friends", "Snake & the Prairie Dogs", "Trenchh", "we found two dead swans and filled their bodies with flowers" (2013), "we're alive")
E3 ("Alien Waves", "Alternative Segue" (2014), "Bg Noise", "C U Around", "Candle", "Death of a Bachelor", "hazel", "Hug all ur friends" (2014), "If My Heart was a House", "The Judge", "Lying on the Moon", "Nostalgia in my BedRoom", "Oh Comely", "This Is Home" (2015), "Treat Your Demons as Nervous Friends", "Unpopular boy makes a friend", "We Don't Believe What's on TV", "where was the point in it all")
E♭3 ("Aphasia", "Dysphoric", "Friend, Please", "I'm Sorry About Yesterday", "Night Knuckles", "Old Friends", "Rosa Dear", "Salem", "Say Yes", "Snake & the Prairie Dogs", "Thinking Out Loud")
D3 ("The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1", "Love Yourself", "Piece of My Heart", "Shoot Me Down", "Sliipping Lately")
C♯3 ("I'm Sorry About Yesterday")
Significant High Notes:
G5 ("Death of a Bachelor")
F♯5 ("Say Yes", "We Don't Believe What's on TV")
F5 ("Hands" (demo), "Sparks")
E5 ("Death of a Bachelor", "Hug all ur friends" (2014), "Jesus Christ", "This Is Home" (2015))
E♭5 ("Salem", "Snake & the Prairie Dogs")
D5 ("Evergreen", "Fireflies", "Hands", "Hug all ur friends" (2014), "The Judge", "Rain", "Sparks", "Truce", "Vacation with the Ghosts")
C♯5 ("Aphasia", "It's Okay", "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" from Clique Rant Q&A, "Tear in My Heart")
C5 ("Death of a Bachelor", "Holding on to You", "Hug all ur friends" (2015), "Love Yourself", "Nostalgia in My BedRoom")
B4 ("16/04/16 (Jack's Song)", "Bg Noise", "Evergreen", "Floral and Fading", "Hands", "I Can't Help Falling in Love with You", "If My Heart was a House", "I'm Low On Gas and You Need a Jacket", "Jesus Christ, "Luv Song", "no builder or handyman", "Rain", "Slowtown" (Instagram clip))
B♭4 ("Air Catcher", "Aphasia", "banana bread" (2015), "devil town" (2015), "Friend, Please", "House of Gold", "meteor shower", "Midget Matzah", "New Friends", "Petrify", "Slowtown", "Snake & the Prairie Dogs", "Sparks", "Thinking Out Loud", "we found two dead swans and filled their bodies with flowers" (2013))
A4 ("2am", "C U Around", "Calpol", "Death of a Bachelor", "Earth", "Famous Last Words", "Floral and Fading", "If My Heart was a House", "Irrational", "It's All Good", "Jesus Christ", "The Judge", "Hands", "Haunted Lullaby", "Hug all ur friends" (2015), "Let Me Feel Low", "Love Yourself", "Nostalgia in my BedRoom", "Piece of My Heart", "Rocket Ships", "Tear in My Heart", "Trenchh")
G♯4 ("Friend, Please", "Goner", "Hospital", "It's Okay", "LavaIceRink", "Slowtown", "we're alive", "You're My Waterloo")
G4 ("16/04/16 (Jack's Song)", "Bg noise", "Calpol", "devil town" (2015), "Ghost Boys", "Holding on to You", "House of Gold", "I Can't Help Falling in Love with You", "i don't wanna talk about it", "It's U" (2015 demo), "The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1", "Love Yourself", "meteor shower", "Nostalgia in My BedRoom", "Oh Comely", "Petrify", "Thinking Out Loud", "This Is Home" (2015), "Truce", "where was the point in it all", "Winter Coat")
F♯4 ("Aphasia", "Haunted Lullaby", "I Promise I'm Trying", "I'm Low On Gas and You Need a Jacket", "It's All Good", "Piece of My Heart", "Psychometry", "Rocket Ships", "Small Bump", "Trenchh", "Unpopular boy makes a friend", "Untitled"/"untitled v.2")
Significant Low Notes:
F3 ("2am", "banana bread" (2015), "Dysphoric", "Friend, Please", "haunt me (x3)", "House of Gold", "Hug all ur friends" (2015), "Jesus Christ", "meteor shower", "New Friends", "Snake & the Prairie Dogs", "Trenchh", "we found two dead swans and filled their bodies with flowers" (2013), "we're alive")
E3 ("Alien Waves", "Alternative Segue" (2014), "Bg Noise", "C U Around", "Candle", "Death of a Bachelor", "hazel", "Hug all ur friends" (2014), "If My Heart was a House", "The Judge", "Lying on the Moon", "Nostalgia in my BedRoom", "Oh Comely", "This Is Home" (2015), "Treat Your Demons as Nervous Friends", "Unpopular boy makes a friend", "We Don't Believe What's on TV", "where was the point in it all")
E♭3 ("Aphasia", "Dysphoric", "Friend, Please", "I'm Sorry About Yesterday", "Night Knuckles", "Old Friends", "Rosa Dear", "Salem", "Say Yes", "Snake & the Prairie Dogs", "Thinking Out Loud")
D3 ("The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1", "Love Yourself", "Piece of My Heart", "Shoot Me Down", "Sliipping Lately")
C♯3 ("I'm Sorry About Yesterday")
{Questionable Notes}
D5 ("worm food" [4])
C♯5 ("Boys Will Be Bugs" [4a], "Irrational" [4c])
C5 ("Dear" [4a], "everything is temporary (sticks and stones)" [4c], "worm food" [4])
B♭4 (“Juliet” [4a])
G♯4 (“Juliet” [4a], "worm food" [4c])
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G♯2 (“It’s U” [4b], "Pyjama Pants" [4b])
F2 ("Self-Control" [4b])
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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.
[4a] marks definitely pitch-shifted harmonies.
[4b] marks implied harmonies (harmonies that sound like they should go to a particular note, but actually do not).
[4c] marks voice-like sounds that might have been made by synthesisers.
[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.
N.b. I have not noted obviously fried low notes in his pre-pubescent range because they are ubiquitous.
D5 ("worm food" [4])
C♯5 ("Boys Will Be Bugs" [4a], "Irrational" [4c])
C5 ("Dear" [4a], "everything is temporary (sticks and stones)" [4c], "worm food" [4])
B♭4 (“Juliet” [4a])
G♯4 (“Juliet” [4a], "worm food" [4c])
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G♯2 (“It’s U” [4b], "Pyjama Pants" [4b])
F2 ("Self-Control" [4b])
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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.
[4a] marks definitely pitch-shifted harmonies.
[4b] marks implied harmonies (harmonies that sound like they should go to a particular note, but actually do not).
[4c] marks voice-like sounds that might have been made by synthesisers.
[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.
N.b. I have not noted obviously fried low notes in his pre-pubescent range because they are ubiquitous.
{Discography & Credits}Pre-Pubescent
Everything Is Made of Clouds (2013): E3 - B4 - D5
Gd Vibes (2014): E♭3 - E4 - E5
Nervous Friends Pt. 1 (2015): E3 - F♯4 - G♯4
Everything Is Made of Stars (2015): E♭3 - D5
Cavetown (2015): E3 - B♭4
16/04/16 (2016): D3 - B4 - E♭5
Adult
Lemon Boy (2018): G♯2 - B♭4 - E5
Dear. (2018): G♯2 - G4 - B4
Animal Kingdom EP Series (2018-2019): G♯2 - F4 - C5
Live at Hoxton Hall (2019): G2 - F♯4
Sleepyhead (2020): A2 - F♯4 - B♭4
Man's Best Friend (2021): G♯2 - E4 - C♯5
worm food (2022): F♯2 - G♯4
Credits:
1. Thanks to Platypus for notewatching "Sharpener".
2. The original thread was made by former TRP3 user Infernus2. It contained notes from a lot of rare clips that I had never heard before and I'm thankful to have been able to hear and notewatch them for myself. A couple of clips were so rare that I couldn't even find them - "Keep It Together" and "Sandbox", so please send me a link if you have one.
3. Obligatory thanks to falsetokaiba for watching the heap of clips I sent him, most of which weren't even voice clips but just things Cavetown did that I found amusing throughout my journey of notewatching him. Look, for context, I posted this incarnation of the thread in April 2020, but it dates back to Gatr making the Google document for him in May 2019. That's an oldddd boi
Everything Is Made of Clouds (2013): E3 - B4 - D5
Gd Vibes (2014): E♭3 - E4 - E5
Nervous Friends Pt. 1 (2015): E3 - F♯4 - G♯4
Everything Is Made of Stars (2015): E♭3 - D5
Cavetown (2015): E3 - B♭4
16/04/16 (2016): D3 - B4 - E♭5
Adult
Lemon Boy (2018): G♯2 - B♭4 - E5
Dear. (2018): G♯2 - G4 - B4
Animal Kingdom EP Series (2018-2019): G♯2 - F4 - C5
Live at Hoxton Hall (2019): G2 - F♯4
Sleepyhead (2020): A2 - F♯4 - B♭4
Man's Best Friend (2021): G♯2 - E4 - C♯5
worm food (2022): F♯2 - G♯4
Credits:
1. Thanks to Platypus for notewatching "Sharpener".
2. The original thread was made by former TRP3 user Infernus2. It contained notes from a lot of rare clips that I had never heard before and I'm thankful to have been able to hear and notewatch them for myself. A couple of clips were so rare that I couldn't even find them - "Keep It Together" and "Sandbox", so please send me a link if you have one.
3. Obligatory thanks to falsetokaiba for watching the heap of clips I sent him, most of which weren't even voice clips but just things Cavetown did that I found amusing throughout my journey of notewatching him. Look, for context, I posted this incarnation of the thread in April 2020, but it dates back to Gatr making the Google document for him in May 2019. That's an oldddd boi