Post by Zedd Squared on Sept 12, 2020 8:45:14 GMT
Member Of: Witch Mountain (2015-present), Dress the Dead (2018-present)
Vocal Range: C3-E♭6
High Notes:
E♭6 (Behind the Screams Interview 2020)
D6 ("Midnight")
B5 ("Midnight", Vocal Riffing Improvisation Facebook 2020)
A5 ("Godslayer", "Hellfire", "Terminal")
G5 ("1969", "Burn You Down", "Hare's Stare", "Nighthawk", "Noise" Facebook 2020, "Psycho Animundi" Las Vegas 2016, "Red Handed" DNA Lounge 2019, "Shelter" Hoverfest II 2015, "Spearhead")
F♯5 ("Beekeeper" Somerville 2018, "Burn You Down", "Energize Me" Facebook 2020, "Ever Dream" Facebook 2020, "Midnight", "Can't Settle" Flagstaff, AZ 2019, "Priceless Pain", "Veil of the Forgotten" Star Theater 2016, "Your Corrupt Ways (Sour the Hymn)")
F5 ("Ever Dream" Facebook 2020, "Godslayer", "Hare's Stare", "Restless" Facebook 2020, "Shelter" Hoverfest II 2015, "Straight On" Facebook 2020, "Wailing Wall" Albany 2019)
E5 ("Can't Settle" Flagstaff, AZ 2019, "Energize Me" Facebook 2020, "Hellfire", "Mechanical World", "Psycho Animundi" Las Vegas 2016)
E♭5 ("1969", "The Bee" Facebook 2020, "Circus Fleas" Albany 2019, "Knives Out" Albany 2019, "The Price" Facebook 2020, "Promises & Kisses", "Shelter" Hoverfest II 2015, "Spearhead", "Wailing Wall" Albany 2019, "Your Final Breath")
D5 ("Beekeeper" Somerville 2018, "Buried in Sand", "Burn You Down", "Can't Settle" Flagstaff, AZ 2019, "From the Flame" Facebook 2020, "Hare's Stare", "Knives Out" Albany 2019, "Midnight", "Nighthawk", "Priceless Pain", "Restless" Facebook 2020, "There Goes the Sun", "Tight Rope" Facebook 2020, "Veil of the Forgotten" Star Theater 2016, "Whirl of Pain" Facebook 2020, "You Only Get Off When I Cry", "Your Corrupt Ways (Sour the Hymn)")
C♯5 ("Spectrum of Eternity" Facebook 2020, "Red Handed" DNA Lounge 2019, "There Goes the Sun")
C5 ("Buried in Sand", "Circus Fleas" Albany 2019, "Misty" Facebook 2020, "Onward Into Battle", "Promises & Kisses", "Red Handed" DNA Lounge 2019, "Tight Rope" Facebook 2020, "You Only Get Off When I Cry")
Low Notes:
A3 ("Beekeeper" Somerville 2018, "Burn You Down", "Cry Me a River" Facebook 2020, "Hellfire", "Midnight", "Nighthawk", "Priceless Pain", "Your Corrupt Ways (Sour the Hymn)")
G♯3 ("Circus Fleas" Albany 2019)
G3 ("The Bee" Facebook 2020, "Buried in Sand", "Godslayer", "Hellfire", "There Goes the Sun", "You Only Get Off When I Cry")
F♯3 ("Burn You Down", "Cry Me a River" Facebook 2020, "Your Corrupt Ways (Sour the Hymn)")
F3 ("Hare's Stare", "Onward Into Battle", "Shelter" Hoverfest II 2015, "Wailing Wall" Albany 2019)
E3 ("1969")
E♭3 ("Promises & Kisses")
D3 ("1969", "Promises & Kisses", "Nighthawk", Vocal Riffing Improvisation Facebook 2020)
C3 ("1969")
Kayla Dixon brings an uncharacteristically large amount of soul and vocal power into heavy music. With a multi-pronged career including training and performances in theatre, dance, film, metal, and vocal coaching, it's hard to think of a more diversely talented musician in the genre. In her work with doom metal cult act Witch Mountain, she tends to focus on a storytelling approach that includes intricate melismas, resonant chest voice belting, false cord screams, and a tremendous use of dynamics. This is also true for her singing in Dress the Dead, but she also incorporates a lot of rock rasp and a more immediate, hook-based approach in that group that is fitting for their more hard rock influenced sound. Keep an eye out for Kayla in the upcoming years, because she is truly a force to be reckoned with on numerous fronts.
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*Underlined notes are found in backing vocals or otherwise obscured in the song mix.
*Green marks harsh distorted notes.
*Blue marks soft and/or disconnected sounding head voice/falsetto notes.
*Italics mark non-sung notes.
{Questionable Notes}C6 ("Psycho Animundi" Las Vegas 2016 [1])
A5 ("Hare's Stare" [1])
G5 ("Godslayer" [4], "Where Demons Breed" [4], "Your Final Breath" [4])
F5 ("God of Man" [4], "Where Demons Breed" [4])
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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.
A5 ("Hare's Stare" [1])
G5 ("Godslayer" [4], "Where Demons Breed" [4], "Your Final Breath" [4])
F5 ("God of Man" [4], "Where Demons Breed" [4])
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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}Demons Within
Godslayer (2014):
Witch Mountain
Witch Mountain (2018): D3-G5-D6
Godslayer (2014):
Witch Mountain
Witch Mountain (2018): D3-G5-D6
