Post by Zedd Squared on Jan 22, 2022 19:58:20 GMT
Member Of: Enchant (1989-present), Thought Chamber (2006-present), Spock's Beard (2011-present), Affector (2011-present), Pattern-Seeking Animals (2018-present)
Voice Type: Tenor
Vocal Range: D2-F♯5
High Notes:
F♯5 ("Devil's Got My Throat" Veruno 2014)
F5 ("Circuits of O.D.D.", "Elegant Vampires", "Enchanted", "Tug of War")
E5 ("Balance of One", "Ghost Pains", "A Legend's Avalon", "Oasis", "Pure", "Transmigration of Souls", "Ultimate Gift", "The Water" O2 Academy Islington 2015)
E♭5 ("Balance of One", "Broken", "Despicable", "Elegant Vampires", "Juggling Knives", "A Mind Beyond", "No One Ever Died and Made Me King", "Resolve", "Silent Shore", "The Thirst")
D5 ("Behind the Eyes of Ikk", "Below Zero", "Breath of Life", "Broken Tools", "Cry Song", "Despicable", "Disappear", "Everdark Mountain", t"Fade 2 Grey", "Fall Away", "Falling Away & Rise of the Beast", "God of Oblique", "Hold the Wind", "Hostile World", "I Know Your Secret", "Inner Peace", "A Legend's Avalon", "Life in a Shadow", "Lifeboat (V. What Happens When You Die)", "The Light" Liquidroom 2014, "Light Year Time", "Maranatha", "Missing", "Much Ado", "The Name of God", "New Moon", "No One Ever Died and Made Me King", "Not Me", "One So Wise", "Psykerion: The Question", "Pure", "Resolve", "Sacred Treasure", "Somebody's Home", "Thank You", "These Are My Things", "To Be Free Again", "Traces", "Transcend", "Under Fire", "Under the Sun", "Way Home")
C♯5 ("Bite My Tongue", "Black Eyes & Broken Glass", "Blind Sided", "Broken Wave", "Bulletproof", "Disappear", "Falling Away & Rise of the Beast", "Foundations", "Invisible", "Life in a Shadow", "A Mind Beyond", "Much Ado", "My Enemy", "New Jerusalem", "New Moon", "No Burden Left to Carry", "Once a Week" Way Home Version, "Orphans of the Universe", "Psykerion: The Question", "Pure", "Queen of the Informed", "The Rapture", "Rock Paper Scissors", "Salvation", "Silence", "Transcend", "Ultimate Gift", "Waiting for Me", "Within an Inch")
C5 ("All Mixed Up", "Armour", "Beginnings", "Behind the Eyes of Ikk", "Below Zero", "Break", "Breath of Life", "Broken", "Broken Tools", "Bulletproof", "The Center Line", "Circles", "Circuits of O.D.D.", "The Cross", "Deserve to Feel", "East of Eden", "Elegant Vampires", "Enchanted", "Fade 2 Grey", "Fall Away", "Falling for Forever", "Get Out While You Can", "Ghost Pains", "God of Oblique", "Harmagedon", "Hell's Not Enough", "Here and Now", "Hiding Out", "Hostile World", "I Know Your Secret", "In the Dark", "Inner Peace", "Juggling Knives", "Kerakryps", "Know That", "A Legend's Avalon", "Life in a Shadow", "Light Year Time", "Living in a Movie", "The Lizard", "Look Away", "Maranatha", "Minion", "My Everafter", "The Name of God", "No One Ever Died and Made Me King", "Not Me", "One So Wise", "Only Passing Through", "Open Eyes", "Raining Hard in Heaven", "Recoil", "Resolve", "Rough Draft", "Sacred Treasure", "Said the Stranger", "Seeds of Hate", "Shell of a Man", "Sinking Sand", "Somebody's Home", "Something Very Strange", "Submerged", "Tides of Time", "To Be Free Again", "To Breathe Another day", "Traces", "Tug of War", "Under the Sun", "What Becomes of Me", "What to Say", "Who Do You Say He Is?")
B4 ("Afterthoughts", "Armour", "At Death's Door", "Balance of One", "Behind the Eyes of Ikk", "A Better Way to Fly", "Black Eyes & Broken Glass", "Broken Wave", "Circles", "Comatose", "The Cross", "Cry Song", "Days We'll Remember", "Deserve to Feel", "Despicable", "Disappear", "Elyse", "Enchanted", "Fade 2 Grey", "Falling Away & Rise of the Beast", "Falling for Forever", "Foundations", "Get Out While You Can", "Harm's Way" The Netherlands 2014, "Have We All Gone Crazy Yet", "Here and Now", "Here with You with Me", "Hiding Out", "I'm Not Alright", "Interact", "Invisible", "Just Another Day at the Beach", "King", "Life in a Shadow", "Lifeboat (IV. Never More Than Human)", "The Light" Liquidroom 2014, "Light Year Time", "Long Way Down", "Missing", "Monday", "Much Ado", "My Enemy", "My Gavel Hand", "New Jerusalem", "New Moon", "Nighttime Sky", "No Burden Left to Carry", "No Land's Man", "No One Ever Died and Made Me King", "Oasis", "On a Perfect Day" Progressive Nation at Sea 2014, "Once a Week" Way Home Version, "One So Wise", "Only Passing Through", "Orphans of the Universe", "Psykerion: The Question", "Pure", "The Rapture", "Recoil", "Resolve", "Rock Paper Scissors", "Rough Draft", "Salvation", "The Same Mistakes Again", "Silence", "Silent Shore", "Something Very Strange", "Soon but Not Today", "Submerged", "Surrounded", "Take This Cup", "Tempus Fugit" Calprog 2015, "Thank You", "Thoughts (Part II)" Alvas Showroom 2020, "To Breathe Another Day", "Transmigration of Souls", "A Treasure Abandoned", "Ultimate Gift", "Under Fire", "Vault", "Waiting for Me", "Way Home", "What Becomes of Me", "Why Don't We Run", "Wish I Were Here", "Within an Inch")
B♭4 ("Afterthoughts", "All Mixed Up", "Armour", "Balance of One", "Beautiful", "Bite My Tongue", "Black Eyes & Broken Glass", "Blind Sided", "Break", "Broken", "Broken Tools", "Bulletproof", "Catharsis", "The Cross", "Defenseless", "Devil's Got My Throat" Veruno 2014, "Distractions", "Elegant Vampires", "Fall Away", "Foundations", "Ghost Pains", "God of Oblique", "Harmagedon", "Hostile World", "I Can't Stay Here Anymore", "I'm Not Alright", "In the Dark", "Juggling Knives", "Living in a Movie", "Long Way Down", "Maranatha", "Mettle Man", "A Mind Beyond", "Much Ado", "My Enemy", "The Name of God", "Once a Week" Way Home Version, "Pure", "Raining Hard in Heaven", "The Rapture", "Sacred Treasure", "The Same Mistakes Again", "See No Evil", "Seeds of Hate", "Shell of a Man", "Sinking Sand", "So This Is Life", "Somebody's Home", "Soon but Not Today", "Standing Ground", "These Are My Things", "The Thirst", "Time Has a Way", "To Breathe Another Day", "Transcend", "Under the Sun", "Way Home", "Who Do You Say He Is?")
A4 ("Acquaintance", "At Death's Door", "Beginnings", "Behind the Eyes of Ikk", "Below Zero", "The Center Line", "Circles", "Colors Fade", "Comatose", "Crack the Big Sky" De Boederij 2013, "Day for Night" Montreal 2015, "Days We'll Remember", "Defenseless", "Deserve to Feel", "Despicable", "Devil's Got My Throat" Veruno 2014, "The Distance to the Sun" Liquidroom 2014, "Distractions", "Down a Burning Road", "Enchanted", "Everdark Mountain", "Fade 2 Grey", "Falling Away & Rise of the Beast", "Falling for Forever", "Flat Line", "Foundations", "Get Out While You Can", "Ghost Pains", "The Good Don't Last" Cruise to the Edge 2015, "The Great Divide", "Harmagedon", "Have We All Gone Crazy Yet", "Hell's Not Enough", "Here and Now", "Here in My Autumn", "Here with You with Me", "Hiding Out", "Hold the Wind", "Hostile World", "I Can't Stay Here Anymore", "I Know Your Secret", "In the Dark", "Interact", "Invisible", "Just Another Day at the Beach", "Just for Me", "King", "Lifeboat (V. What Happens When You Die)", "The Light" Liquidroom 2014, "The Lizard", "Look Away", "Minion", "Missing", "Mommy Comes Back" Veruno 2014, "Monday", "My Everafter", "My Gavel Hand", "The Name of God", "New Moon", "No Burden Left to Carry", "No One Ever Died and Made Me King", "Not Me", "Once a Week", "One So Wise", "Open Eyes", "Orphans of the Universe", "Paint the Picture", "Pure", "Recoil", "Rock Paper Scissors", "Rough Draft", "Sacred Treasure", "The Same Mistakes Again", "See No Evil", "Shell of a Man", "Silence", "Silent Shore", "Sinking Sand", "Somebody's Home", "Stars Along the Way", "Submerged", "Surrounded", "Take This Cup", "Tempus Fugit" Calprog 2015, "Thank You", "Tides of Time", "To Be Free Again", "Traces", "Transparent Man", "A Treasure Abandoned", "Tug of War", "Ultimate Gift", "Under Fire", "What Becomes of Me", "Why Don't We Run", "Wish I Were Here", "Within an Inch")
G♯4 ("Armour", "Beautiful", "Black Eyes & Broken Glass", "Blind Sided", "Broken Wave", "Catharsis", "Crack the Big Sky" De Boederij 2013, "Deserve to Feel", "East of Eden", "Elyse", "The Good Don't Last" Cruise to the Edge 2015, "Harm's Way" The Netherlands 2014, "Juggling Knives", "Know That", "Lifeboat (II. Fitful Dreams)", "Lifeboat (III. Dull the Sword of Damocles)", "The Lizard", "Long Way Down", "Look Away", "The Man You're Afraid You Are", "No Land's Man", "Oasis", "Queen of the Informed", "The Rapture", "Rough Draft", "So This Is Life", "Standing Ground", "Surrounded", "Tides of Time", "Time Has a Way", "Transparent Man", "Under the Sun", "Waiting for Me", "Walking on the Wind" Progdreams Festival 2013, "Way Home", "What to Say")
G4 ("Acquaintance", "Afterthoughts", "At Death's Door", "Beginnings", "Below Zero", "A Better Way to Fly", "Beware of Darkness" Rosfest 2015, "Break", "Broken Tools", "The Center Line", "Colors Fade", "Crack the Big Sky" De Boederij 2013, "The Cross", "Cry Song", "Day for Night" Montreal 2015, "Defenseless", "The Distance to the Sun" Liquidroom 2014, "Distractions", "Down a Burning Road", "Enchanted", "Follow the Sun", "Go the Way You Go" Alvas Showroom 2020, "The Good Don't Last" Cruise to the Edge 2015, "Harm's Way" The Netherlands 2014, "Have We All Gone Crazy Yet", "The Healing Colors of Sound, Pt. 2", "Here in My Autumn", "Hey Jude" Islington Assembly Hall 2018, "In the Dark", "In the Mouth of Madness" Alvas Showroom 2020, "Interact", "June" Boerderij 2015, "Just Another Day at the Beach", "Isle of Bizen", "A Legend's Avalon", "Lifeboat (V. What Happens When You Die)", "The Light" Liquidroom 2014, "The Lizard", "My Gavel Hand", "My Shoes" Veruno 2014, "My Shoes (Revisited)" Veruno 2014, "New Jerusalem", "Nighttime Sky", "Oasis", "Once a Week", "One So Wise", "Open Eyes", "Paint the Picture", "Raining Hard in Heaven", "Said the Stranger", "Salvation", "She Is Everything" Paris 2018, "Soon but Not Today", "Stars Along the Way", "Take This Cup", "Thank You", "The Thirst", "Tides of Time", "Transmigration of Souls", "Transparent Man", "Walking on the Wind" Progdreams Festival 2013, "The Water" O2 Academy Islington 2015, "Wish I Were Here")
Low Notes:
E3 ("At Death's Door", "Beginnings", "Beware of Darkness" Rosfest 2015, "Broken", "Comatose", "The Cross", "Cry Song", "Deserve to Feel", "Devil's Got My Throat" Veruno 2014, "Disappear", "Distractions", "Enchanted", "Everdark Mountain", "Fade 2 Grey", "Follow the Sun", "Ghost Pains", "The Good Don't Last" Cruise to the Edge 2015, "Hell's Not Enough", "Here and Now", "Here with You with Me", "Hey Jude" Islington Assembly Hall 2018, "Hold the Wind" Way Home Version, "Invisible", "Just for Me", "Life in a Shadow", "The Light" Liquidroom 2014, "Living in a Movie", "Look Away", "Minion", "Mommy Comes Back" Veruno 2014, "Much Ado", "The Name of God", "New Moon", "Nighttime Sky", "No Land's Man", "Orphans of the Universe", "Salvation", "Silence", "Soon but Not Today", "Thank You", "Thoughts (Part II)" Alvas Showroom 2020, "To Be Free Again", "Transmigration of Souls", "Ultimate Gift", "The Water" O2 Academy Islington 2015, "We Write the Ghost Stories", "What Becomes of Me")
E♭3 ("Bite My Tongue", "Black Eyes & Broken Glass", "Broken Wave", "Bulletproof", "I'm Not Alright", "Know That", "Much Ado", "The Rapture", "Way Home", "What Becomes of Me", "What to Say")
D3 ("At Death's Door", "Balance of One", "Behind the Eyes of Ikk", "Break", "Cakewalk on Easy Street" Budapest 2013, "The Distance to the Sun" Liquidroom 2014, "Distractions", "Down a Burning Road", "Falling for Forever", "Get Out While You Can", "Go the Way You Go" Alvas Showroom 2020, "God of Oblique", "The Healing Colors of Sound, Pt. 2", "Hold the Wind", "I Know Your Secret", "Isle of Bizen", "Kerakryps", "Lay It Down" Veruno 2014, "Lifeboat (III. Dull the Sword of Damocles)", "Light Year Time", "Living in a Movie", "Maranatha", "Mommy Comes Back" Veruno 2014, "New Jerusalem (Acoustic)", "New Moon", "Nighttime Sky", "No Land's Man", "Not Me", "Only Passing Through", "Recoil", "Rock Paper Scissors", "Sacred Treasure", "Said the Stranger", "See No Evil", "She Is Everything" Paris 2018, "Somebody's Home", "Time Has a Way", "Traces", "Transcend", "Transparent Man", "A Treasure Abandoned")
C♯3 ("Broken Wave", "Circles", "Hiding Out", "I Can't Stay Here Anymore", "I'm Not Alright", "The Light" Liquidroom 2014, "My Enemy", "Orphans of the Universe", "Transcend", "A Treasure Abandoned", "Way Home")
C3 ("Afterthoughts", "Break", "Broken", "Disappear", "Go the Way You Go" Alvas Showroom 2020, "Harmagedon", "Here and Now", "Hostile World", "I Know Your Secret", "Kerakryps", "A Legend's Avalon", "Maranatha", "Raining Hard in Heaven", "Sacred Treasure", "She Is Everything" Paris 2018, "Somebody's Home", "Stars Along the Way", "Tug of War", "Why Don't We Run")
B2 ("At Death's Door", "A Better Way to Fly", "Circles", "Deserve to Feel", "Down a Burning Road", "Get Out While You Can", "In the Words of Avakus", "Just for Me", "The Light" Liquidroom 2014, "Made Alive/Overture" Veruno 2014, "My Shoes" Veruno 2014, "New Jerusalem (Acoustic)", "No One Ever Died and Made Me King", "On a Perfect Day" Progressive Nation at Sea 2014, "One So Wise", "Salvation", "She Is Everything" Paris 2018, "Silent Shore", "Something Very Strange", "Soon but Not Today", "To Be Free Again", "Transmigration of Souls", "A Treasure Abandoned", "Ultimate Gift", "Within an Inch")
B♭2 ("Bulletproof", "Elegant Vampires", "No Burden Left to Carry", "Raining Hard in Heaven", "The Rapture", "See No Evil", "These Are My Things")
A2 ("God of Oblique", "Harmagedon (Acoustic)", "In the Words of Avakus", "Made Alive/Overture" Veruno 2014, "My Shoes" Veruno 2014, "New Jerusalem", "Only Passing Through", "Salvation", "The Same Mistakes Again", "Stars Along the Way")
G♯2 ("Why Don't We Run")
G2 ("Get Out While You Can", "Have We All Gone Crazy Yet", "My Shoes" Veruno 2014, "Recoil", "These Are My Things", "Time Has a Way", "Within an Inch")
F♯2 ("My Shoes" Veruno 2014, "Orphans of the Universe", "The Same Mistakes Again", "Vault")
F2 ("Bulletproof", "Elegant Vampires", "Harmagedon", "Lifeboat (II. Fitful Dreams)")
E2 ("The Water" O2 Academy Islington 2015, "We Write the Ghost Stories")
E♭2 ("Lifeboat (II. Fitful Dreams)")
D2 ("Fall Away")
Ted Leonard has one of the most definitively clear voices I've heard in progressive rock. His bright tenor is always smooth and expressive, with a tendency towards legato phrasing and sustained notes. Though he is most known now for being the third and current lead singer of American prog rock legend Spock's Beard, his career goes back much further than that, particularly with his formative band Enchant. The 90s era of their music was very melancholic, with a contemplative mindset often being as much at the forefront of the musical mood as the expected technical proficiency. And on top of the formidable musical explorations of the band was Leonard's forlorn vocalizations, which held traces of his influences such as Steve Walsh and Rik Emmett yet were also uniquely his own.
Upon the release of Enchant's Tug of War album in 2003, we began to see a lighter side of their sound flourish, with a less introspective feel and a heavier instrumental approach. Fitting with this development, Leonard's voice became more belty in tone and he began to push his range a little harder. After this point, Enchant didn't release another album until 2014 and during that 11 years Leonard was a part of multiple different musical explorations. His acoustic rock-oriented solo project demonstrated a more soul-influenced side of his voice (and his abilities as a multi-instrumentalist) while works with prog metal bands such as Thought Chamber and Affector showed him working greater extremes of his high and low registers than ever before. Soon after this, of course, was Spock's Beard. Despite the considerable shoes of Neal Morse and Nick d'Virgilio to fill, Leonard has been warmly welcomed by the SB fan community due to his ability to adapt the old songs faithfully while bringing his more soaring vocal style to the forefront of their newer music. This then led quite naturally into Pattern-Seeking Animals, a band formed by Leonard with fellow Spock's Beard alumni Dave Meros, John Boegehold, and Jimmy Keegan that has a more theatrical tone than any of his previous ventures. With such a high volume of quality music and a pristine voice that has only gotten better over time, Ted Leonard is truly one of prog's most underrated greats.
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*Underlined notes are found in backing vocals or otherwise obscured in the song mix.
*Blue marks soft and/or disconnected sounding falsetto notes.
*Boldface indicates notes that are notable examples of this singer's capabilities.
*Italics mark non-sung notes.
{Questionable Notes}F5 ("Hey Jude" Islington Assembly Hall 2018 [2])
E5 ("We Write the Ghost Stories" [2])
C♯5 ("Hiding Out" [2])
C5 ("Days We'll Remember" [1], "Down a Burning Road" [2], "Here in My Autumn" [2], "No Land's Man" [2], "Stars Along the Way" [2])
B4 ("Go the Way You Go" Alvas Showroom 2020 [3], "The Great Divide" [2], "The Man You're Afraid You Are" [2])
B♭4 ("Hey Jude" Islington Assembly Hall 2018 [2])
A4 ("The Man You're Afraid You Are" [2])
B2 ("Hell's Not Enough" [3)
B♭2 ("Catharsis" [2], "Afterthoughts" [3])
A2 ("Beginnings" [1], "A Better Way to Fly" [2], "Deserve to Feel" [1], "The Distance to the Sun" Liquidroom 2014, "Here in My Autumn" [4]) [2], "The Name of God" [1])
G2 ("A Better Way to Fly" [2])
F♯2 ("The Great Divide" [1])
F2 ("Elegant Vampires" [2], "These Are My Things" [2])
E2 ("Down a Burning Road" [2], "Recoil" [1])
E♭2 ("Bite My Tongue" [1])
D2 ("These Are My Things" [1])
C♯2 ("The Man You're Afraid You Are" [2])
C2 ("Fall Away" [1])
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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.
E5 ("We Write the Ghost Stories" [2])
C♯5 ("Hiding Out" [2])
C5 ("Days We'll Remember" [1], "Down a Burning Road" [2], "Here in My Autumn" [2], "No Land's Man" [2], "Stars Along the Way" [2])
B4 ("Go the Way You Go" Alvas Showroom 2020 [3], "The Great Divide" [2], "The Man You're Afraid You Are" [2])
B♭4 ("Hey Jude" Islington Assembly Hall 2018 [2])
A4 ("The Man You're Afraid You Are" [2])
B2 ("Hell's Not Enough" [3)
B♭2 ("Catharsis" [2], "Afterthoughts" [3])
A2 ("Beginnings" [1], "A Better Way to Fly" [2], "Deserve to Feel" [1], "The Distance to the Sun" Liquidroom 2014, "Here in My Autumn" [4]) [2], "The Name of God" [1])
G2 ("A Better Way to Fly" [2])
F♯2 ("The Great Divide" [1])
F2 ("Elegant Vampires" [2], "These Are My Things" [2])
E2 ("Down a Burning Road" [2], "Recoil" [1])
E♭2 ("Bite My Tongue" [1])
D2 ("These Are My Things" [1])
C♯2 ("The Man You're Afraid You Are" [2])
C2 ("Fall Away" [1])
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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}Enchant
A Blueprint of the World (1993): B2-E5-F5
Wounded (1996): C3-E♭5-E5
Time Lost (1997): D3-D5
Break (1998): C♯3-C♯5
Juggling 9 or Dropping 10 (2000): C♯3-E♭5
Blink of an Eye (2002): B2-E♭5
Tug of War (2003): B♭2-F5
The Great Divide (2014): G2-B2-C♯5-D5
Thought Chamber
Angular Perceptions (2007): A2-B2-E5
Psykerion (2013): G2-D5-F5
Ted Leonard
Way Home (2007): B2-C♯3-E5
Affector
Harmagedon (2012): F2-A2-C♯5-D5
Spock's Beard
Brief Nocturnes & Dreamless Sleep (2013): B2-D5
The Oblivion Particle (2015): G2-D5
Noise Floor (2018): G2-D5
Pattern-Seeking Animals
Pattern-Seeking Animals (2019): D2-D5-E♭5
Prehensile Tiles (2020): F2-G♯2-E♭5-F5
Only Passing Through (2022): A2-D5
A Blueprint of the World (1993): B2-E5-F5
Wounded (1996): C3-E♭5-E5
Time Lost (1997): D3-D5
Break (1998): C♯3-C♯5
Juggling 9 or Dropping 10 (2000): C♯3-E♭5
Blink of an Eye (2002): B2-E♭5
Tug of War (2003): B♭2-F5
The Great Divide (2014): G2-B2-C♯5-D5
Thought Chamber
Angular Perceptions (2007): A2-B2-E5
Psykerion (2013): G2-D5-F5
Ted Leonard
Way Home (2007): B2-C♯3-E5
Affector
Harmagedon (2012): F2-A2-C♯5-D5
Spock's Beard
Brief Nocturnes & Dreamless Sleep (2013): B2-D5
The Oblivion Particle (2015): G2-D5
Noise Floor (2018): G2-D5
Pattern-Seeking Animals
Pattern-Seeking Animals (2019): D2-D5-E♭5
Prehensile Tiles (2020): F2-G♯2-E♭5-F5
Only Passing Through (2022): A2-D5