Ryan Ross (3,420 views)

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George Ryan Ross III (30 August 1986)
Associated Acts: Panic! at the Disco (2004 - 2009), The Young Veins (2009 - 2010)
Vocal Range: F♯2 - C♯5

Significant High Notes:

C♯5 ("The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage" Live in Denver)
C5 ("But It's Better If You Do" Live in Denver, "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" Live in Denver, "I'm Down", "London Beckoned Songs About Money Written by Machines" Live in Denver, "Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off" Live in Denver, "Time to Dance" Live in Denver)
B4 ("Do You Know What I'm Seeing?")
B♭4 ("Build God, Then We'll Talk" Live in Denver, "Change", "I Constantly Thank God for Esteban" ...Live in Chicago, "Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off" Live in Denver, "Nine in the Afternoon" ...Live in Chicago, "That Green Gentleman (Things Have Changed)" ...Live in Chicago)
A4 ("Behind the Sea", "But It's Better If You Do" Live in Denver, "Camisado" Live in Denver, "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" Live in Denver, "I'm Down", "Karma Police" Live in Denver, "Nails for Breakfast, Tacks for Snacks" Live in Denver, "Time to Dance" Live in Denver, "We're So Starving" ...Live in Chicago, "Where I Belong")
G♯4 ("Change", "London Beckoned Songs About Money Written by Machines" Live in Denver, "Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off" Live in Denver, "Mad as Rabbits", "Pas De Cheval" ...Live in Chicago, "Take a Vacation!", "Young Veins (Die Tonight)")
G4 ("Build God, Then We'll Talk" Live in Denver, "Cape Town", "Defiance", "Do You Know What I'm Seeing?", "Lie to the Truth", "London Beckoned Songs About Money Written by Machines" Live in Denver, "Lonely Moonlight", "There's a Good Reason These Tables Are Numbered Honey, You Just Haven't Thought of It Yet" Live in Denver, "When You Walk in the Room", "Where I Belong")
F♯4 ("Behind the Sea", "Blondes" Live at Three Links 2019, "Build God, Then We'll Talk" Live in Denver, "Camisado" Live in Denver, "Change", "Dangerous Blues", "Do You Know What I'm Seeing?", "Lie to the Truth", "Security", "She Had the World", "She's a Handsome Woman", "Take a Vacation!", "Where I Belong", "Young Veins (Die Tonight)")

Significant Low Notes:

F♯3 ("The Bad List", "Change", "Dangerous Blues", "Do You Know What I'm Seeing?", "Take a Vacation!", "Young Veins (Die Tonight)")
F3 ("Behind the Sea", "Cape Town", "Defiance", "Mad as Rabbits", "The Other Girl", "You're Invited")
E3 ("At Your Window", "Beach Bones", "Behind the Sea", "Dangerous Blues", "It's Almost Halloween", "Lonely Moonlight", "Pas De Cheval", "Possessed Coast" Live at Three Links 2019)
E♭3 ("Cape Town", "Mad as Rabbits")
D3 ("Blondes" Live at Three Links 2019, "Heart of Mine", "Lie to the Truth", "The Other Girl")
C♯3 ("Lie to the Truth", "Possessed Coast" Live at Three Links 2019, "She Had the World", "Where I Belong")
C3 ("At Your Window", "Cape Town", "From a Mountain in the Middle of the Cabins", "Lonely Moonlight", "Northern Downpour", "You Can't Put Your Arms Round a Memory")
B2 ("The Bad List", "Lonely Moonlight", "You Can't Put Your Arms Round a Memory")
G♯2 ("The Bad List")
G2 ("You Can't Put Your Arms Round a Memory")
F♯2 ("The Bad List")
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Blue marks falsetto notes.
Underlines mark notes obscured in the mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Bold marks particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.

Summary:

Best known as a former member of Panic! at the Disco, Ryan Ross formed the band in 2004 with childhood friend Spencer Smith, the group's now ex-drummer. After recruiting Brendon Urie and Brent Wilson (who would later be replaced by Jon Walker, who would leave the band at the same time as Ryan), the band's debut album A Fever You Can't Sweat Out was released in 2005 which, while initially selling slowly soon became a commercial success, thanks in large part to the hit single "I Write Sins Not Tragedies". This was followed up by their 2008 album Pretty. Odd., which would turn out to be the last album Ryan would record with the band as in 2009 him and bassist Jon Walker left to form The Young Veins. Ross's new band would then go on to release one album, 2010's Take a Vacation! before going on hiatus that same year. Since then he has been largely inactive, though he has released a few songs here and there over the years.

At the start of his career he mostly sang in his mid range with fair usage of his high range and very little usage of his low range. Given that since 2010 he has released very little music, it's difficult to say whether his vocal style has changed at all since the start of his career. Though, going off what music he has released since, he appears to be using his low range more often recently, even getting down to the mid-second octave a couple of times. While he has been rather inactive for a while, his impact on the emo scene with Panic! at the Disco is not to be understated. One of the seminal bands of the genre, his musicianship has influenced many people since the mid 2000s.

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{Discography}Panic! at the Disco:
Pretty. Odd. (2008): C3 - G♯4 - A4 - B4

The Young Veins:
Take a Vacation! (2010): C3 - B♭4

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{Questionable Notes}C5 ("You're Invited" [2])
A4 ("Lonely Moonlight" [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 the singer in question.
[3] marks 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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