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Post by fountain30 on Apr 7, 2022 16:45:40 GMT
 Charlotte Day Wilson (b: 1993, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)Vocal Range: C3-D6
Voice Type: Mezzo-SopranoCDW is a gifted musician who competently navigates multiple instruments, song writing, production, and best of all - has an amazing voice. Her songs feel like beautiful mood-pieces, representing a state of mind and moment in time with personal and introspective lyrics. After making a buzz with her beautiful single 'Work' and following some light releases, CDW released her debut album 'Alpha' in 2021 which is a really accomplished body of work and shows off her gift as a musician with wonderful instrumentation, lyrics and layered harmonies. Her voice can best be described as a warm and smooth Mezzo-Soprano with a soulful edge and a fairly robust lower register (in some cases she will even sing an entire hook in the third octave, and shows great control here with tone, phrasing and melisma). A sweet but warm head voice is occasionally used, and interestingly she takes more risks in a live setting. Studio recordings tend to show a controlled finesse, yet she will go for a C6 with full-throttle power in a live setting to surprise and dazzle the audience (although her heavier voice is not as flexible in this area). An extremely cool singer who always has a quiet storm brewing within and one who shouldn't be taken for granted. She has the range but will wait for the special moments to show you exactly what she can do.
Significant High Notes:D6 ("Nothing New")C6 ("Nothing New", "Stone Woman" various live)
A5 ("Stone Woman" various live)G♯5 (“After All”, “Find You”)G5 (“Nothing New”, “What You Need” “Where Do You Go”)F♯5 (“Here You Come Again”)F5 ("Stone Woman" live Music Hall of Williamsburg 2022)
E5 (“Changes”, “What You Need”)
E♭5 (“After All”, “Leave It”)
D5 (“Find You” live CBC Festival 2018, "Funeral", “Let You Down”, “Old Skool Love” YouTube Performance 2014)
C♯5 ("Doubt", “In Your Eyes” live on CBC 2016, "Keep Moving", "Overjoy" live on Exclaim! TV 2014, “Skat”)
C5 ("Cyan Blue", "Do U Still", “Funeral”, “In Your Eyes”, "Keep Moving", “Let You Down”, “Lovesick Utopia”, "My Way", “On Your Own”, "Over The Rainbow", “Skat”, "Still", “Stone Woman”, "Work")
B4 (“Doubt”, “Falling Apart”, "Forever", “Find You”, “Funeral”, “Keep Moving”, "Kiss & Tell", "Last Call", “Stay”, “Stone Woman”, “Sun Soaked”)
B♭4 (“Here You Come Again”, "I Don't Love You", "If I Could", “In Your Eyes”, “Leave It”, “Lovesick Utopia”, “Mountains”, “No Pain”, “On Your Own”, “Reprise”, "Spent Missing", “Where Do You Go”, “Work”)
A4 (“After All”, “Changes”, "Cyan Blue", "Do U Still", “Find You”, “I Can Only Whisper”, “In Your Eyes”, "Last Call", “Keep Moving”, "Kiss & Tell", “Lay It Down”, “Let You Down”, “Mountains”, "My Way", “Nothing New”, “On Your Own”, "Over The Rainbow", “Skat”, "Still", “Strangers”, “Sun Soaked”, “Take Care of You”, "Walk With Me", “What You Need”, “Work”)
Significant Low Notes:
A3 ("Cyan Blue", “Danny’s Interlude”, “Dark Days”, "Do U Still", “Even Is The Lie”, “Falling Apart”, “Find You”, “Funeral”, “I Can Only Whisper”, “In Your Eyes”, “Keep Moving”, "Kiss & Tell", "Last Call", “Let You Down”, “Mountains”, "My Way", "New Day", “Nothing New”, “Stone Woman”, “Stay”, "Still", “Strangers”, “Summertime”, “Take Care of You”, “Transform”, "Walk With Me", “What You Need”, “Work”)
G♯3 (“Adam Complex”, “After All”, "Canopy", “Dark Days”, "Dovetail", “Doubt”, "Forever", “If I Could”, “Lay It Down”, “Leave It”, “Lovesick Utopia”, "Money", “Skat”, “Strangers”, “Summertime”, “Take Care of You”, “Where Do You Go”, “Work”)
G3 (“Changes”, “Danny’s Interlude”, “Find You”, “Funeral”, “Here You Come Again”, "Last Call", “Mountains”, "My Way", “Nothing New”, "Over The Rainbow", "Spent Missing", “Stay”, “Transform”, “What You Need”
F♯3 ("Cyan Blue", “Doubt”, "Dovetail", “Falling Apart”, "Fever Dreamer", "Forever", “I Can Only Whisper”, “If I Could”, “Keep Moving”, "Kiss & Tell", "Money", "Mountains", "New Day", “On Your Own”, “Summertime”, “Take Care of You”, "Walk With Me", “Wish It Was Easy”, “Where Do You Go”)
F3 ( “After All”, "Adam Complex", “Danny’s Interlude”, "I Don't Love You", “In Your Eyes”, “Lay It Down”, “Mountains”, “Nothing New”, “Stone Woman”, “Strangers”)
E3 (“After All”, “Changes”, "Cyan Blue", “Even Is The Lie”, “Falling Apart”, "Find You", “Here You Come Again”, "Funeral", “If I Could” live on The Polaris Music Prize Gala 2022, “In Your Eyes”, "Keep Moving", "Knocks Me Off My Feet" live on Instagram 2023, “Lovesick Utopia”, “Mountains”, "My Way", "New Day", "Over The Rainbow", “Stay”, “Summertime”, "Walk With Me", “What You Need”, “Wish It Was Easy”)
E♭3 (“Adam Complex”, "Canopy", “Doubt”, “Lovesick Utopia”, “Mountains” live on The Polaris Music Prize Gala 2022, “No Pain”, "On Your Own", "Summertime", “Where Do You Go”, “Work” live Meltweg" Amsterdam 2018)
D3 (“Dark Days”, “Even Is The Lie”, “Here You Come Again”, “I Can Only Whisper”, "Kiss & Tell", "Knocks Me Off My Feet" live on Instagram 2023, "Last Call", “No Pain”, "Over The Rainbow", "Spent Missing", “Strangers” live Music Hall of Williamsburg 2018, “Transform”, “Wish It Was Easy”)
C♯3 ("Canopy", "Cyan Blue", live in London 2024, “If I Could” live on The Polaris Music Prize Gala 2022, "Money", "My Way", “On Your Own”, “Find You”, “Work”)
C3 (“Changes”, “Lay It Down”, “Transform”)
• Boldface denotes significant vocal moments (by the singers standard). |
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Post by Macca on Apr 7, 2022 18:37:45 GMT
I Highly Suggest Bolding the Note Names Like G3 Becomes G3 And So on And So On
And I Would Also Suggest Changing the Correcting the Shade of Blue Just by Changing the Color Hex Name to Blue I Would Also Suggest Linking the Bold Notes and Link Her Highest and Lowest Note
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Post by fountain30 on Apr 7, 2022 19:48:50 GMT
I Highly Suggest Bolding the Note Names Like G3 Becomes G3 And So on And So On And I Would Also Suggest Changing the Correcting the Shade of Blue Just by Changing the Color Hex Name to Blue I Would Also Suggest Linking the Bold Notes and Link Her Highest and Lowest Note Hello! Sure thing, thanks for letting me know. I shall get around to it ASAP, It's my first one :smiley: Hopefully it'll encourage some of you to go check out CDW, she's awesome! |
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Post by fountain30 on Apr 8, 2022 13:12:03 GMT
aighty, thread note time: - ♯ and ♭ symbols - contrary to what a user above me has stated there is no "correct" blue shade, though it is better to make all the blue notes the same shade - the b5 is pretty much a c6 - might wanna put the vocal description above the significant notes section, though that's just a personal preference as its easier to read - consider adding a questionable notes and discography/vocal timeline section (in general for threads) keep it up, hope to see more in the future Hey! Thanks for your feedback, I was a little nervous as although I am fairly musical so I'm confident with what I hear, obviously I'm new to posting! I'll change the B5 to a C6, I wasn't 100% confident with that note due to the echo from the mic, wasn't sure if it was "clean" C6 if you get me. Thanks again! |
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Post by fountain30 on Jan 30, 2023 22:46:16 GMT
interesting that every falsetto note has been bolded No, the thread is a work in progress and hasn't been completely colour coded yet. I wanted to get a head start by colour coding the ones with hyperlinks. It will be finished soon. FYI though almost everything A4 and above from Charlotte is either mixed or full head voice, so that section will mostly be blue. The highlighted Overjoy C♯5 is a rare example of a full chest belt from her. Full chest belts in the 5th octave aren't easy for her due to the weight of her voice. |
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I was really excited to check out your singer but you didn't link the bolds so I left
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Post by rootyrootz on Jan 31, 2023 15:01:28 GMT
interesting that every falsetto note has been bolded No, the thread is a work in progress and hasn't been completely colour coded yet. I wanted to get a head start by colour coding the ones with hyperlinks. It will be finished soon. FYI though almost everything A4 and above from Charlotte is either mixed or full head voice, so that section will mostly be blue. The highlighted Overjoy C♯5 is a rare example of a full chest belt from her. Full chest belts in the 5th octave aren't easy for her due to the weight of her voice. ahh this makes sense |
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Post by fountain30 on Sept 3, 2023 20:04:36 GMT
Some of the bolded notes are incorrect B4s in "If I Could" are Bb4s E3s in "Find You" are F#3s (does she really drop down to a C#3 at some point? I can't find it) Eb3s in "Keep Moving" are E3s (I don't believe Eb3 is in the key of the song) Hey, I have all of her vocals isolated and IIRC the Find You C#3 was in a harmony. Let me go back to investigate. I'll be removing that bold anyway as on reflection I don't think it's strong for her. This was the first thread I made and it's still a bit of a work in progress but it's in a much better position than it was when I started, and my ear is a lot better now too. If I Could, I hear Bb4-B4? "I-i-iiif" specifically where she flips into head voice for the vibrato. Keep Moving you are correct and I'll edit soon. I've had a look over and everything else seems to be fine. She's quite challenging for a beginner because in her lead vocals she only really uses 1-2 octaves, and most of the "magic" tends to happen in harmonies or background vocals, which I need to highlight too. Of course there are odd moments of genuine surprise like her C6 and D6 which were easy to pitch and identify. Are you enjoying her music and voice? I'm not stopping until everyone realises this is the coolest woman on the planet right now. |
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Post by fountain30 on Sept 3, 2023 20:41:54 GMT
Personally I wouldn't just go by my ear no matter how good I think my sense of pitch is, I would always have a piano open even just in a browser tab to check and be very aware of the tonalities of the song at a given moment (although being an R&B singer she ofc may have some intentional notes that are out of the norm, but none of the ones I pointed out are) The "if I could" phrase is 3 notes from F4 - Ab4 - Bb4 (B4 is not in the key of the song at that moment which is Db major) Oh and she's a great singer, I tend to love these soulful voices personally. Easily a mezzo You are correct, I wasn't considering the key of the song... I find it harder to pitch that way (although learning)! Usually I isolate (unless it's very obvious) and then do my pitching from there. Thanks though, I appreciate your help. Also with Charlotte, she does tend to sing, I assume, very close to the mic as she creates a very intimate atmosphere but some of her lower notes can be soft and quiet, a little challenging to pitch. Same for a lot of her high notes actually, shes "quiet" at both ends of her range for me but then she can be more powerful in the middle. I can't see much change happening as she seems perfectly content with the type of singer she is and the music she's making. |
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I was really excited to check out your singer but you didn't link the bolds so I left
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Post by rootyrootz on Sept 3, 2023 20:44:54 GMT
Personally I wouldn't just go by my ear no matter how good I think my sense of pitch is, I would always have a piano open even just in a browser tab to check and be very aware of the tonalities of the song at a given moment (although being an R&B singer she ofc may have some intentional notes that are out of the norm, but none of the ones I pointed out are) The "if I could" phrase is 3 notes from F4 - Ab4 - Bb4 (B4 is not in the key of the song at that moment which is Db major) Oh and she's a great singer, I tend to love these soulful voices personally. Easily a mezzo You are correct, I wasn't considering the key of the song... I find it harder to pitch that way (although learning)! Usually I isolate (unless it's very obvious) and then do my pitching from there. Thanks though, I appreciate your help. Also with Charlotte, she does tend to sing, I assume, very close to the mic as she creates a very intimate atmosphere but some of her lower notes can be soft and quiet, a little challenging to pitch. Same for a lot of her high notes actually, shes "quiet" at both ends of her range for me but then she can be more powerful in the middle. I can't see much change happening as she seems perfectly content with the type of singer she is and the music she's making. Not everybody has to belt all the time! |
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