Post by sylvia!! on Dec 1, 2023 0:37:34 GMT
Colm McGuinness (born November the 14th, 1994)
Vocal Range: D1 - G♯5
Vocal Type: Colm McGuinness…. high baritone
{Vocal Summary}Colm McGuinness is one of those unfairly handsome, talented and funny pricks that make you want to quit doing anything because of how good they have it in life.
Not only is he a multi-instrumentalist composer that got to work with Critical fucking Role, he's also one of those musicians that seemingly does what they want when they want and comes up with new ways to do it every single time. Colm's biggest successes are found within his re-imagined arrangements of video game themes, original compositions inspired by video games, his folk-oriented covers that range from trad-folk to norse folk metal and interesting vocal takes on popular songs. But among this, one of his most notable attributes is his voice which is often the focus of the top comments of every single one of his videos, usually an overused quip that belongs in a cemetery like "What Is Your Vocal Range? Colm: Yes".
Colm's voice is usually perceived as super deep because of how much he abuses his lower register on pretty much every cover. While it gives a lot of people the impression he's some sort of bass, he's actually more of a high-placed baritone who has refined the craft of squashing the shit out of his voice until it sounds low and rattly. It's a bit of a hard sell and although it's a niche of his that he exploits fairly well it does border on gimmick and gets a little irritating to listen to after a while.
That being said, Colm has some pretty awesome vocal control. His upper register is personally more favourable imo, being able to do seamlessly clean highs and head voice notes as well as powerful, gritty belts all the way to the mid 5th octave. And despite my comments about his lower register early, he's truly amazing at harmonizing and making a song feel huge and epic even if it's just his vocals alone.
So in short, I think he's definitely an interesting specimen and a very good musician even if listening to him for hours on end like I did with this thread can give you a little bit of brainrot and an infuriating urge to do an Irish accent every 2 seconds. Stay handsome, Colm.
Not only is he a multi-instrumentalist composer that got to work with Critical fucking Role, he's also one of those musicians that seemingly does what they want when they want and comes up with new ways to do it every single time. Colm's biggest successes are found within his re-imagined arrangements of video game themes, original compositions inspired by video games, his folk-oriented covers that range from trad-folk to norse folk metal and interesting vocal takes on popular songs. But among this, one of his most notable attributes is his voice which is often the focus of the top comments of every single one of his videos, usually an overused quip that belongs in a cemetery like "What Is Your Vocal Range? Colm: Yes".
Colm's voice is usually perceived as super deep because of how much he abuses his lower register on pretty much every cover. While it gives a lot of people the impression he's some sort of bass, he's actually more of a high-placed baritone who has refined the craft of squashing the shit out of his voice until it sounds low and rattly. It's a bit of a hard sell and although it's a niche of his that he exploits fairly well it does border on gimmick and gets a little irritating to listen to after a while.
That being said, Colm has some pretty awesome vocal control. His upper register is personally more favourable imo, being able to do seamlessly clean highs and head voice notes as well as powerful, gritty belts all the way to the mid 5th octave. And despite my comments about his lower register early, he's truly amazing at harmonizing and making a song feel huge and epic even if it's just his vocals alone.
So in short, I think he's definitely an interesting specimen and a very good musician even if listening to him for hours on end like I did with this thread can give you a little bit of brainrot and an infuriating urge to do an Irish accent every 2 seconds. Stay handsome, Colm.
Significant High Notes:
G♯5 ("Bohemian Rhapsody", "Dream On")
F♯5 ("Iris")
F5 ("What Could Have Been")
E5 ("Go Together", "Hallelujah")
E♭5 ("Be Prepared", "Goodbye", "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight", "Sleeping in the Cold Below")
D5 ("Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!", "Given Up", "If I Had a Heart" folk metal version, "Iris", "Livin' On a Prayer", "Now, Colly", "Sleeping in the Cold Below", "Sweet Home Alabama", "Too Sweet")
C♯5 ("Don't Stop Believin'", "Dragonborn", "For Narmer", "Go Together", "Heart Shaped Box", "I'm Still Here", "Jolene", "Let's Get It Started", "Now, Colly", "The Parting Glass", "The Rocky Road to Dublin" folk metal version, "Row Me Bully Boys", "Scarborough Fair", "Sixteen Tons", "Something In The Way", "The Sound of Silence", "Touch The Sky", "What Could Have Been")
C5 ("Bohemian Rhapsody", "Bully in the Alley", "Edge of Night", "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!", "Hanging Johnny", "Hell's Coming With Me", "If I Had a Heart" folk metal version, "Livin' On a Prayer", "Nancy Mulligan", "The Rains of Castamere", "Soldier, Poet, King", "We Shall Sail Together", "Where I Belong", "Zombie")
B4 ("The Auld Triangle", "Don't Stop Believin'", "Enemy", "Folsom Prison Blues", "Ghost Riders In The Sky", "Go Together", "Heart Shaped Box", "Higher", "I'm Still Here", "If I Had a Heart", "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ya", "The Last Length", "Loser, Baby", "The Northwest Passage", "Old Maui", "Ramblin' Home Again", "The Rocky Road to Dublin" folk metal version, "Santiana", "The Star of the County Down", "Take Me To Church", "Touch The Sky", "Wayfaring Stranger", "We All Lift Together")
B♭4 ("Binks' Brew", "Daughter of the Sea", "Goodbye", "Hellfire", "Hobbit Drinking Songs", "House of the Rising Sun" Tiktok, "The Humours of Whiskey", "I See Fire", "I'm Shipping Up To Boston", "Man in the Box" Tiktok, "Over And Under", "The Ramblin' Rover", "Roll Northumbria", "Running Up That Hill", "Sleeping in the Cold Below", "Too Sweet", "Toss A Coin To Your Witcher", "Unchained", "Where I Belong", "Zombie")
A4 ("Amazing Grace", "An Nollaig in Éirinn", "Auld Lang Syne", "Be Prepared", "Becalmed", "Big Iron", "Come Out Ye Black And Tans" celtic rock version, "Daft Punk Smash Mouth" TikTok, "The Dawn Will Come", "The Fields Of Athenry", "The Foggy Dew", "For Narmer", "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!", "The Golden One", "Good Morning Ladies", "Hallelujah", "Halo Theme", "Hell's Coming With Me", "Hell's Greatest Dad", "Here's a Health to the Company", "Hurt", "I'm Shipping Up To Boston", "Iris", "Jenny of Oldstones", "Lowlands Away", "Mechanical Shark Arms" TikTok, "Misty Mountains" metal version, "My Mother Told Me" metal version, "Now, Colly", "On the Railroad", "Ramblin' Home Again" - True Edition, "The Rocky Road to Dublin", "Roll The Old Chariot", "Santiana" "Sixteen Tons", "The Skye Boat Song", "Touch The Sky", "Vanquish", "Whiskey in the Jar", "Wild Mountain Thyme", "Zombie")
G♯4 ("An Nollaig in Éirinn", "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Bully in the Alley", "Burn Butcher Burn", "Danny Boy", "Daughter of the Sea", "Davy Jones", "Diggy Diggy Hole", "Don't Stop Believin'", "Friends On The Other Side", "God of War", "Goodbye", "Hanging Johnny", "Heart Shaped Box", "Hoist the Colours", "I See Fire", "I'll Make A Man Out Of You", "Loser, Baby", "Mechanical Shark Arms" TikTok, "Misty Mountains" metal version/"Misty Mountains" metal version, "The Music of the Night", "My Mother Told Me"/"My Mother Told Me" metal version, "Never Gonna Give You Up", "Over And Under", "Roll, Boys, Roll!", "The Sound of Silence", "Strangers Like Me", "Toss A Coin To Your Witcher", "Unchained", "Viva La Vida", "We All Lift Together")
G4 ("Be Prepared", "Bully in the Alley", "Dragonborn", "Drunken Sailor", "Feed the Machine", "The Fields Of Athenry", "Fish in the Sea", "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!", "Go Together", "Good Morning Ladies", "The Golden One", "Hobbit Drinking Songs", "Hoist the Colours", "The Last Shanty", "No Matter the Weather", "Old Maui", "Randy Dandy O", "Ramblin' Home Again", "The Rattlin' Bog", "The Rocky Road to Dublin", "Sleeping in the Cold Below", "Superspy Smash Mouth" TikTok, "Take Me To Church", "Take Us Home", "This Wandering Day", "Too Sweet", "We Shall Sail Together", "When Horns Resound", "Zombie")
Significant Low Notes:
B2 ("An Nollaig in Éirinn", "Auld Lang Syne", "Becalmed", "Hell's Coming With Me", "I Miss You", "Loser, Baby", "The Northwest Passage", "The Parting Glass")
B♭2 ("Binks' Brew", "Hellfire", "Running Up That Hill", "Take Us Home", "Unchained", "This Wandering Day")
A2 ("Amazing Grace", "Be Prepared", "The Dawn Will Come", "Friends On The Other Side", "Ghost on the Shore", "I'm Still Here", "The Last Length", "The Northwest Passage", "Now, Colly", "The Parting Glass", "The Rocky Road to Dublin", "The Skye Boat Song", "Wild Mountain Thyme")
G♯2 ("Heart Shaped Box", "I See Fire", "Jolene", "Loser, Baby", "The Music of the Night", "Óró 'Sé do Bheatha 'Bhaile", "Strangers Like Me", "Where I Belong")
G2 ("Big Iron", "Ghost on the Shore", "Hallelujah", "Too Sweet", "Unchained")
F♯2 ("I'll Make A Man Out Of You")
F2 ("Heart Shaped Box", "Hoist the Colours", "I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire", "My Mother Told Me", "Something In The Way", "Too Sweet", "What Could Have Been")
E2 ("Becalmed", "Danny Boy", "Don't Stop Believin'", "Folsom Prison Blues", "Hallelujah", "Halo Theme", "Hell's Greatest Dad", "If I Had a Heart", "Loser, Baby", "On the Railroad", "When Horns Resound", "Where I Belong")
E♭2 ("Binks' Brew", "Diggy Diggy Hole", "Hanging Johnny", "I'll Make A Man Out Of You", "Leave Her Johnny", "Óró 'Sé do Bheatha 'Bhaile")
D2 ("Davy Jones", "Dead Horse", "Drunken Sailor", "Good Morning Ladies", "Hell's Coming With Me", "Hellfire", "Hobbit Drinking Songs", "Hurt", "I'm Still Here", "If I Had a Heart", "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ya", "The Last Length", "Lowlands Away", "Misty Mountains", "No Matter the Weather", "The Northwest Passage", "Old Maui", "The Rains of Castamere", "Ratiljost", "The Rocky Road to Dublin", "Sleeping in the Cold Below", "Song of Durin", "The Star of the County Down", "Wild Mountain Thyme", "When Horns Resound", "Where Am I To Go M'Johnnies")
C♯2 ("The Auld Triangle", "Daughter of the Sea", "Edge of Night", "For Narmer", "The Humours of Whiskey", "The Ramblin' Rover", "Roll Northumbria", "Row Me Bully Boys", "Santiana", "Sixteen Tons", "Something In The Way", "The Sound of Silence", "We All Lift Together", "Yo" TikTok)
C2 ("Big Iron", "Burn Butcher Burn", "Come Out Ye Black And Tans", "The Dawn Will Come", "The Fields Of Athenry", "Ghost Riders In The Sky", "God of War", "Hallelujah", "Hoist the Colours", "I Wanna Be In The Cavalry: Reprise", "Livin' On a Prayer", "My Mother Told Me", "Now, Colly", "Over And Under", "Ramblin' Home Again", "The Rattlin' Bog", "The Rocky Road to Dublin", "Roll The Old Chariot", "Running Up That Hill", "Soldier, Poet, King", "Wellerman", "Vanquish")
B1 ("An Nollaig in Éirinn", "Auld Lang Syne", "Becalmed", "Danny Boy", "Dragonborn", "Folsom Prison Blues", "Ghost Riders In The Sky", "Hoist the Colours" 2022 version, "Jenny of Oldstones", "Jolene", "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight", "My Mother Told Me" metal version, "No Matter the Weather", "Old Maui", "Onwards We Row", "Roll, Boys, Roll!", "Santiana", "Scarborough Fair", "Sixteen Tons", "The Skye Boat Song", "Song of Durin", "Strangers Like Me", "Tonight You Belong To Me", "Wayfaring Stranger")
B♭1 ("Bohemian Rhapsody", "Bully in the Alley", "Burn Butcher Burn", "Crazy", "Dry January's Over" TikTok, "Enemy", "The Golden One", "Hellfire", "Over And Under", "Plastic Jesus", "Randy Dandy O", "Ratiljost", "Roll Northumbria", "The Sound of Silence", "Spanish Ladies", "Take Us Home", "Too Sweet", "Toss A Coin To Your Witcher", "Vanquish", "We Shall Sail Together", "What Could Have Been", "Your Not Singing This" TikTok)
A1 ("Amazing Grace", "Be Prepared", "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Come Out Ye Black And Tans", "Danny Boy", "The Dawn Will Come", "Davy Jones", "Dead Horse", "Enemy", "Fish in the Sea", "Friends in Low Places", "Friends On The Other Side", "Frozen Heart", "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!", "Halo Theme", "The Hanging Tree", "Hell's Coming With Me", "Here's a Health to the Company", "Hurt", "I Am Now Old" TikTok, "If I Had a Heart", "The Last Length", "Let's Get It Started", "Now, Colly", "The Rains of Castamere", "Roll The Old Chariot", "The Skye Boat Song", "Take On Me", "Wayfaring Stranger", "Whiskey in the Jar")
G♯1 ("Bass Singer Vocal Training Regiment" TikTok, "I See Fire", "Misty Mountains" metal version, "We All Lift Together", "Your Not Singing This" TikTok)
G1 ("Burn Butcher Burn", "Dragonborn", "Frosty the Snowman", "The Last Shanty", "Morning Colm Attempts A G1" TikTok, "Ratiljost", "Song of Durin")
F♯1 ("Bass Duet With Dog" TikTok, "Go To Sleep a Little Baby", "Hoist the Colours" metal version, "Sixteen Tons")
E1 ("Bohemian Rhapsody", "Folsom Prison Blues", "Ghost Riders In The Sky", "If I Had a Heart", "When Horns Resound")
E♭1 ("Bohemian Rhapsody", "Roll Northumbria")
D1 ("Frozen Heart")
{Questionable Notes}C♯6 ("Colm McGuinness Imitates a Dying Kettle" link)
E♭2 ("The Music of the Night" [5] felt like mentioning that it was a shit note)
B♭1 ("Hanging Johnny" [1])
A1 ("Hellfire" [5])
E♭1 ("Spanish Ladies" [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 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.
E♭2 ("The Music of the Night" [5] felt like mentioning that it was a shit note)
B♭1 ("Hanging Johnny" [1])
A1 ("Hellfire" [5])
E♭1 ("Spanish Ladies" [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 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.
{Discography}Colm McGuinness
Keep Colm and Cover Up (2021) - E1 - G♯1 - D5 - E♭5
A Colm Night At Sea (2021): A1 - C♯5
Don't Trad On Me (2022): A1 - B4 - D5
The Colm Before the Storm (2023): E♭1 - G1 - B♭4 - B4
Italics mark EPs
Grey marks compilations
..................................................Keep Colm and Cover Up (2021) - E1 - G♯1 - D5 - E♭5
A Colm Night At Sea (2021): A1 - C♯5
Don't Trad On Me (2022): A1 - B4 - D5
The Colm Before the Storm (2023): E♭1 - G1 - B♭4 - B4
Italics mark EPs
Grey marks compilations
• Blue denotes falsetto and whistle passages.
• Green denotes harshly distorted passages.
• Grey denotes fried/growled/other low note technique passages.
• Boldface denotes outstanding passages.
• Italics denote non-melodic and spoken passages.
• Underlines denote obscured and background passages.
