Cosmo Sheldrake (2,029 views)

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Cosmo Sheldrake
Years Active: 2014-Present
Associated Acts: Cosmo Sheldrake, Don't, Merlin Sheldrake 
Vocal Range: B♭1 - E5

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{Vocal Summary}
The Lord of Whimsy Himself, Cosmo Sheldrake has made himself more mainstream since he partnered with Apple to include "Come Along" in their, well, WHIMSICAL commercial. Oh, and Pentatonix also covered that song too.

I could definitely talk about his songwriting for a long long time, but, seeming as this is a VOCAL summary, I will be brief. His passion for nature flows creatively into his songwriting (songs like "Old Ocean" and "Pliocene") as well, what I could expect from nobody else but Cosmo ("Run and "No. 3") creating some of the most interesting lyrics to try to break down and then giving up trying because "hahaha tardigrades!"

Anwyays by looking through this thread it's evident that Cosmo definitely has a lower placement, making him a bass-baritone. He's very resonant in the second octave, while also simultaneously being resonant in the lower-mid fourth octave. Singing in both a very low area and a high area with relative ease is a tricky feat for any singer to achieve, and Cosmo effortlessly implements them into his songs. He also has a falsetto voice too, making common appearances throughout his works, just to add to his expansive range (his range is especially showed in his improvisations as he tends to use a lot of it up there). His belting register could use some work but songs like 'Iko Iko' and 'Pig in a Pen' show some untapped potential.

Overall, dope singer. Lower range better than high range.

Significant High Notes:
E5 ("Improv #4" live from France 2016, "Lichens", "Wriggle")
E♭5 ("Aka Pygmy Music", "Hocking")
C♯5 ("Improv #3" live from France 2016, "Improvisation #3" live at Rickshaw Stop, California, "The Moss")
C5 ("Improvisation #2" live from Rickshaw Stop, California,"Improv #4" live from France 2016)   
B4 ("Dlora Yelps", "Egg and Soldiers", "I Stitched My Mind Back To My Body", "Improvisation #3" live at Rickshaw Stop, California, "Old Ocean", "Run", "Wriggle")
B♭4 ("Aka Pigmy Music", "Axolotl", "Improv 4" live from London 2021, "Improvisation #1" live from SWX Bristol, "Run")
A4 ("I To The Maybe Go", "Improv #3" live from France 2016, "Interdimensional", "Live Improv In London - Track 2", "Marvellous Clouds", "MLK", "More Than A Mountain", "The Moss", "Wriggle")
G♯4 ("Aka Pigmy Music", "Birth a Basket", "Birthday Suit", "Egg and Soldiers", "Improv 4" live from London 2021, "MLK", "Run Rings Right Wrongs", "Solar", "Solar Waltz")
G4 ("Axolotl", "Bathed in Sound", "Birth A Basket", "Birthday Suit", "Improv #4" live from France 2016, "Live Improv in New York", "Pig In A Pen" live at the Cottage, "Wriggle")
F♯4 ("Beech", "Egg and Soldiers", "I Stitched My Mind Back To My Body", "Iko Iko", "Improv", "Improv #1" live from France 2016, "Lichens", "Linger Longer", "Marvellous Clouds", "The Moss", "Birthday Suit")
F4 ("Axlotol", "Bathed in Sound", "Barbara Allen", "Improv 2" live from London 2021, "Improvisation #1" live at Rickshaw Stop, California, "Improvisation #1" live from SWX Bristol, "Improv #2", "Linger Longer", "Live Improv In London - Track 2", "Live Improv in New York", "More Than A Mountain", "Pig in a Pen", "Soil", "Solar", "Solar Waltz", "The Language of Fish")
E4 ("Did Don't Do", "I Stitched My Mind Back To My Body", "Iko Iko", "Improv", "Improv #1" live from France 2016, "Improv 4" live from London 2021, "Improvisation #2" live from Rickshaw Stop, California, "Improvisation #3" live at Rickshaw Stop, California, "Interdimensional", "Live Improv In London - Track 1", "Live Improv In London - Track 2", "Live Improv in New York", "MLK", "Old Ocean", "Prefusify", "Tardigrade Song", "The Moss", "Wriggle")
E♭4 ("Bathed in Sound", "Breathe Around Corners", "Birth a Basket", "Birthday Suit", "Come Along", "Egg and Soldiers", "Fish Head Dance Troupe" live at the Moth Club, "Improv #2" live from France 2016, "Improv #3" live from France 2016, "Improvisation #1" live at Rickshaw Stop, California, "Lichens", "Linger Longer", "Live Improv In London - Track 3", "No. 3", "Rich", "Run", "Run Rings Right Wrongs", "Shiny is the View", "Solar", "Solar Waltz", "Stop the Music")

Significant Low Notes:
B2 ("Breathe Around Corners", "Children of Darkness" Richard and Mimi Farina Cover, "Did Don't Do", "I Did and I Don't and I Do", "Interdimensional", "Improv #2", "Improv #2" live from France 2016, "Linger Longer", "Live Improv In London - Track 2", "Live Improv In London - Track 3", "More Than a Mountain", "Old Ocean", "Pelicans We", "Run Rings Right Wrongs", "Shiny Is The View", "Tardigrade Song", "The Falcon" Richard and Mimi Farina Cover)
B♭2 ("Aka Pygmy Music", "Axolotl", "Come Wander With Me", "Cuckoo Song", "Egg and Soldiers", "Half Past Three", "Hocking", "Improv 1" live from London 2021, "Improv 2" live from London 2021, "Improv 3" live from London 2021,  "Improv #3" live from France 2016, "Improv 4" live from London 2021, "Improvisation #3" live at Rickshaw Stop, California, "Linger Longer", "Live Improv In London - Track 1", "Pliocene", "Queen of Hearts" with Merlin Sheldrake and Heather Wolf, "Run", "Soil", "Solar", "Solar Waltz", "Stop the Music", "The Fly", "This Came From The Sky")
A2 ("Beech", "By Being With You", "Children of Darkness" Richard and Mimi Farina Cover, "Come Wander With Me", "Diamonds and Gold" Tom Waits Cover, "Did Don't Do", "Dlora Yelps", "Fish Head Dance Troupe" live at the Moth Club, "Half Past Three", "I Did and I Don't and I Do", "Interdimensional", "Improv 1" live from London 2021, "Improv 3" live from London 2021, "Improv 4" live from London 2021, "Improvisation #2" live from Rickshaw Stop, California, "Live Improv In London - Track 1", "Live Improv In London - Track 2", "Live Improv in New York", "Marvellous Clouds", "Pelicans We", "Queen of Hearts"  with Merlin Sheldrake and Heather Wolf, "Stop the Music", "The Birth of the Sunflower Dance Troupe" live at the Moth Club, "The Fly", "The Woods", "This Came From The Sky", "Wriggle")
G♯2 ("Aka Pygmy Music", "Barbara Allen", "Breathe Around Corners", "Echolocation", "Improv #1" live from France 2016, "Improvisation #1" live from SWX Bristol, "MLK", "Run Rings Right Wrongs", "Solar Waltz", "Song of the Cedars", "Stop the Music", "The Woods")
G2 ("Axolotl", "Bathed In Sound", "Beech", "Come Along", "Improv #4" live from France 2016, "Improvisation #2" live from Rickshaw Stop, California, "Linger Longer", "Live Improv In London - Track 1", "Live Improv In London - Track 3", "More Than a Mountain", "Old Ocean", "Pliocene", "Swarm Swamp Swim")
F♯2 ("But Once A Child", "Entangled Life", "Half Past Three", "I Stitched My Mind Back To My Body", "Live Improv In London - Track 3", "Marvellous Clouds", "MLK", "Tardigrade Song")
F2 ("Barbara Allen", "Bathed in Sound", "Beech", "Does the Swallow Dream of Flying", "Fish Head Dance Troupe" live at the Moth Club, "Improv #1" live from France 2016, "Improv 2" live from London 2021, "Improv 3" live from London 2021, "Lay This Body Down", "Live Improv In London - Track 2", "Pig in a Pen", "Shiny Is The View", "Soil", "Solar Waltz", "Song of the Cedars", "Stop the Music", "The Falcon" Richard and Mimi Farina Cover, "The Language of Fish", "The Woods")
E2 ("By Being With You", "Diamonds and Gold" Tom Waits Cover, "Improv", "Improv #4" live from France 2016, "Improvisation #3" live at Rickshaw Stop, California, "Live Improv in New York", "More Than a Mountain", "Tardigrade Song")
E♭2 ("Bathed in Sound", "Entangled Life", "Lay This Body Down", "Linger A While")
D2 ("By Being With You", "Does the Swallow Dream of Flying", "Linger A While")
C♯2 ("Birthday Suit", "Breathe Around Corners", "But Once A Child", "Improv", "Improv #2", "Improv #3" live from France 2016, "Interdimensional", "Pig in a Pen")
C2 ("By Being With You", "Improv #2")
B1 ("But Once A Child", "Improv #3" live from France 2016)
B♭1 ("Improv 2" live from London 2021)

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{Album Ranges}
The Moss (2014): B♭2 - E4 - C♯5
Pelicans We (2015): E2 - E4
The Much Much How How and I (2018): C♯2 - F4 - E5
Eye to the Ear (2024): B1 - C♯2 - F4 - E5

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{Questionable Notes}
D2 (Improvisation #1 live at Rickshaw Stop, California) Questionable Quality
C2 ("Live Improv In London - Track 3") Questionable Quality
A1 ("By Being With You", "Improv #3" live from France 2016,) (in order) Questionable Existence + Questionable Quality
??? ("Improv") Questionable Quality and no clue what he was trying to sing 

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Please, for the love of God, if anyone has any other ideas for bold notes tell me because I'm having a rough time trying to come with another one

[KaizoKazoo]

Unfortunately don't think Cosmo goes down to A1 in "By Being With You", the lowest I hear in the song is D2.

Could you timestamp it? There's a chance I may just be missing it, his voice is pretty obscured by the string bass.

[123]

Jun 11, 2024 22:51:41 GMT KaizoKazoo said:

Unfortunately don't think Cosmo goes down to A1 in "By Being With You", the lowest I hear in the song is D2.

Could you timestamp it? There's a chance I may just be missing it, his voice is pretty obscured by the string bass.

Hi, sorry for not seeing this earlier (notifications didn't work for some reason)! I don't have the time to look at it until the weekend (4 or so days). I'll dump it into the questionable notes section for now though.

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Jun 11, 2024 22:51:41 GMT KaizoKazoo said:

Unfortunately don't think Cosmo goes down to A1 in "By Being With You", the lowest I hear in the song is D2.

Could you timestamp it? There's a chance I may just be missing it, his voice is pretty obscured by the string bass.

Re-listened to the song again. I think at 0:57 there's a low note hit by him, which might be my C2. On the line 'that melted away' I think I hear the A1. Although it's definitely NOT boldable, don't why the hell I thought that .

[123]

Jun 18, 2024 8:12:33 GMT 123 said:

Jun 11, 2024 22:51:41 GMT KaizoKazoo said:

Unfortunately don't think Cosmo goes down to A1 in "By Being With You", the lowest I hear in the song is D2.

Could you timestamp it? There's a chance I may just be missing it, his voice is pretty obscured by the string bass.

Hi, sorry for not seeing this earlier (notifications didn't work for some reason)! I don't have the time to look at it until the weekend (4 or so days). I'll dump it into the questionable notes section for now though.

I conjured time from thin air.

[haeksk（ハクサク）]

Mar 14, 2024 19:10:38 GMT 123 said:

Please, for the love of God, if anyone has any other ideas for bold notes tell me because I'm having a rough time trying to come with another one

bold the e2s from tardigrade song that comes right after the e4 bold lol it's pretty beefy

[123]

Jun 19, 2024 6:55:14 GMT haeksk（ハクサク） said:

Mar 14, 2024 19:10:38 GMT 123 said:

Please, for the love of God, if anyone has any other ideas for bold notes tell me because I'm having a rough time trying to come with another one

bold the e2s from tardigrade song that comes right after the e4 bold lol it's pretty beefy

Usually I despise having two bolds for one song but that was a very good suggestion, thank you! 

[KaizoKazoo]

There are E♭5s in Hocking at the melody at 1:22 (and other parts of the song). I'm pretty sure these are Cosmo since the track credits on Bandcamp only lists the vocals as being from him.

I'm still not hearing the C2 or A1 where you're hearing them. At 0:57 I hear him going from D2 to E2. No C2 that I can hear. I think he might go down to A1 after the E2 to finish the phrase, but that's only questionable at best. I don't hear the A1 where you mention.

I'd say keep the C2 and A1 in questionable notes for now to get some more opinions on it. I would, however, consider the D2s from the same song as significant.

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Jun 19, 2024 13:55:53 GMT KaizoKazoo said:

There are E♭5s in Hocking at the melody at 1:22 (and other parts of the song). I'm pretty sure these are Cosmo since the track credits on Bandcamp only lists the vocals as being from him.

I'm still not hearing the C2 or A1 where you're hearing them. At 0:57 I hear him going from D2 to E2. No C2 that I can hear. I think he might go down to A1 after the E2 to finish the phrase, but that's only questionable at best. I don't hear the A1 where you mention.

I'd say keep the C2 and A1 in questionable notes for now to get some more opinions on it. I would, however, consider the D2s from the same song as significant.

Thanks I added the E♭5. I'll keep the A1 as questionable for now.