Post by RINGO on Aug 13, 2024 1:32:19 GMT
Linked here is the longest low notes compilation video on YouTube, over 10 hours of some of the best/some of my favorite low notes that I've heard. It will also be the formal last video on the RangeHub channel and the last contribution I will be making, however vicariously, to the website formerly known as The Range Place.
Next week will be 10 years since I initially joined TRP, back in its 2.0 era. The site has gone through many changes since then, some spearheaded by me, others implemented in spite of me, and even more that I've played no part in whatsoever. Such is the chain of events when you work your way to the head of a website such as this only to burn all remaining bridges over petty bullshit that only seems pettier with age.
But we move on, and as I approach age 26, I have all but fully moved on from the stage of my life that TRP occupied an unhealthy extent of for a long time. And yet, there was one thing I wanted to complete - a project I've had in the drafts since the late TRP 3 days.
I became aware of TRP through the vocal range videos of people like Timi T., who were greatly inspired by the work of notewatchers like jowox back in 2009 or so. jowox, one of the first regular TRPers when the site was formed, was also an early creator of low note videos on YouTube, which I devoured as a kid along with the many people he inspired (Gamedrummer89, victoryopop, thebassmanadam, etc.) and the various people, many of them TRP users, who jumped off of their work in the mid-2010s (Axel Fuentes, anyone?). There are a lot of historical and new YouTube compilations of low notes out there, but none of them are especially comprehensive or genre-diverse, and almost none of them feature low notes from women whatsoever.
This video rectifies that - low notes from both men and women, across popular music, gospel music, choral music, and everything in between. Some of these are the product of direct TRP research, some from old low note videos that I grew up with, and some are brand new original research from my deep delving into the discographies of groups like the Stamps, Acappella, Gold City and the King's Heralds. Not a definitive video with every worthwhile low note under the sun, of course, but one that I feel proud of at the end of the day.
With that, I close this final chapter of my time on TRP with one last, positive contribution. Not sure whether to thank everyone who played a part in my time here, to apologize to them, or to pull my hair out and scream. But I wish everyone good health, healing and happiness, and for the love of god, please don't forget to touch some grass and listen to music once in a while without feeling compelled to pitch every note under the sun. The human voice is a wonderful, sublime thing - let's appreciate it on those terms.