Post by TheCMRecluse on Sept 24, 2024 4:02:48 GMT
Aaron Jonathan Weiss
Associated Acts: MewithoutYou (2001-2022)
Vocal Range: C♯2-D5 (3 octaves, 1 note)
Vocal Type: Poorly Knit (Not Brave) Baritone Of Many Four Letter Words
{Vocal Summary}
Spoken word vocalists are tricky vocalists for many of those who analyze the singing voice of those who do it for a living. Some may argue that they do not count since they are mostly speaking to the music or just ambience while others may say that it is still a unique vocal expression.Enter Philly native Aaron Weiss of the indie juggernaut, MewithoutYou. One of the most respected and acclaimed bands in the emo scene where people have praised the unique blend of post-hardcore with indie musical moments that sound very one of a kind matched with Weiss’ lyricism relating to his unique upbringing raised by Jewish and Muslim parents to later becoming Christian and in a way mix the three of them in his lyrics with vivid poetry that uses nature in his metaphors. Weiss delivers them like an emotional slam poet about to go through a mental breakdown especially early in his career where he was a total maniac on stage and for the most part he delivered these songs through spoken word and screaming with some barely melodic singing. However, around his third album Brother, Sister (2006) Weiss changed the dynamic of his voice with a more folkish singing style which may not sound that unique; he still makes his work in the end. He is a baritone with a vulnerable timbre who mostly “melodically murmurs” his lyrics while mixing it with moments of the bombast he was known to do with his spoken word yelling. His yells never really touched the fifth octave for the most part but he does manage to still make any note he reaches sound impactful. His lower range is where he shines the most in terms of skill, having almost the entire second octave as his playground giving deep emotive tones with his almost passive delivery but still knowing where to lead it. Weiss is definitely a modern renaissance man with a lot of skills in poetry with a beautiful imagination making him stand out in the spoken word crowd and I hope to see him continue this despite the end of his band.
Spoken word vocalists are tricky vocalists for many of those who analyze the singing voice of those who do it for a living. Some may argue that they do not count since they are mostly speaking to the music or just ambience while others may say that it is still a unique vocal expression.Enter Philly native Aaron Weiss of the indie juggernaut, MewithoutYou. One of the most respected and acclaimed bands in the emo scene where people have praised the unique blend of post-hardcore with indie musical moments that sound very one of a kind matched with Weiss’ lyricism relating to his unique upbringing raised by Jewish and Muslim parents to later becoming Christian and in a way mix the three of them in his lyrics with vivid poetry that uses nature in his metaphors. Weiss delivers them like an emotional slam poet about to go through a mental breakdown especially early in his career where he was a total maniac on stage and for the most part he delivered these songs through spoken word and screaming with some barely melodic singing. However, around his third album Brother, Sister (2006) Weiss changed the dynamic of his voice with a more folkish singing style which may not sound that unique; he still makes his work in the end. He is a baritone with a vulnerable timbre who mostly “melodically murmurs” his lyrics while mixing it with moments of the bombast he was known to do with his spoken word yelling. His yells never really touched the fifth octave for the most part but he does manage to still make any note he reaches sound impactful. His lower range is where he shines the most in terms of skill, having almost the entire second octave as his playground giving deep emotive tones with his almost passive delivery but still knowing where to lead it. Weiss is definitely a modern renaissance man with a lot of skills in poetry with a beautiful imagination making him stand out in the spoken word crowd and I hope to see him continue this despite the end of his band.
{Discography Checked}
MewithoutYou
Genre: Post-hardcore/indie rock/alternative rock/art rock/baroque pop/folk rock/spoken word
EPs
Blood Enough For Us All Demo (2000) N/A-D5
I Never Said That I Was Brave EP (2001) N/A-D5
Other Stories EP (2013) C♯2-E2-G4
[untitled EP] (2018) E2-E4-A4
Studio albums
[A→B] Life (2002) F2-G2-A4-C♯5
Catch For Us The Foxes (2004) E2-B4-C5
Brother, Sister (2006) C♯2-B4
It’s All Crazy! It's All False! It's All A Dream! It's All Alright! (2009) F♯2-A2-A4-C5
Ten Stories (2012) D2-F2-B♭4-D5
Pale Horses (2016) D2-B♭4-B4
[Untitled] (2018) E2-B4-C5
MewithoutYou
Genre: Post-hardcore/indie rock/alternative rock/art rock/baroque pop/folk rock/spoken word
EPs
Blood Enough For Us All Demo (2000) N/A-D5
I Never Said That I Was Brave EP (2001) N/A-D5
Other Stories EP (2013) C♯2-E2-G4
[untitled EP] (2018) E2-E4-A4
Studio albums
[A→B] Life (2002) F2-G2-A4-C♯5
Catch For Us The Foxes (2004) E2-B4-C5
Brother, Sister (2006) C♯2-B4
It’s All Crazy! It's All False! It's All A Dream! It's All Alright! (2009) F♯2-A2-A4-C5
Ten Stories (2012) D2-F2-B♭4-D5
Pale Horses (2016) D2-B♭4-B4
[Untitled] (2018) E2-B4-C5
Significant High Notes:
D5 ("Four Letter Word" (EP version), "Grist For The Malady Mill", "I Dare You To Pick Someone To Fight Me")
C♯5 ("We Know Who Our Enemies Are")
C5 ("Another Head For Hydra", "Bullet To Binary (Pt. Two)", "I Never Said That I Was Brave", "Memphis Of Men" (live at Atlanta 2022), "The King Beetle On A Coconut Estate", "The Soviet")
B4 ("70 X 7" by Bella Futuro, "A Glass Can Only Spill What It Contains", "Blue Hen", "Four Word Letter (Pt. Two)", "January 1979", "Leaf", "The Comfort You Give Is Only Torment", "Tortoises All The Way Down", "Wendy & Betsy")
B♭4 ("9:27A.M.,7/29", "Another Head For Hydra", "Be Still, Child", "Dying Is Strange And Hard", "Grist For The Malady Mill", "No Friend" by Paramore, "Julia (Or, 'Holy To The Lord' On The Bells Of Horses)", "Red Cow", "Torches Together", "Wolf Am I! (And Shadow)", "Working In A Factory")
A4 ("Allah, Allah, Allah", "Birnam Wood", "Blue Hen", "Bullet To Binary", "Bullet To Binary (Pt. Two)", "Cardiff Giant", "Carousels", "Cattail Down", "Cities Of The Plain", "D-Minor", "Disaster Tourism", "February, 1878", "Fiji Mermaid", "Flamethrower", "Lilac Queen", "In A Market Dimly Lit", "Memphis Will Be Laid To Waste" by Norma Jean, "Mexican War Streets", "Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore", "My Exit, Unfair", "Nice And Blue", "Nice And Blue Pt. 2", "Nine Stories", "O, Porcupine", "Paper Hanger", "Rainbow Signs", "Seven Sisters", "The Ghost", "The Soviet", "There Is Hope For A Tree Cut Down", "Tie Me Up! Untie Me!", "Timothy Hay", "Torches Together", "Watermelon Ascot", "Wendy & Betsy", "We Know Who Our Enemies Are")
G♯4 ("9:27A.M.,7/29", "January 1979", "C-Minor", "Everything Was Beautiful And Nothing Hurt", "Fox's Dream Of The Log Flume", "Gentleman", "Nice And Blue Pt. 2", "Push" by Say Anything, "Silencer", "The Cure For Pain", "Wolf Am I! (And Shadow)")
G4 ("Carousels", "Dirty Air", "Four Word Letter (Pt. Two)", "Julian The Onion", "Leaf", "My Exit, Unfair", "New Wine, New Skins", "Seven Sisters", "The Dryness And The Rain", "The Ghost", "The Soviet", "Tie Me Up! Untie Me!", "Torches Together")
Significant Low Notes:
D3 ("Allah, Allah, Allah", "Bethlehem, WV", "Blue Hen", "Carousels", "Disaster Tourism", "February, 1878", "Goodbye, I!", "Grist For The Malady Mill", "In A Market Dimly Lit", "Leaf", "Lilac Queen", "O, Porcupine", "Paper Hanger", "The Angel Of Death Came To David's Room", "Winter Solstice" (alt. version))
C♯3 ("A Stick, A Carrot & String", "Elephant In The Dock", "In A Market Dimly Lit", "Kristy w/ the Sparkling Teeth", "Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore")
C3 ("Another Head For Hydra", "Break On Through (To The Other Side) Pt. 2", "Cities Of The Plain", "Magic Lantern Days", "Mexican War Streets")
B2 ("2,459 Miles", "All Circles", "Bear's Vision Of St. Agnes", "Flee, Thou Matadors!", "Leaf", "New Wine, New Skins", "Nice And Blue Pt. 2", "Orange Spider", "Son Of A Widow", "Tie Me Up! Untie Me!", "Watermelon Ascot", "Wendy & Betsy")
B♭2 ("[Dormouse Sighs]", "August 6th", "Chornobyl, 1985", "Pale Horse")
A2 ("Aubergine", "Bethlehem, WV", "Birnam Wood", "Brownish Spider", "Cattail Down", "Cardiff Giant", "Chapelcross Towns", "Carousels", "Everything Was Beautiful And Nothing Hurt", "Fig With A Bellyache", "Flee, Thou Matadors!", "Fox's Dream Of The Log Flume", "Julian The Onion", "Lilac Queen", "Messes Of Men", "Mexican War Streets", "Son Of A Widow", "Tie Me Up! Untie Me!", "The Cure For Pain", "The King Beetle On A Coconut Estate", "Wolf Am I! (And Shadow)", "Yellow Spider")
G♯2 ("January 1979", "Silencer", "The Sun And The Moon")
G2 ("9:27A.M.,7/29", "70 X 7" by Bella Futuro, "C-Minor", "D-Minor", "Dirty Air", "Fiji Mermaid", "Gentleman", "Grist For The Malady Mill", "Julia (Or, 'Holy To The Lord' On The Bells Of Horses)", "Leaf", "Rainbow Signs", "The Dryness And The Rain")
F♯2 ("Carousels", "Elephant In The Dock", "Every Thought A Thought Of You", "In A Sweater Poorly Knit", "Nine Stories", "Red Cow")
F2 ("A Glass Can Only Spill What It Contains", "Aubergine", "Disaster Tourism", "Everything Was Beautiful And Nothing Hurt", "Mexican War Streets")
E2 ("Dorothy", "Existential Dread, Six Hours' Time", "February, 1878", "Four Fires", "The Soviet", "Tortoises All The Way Down")
D2 ("East Enders Wives", "Werewolf King" (Demo))
C♯2 ("Four Fires", "No Friend" by Paramore, "The Sun And The Moon")
{Questionable Notes}
E6 ("There Is Hope For A Tree Cut Down"[2])
F5 ("Memphis Will Be Laid To Waste"[1])
E♭5 ("Fairfield"[2])
C♯5 ("Wolf Am I! (And Shadow)" [5])
F2 ("The Dryness And The Rain"[2])
E♭2 ("Yellow Spider"[1])
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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.
E6 ("There Is Hope For A Tree Cut Down"[2])
F5 ("Memphis Will Be Laid To Waste"[1])
E♭5 ("Fairfield"[2])
C♯5 ("Wolf Am I! (And Shadow)" [5])
F2 ("The Dryness And The Rain"[2])
E♭2 ("Yellow Spider"[1])
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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.
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Blue marks falsetto or whistle notes.
Green marks harsh, distorted notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.
Special thank you to sylvia!! for lending me this claim and for already having this semi-done for me. You are awesome. <3
