Post by BAZanine on Oct 11, 2019 3:33:16 GMT
Kevin Richard Parker (20 January 1986 - present)
Associated Acts: The Dee Dee Dums (2005 - 2007), Tame Impala (2007 - present)
Years Active: 2005 - present
Vocal Range: G2 - F♯5
{Vocal Summary}The man behind Tame Impala, Kevin Parker has been a key artist in psychedelic rock for more than a decade now. Though earlier in his career he sang with a more belty, grunge-esque delivery, Parker as a vocalist nowadays is commonly associated with a heady approach that is heard within the Tame Impala discography and used to great effect to set a more dreamy soundscape within the music. Parker's tone tends to draw similarities to that of the late John Lennon, a vocalist who was likely very influential to Parker as he was finding his sound musically. However, Parker tends to brighten his tone a fair amount as well, the contrast between this and his more "natural" tone being heard on tracks such as "Sun's Coming Up". Parker has yet to fully master the vocal style he's adopted, having run into vocal issues along the way and oftentimes lip-syncing live. That said, the style he has developed both as a vocalist and a musician altogether has made for a sound that has greatly influenced rock music throughout the 2010s, and one that will likely continue to do so for the foreseeable future.
Significant High Notes:
F♯5 ("Confide in Me" Like A Version radio broadcast, "Mind Mischief" live Reading Festival 2013)
E5 ("Be Above It" live Chicago 2013, "Whiplash")
E♭5 ("Confide in Me" Like A Version radio broadcast, "New Person, Same Old Mistakes")
D5 ("Disciples", "It Might Be Time", "Taxi's Here")
C♯5 ("'Cause I'm a Man", "On Track", "One More Hour", "Patience")
C5 ("Apocalypse Dreams", "The Bold Arrow of Time", "Borderline", "Children of the Moon", "Half Full Glass of Wine" live, "Instant Destiny", "Is It True", "Lonely Words", "Music to Walk Home By", "New Person, Same Old Mistakes", "Past Life", "Patience", "Yes I'm Changing")
B4 ("Beverly Laurel", "'Cause I'm a Man", "Children of the Moon", "Confide in Me" Like A Version radio broadcast, "Led Zeppelin", "The Less I Know the Better", "Mind Mischief", "The Moment", "On Track", "Powerlines", "Reality in Motion", "Vital Signs", "Why Won't They Talk to Me?")
B♭4 ("Feels Like We Only Go Backwards", "Half Full Glass of Wine", "I Don't Really Mind", "Instant Destiny", "Lost in Yesterday", "Mind Mischief", "My Life", "Posthumous Forgiveness", "The Serpentine", "Stranger in Moscow", "Sundown Syndrome" studio / live Melbourne 2009)
A4 ("Alter Ego", "Breathe Deeper", "'Cause I'm a Man", "Eventually", "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards", "Instant Destiny", "Is It True", "It Might Be Time", "The Less I Know the Better", "Latenight Moonlight", "Lonely Words", "Love / Paranoia", "Milky Way Spiral Gets a New Arm", "The Moment", "On Track", "Posthumous Forgiveness", "Reality in Motion", "Tomorrow's Dust", "Vital Signs", "When the Feeling's in the Core", "Yes I'm Changing")
G♯4 ("Apocalypse Dreams", "Borderline", "Desire Be Desire Go", "Into the Jungle", "Keep on Lying", "Let It Happen", "Lost in Yesterday", "New Person, Same Old Mistakes", "Nothing That Has Happened So Far Has Been Anything We Could Control", "One More Hour", "Stranger in Moscow", "The Sun (Fred Cherry Eclipse)", "Unknown Song" live Swan Basement circa 2005, "You Haven't Been Telling the Truth")
G4 ("Alter Ego", "Be Above It", "Desire Be Desire Go", "Disciples", "Eventually", "Expectation", "Flow", "Half Full Glass of Wine" studio / live, "It Might Be Time", "Love / Paranoia", "My Life", "Only You", "Past Life", "Posthumous Forgiveness", "Reality in Motion", "The Serpentine", "She Just Won't Believe Me", "SKELETONS", "Slide Through My Fingers", "Taxi's Here", "That's All for Everyone", "Tomorrow's Dust", "Why Won't They Talk to Me?", "Why Won't You Make Up Your Mind?", "Yes I'm Changing")
F♯4 ("41 Mosquitoes Flying in Formation", "Alter Ego", "Breathe Deeper", "I Don't Really Mind", "It Might Be Time", "Let It Happen", "Lost in Yesterday", "Mind Mischief", "Music to Walk Home By", "On Track", "One More Hour", "One More Year", "Skeleton Tiger" live Melbourne 2009, "Sundown Syndrome", "Vital Signs")
F4 ("Apocalypse Dreams", "Are You a Hypnotist?" live unknown venue, "Borderline", "Elephant", "Expectation", "Flow", "Instant Destiny", "Is It True", "It Is Not Meant to Be", "Latenight Moonlight", "One More Year", "Past Life", "Patience", "Remember Me", "Runway, Houses, City, Clouds", "She Just Won't Believe Me", "Silver Trembling Hands" live unknown venue, "Slide Through My Fingers", "Unknown Song" live Swan Basement circa 2005, "Unreleased Song" live unknown venue, "When the Feeling's in the Core")
Significant Low Notes:
E3 ("Alter Ego", "Are You a Hypnotist?" live unknown venue, "Eventually", "Is It True", "It Is Not Meant to Be", "Lonely Words", "One More Hour", "Posthumous Forgiveness", "Solitude Is Bliss", "Unknown Song" live Swan Basement circa 2005, "Vital Signs")
E♭3 ("Borderline", "Flow", "Lost in Yesterday", "New Person, Same Old Mistakes", "Past Life", "Patience", "Solitude Is Bliss", "Vital Signs")
D3 ("Are You a Hypnotist?" live unknown venue, "It Is Not Meant to Be", "List of People (To Try and Forget About)", "Posthumous Forgiveness", "Reality in Motion", "Remember Me")
C♯3 ("Reality in Motion", "Scorpius / Scorpio", "Sundown Syndrome", "When the Feeling's in the Core")
C3 ("The Bold Arrow of Time", "Posthumous Forgiveness", "Runway, Houses, City, Clouds")
B2 ("You Haven't Been Telling the Truth")
B♭2 ("Runway, Houses, City, Clouds", "Sun's Coming Up")
A2 ("Sun's Coming Up")
G2 ("List of People (To Try and Forget About)", "Why Won't They Talk to Me?")
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*Blue marks clear falsetto or whistle notes.
*Italics mark non-melodic notes.
*Boldface marks notes that are considered impressive in relation to this person's vocal capabilities.
*Underlines mark notes obscured in the mix of the song.
Best Vocal Performances:
1. Confide in Me Like A Version radio broadcast
2. New Person, Same Old Mistakes
3. Yes I'm Changing
4. Sundown Syndrome
5. Lonely Words
{A Few Examples of His Voice}A Tame Impala hit and a track that's very representative of his modern sound, with a light, heady delivery throughout:
In contrast, his early career features a much beltier, more masculine sound, as evidenced here:
A blend of the two styles, this features strong lows down to A2 as well as brighter bits later on:
In contrast, his early career features a much beltier, more masculine sound, as evidenced here:
A blend of the two styles, this features strong lows down to A2 as well as brighter bits later on:
{Questionable Notes}G5 ("Milky Way Spiral Gets a New Arm"[1b])
F5 ("Patience"[2b], "The Serpentine"[1a])
D5 ("Music to Walk Home By"[2a])
C5 ("List of People (To Try and Forget About)"[2a])
C♯3 ("Let It Happen"[2c])
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[1] Questionable representativeness.
a. Brief woos.
b. Random shrieks.
[2] Questionable legitimacy.
a. Possibly a synthesizer.
b. Ambiguous pitch.
c. Possibly pitch-shifted.
F5 ("Patience"[2b], "The Serpentine"[1a])
D5 ("Music to Walk Home By"[2a])
C5 ("List of People (To Try and Forget About)"[2a])
C♯3 ("Let It Happen"[2c])
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[1] Questionable representativeness.
a. Brief woos.
b. Random shrieks.
[2] Questionable legitimacy.
a. Possibly a synthesizer.
b. Ambiguous pitch.
c. Possibly pitch-shifted.
{Notewatched Discography & Album Ranges}As Tame Impala:
Tame Impala H.I.T.S. 003 (2008) (A3 - E4 - G♯4 - B♭4)
Tame Impala (2008) (F♯3 - G♯4 - B♭4)
Live at the Corner (2010) (C♯3 - B♭4)
Innerspeaker (2010) (B♭2 - G♯4 - A4 - C5)
Lonerism (2012) (G2 - A2 - C5)
Live Versions (2014) (G3 - B♭4 - E5)
Currents (2015) (C♯3 - C5 - E♭5)
The Slow Rush (2020) (C3 - B♭4 - B4 - D5) Seb
+ Singles
+ Various live performances
With The Dee Dee Dums:
The Serpentine (2005) (B2 - B♭4 - C5)
+ Various live performances
Tame Impala H.I.T.S. 003 (2008) (A3 - E4 - G♯4 - B♭4)
Tame Impala (2008) (F♯3 - G♯4 - B♭4)
Live at the Corner (2010) (C♯3 - B♭4)
Innerspeaker (2010) (B♭2 - G♯4 - A4 - C5)
Lonerism (2012) (G2 - A2 - C5)
Live Versions (2014) (G3 - B♭4 - E5)
Currents (2015) (C♯3 - C5 - E♭5)
The Slow Rush (2020) (C3 - B♭4 - B4 - D5) Seb
+ Singles
+ Various live performances
With The Dee Dee Dums:
The Serpentine (2005) (B2 - B♭4 - C5)
+ Various live performances
