My profile - a bit about me.

Here's a bunch of pointless info about me for people who are probably not going to care.

Birth date: 15 March 1999 (age 18)

Height: 171.5 centimetres or 5'7.5''

Weight: 52 kilograms or 115 pounds

Gender: ...

Nationality: American

Ethnicity: Mixed (Asian, white, Pacific Islander for simplicity).

Political ideology: Often described as liberal.
Religious ideology: Anti-theist, atheist

Vocal grade: D+

Full vocal range/type: Tenor, F2-F6 (Four octaves)*
Modal range: E2-C5 (Two octaves, five notes)

Positives in vocals: With falsetto/head voice, range extends to F6. Lower range (primarily the 2nd octave) carries a masculine, dark tone, while starting in the 3rd octave, voice loses weight and brightens a lot (which is interesting considering the speaking voice sits around the upper third octave). Voice is comfortable up to B4, and down to F2.

Negatives in vocals: Terrible intonation. Falsetto/head voice, is thin.  Upper 5th and 6 octave notes are really strained. Androgynous/feminine sound in the upper range. Inconsistent timbre. The upper range can be airy. Lack of breath support leads to low stamina and running out of breath quickly. Can be off-key and sing harmonies not even written into the music being performed. Practically no vibrato.

Interests: Performing arts, video games, history, culture, film, anime

Anything else you wanna know? Do you actually care? Comment then I guess. Thanks for reading!

Drake Bell - Artist Review

Artist grade: B+

Vocal grade: B

Vocal range/type: Lyric Tenor, E2-G#5 (Three octaves, two notes, and a semitone)

Best album(s): It's Only Time

Worst album(s): Ready Steady Go! (though it's not really bad)

Best song(s): "Makes Me Happy", "In The End", "Found A Way", "Bitchcraft", "Big Shot", "Down We Fall", "It's Still Rock And Roll To Me", "Bull", "Somehow"

Worst song(s): "Melina", "End It Good", "Back Of My Hand"

Positives: Charismatic vocals, can portray emotions easily, which is likely helped by his acting career. His voice brings a lot of presence, drawing attention to a song. Sporting a good lower range for a tenor, as the typical tenor range only goes down as far as C3. Able to utilize different sounding voices, allowing for his voice to fit in several genres such as rock and pop. Has received acclaim for what is often mature songwriting for his age, having even won an award from ASCAP. Writing can range from depressing and sad, to happy, showing to be a versatile writer. Can play several instruments, although his primary instrument is the guitar. Refusal to use a ton of vocal effects is appreciated (he even recorded an entire album live).

Negatives: His more rougher sounding vocals he usually presents may not be to everyone's tastes, he can come off as too "try hard" with emotion. Live vocals are often not powerful enough it seems to go through the instrumentation, though that could be due to bad recordings rather than quality of voice. Some songs' compositions can sound similar, though this may be artistic choice. Also, he will occasionally not distance himself enough from his influences, and may come off as an imitator. 

Taylor Swift - Artist Review

Artist grade: B-

Vocal grade: C-

Vocal range/type: Soprano, C3-A5 (Two octaves, five notes)

Best album(s): Fearless

Worst album(s): Red

Best song(s): "Love Story", "You Belong With Me", "Our Song", "Picture To Burn", "Style", "Back To December", "I Heart?"

Worst song(s): "Bad Blood" (ft. Kendrick Lamar), "I Knew You Were Trouble.", "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", "Shake It Off", "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" (with ZAYN)

Positives: Charming, charismatic voice with a lot of personality. Can portray emotion very well through vocals. Despite being a soprano, sports a very good lower range, and has a relatively low tessitura. Has songwriting talent, and writes often basic, but very good sounding compositions.

Negatives: Relatively poor range, has a tendency to be off-key during live performances. And again, despite being a soprano, her upper range is pretty poor, often having to rely on her head voice. As shown in her live performances, her breath support isn't great, as she often sounds tired after a song or two. No vibrato. Despite her songwriting talent, it could be argued her compositions and lyrics are very "safe", with her public presence and mainstream support, she can afford to take risks, and has the potential to do so... but doesn't. Her change to pop has been criticized, as her songwriting seems to have lost a bit of that authentic feel often portrayed in her work prior to the Red album.

Yeah, Taylor Swift. This review was finally put up. I can't give her higher than a B- for now. While she has a few positives, her negatives often outweigh that. Her charisma does help a lot, and the fact she's such a talented woman, to take the sellout switch to pop was disappointing, to say the least. Next, I will be looking to do an anime review, but next on the artist review chopping block is Drake Bell, so stay tuned.