Zoe's Vocal Timeline [2012 - 2015]

*Inspired by Chrystal/desolant's blogpost*

Soooo~ This is a vocal timeline 4 years (approximately) in the making. As you'll hear (or at least I did), my voice changed a lot over the years. A change caused by many, many influences both external and internal in nature. Nevertheless, I love my voice and I should say... I appreciate it more than I did before :P AND: I want to say massive, massive thankyou to the collab community in AFF for causing me to find my voice. It's one of the best things that's ever happened to myself. Like, for real. 

Let's listen to this journey together, shall we?

*Click here for a fun and interactive experience!*


The Dark Ages

Sometime in 2012  
[0:00] Banmal Song (english version) - Jung Yonghwa

Earliest recovered recording AND my first attempt at writing an English lyrics (which then became one of the thing I love doing most)! Double feature! Yay! It is very evident that during this time, I haven't found my voice (i.e., I'm still singing using my head voice). The reason? I was a very shy kid with quite a self-image issue. I just haven't found it, I guess?

October 2013
[0:20] Gloomy Clock - IU ft. Jonghyun

My first attempt of doing harmonies in a song (which, again, became one of the thing I love doing most)! I always wondered how those coverist managed to get all the harmonies out of a song. Then I tried it (more like wrestled with it). And I succeeded. End of story. 

 

Winter of Discoveries

July 2014 
[0:37] Eternity - Vixx (w/ Beautiful Serenade)

My first collab (that I could recover). This actually wasn't my first first collab. I did one around a year ago with TIEAST ent. but they deleted it so... (Pssh Chrystal it seems that our 'first times' are with the same song lol)

July 2014 
[0:46] You Don't Love Me - Spica

I FOUND MY VOICE! WOOT! Such a breakthrough! This is the moment where I realized that people have different voice range. I shouldn't be ashamed of myself if I couldn't reach those girl group's high notes and should just adjust the song's key to match my range instead! 

July 2014 
[1:04] Jackpot - Block B 
(w/ Beautiful Serenade)
Yes. Finding the beauty of collabing with people.

August 2014 
[1:12] Be the Light - Block B 
(w/ Yubi ent.)
Warning, awful clipping noises. I'm so sorry. 

September 2014 
[1:19] Danger - BTS (ft. Yoo)

High note awakening AND first duet (thanks Yoo~). For a while after, I always motivate myself with: "If you could reach that note in Danger, you can do everything".

 

Starting to Settle

October 2014 
[1:26] Love Like Oxygen - Shinee (w/ Arc de Ciel ent.)

Idk I chose this because I think I sound super y here.

December 2014
[1:37] Candy Jelly Love - Lovelyz

First song to reach 100 downloads in soundcloud!

February 2015 
[1:47] I'm Different - Hi Suhyun

My migration to the bathroom because I know my singing voice at 1 in the morning is not something my neighbors want to hear everyday...

March 2015 
[2:01] It's You - Super Junior (w/ Luminous Music ent.)

How I mainly sound most of the time now...

 

Present Time

[2:11] Outro: Love is Not Over - BTS
My newest cover and how I sound raw (not being masked with harmonies, editing, cuts, instrumentals, etcetcetc).

 

Future Goals

Be better, ofc.
And be able to sing songs from Miss Saigon flawlessly (Especially Movie in My Mind). 

 

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#1
omg I sound exactly you at the beginning, i used my head voice/falsetto in my very first gloomy clock cover too ;;;;;;;
you're awesome zoe, let's continue to improve, together <3333
wolken
#2
omg the harmonies in the iu cover are beautiful ; ;
and you sounds so good already at the beginning!
i really loved the spica cover < 3
nihil_
#3
i'm different is still my fave c:
and i hoped to hear your the light or i need u cover THEY'RE AWESOME :3c

and u sound rly good in 2012
BUT IU'S GLOOMY CLOCK I LOVE YOUR VOICE ; U ;