Tim Storms

{{short description|American singer and composer (born 1972)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{infobox musical artist |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|8|28}} |birth_place = [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]] |background = solo_singer |instrument = Vocals }} '''Tim Storms''' (born August 28, 1972) is an American singer and composer. He holds the [[Guinness World Records|Guinness World Record]] for both the "lowest note produced by a human" and the "widest vocal range".<ref name=Mix>{{cite web|last1=Benzuly|first1=Sarah|title=How High Can You Go?|url=http://mixonline.com/mag/how-high-can-you-go/|website=[[Mix Online]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629140431/http://mixonline.com/mag/how-high-can-you-go/|archivedate=29 June 2011|date=1 October 2008}}</ref>

== Musical career == Born in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]], Storms was raised in [[Waterloo, Indiana]]. His musical affinity appeared at a young age. Four days after graduating from high school, he returned to Oklahoma to begin his career in Christian music. Since then, Storms has appeared with a number of singing groups, including Freedom, Vocal Union, [[Acappella Vocal Band|AVB]], [[Acappella (group)|Acappella]], and [[Rescue (a cappella group)|Rescue]]. He also performed with the cast of [[Branson, Missouri|Branson]]'s "50s at the Hop", was voted Branson's Bass Singer of the Year for three years in a row, and is in the Branson's Entertainers Hall of Fame. Storms joined Pierce Arrow Theater in Branson at the beginning of the 2006 season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tim Storms|url=http://www.piercearrowtheater.com/bios/tim.html|website=Pierce Arrow Theater – Branson, Missouri|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211071940/http://www.piercearrowtheater.com/bios/tim.html|archivedate=11 February 2007}}</ref>

As well as his performances across the [[United States]], Storms has also performed in [[Brazil]], [[France]], [[Switzerland]], [[Jamaica]], and [[Fiji]]. In 2012, after auditioning to record with the St. Petersburg Chamber Choir in [[Saint Petersburg]], Storms was selected by composer [[Paul Mealor]], producer Anna Barry and Decca Records to record four songs with the choir. Two of the four songs, "De Profundis" and "The Twelve Brigands", ended up on the Universal/Decca Records release, ''Tranquility Voices of Deep Calm''.

== Guinness World Record == Storms' Guinness World Record for the Lowest Note Produced by a Human is {{nowrap|0.189 Hz}} (G−7), set in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/lowest-vocal-note-by-a-male|title=Lowest vocal note by a male|website=Guinness World Records|date=2012-03-30 |accessdate=2024-05-30}}</ref> He has a separate record for Greatest Vocal Range for Any Human, which is about 10 octaves, {{nowrap|0.7973–807.3 Hz}} (G/G♯−5–G/G♯5), but does not include the 2-octave extension of the low frequency record set in 2012; the Greatest Vocal Range Record of 10 octaves was set in 2008, prior to the 2012 record.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/3000/greatest-vocal-range-male |title=Greatest vocal range, male |website=Guinness World Records |date=2008-08-01 |accessdate=2013-05-01}}</ref>

[[Category:Singers from Oklahoma|6 Octave Singers]]

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== External links == * [http://www.TimStormsVO.com Official Site of Tim Storms Voiceover]

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