What do you think of Ayumi's voice now?

~Amy~ · #1 16th October 2007, 12:49 AM

Is it just me or has her voice been sounding really low lately... o.o
Maybe even kind of nasally? She's sounds kind of funny during her live perfomances...

alt.total-loser · #2 16th October 2007, 12:54 AM

Yes, her voice has gotten much lower over the years. Which is good. She's maturing vocally.

I wouldn't really call her voice now nasally. It seemed more nasally in the past.

Personally, I like her voice more NOW. Deep voices = better than voices that sound like dying chipmunks.

~Amy~ · #3 16th October 2007, 02:04 AM

But to me her voice sounded a "beautiful low voice" in around 2005 now it sounds "nasally low" to me in my opinion... e.e

alt.total-loser · #4 16th October 2007, 02:06 AM

2005 on her CDs still sounded slightly high to me, but her tour voice that year did sound nicer than this year... :/

*leaves*

**zoomzoom** · #5 16th October 2007, 02:09 AM

glitter for sure wasn't low! It also has something to do with the style of songs she makes, she has quite a vocal range.

ownsarai · #6 16th October 2007, 02:42 AM

I like how her voice has changed over the years. But I have to say that I really like her voice as of lately. Definitely a more mature sound.

Ayumiko · #7 16th October 2007, 03:05 AM

yea her voice's gotten lower but I like it more that way. Her voice in the 2005 songs and 2006 arena tour was good.

Zeke. · #8 16th October 2007, 03:09 AM

Yes I think it is sexy when she sings deep. She used to only sing with that deep voice in her tours as had mentioned and I always looked forward to it and then she started recording with her deeper voice and I LOVED IT! However, as of late, I have been missing her voice in such songs as "is this LOVE?" - Secret was mainly rock and the "talkin' 2 myself" single was rock as well and both used the "deep" rocker chick voice the entire song. I love it but I am sort of nostalgic for a mix between the two voices instead of singing the entire song in the lower range.

~Amy~ · #9 16th October 2007, 03:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Ayumiko

yea her voice's gotten lower but I like it more that way. Her voice in the 2005 songs and 2006 arena tour was good.

I agree, but her voice sounds nasally in the recent live perfomances (the ones recently not the ones during arena tour 2006), her voice sounds fine on CD though. o.o

AyuGAME · #10 16th October 2007, 03:54 AM

i love her voice...

ayumixfan · #11 16th October 2007, 04:36 AM

her voice got lower but at least its not in a bad way. Anyways it isn't even that low like in Glitter XD it was still pretty high. I think her voice now is jsut as good as before =)

futureLOVE · #12 16th October 2007, 04:47 AM

i've also noticed this change. Startin' and Born to Be... were definately songs that fit perfectly with her range. Since then, I believe her songs have either been on the higher end of her vocal range or on the lower end...unfortunately this probably makes singing live more difficult

ohsixthirty · #13 16th October 2007, 05:19 AM

i've noticed and i've been very happy about this. i can listen to most of her new songs now without my ears bleeding from her high pitched voice!

i mean, compare any song from secret to any song from asfxx...the difference is amazing.

KuroixShiroi_Namida · #14 16th October 2007, 08:17 AM

Her new deep voice is amazing, i love it. Her perfomance on A-nation 07 were awesome, especially glitter and fated.
Though maybe she's getting low sales now because of her new voice? But imo, it's different compared to others which makes it nice and nice

!

Luv ~Venus~ · #15 16th October 2007, 10:46 AM

I definitely luv her new voice now. Back when she first start----nevermind, let's not go back that far...anyway, Ayumi has songs that are match with tone and sound of her voice. I think that glitter and HEAVEN are excellent examples of what I'm talking about. She held perfectly beautiful notes in those songs which is very appealing to me into liking them. I hate to say but her vocals in talkin' 2 myself was poor. It's like she was tryin' to hard to sing it...for what...I don't know but I wish she had a little more time to perform her vocals better for it (t2m).

alternarist · #16 16th October 2007, 11:52 AM

i like her voice now.. ayu can sing a whole range of octaves..

and it sounds sexy!!

fanmail · #17 16th October 2007, 01:56 PM

the only thing that bothers me about her voice is the over using of vibratos. NEVER EVER from Best of CDL 06-07, anyone? ^.~

stickyrice · #18 16th October 2007, 02:38 PM

Much better now. About You at AT05 was hot! The way her voice just sounded low and husky. I like the fact that throughout the years of her career, you can really hear her improvements. She really worked hard on herself. Unfortunately some fans ended up not liking this new voice as well.

panda87 · #19 16th October 2007, 04:02 PM

it's not as sweet as it used to be. it's much lower and husky... i liked her voice best during her (miss)understood era, especially during AT05 (i think, when she had her dark brown hair)... it sounded so sexy and soothing, not too shaky like "a~a~a~" (LOL!!!)... ;P

Namie · #20 16th October 2007, 04:19 PM

how many octaves can ayu hit by the way?