Ayu's Voice...

[Ayurendy]

Ok...let's Finish this
What do u think about ayu's voice nowadays?
I think it turns out to be so great.......mature and not childish anymore....not dolly sounded....about lipsync...ayu had never done it b4....even in some cases we'll say that she did rite?
For me...as long as her voice sounded as goog as she can...it's OK.....
examples of her new mature voice (i assume from her concerts) :
-A museum ~30th single collection live~
-ARENA TOUR 2003~2004 A
-COUNTDOWN LIVE 2004~2005
-ARENA TOUR 2005 A ~ MY STORY (i know it would be)

[PickleCookies]

It's pretty good, but I like her voice in some of her old songs better, though.

[Qt Mashi]

well yeah i do like her new voice, but my fav was in year 2002 and 2003 where she sang rainbow, hanabi and some others live , her voice wasnt too mature or childish

her vocals in arena tour was relli good, but i dont relli like her voice in CDL 04-05

[Hugo_Perry]

Honestly, i really hate it when sumeone tryin' to be KAWAII even it's Hamasaki Ayumi. And that's why in the old days i kinda dislike her performance when she was younger. Yeah! Her all song be really awesome all along. I guess from "I am..." she've already started to be a little mature that's wot i freakin' love 'bout her. Jost hate KAWAII stuff~

[Ayumi_Hamasaki902]

I loved Ayu's voice from LOVEppears and on but I didn't like her in ASFXX days. But she still does sound really good and I love how her voice has matured through out the years.

[kirika]

I liked Ayu voice when she was singing 'Poker face',
I like Ayu voice when she is singing 'Game'.
Her voice has evaluated so that means she's great artist^^

[elepop]

I have always loved her voice, except for some older songs in which her voice sounded really too childish. Nowdays, her voice is incredible. But HONEY is an exception. I think she was just trying to match the song with a cuter voice. I love her voice in End Roll, HANABI and M, but i have to agree that her voice has matured a lot since.

[mlkrepublic]

i really don't like her voice in CDL 2004-2005. that's the voice i hope she'll never do in the future...

for me, i like her voice in rainbow and memorial address most. it's not squeaky, and not overly nasal sounding. her voice in CDL is too nasal. sounds bad.

[kournikova]

yeah shes maturing n i will love her no matter what ^^

[starr5245]

I think her voice nowadays is terrible! Sometimes, when she sings live, the sound gets out of tune.

[wAtSuPmE2]

I think Ayu's voice matured in a gd way, i even prefer listening to her lives of old songs then listenin to the originals. I dont really have a problem being cute but Ayu is pretty old now so it would only suit her to act and sing more mature.

Ayu couldn't sing until around "Duty" mayyyybe "LOVEappears" time. She just didn't have the skill or training yet. You can't really say she had a natural gift for vocals, but she did learn an impressive lot along the way, and you can tell just by listening to her albums in succession. I like her voice now, although I've heard her sing live very few times, and that's where it really counts. I rarely ever listen to the "A Song For XX" album, just because it's so grating on the ears vocally and arrangement-wise. I'm not sure how people actually like that sound. Early Ayu is an accquired taste. Mid to current Ayu is smooth and natural.

[hiro]

Originally Posted by evolusean

Ayu couldn't sing until around "Duty" mayyyybe "LOVEappears" time. She just didn't have the skill or training yet. You can't really say she had a natural gift for vocals, but she did learn an impressive lot along the way, and you can tell just by listening to her albums in succession. I like her voice now, although I've heard her sing live very few times, and that's where it really counts. I rarely ever listen to the "A Song For XX" album, just because it's so grating on the ears vocally and arrangement-wise. I'm not sure how people actually like that sound. Early Ayu is an accquired taste. Mid to current Ayu is smooth and natural.

Actually, its funny. Ever notice how in the pre-Avex days Ayumi sang quite well and could control her voice pretty nicely even though it did sound amateurish? I think it was all the hi-pitchiness when she started with avex that made her sound bad in her first album. I think this habit of her trying to sound like she has a hi-pitched voice that has made some of her live performances suffer.

It always sounds good when she doesn't try to push it by becoming all nasal and shiet.

[AyuTrance]

it was until "I Am.." that i found out it's her voice that interests me the most..
b4 that i love her songs, physical appeal n such but after all that..it's her voice
i think it's developing well over the years...

[Moonstar]

I really really love her voices now!!It sounds really good.for example I love the "a song is born" classic version!It was a sooooooo good performens.She is great now!
i love her

[~*Mabushii*~]

I think Ayumi sounded good way back when, and she also sounds really good now. Yea, there are some points where you just open your eyes wide when listening to her older stuff and go ".. eeek!" but still it was good for her starting.. I like when she tries to sound 'Kawaii' I also like when she sounds mature and all. I don't generally like many female singers.. but I do like Ayu alot. ^_^

[Coelacanth]

I thought CDL 04-05 was so horrible. Her voice wasn't even out of tune, it was just horribly hoarse. Recordings-wise I like her matured voice, just not live.

[liechin]

i think her voice is great~!~

[Echiko]

Her voice is really really unique at whatever age. ^^ Right now, it's really mature sounding. I wish she didn't always cut the notes off early on the songs though. I also kinda miss her young high pitched voice. XD Definetly she sings lower now. It sounds really good too. =) I must say the era I like her voice the best was No Way to Say's era. Her voice was still able to hit the high notes, but it wasn't squeaky.

[hamayu]

Well if she sings too low it ends up nasal sounding but other than dat her voice is just GREAT!!!!!! i mean seriously, her cute voice isnt really squeaky.... I love her cute voice ...if Greatful Days had her cute voice dan that doesnt cound...^^" but i do love it wen she sings Trauma . But her new voice is also great! like in M....and a song for xx and stuff. Like as in her normal voice. Not too low and not too high like wen in the museum tour and she sang who. I really loved it. but anyways, Her voice is great!..... so ......yaaaa......okkkk....................