Ayu ~Anything Goes XIX~

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

Yeah, looking at the performances from that period really highlight the change in vocal quality.

I wonder what happened though?

[DavidChaiLatte]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

I wonder what happened though?

And her voice just got hoarser with every tour she was having till about 2006 when her vocal cords were destroyed and she started sounding choppy (although not as bad as her voice after AT 2008).

The biggest change that's happened to her voice/technique in recent years would have to be her PoM vocals. I know she consulted with her old voice coach before the tour started but man, her "ahhh"s and "ehhh"s have just been sounding weird since then, especially if the key's low.

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by DavidChaiLatte

And her voice just got hoarser with every tour she was having till about 2006 when her vocal cords were destroyed and she started sounding choppy (although not as bad as her voice after AT 2008).

Yep. A lot of people still include 2006 as her good vocal period, but this is definitely when it started.

Of course the ear issue has something to do with it as well, but the quality of her voice also changed. I do think a big part of it was over use and continuing to perform while sick etc and probably in her younger days just not warming up or taking care of it properly.

[CatGirl]

Originally Posted by DavidChaiLatte

The biggest change that's happened to her voice/technique in recent years would have to be her PoM vocals. I know she consulted with her old voice coach before the tour started but man, her "ahhh"s and "ehhh"s have just been sounding weird since then, especially if the key's low.

Yes, thank you! I knew something weird has been going on with her enunciation for a while, but I couldn't place what it was or where it started. I love the rearrangements in PoM but sometimes the songs are hard to listen to because she pronounces things so weird.

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by DavidChaiLatte

And her voice just got hoarser with every tour she was having till about 2006 when her vocal cords were destroyed and she started sounding choppy (although not as bad as her voice after AT 2008).

The biggest change that's happened to her voice/technique in recent years would have to be her PoM vocals. I know she consulted with her old voice coach before the tour started but man, her "ahhh"s and "ehhh"s have just been sounding weird since then, especially if the key's low.

I think AT06 was okay but she did something between then and a-nation/JEWEL where things went a little haywire. That was also the period where she gained a lot of weight in the summertime after the tour before a-nation and during JEWEL/Secret promotion and people were starting to wonder what was up. I recall a lot of odd posts during that first Music Station performance.