What is it with these threads? Why are people acting like they went through a gut-wrenching time travel from 1996 and landed in 2014 to find Mariah sounding a damn mess. Uh...no ma'am, Mariah has been sounding like a dying cat for the past 8 or so years. Her vocal decline is not a secret nor is it sudden. She has been going through it for nearly 2 decades now. And it's not like the poor woman is being lazy or anything, she simply cannot sing the way she used to - can y'all not hear the strain and damage in her voice?
I wonder if people wouldn't care if she had the same singing abilities, or lack thereof, that Katy Perry or Taylor Swift have.
Is not about your age, if you are always drinking alcohol or on crack like Whitney your voice will get damaged eventually.
Look Aretha how well she still is and is like 30-40 years older than Mariah.
I believe that Mariah's problem has nothing to do with drinking alcohol or doing drugs. It's just because she (just like xtine) has never received professional training to sing so that's why her natural vocal ability is fading.
It seems like christina realized that and started to train her voice, cause some of her performances before she went to the voice (and even during the first season she was there) were trully tragic.
I really don't get when high profile acts like Mariah, Whitney, even Legend X (not as bad yet though) could decline this deep...
Like don't they do vocal warmups? They can adjust their notes and runs by altering them from studio versions? I mean Patti Labelle and other rock stars can carry their voice still...
Alcohol
Even though you ingest alcohol as any other liquid, it is not a nutrient like water, protein, carbohydrates, etc. In fact, your body recognizes alcohol as a poison and works hard to remove it from the system.
Unfortunately, abnormal mucous production occasioned by alcohol consumption only reduces vocal fold flexibility and increases the need to clear your throat. Alcohol irritates and dehydrates the vocal folds as well as the rest of the body. To protect itself, the body produces mucous much in the same way as it would deal with an allergic reaction.
I really don't get when high profile acts like Mariah, Whitney, even Legend X (not as bad yet though) could decline this deep...
Like don't they do vocal warmups? They can adjust their notes and runs by altering them from studio versions? I mean Patti Labelle and other rock stars can carry their voice still...
Warming up isn't enough. Of Mariah, xtine and Witney would have decided to receive professional singing classes their voices would still sound fresh af. Sadly they seem to only depend on their natural talent (which fades in no time if it's not taken care correctly)
Even though you ingest alcohol as any other liquid, it is not a nutrient like water, protein, carbohydrates, etc. In fact, your body recognizes alcohol as a poison and works hard to remove it from the system.
Unfortunately, abnormal mucous production occasioned by alcohol consumption only reduces vocal fold flexibility and increases the need to clear your throat. Alcohol irritates and dehydrates the vocal folds as well as the rest of the body. To protect itself, the body produces mucous much in the same way as it would deal with an allergic reaction.
I always think of Xtina warming up her voice in that one B2B special and it's like 'yup this is top notch artist regime'. Like they don't do that anymore? Lol
umm i didn't say she couldn't sing anymore? i merely suggested that her continuing to push her voice to it's limit without control (which is what she used to do) would damage it soon, just like mariah.
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also that video of aretha just shows you that vocals decline with age, but even alicia's vocals are kind of a mess now and she's only in her 30s. a lot of these vocal divas don't seem to take care of their voices
Yeah, if Mariah cared about her legacy she should just quietly retire. She could pull off some great performances but she usually needs tons of rest...a tour that will require her to sing more than 2x/week will not bode well for her voice.
Where's the receipt about her nodules you promised tho?
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Normal vocal cords have smooth, white mucosal surfaces without any irregularities on the vibrating borders. Excessive tension or force used when singing or speaking often "overloads" the vibration of the vocal cords, resulting in too much friction. A bruise on the vibrating edge develops, generally occurring at the anterior one-third of the vocal cord, which is the point of maximal contact during phonation. Later, fibrous tissue replaces the hematoma, becomes larger, and eventually appears as a soft or hard white nodule.
Such nodules have caused problems with Carey's vocal production and her condition has developed for the worst in the past few years. Repeated hoarseness, breathy and husky tones and the need to use greater-than-normal breath pressure to sustain the voice (thereby increasing the overall effort of singing) are danger signals that Carey has experienced since 1998 and many others have noticed, as well.
Usually, nodules can be cured and prevented with proper vocal technique and a sensible lifestyle, which includes necessary rest and relaxation, aerobic exercise, and a healthy diet. In fact, recent studies of the laryngeal biomechanics of singers at the Center For Voice Disorders have shown that excessive muscle tension patterns in the larynx are greatly reduced in singers with vocal training, as compared to singers who have never studied voice.
Read the rest here on one of her fan websites here