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Originally Posted by Misa-chan
That's true, but it's also true that a voice is a singer's most important asset. Lose it, and she may have to leave the stage.  Afterall, lyric writing and composing are off-stage production work. It's the singer who gives the music a face. |
Trust me, I'm a singer and the knowledge of your limits and how to care for your voice become ingrained in you pretty quickly, almost instinctively. After many years more than me spent singing, I'm sure Ayu will do all she needs to so that her voice will persevere just like she does.
I don't think her voice has gotten any worse in the last few years, I think it's just maturing. Notice in RAINBOW how her voice has much more of the typical Japanese girl nasal-tone in it, and even since then she's purged it almost completely and it's become her own. It's an evolution (yay song puns) of her voice. :]