Ayu''s vocal style.. changing?

truehappiness · #1 24th March 2006, 07:38 AM

Weird..

I was watching CDL05-06 earlier today and the performance of evolution came on and it sounded awkward to me, but it was because Ayu wasn't singing in that high-nasally voice that she usually uses for the song.. same goes for flower garden.

Is Ayu trying to change her live-vocals so that the 'cute-highpitched-nasally' image that people thought of her voice as goes away?

I like the new ayu's voice, but it doesn't really fit songs like evolution.. :\

AyuGAME · #2 24th March 2006, 08:56 AM

yeah...she has use her deep voice...i like it
and YES! sometime it wasn't fit her old song

monsoonbaby · #3 24th March 2006, 10:32 AM

her old song is composed based on her vocal at that time so now she changed her voice, it doesn't fit anymore. i like her new vocal style better, sometimes listening back to her old song, i really can't stand her high-pitched voice. but songs like HONEY would sounds really good if she sang it that way.

*Petit* · #4 24th March 2006, 10:45 AM

Yes, she has been changing, she probably wasen't very comfortable singing in her old ways. At least she seems to be in more control of her voice now, although it's hardly as cute. I don't think that her old songs were "fitted" for HER own voice, but just for some idol voice in general. Without the help of computers, she woulden't ever had reached the high notes in f. e.x fly high.

SunshineSlayer · #5 24th March 2006, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by truehappiness

Weird..

I was watching CDL05-06 earlier today and the performance of evolution came on and it sounded awkward to me, but it was because Ayu wasn't singing in that high-nasally voice that she usually uses for the song.. same goes for flower garden.

Is Ayu trying to change her live-vocals so that the 'cute-highpitched-nasally' image that people thought of her voice as goes away?

I like the new ayu's voice, but it doesn't really fit songs like evolution.. :\

She has been slowly changing how she performs the old songs for a few years now, this is nothing new. Ayu sings in a deeper voice and from her abdomen now a lot better than she did when she recorded those songs originally.

hallelujah_united · #6 24th March 2006, 01:00 PM

Definitely, it's changed A LOT from when she was just starting out. These days she's more in control like Petit has said, and she seems to be past those days with the "cute" voice. I guess that comes when you've been in the business long enough, since I think Koshi Inaba's voice has gone through a change throughout B'z's 18 years in music, just to name another example.

alternarist · #7 24th March 2006, 01:50 PM

yeah ayu's voice getting deeper and deeper.

Qt Mashi · #8 24th March 2006, 02:22 PM

ya i think Ayu has sang alot deeper, but sometimes too deep, it just doesnt sound right...

zeroshin888 · #9 26th March 2006, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Qt Mashi

ya i think Ayu has sang alot deeper, but sometimes too deep, it just doesnt sound right...

that's what I think too. It doesn't sound as great now, like she isn't trying to sing the song to make it more enjoyable, she's just singing it deep so it's easier for her voice. but i'm fine with it

momobean · #10 24th March 2006, 03:12 PM

I think it's become softer... I like this vocal style though. The Pride live made me feel cheated by the recorded version..

TeamAyu · #11 25th March 2006, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by momobean

I think it's become softer... I like this vocal style though. The Pride live made me feel cheated by the recorded version..

ME TOO!!!! SAME WITH "BOLD & DELICIOUS"!!! Her vocals are GORGEOUS now! It's much richer and deeper. I LOVE IT! I've been loving her performances lately too, her "Startin'" one's sound great and her "Born To Be..." performances are AWESOME. LOVING IT! I'm glad to see her voice mature especially from watching her SUPER high pitched "evolution" vocals to now.

Yarumi · #12 26th March 2006, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by momobean

I think it's become softer... I like this vocal style though. The Pride live made me feel cheated by the recorded version..

which live are you talking about?

Well her voice has matured alot... her older songs don't have the quality in voice as her newer songs do... plus I'm sure it's hard to go back to that nasily voice after you have been training to get better...

When you work on your handwriting you don't suddenly go back to the chicken-scratch it once was... and it's harder to make it look like chicken-scratch...

Ayu would probably hurt her voice if she sang like she used to... But some older songs do sound odd with her new voice... I think she should do a remix album of her older song with a newer, more modern arrangement and with her new voice

hallelujah_united · #13 27th March 2006, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Yarumi

When you work on your handwriting you don't suddenly go back to the chicken-scratch it once was... and it's harder to make it look like chicken-scratch...

Ayu would probably hurt her voice if she sang like she used to... But some older songs do sound odd with her new voice... I think she should do a remix album of her older song with a newer, more modern arrangement and with her new voice

The handwriting thing is so true. I worked so hard on it, I couldn't get my writing to look ugly no matter how hard I tried yesterday. In this case it turned out pretty bad, since I was supposed to forge someone's handwriting.

I wouldn't want to see the beauty of her older songs broken by her "updated" voice though. Maybe it'd be just too weird. Some of the old songs she performs live already sound rather odd for me.

xiaou-xijiang · #14 27th March 2006, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by momobean

I think it's become softer... I like this vocal style though. The Pride live made me feel cheated by the recorded version..

I agree. When I first got into ayu, I was not partial to her earilier works, her voice sounded too high and squeaky. Even now, after I've learned to respect her earilier works, I prefer her older, deeper and softer voice.

theprojectzero · #15 24th March 2006, 03:16 PM

Ahhh... I see wotchu mean, but i'm really okay with her currently vocal!

freedreamer · #16 24th March 2006, 03:25 PM

Me too...Love her voice now

LacusClyne · #17 25th March 2006, 12:40 AM

i'm alright with it. as long as ayu don't sqeak on high notes again.

sexysaucestar · #18 25th March 2006, 02:16 AM

I think her singing voice now is much better than it was before. Yet I have to admit, her "nasal" voice was also very cute/raw/unique.

*hearT_Place* · #19 25th March 2006, 02:30 AM

Yeah, I definately thing it's better now. I was just listening to the acoustic orchestra version of A Song for XX and realized how much her voice has changed. She has better tone, more expression, etc now than when she first started out.

evolution105 · #20 25th March 2006, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by *hearT_Place*

Yeah, I definately thing it's better now. I was just listening to the acoustic orchestra version of A Song for XX and realized how much her voice has changed. She has better tone, more expression, etc now than when she first started out.

totally agree with you.

she has gotten so much more better than her debut.