Ayu's "worsening" voice?

[hidekirby]

Just one thing which I feel: watch past lives, it seems it's really easy for her to sing every notes, with a clear and controlled voice. Now she is literally struggling to sing properly.
Just one random 'old' live from youtube:

Compare it to You were... lives (i think those songs are quite similar to sing) and the gap is pretty obvious isn't it?
I think that her last lives where she seems to sing well without much effort were in 2007 (A BEST 2).
It's worsening in the sense that she can sing properly nowadays.

[non3ko]

^I you!

You picked my all time favorite performance of No way to say.

I've been trying to figure out what happened between then and now.

[hidekirby]

Originally Posted by non3ko

^I you!

You picked my all time favorite performance of No way to say.

I've been trying to figure out what happened between then and now.

Haha, I came by chance on this performance the other nigt and I was like: "I wish I knew ayu before 2003 so that I could have enjoyed her voice more (yeah, I'm one of those people who think that ayu IS/WAS a GOOD singer).

I miss those days : /
Even with this performance you can tell that the voice from 1999 to 2007(?) is coming from the same person. This performance reminds me of her early lives for example. But with her actual voice, it's pretty difficult I think. Well it's not a problem in itself, but sometimes I feel it's not ayu's voice. I don't know how to explain this.

Edit:

Originally Posted by truehappiness

It's very clear and controlled, but it's also very nasal. Up until 2004 or 2005, she'd been singing through her nose for most, if not all of her lives. I wonder if it's a lot harder for her to sing from her diaphragm, and that's why it's seemed like she's been struggling, because she doesn't want to have that nasal tone all the time. I don't know, it's just a thought and I might be completely wrong, haha.

Maybe it can be part of it. I don't know much as regards singing/technical stuff ^^". But her nasal voice didn't boher me. yet I know some people doesn't like it.

[gothicayu]

Originally Posted by hidekirby

Just one thing which I feel: watch past lives, it seems it's really easy for her to sing every notes, with a clear and controlled voice. Now she is literally struggling to sing properly.
Just one random 'old' live from youtube:

Compare it to You were... lives (i think those songs are quite similar to sing) and the gap is pretty obvious isn't it?
It's worsening in the sense that she can sing properly nowadays.

i agree with you i watched all her lives too and with the past few years she seems to have more and more diffculties to sing correctly her own songs.

sometimes all the" lalala" and the "yeah yeah" are overdone or she try to go higher than the actual song and music which make it sounds not as good .

i wonder however if her loosing of her capacity to hear on one ear have something do to with it ?