Thread 126945601

>artist gets older
>voice gets worse

>>126945601 (OP)
most of it (regarding popular musicians) is from constantly going on stage every night and fucking their shit up rather than age, which does play a part, but there's ways to at least not make a voice sound like complete shit when they get old

>>126945601 (OP)
To what extent can this be managed / prevented? I know that rock stars stereotypically fuck around during their careers and get by on raw ability until they age, but what about other genres. Do trained singers do exercises from year 1 through to year 99 to minimise vocal decline?

>>126945601 (OP)
>artist gets older
>voice gets better
Name them. Now.

>>126946114
Leonard Cohen, unironically

Ronnie James Dio sung pretty well for a man nearing 70 years old and dying of cancer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWa2DZ85i4o

>>126945601 (OP)
Within the last year I saw both unwound and converge in part out of curiosity to hear what their voices sound like since they both do yelling/screaming vocals and they're both in like their 50s now and surprising they both sounded great..I was especially impressed with with Jacob Bannon since his vocals are so much harsher sounding but he sounded good as ever

>>126946114
Jon Anderson, was 79 when this was posted
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn-kFz5ibGA

>>126946114
unironically Taylor Swift, the original versions of Fearless and Speak Now sound almost grating in comparison to how much better she is now

Mike Love is sure not improving with age anyway.

>>126945601 (OP)
Donovan's voice hasn't changed a bit https://youtube.com/watch?v=yuOoz-xi230&si=Iul_QWPtvOufqVnO

>>126945601 (OP)
>addiction takes its toll
>completely blew out your voice

>>126945601 (OP)
>YOU KNOW WHERE THE FUCK YOU ARR?

>>126945601 (OP)
Noel is still rocking it. Liam, well he was noted for his energy anyway...

>>126946114
van morrison

As good as his young vocals, its different and add new aspects like growling, screams and madness
https://youtu.be/fzjKdWxx0t4

>>126949288
Holy shit he was so bad yesterday

>>126945601 (OP)
>artist gets older
>voice gets worse
>artist deludes himself in interviews that he sings better than ever

>>126945719
>To what extent can this be managed / prevented?
Have and maintain great vocal technique from the start, don't talk too much and have great genetics (see Glenn Hughes).
>>126946284
He was still far from his heydays. Even though he somehow managed to maintain his voice from its noticeably decline in 1991-1992 to his death.

>>126946574
That's just her technique getting better with practice rather then her just getting older. We're talking about singers who age into 35+ and start to sound worse.

>>126946114
Pavarotti

>>126946114
Michael Jackson between the Jackson 5 era and his solo era

>>126946562
>anderson

>>126946114
Taylor Swift ofc

>>126945719
It's depends on genre and style.
Take Madonna for example.
She sounds almost the same now as she did in the 90's.
She doesn't do Xtina vocal acrobatics.
She mostly sings in low register and seldom does any belting that strains or causes damage to her vocal cords.

Worst case scnario: Julie Andrews

>>126952227
>>126952325
see
>>126952137

It's quite amusing to hear a singer's very early recordings when their voice was often very different from how it later evolved. And others like Perry Como were remarkably consistent; his voice changed very little over the years.

>>126946114
Robert Plant

>>126946114
Devin Townsend

>>126946114
Morrissey

>>126946114
Gerard Way

>>126946629
mike's funny because he never had any hard parts but he actually sounds terrible now. autotune aside, think something happened with his voice around 2016 cause it's so gravelly now
>inb4 it's age
no, mike's voice is fucked up
>>126952418
same applies to robert smith
sounds the exact same because he never strained or did anything too crazy in his music
>>126953516
morrissey is a case where he actually learned to sing. sounds like he took lessons sometime in the 90s

>>126945601 (OP)
Meanwhile Robert Smith sounds exactly the same.

>>126953535
so does Maynard, for the most part. the secret is not to force yourself to do stuff that hurts over and over again