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Aretha singing light - old age or poor technique?
October 1, 2014
12:42 am
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OwenKorzec
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Some interesting controversy going around this.

First of all, for the love of God, I hope no one on the forum ever puts this much autotune on a recording.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNWeGngQqOI

Then here it is live. Refreshing to hear it without autotune, but I feel like the registration shift she's making is no longer excusable. Not sure this would go over if she was younger and didn't have prior reputation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl8iBkjnRdA

But do you folks think that, hey, she's 72, give her a break? Or did she maybe get some poor coaching / didn't think she could get her voice back so she didn't seek it out? What do we think caused this change of approach if she used to sing so powerfully?

I haven't done any further research that may answer these questions, but I'm not sure how I'd be able to find it anyways.

October 1, 2014
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I really don't think anything of it. These days the internet likes to make something big out of what sometimes may be small. She is one of the greatest singers of our time. I wouldn't question her technique. At 72, I certainly wouldn't question it because at her age this performance could have been for any number of reasons. We all have bad days. However we aren't all in the public eye all the time so they go unnoticed. She is still touring...so maybe her voice was tired. Maybe she got to the studio late and didn't warm up well....and at her age that may be tough. Maybe her voice was just tired that night for any number of reasons. Maybe she just didn't feel well or maybe it was just an off night. Maybe she couldn't hear herself...bad monitoring. Who knows. She has already proven herself to me. Smile

Shit happens.

"It's not how many notes you know. It's what you do with them."

October 1, 2014
8:58 am
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Yeah, even the legends have their off days! Here's a medley she did w/ American Idol last year. Its a good showcase of how her voice is now that shes older.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....ykHRWRZuS8

Did she just give away the winner of AI in the beginning? Laugh

Anyways, she does seem to have a bit more mask and twang to her mid range than she did when she was younger. She still reaches those money notes though!

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