You're right, a "loud" voice doesn't sound the same as a quiet one. Even if you modify the volumes to be the same. There's also acoustic effects caused by having a microphone close to your mouth.
However, a good measure is: how far away from their mouths is the microphone? The answer is: when singers go into the "belter" part of a song, they put more distance between them and the mic, because otherwise they'd be too loud.
I'm no professional, but I've done some proper singing in my time and it's exhausting (to an extent unappreciated even by other musicians). I can probably count myself lucky I had a vocal coach who stressed _minimizing_ the amount of air you use for a note.
Her wiki states she started singing at the age of 4, and doesn't mention lessons until after she had her first problem, after becoming famous and singing on a demanding tour schedule.
I think this problem is multi-faceted - as mentioned by the article and loudness comments here - but it also heavily stems from the fact that most professionals never actually learn the proper mechanics for maintaining a long voice and singing career.
You're begging the question, though - do modern practitioners actually know the "proper mechanics" for a sustainable career or has something been lost from singing techniques of an earlier age? Brilla and Paglin, the coaches profiled in the piece, clearly think so.
It propably is a singing technique related issue and also Adele atleast used to be a smoker. Smoking usually doesn't help the vocal cords in the long run.
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[ 0.31 ms ] story [ 25.6 ms ] threadIt must be something else than just "louder" because we have amplifiers these days.
However, a good measure is: how far away from their mouths is the microphone? The answer is: when singers go into the "belter" part of a song, they put more distance between them and the mic, because otherwise they'd be too loud.
I'm no professional, but I've done some proper singing in my time and it's exhausting (to an extent unappreciated even by other musicians). I can probably count myself lucky I had a vocal coach who stressed _minimizing_ the amount of air you use for a note.
I think this problem is multi-faceted - as mentioned by the article and loudness comments here - but it also heavily stems from the fact that most professionals never actually learn the proper mechanics for maintaining a long voice and singing career.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3803767/Adele-c...