Showing posts with label vocals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vocals. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Mariah Carey Falls While Walking Down Stairs In Spain Trying To Look Sexy In Front Of Her New Boyfriend James Packer As Nick Cannon Sues Her


Mariah Carey (the one involuntarily flying down the stairs) and James Packer (seated in white shirt)

Things have been difficult for singer Mariah Carey. Her marriage and career have crumbled. Carey's husband, record label, manager and publicist have dropped her. Now a flight of stairs have as well. While Carey was vacationing in Spain with her new boyfriend, James Packer, a man her fans criticized based on his appearance (and there's nothing wrong with how he looks) the singer took a tumble down some concrete stairs.


Why Carey thought it appropriate to go sightseeing and tethering around in said high heeled shoes is a mystery, as she could have seriously injured herself in a terrible fall. Carey is planning a musical comeback after her most two most recent albums flopped with fans and on the charts. The question is will her voice hold up, as it is not doing so now.


Despite all the studio compression and Autotune software being used to make Carey's damaged voice sound passable, the deterioration can still be heard on the singer's albums. Will Carey have surgery and or begin to take vocal lessons, which at this point in her career she finds demeaning, in light of where her voice once was during her hay day in the 1990s. 


In other news, there has been no official word that Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon's divorce has been finalized, after the comedian filed legal papers in court to dissolve their union after 6-years of marriage. Reports indicate Cannon has been stating Carey, who is in Kabbalah, is crazy. Cannon has been disgracefully bedding different women and now Carey is dating Packer. Cannon also sued Carey over the sale of their $9,00,000 Bel Air home, stating it was done without his authorization.

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Monday, May 18, 2015

Mariah Carey’s Disastrous Billboard Music Awards Appearance Slammed On Social Networking (Videos)

Mariah Carey tries to hit the whistle register she is famous for and misses: 

 
Mariah Carey’s Billboard Music Awards performance descended into disaster. Social networking slammed Carey left right and center over her subpar vocals. The social networking comments were overwhelmingly unfavorable, due to the state of Carey’s vocals. Carey forgets we live in an age where software enables people to strip background music and backup singers to hear what an artist sounds like live. Someone removed all the background music and signers from Carey’s performance and the singer’s vocals were bad. Jennifer Lopez and Kylie Jenner looked at Carey with awkward expressions over the poorly received performance.

Mariah Carey's full 2015 Billboard Music Awards performance:
This comes on the heels of Carey canceling a performance of her Las Vegas residency last week citing bronchitis. Carey did not sound like someone with bronchitis, but a singer whose voice has deteriorated. The Judiciary Report stated in January 2015 that Carey needed to take a break, spend some time with her kids and work on getting her life together. It was abundantly clear to the site she was not ready for any music endeavors, but she went ahead and signed up for a vocally strenuous Las Vegas residency and live performances, such as the Billboard Music Awards and it has turned into one disaster after another.


Mariah Carey performing at the Billboard Music Awards

It does not make sense for singers, especially those in Carey’s genre, to go out there when they are not at their best. Seriously, why go out there when you are not at your best. While Carey sounds better than Britney Spears and Rihanna, who can’t sing, she still sounds way less than her best and that was automatically going to invite criticism and damage her legacy.


Mariah Carey performing at the Billboard Music Awards

However, listening to advice has always been Carey’s problem. During her years at Sony, especially when she just started her career, she would fight against the executives decisions, who had experience. She was routinely off base with what she was fighting for. An example of this would be, she wanted the impressive songs “Love Takes Time” and “Someday” left off her debut album, but kept talking up “All In Your Mind” which is average. They repeatedly warned Carey about her choice in clothes and behavior, but she started to fight against them when she had more clout and her sales began to plummet due to the changes. An artist who won’t listen to constructive criticism and advice is their own worst enemy.


Mariah Carey on the red carpet and the Billboard Music Awards

We see that again this year, as Carey, who reads this website and has for years, rushed forward with the residency that is experiencing low ticket sales and had a cancellation by her, after the first week. She is onstage out of breath and being wheeled around on prop after prop because the show is too taxing for her. It has nothing to do with age, because Patti Labelle and Tina Turner put on energetic shows with great vocals and they are in their 70s.


Mariah Carey on the red carpet and the Billboard Music Awards

Carey doesn’t need the money for the shows, as her divorce proceedings regarding husband Nick Cannon revealed she has $150,000,000 in cash and assets. Conversely, with the money and other resources at her disposal, she has the ability to get help for her voice, appearance and health, but refuses to do so. Carey is not too old to be a relevant and successful star with big hits. She is engaging in conduct that is working against her. She has no one but herself to blame for what is happening to her career. However, apart of the problem is Carey is addicted to fame. So she’s going to go out there at all costs, even if it means embarrassment and damaging her legacy.


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Friday, May 15, 2015

Singers, Take Care Of Your Voices - Part II


Julie Andrews

This is a follow up to the Judiciary Report article "Singers, Take Care Of Your Voices." Legendary award winning singer/actress, Julie Andrews, famous for the 1965 classic musical film "The Sound Of Music" became a household name for her golden voice and compelling acting abilities. The soprano began to experience vocal trouble for which she sought medical treatment.

 

"The Sound Of Music"

When basic treatment options did not correct the problem, in 1997 Andrews underwent surgery at Mount Sinai in New York, with the hope of halting the damage to her voice. However, Andrews contends the surgery destroyed her already damaged voice. Andrews sued and the case was settled out of court.


Mariah Carey's vocal cords have been repeatedly bleeding at regular intervals for two decades, due to releasing many albums back to back in her favored melismatic style, with little and sometimes no rest between projects. Coupled with drug and alcohol use, Carey's voice is damaged.

Soprano singers such as Mariah Carey belt out notes full throttle to impress audiences and critics, which creates vocal cord damage. Over time it begins to deplete the voice (as does alcoholism and drug use - two other issues Carey struggles with). Doctors have done examinations of singers' throats after such vocally taxing sessions and performances, only to find bleeding vocal cords. If left untreated, over time it leads to permanent damage and the loss of vocal ability (especially upper octave notes).


Damaged, bleeding vocal cords from excessive belting and abrupt vocal changes while singing

Athletes don't perform at sporting event after sporting event with injuries, as they will become permanent if left untreated and not given the chance to heal. Neither should singers sing day after day with damaged vocal cords. The voice needs rest to repair itself as best it can. Illegal drugs and hard liquor should also be avoided. Singers need to evaluate their studio practices and performances very carefully to determine if they are damaging their voices. At the end of the day, your voice is irreplaceable. It is your stock in trade. Take care of it and make wise decisions that will allow your voice to last as long as possible.

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New York Times Rips Mariah Carey’s Vegas Residency To Shreds


Mariah Carey

On May 7, 2015 the New York Times issued a scathing review of Mariah Carey’s Vegas residency entitled “Mariah Carey and Her Can’t-Look-Away Debut in Las Vegas.” The newspaper pointed out the fact Carey’s voice has significantly deteriorated, as the Judiciary Report has stated for the past few years. The New York Times review stated of Carey:

“But the notes have not been there for Ms. Carey of late: Some performances have been markedly off-base, the subject of intense scrutiny. Ms. Carey is still durable, and sometimes excellent, but her once-transcendent voice is like decaying manufacturing machinery: It still churns, but the product might be polished or dinged. You don’t know until it happens.”


Mariah Carey

“When it came to the notes, though, the struggle was real” and “’Fantasy’ featured Ol’ Dirty Bastard, who died in 2004, rapping via video, and he felt more alive than Ms. Carey, who was right on stage” and “even Ms. Carey’s movements were kept to a minimum. Several times, she was wheeled out on stage - singing in a pink convertible, singing on a Jet Ski, singing on a round bed.”

The New York Times also accused Carey of lip sync some of her show, “But as the night wore on, it became increasingly unclear whether the sounds coming through the speakers were coming from her mouth.” The article goes on to state Carey is contracted to perform 50 shows over 2-years at the Coliseum at Caesar’s Palace. Considering Carey’s barely done 3 shows and there is already a problem, her residency is going to be very difficult, as I anticipated months ago.

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Thursday, May 14, 2015

Mariah Carey Cancels A Show Of Her Vegas Residency After One Week With Vocal Trouble (Videos)



Mariah Carey

 Months ago in the January 9, 2015 article "Mariah Carey Planning Las Vegas Residency But Will Her Voice Hold Up" the Judiciary Report stated pop singer Mariah Carey should not undertake a residency, which is a singer performing night after night at a venue. Yesterday, Carey cancelled her May 13, 2015 concert at Caesar's Palace, which was apart of her residency, just days into her stint in Las Vegas, Nevada. Carey is citing bronchitis, but she's actually having vocal trouble. The show will not be rescheduled. Fans who flew in are upset, as they've lost time and money and are disappointed. Critics are slamming Carey as well.

For the past few years the Judiciary Report has stated Carey's voice is badly damaged and needs rest and vocal retraining to help combat the deterioration of her vocal cords. Her fans kicked a fit on my Twitter page and I kicked back. However, I know music, write it, engineer it and understand singers' voices and could hear the damage developing regarding Carey's vocal cords.
  
A singer undertaking a concert tour or even more difficult, a residency, will punish and batter the voice in a sustained manner if one is not careful, especially a performer who often utilizes the beautiful technique of melisma. The Judiciary Report was not trying to be mean in stating Carey should avoid a  residency at this time - it was practical advice regarding her vocal difficulties and the trouble that could and has now ensued.


Cancellation notice at Mariah Carey show in Las Vegas

Have you ever tried to sing for 60-90 minutes straight (and night after night). The throat will become parched, irritated and inflamed if you employ melisma often and you can develop headaches from belting out notes full force, as singers in Carey's genre do. It's not easy. For a damaged voice to undertake a residency is even more difficult and risky.

Carey's only other option was to lip sync the entire show, which would leave fans angry and critics like sharks spotting blood in the water. Performing night after night with vocal damage will only do more harm to the voice. Under those conditions one is supposed to rest the voice and seek treatment and therapy for it.

To illustrate my point regarding what has transpired with her voice, listen to the deterioration in Carey's voice from a strong 1991 live Soul Train performance of the George Michael/"Careless Whisper" sounding "Can't Let Go" by Carey to a 2013 concert performance of the same song, where she could not hit the high notes and asked the audience to do so, as she struggled whispering out the notes:

1991 - Mariah Carey "Can't Let Go" live on Soul Train:
2013 - Mariah Carey Live in Australia- Triumphant Tour - Can't Let Go / Love Takes Time:  
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Mariah Carey I'm Going Dark Tonight Concert Cancelled

5/13/2015 8:39 PM PDT - Mariah Carey's tour is already rocky and it's only been a week ... she's just cancelled Wednesday night's Vegas show. Our Mariah sources say the singer has bronchitis and her doctors have advised her not to use her voice. We're told so far only Wednesday night's show is cancelled and she has a couple of days off until the next scheduled performance. But it's uncertain she'll be able to perform. The cancellation came at the last minute. People have flown in for the show and we're told many have arrived at the venue, where they saw the sign that says "Tonight's performance has been cancelled and will not be rescheduled."


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Saturday, May 2, 2015

Mariah Carey Asked If She Will Lip Sync Live Residency In Las Vegas


Mariah Carey

Pop singer Mariah Carey has signed on to do a Vegas residency, meaning she will be performing night after night at a large venue. Carey’s show is entitled “Mariah Carey Number 1’s.”  When asked by the press if she will lip sync the live show, which would be wrong and false advertising, Carey stated, “I mean, I have so many overlapping parts and background vocalists and background things. There’s always some confusion and something about it, but I mean like, if there’s any confusion they’re welcome to come to my house and sing in the shower with me. It’s not a problem.” Translation: yes (LOL).


Carey debuted in 1990 with a very strong voice, rivaled by the late, great Whitney Houston, who had released her first song years prior. As the Judiciary Report has stated in the past, something happened to Carey’s voice, damaging it by her “Music Box“ album. Nonetheless, her voice was still strong, but the tone began to deteriorate. It became more nasal in sound and whispery, a sign a singer‘s voice is experiencing damage. For the past few years, Carey has cut out upper octave vocals from her live shows as she is unable to hit the notes she once did on songs such as “Vision Of Love” “Emotions” and “Can’t Let Go.” She asks the audience to sing the more challenging parts.


Things got so bad for Carey that non-singing, untalented Madonna was taking shots at her vocals, claiming hers are better by comparison, but Madonna can‘t even sing. Madonna needs to sit down and be quiet. Madonna always sounds like someone kicked her in the throat right before she starts singing. Legendary singer, Billie Holiday, also experienced vocal damage in her early forties that was noted by music historians. The damage occurred due to drug use (cocaine) and alcohol abuse. Carey is a known alcoholic who has taken drugs as well.

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Thursday, April 2, 2015

Heartbroken Over Nick Cannon Singer Mariah Carey Has Let Herself Go (Photos)


Mariah Carey (left)

45-year-old Pop singer Mariah Carey has been vacationing in St. Barts with her twins Moroccan and Monroe and she cut a very sad figure. The once glamorous Carey, looked tired, weary and weathered. People in feedback sections have been stating she does not look her best, stating she looks "haggard" "old" and "fat." With the money at Carey's disposal, she can afford to  take better care of herself. However, she is depressed and that is apart of the problem.


Carey's marriage to unfaithful gigolo actor Nick Cannon, 34, has resulted in divorce proceedings, while he goes around being promiscuous with various women. Cannon cheated on Carey during their troubled marriage. He then abandoned her and the kids, labeling her mentally ill. Carey's latest album "Elusive Chanteuse" also bombed on the charts.


A series of disastrous high profile performances, where Carey's voice gave out, caused her more distress. Carey was also pictured getting cozy with director Brett Ratner, only for him to hook up with another woman hours later, whom he was pictured privately kissing on the lips. The singer is not taking any of this well and has let herself go.


As mentioned previously in the column, Carey has signed on to perform a string of shows in Las Vegas, which the Judiciary Report thinks is a bad idea, as her voice is damaged. If she sings, she risks further damage and terrible, crushing press. If she lip syncs fans will be angry and critics will savage her. She needs to take a break and focus on her mental health and raising her children.

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Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Mariah Carey Slammed For Lip Syncing During Live Concert (Video)


Singer Mariah Carey was slammed by mainstream news sites and blogs for lip syncing her way through a live concert in Kingston, Jamaica at the Jazz and Blues Festival this past Friday. Carey performed her past hits and dishonestly mimed the entire show at what is a live event, again confirming to the world her voice is badly damaged. 


Mariah Carey struggling to even lip sync

Weeks before her disastrous performance at the Jazz and Blues Festival, the Judiciary Report stated Carey should forgo an announced Las Vegas residency, where she has signed a contract to perform night after night (Mariah Carey Planning Las Vegas Residency But Will Her Voice Hold Up). The Judiciary Report has been proven right again, as this week it has been revealed ticket sales for Carey's upcoming Vegas shows are very low. 


Mouth wide open...no music coming out

Years ago the Judiciary Report was the first to state Carey's voice is badly damaged. Then some of her fans raised a stink on my Twitter page, only to be confronted by the truth years later when mainstream sites and television shows began stating the same, airing footage to illustrate said claims. These same fans have not said a word to me since, as the truth has now come out about Carey's voice. Ironically, those same fans have not supported Carey's CD released last year or her new Las Vegas show, both of which have bombed in the sales department. 


Mariah Carey singing lip syncing her little heart out 

Carey has made her vocal problems worse year after year with poor practices that have created additional damage. It should be a scary warning to singers about the perils of forcefully belting in an upper octave range while singing. Take care of your voices (those of you who can sing, that is).

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Mariah Carey PAINFUL Lip Syncing Fail (Video)

2/1/2015 7:30 AM - Mariah Carey would have been better off pretending to faint during her concert Saturday night, because pretending to sing was just an epic fail. Mariah was performing at the 2015 Jazz and Blues Festival Friday, when everything just went to hell.

It starts off bad and then ... well as Reese says, it's just beyond.  She mixes lines, forgets the words and almost just gives up. It's almost like a blood sport.  Are people going to her concerts to hear her sing, or watch what you see in the video?
Fantasy singer! Mariah Carey caught out in lyp-syncing blunder during Jamaican concert after missing her cue

Published: 12:37 EST, 31 January 2015 - She's known for her signature screaming soprano sounds. But on Friday, Mariah Carey was caught lip-syncing her hit single Fantasy during her first-ever performance at the 2015 Jazz And Blues Festival in Jamaica, disappointing fans who paid upwards of $200 to watch her belt out her chart-topping hits.

The mother-of-two was noticeably out of breath and failed to hit the high notes as she appeared to have given up halfway through and let the backing track take over the vocals.

Mariah tried to keep her composure while roaring in and out of the microphone, specifically while attempting to sing Fantasy. In dramatic fashion, she closed her eyes and placed her hand near her ear as she faked the alto notes and missed her cue multiple times. The beauty tried to make up for her lack of singing by flashing a smile at the audience, but it seems it wasn't enough.

This recent lip-sync blunder comes over a month after she was harshly criticized for mouthing the words to her mega-successful holiday hit All I Want For Christmas Is You at the annual NBC special Christmas In Rockefeller Center in December.

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Sunday, December 7, 2014

Mariah Carey's Disastrous Tree Lighting Performance In New York Leaves Critics And Fans Slamming Her (Video)



 
Mariah Carey's voice has seen better days. Carey experienced significant difficulty showing up for her performance at the Rockerfeller Center for the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony, due to her sobriety issues and emotional problems. Carey is having a tough time keeping it together. She struggles with mental illness and lack of sobriety (wine, marijuana and pills). 

However, once Carey arrived at the show, after missing rehearsal, her voice was not in good form. As she sang her Christmas hit "All I Want For Christmas" her voice cracked like it's nobody's business (all she wants for Christmas is her voice back). It is a singer's worst nightmare. Despite the fact they turned up the background singers to mask the deficiencies in her voice, there were fleeting moments her voice was a bit less than stellar.

The performance appeared passable. However, hours later trouble struck when someone decided to make things even worse for Carey after the show, by digitally isolating the audio vocal of her performance and publishing a copy of her singing without musical accompaniment and it was bad...really, really bad. It became a big embarrassment that was featured on entertainment shows, local news programs all over the country and many websites. 


Mariah Carey

Hate to say I told you so, but I told you so. The whole world can hear her voice is severely damaged. I was right. I know music. I've studied it most of my life. I can hear the changes in people's voices, even the most subtle, good or bad. As stated previously, a handful of her rude fans attacked me on Twitter about a year ago over an article on the Judiciary Report, questioning what has transpired with her voice, evidenced by its deterioration. About 50 of her fans trolled me on Twitter (and not in a good way) then began lying about me. 

So I wrote some unflattering articles about her, called for a boycott and her new CD bombed this year. Ironically, Mariah's fans are now slamming her on social networking, rather than me. Make up your minds, already. I do believe something can be done to restore her voice to a degree, but she has to give up the alcohol and drugs. Not to mention, lay off certain foods for a while that irritate the voice. Vocal (re)training would help as well.

However, there's one consolation for Mariah. At least she doesn't sound horrible like Madonna (nobody can sound as bad as Madonna, who sounds like a cat choking on a fur ball, while being chased by a dog with rabies). And that is all *bows, then does royal wave* (LOL).
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Monday, October 13, 2014

Nick Cannon Dates New Woman While Mariah Carey's Tour Descends Into A Costume And Vocal Disaster


Who put Mariah Carey in this 

Mariah Carey's latest tour, to back her flopped CD "Elusive Chanteuse" has been a vocal disaster. Now it has turned into a costume disaster as well. Tight, short and ill-fitting clothes that do not flatter the singer are provoking criticism and ridicule online. Carey's costume designer needs to take it back to the drawing board.

 

This is not Carey's best look

Meanwhile, Carey's disloyal, soon-to-be ex-husband Nick Cannon is busy dating different women (just like he did when they were still together before she realized what he was up to in cheating). Cannon was connected to soon-to-be divorced Amber Rose. 


Nick Cannon on date with unnamed woman

This week he has been spotted canoodling with a brunette. The unnamed woman looked giddy on the date. Cannon looked at the paparazzi like he'd been caught in a situation he didn't want publicized in the press. Wait until Carey sees the pics.

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