Carrie Underwood says it’s “deflating” when singers can’t hit their notes

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Carrie Underwood on Why Singers Need to Hit Their Notes and How She Got Axl Rose Out of Hiding https://t.co/dDmFSPik5x @RollingStone által
- The Music Post (@TheMusicPost2) October 19, 2022

Talking with Rolling Stone for their third annual Grammy Preview issue, Carrie Underwood talks about her latest album, Denim & Rhinestones and how she

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[jensonanckles]

I'd rather hear a few bum note and a key change than flawless playback.

Yes I'm talking about you Mariah 🙄

That said, when you know she has lot of vocal damage and more surprisingly stage fright, it's understandable.

[hellicoptajuuce]

its interesting how Mariah has had such a logn successful career still has stage fright. I think it has compounded when she knows her voice isn't what it used to be.

During her daydream era she was so free, she was running arond stage belting out these insane notes and now she barely moves

[peripheralpill]

and even during her prime most of the professional tour recordings were overdubbed, when, if you listen to the undubbed versions, she sounded beautiful. imperfect but human, which is more impressive, honestly. like, wow, the person in front of me is creating these sounds

whether that was her early perfectionism (i wouldn't be surprised if she preferred her rested vocals to overworked tour vocals) or studio mandates, idk, but it's a shame

[hellicoptajuuce]

Tommy didnt want her to tour since releasing albums was the big thing back then. Also mariah's songs werent sesigned to sing back to back. I cant imagine going from vision of love to emotions in the same set would be good for your vocal health

[peripheralpill]

how very broken clock of tommy mottola. but really. multiple times a week for months? it's crazy her prime lasted as long as it did.

[sandrajane]

Mariah was heavily criticized early in her career about her lack of stage presence, "not paying her dues" and called a studio singer. It's the reason Tommy had her do Unplugged. And to be honest, the critics were right. Mariah has zero stories of herself working the stage circuit honing her performance and singing skills. She never even did her school choir. She stayed in the studio doing demos. Tommy did Mariah no favors hiding her away during the two years between signing her and the release of her debut. Her TV live performances were awkward as fuck

[su_metal]

if the artist is dancing and moving around it's perfectly fine for them not to be perfect and to sound out of breath, i prefer that to playback too

[sirlolsworthy]

thats what gets me about people flipping out about lipsyncing/loud backing tracks when the artist is doing full choreography. Kpop is a good example. Like, you can have the full dance or the full sing. Pick one.

[humannatur3]

i love Mariah sfm but i think she’s a perfectionist who’s also (sadly) really insecure. i think she feels super self conscious about her voice and always has since she started lipping back in the late 90s. what she doesn’t get is the fans *know* her voice has changed and want to hear it as is, rasp and all. i’m pretty sure she can mostly sing like she’s always been able to, it’s just that she doesn’t like how gravelly/raspy she sounds now.

with regards to her stage presence, i think a lot of that has to do with her body image and wanting to look glamorous all the time. i get why she wants to do that from reading her memoir but it’s also like, Mimi, you can be absolutely gorgeous and not have to squeeze yourself into those corsets and outfits and whatnot. free yourself up and sing!!

[jensonanckles]

Preach, sis!