WTF?? How does this happen?

[jauernis]

Mark Slaughter to me had an amazing voice...wtf happened lol? How does this happen??

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgNVvb1i3Wc&feature=fvw[/ame]

 

[::XeS::]

Years....also Sebastian Bach doesn't sing like 20 years ago

 

[egan.]

Plus we have zero context for the recording. How far into the set is this? How many shows/days in a row? Is he sick? Is he drunk?
Singers both great and terrible blow their voices out all of the time. The problem with live recordings is that one bad video can erase a thousand flawless performances. Plus he surely wasn't that loud/exposed in the room.

 

[slashvanyoung]

Booze, drugs, wrong techniques over a long time, generally not taking care of your voice... and the inevitable ageing.

Edit: And yeah, + 1 to what Egan's been saying. Doesn't say much without knowing the context.

 

[Nitsuj]

The impermanence of all things in life. The moments have passed.

 

[thefyn]

MY GOD! HOW CAN THIS HAAAPEN?

 

[Rip-G]

Sounds like a bad day IMO. And even if not - he still has a good voice - just not for singing high.

 

[arv_foh]

I mixed him at my venue probably a year and a half ago and he didn't sound bad at all

 

[ahjteam]

Old trick; No reverb. Compare (before and after in same clip): http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1338211/rverb.mp3

 

[arv_foh]

Reverb or no reverb it was still a bad performance



This is actually from the show I mixed. Audio isn't the greatest (not board obviously). Nov 2008

 

[The spark]

Poorly mixed monitors?

 

[TravisW]

It's out of his range today, or he's suffering major vocal fatigue. I've had a pretty similar vocal effect in the past when I was singing stuff that was probably too high for me and had a sinus infection. It sucks.