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Warrel Dane Dec 20, 2021 12:09:17 GMT

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Post by MrToddington on Dec 20, 2021 12:09:17 GMT

I'm not convinced smoking has that dramatic of an effect on one's voice either.

I mean we know Ray Alder smoked for years and yet his vocal tone didn't change that drastically.

Both Tate and Dane are/were baritone voices, and I think the lower timbres in both of them wasn't physical changes in their voice, but rather as lifestyle and habits leading them to prefer that vocal approach.

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Warrel Dane Dec 20, 2021 15:15:26 GMT

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Post by clem on Dec 20, 2021 15:15:26 GMT

Dec 20, 2021 12:09:17 GMT MrToddington said:

I'm not convinced smoking has that dramatic of an effect on one's voice either.

It affects different singers in different ways. Some don't change all that much. But Leonard Cohen had a pretty normal man voice, in terms of placement and timbre, at the start of his career. By the 1980s, his voice was noticeably quite a lot deeper and darker than most guys.

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