Generational singing styles?

RJDG14 · 09-02-2017, 08:07 PM

Currently the majority of music being sung by Millennials/Gen-Z has a kind of dribbly sound to the vocals, often with unusual sudden drops at the end of lines. This type of singing didn't really exist before Craig David (c.1999/2000) and became far more common during the latter half of the 2000s. Now most young singers sing this way, and I don't think Autotune is fully responsible, since I've seen buskers who also sing like this.

There were also certain singing styles (though with more variation) common during the 80s and 90s, and singers from this era (Gen-Jones/Gen-X) typically sound different to singers from the 60s and early 70s (Silent/Baby-Boomers).

So would it be true that each generation has a unique singing style (as a generalisation) that most popular music by a certain generation tends to use?

09-02-2017, 08:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
RJDG14 Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 157	Generational singing styles? Currently the majority of music being sung by Millennials/Gen-Z has a kind of dribbly sound to the vocals, often with unusual sudden drops at the end of lines. This type of singing didn't really exist before Craig David (c.1999/2000) and became far more common during the latter half of the 2000s. Now most young singers sing this way, and I don't think Autotune is fully responsible, since I've seen buskers who also sing like this. There were also certain singing styles (though with more variation) common during the 80s and 90s, and singers from this era (Gen-Jones/Gen-X) typically sound different to singers from the 60s and early 70s (Silent/Baby-Boomers). So would it be true that each generation has a unique singing style (as a generalisation) that most popular music by a certain generation tends to use?