Vocal

North Carolina rapper TiaCorine was primed for a massive 2023 after a steady multi-year rise that reached new heights with her 2022 album, I Can’t Wait, and its breakthrough single, “Freaky T.” And then she literally lost her voice. “Last year was really hard for me,” Tia tells Rolling Stone on the latest episode of “On Your Radar.” “My voice was messed up, I had to have vocal cord surgery, I was on tour most of the time, I had a lot of shows I needed to finish out.”  On top of all that, she was trying to…

Debra Byrd, who had a long and varied career in music, mostly behind the scenes, died on Tuesday, March 5, in Los Angeles. She was 72. No cause of death was given. Highlights of her career include a top 30 hit on the Billboard Hot 100; singing behind such stars as Barry Manilow, Bob Dylan and Mary J. Blige; and a long run as a vocal coach on such talent shows as American Idol and The Voice. Byrd’s career is a reminder that someone can achieve sustained success in the music business even if they…

The music community is mourning the death of influential figure Debra Byrd, who died on March 5 at the age of 72. Throughout her decades-long career, the singer performed alongside Barry Manilow and Bob Dylan before helping to shape generational talents as a vocal coach on American Idol, including Kelly Clarkson, Fantasia, and Jennifer Hudson. “She encouraged and supported us from the very beginning,” Hudson wrote on Instagram. “I am so grateful for everything she taught us. She will be dearly missed, but her…

"I love you, I’ll miss you like mad and I’m sorry for the inconvenience," the singer wrote Adele announced that her Las Vegas residency dates through March will be postponed and shared that she’s been recovering from a recent illness. Taking to Instagram on Tuesday, the artist wrote, “Sadly I have to take a beat and pause by Vegas residency. I was sick at the end of the last leg and all the way through my break.” She continued, “I hadn’t quite gotten the chance to get back to full health before…

In the forests of eastern Australia, a unique annual ritual is underway. A male superb lyrebird fans out its large tail and bobs up and down amongst the foliage. It's performing a song and dance routine in hopes of winning a potential mate. Unfortunately, this bird isn't drawing any attention. Female lyrebirds require more complex songs to win the ability to mate. During his mating display, the male lyre bird puts on a show in his performing ground, replicating the sounds he hears in the surrounding forest — with…

When TikTok users open the app these days, they encounter a platform stripped of music by many of their favorite artists. Dancers bob and sway without a beat drop. People lip-sync to silence.Because of a licensing rift between the platform and Universal Music Group, which releases music by Playboi Carti, Taylor Swift, Drake, Ariana Grande and others, TikTok confirmed Thursday that it had deleted music by Universal artists from its library and muted previously published videos that used those songs.Elevate Your Tech…

There are plenty of Engadget staffers who have been forced to suffer through karaoke nights with me. And they can attest to the fact that I have the singing voice of a chain smoking diner waitress and the vocal range of a mid'80s speech synthesizer. And yet, I just cant help myself. I have zero shame. There's nothing out there that will magically make me a good singer, but a healthy dose of effects and some pitch correction courtesy of a Boss VE-22 Vocal Performer, which is making its debut at NAMM 2024, might make…

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Days after a SARS-CoV-2 infection, an otherwise healthy teenage girl suddenly had trouble breathing. COVID-19 appeared to have paralyzed her vocal cords.The girl needed a surgical tracheostomy – an opening in her windpipe below her voice box – to support her breathing for over a year. According to a new case report on the event, COVID's impact on the nervous system may cause vocal cord paralysis in rare cases.The authors say this is the first case of vocal cord paralysis in a teenager after a COVID-19 diagnosis, though…

We’re still discovering new ways covid-19 can harm us, some four years after the emergence of this complicated viral disease. In a recent report, doctors in Massachusetts describe a teen girl whose vocal cords became paralyzed soon after a bout of covid-19. The girl required a tracheostomy in place for more than a year to help her breathe, though doctors did eventually remove it.With AI Advertising, Nothing is Real | AI UnlockedThe case report, published this week in the journal Pediatrics, was written by doctors from…