thank you jenny & kakki for your intelligent & informed thoughts on the changes that happen to a woman's voice as she ages...i am sure menopause is a big factor & it affects women in so many different ways & to wildly different degrees...it is unfair & uninformed to assume that all the change is due to joni's smoking...i'm not a smoker, i have nothing to defend...but anyone who does not take the hormonal aspects of aging into consideration when speaking about voice change...well they are just talking out of their...you know what...
jenny >>I would say this is definitely one of many factors in Joni's voice change. I have heard Joan Baez mention on a couple of occasions that she had to see a voice teacher and learn to sing all over again when she hit menopause.<< ******************************************** Kate Bennett: www.katebennett.com Sponsored by Polysonics/Atlantis Sound Labs Over the Moon- "bringing the melancholy world of twilight to life almost like magic" All Music Guide ********************************************
