Originally Posted by mabsey

It's because he has two ways of singing. He has his new way, which his worked on, which is a soft way of pronouncing and singing putting less strain on his voice, but not a great deal of power. Then he has an older way of singing, where basically he is just forcing the notes through his throat / neck to hit the notes.

When he got a return to good voice in 2008, he was signing naturally and correctly. As he started loosing his range later on, he started forcing the notes singing from the neck, going very red in the process in 2013's. This was the decline of his voice for me. This forcing of the notes has caused him the detoriation that we see today. If he had 20 shows to go in 2013, rather than drop the songs, or not attempt the notes, he forced them.

For this new tour, for most of the show, you get the new softer tone without the power. To sing a song like always, his mixing it with the softer tone, then using the old bad method to hit the other notes. This is why sometimes after over using this, you find his shot for songs that follow it. His stuck between the devil and the deep blue sea. I've seen two of my singing friends burn there voices out doing this bad method of singing, both ended up with nodules and had operations, both now sing in a more gentle tone.

Mabs