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NEWS > ENTERTAINMENT > SHANIA TWAIN FINALLY LOSING HER VOICE
SHANIA TWAIN FINALLY LOSING HER VOICE
May 16 2011
Los Angeles, CA – Occasionally, very occasionally, pop music can change the world. Whether it is Elvis bringing Rock and Roll to the masses or Nirvana selling the punk underground to a generation of teens, there are moments when pop success means 
more than just sales. When Shania Twain first burst on the scene in the mid-1990’s few could have expected any long term impact, but her version of ‘New Country’ changed things, perhaps not the world, but by bringing country music to mainstream audiences Twain redefined the landscape totally.
Like many ground breaking performers, Twain was reviled in her early days. Lambasted by the country elite and ignored by traditional fans, Twain persisted and brought pop and country audiences together in ways no one had previously imagined possible. Like all revolutions though, Twain’s time eventually passed. Her career started to fizzle alongside her production, causing her to fade into memory. Now, nearly a decade after her last album, Twain has returned though not in the venue most people would have expected, as a TV host. While some would look upon that as a sad statement , a poor resolution to a legendary career, for Twain it is about the only venue for expressing herself after losing her singing voice, a good fifteen years after everyone else had hoped it would vanish.
“I've only just discovered what's wrong. Next comes rehabilitation, which will take a long time. Physical rehabilitation, voice therapy, learning how to breathe again and the singing will come. During the course of my divorce, I dug a big hole and stopped growing and searching and had given up,” Twain told E! “I realized I had to climb back out. You can only help yourself. Others can support you. Just asking myself what I was going to do helped make a place for optimism. You start to isolate yourself in your own misery Suffering in silence is no way to live.”
Twain tried to say other things but her voice gave out.
“Dysphonia is actually fairly common amongst singers, stressing their voice the way they do. There are acute and severe cases, and luckily for the patients it’s rarely permanent. I don’t suppose it really matters for Twain but I guess it’s a little sad that this has happened to Twain but realistically, I mean, who cares really,” said Scrape TV Music analyst Dylan Chambers. “She hasn’t had an album of new music since 2002 and in pop that is a lifetime. Maybe if she made the kind of music that engaged a younger generation looking for a retro vibe it would be relevant, but that isn’t the case. If Iggy Pop or Lou Reed lost their voices it would be a bit of a sad day, but with Twain it kind doesn’t really matter. Not to be mean or anything but the only person it really affects is her.”
Twain has not announced any plans to record a new album anytime soon.
“I do hope though that she has some people who care, particularly her doctors. It would be a little sad if they didn’t care but there’s a good chance that they aren’t really fans of her music, unless they are middle-aged women which I guess is possible,” continued Chambers. “I do have to wonder how serious this condition really is though, considering she’s there chatting away on her talk show. If this is some kind of ploy to bring attention back to her singing career it’s probably not going to go over all that well. Her fans know when they are being manipulated.”
Twain is currently being seen, and heard, on the OWN network.
Samantha Dryden, Entertainment Correspondent
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