#vocal training

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[imstillalexcomic]

Okie so bit of a weird one. Im doing group gender affirming vocal lessons this semester at a local college, and the class is being run using a TTRPG as a vehicle. We had to make characters and a background for ourselves, so I present Alex Gabby Di Stasi!

Intro:

There are three things in the world that I like: talking, fun, money, and talking. In that order.

Yes, in those amounts.

No, I will not elaborate.

I’m from wherever it’s convenient to be from depending on the situation. You’re from Silvervale? I had a cousin who lived there that I’d visit all the time. Your favorite song growing up was “Dances with Werewolves?” That was my jam. You know Jnani Dace? She was a childhood friend of mine, close as can be! She never spoke about me before? That tracks, given the head injury she had right after I left town.

…frankly I’m kind of upset with you for bringing that up. I don’t want to relive that trauma, tell me more about you.

Life is a performance, and the ability to adapt is the key to success. My hands are quick and my body moves as gracefully as I need, but my muscles are lacking and “bend but don’t break” is not how I’m built.

I break. I break easy.

Don’t punch me. One, I have the constitution of a vanilla wafer.

Two, I’m not into that.

What do I want? I want what you want, because that’s how I get by. Don’t worry, I’m not a hanger-on, I have my uses. You need me to butter someone up? Have to crash a fancy pants party but you’re not fancy (or have no pants)? Need some cash in a pinch? Call 1-877-Gabby-Di-Stasi and you’ll get a coin or two.

What do you mean “call 1-877-yada-yada?”

I dunno, using a number system to catalog citizens in order to easily route communication strikes me as a good idea. I’m ahead of my time, what can I say? Have we invented the word anachronism yet?

[suikamelon6]

Watch this insightful interview with Matthew Santos who helped Sam Reid find his Lestat's voice and take care of his vocal during the whole recording and filming of The Vampire Lestat and he was on stage performing that one night concert too in NYC.

[datamodel-of-disaster]

I'm thinking of getting vocal coaching.

At the trans event I went to there was a nonbinary person who gave an introspective workshop, and their voice was just so unique and beautiful, resonant and clear and perfectly understandable in a crowd without them raising it, and they could switch effortlessly between male and female registers. And all I could think was "Holy SHIT I want that for me."

They were a former professional opera singer, so I'm guessing there are limits to how much of their vocal control is teachable (as opposed to being talent and genetic luck). But I still want to try.

Anyone have experience doing vocal training, tips, things to focus on, videos to recommend, qualities to look for in a coach?

For reference, I have an untrained alto voice and a lot of vocal fry in how I speak. I strain my voice automatically to sound "friendly and femme" when making phone calls or having interactions with strangers, and I hate it. I'd like to train my voice to become stronger, lower, and more resonant and carrying, and to maintain a confident and engaging speaking pace.

[mantisfriendd]

Just heard my voice on a video I sent to friends and like, it's got work to go for sure, but I didn't cringe and close the video, I actually kind of like it?

I gotta do more vocal training it's really working

[caffeinated-starsailor]

Lowering & Raising Your Pitch

Fun fact of the day:

The pitch of your voice is determined mainly by 2 factors– your vocal cord length and their tension. The tension affects the speed at which your vocal cords vibrate, producing different sounds.

We can't rly change the length on our own, but we can affect the tension.

If you're aiming for a lower pitch, you want to relax the cords, not quite fully loosening it. You want to relax the muscles in your throat, allowing your vocal cord to vibrate more slowly, resulting in a lower pitch.

Obviously the opposite is true if you want to achieve a higher pitch.

Do with this information what you will.

[autisticnobody]

Hey, I need motivation to do vocal training besides dysphoria lol

If I started a twitch where I vocal trained and did art and/or we just hanged out, would you guys watch that?

Like I've already been on testosterone for a year and a half, but my voice doesn't quite sound as masculine or as deep as I would like it.

[lossdetector-deactivated20260707]

does anyone have any good voice training advice. all of the stuff i've found is behind a paywall or explained in a way i don't understand and it's Pissing Me Off.