Thinking about how my voice training would/will go. My current voice varies so much based on situation, comfort, even topic and I do funny voices/impressions on the regular. I guess maybe that should make it easier/more familiar? But it still seems so daunting and impossible to arrive at something I'd consider natural and fitting for me
Most voices vary depending on the situation. So that's a pretty normal thing altogether. And as you slowly train your voice, it'll move the needle slowly but surely. Your voice will modulate from a new neutral every time you move that needle. As for something that sounds natural to you, that may be a mental block that's a smidgen difficult to overcome. I voice trained last year and sit on a voice that's apparently indistinguishable from any other woman's. But in my head, I still have remnants of the old me hanging around and it causes me a neurosis of sorts. That's coming off a nice compliment I got last night saying my voice sounds cis and that it's smoother than most ciswomen this person has seen. idk
I used to feel like that in the past, so I understand you. I would have a wildly different voice depending on the emotion that was dominant. It kinda flattened for me though, but I wonder if that's because I speak from the tippy top of my range now. Interesting.
Either way, I suppose the only real way to see what happens is to just go for it. I know that's fairly straightforward and probably not a big help, but you really won't know what it'll all come to if you don't start, y'know? I know when I started that I never thought that my deep voice could ever amount to anything remotely useful. But here I am I think.
This is honestly really heartening to hear, I haven't started voice training yet.
Do you know if it's affected by age, like if you start later in life, is it harder to voice train?
It’s only affected by age so much as our voices are affected by age! That is, an older woman sounds different than a younger woman. It is entirely possible to voice train at any stage of life. Here’s a fun example of someone doing it later in life with amazing results.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yhDzwADP000&pp=ygUTbXRhIGFubm91bmNlciB0cmFucw%3D%3D
Thinking about how my voice training would/will go. My current voice varies so much based on situation, comfort, even topic and I do funny voices/impressions on the regular. I guess maybe that should make it easier/more familiar? But it still seems so daunting and impossible to arrive at something I'd consider natural and fitting for me
Most voices vary depending on the situation. So that's a pretty normal thing altogether. And as you slowly train your voice, it'll move the needle slowly but surely. Your voice will modulate from a new neutral every time you move that needle. As for something that sounds natural to you, that may be a mental block that's a smidgen difficult to overcome. I voice trained last year and sit on a voice that's apparently indistinguishable from any other woman's. But in my head, I still have remnants of the old me hanging around and it causes me a neurosis of sorts. That's coming off a nice compliment I got last night saying my voice sounds cis and that it's smoother than most ciswomen this person has seen. idk
I know most voices vary, but I feel like mine varies a freakish amount to where I feel like a different person is talking at times
I used to feel like that in the past, so I understand you. I would have a wildly different voice depending on the emotion that was dominant. It kinda flattened for me though, but I wonder if that's because I speak from the tippy top of my range now. Interesting.
Either way, I suppose the only real way to see what happens is to just go for it. I know that's fairly straightforward and probably not a big help, but you really won't know what it'll all come to if you don't start, y'know? I know when I started that I never thought that my deep voice could ever amount to anything remotely useful. But here I am I think.
This is honestly really heartening to hear, I haven't started voice training yet. Do you know if it's affected by age, like if you start later in life, is it harder to voice train?
It’s only affected by age so much as our voices are affected by age! That is, an older woman sounds different than a younger woman. It is entirely possible to voice train at any stage of life. Here’s a fun example of someone doing it later in life with amazing results. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yhDzwADP000&pp=ygUTbXRhIGFubm91bmNlciB0cmFucw%3D%3D
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