Hi folks,
I have a few questions on the whole point of making my voice sound more womanly. Right now my male voice sounds very nasally and just absolutely horrid :'(. when I finally get working on the female voice will it sound similar or do you think it will be nicer. Also with that being said, I've read a few articles saying that you can keep both voices which would be nice and helpful. While I'd like to stay womanly once it finally arrives, being able to go back the other one could prove useful. The reason for this is that I really want to get into voice acting, and this could really prove helpful for my future.
Thanks all
Marty (Sammi)
Hi Marty,
If your voice is nasal it probably would stay that way unless you made an effort to fix it.
IT is possible to keep both voices with just training but from the YouTube videos it seems that going back to the 'male' voice becomes difficult because of muscle memory. But it's not impossible.
Good Q.
For me, the current internal (infernal) debate is whether and why to change the voice. In favor of changing it: 1) I don't actually like my male voice, not for dysphoric reasons, but because it's poorly enunciated and "flat", 2) a change will be absolutely necessary if I want to pass (and I do, at least in general). The reason not to, aside from the effort, is that it sometimes it feels like it'd be a falsehood. It sort of feels like if I have to put in effort to change this, am I sure I'm not role playing when the whole point is to be honest about myself? I think, in the end, I will change it. I'm beginning to practice here and there, especially in the car. The idea that my voice as it happens to be now is "me" doesn't strike me as actually true. For example, I wouldn't think twice about trying to learn to enunciate better.
I imagine that you could practice both voices and maintain the muscles and habits to go back to your old voice. You'll certainly always have the potential to re-learn it since your vocal chords won't change. Personally, I would rather just learn the new one and forget the old one (except maybe as an occasional party trick). I feel like it'll be easier to stay in the new voice and have it grow to be "me" if I don't switch back and forth.
thanks for the responses. I'll have to practice it and eventually learn to love the new voice, not like that'd be problem ;). Since I'm still a good amount time away from transitioning, how long should practice til I get the voice down? I've read that it does depend, but I'd rather spend the extra time if necessary to be better with it. Any tips are great right now.
Love,
Marty (Sammi)
Here are two examples of people that can do both, I still have my male voice but it feels uncomfortable to use it and it does not sound quite right so you would have to train with this in mind:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4PW9J9BTjM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOQJiZ_g3Ho
Thanks Antonia.
Those are really basically what I'm taking about. The ability to switch back and forth would so awesome. Even though I'm not a fan of the current voice, perhaps this could at least make it sound better after some work. The whole being able to sing like that would drive me off the walls. that's beyond awesome. I cant wait to give the whole female voice a shot.