Quote from: aleon515 on December 01, 2013, 03:20:58 PM
The problem is not your voice, but the dose of T most trans guys receive. Most trans guys (not exempting myself here, want a larger dose, as they don't really want to wait around 3-5 years for changes. If they were, they would not have such a hard time with their voices. There is a doctor in Phoenix who does a lower dose like this but all the guys are in a group that meets a couple times every week, so that they get to discuss it. It is VERY hard to do a gradual change like this. But it IS doable.


Your dose would be much more gradual and your voice would have more time to settle and change in a more natural way. Even some cis guys need to readjust to their voices post-T. But hey if you have all the answers why do you ask?
Were their voices perhaps not so God-given as yours'. That concept is pretty insulting.

--Jay

Everything I say gets tooken out of Contex but ok, I didn't say anything about reajusting I understand that yes we do but I'm saying would I suck butt after T

Imagine driving the same car for 18 years ( your voice) You know everything about that car. you know how to make it shine, you know how what makes it the best it can be. Now imagine swapping that car for a different one. ( Your new T voice ) you'd have to relearn every inch of it like your old car to make it all it can be again. No one is saying you are going to suck or be a horrible singer but it will be a learning process for you to be able to sing when your voice lowers.
Another things is that it could take years for your voice to finally settle so it will require a lot of adjusting and re-adjusting.
I've been singing since I was young and now 3 months on T I have had to "re-learn" how to sing some songs that I love just because my voice is in a lower range that I am not used to.

Quote from: thatboyfresh on December 01, 2013, 05:14:00 PM
Imagine driving the same car for 18 years ( your voice) You know everything about that car. you know how to make it shine, you know how what makes it the best it can be. Now imagine swapping that car for a different one. ( Your new T voice ) you'd have to relearn every inch of it like your old car to make it all it can be again. No one is saying you are going to suck or be a horrible singer but it will be a learning process for you to be able to sing when your voice lowers.
Another things is that it could take years for your voice to finally settle so it will require a lot of adjusting and re-adjusting.
I've been singing since I was young and now 3 months on T I have had to "re-learn" how to sing some songs that I love just because my voice is in a lower range that I am not used to.

That's a perfect analogy for it. Figuring out your new range can be difficult but it's not like every aspect of your ability to sing just disappears because your voice dropped an octave. If that were the case, male singers that hit puberty during their careers would all be screwed. It's really no different from that at all, T is essentially putting you through puberty all over again, just the guys version. Your voice will crack and piss you off for a while but toward the 7 month-1 year mark (I think, can't remember for sure) it levels off and you can figure out your new range.

Quote from: thatboyfresh on December 01, 2013, 05:14:00 PM
Imagine driving the same car for 18 years ( your voice) You know everything about that car. you know how to make it shine, you know how what makes it the best it can be. Now imagine swapping that car for a different one. ( Your new T voice ) you'd have to relearn every inch of it like your old car to make it all it can be again. No one is saying you are going to suck or be a horrible singer but it will be a learning process for you to be able to sing when your voice lowers.
Another things is that it could take years for your voice to finally settle so it will require a lot of adjusting and re-adjusting.
I've been singing since I was young and now 3 months on T I have had to "re-learn" how to sing some songs that I love just because my voice is in a lower range that I am not used to.

That is a great analogy! I don't have any experience since I've not been on T, but I've been singing all my life and did my undergrad degree in vocal performance as a high soprano. My worry about going on T is losing that higher range, but I wonder if any trans men have been able to train as countertenors. That would be my dream outcome because I'm quite happy with my singing voice, but how awesome would it be to have a tenor range and a treble range!

Well countertenor is quite a high voice. I had a low alto voice before T, when my voice stabilizes which isn't too often now, but I am easily singing baritone.

Some guys after T are going to be in that range. I know guys with fairly high voices.

--Jay