Was just casually checking out some videos from this voice coach lady... when suddenly I find out she's trans too! Kinda makes me feel inspired, with progress like that.

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[–] fadingembers@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Zheanna is great. For anyone looking to get started her voice feminization for absolute beginners video is great. For anyone just getting started my biggest recommendation would be don't try to make a fem voice with these exercises, just try to hit the individual targets. And whatever you do, DON'T STRAIN!

[–] Kayel@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Further reminders. Stop drinking caffeine, alcohol, smoking and remember to drink water.

[–] Blahaj_Blast@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oh, ok. So this might not be an option after all.

[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago

I guzzle coffee like it's water and my voice is ok. Things like this are very much the side things that can help, but won't make or break your overall success

[–] Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago

"I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes. That way I wouldn't have to have any voice training"

[–] Linuto@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Wait, why no caffeine or alcohol? I thought only smoking harmed your voice?

[–] Crankpork@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t know about caffeine (though it will dehydrate you), but everything you swallow touches the muscles involved in speaking, and I know when I’ve been drinking my voice gets hoarse as heck. When I used to drink heavily I called my mother once and she asked if I’d started smoking.

[–] MadMenace@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Idk about voice training but I when it comes to singing, you want to avoid smoking, and eating or drinking anything that might coat your vocals cords beforehand, like dairy. (Smoking coats your vocal cords with tar and mucus.) Makes it much harder to finely manipulate the muscles in your throat. Staying hydrated helps keep your throat clear, I suppose caffeine might affect that.

[–] Kayel@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

They dehydrate, which strains your voice when training

[–] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah those things might be healthy but I don't see how it's relevant to this discussion....