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Birthdays, big moves, and the byways of life.

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Music

Singing, songwriting, new releases, and recommendations.

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Trans Voice

Learning to love your voice and need some support?

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Disability

Lessons I've learned after 10+ years with chronic pain.

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Top 3 Queer Books That I Read in 2022 life Jan 10, 2023

You might not be aware of this, but I am an avid reader. I love reading! I wanted to share with you my three favourite queer books that I read in 2022. Watch this blog post as a short video above.

1. She Who Became The Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

This book has everything! It's got various...

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Podcast Interview: Conversations with Musicians with Leah Roseman disability interviews life music trans voice Jan 07, 2023

Recently, I had the pleasure of being interviewed on Leah Roseman's podcast, Conversations with Musicians. In this 90-minute podcast, we discussed my music education and early music life, being trans and disabled in the music industry, my pivot to the trans voice space, and so much more!

There...

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Holiday blooper reel! life Dec 22, 2022

Hello trans voice pals!

I am taking a few weeks off from content creation for the holidays, so you won't see any blog posts or videos from me until January 9th. 

Of course, I wouldn't leave you empty-handed though! Click the video above for some bloopers from the last year of tiktoks

See...

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"I like pie!" (Pitch Exercise) trans voice Dec 21, 2022

Earlier this week, we talked about raising or lowering pitch. Today, I'm going to give you an exercise for determining your baseline pitch so that you can get a sense of where you need to go when you're raising and lowering it. For this exercise, you're going to need a tuner. There are plenty of...

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The PITCH Question trans voice Dec 19, 2022

So, you're interested in learning to raise or lower the baseline pitch of your voice, but how much and where do you even start?

Pitch is an interesting characteristic because most people have an average pitch around which they speak, however, some people use a wide variety of pitches and others...

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Add reflexive journalling to your voice practice (freebie inside!) trans voice Dec 15, 2022

This will probably not come as much of a surprise to you because I'm a very introspective person, but I love reflexive journaling in both my life and my voice practice. It's something that I encourage my students to do all the time. If you've never tried reflexive journaling, all you have to do...

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