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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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I'm taking a month off and hitting the road! 🚘 disability life Mar 28, 2022

Since May of 2021, when my first TikTok went viral, I have been working my little behind off to create as much trans voice content as I possibly can. Now that spring is in the air, I can feel springtime wanderlust creeping up. I'm distracted, I'm not motivated to make content, and I very clearly...

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Voice Feminization and GERUNDS exercise voice feminization Mar 23, 2022

When it comes to voice feminization, some parts of speech are more challenging than others. Today I want to talk about gerunds.

What is a gerund, you say?

A gerund is the form of a verb that ends in -ing. For example: walking, talking, shopping.

In English, gerunds have a typical inflection...

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Using your new voice around old friends nonbinary voice voice feminization voice masculinization Mar 21, 2022

A question I got on my Discord server was "How do I use my new voice around people who are used to my old voice?"

This is a question I get quite a lot, and I think it stems from the expectations that we feel that our friends and family and people who know us have about interacting with us. And...

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Voice Neutralization! nonbinary voice Mar 17, 2022

As you can see in the video above, I have a lot of feelings about voice neutralization. Every day, nonbinary folks of all stripes are sliding into my DMs and saying, "Renée, voice feminization and voice masculinization are all fine and good, but what if I want a voice that is neither...

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✨ NEW ✨ Trans Voice Basics mini-course! nonbinary voice trans voice basics mini-course voice feminization voice masculinization Feb 23, 2022

Surprise! I launched a mini-course!

My Trans Voice Basics workshop on Sunday was so popular that many people were not able to get into the zoom room - I was overwhelmed!!

I decided to turn this workshop into a mini-course! 

This course contains a short 30-minute talk where I walk you through...

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Motivation Monday: Practice Advent Calendar motivation nonbinary voice voice feminization voice masculinization Feb 21, 2022

Hello Trans Voice Explorers!

Every month, I hold an open live office hour with students in my Trans Vocal Exploration e-course in order to discuss their blocks, give them direct feedback, and listen to their feedback about the course.

Last month, we talked a lot about maintaining a regular voice...

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