Renée's Blog

In the last year and a half I have run my course Learn to Teach Trans Voice in 5 Weeks three times. In every run of the course I've met outstanding voice teachers from all over the world who speak so many different languages and come from a myriad of experiences and backgrounds. Although the tra...

Today is April 1st and it's launch day for Masculinize Your Voice Without Testosterone, my latest full length course! I've had lots of people email and DM me to tell me how excited they were about this course, and how they haven't seen a resource like this before. I just wanted to take a moment t...

I need to introduce you to someone. This is Oliver, and he is a transmasc racoon. When I was creating Masculinize Your Voice Without Testosterone, I knew that I really wanted to collaborate with a trans artist to create something special for this course. I found Elliott Grinnell, who is an illus...

I am super excited to announce that earlybird registration for my new full-length course Masculinize Your Voice Without Testosterone is open today! I've been working on this course for some time, and I just can't wait to share with you all the resources that I've gathered. When you register, you...

I am so excited to share some big news! I have a full length course coming out called Masculinize Your Voice Without Testosterone. I have been thinking about this course for so long! I know that transmasculine people are looking for voice resources and sometimes the only advice they get is "go on...

I want to identify a few reasons why someone might be interested in doing voice masculinization training. Of course, these reasons all presume someone is trans, and they're interested in masculinizing their voice. But why might they do so through voice masculinization training? 1. You might be p...

I'm currently working on creating a course called Masculinizing Your Voice Without Testosterone and it's got me thinking a lot about the difference between physiology and behaviour. A lot of people who want a more masculine voice think that the only way to accomplish it is through taking testost...

Today's practice game comes right out of my new free e-book, Cognitive Load Games for Trans Voice Work. The game is called The Stroop Test. If you watch the video above, I will show some words onscreen and they will be written in certain colours. The trick is that I want you to *in your target vo...

If you're working on modifying your voice to better align with your gender presentation, then you are probably already used to using a tuner to track pitch (how high or how low a voice is). A lot of my students report being frustrated that there isn't a way to track the resonance (how bright or d...

If you've been working on your trans voice practice for a little while, maybe you've found a sound you like that you're able to make in short bursts. Maybe you tried the "Big Dog Little Dog" exercise from a few weeks ago and now you're probably wondering, "How do I go from making a sound that I l...