Renée's Blog

I recently had the great pleasure of being on the podcast Gender Reveal and host Tuck Woodstock asked me a really important question: "What is the difference between a trans voice teacher and a speech language pathologist?" Here's what I had to say: "There's not a big difference, to be honest. S...

In this post I'm going to be answering the question, "What is straw phonation and how can I use it in my trans voice practice?" Simply put, straw phonation is when you phonate (speak or make vocal sounds) through a straw. When you are phonating normally, air comes up from your lungs, and your vo...

Hey trans voice explorers! I've said this in a few previous blog posts and emails, but one of my goals for 2023 is to find more ways to help you reach your goals. One of the ways I've decided to do that is by holding a live run of my most popular online course, Trans Vocal Exploration. You may...

One of my dreams came true this week - I was interviewed on Gender Reveal! If you don't already listen to this podcast, you're about to find your new favourite. Host Tuck Woodstock has interviewed scores of incredible trans people and the conversations are always illuminating, interesting, and no...

If you have signed up for my online course, Trans Vocal Exploration (or if you follow my writing closely!), then you know that I'm a big believer in cognitive load games. What are cognitive load games, you may ask? These are playful methods of practice that slowly increase the difficulty on you...

 As a gender-affirming voice teacher, I have encountered numerous students on their trans voice practice journey. Throughout my teaching experience, I have learned some essential lessons on what not to do when helping my students find their authentic voices. In this blog post, I want to share thr...

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 a...

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 you...

One of the most powerful tools for creating a strong habit in your life is called Environment Design. This refers to designing your space to either include triggers that cue positive habits or remove triggers that cue bad habits. This can get fun when you start connecting light, music, times of d...

 Hello, trans voice friends! Today, I want to talk about the concept of dynamic range. Dynamic range is a little hard to describe, but it's related to the characteristic of inflection. It depends on how much pitch variability there is when we inflect during speech. This can be a gendered char...