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Practice Time: The Stroop Test mindful voice feminization trans vocal exploration ecourse trans voice trans voice basics mini-course Mar 09, 2023

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...

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Level up your inflection practice: The Harvard Sentences mindful voice feminization trans vocal exploration ecourse trans voice trans voice basics mini-course Mar 06, 2023

In my last video, we were talking about masculinizing or feminizing inflection, and you might be wondering, "How do I practice this?"

I usually advise students to start with sentences that they use all the time like "How do you take your coffee?" or "How did you sleep?" or "Has the dog eaten...

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That's unbelieeeevable! (Masculinizing Inflection) gender trans vocal exploration ecourse trans voice trans voice basics mini-course Mar 02, 2023

When we talk about inflection, we're talking about emphasizing certain words in a sentence to give that sentence meaning. English is a highly inflected language, so sometimes the meaning of a sentence can change when you add emphasis to one word or another. For example, the sentence "I never...

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AcousticGender.Space gender mindful voice feminization trans vocal exploration ecourse trans voice trans voice basics mini-course Feb 27, 2023

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...

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Common Daily Phrases mindful voice feminization trans vocal exploration ecourse trans voice trans voice basics mini-course Feb 24, 2023

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...

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An overview of my available offerings business mindful voice feminization teacher training trans vocal exploration ecourse trans voice trans voice basics mini-course Aug 24, 2022

It's hard to believe that it's been almost a year since I released the course that totally changed my life and career, Trans Vocal Exploration. That course launched on September 1st, 2021. Since then, I have created quite a few other offers both free and paid, so I thought it would be good to...

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