My Voice Training

[@elongated_muskrat_is_my_name]

Mad respect to icky for not voice training into an american

[@MontanaDoe]

I've the opposite problem I get all British because that's what a proper lady sounds like

[@yellowpinyatanoob47]

@@MontanaDoe I've got kinda the opposite going on for me. I start sounding British when I go deeper for some reason

[@scpscp7265]

@@MontanaDoe I've got a similar problem, I become French whenever I try a fem voice, and don't have a clue why.

[@KWVodkaChan]

@@MontanaDoe I got the same issue because i am british

[@brsajo]

As an Australian, I can only do my fem voice while putting on a posh british accent or an american exaggerated southern accent, because I have no idea how to sound fem and aussie at the same time TwT

[@Ball4aLivin]

Step 1 of voice training: Lock in.

[@REY.3727]

i gotta lock in fr

[@thisisdottlez]

Scary

[@maeveszy]

Yeah I’m starting to feel like this is all there is to it. It’s not this or that or something or other. It’s committing to becoming your own voice actor.

[@tubian323]

Step 2: Back on track Button! 🔘

[@Ardoy9761]

Instructions unclear, locked in so hard I now own a multi-billion dollar company

[@Legendforged]

The Editor cut in was 10/10

[@en_pitsuu]

@ville__ oh my fault original gangster

[@RedoOkay]

​@@en_pitsuu💀

[@SomeGalNamedEve]

Yesss, Asher is such a good editor

[@fruitymusicenjoyer]

​@ville__nice 🙂👍

[@morgan40654]

Spent the entire video waiting for YukkoEX to kick down the door and ask if I did my voice training yet today.

[@weileytatertot2208]

Me too girlie

[@hammerth1421]

Jokes on you, for you didn't see the Duolingo bird preparing an airstrike on your house! XD

[@dulunis]

same lol

[@82gamerprincess31]

Collab when? 😊

[@morgan40654]

@@82gamerprincess31 a Yukko Icky collab would be amazing.

[@hocusmocus5901]

Secret voice training life hack: work in customer service. When I started actually trying voice training, I realised that I was already doing most of the things I was being recommended because of my customer service voice (this is the most unserious advice ever, please don't out yourself in a customer service role if it wouldn't be safe for you to do so, I was super lucky that my colleagues were all super respectful)

[@sarahthelizard]

Me when my barista's voice cracked: I see nothing.

[@vriecibel]

This is literally how I have been doing voice training for about a year or two lol

[@Goldenskies98]

Also customer service is a great way to practice saying the same phrases over and over again a million times a day until you’re doing it right

[@penjamin1479]

Im a cis (?) guy but i get called maam a lot (especially ovet the phone) because my customer service voice really is just mtf voice training. Its kinda surprising how so much of voice training tips can be followed entirely subconsciously.

[@your_boywife]

HAHAA THATS LITERALLY HOW IVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR LIKE A YEAR NOW 💀💀

[@BreatheForAMoment]

As a closeted baby trans fem, I’ve never been happier to be disabled. I’m physically unable to speak so my “voice” is whatever people read it as. My disability has made my personal identity complicated but that is one bright side of everything.

[@emma-bg3zb]

I’m a speech pathologist this is my favorite thing to tell people about!!!!! What a wonderful perspective for other SLPs to see how our client feel :)

[@funkytikigod7039]

That's really interesting about the new voice actually sticking eventually and losing the old voice. I had wondered that about trans people. I guess it makes sense though, like how your accent can permanently change subconsciously, except in this case it actually is a conscious decision.

[@hammerth1421]

Some actively choose to keep it, but like other things, it's use it or lose it. Abigal Thorn aka PhilosophyTube sees it as an asset to have two completely voices as an actress and content creator.

[@funkytikigod7039]

@@hammerth1421 Yeah it was actually seeing Abigail play her arsonist character as a man recently that made me wonder about the voice

[@lampjaded]

Yeah, first time I voice trained 20 years ago it was definitely something to be turned on or off at will and it was *fun*. These techniques, especially those larynx ones, they take longer to train and you can get a bit paranoid about slipping back. At this point, it would be effort to switch back and attempting to do so even just for effect gives high anxiety (which is strange, after having done it for fun and hijinks 20 years ago) so you kinda bounce back.

[@strangejune]

Voice is muscle memory, and when you don't use it, you literally slowly forget how to. If someone like Icky wanted to use their old voice, it would take training much like the training it took to get there in the first place. Or, in other words, voice is magic.

[@writingalias4401]

and trained muscles. :D

[@schlechtername8432]

Hearing that you unlearned your old voice has honestly made me so happy. I was under the impression it would be at least some effort to keep up the voice forever.

[@Hardymovies]

I could use a get back on track button

[@RoseHastie]

But ADHD communication is so fun, why bother getting back on track, enjoy the journey.

[@lucusrose]

We all could. LOL

[@xd3athclawx554]

back on track like the popular hardest level in popular game geometry dash

[@cedgalvi]

just imagine the button in your head and press it!

[@SylvesterLazarus]

There's a smaller creator I recently found named FairyPrincessLucy and she's in the process of making a tutorial series (there are 5 episodes out so far if I remember correctly) who makes a really comedic and endlessly oversimplified version of voice training. I still REALLY recommend Trans Voice Lessons, but if someone just starts out and is trying to get a grasp on it, Lucy might be a good start.

[@C427-n3r]

Love her videos so much. I’ve watched multiple other creators and tutorials but hers and the way she describes everything really works for me.

[@rebeccasam3434]

@@C427-n3r I think I’ve run into her for other stuff, like they’re… maybe I have? I wonder if they might click for me, nothing else has. I know the resonance exists and beyond that I have no clue

[@A2music]

I started voice training by watching transvoicelessons, but i stumbled upon lucy's series in my recommended and it actually gave me loads more tips and helped me apply what i learned from the other videos very quickly and my voice like instantly changed... I would recommend both highly

[@steeakvr]

I agree. I looked at her videos for basic Trans voice training and Lucy is incredible!!!

[@IsuiGtz]

I'm gonna be real with yall here. Transvoicelessons might be the most knowledgeable KZbinr on the subject, but she lacks the teaching spark. She is a terrible teacher. Her videos could be a lot shorter and useful. I don't know what's exactly the thing that she does or doesn't do but, there's something about her delivery that simply doesn't click with anybody. That's why there are quite a few other content creators like Lucy opening every lesson with something along the lines of: do you wish to [...] without the need to have a masters degree to understand [...]. Those comments are in direct response to Transvoicelessons. It is really a shame because she surely has an honorary phd on the subject.

[@Riley_Christian]

If you say "Daddy chill" enough times, you'll learn in no time. LMAO, no but for real, months of practice sounding like a gremlin, and I said "Daddy chill" like one time and it just clicked some how lol

[@hammerth1421]

Ah yes, the Natt technique aka "Cool, I hate you, my ass is fat"

[@kekmitkeks9328]

Me, I, straight male dude will now say daddy chill 10000 times to perfect this phrase because it is funny and because I am a very male and dude dude

[@Angerey_Mechanic]

Omgggg I've been having so much trouble with my voice traininggggg ty so mucchhhh❤❤

[@deathguitarist12]

Same. It's soooo difficult

[@UenoHeavyIndustries]

Voice training came kind of natural to me, but I always tell babytrans to find somewhere private where they can record themselves talking and listen to it back over n over. Most people find it difficult to listen to themselves, but I think it's incredibly useful to get comfortable with your own voice in this way.

[@rebeccasam3434]

I just have literally no idea what to do, I understand what pitch is, I think I’m pretty easily typically above 200, but past that I have no clue. I know the word resonance, but beyond that I can feel my chest vibrate as I talk, so I guess that means my resonance is bad apparently, but… Earlier today my mom said I don’t sound female or male

[@amysparks17]

I record myself reading bedtime stories to my kids. Reading books I’m super familiar with lets me concentrate on my voice rather then the actual reading.

[@piperplaysuke1597]

Even the first line of this video is a mood Thanks for making KZbin a better place, especially giving tips and advice for baby trans in the UK, you're amazing

[@LucyFerr2661]

Ashley's voice is peak (Ashley as a whole is peak tbh) goals 🥰

[@jadeskye6755]

Thanks Icky! I'm Cis M but i'm finding your stories, techniques and progress so fascinating. Thank you for unveiling so much about the trials transfolk go through to become their true self.

[@dulunis]

"I'm Cis M" We'll see how long that lasts... Give it a month, like I did, and see how you feel

[@GoldBean2752]

I give it a month 🥚

[@alistarnonymous940]

Hi! I think it's really cool that you're taking the initiative to learn about the community. I'm really sorry about the weird subset of people who insist on every cis ally being trans in denial, they don't represent the majority of us.

[@gooblebun3058]

oooooo, so fascinating! :3c

[@Zectifin]

@@alistarnonymous940 its ok, if theyre a real trans ally they wont care.

[@amothinspace3873]

0:20 Asher deserves a raise for that, it made me giggle for way longer than it should have

[@MaidLucy]

I feel like that switching to my new voice during conversations with friends is the hardest part about all of this

[@zoeywyllie1411]

Introduce it bit by bit. If you gradually change your voice, they won't even notice your voice is changing unless you like show them a recording of it saying "hey do you remember when I used to sound like this?"

[@ihx4111]

I get that :(

[@realryal]

It could be an autism thing, but I had been unintentionally practicing this since I was quite young (via a type of vocal mimicry stim). That came in QUITE handy when I came out gender-fluid to switch between the voice types. Also - love the vids!

[@IsuiGtz]

Autistic and trans oh my god what an unexpectlol

[@mees.cequre]

next week will be my fourth time going to the speech therapist and i am really excited because the excersizes he gives me are very nice. Knowing myself i prefer having someone helping me phisically than learning from youtube, and because in my country its classified as a "voice problem" i dont have to pay the full amount. So if you struggle learning from youtube i can recommend a speech therapist if it wouldnt cost too much for you

[@jexusdomel5194]

this video made me connect that edit from the "is finn trans" video starts with the heat from fire, fire from heat voice training mantra, i only learned about it after watching it, so that edit now went from a 10/10 to 12/10

[@dulunis]

Same!

[@PowhaBottom]

Ive always hated my voice in general.. ive been trying to take these lessons super slow I find myself drifting in and out of different voices.. it's so hard P.s. LOVE YOUUU! Thank you being an inspiration in my transition!

[@spacekii]

Icky giving me hope for voice training. Voice training is something I've really been putting off, and I still don't understand my identity but know I would like a feminine voice. Thank you for this video! It's nice to know voice training doesn't require immense skill, and that it's all in practice

[@SethiKinsGaming]

see, that's the beauty of the human body: it is quite literally a blank sheet of paper, a canvas upon which you can write anything you want, that then becomes reality. practice anything for long enough and it becomes second nature. entirely effortless. so, to all the folks out there doing voice training, I say: keep it up! you'll be exactly where you want to be in no time!

[@tiredhouseplant]

this video is honestly really helpful as someone who's moving away to uni soon and plans to socially transition there! i feel like im ready to finally start, and i finally told my psychiatrist yesterday and im honestly just really excited to finally be living as myself aaaaa

[@shaderickard3606]

Icky Editor bit was Amazing!!!!

[@ArtfulCam24]

The funniest thing about voice training for me is that I studied singing for over 15 years, and the only thing i hadn't learned how to do was intentionally raise my larynx. I could lower it, keep it in place. I can change my tone in every which way. EXCEPT raise my larynx 😂

[@KayKeel]

I learned completely on my own. Took years to truly master it. My voice still cracks some times cause I switch. You sound amazing. Every time you post, I get excited to learn more. You're awesome. You know. ^^

[@artemismoonrose]

This is the kind of information that's actually helpful. So many others jump right into the technical stuff right off the rip, which completely loses me. So a big thank you!

[@belalaloca]

this makes me so happy!! i’m doing the exact same thing as icky i just started raising my larynx and am just yoloing from there (no training). i’m almost at a year and im starting to lose my old deep voice already. one piece of advice i have is meowing. yes meowing; to do a passable meow you have to get your larynx up high and raise your pitch so meowing is a good warmup especially for scratchy mornings

[@thimble369]

Thanks

[@TylwythTeg_NZ]

It really isn't hard, just like Icky says. Use your new voice all the time - including when you talk to yourself! I have literally forgotten how to talk pre-voice. It always comes out as it is naturally -- drunk, sick, morning, having an argument, shouting,... everything. The best training is using it all the time.

[@Sunkcostfallecy]

I'm learning a new language and it is a very similiar process. I'm honestly surprised at how much things are in common between voice changing and language learning.

[@Enyl_Stray]

The most important part is listening to you and trying make a sound you actually like and try to make it your everyday voice, or just practice online if you cant, and slowly adjusting it until you truly like and are convinced by what you hear ! ^^ i wish to all of you a wonderful journey of self voice exploration !

[@neiljerram33]

Thanks Icky, this is much appreciated. I've recently been following a similar approach - just go for it in all everyday conversations, after having a little initial training (in my case with a speech therapist) - and I've kinda lost track of exactly where my average voice is now, and if it's where I'd like it to be there, and so I have been unsure whether this is the right track. As you say, when I've been ill, or at the end of a long day with lots of talking or singing, it tends to fall deeper again. So it's very encouraging to hear that you followed a similar approach and experienced similar temporary setbacks. I think the only thing you didn't mention is the psychology of it. After my speech therapist told me "we've worked on everything you need to know now, you just need to go and do it," it still seemed an immense psychological barrier to try to start using a different voice with people who already knew me - and it was, but surprisingly that dissipated very quickly after the first 3 or 4 such times.

[@kailashbtw9103]

Great video, my voice training went a similar route. I thought it was some big thing that would take months of practice so I put it off forever, but turns out we use our voices a LOT so there are so many opportunities to practice in daily life. It sort of just happened for me over time after watching some trans voice lessons and doing exercises for a couple weeks only. Any trans people reading this, you got this it is easier than you think!!!! ICKY is the best positive trans content :) Also, GIRL you are so beautiful wtf!!

[@ellavescent]

My voice is one thing I had pretty much given up on in the 8 years since I came out because mine is still quite deep, but your comment about losing your old voice made me try to find my old one and I realised I can’t get there because my daily voice has changed a lot.

[@lilycybi]

I got diagnosed with adhd at the start of the year and started meds a few weeks ago. They havent fixed everyrhing so I still have to put some effort into doing things but it makes such a huge difference!! Seeing the world in color for the first time is a great description. It makes me feel like I can just do something I need to do instead of sitting in one spot thinking about doing it for 4 hours, putting off until tomorrow, and then forgetting about it completely. As for voice training, I've been similar to you except I'm way too embarassed to try using my girl voice in front of people. But I really dont mind my current voice so it hasnt really bothered me too much (besides getting sir'd on the phone which stinks)

[@voidcat6876]

as an ADHD guy , is weird isnt it? how sudenly 30 min after the first time you take it you go ´´huh... so this is what is to be normal´´

[@NinlilsLittleEnby]

How would anyone know what "normal" is like anyhow 🙃

[@cantstopthepun]

I literally asked my friends how they functioned with such a quiet mind the first time I took medication. I realized before then that being nuerodivergent had disadvantages but the gap was MASSIVE

[@dreammachine86]

What medication is it? Never had an ADD/ADHD diagnosis but do have Asperger's which has some similar symptoms. Would be interesting to know if there is some magic pill that can turn off all the racing thoughts & sudden attention distractions. Not interested in anything like ritalin or other stimulants though, they can feel nasty.

[@voidcat6876]

@@dreammachine86 ask your doctor

[@shredforceone]

I remember being brought to tears because I had never experienced silence in my life before taking that pill

[@vandmar555]

I love literally every part of your vibe, and so often you say things I really needed to hear. Truly slaying ♥️

[@Luna-4455]

this was literally perfect timing i was literally researching all of this last night and the task seemed to unbelievably daunting

[@lucusrose]

US here. While I looked at the KZbin videos, eventually I came up with my own method. I used the voice of a Hollywood actress from the 50's/60's time period when slightly deep feminine voices were considered sexy. To be exact I used Janet Leigh. She became the template I worked to match. It worked well. I don't sound exactly like her. I'm still me. But it took less time than most methods.

[@informitas0117]

If this works for all voices, not just feminine, I'll sound like a real human in no time.

[@AliciaRubio22]

Thank you for your videos Icky! I have my first appointment on June 20th for an endocrinologist! The egg is finally cracked! I feel that my life is finally complete, I have started social transition and despite it being scary, all my friends, family and coworkers are very supportive ❤️

[@kamuta1640]

im a cis girl who watches these vids for character references and stuff and I just wanna say that damn your figure is very similar to mine so when you rock such cool outfits and just look so gorgeous in general it rly boosts my confidence thank you so much sis

[@Ty_J_Maxx]

GIRL just switching permanently like that is SO hard like idkkk. I visually pass well enough that people don't look at me funny if I try even a little bit, but I do NOT get gendered correctly over the phone at all.

[@joedove6875]

As a 36 male with 4 sons and BPD..ive realised meds can make our world right again....no longer am i rage filled, im calm and my kids have benefited from it!

[@fairygoodmuller8065]

Thanks icky for giving me the kick to actually focus on my voice. love your vids!

[@kiomopo]

that jean skirt looks so good. i want it!

[@iaincoombes4614]

Love all your work ickyy, your the best . Thanks mate

[@zoeywyllie1411]

A tip I learnt is that if you're in a position where you can afford something like voice training with a tutor, do singing lessons! Singing lessons will help give you a LOT of information of how your voice works and helps play around with it, then use your knowledge along with online resources for feminising your voice. Plus if you get a singing teacher who is very open, they can even help you feminise your singing so you get singing and talking for the price of one!

[@intergalactic_butterfly]

Thank you so much for making this video!!! I'm at the point where I want to start voice training and all the exposure to other's experiences is going to be so helpful for me!! I look up to you a lot, Icky!!!

[@MaddogLexi]

The "losing the male voice" happened to me too. I voice trained early on and have had a passive voice for over a year and a half now. I've had friends joke to me "you should go back down to your male voice to mess with people" except I can't go back down to a male voice, which is great until the wrong people online start thinking I'm a girl, particularly in video games (they are right, but still). Voice training affects your ability to pass (if your goal is to pass) significantly. Its not easy but its soooooooo worth it long term.

[@matcha1234]

I have been voice training for about 10 years and have comfortably found my voice now. I tried to mimic Hikaru Utada when I first started

[@jadekaay]

I really couldn't do my old voice now if i tried - still working on improving my current one tho 😊

[@antico1986]

I actually have done that. I preserved my old voice and can effortlessly switch between them. It definetly prolonged the training process, but was well worth it :)

[@ThatSnakeJenny]

I learned a little bit of voice training and then just straight up subconsciously applied it and went from clear masculine to androgynous. I still got ways to go but its so jarring to realize not only is the voice sounding less dysphoric, but my voice and speaking in general is so much more comfortable now, than it was like 3 years ago. I can laugh without my throat being fucked up, sending me into coughing fits.

[@MissyBeeeee]

My transition is now going on for nearly a decade. And the one thing I am not happy about is my voice. But the good thing is that this is something I can change. I tried voice training several times and I got pretty far, but I am still not able to use my preferred voice. Thank you for this video. I will try once again.

[@midorinchan]

Ah, hell I can't NOT click this one immediately, I've been neglecting this topic for myself for wayyyyy too long... almost a year into HRT.... 😅😅

[@conz2078]

once you start it gets so much easier!!! trust me you got this! make the first step i believe in you!!!!

[@midorinchan]

@conz2078 thank you! Hearing other people's experiences always give me hope. As I finished the video I remembered that my main concern is being around my coworkers, who I haven't come out to... but that's a problem for future me!

[@conz2078]

@@midorinchan i havent used my girl voice around other people yet, but ive been practicing it on my own for enough time that it's pretty good! i'm also not out to *alot* of people, but once i am out, i think it will be alot easier for me to start using my new voice around other people than it would be if i was just starting you got this girl :D

[@midorinchan]

@conz2078 right back atcha! 🥰🥰🥰 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵

[@jadekaay]

​@@midorinchan Congratulations on your first year on HRT 🎉 I've only been out femme for a bit over a month, but being out in the world looking and feeling femme really helps with the voice - it's all positive feedback loops. 1.5 years on hrt tomorrow btw 😊

[@undine120]

As a former Baritone who sang Alto 1 at Carnegie Hall last night (yes, really), it really is about practice. Practice, practice, practice.

[@chloe-sunshine7]

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! YOU'RE AN ANGEL!

[@creditsong7369]

I feel like this video is so reassuring (I'm FTM so I don't want to claim any sort of reassurance, but I watch a lot of voice training videos because I want my voice to sound more masc rn while I can't go on T and I see a lot of comments from MTF people who are worried they will never be able to change their voice)

[@lampjaded]

I know transvoicelessons just put up a video on sharpness and big/small that seemed like it would be helpful for FTMs as well.

[@creditsong7369]

@@lampjaded yeah a lot of the advice for MTF voice training can be taken in reverse for FTM. I don’t think a lot of FTMs realize how much you can do to masculinize your voice without T but I’ve gotten some great results

[@lampjaded]

@@creditsong7369 That's fantastic to hear! Any resources I could point them to? I know at least one transmasc near the beginning of their journey here.

[@Toast_T1312]

Whoa, congrats on the Penthouse collab!!!!! That's amazing!

[@TheWerewolf5]

The editor is a chad, he deserves a raise. The Tom Scott reference, the cutaway gag, amazing.

[@brilliantaddi]

Thank you so much for this video. I know there's a lot of trans voice training content, but honestly what helps the most is getting as much perspective as possible because everyone is different and we all have a different instrument, so different perspectives will help with more access. The part about killing your old voice really helped me. Love ya 💜

[@onyxx4384]

She is so inspiring 🥺

[@djbisson682]

Thank you this is something that’s been daunting on me for a long time. Is the voice. I don’t know how it’s gonna come out but I’ve heard there’s an app to use so I was going to give that a go to measure the pitch but this is give me a lot more coping mechanism to be able to be like I can do that, so thank you for new techniques and places to learn how to 😊

[@colsenthissell1012]

Your editor is excellent!

[@arashi86]

Getting to learn this about you is rad. Much love Ashley

[@mllecamill3]

That actually helped so much. Thank you!

[@MeIsGurlNow]

The Editor is truly a genius!

[@druurae]

your videos are everything, I’ve been waiting all day to watch lol

[@goodnightssleep9423]

You’re just delightful.

[@Brina_stubbs]

Can I just say I love the editor's nails

[@nathanbernards]

I like a questioning UwU as a practice phrase, feels so good when you pull it off❤

[@garycroft6091]

Love the videos and channel. it's helping me loads. You look good, girl.

[@pkrygsman]

It's fun to hear your approach. Especially knowing that even Z from TVL is always saying the big thing isn't exercises, it's USING YOUR VOICE in everyday life! Which is what I, for one, am bad at. 😆

[@Aura-Of-Syrinx]

I just got this dress! I startled a couple people and realize I need to voice train (well don't NEED to, but want to). I'm lucky enough to have insurance cover voice training, but need to find someone... I also have ADHD but hate the sound of my voice so I can't really focus on these videos (I've tried a few), so now the hunt begins! Thanks for always sharing

[@emily36130]

This video is giving me hope.

[@Lucy_the_Kirby_Girl]

Aaaaaa- you're so pretty!

[@beanietechie]

most people i ask say my voice passes but i did basically no training, it just came to me over time and i struggle to force a masc voice now

[@woahdotoah]

i dont mind my current voice. but i know 2 things: 1) i would be happier with a femme voice 2) the process of voice training will make me hate my current voice in my opinion, for me, it is not worth it. and that saddens me.

[@goose9515]

you get used to hearing recordings of ur voice once u voice train and the boyvoice doesnt annoy u rly, u just like girlvoice more

[@woahdotoah]

@@goose9515 im fine with my boyvoice, i just know that if i commit to changing it i will grow to hate my boyvoice. i sing regularly thus hear my boyvoice a lot anyway.

[@janaspengler4169]

Same, but I just don't think of my current voice as a boy voice. It's just my voice

[@beans4126]

For me personally I've been using the method that the voice-troll KZbinr Natt used to get where they are, essentially you start to just imitate the valley-girl Mean Girls type voice so much that you get really good at it (for me I've been using the time it takes to walk to and from school to practice), and then once you are really good at imitating that caricature of a voice you start to work down slowly trying to loose the accent and gain your natural one. In my opinion it worked pretty well, the important thing is doing it a lot over a long period of time.

[@TheOGFamilyToy]

It is important to simply commit to using your fem voice all the time. Once I could combine all the different elements together, I found myself unable to automatically use the voice when I wanted to. I had been practicing for about half a year to get to that point, but after committing to only using that voice in every situation, I felt like it became consistently feminine in about a month. After two months, I tried to boymode for safety reasons, but couldn't get my voice to pass as male. I would automatically start in my current voice, only to desperately try to make it masc. There seems to be a mental block that locks me into one type of voice in real world situations. When I try to talk in a masc voice without extensively preparing for it, it sounds more like a girl trying to talk in a deep voice. I can sing better in a masc voice, but that's because I practiced switching to not stress my fem voice and specifically voice trained with singing.

[@Maxi_94]

Something I realized that changed lately is that I started singing songs by male artists in my femme voice. For like the last two months I was singing along to Disney Princess songs in the shower and it really helped me. 😅

[@butterflyKailey847]

Met you at comicon last weekend and ngl your voice in person is even better than online

[@justanotherpiccplayer3511]

The absolute power that only mtf people can have by suddenly potentially being like here’s the mega low voice is power I wish I had

[@stellanera98]

I can do the girl voice fine. As long as Im alone and just reading stuff out loud or things I've memorized but as soon as I have to think even a little about what I want to say (or be nervous because there are people listening) I cant do it at all

[@rayoliver760]

I love your positive attitude how you were going to full commit to using your feminine voice compared to just practicing it X number of hours/day! I also aplaud you a lot for working on chaging your vocal pitch/tone on your own compared to professional services, or surgery to fix your voice. The sad reality of transition is how HRT will not change your voice much. Surgeries are even more riskier too.

[@FruityPebbles-420]

One thing I've noticed that I think would probably help on the very last syllable, slightly lower the pitch at the very end. Essentially splitting the final syllable into 2 tones that are only a hertz apart, and likely unnoticeable to an untrained ear. This kind of thing will be easier for those with a vocal or intermediate/advanced wind instrument background but can be done with practice.

[@wkgmathguy218]

Your voice is terrific Icky :D

[@agoffgrid640]

This is extremely similar to what I did. I had a little bit more time with more help training but the pattern of everything is very much how I did it and it works and it's surprising how different it is now that I've been pretty natural about things versus right now it's actually really hard for me to go deep

[@Gingerprince521]

Great timing. Heard myself on a recording yesterday and I hate the sound of my voice, so deep. But Trans Voice Lessons also dropped a new video yesterday and then you with this one so gonna try again to train my voice.

[@Necrophyllis.]

Voice training summed up, you wanna move your voice from your chest to your throat.

[@ColinSpurr]

OMG! Your voice mom is my voice mom too! We have so many voice sisters.

[@HiddenLily26]

I am so hyped to see this video I love your voice sm

[@Shrooblord]

YEESSS TVL thanks for pointing her out!!

[@wayfarinwanderer]

The timing on this is perfect for me

[@schnaarbar5786]

I was just thinking about starting voice training, great timing

[@princexx_mishka98]

I just recently discovered your channel and even though I'm 3 years into my transition (1 year medically! 🎉), my voice has been such a massive source of dysphoria for me and I always felt intimidated by the training. Thank you for inspiring me to give it another shot. I've been doing exercises here and there for about a week and I just listened to my recording on my tracking app and it was the first time I ever heard my voice and I didn't just hear a man 🥹🖤 Thank you so much for helping me start to love my voice again and to anyone who is on the fence or intimidated like I was, just go for it! You won't regret it 🩵🤍🩷