Finding my new voice...instead of the one i hear now...

[Guest kariann330]

So i know vocal training can take just as long as hrt and electro, some times even longer. What I'm wondering now tho is do the voice training programs you find online actually work, or is it a just.a waste of money? Also i know its a 50/50 roll of the dice but would paring both vocal training and vocal surgery provide better results then just one of the two alone?

[Guest Maria_B]

That depends on several factors, like the physical aspect of your vocal chords, how much work you're willing to put in, and how much time you have to work on your voice.

I've heard good things about some of the online stuff, can't say much for surgeries though.

[Guest chibi_usa]

So i know vocal training can take just as long as hrt and electro, some times even longer. What I'm wondering now tho is do the voice training programs you find online actually work, or is it a just.a waste of money? Also i know its a 50/50 roll of the dice but would paring both vocal training and vocal surgery provide better results then just one of the two alone?

In my opinion I wouldn't. I feel that it is a waste of money. And I found my voice before taking anything also. However, it's you choice. Buy a voice recorder and read the forums. At least try for a couple of months. Natural is best!

[Guest LizMarie]

Voice surgery has made amazing strides in the last few years but it should still only be pursued by those who have a legitimate medical reason to do so. Voice surgery is likely to cost between $8000-$15000 and while it has improved greatly since Dr. Anne Lawrence published her study in 2004, it still is not a guarantee. Voice training can be done essentially for free or for a much lower cost than surgery if using a voice coach.

Having said that, I am going to be doing voice surgery because I do have a legitimate medical problem, a paralyzed vocal cord that only works because of a plastic implant in the cord. That cord cannot be retrained because retraining involves training the muscles that control the cord and those muscles simply do not work which is why it is paralyzed. (The root cause is a severed nerve to the muscles.) At a minimum, I must have that implant changed or adjusted to move the pitch of that cord from the male range up to the female range. Since I have to do that anyway, I am going to look at the FemLar surgery of Dr. Thomas in Portland, Oregon. He generally has good results. Occasionally they are not but as with anything you pay your money and take your chances. His FemLar surgery adjusts both pitch and resonance by shortening and tightening the vocal cords and by raising the voice box higher in the throat to a more feminine location.

If you are healthy, I would strongly recommend voice training both from the financial aspect and that you can continue to change/improve your voice as time passes. But if you have medical reasons for voice surgery, check out Dr. Thomas at voicedoctor.net and listen to many of his sound samples to see what could be done.

[Guest Emma P]

There are videos on youtube regarding MTF voice practises you can do for free, some are great and some not so good. I am happy with those and they work for me.

[Guest Holly S]

I had a voice coach. I started training sometime in July and by September I was passable. It was 100 pounds per session, but I learnt more in the first hours with her than I did watching online videos for weeks. I had 1 session a week, each session lasting an hour on average. I had to practice 15 minutes a day. Now, as to the cost, I had a very short space of time in which to perfect my voice so we hired the best in the country, but if you have 10 weeks or more you can get a voice coach for much less.

Unless you have a physical problem with your vocal chords or something, hire a voice coach. If you do, talk to a doctor. I did not find online videos to be at all helpful.

Good luck!

Hugs,

Holly

[Guest Aimee Galloway]

So i know vocal training can take just as long as hrt and electro, some times even longer. What I'm wondering now tho is do the voice training programs you find online actually work, or is it a just.a waste of money? Also i know its a 50/50 roll of the dice but would paring both vocal training and vocal surgery provide better results then just one of the two alone?

i feel as lucky as a man in the desert finding water. I was born naturally with a very light, feminine voice, despite being biologically male. i have feminine facial features and i was raised by my mother, so i caught on to the way women speak early in life. but yea, any training is worth trying