I was thinking about adding some tongue twisters in to my voice training routine, since they'll have different sets of sounds than what I normally use in conversation. Here's one for each day of the next week.
Monday
To sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock,
In a pestilential prison, with a lifelong lock,
Awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock,
From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block
Tuesday
Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks
Wednesday
Fred fed Ted bread and Ted fed Fred bread
Thursday
A blanched black bug bleeds black blood but what color blood does a bland blue bug bleed?
Friday
The great Greek grape growers grow great Greek grapes
Saturday
If you must cross a coarse cross cow across a crowded cow crossing, cross the cross coarse cow across the crowded cow crossing carefully
Sunday
Luke's duck likes lakes. Luke Luck licks lakes. Luke's duck licks lakes. Duck takes licks in lakes Luke Luck likes
If you want something normal sounding to say instead, try the Harvard Sentences. Or read a book to someone!
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Thinking that I need to pay for a voice trainer, thatd both go smoother and Id actually be able to show up for that instead of trying to self train and having all sorts of mental stuff get in the way. Not sure where to begin, is there any advice from yall or is it something pretty straightforward? Still intimidated and have to figure out getting the money for it.
Depending on where you live and what your health insurance/coverage/system is like, you may be able to see a Speech Language Pathologist without having to pay through the nose. Some SLPs have experience with trans voice therapy, although most do not.
If you live in an area with a decent queer population, there may be someone who does (I'm assuming feminizing, based on your pronouns) voice lessons locally.
However for most if us masculinizing or feminizing voice therapy is going to be happening via discord, zoom calls, or something similar.
My advice is, if you're interested in changing your voice, do it. You can do this by yourself, but it's much, much easier with someone to show you the ropes.
Having that term is helpful, and good reminder to look into coverage and local options for feminizing, thanks. I've been pretty desperate to make training progress for a few years and not managed it on my own so happy to finally be looking into help with it.
I'll be looking at this thread for advice too ...
I got a trainer and my progress over the last 4 months has been much better than my self training I did for 4 years before it. Its a lesson like once every 2 to 3 weeks. As a more objective example I'm singing along with Scene Queen now, I absolutely could not before without falsetto lol. But now I can! And while I vocally passed before I am now and its getting more and more effortless - like I wake up with this voice, no thinking about it.
You can self train, I did and I did make progress! It is harder and takes more discipline. Plus its hard to see what resources work, which dont, because then its a question of "well did I do it wrong or did the exercise suck for me."
Depending on your insurance and the credentials of the actual trainer you could luck out with someone who can bill to insurance. Otherwise you gotta spend money, which I know is a tough choice today in our economy... Ive found it very worth it but I have the ability to spend that on voice training without impacting rent or groceries or even entertainment.
Could luck out with coverage yeah, just gotta see but all of that is very encouraging to hear thank you