ok so I recently discovered voice surgery is an actual option. I mean I always knew it existed, just was always under the impression that it was dangerous/low success rate, etc. but I was on youtube and found a couple videos from "yeson" a south korean place that does the surgery and the couple people that posted post-op vids sounded amazing. wondering if anyone else would ever consider surgery, I'm not exactly sure how well I'm able to change my voice on my own and I guess it's comforting to know that there's a backup or alternate to regular speech therapy and practice.
I looked into that a few years ago. It doesn't work for everyone but i heard what works best and is most effective is Vocal Training. The best way for this is to look for a music teacher who gives voice lessons. They can help coach you to raise the pitch in your voice to sound more feminine.
I would consider it if i knew i couldnt get a better voice by other methods but my voice is quite feminine now so i only need to train a little bit ^.^
Nope. Not for a minute. It's one of those things I just don't want. I think it's one thing to gradually change my voice over time (if I decide to do that) but to get knocked out and wake up with a different voice...I think I'd go mad!
A lot has changed within the last 10 years in this area. Voice training is still free and effective for most people and the "go-to". Even with a surgery I am fairly sure you will need some work, it just helps with pitch. However information does not hurt to have. So one for, Feminization laryngoplasty | voicedoctor.net And one against, Boston MA Voice Female Feminization Surgery Procedure | Dr. Spiegel |
IMO, vocal training might be your best option. I don't know if it was with this or another vocal surgery--but people got bad results out of it and damaged their voices.
*pokes nose in where it doesn't belong* If there is a woman with a higher voice but similar quality to your own, it can be effective to practice speaking like them in particular. When I was trying to make my voice higher/ trying to make myself be a girl, I did this by copying Madonna and it worked quite well.
The heck ever I'm not shy about weighing in on FtM stuff unless I truly don't know what I'm talking about. I totally agree with Gates though. My cis bestie who ironically has a naturally lower voice than me, will sometimes sing the low part in old "Alice and Chains" songs and I will sing the high parts. Otherwise I myself try for old Amy Winehouse songs (or Ingrid Michaelson if I am feeling ambitious)
Would a demo be helpful? And thanks for not being annoyed. I'm not particularly popular with other guys (ever, on any site or IRL...) and come from a family loaded with women, so I tend to hover more in lady threads. (I'm like the boyfriend holding the purse in the dressing room :roflmao Meh, women>men anyway.
I sing a lot to female-led songs/bands, and adequately I might add, but it just seems really forced when I do it.
