Published On May 9, 2024
Do I sound trans? đłď¸ââ§ď¸
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"more here than there" interpolates a line from Bruz Fletcher's song "Drunk With Love": "Someday she'll walk out my door/I guess that's what doors are for"
A special thanks to JD Doyle for providing research, resources, and recordings regarding Billy Tipton. Please check out his work over at Queer Music Heritage! https://queermusicheritage.com/
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The soundtrack for this video features piano recordings from my great-grandfather Bill Vuono as well as original pieces and songs of mine, with performances from Hans Bilger (bass), Alexander Dubovoy (piano), and Dexter Stanley-Tauvao (drums).
It also features covers of "The Best Things In Life Are Free" (DeSylva/Brown/Henderson) and "Ramona" (Gilbert/Wayne) as well as Billy Tipton's version of "The Man I Love" (George/Ira Gershwin)
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Voice training resources that were most helpful for me as a binary trans woman:
âŞ@ZoeyAlexandriaâŹ's "Whispering Siren" exercise:    â˘Â The âOne-Stepâ To PERFECT Voice Femin... Â
The entire âŞ@TransVoiceLessons⏠channel, but specifically these two videos:
   â˘Â Voice Feminization for ABSOLUTE BEGIN... Â
   â˘Â The Single MOST Powerful Element of V... Â
But, as I highlight in this video, one of the most helpful things for me was listening to a lot of voices I admired while watching this frequency tracker so I could learn about the "melody" of feminine- and masculine-perceived voices: https://www.speechandhearing.net/labo...
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00:00:00 Trans Voices
00:07:27 Gay Bears
00:15:44 Passing
00:24:02 Candy
00:28:21 Self Hatred
00:41:41 Deutsch
00:44:17 What's Underneath
00:53:16 TikTok
01:01:20 A Way Out
01:05:08 More Here Than There