One thing that can help your voice sound more masculine regardless of pitch is dark resonance. If you're struggling to figure out how to darken the resonance of your speech, don't worry—singing can help! In this video, I explain how to produce a darker sound (with musical demonstrations!), compare and contrast bright vs. dark resonance, and share some examples of singers to study as you practice.

(Disclaimer: I do NOT subscribe to the idea that a masculine-sounding voice is necessary for transmasculine people. Everyone deserves to have their gender respected regardless of what their voice sounds like. The purpose of this is simply to share what I've learned about masculinizing my own voice in case it might help someone else.)

This video is a follow-up to my previous one on voice masculinization (   • Voice Masculinization (with or withou...  ), so check that one out for more information on dark resonance, along with tips for more masculine delivery in your speech patterns.
(Note: That video was recorded pre-T, while this one was recorded at 4.5 months on T as mentioned at 0:43.)

If you want to know more about my journey with voice training, I talked about that in my video on dealing with voice dysphoria (   • Public Speaking & Singing with Voice ...  ).

You can also check out my Pre-T Voice Recordings playlist for more evidence of how voice training helped me, and to hear lots of examples of dark vs. bright resonance (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list....

If you have any other resources, advice, or personal experience around dark resonance (or voice masculinization in general), please share them in the comments! I would also love to hear from you if you have any questions.

Most social media algorithms are notoriously unfriendly to queer content, so if you could please like, subscribe, and share this video with anyone who would be interested, I would super appreciate it! :)

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(Note: All clips of copyrighted resources in this video are fair use for educational purposes. If YouTube has blocked the audio on any of those clips in your location, you can listen to them at the links included below.)

Other singers mentioned in this video...

Men hitting high notes while still sounding like men:
-Roger Taylor of Queen (   • Queen - I'm In Love With My Car - Ham...  )
-Brian Johnson of AC/DC (   • AC/DC - Back In Black (Official 4K Vi...  )
-Brad Delp of Boston (   • Boston - Peace of Mind (Official Audio)  )
-Mika (   • MIKA - Love Today (Official Music Video)  )
-Dimash Qudaibergen (   • Dimash - SOS | 2021  )

Singers with dark resonance to study:
-Elvis Presley (   • Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds (Liv...  )
-Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers (   • You've Lost That Loving Feeling Right...  )
-David Draiman of Disturbed (   • Disturbed "The Sound Of Silence" 03/2...  )
-Steve Barton (   • Einladung zum Ball - Tanz der Vampire...  )
-Ken Page (   • The Moments of Happiness - From Cats ...  )
-Linda Perry of Four Non Blondes (   • 4 Non Blondes - What's Up (Official M...  )
-Pat Carroll (   • The Little Mermaid - Poor Unfortunate...  )
-Cher (   • Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time (Off...  ) + Sonny for additional study in resonance (   • Sonny & Cher "I Got You Babe" on The ...  )

Trans singers for transmasc folks to study:
-Ryan Cassata (   • HOLD ON, YOU BELONG (People Like Us) ...  )
-NOAHFINNCE (   • NOAHFINNCE - WORMS (OFFICIAL MUSIC VI...  )
-Avery Tucker of Girlpool (   • Girlpool - Dragging My Life Into a Dr...  )

My examples and demonstrations...

Bright vs. dark resonance:
-When You Were Young (original version by The Killers here:    • The Killers - When You Were Young (Of...  )
-Reylo cosplay music video duet: Read My Mind (   • Cosplay Music Video: Read My Mind (Be...  )
(original version by The Killers here:    • The Killers - Read My Mind (Official ...  )
-Fashion music video duet: Million Reasons (   • Cosplay Music Video: Million Reasons  )
(original version by Lady Gaga here:    • Lady Gaga - Million Reasons (Official...  )

Dark resonance:
-Kirishima cosplay music video: Lost Boy (   • Cosplay Music Video: Lost Boy (Eijiro...  )
(original version by Ruth B here:    • Ruth B. - Lost Boy (Official Video)  )
-Spock cosplay music video: I Meld With You (   • Cosplay Music Video: I Meld With You ...  )
(original version I Melt With You by Modern English here:    • Modern English - I Melt With You (Off...  )
-Instagram reel: Daylight Savings (  / cbedjaxdbgv  )
(original version It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year by Andy Williams here:    • Andy Williams - It's the Most Wonderf...  )
-Instagram reel: Why Don't You Stay from KinnPorsche (  / cic7rp0jjws  )
(original version by Jeff Satur here:    • Why Don't You Stay (WorldTour Ver.)  )

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Music used in this video:
Techno Energetic Party by Infraction from Inaudio No Copyright Music

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