15 YEARS OF SINGING
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- čas přidán 25. 07. 2024
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Hi everyone! This video contains audio files spanning from 2006 - 2021 as a way to try and share the evolution of my singing voice. I've always thought of myself as a composer first and singer second. Singing came into my life through the necessity to express ideas. My singing timeline can be broken up into 3 phases:
1) 2006 - 2010, the early phase
2) 2011 - 2015, the composition phase
3) 2016-2021, feminization of my voice
It's pretty mind bending to me that I've been singing in my currently feminized quality for such a fractional minority of my singing history. I never really had any goals or interest in singing. I just did it. It's fascinating observing how as my goals become more defined in 2015, progress starts to multiply!
00:00 Intro
01:05 2006 - the earliest recordings
02:13 2007 - silly teenage tracks
03:25 2008 - random coldplay cover
4:13 2009 - pop metalcore project
5:07 2010 - enormous level up
6:44 2011 - the beginning of composition grind
07:50 2012 - my prog metal band
08:53 2014 - my 2nd LP
10:10 2015 - beginning of feminization
11:48 2016 - becoming interested in voice
13:49 2017 - figuring out feminization
15:29 2018 - gaining control in feminization
17:27 2019 - finally passing
18:25 2020 - finally free
21:27 2021 - genuinely joyful
22:28 Seamless Voice Timeline
24:08 Conclusion
oh i also hate the phrasing "male to female voice timeline" but for the sake of the algorithm included it.
warmly,
z
all audio, video, images, and music made by me c:
zheaerosemusic.bandcamp.com
transvoicelessons.com
transvoicelessons@gmail.com
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This is magic… how is she not a HUGE producer for ppl like billie eilish or lady gaga
That's so sweet! The answer is because I do this voice theory and voice science work as a career instead. Eventually I want to get back into music full time. Ty angel!!!
Imagine being 14, thinking you're a dude, and this lady comes along like "i'm future you and this is cringe"
I literally have this exact thought every day 😂
This put against questioning MtFs and questioning FtMs is literally the Mr.Incredible meme
15 year old me needs a lot of things explained to them lamo
@@empressofmadness Ohhhhho fucking same. I'm such a different person xD And I've only dipped my toes into the idea of being trans so that's about to get even further apart
I would perish xD
If being trans has taught me anything, it's that we claim ownership of our bodies and bend them to be whatever we want them to be. I've been doing voice alongside learning audio electronics, and it's amazing how similar biasing a transistor or changing input capacitors in a fuzz pedal is to adjusting your resonance and vocal weight. The voice is an instrument, just like guitar or even amplification, and learning that you can have ownership of it is so powerful. You saying, "I own my voice" made me tear up a little and crack a smile because I felt like it all came full circle. Thank you so much for sharing this dear, you're magical! ✨✨✨
Alternative title: Zhea showcases her diverse catalogue of projects she's released over the years
"I still however sound like a damn boy 👎" is such a mood lol
oh my god yes
You go girl. As a singer myself I still enjoy singing tenor. Some people judge me for it, but hey if I have the choice between singing tenor opera main parts or Alto and struggling to even reach a full sound. I’m gonna sing my tenor home range. I’ve decided I’m not afraid of my voice and other people shouldn’t be either.
big eyes
fellow trans tenor-yup, big agree. Trying to sing along to big pavarotti is just too much fun for me to hate myself
@@SeverusVergiliusMaro tenor is the envy of all 🤷🏻♀️
@@elgirl19 truuuuuuuuuuuuue
I was an operatic tenor and sang for about 15 years as a dramatic or heroic tenor. In my opinion to sing the way most would call singing without a mic you have to sing in the low position. A dear friend of mine is about to be the first transsexual to perform at the Metropolitan Opera. Her name is Lucia Lucas. She is a dramatic bass baritone who has already sung Wotan in Germany.
One can not sing opera with a raised larynx but with a mic only in high position would seem hard to do. Zhea is, a great teacher for Voice Feminization. She is also a talented composer.
trans people are literally so cool it's crazy
Except for me really
@@endlesspossibilities5263 Being trans is a beautiful thing no matter what. Have confidence. ❤
@@nooder0ni oh thankyou
But the “dysphoria” thing day by day is not :’(
Period✨✨
@@endlesspossibilities5263 As this video shows so well; you'll get there. Things can be a bit awkward before it turns beautiful(like with a butterfly, hah). Have faith and a lot of love for yourself in the meantime, girl. You deserve this long but lovely journey. ❤️
i’m a trans guy that’s been on testosterone for 1 year, 1 month, and 4 days as i write this. so my voice went from a very high tenor (my voice was pretty low for someone who’s voice hadn’t dropped), to being a low baritone. i’m working on getting my high notes back. it’s really cool to see a trans woman’s process in getting the sound she desires.
proof that transitioning fixes your intonation instantly
I’m 14 and i really want to have female voice im also mtf trans and it’s so hard…
You'll do amazing! You've got a lot of time ahead of you.
I'm your age and I'm gonna tell you, it's totally possible!!! If you need more help reply I'll give you my discord
@@theacroway2056 Could I get it by chance..? I'd just like to know how you practice and what your daily routine is for everything..
@@theacroway2056 can u help me too im struggling
@@bravesniper2174 Im an idiot, sorry, I forgot a piece of it, I'll friend yours though
I'm having flashbacks to listening to Owl City, Boys Like Girls, and hellogoodbye with your early, early stuff.
Your pre‐transition improvements were spot‐on for the genres you were doing, so it's no wonder you have such an understanding of human voice. Reminds me of a lot of the testosterone‐affected emo/post‐hardcore and prog voices i loved and still love.
Then you built a new voice that's in more genres that i love, in a completely new resonance, pitch, like a new instrument playing new tunes.
The newer stuff reminds me of some of Hayley Williams's new solo stuff, but in all your custom tunings/ intonations.
It's really cool how you built up a voice technique even when you had more vocal dysphoria, and built on that experience to use your musical knowledge to transform your voice. It's like music and self‐healing and self‐actualization all in one.
if i heard the metalcore one with no context, i'd think that I'm hearing an unheard attack attack song demo xD
If I'm understanding correctly, you didn't start your transition until you were over 20? That's inspiring, it's easy to feel like it's "too late" to aim for these levels of success
correct! I started hrt at 24.
@@TransVoiceLessons I'm 25 and only been doing voice for a couple months, after following your channel for about a year. Your content (especially the timeline stuff like this) is really great motivation to stay consistent with practice!
I started HRT at 34. Been practicing my voice for years, but it's still not where I want it.
Only been using it full time for about three months, now, though.
I’m 29 & just started my transition. Socially I’m almost all the way out, now onto the medical part. I’m FtM. Anywho, best of luck! It’s never to late! 🖤🤗
Turning 26 in August and planning for HRT before Christmas. Thought it was too late at 17 so I just bottled it up for years lol
You should re-record some of your early songs to see the difference - but also because I like some of the ones you composed 😅😁
She IS back!
This is amazing even solely from a musical standpoint- not to mention finding your voice and feeling good about it. I’m a cis woman with a contralto vocal range and I struggle with some of the higher range stuff (one can only sing carpenters songs for so long lol). I definitely will be checking out more of your videos :)
Zhea, is it possible to feminize screams? Like I'm trans and wanna be able to do some feminine sounding metal screams, do you know if it's possible for me to sound like a female metal vocalist such as Courtney LaPlante from Spiritbox or Tatiana Shmailyuk from Jinjer?
I haven't learned scream so it's just a guess, but just raising the larynx/r2 seems like it would take you very far.
Yes!! It's definitely possible. Also Courtney LaPlante is awesome!!
@@TransVoiceLessons Awesome to know, I'll start practicing it asap then!! Also YEAH, SHE IS!!!
same everytime i scream i always go to head voice wich sounds so ridiculous 😂
Interestingly, Tatiana Shmailyuk deliberately WANTS her screaming to sound masculine....
Hearing you go through your old recordings reminds me of when I flip through my old photographs and note how my subject matter and framing changed, and how I notice little peeks of my post coming-out self and photography style.
This is actually the coolest thing I have ever seen
The tonality you use in some of these pieces is sublime. Like Bill Wurtz level freedom of expression in harmony. You're incredible!
Thank you so much for posting stuff with your progression overtime. Your older video about your model voice gave me so much patience with myself working on mine. I've been thinking alot recently about starting to make music myself. And things like this video I feel like help in so many ways. 💙
Hey Z! Thanks for having these videos about trans voice. It would be a much bigger nightmare to deal with this stuff if it weren't for you.
Plus you are the best role model ever, so many of the scary things like FFS look so weird when just skimming the top of google. You've saved me some sleepless nights for sure.
Super cool and inspiring to hear the progression of your voice and your composition! I love your 2020-2021 pieces - Sola is bomb!
Your music is incredibly good and interesting. It’s extremely obvious you have such a vast knowledge of music! You’ve inspired me not only in terms of developing my voice, but also to continue exploring and studying music. So much hope radiating from one person-thank you for doing what you do.
Thanks a lot for posting this. I have been struggling a lot with my voice training and this video gave me some much needed inspiration to keep on fighting, and keep on training. You do not only coach so many of us, but you also inspire us and help us in so many ways. Without you I might have fallen back into a depression, and I do not believe I am alone, you might have saved hundreds if not thousands of people from mental health problems. You are a hero! Thank you!
YOUR MUSIC IS SO FRICKIN GOOD WTFF THAT VOWEL THING THOOOO
Zhea, I just recently realized that I'm trans, but I haven't started HRT, and I don't really present myself as a woman by dressing in women's clothes.(but I'm working on that)
I have a deep voice, and it is bothering me quite a lot, that I can't really sound feminine all that well. I live alone, and I sometimes talk out loud to myself in a feminine voice
to work on it, for o do actually begin my transition. Watching your videos has really helped me so much . I never knew there was pitch and resonance to our voices. I thought
pitch and resonance only applied to music. But with you being a composer and a singer with past recordings(which was cool to hear how your voice went from masculine to
feminine over the years) This is great to hear how much you progressed over the last 15 years! I can only hope to sound more feminine as I begin my transition.
This video/channel gives me so much hope for my own voice exercises/transition thank you for what you do with this channel!
I’ve had so many people recommend me to you, I can’t wait to start learning to change my voice 🥺
After watching this video, looking back at my own history and my own music path I just... reflect so much on it right now. I am dealing with an extreme block/burnout and can't go back to music in a way I would like to, but just by watching this, just by listening to this... It makes me feel worthy. It gives me the confidence boost I need and it makes me feel comfortable. It makes me believe that I do have a chance to sing the way I want one day without being disgusted by my own voice. It gives me hope that not all is lost for me and that not only I can shape myself as a person in a way I like, but also shape my voice in a way that'll sound comfortable, confident and pleasant to myself.
Thanks for yet another confidence/comfort boost and for being a beacon of hope in these trying times. Sincerely.
i'd love to hear Liminal Bars in full. the snippet sounded really great :D
You're such an angel, how much work and dedication!! I'm feeling so inspired watchin' all this HUGE staff (both voice lessons and music). I really hope to meet you some day and work together
What a great video Zhea! So much work and effort, and it's all paying off, awesome for you! Keep doing your passion!
This is personally so inspiring. I just started these past couple months on trying to feminize my singing voice and it’s been quite the adventure. My main thing has been working on that mixed/ belt range and as far as consistency and range is concerned singing higher hasn’t been an issue. I think it also helps that I’m a countertenor and was training as such for a bit. But so far it’s been a lot of what you said with controlling vocal weight and when I get it right the sky’s the limit. Honestly can’t wait to see where my voice will go next
that video brings me hope concerning my voice.
i've came out a year ago, and have been on HRT for 5 months now, but voice has been a real concern for me from the start. hearing how you changed your voice brings me hope for my future
This is inspiring. As I’m having so much distress with my voice rn. Thank you for sharing!
You're really quite amazing -- and a bit scary how well-crafted your talents are. I stumbled on your stuff because I'm interested in supporting my fellow girls and stayed because you're just pretty mind blowing!
Ive been waiting for this for a while, I'm so gracious! THANK YOU
My voice is far from perfect but I started watching your videos back in 2018 and now I not only have a somewhat decent voice, but I also learned how to sing. It's only getting better, thanks so much! I'm much happier and more comfortable with myself.
hi, this filled me with hope, i always leved and will love singing, and knowing t hat i can have the range and also sing how i really am, i almost cried :,c i will continue on this path so some day lilith can sing and be heard too :)
You’re an inspiration! Thank you so much! 🖤
Hi yes hello, Sirens was a heavy influence on my current music. I am learning soooo much from you, THANK YOU for all these videos :)
Been looking for your channel for a while Zhea.. Whaoooo this is so inspiring have had gossamir and window pain in my playlists for years now
yay new video! so excited to watch this! :D
Quite an evolution: congratulations on all of your hard work paying off!
WoW :) awesome video! Wonderful work and voice. Thank you for sharing.
You’re so amazing and inspiring, you’ve come so far!
Wow i feel like I've been on this channel for awhile 6 months or so but i feel like i have learned so much about the voice. Great video z.
You're giving me hope that i could start singing again. Its been over 12 years since i stopped, i kind've always thought of it as something i gave away, like how Ariel gives her voice away for her legs?
Anyway i did change my speaking voice a lot but stopped working on it when i was passing just fine. But i miss singing so much and have sooo much insecurity about doing it. Feel like i have a lot of avenues to explore thinking about the the stuff I'm learning from you, so thank you so much (!)
Edit: so many great tunes here !
this work on voice is comparable to Jacob Collier's work on harmony. Awesome!
Ahhhhhh you really give me hope to not sound like a man for the rest of my life. I can tell it takes hard work, but the fact it's possible gives me a lot of hope. You truly are amazing Z!
It literally makes me cry, seeing this kind of thing. I cannot explain how much hope this brings me
Thank you for sharing your amazing progress and change. A great video and I love the magic trick with your hair at 9:53-9:54; you never stop taking but your hair instantly goes from partially pulled back to down 🤷🏼♀️ Oh, I love your voice it’s very sweet and soothing. Hopefully some of your tips and training will help me to be able to listen to my own voice which I’ve never liked since I was a little kid. Again thank you for sharing your expertise with the world 😘
Thank you for sharing that. Being someone that also loves music I really did not think I could get myself to a feminine singing voice.
Thank you for sharing this. It's a beautiful transition.
thank you so much for making your content!!! you are actively changing countless lives, mine included
Your song arrangement is stunning
It’s so inspiring to see this journey!
Love This...24:05 You Did It Girl!!
Mad respect 🙏❤️
You're so beautiful, and you've been such a huge inspiration for me to keep pushing myself. Your music is beautiful. If I were on your level, I would totally love to collaborate with you even just for a song.
I just want to say THANK YOU your videos are helping me way more on my journey. I stumbled on your page seeing and hearing you really gives me hope that I can have a very beautiful voice. You Z are so awesome!!! Words can not express how much the trans community really appreciates you and your help!!!
Love,
Wendalynn
I’m solidly a bass voice type, with my comfiest range being D2 to like an F4 without mixing, and i’ve been able to get to a C#5 mixing. I’ve taken the Laura Jane Grace approach of just owning the voice i have when i’m singing. Plus, for what i sing which is usually punk have a totally pretty feminine voice isn’t super necessary.
thank you so much for the gift of hope xoxo
7:55 that was an actual banger
You deserve so much success and recognition seriously 💗
I love these lessons very much♥,and Zhea's gorgeous face and pretty voice,too.I am a beginner of learning English for one year,so I sometimes use wrong grammar or unclear description(if someone doesn't know about what i said,I will try my best to say it more clear.Thank you,you lovely friends.😍)I am twenty years old and I had lost the hope of my life,because I don't like myself for being a boy.I don't know how to live for myself,and always want to suicide during past years.Last weekend,I found this channel and love it deeply as I first time click the different that video with different kinds of voice.It encouraged me to train myself to achieve the high level goal like Zhea did and now I click these videos everyday for receiving teacher Zhea's lesson.By the way,though I can use girl voice to speak one or two sentences but I always feel sore throat after it.The second problem is I can't speak as natural as Zhea.My sound is like a sick girl almost dead,because it sounds too much air in it.I hope my words will be noticed by Zhea one day,my greatest desire.Even though English is very hard for me,I will still try my best to be a student.I really appreciate Zhea for providing these ways,thank you🌹
Harmonic goddess is back✨✨
This video gives so much hope cuz it shows that femininizing voice is a long term process. Like a lot of us, when i transitioned i wanted it all to happen right away, and got frustrated and embarrassed when it didn't. This video shows how awesome it can be when we keep working at it over years. Very cool. Thx xx so much
I feel kind of bad admitting this, but I hadn't watched this one until now because I was a little too nervous. Like I had a sense I might get "secondhand dysphoria" or be reminded of my own insecurities or something. And like, I guess I felt a palpable shudder or discomfort at a few moments due to sympathizing with your dysphoria. But that was more than outweighed by watching the whole progression and getting really reassured and inspired not only by how completely you eventually transformed your voice, but also by how you are able to re-tell all those steps in the process with such a thoughtful perspective even though it's such a vulnerable topic. Thanks so much for sharing this this, it did me good to watch it and I'm sure it did for many others too! 💜
Her calling her old work emo cringe and I'm out here jamming so hard listening to it, I love these
Hi Amelia. After I grasped the process of vocal feminization, I went straight into singing with it. Even though I still drop my resonance a lot when singing, you've taught me a lot the past 9 months and managed to help me sound so awesome!! Now, I'm able to dedicate my channel to singing in both my fe/male voices. So thank you big sis! P.S. If you ever manage to figure out who I am, keep it a secwet! XD
I appreciate you making these videos. I just started my transition and voice is one of my biggest hang ups. The principles make sense to me, but I am a Basso Cantabile and Im 32 years old so its hard to hear to woman in there. I understand how to control my higher register for the most part but the line between man shouting at god and falsetto choir boy is oddly thin. Ive tried listening to classic Contraltos which has helped a bit to hear examples of low feminine voices. Well one day at a time, and thanks for all the work you do and the bravery to put yourself out there. I can only hope to be half way as confident in the future. Also your musical talent is incredible. I mostly compose orchestral works and have a lot of respect for people who can make such interesting songs with such simple parts. I hope that actually sounds like a compliment lol, but I dont know how else to phrase that.
Oh my god, this is such a revelation for me. I've very much been avoiding and scared of committing to voice training because I was scared to lose my singing voice (been singing for 12 years and it's wildly important to me). I started voice training 3 years ago for a few months, and to this day, I can still pretty effortlessly slip into a decent feminine voice, but I was absolutely convinced that I would either completely lose my singing voice or keep it- but only in my masculine range. Fully convinced that I would never be able to sing well in a feminine range. But hearing you sing and, specifically, getting to see an example of what voice training can do, I know I absolutely HAVE to at least give it a fair shot.
It’s super interesting seeing this timeline. It’s crazy how quickly your voice changed!
Also on a side note did anyone see that light in the background at 17:38
I actually love the last one so much ssksksk the other ones are cool to varying degrees but the last one is p pog but also have to say this, when Z releasing full acapella covers of songs, honestly what we need is z x savvy making acapella beatbox covers together
As a singer this is so important for me. I feel like I just really started mastering my masculine singing voice before I realized I was an NB
Very impressive! You are a very talented individual.
First of all let me just say
holy shit transition goals.
If I'd met you in person and you hadn't said you were trans, I would legit never guess. You are drop dead gorgeous!
Secondly the progress you've made on your voice is nothing short of incredible!
People who can do this are just absolutely mind-blowing to me.
Thank you for reminding me of my dream❤️
I didn’t know it was possible to get a singing voice this feminine after going through male puberty, this makes me sooo happy😂
your videos are so cozy
Congratulation on that much work you have done and you have achived a lot. I am jelouse of your capabilities. At same time it gives me something like, it is realy posible for me too 😉 I hope. I also sing a lot and do recordings. I see you are very hard on you. You are improving a lot. I liked nerly all your recordings. Past as new ones. I wish you the best my dear best Inspiration.
Oh my god. Some of these are actually so good. Idk if you’d ever be comfortable releasing some of these early ones because the voice an just it might make you uncomfortable from how cringe it is for you. But they’re genuinely awesome an id love to listen on Spotify or something
Yooo, the third song sounds like Breathe Carolina. As a former emo/scene kid I really liked that one and the post hardcore/metalcore stuff! Really cool. Wish I could make music like that! That’s what I want my voice to sound like lol. I’m going the opposite direction of you, from a feminine-sounding voice to a masculine voice (both talking and singing.)The way your voice and style grew is so inspiring. Thank you for sharing this with us and I’m so happy you reached a point where you’re happy with your voice and music. You’re amazing.
Honestly, you're a treasure. You have pulled off the advice attributed to St. Exupéry's, but for voice feminization:
"If you wish to build a ship, do not divide the men into teams and send them to the forest to cut wood. Instead, teach them to long for the vast and endless sea."
If it were only the voice lessons, that would be true, but you bring this amazing example with you into the room whenever you teach - your own progress and fabulous work. I hear it and I long for something like it and I feel the motivation swell.
If you can be out there speaking, singing, self-harmonizing and rapping in your lovely voice, there's hope that I'll be able to sound how I feel and move through this world on the terms that I choose.
Thank you! 💕
Thanks so much for all your work and commitment to sharing this wealth of information and personal experiences. I'd be lost without people like you. There's more to say but I'm struggling finding the words. Just know I appreciate your videos so much. Much love ♥
PS. I think you're super cute, I can't help but be a little jealous 😅
This gives me so much hope.
Holy shit that sneak peek was beautiful 💖
The little dance you do at 3:44 is so cute
Hi Zhea! I am beyond impressed with the massive changes you have made to your singing voice in just a short time. It sounds beautiful now. I was wondering, did you track your vocal range over this time, and did it increase (either the full range or the tessitura) during that transitional period?
Omg Thnk you for this can you make more video about feminizing your singing please I really want to learn🥺
Thanks for sharing Zhea! You give me hope that I will be able to find my voice and make me feel less embarrassed when I practice. 😊❤
Such an inspirational video, thanks for sharing all that. The prog metal song was actually fire, it reminded me of Cynic.
damn I kinda wanna hear that full Rap song ngl, is it available anywhere?
fr that was kinda hard
just wanna say that as a trans girl and singer this gives me a lot of hope for the possibility of my possible female singing future
Wow. You've covered a lot of ground and made phenomenal progress. Would you say that this aided your feminine speaking voice or was it more of a holistic thing? Loved mostly the post-2018 stuff except for that tune you did in Dec, 2010. It just tugs at me. Lots of unresolved tension. Love to hear the entire piece or perhaps a reimagination of it (but keep it edgy)!
You was singing about spf and retinols... so now I know why your skin looks so great ;)
you are so cute! watching you listening to yourself. your face is so expressive
You are so entertaining!
Beautiful studio, looking forward to your works 👍
I've made progress on my voice in the past few months thanks so much! I still got more to go before living full time soon but I'm getting out of the low tones more and more