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Olivia Flanigan - Gender Affirming Voice Teacher
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Hi, I'm Olivia! 😊 I'm so glad you're here!
I am a Gender Affirming Voice teacher from Chicago. I'm also a jazz singer and songwriter, and I perform regularly around town. I have a Masters in Jazz Voice, and teach singing as well as speaking lessons.
I'm really excited to sharing tips and tricks on gender affirming voice work here on this channel. I hope that through these videos, I can guide you to your authentic voice!
Interested in taking one-on-one or group classes? Check out my website: www.oliviamflanigan.com/
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I am a Gender Affirming Voice teacher from Chicago. I'm also a jazz singer and songwriter, and I perform regularly around town. I have a Masters in Jazz Voice, and teach singing as well as speaking lessons.
I'm really excited to sharing tips and tricks on gender affirming voice work here on this channel. I hope that through these videos, I can guide you to your authentic voice!
Interested in taking one-on-one or group classes? Check out my website: www.oliviamflanigan.com/
Sign Up for my January 2024 2-Minute New Year Vocal Feminization Challenge!
Click the link below to download your free PDF tracker and follow along with daily videos!
www.oliviamflanigan.com/2min-vocal-fem-sign-up
3 Easy Techniques to Achieve Your Perfect Pitch for Vocal Feminization
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www.oliviamflanigan.com/book-a-lesson
Blog: www.oliviamflanigan.com/blog-1/3-easy-techniques-to-achieve-your-perfect-pitch-for-vocal-feminization
Download your *FREE* practice tracker here:
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Website: www.oliviamflanigan.com/
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@oliviaflaniganvox
Instagram: oliviaflanigan
Music by Subaqueous: subaqueouslofi.bandcamp.com/album/s-u-b-a-q-u-e-o-u-s-2
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you look cis, but i'm curious if you're trans? only because i'm wondering if your knowledge comes from a more personal place of training your own voice, or if you're just a someone who has studied and mastered voice and decided to extend your knowledge to the trans community to help. if i'm out of line, no need to answer! thanks for all your videos.
Hey! I'm a cis woman. My degrees are in vocal performance, and I've been teaching singing and gender affirming voice for over a decade. Thanks for checking in - I know that some people prefer to work with/learn from someone with lived experience. <3
Trills!!! 🥰🐺💗🌺💃
Always!!
This would be a lot easier without roommates
It's tough when you don't have your own space! Maybe you can practice when they're not around? Or is there another quiet space - a car, etc.?
Not many people order food items with voice call anymore here. But it's interesting to try some time ^__^
So true! I guess we all do it online these days.
Hi I’m so sorry. For bothering you, but I have a condition called puberphonia and I am very insecure about my voice being low. I just wanted to say if you could help me with my voice because I feel like it’s not me!! ❤❤❤
Hi Eli! My understanding is that Puberphonia results in a voice that is high, rather than low - it could be that we're talking about different conditions. I would encourage you to go to a speech pathologist who can help you work through this! Wishing you the best!
Hi I’m so sorry. For bothering you, but I have a condition called puberphonia and I am very insecure about my voice being low. I just wanted to say if you could help me with my voice because I feel like it’s not me!! ❤❤❤
Hi I’m so sorry. For bothering you, but I have a condition called puberphonia and I am very insecure about my voice being low. I just wanted to say if you could help me with my voice because I feel like it’s not me!!
Hi I’m so sorry. For bothering you, but I have a condition called puberphonia and I am very insecure about my voice being low. I just wanted to say if you could help me with my voice because I feel like it’s not me!!
Hi I’m so sorry. For bothering you, but I have a condition called puberphonia and I am very insecure about my voice being low. I just wanted to say if you could help me with my voice because I feel like it’s not me!!
Hello I’ve been looking to transition and been trying to find the perfect series to help me get the feminine voice I want
Great! I hope this helps!!
@@oliviaflanigan5938 I plan on watching all your videos and hoping I can get my new voice
Good Advice again from Olivia. Tension is something that I know I need to conquer. Relax and keep it light. I also struggle with accepting my voice as natural. It is something I keep working at. I noticed that my minor speech impediment of a slight lisp effects how natural my voice sounds. I know what I need to do to correct it and it does not have to do with my voice feminization. As my voice feminization develops, if I can conquer my lisp I think that will help me sound more natural. I am taking lessons with Olivia and she is the greatest. I have made a list with numerous things I feel I must do to make my voice feminization consistent. These things are from the lessons, both written and oral, that Oliva has given me. They remind me of the particular things for me that impact the feminization of my unique voice. Olivia, you may want to add sections at different times in you video. It would help viewers.
How many time for exercise tension practice
It really depends on the person! It's important to pay attention to how you're feeling. You can try to say the days of the week in a few different ways and notice if you feel tension in your jaw, tongue, or neck.
great tip on waiting to listen to recordings, it's absolutely defeating to hear myself back
Giving yourself a minute to step away and come back to it can definitely help!! It takes time to get comfortable with it.
Not trans, just want a pretty voice
Thank you so much! I've been following you for quite a few months now and I'm doing exercises recommended by you every day (vocal warm-up, stretching, massages, voice training...), but unfortunately I don't hear any change in my voice and this frustrates me, especially in public since very often I am quiet around people because I am ahamed, or it happens that people misgender me, even though I have a very feminine appearance (or at least people I know say that I have a "Barbie appeal", I don't heve that much self-esteem hahaha), but apparently just my voice is enough to recieve male pronouns, which clearly makes me suffer a lot. However, it must be said that there are a couple of people close to me, like my mother, that there is a slight difference in it, that before I had a heavier voice, and I have tried to pay more more attention to it. Anyway, I'm writing this long comment to tell you that I needed this video, you gave me more reasons to believe in myself and to be more confident in what I'm doing. So thanks again💜💜
Using a voice app is so, so helpful. Olivia has a video suggesting some. For me , it is essential to incorporate checking my pitch and recording my voice with the app into my practice. I know my voice fluctuates. I think developing your voice is very much a part of developing yourself as a woman. As you identify and feel more and more feminine, modifications of your voice also become easier. Transition takes time to accept your true self and demands effort to nurture changes. As trans people we must be patient and continue to love ourselves through the process. If you have the financial resources, you can take lessons with Olivia. Her rates are very reasonable and your time with her will be invaluable in your voice journey. Just five or six lessons will advance your feminine voice development immensely. Trust me, I have done it. I am MtoF transgender in transition for twenty months.
@@marti7343 Thank you for the advices and for you comforting words, it's very nice that we mtf sisters support each other. Good luck to you too with your transition, you are very kind💜
Deffo you have a nice control of your voice.
. . . food . . . water . . . milk . . . thank you . . .
This is fantastic! I'm starting voice training and its so helpful to understand the reasons exercises are done, it helps actually feel out what its supposed to feel like and the movements that are needed to get there
Amazing! So glad it was helpful! Woo!!
Voice teaching is a natural way to feminise our voices Olivia, So gently does it, ❤ from Petra-B, it’s more fun too.
Hi 👋 Olivia! Just finally got around to checking out your concert in Chicago from a few years ago! Very relaxing and mellow. Great stuff 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 I'm also gonna use this breathing tip more in my voice feminization practice sessions. Thank you ❤😊
Hey Gabriella! Thank you so much for checking it out!! So awesome - let me know how it goes for you! <3
@@oliviaflanigan5938 Will do Olivia! 😘
I've been meaning to do this for months and simply haven't been able to so this video is going to be helpful in finally getting me there, thank you. As for my voice I think my resonance is what bugs me the most, I don't mind the idea of having a deeper pitch. But I would like to be able to hear my own voice without feeling that awful knot in my chest.
My pleasure, I hope this is helpful in getting started! That's the toughest part. I'm so sorry that it's difficult to listen to your voice. With time and practice, you can change that!! Wishing you the best on your journey!!
Still can't figure out this false fold thing after 2 or so years of training and I think it's the final step holding me back. No matter what I do I get vocal pain even tho my trained voice doesn't feel strained whatsoever. Plus it sounds a bit off to me. I watched your straw warm up video and been doing that and it's helped reduce pain, but still there in a significant enough way to stop me from going full time with my voice. So far none of the exercise have worked for me to figure this out and I haven't felt any opening feeling in my throat. The plugging ears thing doesn't work for me probably because of my tinnitus and my hearing loss in general.
Hmm, vocal pain is never a good thing! I would recommend going to an ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat Doctor), a laryngologist, who can take a look at your vocal cords and make sure that they're functioning okay.
@@oliviaflanigan5938 Thanks, yea that's what I should do. It would be easier to diagnose anything looking in my actual throat than just trying to figure it out through sound quality alone. It's just weird, my male voice never has any pain issues, its just voice training, trying to move the throat muscles, that starts to mess things up. I don't know if I may have damaged something early on and maybe am doing everything right now but that damage persists (I have been doing voice training all on my own) I do suffer with acid reflux but I'm on medication for it, but maybe something about moving the throat muscles to train somehow causes it to come on? I don't know, definitely stuff I should bring up to an actual doctor.
Vocal onset is a new term for me, thank you! Your explanation is superb as usual.
So happy to hear that! Thank you!!
Olivia, you may want to divide you video into sections so people can easily scroll to parts of it. Another great video from Oliva. If you want more, watch her other videos. If you want it all, take lessons with her. Believe me, they are worth it!. You cannot do better.
That's a great idea, thanks Martina!!
I use voice recording all the time. It is part of a voice app Olivia has recommended that gives me numerous statistics to help me analyze my voice. It is indispensable in my journey to develop my fem voice. 🎤🎧
My challenge has been making my feminine voice my natural voice. While I do not go back to where I was, my voice still fluctuates from where I want it. I would love to someday not think about it anymore. I am getting there with using my feminine voice always. If you are MtoF, the goal is to just open your mouth and sound like a woman. It can happen if you keep trying. I have come a long way with Olivia's help. If you practice, it does not have to take that long.
It takes time - thank you for sharing all of this!
Raise the Larynx. Relax and eliminate tension. Keep the vocal weight light by keeping the vocal folds as separated as possible. Keep the sound high in your throat, forward, and nasal. Practice, practice, practice. Take lessons with Olivia. She is the best.
Thanks, Martina! You're the best!
A little hard to see how controlling jaw and lips are separate things. I notice when I thinking about my jaw position my lips assume a certain shape.
Good point, it can be hard to separate! It's good to explore how one thing tends to affect another.
There is good feedback or deliberate, contradictive put-downs that can destroy motivation, is my voice too heavy or too high, too buzzy? You are the best teacher Olivia. I can be critical too ❤ petra
Thanks, Petra!
you dont need to signal you're an educated middle class white woman with that first bit, the cat and latte B-roll made it obvious enough
"number 1 is getting a good night's sleep" yeah im doomed
It's tough for me, too...
I simply am not in a position where I can afford lessons, but I am thankful that this is online to get me started on my own, thank you.
I have quite a few videos - check them out!! Hope they help! You've got this! :)
Hey, I’m Georg and 3 years ago I injured my voice while singing. For about 2 years I haven’t been able to talk without pain and swelling feeling at all so I’ve not talked at all. I’ve consulted with my doctors and they’ve told me to exercise speaking regularly even if there’s pain but I want to spread my story to get second opinions. I used to sing a lot for several years before my injury. Some days even about 3 hours a day. Went to singing school sometimes, learn a bit of the (CVT vocal technique) One evening, I started to sing and my voice was not that great that day and I also drank a milk product before what causes my throat to produce a lot of mucus and thick feeling. I tried to sing one high note, but I couldn't reach it, so I squeezed my neck and vocal chords to get that high note and that’s how I injured my voice. From that day on my vocal injury has gone worse to the point that for 2 years now, I haven’t been speaking at all. Just a couple of words in one year.
The reason for it is now when I speak, my vocal chords and thyroid area get “swollen” and painful(nerve pinching pain). I put swollen in brackets, because I’ve been to a laryngoscope and the camera didn’t detect any swelling in my vocal chords when they looked at it. And also they didn’t find anything other than couple of granulomas(not on the vocal chords) which could have been caused by some food intolerance. The vocal chords were just weak and atrophied.
Going back to 2021 when I firstly injured my voice. The symptoms then were similar, there was the swelling feeling, and nerve pain. (it’s really weird to me that there was no swelling detected on camera, because when I get the swelling feeling, my whole throat feels so swollen. I even got a thyroid ultrasound, but nothing was detected there) So back then, basically I still could use my voice after the injury. So I had to not speak for a couple of weeks and then the swelling feeling went away. And I could practice again and talk. But as time went on. The swelling came back and back. I gave it more and more rest, to make the swelling go away.(one doctor back then even said that don’t stop speaking, but for me it didn’t make sense cause my throat felt so swollen and nerve pinching pain was quite bad). So I gave it more and more rest and as the time went on, about a year from the injury, I could only speak about 20 minutes a day.
And it was difficult to avoid the swelling feeling and pain away, so I gave it more and more rest, until it became so bad that last year I couldn’t even laugh and this swelling feeling came back. It has since got minimally better now, but still I can only laugh about 5 times a day or less. My question is, if I start to practice again and ignore the swelling feeling in my throat and the nerve pain, would it injure me even more. That’s what I’m worried about. If someone told me that “100%, you will not injure your voice more when practicing through the pain”, then I would start. The last doctor said exactly that, but I needed to get a second opinion somewhere else, because I’m scared to injure my vocal chords even worse, to the point that I could lose my vocal chords forever. Thank you for reading it the whole way through and I would love to hear your opinion! Thank you in advance! :)
Hey Georg, I'm so sorry that you've gone through all of this. It sounds painful and frustrating. I can't speak to your specific injury, and it sounds like it's a bit of a mysterious case. I do know that continuing to use your voice through some types of vocal injury *can* be helpful, for instance the use of SOVT exercises (e.g. humming into a straw in water, lip trills). I don't think you should just power through and continue to sing or speak for long periods of time if you're experiencing pain, though. I'm not familiar with the nerve pain that you're describing. I would encourage you to seek out a speech pathologist who can assess your case, and figure out what types of exercises and amount of rest would be best for you. Keep reaching out to medical professionals! Sometimes it just takes the right one to help you assess and address the issue. Wishing you nothing but the best in your recovery!!
Thank you for the tips!
My pleasure!! Hope they help! :)
thanks for the tips! I have a free form poem by someone else that I plan to set to music. I've also gotten into really singing since I did my voice training. I really like your vdeos.
Thank you so much! Singing and voice training go hand in hand - they can support each other! And the poem project sounds super cool. So important to express yourself!
Thank you for this video. I’ve been looking a long time for singing lessons for transgender people. Although this isn’t one per se it felt really good watching it and it was very helpful
Awesome, so glad it was helpful!! I do offer lessons, too! :)
I take lessons with Olivia. She is great!
@@oliviaflanigan5938 thanks :) but i cannot afford lessons right now. but when my financial situation changes I'll remember :)
I've been doing this for the past 3 days and an issue I have is that it seems like high pitches go nasal for me. I don't know if that's normal or not? Like I can't seem to start at a high pitch while being non-nasal, I have to go from a non-nasal low pitch and pitch it up from there. Then when I hold out the high pitch, it isn't nasal. But as soon as I stop and try to start again at that high pitch, nasality is reintroduced back in. I'm trying to experiment with starting high pitches without it being nasal but I can't seem to get it so far
Hi! I'd have to hear you to be sure, but it sounds like you might be constricting your throat and getting what sounds like a nasal sound. Try these couple things: When you go up to the high note, or are starting at the high note, start standing and bend your knees when you get to the high note. You might also try shaking your head like you're saying "no", back and forth as you go up to that high pitch. These exercises can help to "distract" your muscles around your larynx so that you can access those pitches easily. Hoping these help!!
Hi there , I have a question I’m a male singer. And my voice use to be pretty high of course haha before puberty hit me and I’m still able to reach most notes I aim for but my question is if I took hormones would it allow my voice to be higher again just even a tiny bit so I can be able to hit a note I need effortlessly ? If so what’s the name of the best one you recommend me purchasing ?
Hi! Unfortunately, no, nothing you take will allow you to hit higher notes. I'd suggest working with a teacher to get more comfortable with your head voice and your higher range! :)
I'm able to get the proper resonance, and pitch but I still don't have feminine innotations / accent. I've listened to lots of feminine voices to try to pick up on it but I just can't seem to get it down. Does anyone have any tips? I'm losing hope 🙁
Hi! I'm sorry, that's so frustrating! I'd suggest really slowing things down and exaggerating the movement in pitch. You could listen to a recording of a voice you like at like 75% speed and speak along with them.
Thank you sm for the effort yur presence is so lovely
That's so nice of you!! Thank you! It's my pleasure. <3
@@oliviaflanigan5938 seriously yu look and sound so sweet i can watch you talk all day :3 i hope yu feel wonderful ❤️
I’ve been working on impersonating Elvis’ unchained melody and I noticed how weird my throat and jaw look when I do it. It looks like I have a kangaroo pouch under my mandible…. I look like a frog with a massive vocal sac . I have been trying to figure out a way to avoid this atrocity while still achieving my Elvis voice but to no avail. I have a very young sounding voice and I get a kick out of opposing it. I’ll just wear a turtleneck….. but I think maybe the vocal sac is pretty cool……
Sounds like you're pressing your tongue down a lot to make a lot of room in your mouth for that deep sound. You do want to create more space, but you might have some tongue tension going on. Try saying "luggah luggah luggah" to loosen your tongue, and do some tongue stretches (just stick your tongue out as far as it will go).
Hi teacher 🙂
Prosody has been one of the most difficult areas for me! There are these patterns I've observed where intonation changes, or there's a natural upward glide which sounds like the phrase is sort of a question, like: You know?? Then there's the "listing things" pattern. Example: So I got to the festival, had to look for parking, there are these guys drinking beer . . .
So true!! It's a really interesting thing once you start to listen for it!
I take hormones madam
I have two voices
Hardest practice cuz i have short attention span 😂❤
10 minutes feels long!! Even a couple minutes helps, though!
how much time will it take to make my voice more femine? by exercises?
Hi! It really depends on the person and how much time you're able to put into it. It's a skill, and can definitely be learned. You've got this! :)
@@oliviaflanigan5938 can yoy tell me the exercises please
“Gender affirming voice” like wtf… why didn’t you just do this video and title it “how to do lip trills and straw phonation”. Why did you have to add that to the description. I really don’t understand. Did I miss the part where you affirmed someone gender? Is it necessary? Like holy Christ. I can’t tell if you’re serious or if you just put it in the description so you can niche the alphabet peoples community.
Hi! I'm not sure if you've seen any of my other content or are familiar with gender affirming voice training. Lip trills and straw phonation are very helpful warm ups during the process. Warming up your voice and keeping it healthy is extremely important! Wishing you nothing but the best! :)
ooh maraming salamat (Thank you very much!) for sharing your own struggles and joys in finding/using your voice and your singing voice as well, Olivia-sensei...! 'sending care your way and appreciation for learning~learning from ya! 'am happy for you... Moi... moi would like to find my own voice that could affirm more of moiself and a singing voice as well...! Moi's always felt shy and ashamed that peeps would find out about moi singing voice that doesn't match who I am... Moi would love to find the time and space to do more gender-affirming voice exercises (huhuhu 'am too focused right on wageslave work here in Las Islas Filipinas) as well as sing...! Did you find your voice first before starting work on your singing voice? Or did both journeys happen at the same time? I'm sorry if you've already answer this question in a previous vid...! 'will be learning more from you and 'feeling inspired by all your shares... Sana patuloy kang makahanap ng kaligayan, sis! (May you always continue to find happiness!) <3
How can I do it too
You can do it! Check out my other videos on resonance. That's a great place to start.