tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191966.post-1129825254689383642005-10-20T09:19:00.000-04:002005-10-20T12:20:54.723-04:00I was a bit sick of the previous, pompous blog name so there... I changed it. Also, I'd like to say that I am safely out of my depressive semester but into my "so fragile" one. Really... I feel emotionally fragile. What does this mean? Well, lots of things, but mainly that I don't feel like seeing anyone but a couple of people, don't feel like going out or anything. Just getting used to life as 90% transitioned, meaning everywhere except work, no surgeries. Sucks at a very patent level, but it's also wonderful to be this far along.<br /><br />So, moving on.<br /><br />I started singing lessons about two weeks ago. I'm going for mezzo-soprano opera singing (oooooooh), which I've always loved. I have the fondest memories of singing along to the few opera cassettes that my grandfather had (he was a big Vivaldi and baroque fan, but mostly instrumental stuff)<br /><br />The challenge (there's always a challenge in transition/self-realization stuff) is that I started HRT about two years ago with my vocal cords already thickened by Testosterone. So "naturally" singing high is no longer an option.<br />I guess if I had to characterise my voice I'd say it's easily a female alto/male countertenor. For the longest time I believed my voice was incredibly low, which in my female perception was, but really wasn't. In chest voice I'm easily a tenor and I slide comfortably to head voice and beyond. <br />In regards to speaking voice, I haven't been sir'd on the phone in a loooooooong long time.<br /><br />Speaking I got mostly down pat; now singing, that's a different challenge.<br />My technical target is to become a mezzo-soprano/soprano through the sopranista path and achieve a voice as awesome as that of Joerg Waschinski (<a href="http://www.joerg-waschinski.de/jndex_f.html"></a>) and many others.<br /><br />Lunch... ttyl.V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06812296579111880006noreply@blogger.com