I took speech training. I took a few voice lessons in college.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I've studied voice from a few different people for years.
I took vocal lessons for the first time and actually learned a lot about using my voice as an instrument as opposed to just doing what I've always done and going by feeling. I'm still doing that, but I've learned a lot of tricks and how to manipulate and play with my voice a little bit.
Speech lessons probably did more for my singing voice - they teach you breathing, resonance.
I started taking singing classes just two years ago. It was great. I never knew I could sing but I kind of found my voice.
I couldn't speak well. I went to speech therapy for 10 years. And I was sort of frustrated in that sense.
I learned patience, perseverance, and dedication. Now I really know myself, and I know my voice. It's a voice of pain and victory.
I started out doing improvised voices when I started working in a program where I read for kids in schools. I had some kids and they asked me if I would mind doing it. I was very happy to do it. That's where I got my training before I went to the public. I did that for several years. It was actually the best vocal training I could have had.
I studied voice when I was at school, and I was in the chamber choir, and I studied music theory as well, so I guess a lot of it came from being taught at school.
I took vocal lessons all through my childhood and still do. I was classically trained.
I was a 'learn by doing' writer - I never took any formal writing classes. So it took a long time to figure things out and find my voice.