#trans musicians

[lust-for-ultraviolence]

Nonbinary version: https://www.tumblr.com/lust-for-ultraviolence/730136051074596864/favourite-nonbinary-musician-dorian

[genderoutlaws]

Wendy Carlos photographed with her 19 year old, long beloved cat Subito | 2000

[gaycrashbandicoot]

If anyone is interested in discovering some trans musicians who aren't c*vetown especially if ur into punk/pop punk/emo/indie/queercore/folk punk music then boy do I have the playlist for you!

This is a work in progress playlist I've been making of trans + nonbinary artists :3 only canonically and out trans artists not people who there's speculation about. Ftm, mtf and nonbinary artists included!

There's some popular artists and some less well known ones on there so hope u enjoy!

[transboysoprano]

Almost one month until I start testosterone!

It's also that time of year when directors start sending out their contracts and letters of availability to musicians like myself, and I've had to start coming out to all of them in response. So far, I've gotten nothing but support from everyone and it genuinely makes me so grateful.

The general message I've been sending to them has been as follows:

"As part of my transition, I have decided to undergo hormone replacement therapy, and will be taking testosterone starting May 28th of this year. One of the effects of testosterone (as I'm sure you are aware) is on the voice. Its effects are the same as young men undergoing puberty, so my voice will most likely deepen over time into that of a phenotypically "masculine" voice. This is a decision I do not make lightly, and have come to after many years of consideration. I will be taking regular lessons with Dr. (DM me if you're looking for resources) who specializes in transgender voices as I undergo these changes. My goal is to continue singing at the highest level regardless of how my voice changes, but where it will most comfortably settle and how long that will take is up to genetics and fate. By next year, I may be able to sing tenor or baritone, though I intend to train my upper register to sing countertenor if possible."

Then I thank them and let them know that I'd like to re-audition for their ensembles when my voice has settled more. They've all responded positively and with excitement for me, and the chorusmaster for my city's opera company even said there would be no need, as she knows the work of the professor I'm taking lessons with and thinks I would benefit from being on stage this season(!!!!)

In other news, the symphony I do admin for had their soprano soloist drop out of the Mozart Requiem so guess who's learning the part and performing it in two weeks? Your boy!! It feels a bit kismet. What better way to honor the end of my soprano career than with a requiem?

I'm still nervous to all hell but I'm just so tired of living like this. I just feel like this decision is going to change everything for the better for me.

[defiantdreemurrs]

robin

the subtle art of losing yourself

all songs written, performed, and engineered by lauren "robin" straily

01 dec 2023

preorder now:

[ghostboymichael]

trans+ musicians

a list of trans and/or nonbinary artists!

cavetown

ratwyfe

addison grace

orpheus

pwr bttm

atsuover

miss benny

beetlebug

z santos (whatever, dad)

carpetgarden

saint josie

leith ross

the reverent marigold

ryan cassata

jazmin bean

ethel cain

the mechanisms

the oozes

destroy boys

feel free to reblog and add more !!!

[killiansteinerphoto]

Dead Names at Totally Awesome Fest

Ypsilanti, MI 9/21/23

[nugothrhythms]

"Solitude" by Richmond, Virginia-based experimental gothwave act Phantómódel off of 2019 album Panic Picnic

[theboundandroid]

made a cover/transcription of one of my favorite splatoon songs! :3 i wanna make music in their style so i did this as a bit of a study, hope u enjoy!!

huge shoutout to StarryAsh on musescore for their great transcription of the harmonies in this song

[lust-for-ultraviolence]

Also, please don’t say “Arca” or “Gerad Way” because they’re nonbinary and will be in a separate poll.

Please give me more musicians for a part 3.

[genderoutlaws]

i gotta put yall onto this band i jst saw their last show touring w pinkshift and they are sooo unbelievably good live 🖤

[shermangiftbasket]

this just in: local trans musician spotted in coffee shop bathroom

[thefugitivesaint]

An informative piece on the electronic music pioneer Wendy Carlos. Worth a read if you dig electronic music and want to familiarize yourself with one of the musicians who helped establish and shape that genre. Carlos attended Brown University, double majored in Music and Physics, then went on to complete a master’s degree in music composition at Columbia University. Carlos’ formed a working relationship with Robert Moog (”the inventor of the first commercially available synthesizer” as the article puts it) which resulted in Moog introducing “touch-sensitive keys” into his synthesizers “allowing a similar level of dynamic expression to the pianos upon which they were based.”  After producer and singer Rachel Elkind heard one of Carlos’ renditions of Bach, Elkind helped Carlos produce what would become her debut album, ‘Switched-On-Bach’ (the release of which lead to the Moog synthesizer becoming a legitimate instrument and helped establish it’s popular use).  From the article: “Carlos says she chose Bach’s music because his flurries of notes would be easier to replicate on a primitive synthesizer than slower, more sustained orchestral pieces. Despite involving exceptionally complex circuitry, the early Moog synthesizers were monophonic, meaning they could only play one note at a time, and they were recorded, painstakingly, note by note, in analogue fashion. Each inch of tape contained up to eight manually spliced edits; altogether, the album took over 1,100 hours of work to complete.” .... “While the likes of the Beatles and Beach Boys had already used synths in pop songs by 1966, Switched-On Bach was the essential album in the first revolution of the synthesizer. It took the instrument out of the abstract realm of textures and avant-garde compositions, and made it sound harmonic, organic and instantly recognizable as music.” .... “Carlos brought classical music back into the present and the future of popular music. In 1969, Switched-On Bach reached number 10 on the Billboard 200; by 1986, it was the second classical album, and first-ever electronic album to go platinum, selling over a million copies in the U.S. In 1970, it won three Grammys, for Best Classical Album, Best Classical Performance—Instrumental Soloist and Best Engineered Classical Record. It was a genuine phenomenon and spawned leagues of long-forgotten imitation albums. But, on a much deeper level, through Switched-On Bach, the foundation of western classical music and harmony also became the foundation of global popular electronic music.” All the while, “Carlos had been working with the sexologist Harry Benjamin, whose work focused mostly on transgender patients.” “The success of “Switched-On Bach,” Grammys included, helped Carlos complete her transition and focus on her musical work. Carlos eventually came out, and as such she became the first openly trans woman with a Grammy — three, to be exact. After that breakthrough album she kept rising to new heights, scoring the films A “Clockwork Orange,” “The Shining,” and “Tron.” That success set an important precedent for trans artists in the industry.” Note: some of my above biography was lifted from the second article linked to below. Giving credit where it’s due because attribution is important. 

[bestboyseri]

John (they/them from RENT STRIKE) played one of my songs with me (he/him) at open mic and today and tomorrow we're recording it in their bus.

"My Mother's Son"

[crimesididntcommit]

my new album SILK. is out streaming everywhere now and i hope you love it 💚

12 songs of neon apocalypse

music ghosts can dance to