Eli Conley is a singer-songwriter who specializes in helping trans people on testosterone re-learn how to sing as their voices change. If you've spent your whole life singing, and suddenly you have a ...

June 12 -- — Babies learn to speak the same way that some birds learn how to sing. Infants don't learn to speak just by imitating the sounds of older humans in their midst, according to new research.

Can anybody become a singer? It’s a question that’s been debated by many, probably since the first time someone tried to carry a tune. Weighing the value of learned skill versus innate ability is ...

Complex learning processes like speaking or singing follow similar patterns. Using the example of zebra finches, researchers have investigated how young birds imitate the courtship songs of their ...

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Ex-Throwing Muse Kristin Hersh makes weird records. They’re not the kind of obvious, look-at-me-and-how-strange-I-am records that regularly pass through the post-punk art-damage world; they’re quietly ...

If you've spent your whole life singing, and suddenly you have a different voice, how do you relearn how to use it? One musician in Sacramento has become a lighthouse for people with this experience - ...