Lucas introduces his voice deepening journey, explains the motivation, and records the baseline measurements of his vocal tone using a self-created transcript.

• Lucas feels his voice is high-pitched and aims to deepen it naturally over a week.
• He records his voice as a baseline using a transcript of simple sentences.
• Studies suggest deeper male voices are associated with attractiveness, strength, and higher income levels.

Lucas initiates his voice deepening exercises focusing on speaking from the diaphragm and uses relaxation techniques to lower his voice.

• Lucas starts with relaxation exercises like fake yawning to lower his breath.
• He highlights the problem of speaking nasally and aims to speak from the diaphragm.
• Lucas practices tapping on his chest to feel where the sound is coming from and to channel the air from lower down.

Lucas continues his vocal exercises with descending vowels and phrases, emphasizing the importance of hydration and soothing the throat.

• Descending vowel exercises and triplet phrases are performed in sets throughout the day.
• Lucas stresses staying hydrated and gargles warm salt water to soothe the throat.
• He notes improvements in voice depth and plans to increase exercise frequency.

Lucas identifies stress as a factor in voice pitch and adds meditation sessions to his routine to aid in voice deepening exercises.

• Lucas notices his voice gets higher with stress and fast-paced speech.
• He incorporates short meditation sessions to relax before vocal exercises.
• Lucas uses red light therapy during meditation for additional relaxation benefits.

Lucas adds a straw water exercise to his regimen, which involves humming octaves while blowing air through a straw into water, aiming to strengthen the vocal cords.

• The straw water exercise is demanding and dries out the voice initially.
• Lucas feels his voice getting stronger about 12 hours after the exercise.
• He continues the exercise for at least five minutes a day and keeps up with the other vocal exercises.

As the end of the week nears, Lucas feels a noticeable difference in his voice depth and continues with his established vocal exercises routine.

• Lucas starts to feel his voice deepening and his wife confirms the change.
• He remains consistent with the straw water exercise and descending phrase repetitions.
• Lucas maintains focus on speaking from the diaphragm.

Lucas concludes his one-week voice deepening experiment by comparing before and after voice samples and discusses the learning outcomes and future plans.

• Lucas reviews before and after voice samples, noting a deeper and richer tone.
• EQ analysis shows a denser low-end spectrum, indicating a deeper voice.
• The experiment teaches Lucas to speak from the diaphragm, leading to a habitual change in voice tone.