[Blindtlk] Your feedback please!

[James Kelm]

Dear friends,

    I have been gathering information regarding a project that I have been 
wanting to do and am now about to actually go into production, and I would 
greatly value any feedback and/or suggestions that you might offer me!  You 
can respond either through this list, or directly at my personal E-mail: 
jameskelm at earthlink.net.  I really want this project to be of real value to 
those who would be interested, and you can help me to better accomplish my 
goal!

    I am going to produce a comprehensive instructional course for learning 
to play the guitar.  Later I also want to do one on bass.  This 
course/program would take an individual directly from the point of picking 
up a guitar for the very first time, all the way to being able to play music 
with other musicians.  The major emphasis would be that this course would be 
especially designed for the visually impaired.  I think that there is a 
great need for this kind of thing, since there is very little out there for 
a blind person who wants to learn to play a guitar.  There are millions of 
instructional publications, as well as gobs of stuff on line.  But most of 
it uses printed or visually oriented material.  I want to design something 
that a visually impaired person can use completely independently!  Bill 
Brown is a wonderful gentleman who has offered a lot of stuff for the blind, 
so I would not want to directly compete with him.  But I certainly think 
that there is room for another!  My course would be with the perspective of 
a performing musician with over 30 years of professional experience.

    I would love any feedback that you can offer, but below are a few 
questions that I especially would like to have more feedback on.

1.  Would it be generally better to package the course as 1 comprehensive 
package for $100 or so, or better to break it up into individual sections 
that can be purchased separately for $10 or $15?

2.  What would be the best format to offer such a program in, compact 
disc/DVD, SD card, thumb drive, or the cartridges that NLS uses for their 
Talking Books?

3.  Do you know of any organizations/distributers of material for the 
visually impaired that might be interested in carrying my course, and what 
would be the best way to submit it for their consideration?

    Thank you for your help!  I have to be honest and say that I am hoping 
that this project will help to bring a little extra finances into my 
family's budget, but I want to produce something that the buyer will 
sincerely feel they have spent their money well!


Your friend,
James