[musictlk] Blind Entertainers Survey

Wed Nov 12 01:40:23 UTC 2008

Julie, You're welcome.  I'm not the initiator of the survey, but had 
it in my attachments folder.  I think someone in the Performing Arts 
Division is on this list.

To anyone who fills out the survey, please don't send it to this list 
or to me.  Send it to the Performing Arts Division, Donna Hill, I 
think.  Thanks.--Linda Mentink
Since it says anyone can fill out the survey who is in entertainment 
and does not list an age restriction one way or the other, I will 
answer the questions as applicable to myself.  If you ever hear 
Michelle Gittens
>with her band, please ask for the song about the crock-pot.  It 
>would be a spot-on hit and she's young with a lot of ability.  And 
>Minneapolis talent has its own aurora.
>
>Thank you for sending the survey.  I'm glad NFB performers have 
>progressed to this point.  Just as an attack on any one of us is an 
>attack on all of us, advancement for one of us is advancement for all of us.
>
>Thank you again.
>
>
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>----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Mentink" <mentink at frontiernet.net>
>To: <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 3:13 PM
>Subject: [musictlk] Blind Entertainers Survey
>
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>>Here's the survey.
>>
>>Blind Entertainers Survey
>>Performing Arts Logo
>>
>>Blind Entertainers Survey
>>
>>This survey is being conducted by the Performing Arts Division (PAD)
>>of the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) and seeks to define the
>>difficulties
>>facing blind people attempting to break into the performing arts.
>>Your answers to the following questions will help us better serve the
>>special needs of
>>America's blind entertainers. If a particular question does not apply
>>to you, please put N/A.
>>
>>Who should participate in the survey? Anyone who is blind or has a
>>severe visual impairment who has ever sought to develop their
>>performing arts skills
>>as an amature or professional. This includes musicians, actors,
>>comedians, dancers, broadcasters, sound engineers and the like.
>>Whether or not you are
>>a member of PAD of the NFB, whether or not you have been successful,
>>whether or not you are still pursuing your art, we want to hear your
>>experiences and
>>thoughts.
>>
>>Privacy policy: None of the personal information you provide in this
>>survey will be conveyed to any third party. Thank you for taking the
>>time to fill out
>>this survey.
>>
>>Section 1, General Information:
>>1. Name:
>>
>>2. E mail:
>>
>>3. Street Address:
>>
>>4. Phone:
>>
>>5. Web address:
>>
>>6. Your age when you began pursuing your performing arts goals:
>>
>>7. Current Age:
>>
>>8. Extent of visual limitation at the time you started pursuing your
>>performing arts goals.
>>
>>9. Extent of visual limitation now:
>>
>>10. Cause of visual limitation:
>>
>>11. Your art form (e.g. music, acting etc.)
>>
>>12. Are you currently pursuing your performing arts goals?
>>
>>13. Are you supporting yourself either in whole or in part through
>>the performing arts?
>>
>>14. If you attended a school for the blind, where and what grade
>>level (e.g. elementary, secondary, both), was it a residential
>>program and what training/experience
>>in the performing arts did you have while you were there?
>>
>>15. If you became visually impaired prior to age 21, list your
>>parents' occupations, if your blindness acurred after 21, please put N/A:
>>
>>16. Describe how your family, neighborhood or school
>>encouraged/helped you in your development as a performing artist:
>>
>>Section 2, Education Certification & Awards:
>>1. What is your highest level of education?
>>
>>2. If you have a college degree, what was your major?
>>
>>3. Are you currently pursuing a degree, and if so, what is your major?
>>
>>4. List any formal degree or certification you hold relating to the
>>performing arts:
>>
>>5. List any awards, honors or contests you have won:
>>
>>Section 3, Musicians:
>>1. What style(s) or genre(s) of music do you perform?
>>
>>2. Are you a solo act, a member of a group or both?
>>
>>3. Are you a singer?
>>
>>4. If you are a songwriter, what genre (s) and has anyone else
>>recorded your songs?
>>
>>5. If you play any musical instruments, please list them:
>>
>>6. Have you ever made a demo?
>>
>>7. If so, describe whether or not you found it helpful in advancing
>>your goals:
>>
>>8. Have you ever released a recording of your music?
>>
>>9. If so, list names of recordings, publisher (self- published or
>>name of record label)
>>
>>10. If you have self-produced a recording, have your sales covered
>>the production costs?
>>
>>11. If your recordings are available through any third party vendors
>>such as CD Baby, Apple I-Tunes, Border's Books and the like, please list:
>>
>>12. If your recordings have made any sales charts, please elaborate:
>>
>>13. Do you do your own booking and/or publicity, or do you have
>>volunteer or paid assistance?
>>
>>14. What types of venues (coffee house, club, church, school,
>>festival, street or other) have you performed at?
>>
>>15. If you have an album, has it been played on any radio stations?
>>If so, commercial, public, college, internet.
>>
>>16. List what you consider to be your biggest gigs.
>>
>>17. Have you appeared as a guest on any radio/TV shows promoting your
>>art? If so, describe (public, commercial, college, internet.
>>
>>18. Do you use public transportation?
>>
>>19. Do you carry your own sound system?
>>
>>Section 4, Your Experience:
>>
>>1. How has your visual limitation made your pursuit of your
>>performing arts goals harder?
>>
>>2. How has it made it easier?
>>
>>3. How do you manage your inability to drive in terms of what
>>performance opportunities you seek and/or accept? (e.g. hired or
>>volunteer drivers, work
>>within public transportation access or other)
>>
>>4. When traveling to performmances and promotional opportunities, do
>>you use a white cane, guide dog, sighted guide or other?
>>
>>5. How do you network with others in the business (social
>>environments such as clubs, workshops, etc., phone calls, e mail, or other)?
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