[musictlk] Press release regarding the sound and sight volume two project!

[Jordy Stringer]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT

Donna Hill, Head of Media Relations

Dennis HR Sumlin, President

Performing Arts Division, National Federation of the Blind

347-948-4445

denmaster77 at gmail.com
<https://student.cscc.edu/w?OR.DDM.ZbNrcsg.EDSDw.Ce2sjTQ.K+denmaster77@g
mail.com> 

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Deadline Extension: Performing Arts Division Seeks Blind Recording
Artists for Multi-Genre Compilation

Help Support Scholarships for Blind Performers

New York City, NY (January 3, 2011): Dennis H.R. Sumlin, President of
the Performing Arts Division of the National Federation of the Blind
(PAD, NFB) has
announced that the volunteer-run nonprofit has extended the deadline
for submissions for "Sound in Sight Volume 2" to March 1, 2011. Problems
with
www.padnfb.org
and the online uploader have been ongoing, and PAD is now accepting
submissions via e-mail and postal mail.

A follow-up to the organization's popular "Sound in Sight Volume 1,"
The new multi-genre compilation will feature recordings by the
nation's finest blind
and visually impaired recording artists.

Artists selected for inclusion will receive 5 copies of the CD and
have the distinction of helping PAD's innovative programs for blind
performers. PAD awarded
its first $1,000 Mary Anne Parks Performing Arts Scholarship in July
to Ignasi Cambra, a blind pianist who is a senior majoring in
performance at the University
of Indiana (Bloomington) Jacobs School of Music.

There is no charge. To submit to this project, recording artists must
be blind or visually impaired. Tracks must be of a professional
quality and ready
for album placement. WAV files are preferred, but high-quality MP3's
will be considered. Since "Sound in Sight" is a project meant to
raise money, the
division cannot pay for studio time.

"We strongly encourage submissions of original tracks," Sumlin
states, "and we ask that if possible, the tracks be 5 minutes or less
in length. Artists
who contributed to Volume 1 are welcomed to submit tracks to this
project as well."

The address to send in your submissions is:

Brooke Fox
PO Box 4203 New York, NY 10163

Or, e-mail to President Denis Sumlin:

Denmaster77 at gmail.com
<https://student.cscc.edu/w?OR.DDM.ZbNrcsg.EDSDw.Ce2sjTQ.K+Denmaster77@g
mail.com> 

Vice-President Jordy Stringer:

Jstringer at abilityindiana.org,
<https://student.cscc.edu/w?OR.DDM.ZbNrcsg.EDSDw.Ce2sjTQ.K+Jstringer@abi
lityindiana.org,> 

Or, Secretary Beth Allred:

beth.allred at gmail.com
<https://student.cscc.edu/w?OR.DDM.ZbNrcsg.EDSDw.Ce2sjTQ.K+beth.allred@g
mail.com> 

All submissions should include the following:

1. Song track in WAV or high quality MP3

2. Cover letter containing song details (title, artist/band and name
of blind artist, songwriter) and contact information (e-mail, mailing
address, phone
numbers).

Anyone with questions should call
347-948-4445
or send a message to
perform at padnfb.org
<https://student.cscc.edu/w?OR.DDM.ZbNrcsg.EDSDw.Ce2sjTQ.K+perform@padnf
b.org> .

Sound in Sight: Volume 2Comment on

Artists in "Sound in Sight Volume 1" include easy jazz-easy pop
vocalist Lisa Ostrow (Boston), country songwriter J.P. Williams
(Nashville), Hip-hop duo
Kemistry (Tampa), jazz pianist Mike Markaverich (Sarasota) and Latino
band Los Ciegos del Barrio (NYC). Hear clips from all 18 "Sound in
Sight Volume 1"
tracks at:

cdbaby.com/cd/padotnfotb

PAD's board of directors will review all material submitted and make
the final decisions.

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About the National Federation of the Blind: With more than 50,000
members, the National Federation of the Blind is the largest and most
influential membership
organization of blind people in the United States. The NFB improves
blind people's lives through advocacy, education, research,
technology, and programs
encouraging independence and self-confidence.

It is the leading force in the blindness field today and the voice of
the nation's blind. In January 2004 the NFB opened the National
Federation of the

Blind Jernigan Institute, the first research and training center in
the United States for the blind led by the blind.




 

 

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