[musictlk] Fwd: Last year's talent night

[Ignasi Cambra]

It is not about being blind or not. It just takes many, many hours of practice and many, many concerts. Most pianists will tell you that they learned how to play when they were little and that they can't quite remember how they got to the level they are in, and that's really all I can say. If you spend hours and hours doing scales and other exercises as a child and you are musically and physically good, you can play anything you want.
On May 10, 2011, at 1:36 AM, Joshua Lester wrote:

> He made fun of Sarah's high singing, the little 7-year-old girl, at
> the beginning, and Marion Gwizdala's song, "Step by Step."
> Ignasi, I've been meaning to ask you about your music.
> This goes for other blind classical pianists.
> How can you play those songs, so fast, and accurate?
> I can only dream of playing like that.
> Those are some difficult songs.
> Blessings, Joshua
> 
> On 5/10/11, Ignasi Cambra <ignasicambra at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I personally didn't feel as though Denis's humor was crude or out of line.
>> People probably understood that his intentions were never bad, and I don't
>> remember him making any kind of hurtful comments or anything like that.
>> On May 9, 2011, at 9:57 PM, Joshua Lester wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi, it's Joshua Lester.
>>> I wrote this, on the Performance Division list, and didn't get any
>>> response.
>>> I wonder if anyone on this list was at the Tallent night, last year.
>>> If you agree, with my assessment, or have any ideas, please E-mail me,
>>> offlist, after reading this post.
>>> Thanks, Joshua
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu>
>>> Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 17:14:51 -0500
>>> Subject: Last year's talent night
>>> To: perform-talk at nfbnet.org
>>> 
>>> Hi, it's joshua Lester.
>>> I was listening to the podcast, of last year's talent show.
>>> I found out, that the rap group, that mixed Run DMC's song, "You be
>>> Illin," with "I like the Way you Move," was called, Out of Sight.
>>> I couldn't understand what they were saying, but I'd like for the
>>> group, to contact me.
>>> I want to know, because Dennis Sumlin, said something about NFB, and
>>> ACB, after the song was over.
>>> I only listened to part one of the two parts.
>>> When I was there, I was shocked about the crude, and out-of-line
>>> humor, after each performance.
>>> I didn't appreciate Dennis's mocking of that 7-year-old girl, that
>>> sang about charishing the moments.
>>> He also made fun of that lady, that followed Carlie.
>>> Then, later on, he made fun of Mr. Gwizdala's song, "Step by Step."
>>> Some of that was not necessary.
>>> We had a great time, last year, but I hope these things are changed, this
>>> year.
>>> #1. Please eliminate the crude, and out-of-line humor.
>>> #2. Please don't make fun of every performer, or performance.
>>> and #3. Let's cut out all of the background noise, so the recordings
>>> can pick up clearly.
>>> Sarah may not be there, this year, but whoever records this, shouldn't
>>> have to record background noise.
>>> God bless, and I hope to see you in Orlando.
>>> Joshua
>>> 
>>> I'll add one more thing, to this.
>>> My favorite performance that night, was Julie McGinity's rendition of
>>> "Only Hope."
>>> 
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